Patent ID: 9711308
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G01J,G08B,H01F,H01H

Claim:
1. A method for controlling operations of a Handheld Scanning and Deactivation (“HSD”) device, the method comprising: detecting, by the HSD device, a valid Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”)security tag signal or a barcode on an object; initiating thermal sensor operations of the HSD device in response to a detection of the valid EAS security tag or the barcode; determining whether a human is located within a defined distance range of said HSD device using sensor data acquired during the thermal sensor operations, wherein the human is remote from the HSD device and the object having at least one of the barcode and EAS security tag coupled thereto; preventing first operations from being performed by said HSD device which cause a magnetic field to be generated for deactivation of the EAS security tag, in response to a determination that said human is located within said defined distance range of said HSD device; and initiating said first operations to deactivate the EAS security tap if it is determined that said human is not located within said defined distance range of said HSD device.