Systems and methods for dynamic field reduction based on a measured distance between a tag and a tag deactivator

A system, comprising:

• a tag detector configured to detect a presence of an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) security tag in proximity thereto;
• and
• a tag deactivator comprising
• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to implement a method for deactivating the EAS security tag, wherein the programming instructions comprise instructions to:
• determine a distance between an item to which the EAS security tag is coupled and at least one deactivation coil of the tag deactivator, in response to the tag detector's detection of the EAS security tag;
• dynamically adjust a deactivation field strength setting based on the distance that was previously determined;
• and
• at least one deactivation coil to generate a deactivation field in accordance with the deactivation field strength setting which was previously dynamically adjusted.