Retail security system - Patent 0921505

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EP 0 921 505 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/49

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/23

(21)	Application number: 98308419.5

(22)	Date of filing: 15.10.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: G08B 15/00, G08B 13/24

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

04.12.1997 GB 9725577

(71)	Applicant: INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS LIMITED
	Putney, London, SW15 1SW (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Cox, David Stephen Herrick Close, Camberley GU16 5QS (GB)

(74)	Representative: Guyatt, Derek Charles et al
	Intellectual Property Department International Computers Limited Cavendish Road Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2DY Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2DY (GB)

(54)	Retail security system

(57) A security system for use in a retail environment, employs a number of tags attached to retail goods. The tags are deactivated when the goods are paid for. At least one electronic article surveillance (EAS) detector, positioned for example at a store exit, detects passage of active tags. When an active tag is detected, a signal is sent to a control computer, which triggers an image recording device, such as a CCTV camera attached to a video recorder. The recording device thus records a picture of any person who may be removing goods from the store without paying.

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