CN213399871U - Safety device and sensor for commodity anti-theft device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a safety device and sensor for commodity anti-theft device, included warning device, first connector, detection circuitry, expansion port and cable, wherein, first connector can be directly or indirectly the connecting cable, as a linking part of cable and other structural connection, the expansion port can set up on first connector or cable, can set up the circuit hardware structure in the warning device, and detection circuitry can integrate in warning device the circuit hardware is structural. The utility model discloses a design of extension port has satisfied the demand that a host computer protected two even a plurality of commodities simultaneously, and, the utility model discloses an extension port can enough be used for charging, also can be used for transmitting the signal of telecommunication, can satisfy the theftproof demand of most of commodities.

Description

Safety device and sensor for commodity anti-theft device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a commodity anti-theft device.

Background

With the development of commodity experience type services, the display and experience functions of commodities are more opened to purchasers or potential purchasers, and meanwhile, the requirement for commodity theft prevention is continuously increased. On the one hand, the various requirements of an experiencer are met as much as possible, all functions of the commodity and the surface which is the most good and convenient are shown to the experiencer as much as possible, on the other hand, the possible stealing behaviors of people with poor confidence are prevented, and the possible stealing hidden danger of the commodity in the showing and experiencing processes is reduced or even eliminated as much as possible.

The security device is a device used in the anti-theft of goods and having the function of ensuring the security of goods, in the anti-theft field of goods, devices having the functions of anti-theft or security, such as a sensor, an alarm and the like, can be regarded as one or one part of the security device, in some occasions, the security device can also be one part of the security system, or one part of the sensor and the alarm, such as a wiring device, and the wiring device can be attached to goods, and can trigger a security signal or give an alarm under certain conditions.

At this stage, it is common for display merchandise vendors to display merchandise, such as portable communicators, portable PC devices, e-readers, media players, etc., which typically require pre-purchase evaluation of the functionality and features of the product through play and experience. Due to the improvements in technology and materials, these products are continually being made smaller and lighter, and therefore more susceptible to damage and theft, as far as the products themselves are concerned, and due to the value of the products themselves, such damage and theft during display need to be avoided as much as possible by the vendor, and therefore cost savings, and therefore, as the products themselves are being displayed continue to develop, security devices are also continually being developed.

In the prior art, a plurality of display goods may be displayed and sold together with accessories, the display goods and the accessories may be allowed to be separated during displaying and experiencing, or the separation can embody the interrelation and the function, in this case, the display goods and the accessories need to be respectively provided with a safety device, but they can be monitored simultaneously, for example, one of the goods and the accessories is stolen to alarm, in form, they need two safety devices, in the essential requirement of alarm, they only need a common alarm mechanism, at present, for this situation, it is common practice to provide two alarm ports on one host, which are respectively connected with the display goods and the accessories, both of which can be alarmed simultaneously or respectively, the multi-port host solves the above problems, however, when a single product is used for theft prevention, the problem of idle ports is caused, and from the perspective of resource allocation, the problems of cost increase and resource waste are caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that, to the problem that exists in the background art, provide a safety device and sensor for commodity anti-theft device, can realize protecting two showpiece through a port on the theftproof host computer, and need not set up auxiliary interface on the host computer.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that technical problem adopted is:

in some embodiments of the present invention, the utility model provides a safety device and sensor for commodity anti-theft device, this safety device has included warning device, first connector, detection circuitry, extension port and cable from the hardware structure, wherein, first connector can directly or indirectly connect the cable, as a linking part of cable and other structural connection, the extension port can set up on first connector or cable, can set up the circuit hardware structure in the warning device, detection circuitry can integrate in warning device the circuit hardware is structural, can also set up at the warning device outside and send safety signal to warning device through first connector as preferred detection circuitry.

The first connector is configured to be operably connectable with the alert device, the cable is configured to be operably connectable to an item of merchandise, and the expansion port is configured to be operably connectable to an auxiliary device of the item of merchandise;

wherein, a detection loop is defined in the cable and/or the expansion port, the detection loop generally refers to a loop that can be closed and allows optical, electrical, or other physical or non-physical signals to pass through, the detection loop is generally formed when the security device is activated, and when a commodity is at risk of being stolen, a parameter abnormal or change such as disconnection occurs in the detection loop, the detection loop can be established by using characteristics of different physical forms, for example, an electrical signal can be generally regarded as a closed electrical path, an optical signal can be regarded as a transmittable optical channel, in some other ways, a detection loop can be formed by a temperature change or some other ways, in short, the formation of the detection loop can be used to detect whether the commodity is in a safe state, and a condition that the commodity detected by the detection loop is in a safe or non-safe state can be regarded as a security event, generally speaking, the security event requiring alarm refers to that the commodity is in an unsafe state, a detection loop determines whether a security event is generated by detecting whether some parameters in the loop are changed, existed or not, and determined or not, and the detection circuit is configured to be able to detect the security event of the detection loop; in some preferred forms, the safety event includes whether the current changes or not, whether the current changes satisfy a certain threshold, whether the voltage changes or not, or whether the voltage changes exceed a certain threshold, or other signals that can be used to determine safety, such as a touch signal, an output signal, a light signal, an infrared signal, a temperature signal, etc., and the types of the signals may be different according to the type of the selected detection loop.

The alarm device is configured to alarm in response to a safety event, an output port of the detection circuit may be connected to the alarm device, the alarm device may include a device capable of performing an alarm operation, such as an alarm, the alarm device may perform the alarm operation through the execution device, the alarm device may receive a signal from the detection circuit through an input port, when the detection loop generates the safety event, the detection circuit may detect the condition, i.e., may send a safety signal, and the alarm device may receive the safety signal to alarm.

Further, the detection circuit is configured to be connectable with the first connector, and the detection circuit is electrically connected with the cable and the expansion port through the first connector, so that the detection circuit and the detection loop are connected in an abutting mode.

Further, the detection circuit comprises at least one detection chip.

Further, the detection chip is configured to be connectable with the cable and/or the expansion port.

Further, the detection loop is a serial detection loop or at least one independent detection loop. In some embodiments, the detection loop may be configured to detect a security event on the cable, in some embodiments, the detection loop may be configured to detect a security event on the expansion port, in some embodiments, the detection loop may simultaneously detect a security event on the cable and the expansion port, one of which triggers a security signal if a security event occurs, in some embodiments, the detection loop may simultaneously detect a security event on the cable and the expansion port, both of which trigger a security signal if a security event occurs, where the configuration of the detection loop may be performed according to actual merchandise theft prevention requirements.

Further, the detection loop is configured to be capable of providing power to the merchandise or merchandise accessory or for detecting a security event.

Further, the warning device and the expansion interface respectively comprise a second connector, and the first connector is configured to be connected to the warning device through the second connector of the warning device. The warning device is provided with the first port, and the warning device can be regarded as a single-port host, so that an interface does not need to be additionally arranged on the warning device, and the interface type of the expansion interface can be the same as or different from that of the warning device. The type of the extended interface can include common data interfaces such as USB, Lighting, MicroUSB, TypeC and the like.

Preferably, the warning device and the second connector on the expansion interface are configured to have the same specification.

In some embodiments, the present invention also provides a sensor for merchandise security, comprising an expansion port and a cable, the sensor configured to be operably connectable to the warning device, the cable configured to be operably connectable to merchandise, the expansion port configured to be operably connectable to an auxiliary device for the merchandise; wherein a detection loop is defined in the cable and the expansion port for powering and/or detecting a security event.

Further, the sensor includes at least one expansion port.

In this embodiment, the sensor can adopt current sensor, voltage sensor, touch sensor, even more common sensor types among the prior art such as photoelectricity, infrared, in this embodiment, the sensor mainly used responds to whether commodity is in the state of safety, and when commodity is in the non-safety state, the sensor can send safety signal to alarm device, triggers alarm device and reports to the police.

In some embodiments, the present invention may also provide a security device for merchandise theft prevention, comprising a sensor and a warning device, the sensor configured to be operably connectable to the warning device and merchandise, the sensor comprising an expansion port configured to be operably connectable to an auxiliary device of the merchandise; the sensor is configured to be capable of transmitting power to an auxiliary device of the article and detecting a connection state of the auxiliary device; the alerting device is configured to alert in response to a security event detected by the sensor. In this embodiment, the sensor may not be connected to the warning device through the expansion interface, for example, the sensor itself is directly connected to the warning device.

The utility model has the advantages that:

(1) the utility model discloses a design of extension port has satisfied the demand that a port realized protecting two even a plurality of commodities simultaneously on the theftproof host computer, and, the utility model discloses an extension port can enough be used for charging, also can be used for transmitting the signal of telecommunication, can satisfy the theftproof demand of most of commodities.

(2) The utility model discloses an extension port sets up the part outside the host computer in safety device, for example in cable, connector or the sensor, has avoided the transformation to host computer appearance and inner structure, has expanded the suitability of single mouthful of host computer among the prior art for single mouthful of host computer also can realize multiplexing, and manufacturing cost is lower than the multiport host computer among the prior art.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of embodiment 1.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the use of the first connector of embodiment 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the first connector and the cable of embodiment 1.

Fig. 4 is an application scenario diagram of embodiment 1.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a first connector of embodiment 2.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the use of the first connector of embodiment 2.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a first connector and a cable of embodiment 2.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the first connector of embodiment 3.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the use of the first connector of embodiment 3.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view of a first connector and a cable of embodiment 3.

Fig. 11 is a schematic view of the first connector of embodiment 4.

Fig. 12 is an overall configuration diagram of embodiment 4.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the embodiments are merely illustrative of the present invention, and the technical solutions of the present invention are not considered as limitations of the present invention in order to make those skilled in the art better understand the present invention. The structures not described in detail are all processing connections using conventional structures or circuits.

In the present embodiment, the embodiments and the features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The description in this specification of "center", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, referring to the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings, is for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and is not to be construed as limiting the invention.

Due to space limitations, it is not possible to list various types of display goods in a patent, and therefore, in the embodiments of the present invention, only 1-2 different types or the same type of display goods are taken as examples to describe in detail the working mode of the present invention, which does not mean that the present invention can only be applied to these display goods, and those skilled in the art should understand that other types of display goods having the same matching mode as the listed display goods can be applied to the present invention.

Fig. 1-4 provide specific structures of a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1-4, the safety device includes a warning device 1, a first connector 2, a detection circuit, an expansion port 3, and a first cable 4 from a hardware structure, the first connector 2 can be directly or indirectly connected to the first cable 4, for example, as shown in the figure, the first cable 4 is directly fixed to a certain end of the first connector 2 through a cable protection structure 41, and the first cable 4 should not be separated from the first connector 2 in a non-destructive manner without detaching the first connector 2 as a whole.

Warning device 2 is as an electricity consumption component, can set up circuit hardware structure in it usually, for example circuit board or chip structure, and detection circuitry can integrate in warning device circuit hardware is structural, and detection circuitry can adopt more common detection circuitry or warning circuit in the commodity theftproof field, and this kind of detection circuitry or warning circuit all mention in the file of a plurality of prior applications, for example the alarm that chinese patent CN 2018220562378 disclosed, also can adopt other more common warning and detection circuitry, the utility model discloses can adopt the circuit that has the detection function in the prior art to realize, no longer describe in this application.

The utility model discloses a detection circuitry can be conventional detection circuitry, but considers that whole sensor form is small and exquisite, as preferred, detection circuitry includes at least one detection chip, and detection chip is detection circuitry's core component usually, is used for carrying out the function that detects and logic judge, and in this field, the type that detection chip can adopt is also very many, the utility model discloses can choose the detection chip among the prior art for use according to the detection demand of reality.

From the hardware aspect, the warning device 1 is provided with the connection interface 11 matching with the first connector, and when the connection joint 21 of the first connector 2 is combined with the connection interface 11 of the warning device 1, the detection circuit arranged in the warning device 1 can be connected with the first connector 2 through the connection interface 11, so as to be electrically connected with the first cable 4 through the first connector 2.

Preferably, the other end of the first cable 4 is provided with a third connector 42, the third connector 42 is provided with a charging connector 43 capable of being combined with a charging interface of the first article a, the third connector 42 is further provided with a back attachment device 44 for fixedly combining with the first article a, and the back attachment device 44 can be attached to a surface of the first article a by an adhesive 45 as shown in fig. 4 for stabilizing the combination of the third connector 42 and the article. In this case, the third connector 42, the first cable 4, the first connector 2 and the warning device 1 (detection circuit) form a detection loop for the first article a, when the security device is powered on, the detection loop is turned on, and current flows through, and once the detection loop is opened in an unauthorized manner, for example, when the cable is cut off, the first connector 2 is removed in an unauthorized manner, the third connector 42 is separated from the article in an unauthorized manner, the first article a is considered to be in an unsafe state, and the detection loop can be considered to have a security event, and the detection circuit in the warning device 1 can issue a security signal in response to the security event.

In the above scenario, the detection loop may be regarded as a first sensor, which is combined with the warning device 1 to implement security protection for the first article a. This first sensor can be a current sensor, and it is explicated that, whether the adoption has the electric current to pass through to trigger safety signal in the detection loop, is the more basic detection mode in commodity theftproof field, the utility model discloses can directly adopt more ripe scheme among the prior art to this kind of detection principle and detection circuitry, need not make the improvement to this.

In some other embodiments, the detection loop may adopt other detection methods besides current, such as voltage detection, contact detection (contact switch), light detection switch, temperature detection switch, infrared detection switch, etc., which can be combined with the detection loop of the present invention according to its physical properties to realize the detection of the commodity, for example, the voltage detection can realize the detection of the commodity through the voltage drop change at a certain position in the detection loop, the contact detection can adopt the contact switch to be connected to the circuit, when the sensor is installed on the commodity, the contact switch is pressed to turn on the detection loop, when the contact switch is opened (separated from the commodity) without authorization, the safety signal is triggered, in addition, the light detection switch, the temperature detection switch, the infrared detection switch and other physical quantities can establish the detection loop according to the characteristics thereof, and triggering the safety event of the detection loop according to the change of corresponding physical parameters, such as on-off of a light path, whether the temperature exceeds a threshold value or not, whether infrared is obtained by induction or not and the like.

The warning device 1 may include a device capable of performing an alarm operation, for example, an alarm, the alarm is disposed in a housing of the warning device 1, the warning device 1 may be provided with a sound transmission hole, the warning device 1 may perform an alarm operation through the execution device, when a detection loop generates a safety event, the detection circuit detects the safety event, sends a safety signal to the alarm, and the alarm receives the safety signal and gives an alarm.

As one of the main innovative points of the present invention, the first connector 2 is provided with an expansion port 3, the expansion port 3 is also a data access port, the expansion port 3 can allow other power supply or data access besides the first cable 4, for example, as shown in fig. 1-2, the present invention further includes a second cable 5, the second cable 5 is provided with a second connector 51, the second cable 5 can be combined with the expansion port 3 through the second connector 51, the first connector 2 is connected through the expansion port 3, and is further combined to the detection circuit, so that the expansion port 3 introduces a second detection loop, preferably, the other end of the second cable 5 can be connected with a second sensor 6, and likewise, this second sensor 6 can also be combined with a second commodity B in some physical way, thereby realizing the protection of the second commodity B, the second sensor 6 may also be arranged according to different physical characteristics, such as demonstrated in the present embodiment, for the protection of the second article B, according to the article selected in the present embodiment for the example electronic watch, the clip-type sensor disclosed in chinese patent CN 2019212796227 is used, in fact, different types of sensors may also be selected according to other articles, and the selection of the second sensor 6 may also be implemented similarly with reference to the aforementioned selection of the first sensor.

By the above connection, the expansion port 3 can be coupled to the detection circuit and the detection chip in the warning device 1 through the first connector 2, and the coupling may be a circuit connection, so as to form at least one detection loop.

In some embodiments, the detection loop formed by the expansion port 3 and the detection loop formed by the first cable 4 can be connected in series through a small circuit board (it is also a conventional technology to provide a circuit board in the connector, and the present invention does not need to make an improvement thereon) provided in the first connector 1 to form an integral detection loop, and any position in the detection loop changes, for example, a current cut-off can trigger a safety signal; in some embodiments, the detection loop formed by the expansion port 3 and the detection loop formed by the first cable 4 may be connected in parallel to the small circuit board in the first connector 1, and in the case of parallel connection, the two detection loops may adopt different detection modes, and when one of the two detection loops changes, the security signal may be triggered, or when both the two detection loops change, the security signal may be triggered according to the requirement of the anti-theft level.

Preferably, the detection loop formed by the expansion port 3 can protect the second commodity B, and can also protect the accessory of the first commodity a, and can be selected and configured according to actual needs.

Preferably, the expansion port 3 may be connected to the charging connector through the second cable 5 to supply power to the second product B or the accessory, and may also perform safety detection according to the current detection principle while supplying power.

Preferably, the type of the expansion interface 3 may include common data interfaces such as USB, Lighting, microsub, TypeC, and the like.

Preferably, the expansion port 3 can use the same type of connection interface as the connection joint of the first connector 2, so that the second connectors 51 on the first connector 2 and the second cable 5 can be replaced seamlessly, and when in use, the expansion port 3 can be selected to be used (to protect two commodities or accessories at the same time) or the expansion port 3 can be selected not to be used, the second cable 5 can be directly used, or the second cable 5 is not accessed (in the case of only protecting one commodity).

In the present invention, the detection loop formed by the first connector 2 can be regarded as a sensor, and the sensor can include at least one expansion port 3.

Fig. 5-7 provide specific structures of a second embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiments provided in fig. 5 to 7, the direction of the expansion port 3 is different from the arrangement of the first embodiment in which the coupling direction of the expansion port 3 is perpendicular to the coupling direction of the first connector 2, so that in the first embodiment, the outgoing line direction parallel to the side of the alarm device 1 can be formed, and in the second embodiment, the coupling direction of the expansion port 3 is the same as the coupling direction of the first connector 2, so that in the second embodiment, the outgoing line direction perpendicular to the side of the alarm device 1 can be formed. In fact, the selection of the direction of being qualified for the next round of competitions is relevant with the demand of specific application scene, and the skilled person in the art can select according to actual need, in some other modes, can also set up the slope and be qualified for the next round of competitions the utility model discloses in can't exhale all possibilities, nevertheless should not regard the direction of being qualified for the next round of competitions as right the utility model discloses a limit.

Other implementations of the second embodiment can be realized with reference to the corresponding aspects of the first embodiment.

Fig. 8-10 provide specific configurations of a third embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiments provided in fig. 5-7, the safety device of the present invention comprises two extension ports 3, and these two extension ports 3 can be connected to different commodities or accessories through respective second cables 5, which further expands the application of the present invention. It can be seen from the third embodiment that the number of the expansion ports 3 can be set according to actual needs, the present invention does not limit the number of the expansion ports 3, and in addition, although in the drawings of the third embodiment, only two kinds of expansion ports 3 which are outgoing in the same direction are shown, however, it should be known by those skilled in the art in combination with embodiments 1 and 2 that different expansion ports 3 can adopt outgoing lines in different directions to adapt to different application scenarios, and in the present invention, the outgoing direction of the expansion ports 3 does not need to be limited, and in addition, the types of the expansion ports 3 can be selected and matched according to actual needs.

Other implementations of the third embodiment can be implemented with reference to the corresponding aspects of the first or second embodiment.

Fig. 11-12 provide a detailed structure of a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in fig. 11-12, the safety device of the present invention includes two expansion ports 3, the two expansion ports 3 can be connected to different goods or accessories through respective second cables 5, and simultaneously, the first cable 4 can also be connected to another goods or accessories, in this embodiment, the two expansion ports 3 are respectively located at two sides of the first connector 2, so that the connection direction of the two expansion ports 3 can be distinguished from the connection direction of the first cable 4, which facilitates the arrangement of different directions of cables in some cases, it can be further seen through this embodiment that the number and the arrangement position of the expansion ports 3 and the outgoing direction can be adjusted by those skilled in the art according to actual requirements, and the present invention can not limit this, and it can be understood that, when the actual requirements allow, any number of expansion ports and any position and direction of the outlet expansion ports are all within the scope of the present invention.

Other implementations of the third embodiment can be realized with reference to the corresponding aspects of the first, second, or third embodiments.

Claims (12)

1. A security device for merchandise theft prevention, comprising:

a warning device, a first connector, a detection circuit, an expansion port and a cable,

the first connector is configured to be operably connectable with the alert device, the cable is configured to be operably connectable to an item of merchandise, and the expansion port is configured to be operably connectable to an auxiliary device of the item of merchandise;

wherein a detection loop is defined in the cable and/or the expansion port, the detection circuit being configured to be able to detect a security event of the detection loop;

the alerting device is configured to be capable of alerting in response to a security event.

2. A security device for the theft protection of merchandise according to claim 1, wherein said detection circuit is configured to detect current, voltage or signal of said detection loop.

3. A security device for the theft of merchandise according to claim 1, wherein said detection circuit is configured to be connectable to the first connector.

4. The security device of claim 1, wherein said detection circuit comprises at least one detection chip.

5. The security device of claim 4, wherein said detection chip is configured to be connectable to said cable and/or said expansion port.

6. A security device for the theft of merchandise, according to claim 1, wherein said detection loop is a serial detection loop or at least one independent detection loop.

7. A security device for the theft protection of an article as claimed in claim 1, wherein said detection loop is configured to enable power to be supplied to the article or to an article accessory or for the detection of a security event.

8. The security device of claim 1, wherein the alarm device and the expansion interface each comprise a second connector, the first connector configured to be connectable to the alarm device via the second connector of the alarm device.

9. The security device of claim 8, wherein the alarm device and the second connector of the expansion interface are configured to have the same dimensions.

10. A sensor for merchandise security, comprising:

a warning device, an expansion port and a cable,

the sensor is configured to be operably connectable to the alert device, the cable is configured to be operably connectable to an item of merchandise, and the expansion port is configured to be operably connectable to an auxiliary device of the item of merchandise;

wherein a detection loop is defined in the cable and the expansion port for powering and/or detecting a security event.

11. The sensor for merchandise security of claim 10, wherein the sensor comprises at least one expansion port.

12. A security device for merchandise theft prevention, comprising:

a sensor and a warning device, wherein the warning device is arranged on the base,

the sensor is configured to be operably connectable to the alert device and an item of merchandise, the sensor including an expansion port configured to be operably connectable to an auxiliary device of the item of merchandise;

the sensor is configured to be capable of transmitting power to an auxiliary device of the article and detecting a connection state of the auxiliary device;

the alerting device is configured to alert in response to a security event detected by the sensor.

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