NFC tags with proximity detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9767329-B2
Application number	US-201313803041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	Nov 19, 2012
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses and methods provide for detecting the proximate placement of an external NFC reader to a specific location on a display surface. The display surface can be intended for viewing indicia and enabling interaction with an NFC communication device embedded within the display. A circuit can control an NFC security system that can scan for unauthorized tags affixed to the surface of a display. The NFC security system may be activated by an NFC enabled mobile phone placed proximate to the indicated region for receiving an NFC coded message from the display. An NFC security scan can be performed prior to the mobile phone reading the message from the intended NFC tag in the display. Enabling interactive display modes can allow for making selections indicated on the display or detecting motion gestures across the face of the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A NFC security system for an advertising display, comprising:
a display;
a NFC detector circuit having a security controller and at least one NFC detector positioned on a portion of a surface of the display;
at least one authorized NFC tag in proximity to the display;
an external NFC reader placed in proximity to the at least one NFC detector to form an NFC reading zone;
the at least one NFC detector having an inductive coil, the inductive coil distributing a magnetic energy over a surface of the display; and
where an internal NFC reader detects an unauthorized tag applied to the display and creates a signal with the inductive coil to disable the unauthorized tag.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises generating an alert upon detecting the unauthorized tags.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises
an RF demodulator;
a threshold detector that may activate an NFC security system when an external NFC reader is placed proximate to an NFC reading zone that contains an NFC tag; and
an impedance matching element.

4. The circuit of claim 3 , wherein the coil includes a distributed inductor adapted to be receptive to alternating magnetic fields in a vicinity of the coil.

5. The circuit of claim 3 , wherein the impedance matching element is a capacitor.

6. The circuit of claim 5 , wherein the capacitor forms an impedance matching circuit between the inductive receiver coil and a transmission line.

7. The circuit of claim 3 , wherein the detector circuit is provided on a surface of an advertising display.

8. The circuit of claim 7 , wherein the display detects a user's movement of the external NFC reader and a message is generated for a user.

9. The circuit of claim 3 , wherein the threshold detector generates energy to interrogate NFC tags in a NFC reader proximity.

10. The circuit of claim 3 , wherein the threshold detector operates between a disabled state and an enabled state.

Assignees

• Avery Dennison Corp
• Avery Dennison Retail Information Services Llc

Inventors

• Forster Ian J

Classifications

• G06K7/10128 Primary

  the step consisting of detection of the presence of one or more record carriers in the vicinity of the interrogation device · CPC title

• H04K2203/20

  for contactless carriers, e.g. RFID carriers · CPC title

• G06K19/07309

  Means for preventing undesired reading or writing from or onto record carriers · CPC title

• H04K3/86

  related to preventing deceptive jamming or unauthorized interrogation or access, e.g. WLAN access or RFID reading (record carriers with integrated circuit chips including means for preventing undesired reading or writing from or to record carriers by hindering electromagnetic reading or writing G06K19/07318; arrangements for sensing record carriers including arrangements for protecting the interrogation against piracy attacks G06K7/10257) · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title