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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Mohammad Raheel Khalid, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Ji Hoon Kim, Lyndhurst, NJ (US);
Manuel Enrique Caceres, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Yuk Lun Li, Morganville, NJ (US);
SM Masudur Rahman, Edison, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A smart hook system for a store display including a hook configured to hang smart items having a resistor and a capacitor for display in a store. The hook at least one resistive electrical contact configured to come into electrical circuit contact with the resistor of the smart items hanging on the hook, and at least one capacitive electrical contact configured to come into electrical contact with the capacitor of the smart items that are hanging on hook. The smart hook also includes a processor configured to measure the resistance and capacitance of the smart items that are hanging on hook, and determine a quantity of the smart items hanging on the hook and identity of the smart items hanging on the hook based on the measured resistance and capacitance.