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US 2012/0038456 A1Published application
Theft prevention system and method
AssigneeComtrol Corporation
InventorsMark Pikkarainen, Bradford Beale
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Abstract
A theft prevention system includes an RFID reader configured to read an RFID tag to authenticate access to a predefined area, a laser scanner configured to scan the predefined area and detect an object in the predefined area, and a security component configured to initiate a security action when the detected object is at least one of an unauthenticated object and an unauthorized object.
Claims20
A theft prevention system, comprising:
- an RFID reader configured to read an RFID tag to authenticate access to a predefined area;
- a laser scanner configured to scan the predefined area and detect an object in the predefined area;
- and
- a security component configured to initiate a security action when the detected object is at least one of an unauthenticated object and an unauthorized object.
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A theft prevention system, comprising:
- a laser scanner having a scan zone and a secure zone defined within the scan zone;
- an RFID reader having a read zone;
- an RFID tag associated with authorized access to the secure zone;
- and
- a security component associated with the laser scanner and the RFID reader,
- wherein the laser scanner scans the secure zone to detect an object in the secure zone, wherein the RFID reader reads the RFID tag to authenticate access to the secure zone, and wherein the security component initiates a security action when at least one of the object detected in the secure zone is unauthorized for access to the secure zone and the object detected in the secure zone is unauthenticated for access to the secure zone.
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A theft prevention method, comprising:
- reading an RFID tag to authenticate access to a predefined area;
- scanning the predefined area to detect an object in the predefined area;
- and
- initiating a security action when the object detected in the predefined area is at least one of an unauthenticated object and an unauthorized object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.