Patent ID: 6169483
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G,G08B

Abstract:
A system for self-check-in of an article and activation of an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag, comprising: an activatable EAS tag associated with the for theft deterrence; an RFID tag associated with the article for storage and communication of tag data associated with the article; a housing having an aperture adapted to receive the article in a preselected orientation; means for activation of said EAS tag; an RFID reader adjacent said housing for reading said RFID tag and deriving a signal from said tag data; an inventory database containing inventory data associated with the article; a processor responsive to said signal from said RFID reader for retrieving said inventory data from said inventory database, said processor triggering said means for activaton to activate said EAS tag, and updating said inventory data in said inventory database for check-in of the article; and, means connected to said housing for sensing the articles within said housing, said processor being responsive to said means for sensing to count the number of articles received into said housing.