EP0968489B1 - Strip for preparing safety elements for electronic protection of goods - Google Patents

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EP0968489B1
EP0968489B1 EP98914876A EP98914876A EP0968489B1 EP 0968489 B1 EP0968489 B1 EP 0968489B1 EP 98914876 A EP98914876 A EP 98914876A EP 98914876 A EP98914876 A EP 98914876A EP 0968489 B1 EP0968489 B1 EP 0968489B1
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
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    • G08B13/2437—Tag layered structure, processes for making layered tags
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    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
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  • the invention relates to a strip for the provision of security labels or tags for electronic article backup, consisting of a carrier tape with adhesively bonded thereto adhesive labels or from interconnected trailers for attachment to be marked or secured articles, with only a certain number of labels or Trailer is equipped with a respective electromagnetically active or activatable fuse element.
  • a security label strip and an apparatus for producing such a strip have become known.
  • tags or tags of the security tag strip are provided with electromagnetically active or activatable fuse elements, while the remaining tags or tags contain no fuse elements or dummy fuse elements.
  • the invention has for its object to propose a cost strip, which has a substantially equal detection rate in different monitoring systems.
  • each fuse element is one of the types of at least two types of fuse elements that are detectable in different monitoring systems.
  • the strip according to the invention is the fuse elements to soft magnetic strip-shaped fuse elements that are detectable in harmonic monitoring systems, and strip-shaped security elements with high Barkhausen effect, which are detectable in Barkhausen monitoring systems.
  • the security elements are acousto-magnetic security elements or resonant circuit security elements.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the strip according to the invention proposes to integrate the security elements in the labels or tags so that it is not possible from the outside to distinguish whether or which types of security elements are used in the labels or tags.
  • the anti-theft security label consists of a carrier foil for an electromagnetic security element and of a recording medium adhered to the securing element.
  • the recording medium is provided on the side facing the securing element with a layer which has such a low transparency for light waves of the visible region that the securing element can not be seen from the outside.
  • the labels or tags can be integrated into the articles to be secured for the purpose of source tagging.
  • an embodiment of the strip according to the invention provides that the securing elements are designed to be deactivated.
  • soft magnetic security elements or security elements with a high Barkhausen effect portions of a semi-hard or hard magnetic material are so arranged on the label or trailer for the purpose of deactivation that they prevent a reaction of the soft magnetic material or the Barkhausen material to an external alternating magnetic field, as soon as they have been driven into saturation by a correspondingly high deactivation signal.
  • deactivation may be e.g. be achieved in that between two opposite conductor tracks through the dielectric layer, a permanent short circuit is generated.
  • the non-security equipped with labels or tags are equipped with dummy fuse elements.
  • This embodiment is from the previously mentioned EP 682 333 A1 known.
  • Fig. 1 shows a plan view of a first embodiment of the strip 1 according to the invention on a carrier tape 3 detachably adhesively bonded labels 2 are arranged.
  • the strip 1 can also be a trailer 4, which are connected to each other at their transverse sides. Every second of these labels 2 or every second of these tags 4 carries a securing element 5, 6, 7 or 8.
  • a soft magnetic strip element 6 alternates with a Barkhausen securing element 5, or a resonant circuit securing element 7 with an acousto-magnetic Securing element 8.
  • articles secured with labels 2 or tags 4 according to the present invention have an equally high detection rate in harmonic surveillance systems and in Barkhausen surveillance systems.
  • all known securing elements 5, 6, 7, 8 can occur in any desired combination.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of a second embodiment of the strip 1 according to the invention can be seen.
  • a security element 5 6, 7, 8, every other (or every third, fourth, etc.) label carries 2 or every second (2) every third, fourth, etc.)
  • An aptituder.4 a dummy securing element 10.
  • An alternative solution consists - as already mentioned above - in the label 2 or the trailer 4 in such a way that the securing element 5, 6, 7 or 8 viewed from the outside remains invisible.

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The present invention relates to a strip for preparing security elements for electronic protection of goods including a carrier strip with adhesive labels detachably stuck on, or of interconnected tags to be fixed to goods which are to be labeled or protected. Only a certain number of labels or tags have electromagnetically active or activatable security elements. The strip demonstrates a substantially equal level of detection in different surveillance systems. To this end, the security elements consist of at least two types of security elements which are detectable in different surveillance systems.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Streifen zur Bereitstellung von Sicherheitsetiketten oder -anhängern für die elektronische Artitelsicherung, bestehend aus einem Trägerband mit ablösbar darauf aufgeklebten, adhäsiven Etiketten oder aus miteinander verbundenen Anhängern zur Befestigung an auszuzeichnenden oder zu sichernden Artikeln, wobei nur eine bestimmte Anzahl der Etiketten oder Anhänger mit jeweils einem elektromagnetisch aktiven oder aktivierbaren Sicherungselement ausgestattet ist.The invention relates to a strip for the provision of security labels or tags for electronic article backup, consisting of a carrier tape with adhesively bonded thereto adhesive labels or from interconnected trailers for attachment to be marked or secured articles, with only a certain number of labels or Trailer is equipped with a respective electromagnetically active or activatable fuse element.

Aus der EP 0 682 333 A1 sind ein Sicherheitsetikettenstreifen und eine Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines derartigen Streifens bekannt geworden. Um die Produktionskosten gering zu halten, ist nur eine bestimmte Anzahl von Etiketten oder Anhängern des Sicherheitsetikettenstreifens mit elektromagnetisch aktiven oder aktivierbaren Sicherungselementen ausgestattet, während die übrigen Etiketten oder Anhänger keine Sicherungselemente oder Dummy-Sicherungselemente enthalten.From the EP 0 682 333 A1 For example, a security label strip and an apparatus for producing such a strip have become known. To minimize production costs, only a certain number of tags or tags of the security tag strip are provided with electromagnetically active or activatable fuse elements, while the remaining tags or tags contain no fuse elements or dummy fuse elements.

Aus der US 5 392 028 A ist ein Verfahren bekannt zum Schutz von Artikeln gegen Diebstahl durch Detektion von Sicherheitsetiketten, welche auf den Artikeln befestigt sind und bei dem unbefugten Passieren eines Überwachungssystems einen Alarm auslösen. Zu diesem Zweck werden auf den Artikeln jeweils sowohl ein Resonanzschwingkreis als auch ein magnetisierbarer Streifen befestigt. Das Überwachungssystem, durch das die Artikel hindurch bewegt werden müssen, spricht nur auf das Vorhandensein eines Resonanzschwingkreises oder alternativ nur auf das Vorhandensein eines magnetisierbaren Streifens an. Trotzdem wird so jeder Artikel mit Sicherheit erkannt, da jeder Artikel mit beiden Typen von Sicherheitsetiketten versehen ist. In diesem Dokument ist zwar auch eine Ausführungsform vorgesehen, bei dem das Überwachungssystem dafür ausgebildet ist, sowohl auf Artikel mit einem Resonanzschwingkreis als auch auf Artikel mit einem magnetisierbaren Streifen anzusprechen, so dass auch hier in jedem Fall wieder ein Alarm ausgelöst wird, wenn ein so geschützter Artikel das Überwachungssystem unbefugt passiert, diese Alternative wird jedoch als kompliziert, teuer und möglicherweise störungsanfälliger bezeichnet.From the US 5,392,028 A For example, a method is known for protecting articles against theft by detecting security tags affixed to the articles and causing an alarm in the event of unauthorized passage of a surveillance system. For this purpose, both a resonant circuit and a magnetizable strip are attached to the articles. The monitoring system, through which the articles must be moved, responds only to the presence of a resonant circuit or alternatively only to the presence of a magnetizable strip. Nevertheless, each article is recognized with certainty, since each article is provided with both types of security labels. In this document, although an embodiment is provided, in which the monitoring system is adapted to respond to both articles with a resonant circuit as well as articles with a magnetizable strip, so that in each case an alarm is triggered again, if so Protected article passes the surveillance system without authorization, however, this alternative is referred to as complicated, expensive and possibly prone to failure.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen kostengünstigen Streifen vorzuschlagen, der in unterschiedlichen Überwachungssystemen eine im wesentlichen gleich große Detektionsrate besitzt.The invention has for its object to propose a cost strip, which has a substantially equal detection rate in different monitoring systems.

Die Aufgabe wird dadurch gelöst, daß es sich bei jedem Sicherungselement um einen der Typen von zumindest zwei Typen von Sicherungselementen handelt, die in unterschiedlichen Überwachungssystemen detektierbar sind.The object is achieved in that each fuse element is one of the types of at least two types of fuse elements that are detectable in different monitoring systems.

Gemäß einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens ist vorgesehen, daß es sich bei den Sicherungselementen um weichmagnetische streifenförmige Sicherungselemente, die in harmonischen Überwachungssystemen detektierbar sind, und um streifenförmige Sicherungselemente mit hohem Barkhauseneffekt handelt, die in Barkhausen-Überwachungssystemen detektierbar sind.According to an advantageous embodiment of the strip according to the invention it is provided that it is the fuse elements to soft magnetic strip-shaped fuse elements that are detectable in harmonic monitoring systems, and strip-shaped security elements with high Barkhausen effect, which are detectable in Barkhausen monitoring systems.

Eine alternative Ausgestaltung schlägt vor, daß es sich bei den Sicherungselementen um akusto-magnetische Sicherungselemente oder Resonanzschwingkreis-Sicherungselemente handelt.An alternative embodiment proposes that the security elements are acousto-magnetic security elements or resonant circuit security elements.

Selbstverständlich ist es auch möglich, die unterschiedlichsten Arten von Sicherungselementen in einen erfindungsgemäßen Streifen zu integrieren und die Etiketten oder Anhänger damit universell für die verschiedensten Typen von Überwachungssystemen einsetzbar zu machen.Of course it is It is also possible to integrate the most diverse types of security elements in a strip according to the invention and thus to make the labels or tags universally usable for the most diverse types of surveillance systems.

Nichtsdestotrotz ist es eine bevorzugte Ausgestaltung des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens, daß zwei Typen von Sicherungselementen zu im wesentlichen gleichen Anteilen in dem Streifen enthalten sind.Nevertheless, it is a preferred embodiment of the strip according to the invention that two types of securing elements are included in substantially equal proportions in the strip.

Eine vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens schlägt vor, die Sicherungselemente derart in die Etiketten oder Anhänger zu integrieren, daß es von außen nicht möglich ist zu unterscheiden, ob oder welche Arten von Sicherungselementen in den Etiketten oder Anhängern verwendet werden.An advantageous embodiment of the strip according to the invention proposes to integrate the security elements in the labels or tags so that it is not possible from the outside to distinguish whether or which types of security elements are used in the labels or tags.

In diesem Zusammenhang hat es sich darüber hinaus als günstig erwiesen, eine lichtundurchlässige Beschichtung vorzusehen, die eine Entscheidung unmöglich macht, ob das Etikett oder der Anhänger ein Sicherungselement trägt oder nicht, ohne das Etikett oder den Anhänger zu zerstören. Etiketten mit verborgenen Sicherungselemente sind bereits aus der EP 0 635 811 A1 bekannt geworden. Insbesondere besteht hier das Diebstahlsicherungsetikett aus einer Trägerfolie für ein elektromagnetisches Sicherungselement und aus einem auf das Sicherungselement aufgeklebten Aufzeichnungsträger. Der Aufzeichnungsträger ist auf der dem Sicherungselement zugewandten Seite mit einer Schicht versehen, die für Lichtwellen des sichtbaren Bereichs eine derart geringe Transparenz hat, daß das Sicherungselement von außen nicht zu erkennen ist.In this connection, it has moreover been found advantageous to provide an opaque coating which makes it impossible to decide whether or not the tag or tag carries a securing element without destroying the label or the tag. Labels with hidden security elements are already out of the EP 0 635 811 A1 known. In particular, here the anti-theft security label consists of a carrier foil for an electromagnetic security element and of a recording medium adhered to the securing element. The recording medium is provided on the side facing the securing element with a layer which has such a low transparency for light waves of the visible region that the securing element can not be seen from the outside.

Gemäß einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens ist vorgesehen, daß die Etiketten oder Anhänger zwecks Quellensicherung in die zu sichernden Artikel integrierbar sind. Hierbei können Maßnahmen, die das Sicherungelement nach außen hin unsichtbar werden lassen, üblicherweise entfallen.According to an advantageous embodiment of the strip according to the invention it is provided that the labels or tags can be integrated into the articles to be secured for the purpose of source tagging. Here, measures that can be invisible to the outside of the fuse element, usually omitted.

In vielen Fällen ist es wünschenswert, daß ein Sicherungselement deaktiviert wird, sobald ein Kunde für die entsprechend gesicherte Ware ordnungsgemäß bezahlt hat. Daher sieht eine Ausgestaltung des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens vor, daß die Sicherungelemente deaktivierbar ausgebildet sind. Im Falle von weichmagnetischen Sicherungselementen oder Sicherungselementen mit hohem Barkhauseneffekt sind zwecks Deaktivierung Abschnitte eines halbhart- oder hartmagnetischen Materials so auf dem Etikett oder Anhänger angeordnet, daß sie eine Reaktion des weichmagnetischen Materials oder des Barkhausen-Materials auf ein äußeres magnetisches Wechselfeld unterbinden, sobald sie durch ein entsprechend hohes Deaktivierungssignal in die Sättigung getrieben worden sind.In many cases, it is desirable that a security element is deactivated as soon as a customer has properly paid for the correspondingly secured goods. Therefore, an embodiment of the strip according to the invention provides that the securing elements are designed to be deactivated. In the case of soft magnetic security elements or security elements with a high Barkhausen effect portions of a semi-hard or hard magnetic material are so arranged on the label or trailer for the purpose of deactivation that they prevent a reaction of the soft magnetic material or the Barkhausen material to an external alternating magnetic field, as soon as they have been driven into saturation by a correspondingly high deactivation signal.

Im Falle von Resonanzschwingkreisen kann eine Deaktivierung z.B. dadurch erreicht werden, daß zwischen zwei gegenüberliegenden Leiterbahnen durch die dielektrische Schicht hindurch ein permanenter Kurzschluß erzeugt wird.In the case of resonant circuits, deactivation may be e.g. be achieved in that between two opposite conductor tracks through the dielectric layer, a permanent short circuit is generated.

Alternativ zu der Lösung, daß einige der Etiketten oder Anhänger überhaupt kein Sicherungelement enthalten, ist vorgesehen, daß die nicht mit Sicherungselementen ausgestatteten Etiketten oder Anhänger mit Dummy-Sicherungselementen bestückt sind. Diese Ausgestaltung ist aus der bereits zuvor erwähnten EP 682 333 A1 bekannt geworden.As an alternative to the solution that some of the labels or tags do not contain any securing element, it is provided that the non-security equipped with labels or tags are equipped with dummy fuse elements. This embodiment is from the previously mentioned EP 682 333 A1 known.

Die Erfindung wird anhand der nachfolgenden Figuren näher erläutert. Es zeigt:

  • Fig. 1: eine Draufsicht auf eine erste Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens und
  • Fig. 2: eine Draufsicht auf eine zweite Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens.
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  • Fig. 1: a plan view of a first embodiment of the strip according to the invention and
  • Fig. 2: a plan view of a second embodiment of the strip according to the invention.

Fig. 1 zeigt eine Draufsicht auf eine erste Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens 1. Auf einem Trägerband 3 sind ablösbar darauf geklebte Etiketten 2 angeordnet. Bei dem Streifen 1 kann es sich jedoch auch um Anhänger 4 handeln, die an ihren Querseiten miteinander verbunden sind. Jedes zweite dieser Etiketten 2 oder jeder zweite dieser Anhänger 4 trägt ein Sicherungselement 5, 6, 7 oder 8. Im dargestellten Fall wechselt jeweils ein weichmagnetisches Streifenelement 6 mit einem Barkhausen-Sicherungselement 5 ab, oder ein Resonanzschwingkreis-Sicherungselement 7 mit einem akusto-magnetischen Sicherungselement 8. Damit haben Artikel, die mit den efindungsgemäßen Etiketten 2 oder Anhängern 4 gesichert sind, eine gleich große Detektionsrate in harmonischen Überwachungssystemen und in Barkhausen-Überwachungssystemen.Fig. 1 shows a plan view of a first embodiment of the strip 1 according to the invention on a carrier tape 3 detachably adhesively bonded labels 2 are arranged. However, the strip 1 can also be a trailer 4, which are connected to each other at their transverse sides. Every second of these labels 2 or every second of these tags 4 carries a securing element 5, 6, 7 or 8. In the illustrated case, in each case a soft magnetic strip element 6 alternates with a Barkhausen securing element 5, or a resonant circuit securing element 7 with an acousto-magnetic Securing element 8. Thus, articles secured with labels 2 or tags 4 according to the present invention have an equally high detection rate in harmonic surveillance systems and in Barkhausen surveillance systems.

Wie bereits zuvor beschrieben, können in einem erfindungsgemäßen Streifen alle bekannten Sicherungselemente 5, 6, 7, 8 in beliebiger Kombination auftreten. Selbstverständlich ist das Verhältnis der Etiketten 2 oder Anhänger 4, die eines der Sicherungselemente 5, 6, 7, 8 tragen, nicht auf das dargestellte Verhältnis 1:2 beschränkt. Jedes beliebige Verhältnis ist realisierbar und zum Offenbarungsgehalt der vorliegenden Erfindung zu rechnen. Selbstverständlich ist es auch möglich, die unterschiedlichen Sicherungelemente 5, 6, 7, 8 nach einem Zufallsprinzip in oder auf dem erfindungsgemäßen Streifen 1 anzuordnen.As already described above, in a strip according to the invention, all known securing elements 5, 6, 7, 8 can occur in any desired combination. Of course, the ratio of the labels 2 or 4 pendant, which is one of Fuse elements 5, 6, 7, 8 wear, not limited to the illustrated ratio 1: 2. Any ratio can be realized and expected to the disclosure of the present invention. Of course, it is also possible to arrange the different securing elements 5, 6, 7, 8 according to a random principle in or on the strip 1 according to the invention.

In Fig. 2 ist eine Draufsicht auf eine zweite Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Streifens 1 zu sehen. Um es einem Dieb unmöglich zu machen, von außen zu erkennen, ob ein Artikel mit einem Sicherungelement 5, 6, 7, 8 geschützt ist oder nicht, trägt jedes zweite (oder jedes dritte, vierte, usw.) Etikett 2 oder jeder zweite (jeder dritte, vierte, usw.) Anhänger.4 ein Dummy-Sicherungselement 10. Eine alternative Lösung besteht -wie bereits an vorhergehender Stelle erwähnt- darin, das Etikett 2 oder den Anhänger 4 so auszugestalten, daß das Sicherungselement 5, 6, 7 oder 8 von außen betrachtet unsichtbar bleibt.In Fig. 2 is a plan view of a second embodiment of the strip 1 according to the invention can be seen. In order to prevent a thief from recognizing from the outside whether or not an article is protected by a security element 5, 6, 7, 8, every other (or every third, fourth, etc.) label carries 2 or every second (2) every third, fourth, etc.) Anhänger.4 a dummy securing element 10. An alternative solution consists - as already mentioned above - in the label 2 or the trailer 4 in such a way that the securing element 5, 6, 7 or 8 viewed from the outside remains invisible.

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erfindungsgemäßer StreifenStrip according to the invention
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Etikettlabel
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Trägerbandcarrier tape
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Barkhausen-Sicherungselement.Barkhausen security element.
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weichmagnetisches streifenförmiges Sicherungselementsoft magnetic strip-shaped fuse element
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Resonanzschwingkreis-SicherungselementResonant circuit fuse element
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akusto-magnetisches Sicherungselementacousto-magnetic security element
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Dummy-SicherungselementDummy fuse element

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  1. A strip for making security labels or tags for electronically securing objects, which consists of a carrier web with adhesive labels removably glued thereon, or of tags, which are connected with each other, for fastening on objects to be priced or secured, wherein only a defined number of labels or tags is equipped each with an electromagnetically active or activatable security element, characterized in that each security element is one type of at least two types of security elements (5, 6, 7, 8), which can be detected in different monitoring systems.
  2. The strip according to claim 1, characterized in that the security elements are low-retentive magnetic strip like security elements (6), which can be detected in harmonic monitoring systems, and strip like security elements (5) with a high Barkhausen effect, which can be detected in Barkhausen monitoring systems.
  3. The strip according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the security elements are acousto-magnetic security elements (8) or resonant circuit security elements (7).
  4. The strip according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the at least two types of security elements (5, 6, 7, 8) are contained in equal numbers in the strip (1).
  5. The strip according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the security elements (5, 6, 7, 8) are integrated into the labels (2) or tags (3) in such a way that the utilized types of security elements (5, 6, 7, 8) cannot be distinguished from the exterior.
  6. The strip according to any one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a coating, which is impermeable to light, is provided, which makes it impossible to distinguish whether or not the label (2) or the tag (3) has a security element (5, 6, 7, 8), without destroying the label (2) or the tag (3).
  7. The strip according to any one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that for source labeling or tagging the labels (2) or tags (3) can be integrated into the objects to be secured.
  8. The strip according to any one of the claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the security elements (5, 6, 7, 8) are designed to be deactivatable.
  9. The strip according to any one of the claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the labels (2) or tags (3) not provided with security elements (5, 6, 7, 8) are equipped with dummy security elements (10).
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