Global Patent Index - EP 1815093 A1

EP 1815093 A1 20070808 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ITEMS

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ITEMS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERARBEITUNG VON OBJEKTEN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT D'OBJETS

Publication

EP 1815093 A1 20070808 (EN)

Application

EP 05825499 A 20051123

Priority

  • US 2005042536 W 20051123
  • US 63045204 P 20041123
  • US 64419705 P 20050113
  • US 73058505 P 20051026

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2006058119A1] Apparatus and methods for processing assets in a lockable container are disclosed. A decoupler receives information from the container or the asset in the container. The container may be associated with a security status, and the item may be associated with a processing status. The decoupler may move the container along a processing path in a sequence based on the security status of the container and/or the processing status of the asset. The decoupler may also lock or unlock the container while moving the container along the processing path. At least a portion of the processing path may be exposed to a magnetic field, which may lock or unlock the container and/o activate or deactivate a security tag associated with the container or the item. The decoupler may also write or read information to or from an RFID tag associated with the container and/or the asset. This information may be used in conjunction with benefit denial, audit, loss prevention, transaction management, and other similar systems.

IPC 8 full level

E05B 41/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01); G01V 8/14 (2006.01); G11B 33/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E05B 41/00 (2013.01); E05B 73/0023 (2013.01); G11B 33/0427 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0067 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2006058119A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK YU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2006058119 A1 20060601; AU 2005309565 A1 20060601; AU 2005309565 B2 20101125; EP 1815093 A1 20070808

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2005042536 W 20051123; AU 2005309565 A 20051123; EP 05825499 A 20051123