US4746830A
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Electronic surveillance and identification
Assignee: HOLLAND LABORATORIES Inc A Corp OF OH
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Filing: 1986-03-14
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Granted: 1988-05-24
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Expires: 2006-03-14
Abstract
Abstract An electronic article surveillance and identification system employing a transceiver (10,11) for broadcasting an interrogation signal into a zone to track the location and movement therein of inventory, merchandise, vehicles, animals, people and objects carrying passive (unpowered) transponder tags (12) adapted to receive the interrogation signal, process the signal in an encoded surface acoustic wave device (15) having a predetermined pattern of reflection groove or grating transducers (30-39, 40-72) and echo an encoded response signal to the transceiver.
Inventors
- 👤 William R. Holland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:49
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B13/00; G08B13/22; G08B13/24; G08B13/2402; G08B13/2405; G08B13/2422; G01; G01S; G01S13/00; G01S13/74; G01S13/75; G01S13/751; G01S13/755; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/0672; G06K19/0675; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/20; G07C9/28; G08B13/2414; G08B13/2417; G08B13/2428; G08B13/2431; G08B13/2437; G08B13/2442; G08B13/2451; G08B13/2462
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device comprising electrical input and output connections, a substantially ominidirectional antenna generally coupled to said connections, a substrate having a surface of piezoelectric material, an electrode transducer contacting said surface of said substrate and connected to said input to launch said wave upon selective electromagnetic excitation of said antenna by a field broadcast from a transceiver remote from said antenna and device, and a plurality of encoded transducers disposed along the path of said wave for reflection of echoes thereof to said output without electrodes and conversion of said wave to a voltage at said encoded transducers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device comprising electrical input and output connections, a substantially ominidirectional antenna generally coupled to said connections, a substrate having a surface of piezoelectric material, an electrode transducer contacting said surface of said substrate and connected to said input to launch said wave upon selective electromagnetic excitation of said antenna by a field broadcast from a transceiver remote from said antenna and device, and a plurality of encoded transducers disposed along the path of said wave for reflection of echoes thereof to said output without electrodes and conversion of said wave to a voltage at said encoded transducers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A passive acoustic wave transponder device according to claim 1, wherein said encoded transducers are a predetermined pattern of reflection grooves along said path.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device according to claim 1, wherein said encoded transducers are a predetermined pattern of reflection gratings along said path.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A passive surface acoustic transponder wave device according to claim 1, wherein said encoded transducers are a predetermined pattern of Bragg scattering element along said path.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device according to claim 1, wherein said encoded transducers are disposed in a substantially complementary chevron pattern for oblique reflections of said echoes of said wave.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device according to claim 1, wherein said encoded transducers are disposed in a circular pattern for substantially concentric reflections of said echoes of said wave.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device according to claim 1, wherein said path extends along more than once surface of said transponder device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device according to claim 1, having a cover over said electrode and encoded transducers and path to prevent contamination.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder according to claim 8, wherein said cover is of substantially isotropic material in contact with said transducers and substrate for launching of said wave and reflection of echoes thereof along the interface of said contact in substantially a Stonely mode.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device according to claim 1, wherein said substrate is a composite of piezoelectric and substantially isotropic material.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A passive surface acoustic wave transponder device according to claim 1, wherein said substrate is composed of a polymer providing said surface of piezoelectric material.
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