Adjustable Anti-Theft Transponder for Retail Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security systems for luxury products, such as RFID-based and wired anti-theft systems, are bulky and obstructive, preventing customers from trying products and requiring cumbersome infrastructure like scanners at shop exits.
Innovation Solution
A transponder with two adjustable blocks that securely attach to elongated product elements via contact surfaces, equipped with wireless detection and transmission equipment for remote management, allowing easy removal and monitoring without scanners, using BLE communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If RFID chips are used for product security, then product protection is achieved, but bulky mechanical fastening and infrastructure scanners are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the detection function from bulky exit scanners and integrates it into a compact transponder attached to the product itself. The transponder contains RFID communication capabilities and can be monitored remotely via mobile application, eliminating the need for fixed scanner infrastructure at shop exits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces bulky mechanical fastening systems with a compact transponder that uses electronic RFID communication and wireless monitoring. The transponder can be attached to products without requiring complex mechanical structures, and removal is tracked electronically rather than mechanically.
2Reliability
If wired anti-theft systems are used, then product presence monitoring is achieved, but customer interaction with products is obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The transponder is designed as a compact, thin device that can be attached to products without creating bulky structures. Its small form factor allows customers to handle and try products freely while the transponder remains attached, maintaining both monitoring capability and customer ease of interaction.
3Ease of operation
If compact transponder is used, then ease of product handling is improved, but secure attachment to products must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The transponder features an adjustable connection mechanism that allows manual adjustment of the distance between blocks. This dynamic adjustment capability enables secure attachment to products of varying sizes and shapes while maintaining a compact form factor that does not obstruct customer handling. The connection can be tightened to ensure security or loosened for removal at the till.
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AI summary
A transponder for securing a product displayed in a shop. The transponder includes two blocks each including a contact surface, the contact surfaces being positioned face to face, the blocks being connected to each other by an adjustable connection, that allows to manually adjust the moving closer together or farther apart of the blocks with respect to one another, thus allowing the transponder to be attached to a suitable element of the product, by gripping the element between the contact surfaces of the blocks, one of the blocks including wireless detection and transmission equipment, which allows the remote management of the presence of the transponder on the suitable element.