# US 9,520,039 B2 · Method for securing an electronic device having a signal output against removal from a carrying device, and carrying device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,520,039 B2 - Document ID: US9520039B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/422,360 - Filed: 2013-08-20 - Published: 2015-08-13 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-21 - Assignees: R.O.M. S.r.l. - Applicants: Rom AG - Inventors: Paul Rom - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520039B2 ## CPC - G08B 13/14: by lifting or attempted removal of hand-portable articles - E05B 73/0082: {for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators} - F16M 11/22: with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M11/42 takes precedence) - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations} - G06F 21/31: User authentication - G06F 21/88: Detecting or preventing theft or loss - G08B 13/1409: {for removal detection of electrical appliances by detecting their physical disconnection from an electrical system, e.g. using a switch incorporated in the plug connector} - G08B 13/1418: {Removal detected by failure in electrical connection between the appliance and a control centre, home control panel or a power supply} - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A method for securing an electronic device comprising a signal output and an input apparatus against removal from a carrying device. The method includes inputting a code with the input apparatus, generating, with the code inputted with the input apparatus, via a data processing program, a signal at the signal output of the electronic device, providing a locking apparatus configured to secure the electronic device, comparing, with the locking apparatus, the signal with a predetermined target signal, and putting the locking apparatus into an unlocked state if a match exists between the signal and the predetermined target signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A carrying device for an electronic device comprising a signal output which is configured to provide a signal, the carrying device comprising: a locking apparatus comprising a signal input configured to be connectable to the signal output of the electronic device, the locking apparatus being configured to be put into an unlocked state if the signal matches a target signal; a receiving apparatus for the electronic device, the receiving apparatus being configured, in the unlocked state, to have the electronic device be inserted therein and to have the electronic device be removed therefrom, the receiving apparatus being provided as a tray comprising a narrow side having an opening, the opening being configured to have the electronic device be inserted therein and to be removed therefrom; and a housing, wherein, in the unlocked state, the tray is configured to protrude out of the housing so that the opening is open and, in a locked state, the tray is at least partially sunk into the housing so that the opening is at least partially inaccessible, and on a side opposite the opening, the tray is hingedly connected to the housing of the carrying device so as to be pivotable about a hinge axis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein, the signal is a tone or a one sequence. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein the target signal is a target tone or a target tone sequence. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein the receiving apparatus is a tray or a receiving slot comprising a safety flap. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein the carrying device is a presentation device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a portable computer, a tablet PC, or a smartphone. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein the signal output is an audio output. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein, the locking apparatus further comprises a fitting configured to be moved by a motor, the tray further comprises a locking surface, and in a locking position, the fitting is configured to engage behind the locking surface of the tray when the tray is in a position that is at least partially moved back into the housing of the carrying device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein, the tray further comprises a reset apparatus which is configured, in the unlocked state, to move the tray into a position in which the tray protrudes out of the housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The carrying device as recited in claim 9, wherein the reset apparatus comprises a gas spring arrangement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The carrying device as recited in claim 1, wherein on a side of the carrying device facing towards a viewer, the tray further comprises a tray cover comprising a tray cut-out and a tray upper side, the tray cover is configured to at least partially engage over an edge region of the electronic device facing towards the viewer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The carrying device as recited in claim 11, wherein, the housing further comprises a housing upper side, and the tray upper side is approximately flush with the housing upper side when facing towards the viewer.