System for an automated inventory and associated removable electronic anti-theft

A system for an automated inventory of several articles to be secured disposed in a business premises, each article being equipped with a removable antitheft electronic device, the system comprising:

• a detector at an exit of the business premises and a beacon disposed in the business premises, this beacon being provided with a wireless communication means, the antitheft electronic device comprising
• an energy source,
• a memory capable of containing at least one information item relating to the article,
• a removable fixing means capable of occupying two states relative to the article, a first state in which it is locked and not manually removable from the article and a state in which it is detached from the article,
• a state sensor of the antitheft electronic device, this state sensor indicating a level of charge of the energy source, and/or a state of the fixing means,
• a wireless control and communication unit capable of emitting a signal comprising an information item relating to the article, this signal being intended to be read by the beacon,
• wherein said antitheft electronic device comprises a control means of the energy source, this control means making it possible to switch the energy source between three modes:
• off, on standby or active based on a state information item from the state sensor and an inventory frequency setpoint contained in the memory.