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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115629 | Collective objects management system using R.F. object identification with multiple crystals A collective objects management system for objects such as documents contained in file folders in drawers of file cabinets. Each file folder has an electrical circuit with a visible indicator mounted on the file folder. Each folder circuit has a pair of crystals whi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7385521 | Tamper indication device A tamper indication device includes a first component, a second component, and an alarm device. The alarm device indicates relative displacement of the first component and the second component. The alarm device includes an alarm circuit that detects the relative dis... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369681 | System and method for tracking positions of objects in space, time as well as tracking their textual evolution A system and method including cameras for monitoring objects such as documents, at multiple locations, and for recording the objects' movement through space and time. The objects are marked with unique identifiers, and the invention is adaptable for recording and re... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7342494 | Inventoriable-object control and tracking system An inventoriable-object control and tracking system comprising, in accordance with its preferred embodiments, an object identification assembly having an electronic device, with a unique electronically-readable identification code, which is connected to an inventori... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7312706 | Microprocessor operated early warning ashtray The present invention is a battery powered, portable microprocessor based early warning alarming ashtray. It provides the smoker two different time limited unattended cigarette alarms, as well an alarm for a tipped ashtray; an alarm for a bumped ashtray; an alarm ba... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292145 | Tamper switch arrangement A tamper switch arrangement detects tampering with a device, and includes a tamper switch assembly having a tamper switch with a first part and a second part. The first and second parts are movable relative to each other between an open switch position and a closed ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7258276 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245225 | Failure monitor for motor drive control system A failure monitor designed to monitor a failure in operation of a motor drive control system. The system works to drive a motor-driven member through an output shaft and includes an angular position sensor for determining an angular position of the output shaft for ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7183915 | Wireless ATM security system A security system for use in an enclosure which may be an ATM. The security system includes a first electronic module housed within the enclosure and at least one removable container for storing valuables. A second electronic module is housed within the removable co... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159957 | Actuator for a movable portion of an article of furniture A movable portion of an article of furniture, in particular a drawer, flap or door, includes at least one preferably electrical drive unit and a triggering device for actuation of the drive unit. The triggering device is at least partially arranged at the movable po... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7119683 | Gemstone inventory and detection system A system for controlling gemstones employs RFID chips adhered to each stone. A display or storage area includes a radiator for generating activating emission for the RFID chips and an antenna for picking up the resultant RF signals including serial number. Both the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116226 | Cash register alarm system A cash register alarm system for sounding an alarm to the police without delay. The cash register alarm system includes a cash drawer having a bottom wall and a back wall, and also includes a tray having a bottom wall and a back wall and plurality of partitions spac... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113095 | Trackable files and systems for using the same A system for tracking files at a site having a plurality of locations includes a plurality of antenna arrays and a plurality of files. Each of the antenna arrays generates an energizing field and is disposed at or near one of the locations. Each of the files include... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102516 | Ultimate protection portfolio A waterproof, portable storage container for storing financial/legal documents and financial/legal help documents has an upper case molding having a top wall and four sidewalls defining an upper case cavity and a bottom case molding having a bottom wall and four sid... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7053775 | RFID material tracking method and apparatus A method and apparatus for tracking items automatically is described. A passive RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag is used with a material tracking system capable of real-time pinpoint location and identification of thousands of items in production and storag... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042358 | RFID material tracking method and apparatus A method and apparatus for tracking items automatically is described. A passive RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag is used with a material tracking system capable of real-time pinpoint location and identification of thousands of items in production and storag... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034683 | Electronic vehicle product and personnel monitoring A system providing vehicle, pallet, and personnel tracking within buildings, vehicles such as trucks/trailers, buses, trains and aircraft at a site or in a global network system. RFID transponder Gate readers are used in building doorways, in vehicles such as tracks... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6965310 | Remote notification method The method for identifying the presence of an item to a user interface entails using a container having a loading opening and a collection opening, passing the item through the loading opening activating a first sensor, sending a first signal from the first sensor t... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6956538 | RFID material tracking method and apparatus A method and apparatus for tracking items automatically is described. A passive RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag is used with a material tracking system capable of real-time pinpoint location and identification of thousands of items in production and storag... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6919795 | Method and apparatus for keeping a check on the storage time for goods in a storage Method and an apparatus for registering and supervision of the positions and time of storage of articles entered into a cabinet or other delimited space. A preferred fields of application is refrigerators in which one or several cameras at selected occasions take pi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6850160 | Gemstone inventory and detection system A system for controlling gemstones employs RFID chips adhered to each stone. A display or storage area includes a radiator for generating activating emission for the RFID chips and an antenna for picking up the resultant RF signals including serial number. Both the ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6831559 | Security alarm with remote triggering device A security alarm with a wired remote triggering device consists of a triggering switch with two spring blades and a flexible sleeve tube holding both spring blades together. The security alarm with a strap is hung on the doorknob inside a door or placed inside a dra... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6827256 | System for storage and output of objects A system is described for the identification, localization, storage and output of objets which carry electronically stored identity information. The system comprises at least one storage container with a reading device for reading the identity information, a display... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6816074 | Automated delivery and inventory status notification system and method An automated, flexible and programmable system to update delivery and inventory status for an aggregate of remote mailboxes, bins, shelves, sorter bins, and/or a plurality of bins to distant customers and vendors through email, pager, personal digital assistant (PDA... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6803856 | Storage apparatus A storage apparatus for sentimental electronic memorabilia includes a memory and processor for the storage and manipulation of files within which memorabilia is stored, and a monitor for assimilating the memorabilia; in the case of visually assimilable files, the mo... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6762681 | Zoneless order fulfillment system with picker identification An identification arrangement for an order fulfillment system includes an identification input associated with each location in an order fulfillment system at which items are handled, such as by removal or placement, for filling an order. Each item storage location ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6731211 | Key control tag A key control tag is configured for use with the Key-Trak, Inc. key control system, and provides several advantages over the conventional tags of that system. A problem with the Key-Trak, Inc. system, is that electrically conductive objects (keys, paper clips, stapl... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6707381 | Object tracking method and system with object identification and verification A system and method for tracking and controlling access to objects such as keys includes a lockable storage cabinet adapted to receive, store, and dispense objects within transparent security containers. A control computer is operably coupled to the cabinet. Informa... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6664895 | R.F. suppression technique for collective objects management system using R.F. object identification A collective objects management system for objects such as documents contained in file folders in drawers of file cabinets. Each file folder has an electrical circuit with a visible indicator mounted on the file folder. Each folder circuit has a crystal w... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6569508 | Label having a protective cavity and method of manufacture A label includes an inlay including a conductive material. A sheet is fixed over at least a portion of the inlay, and has a first surface and a second surface. A protective material is fixed to the first surface of the sheet, and an aperture extending thr... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6462659 | Portable remote mail detection system A device and system for checking the presence or absence of mail in a neighborhood delivery mailbox which has a plurality of individual mailboxes. The interrogation and response signals are triggered by remote control from a nearby location, for example f... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459375 | Electronic mail sensor An electronic mail sensor for informing a user when something has been put into a mailbox includes a door coupled to a mailbox for selectively covering an open end of the mailbox. A transmitter assembly is coupled to the mailbox adjacent the open end and ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6388561 | Method and apparatus for remote data telemetry and point of sale method and apparatus A remote data telemetry device comprising a wireless identification device; a tactile input device; and a decoder coupled to the tactile input device and the wireless identification device, the wireless identification device being configured to transmit d... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6348864 | Organizer management system using R.F. identification An organizer management system for facilitating the location of an item stored in one of several drawers in one or more drawer organizer cabinets. Each drawer has an LED mounted on a front panel and a circuit having a crystal with a specific resonant freq... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6335691 | Musical bottle A bottle consisting of an upper portion with a neck, a lower portion with a recess, having a disc disposed in the recess which has either a phototransistor or a press switch to activate a battery unit, with a control circuit and a speaker to hear sounds f... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6317044 | Inventoriable object control and tracking system An object tracking system for automatically tracking a plurality of objects such as keys includes a plurality of tags each associated with an object to be tracked, and each having a depending tongue with opposed side faces. A touch memory device storing a... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6304182 | Apparatus for detecting theft by a radio wave A burglar detection apparatus has a tag 11 that includes a resonance circuit. The tag is preferably contained with an object 15 whose theft is desired to be detected. The tagged object may be placed in a drawer 14 which is contained in a box 13. A tag det... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6275154 | Automatic remote mail altering system A communication system for detecting mail at remotely located mail receptacles, where the receptacle mounts a battery powered, intermittently operable radio transceiver. The transceiver preferably includes a pair of infrared light beams and a beam reflect... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6262668 | Detection system for an electronic enclosure A method and apparatus is provided for detecting airborne particles in an electronic enclosure. The electronic enclosure may be used to house one or more electronic devices or components of an electronic system, such as a computer or data storage system. ... | 07/17/2001 |
