Warning system, monitor device and warning device for merchandise security

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing merchandise anti-theft systems lack extensibility and are costly due to the need for frequent replacement of components, and they often result in false alarms, causing management fatigue and inefficiencies.

Innovation Solution

A warning system comprising a monitor device, a warning device, and a controller that can initialize and control these components, allowing for secure and flexible configuration, enabling accurate monitoring of merchandise states and reducing false alarms through a unique communication interface and preset warning modes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a unique and non-replaceable corresponding relationship is established between the controller and anti-theft devices to ensure security, then security performance is improved, but system extensibility deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity performanceVSAvoidsystem extensibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic binding between controllers and anti-theft devices through time-limited authentication tokens. The binding relationship is not fixed but changes over time, allowing the system to maintain security while adapting to different device configurations and replacements without requiring complete system reconfiguration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the authentication parameter from static device identifiers to dynamic tokens that can be regenerated. This allows the same controller to work with different anti-theft devices by issuing new authentication parameters, thereby improving extensibility while maintaining security through parameter transformation rather than structural changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If strict and detailed principles are used to determine unauthorized accidents and unsafe states, then security detection accuracy is improved, but false alarm rate increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity detection accuracyVSAvoidfalse alarm rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different monitoring thresholds and detection sensitivities to different types of events and contexts. Rather than using a single strict threshold for all security events, the system adjusts detection parameters locally based on the specific type of monitoring needed, reducing false alarms while maintaining detection accuracy for actual threats.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a hierarchical monitoring approach where not all parameters are monitored at maximum sensitivity simultaneously. Critical security parameters are monitored strictly, while less critical parameters use more lenient thresholds, balancing detection accuracy with false alarm reduction through selective application of monitoring intensity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11017644B2Warning system, monitor device and warning device for merchandise security
Publication Date: 2021.05.25 HANGZHOU LANGHONG TECH
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AI summary

The prevent invention provides a warning system for merchandise security, comprising, a monitor device, a warning device and a controller, this warning system can control the warning device and the monitor device through the controller. This controller can work as a un-locker, especially when the warning device and the monitor device sending warning signal, and through which the system can realize message interaction, message transmission and control, the monitor device and the warning device have their own working rules.