CN1478263A - Security tag - Google Patents

Abstract

A security tag for securely identifying items comprises a housing (1); a securing mechanism (6) for securing the housing to the item; a monitoring system (20, 24) for monitoring a tag status, the tag status indicating at least whether the housing (1) and the securing mechanism (6) have been tampered with; a store (22) for storing item data identifying the item; and a communication system (21) for communicating tag status and item data to a remote host.

Description

Safety label

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of safety label that is used for the secure ID article, and the method for using this label.

Background technology

Safety label generally uses with commodity, and particularly article such as clothes are used for stoping having the people to move these commodity without authorization.These labels link to each other with article usually safely, place in the exit in retail shop or similar place one can tags detected by and the inquiry system that gives the alarm.Well-known label also provides the safety guarantee of commodity or article at the scene, and the indication that provides label or commodity whether to be removed.

Various safety label system has been described in the prior art.Therefore WO-A-00/16284 has described a kind of card, a key can be linked on this card safely by the tethers of a conduction, is fixed to one independently during surveillance when this card, just can monitor its situation.In another embodiment, what card was linked a softness has wrapping of conductor wire, and the situation of card can be detected, can detect the attempt of attempting to open by force bag with this.The shortcoming of this equipment be need with surveillance continue be connected.

US-A-6002343 has disclosed and a kind ofly can append to label on the object by a resistance element, monitor the resistive of resistance element by an airborne processor, endangered if monitor resistance element, then information is sent to an independently monitoring system.This has just brought a kind of than system more flexibly of above-described system, but does not handle the attack attempt of seasoned assailant to label itself.

US-A-5367289 has disclosed a kind of article surveillance label, and this label is connected on clothes or the similar thing in typical case, comprises a piezoelectricity thin layer that produces voltage when standing mechanical force.Label comprises an alarm, if voltage has surpassed reference value, alarm will be reported to the police.This equipment is developed to be detected from the commodity attempt of label of tearing, and is applied to by supervision that power on the label realizes but be actually.By protection and being connected of commodity carefully, can under the situation that does not trigger alarm, tear label off.

GB-A-2257278 has described a kind of anti-theft tag, and it comprises a microcircuit and make have data link between label and a host computer.Although the wherein concise and to the point description that detects relevant for the infringement of some form, the fundamental purpose of label is to locate the position that is monitored goods.

US-A-5099228 discloses a kind of safety label that can be attached on the commodity, and this safety label is attached on the commodity by a tack and comprises that a sensor responds to the existence of tack ailhead.Thereby can detect the attempt of sled nail.

US-A-5955951 discloses another kind of label/tack configuration.

US-A-98/15921 has described the security system of a kind of use at transit terminal, and this system comprises an electronics passenger label, and label comprises a storer and a Wireless Telecom Equipment, memory stores passenger's unique identification sign indicating number of a guarding against theft type; And one have the electronics of linear memory and Wireless Telecom Equipment luggage tag arranged.With the method, label can be registered mutually uniquely.

US-A-6052068 has described a kind of vehicle identification system, comprises that one group is attached on the vehicle, communicates by letter with an interrogator to determine the identification label of vehicles identifications.

Summary of the invention

Exist and a kind of these safety labels are carried out improved demand, we have developed a kind of new safety label, and its has also drawn the novel method that uses a kind of like this safety label simultaneously.

According to a first aspect of the invention, we provide a kind of safety label that is used for the secure ID article, and this safety label comprises:

A. shell;

B. safety feature that is used to protect the shell of article;

C. surveillance that is used for the state of monitoring label, whether tag state has indicated shell and safety feature to be compromised at least;

D. one kind is used for the stores memory of data, and this product data is used for identify objects;

E. communication system that is used for tag state and product data are transferred to distance host.

According to a second aspect of the invention, we provide the method for a kind of secure ID and monitored item, and this method comprises:

A. according to a first aspect of the invention safety label is attached to article, this safety label:

B. the product data with identify objects is stored in the storer;

C. by tag state and/or the product data of communication system supervision from distance host.

We have recognized that each safety label of prior art all has one or more shortcomings, and have invented a kind of new safety label that has overcome these shortcomings.Especially, this label comprises an airborne surveillance system, therefore can in time detect infringement, rather than only when distance host is inquired; In addition, surveillance not merely monitoring label also monitor the situation of shell itself in order to the safety feature of protection article.Like this, compared with prior art, all types of infringements relevant with label can be detected.

In addition, in the suitable place of the container of article or wrap articles, can be monitored the infringement of article or container.

Although label can be for example from a primary power remote power feeding to a GSM/ satellite modules that links to each other with label, so that telecommunication becomes possibility, in a preferred embodiment, label comprises an airborne power supply.This provides another benefit, owing to the electricity that uses from power supply can be minimized, and has realized airborne surveillance system.In addition, any outside connection meeting makes invalid anyone of system that an access point is provided for attempting.After being switched off in the mill, unless be used for the service or in attack, label can not be opened again.Comprehensively encapsulation makes system can better stand any attack, and has removed any direct connection to the inner member of label.

In use, if surveillance has detected infringement, it can initiate the communication to distance host by communication system, in typical case, this will comprise the information about tag state, and just it is compromised, and the product data that is used to discern these article.To providing of airborne surveillance system, make and can detect infringement, and send to distance host in the stage very early, make like this and can adopt remedial measures as early as possible.This makes that safety label is specially adapted to use in valuables, comprises gold coin and bank note as articles of price.

The supervision of shell situation is provided a kind of indication early of the safety label that can communicate by letter with distance host to the attempt infringement.This has also stoped the thief that label is destroyed so that distance host detects less than article just stolen.In an example, shell can comprise a current-carrying part, and surveillance is suitable for monitoring the electrical characteristics of current-carrying part, therefore determines the integrality of shell.Like this, if for example someone has punctured shell and has attempted to destroy the internal work of safety label, the electrical characteristics of current-carrying part will change so, and as impedance, this can be detected by the shell detector.

In an optional example, shell comprises piezoelectric, and the suitable integrality that monitors the voltage on the piezoelectric with definite shell of surveillance.In addition, if there is the people to attempt to destroy shell, will cause vibration generally speaking, this will cause that again piezoelectric generates a voltage.This voltage can be monitored system and detect, and therefore the infringement to shell also can be detected.

Surveillance preferably includes the integrality that an item detector is come detecting article.If yet safety label is attached to a safety container, as proof box or similar, this may not be required.

In typical case, article are loaded in the external conductive casing, and in the case, detector is suitable for monitoring the electrical characteristics of external conductive casing, to determine the integrality of article.In the case, cash (gold coin and/or bank note) for example can be placed in the bag, and lead is woven in the fabric of bag.Wrap the thing that obtains the inside if attempt to puncture this so, then Bao conduction just has been changed.Therefore, this will make rescue bag can detect any attempt from the bag shift out article attempt.

Preferable, safety feature comprises a conductive component that is used to protect article shell.In the case, surveillance comprises that one is suitable for monitoring the electrical characteristics of conductive component and determines the device detector of the integrality of safety feature with this.

Safety feature can comprise a piezoelectric.In the case, surveillance can comprise that one is suitable for monitoring the voltage in the piezoelectric and determines the device detector of the integrality of safety feature with this.

Further select as one, safety feature can comprise a tiny metal wire thin layer, and surveillance is used and acted on rf electric field on the thin layer and monitor its feature.

Safety feature generally comprises an identification marking, and it can interrelate with the indication of article.This makes can provide a kind of additional safety.

Shell is generally made with the resisting breakage material, and as the rubber laminate in the reinforced plastics, it is very difficult destroyed.But other anti-height is suppressed material and also can be used.

In addition, shell generally also comprises a metal cap with protected storage at least, and the electronic component of other any precision.Metal cap will be included in the label element of any precision as faraday cage protection and avoid EMP (electromagnetic pulse, electro magnetic pulse) to attack.

Communication system can be any one in the mass communication system, as radio, infrared, inductive or magnetic communication system.Like this, for example communication system can comprise the wireless communication system of a bluetooth-type.Perhaps, can provide inductive coil coupling, so that when safety label is brought in the scope of reader, can come read tag state and some data from storer by inductive coil.

In typical case, communication system was applicable to before sending tag state and/or product data to distance host they is encrypted, for example uses the PKI encryption system.This has stoped the third party to generate themselves tag state and the product data tag state that shields real label.

Communication system preferably is applicable under at least one situation in the situation below and communicates with remote host system:

I. at the fixed time at interval;

Ii. according to the request of remote host system;

Iii. according to the variation of tag state (indicate safety label and/or article have been damaged).

Should be understood that many other selections also are available, communicate by letter with distance host when arriving a preposition at it at every turn, perhaps under a kind of situation of above-mentioned situation (i-iii) as allowing communication system.

Easily, so safety label comprises a position sensor that is used to survey label position, and tag state comprises the indication of label position.This makes the position that can follow the trail of label when mobile article.

At present, if desired the entitlement of article is transferred the possession of the opposing party from a side, then must on actual physics, article be transferred to the assignee place from the transferor.This process may be taken a risk, if particularly article have very big value, for example bank note.In typical case, in these cases, article are protected in the container of having gone up lock, and then by security firm or similarly shifting in the situation of safety.

In order to increase the security of these systems, in typical case, security firm uses time lock to guarantee that article can not removed from container in a preset time interval.For example, can realize that container can only be removed by the container in the safety van is locked in such a way on a preset time point, this time point arrives the time of destination corresponding to the driver.

In addition, the position of container and van can also be followed the trail of now, therefore the container current location of article just can be monitored.

But these systems have such shortcoming, and article still may be stolen in transportation.Therefore, for example container may be by the van that shifts out by force, and perhaps van may be stolen, and container is removed in the place of correct asynchronism(-nization) then.Although can follow the trail of the position of the container in the van, still article may be removed from container and can not be found, therefore make article stolen.

According to a third aspect of the invention we, a kind of proprietorial method of transferring the possession of article comprises:

A. identify article by additional safety label safely to article, safety label has a surveillance that is used for the monitoring label state, and whether tag state has indicated safety label and/or article to be damaged;

B. the situation of remote detection surveillance;

C. when surveillance was not indicated damage, distance host was registered the proprietorial change of article.

A third aspect of the present invention can realize: in case article are protected, even the entitlement that article do not shift article also can be transferred.In addition, article can be preserved under the condition than lower security.

Like this, for example the storekeeper can be placed on the money that obtains in the shop in the suitable containers, additional then safety label, as mentioned above.In this, the cash in the container has been identified safely.By in change of distance host registration, just the ownership transfer of the thing in the container can be given storekeeper's bank then, or similarly.From this aspect, money is had by bank in fact, and bank's reply money is responsible for then.But container also is retained in same position physically.

If be damaged at any stage article or label, will be sent to distance host to this indication, as a CCC, it can identify a safety problem.This provides complete tracking power to the current state of article for the owner, so the owner can be sure of that article have been transferred the possession of safely.

In case should be understood that the entitlement of money has been transferred the possession of, money just can be charged to storekeeper's bank account, allow the storekeeper to conclude the business, and money still is placed in the room by the account of money.This is because bank can know the definite position and the security of money all the time.

If the storekeeper need obtain cash from bank subsequently, he can simply return the ownership transfer of money, makes the storekeeper to regain cash from container according to the instruction of bank.Therefore, although cash has been had a period of time by bank, it did not leave the room in shop.Therefore this makes that the entitlement of article is transferred the possession of under the situation that article itself are not moved, and this has reduced security risk again conversely.

Although the method can be used with common safety label, can obtain the viewpoint of high security at these safety labels, it is particularly suitable for using with the safety label according to first aspect present invention.A third aspect of the present invention is particularly suitable for using with the commodity of costliness or file, as bank note and gold coin.

Description of drawings

Describe an example of the present invention referring now to accompanying drawing, accompanying drawing is:

Fig. 1 is a plan view according to safety label of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an outboard profile of the safety label of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a is a sectional view of the accessory of safety label among Fig. 1 of A-A ' direction along the line;

Fig. 3 b is the sectional view of accessory of Fig. 3 a of B-B ' direction along the line;

Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the safety label of C-C ' direction along the line;

Fig. 5 is a synoptic diagram of the inner member of the safety label among Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is one and has shown the synoptic diagram that is fixed to a safety label among the Fig. 1 on the solids container;

Fig. 7 is that a safety label among Fig. 1 is installed to a synoptic diagram on the fabric container;

Fig. 8 illustrates the packaged bank note that adheres to safety label.

Embodiment

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 have shown according to safety label of the present invention.As shown in the figure, safety label comprises a shell 1 with an attached installing plate 2.Shell 1 can support safety equipment, as holograph or motion photograph (kinegram).Position separately on the border of shell 1 provides four short firmwares 3, as rivet or similarly, it only is used for shell 1 is fixed in the situation of fixed head 4.Be attached to the accessory 5 that also has of shell 1, be used to accept a subsidiary component or clamping plate 6 as shown in the figure.

In Fig. 3 a and Fig. 3 b, accessory has been carried out describing in more detail.Fig. 3 a has shown along the sectional view of the accessory of line A-A ' shown in Figure 2, and Fig. 3 b has shown along the sectional view of the accessory 5 of the B-B ' shown in Fig. 1.Accessory comprises two groove 7a, 7b, and each all designs arm 6a, the 6b that is used for accepting a subsidiary component 6 separately.Each groove 7a, 7b comprise the shell fragment of some, and design is used for arm 6a, the 6b of subsidiary component 6 are pressed on the upper surface of groove separately.The shape of shell fragment is such, and arm 6a, 6b can only move along the direction shown in the arrow 9.

Therefore, subsidiary component 6 can be inserted in the accessory 5 with the direction shown in the arrow 9 in the use.But it is impossible that subsidiary component 6 is extracted out from accessory 5 with opposite direction.Therefore, can only independently arm 6a, 6b be extracted out from corresponding groove 7a, 7b then, subsidiary component 6 could be removed by subsidiary component 6 physics are fractureed.Thereby subsidiary component 6 can be used for shell is fixed on the fabric, and these will carry out detailed explanation below.

Fig. 4 has shown the cross sectional view of the inside of shell.As shown in the figure; shell is made up of a lamella 10 hard, anti-infringement, and lamella 10 is formed by the laminar structure of rubber and high-intensity reinforced plastic, and it provides enough anti-pressure abilities; with the inner member of protection safety label, even under extreme attack condition.

Being placed in the shell 1 is a printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) 11, has welded the required electronic component of operation label on it.PCB 11 generally be installed in one can absorption pressure material (as sponge, rubber or similarly) layer 12 in.In this example, in lamella 10, place a piezoelectric membrane 13, between piezoelectric membrane 13 and pressure layers of absorbent material 12, placed a protective film 14.

Can also provide the outside elastic coating of an electric conductivity in the outside of lamella 10, shown in dotted line 15.

At last, the part of PCB 11 can also be included in the metal can 16, and it protects the electronic component above the PCB to avoid the EMP attack as a faraday cage.Should be noted that in the case sensor typically is placed on the PCB 11, the outside of metal can 16, with true(-)running.Therefore, the electrophoresis capture device will be linked on these external sensors.

A synoptic diagram that has shown the arrangement of element fixing on the PCB 11 in the shell 1 has been presented among Fig. 5.As shown in the figure, safety label typically comprises a microprocessor 20, a transceiver 21 and a storer 22 that links together by bus 23.The sensor 24 that also has some that links to each other with bus 23.These elements are all by 27 power supplies of an airborne power supply.

In this example, although shown five sensors 24, this is appreciated that from the following description in specific environment will need more sensor.Each of these sensors has formed a sensor-based system, the state of the article that are used for monitoring that safety label and safety label append to.Sensor monitors to signal be transmitted to processor 20, processor 20 is suitable for supervisory signal and determines when these signals have indicated safety label and/or article to be damaged.The sensitivity of measuring is set to a level, and this level stops processor 20 that general processing is defined as damaging, but it enough hang down with can safety label, article or similar destroyed before monitor damage.This can be with a kind of realization the in two kinds of methods:

I. pass through analytic signal;

Ii. by signal is compared with predetermined threshold value.

In first example, processor can form from nerve net.In the case, under general operating environment, train nerve net, so that what signal its association when safety label and article are correctly handled, should obtain from sensor 24.As a result, when detecting the signal that has exceeded expected range, processor determines that safety label or article are damaged.

In second example, the indication of the scope of the acceptable signal that should obtain from each sensor 24 is stored in the storer 22.Therefore processor 20 can be compared picked up signal with the corresponding scope of acceptable signal, and determines therefrom whether article or safety label are damaged.

When detecting any damage, processor 20 is used for sending signal to Long-Range Surveillance System 26 by transceiver 21, and indication safety label or article are damaged, and this will be explained below in detail.

During use, safety label comprises a large amount of different security features, and they can independently or according to circumstances be merged together is used for.Explain security feature referring now to Fig. 6 and 7.

Fig. 6 shows safety label and how to be connected to airtight container 30.As shown in the figure, safety label is fixed on the main body 32 of container by place installing plate 2 on surface 31.Installing plate 2 has the biadhesive plate of the memory of damaging to constitute so that shell 1 is fixed on the surface 31 by one.Have the people to attempt to remove shell from surface 30 if the design of plate makes, the part of plate still is retained on the surface 30 at least, and the part of a correspondence still is fixed on the shell 1 simultaneously, thereby shows that label is removed.

Except these (perhaps optional), a described short firmware 3 inserts in the container 30 and is fixed on the installing plate 4, as shown in the figure, thereby protects safety label in position.

Fig. 7 has shown a safety label has been fixed on the embodiment that a fabric is wrapped.In this embodiment, fabric bag 40 uses subsidiary component 6 to be fixed on the safety label.Subsidiary component 6 is wrapped in the neck of bag 40, and arm 6a, 6b are inserted in the accessory 5.Thereby arm 6a and 6b are pushed to groove 7a, 7b has then as much as possible stoped safety label to be removed from fabric bag 40.

The operation of safety label is described now.Safety label comprises the sensing device that 3 classes are different, that is:

I. cover sensor system is to detect the integrality of shell;

Ii. accessory sensor is with the integrality of the annex of detection receptacle;

Iii. article sensor comprises the integrality of the container of article with detection.

Above-mentioned various kinds of sensors device is below described.

Cover sensor

The cover sensor system is used to detect the integrality of shell 1, destroys inner work to prevent safety label to be damaged.

In first embodiment, the cover sensor system by in piezoelectric membrane 13 and the sensor 24 corresponding one form.In the case, sensor 24 is current sensors, as an ammeter or similar device, is applicable to and detects the electric current that produces in the piezoelectric membrane 13.

Therefore, if lamella 10 distortion, as crushing because of attempt or puncturing shell, this will cause the distortion of corresponding piezoelectric membrane 13, can be by sensor 24 detected electric currents thereby produce in film.

As mentioned above, sensor 24 is connected to processor 20, and the signal that this processor monitors wherein produces also determines whether to exist the indication of shell breakage.

Therefore, under the situation of normal running, for example shell 1 is crashed through in transport process usually, and a certain amount of electric current can be detected by sensor 24.But if detected electric current surpasses a threshold value, this shows that the someone attempts to open shell, and this can be detected by processor, and transmits a signal by transceiver 21.

In another embodiment, sensor 24 can be used to detect the electric conductivity of elastic coating 15.Usually elastic coating has the electric conductivity that can be measured by sensor 24.This can be realized by following mode, so that an electromotive force is added in the top layer, detects the electric current that flows through the top layer as structure sensor then.The electromagnetism coating of label comprises a kind of conductive compound, as graphite or can join the compound that the fine granular in the resilient material is formed in chemical combination (manufacturing) process.Coating can be monitored in the mode identical with belt then.If this moment, elastic coating 15 was damaged, as be punctured, this will change its electric conductivity, and this can detect and produce an appropriate responsive by processor 20.

Accessory sensor

Accessory sensor can realize in the arbitrary mode in a large amount of modes.

In first embodiment, the piezoelectric membrane (not shown) is clipped between installing plate 2 and the shell 1.Therefore, if there is the people to attempt to get on except that shell 1, will make the piezoelectric sheet distortion from the outside surface of container.Piezoelectric sheet produces one conversely can be by current sensor 24 detected electric currents.

In addition, during normal use, for example owing to moving in the transportation, a certain amount of electric current that is produced is in the middle of expectation.But,, will detect by processor and will define people's attempt then and remove safety label from container 30 if the electric current that produces has surpassed a threshold value.

In a second embodiment, piezoelectric membrane is replaced by a capacitor thin film (not shown).Sensor 24 is used for the electric capacity of MEASUREMENTS OF THIN, and this is to measure the current-responsive that flows through film then and realize by a rf electric field being applied to film.In the case, any change of electric capacity shows that all the performance of film just is affected, and this shows that conversely shell 1 is just destroyed with being connected of container 30.

By the piezoelectric membrane on the installing plate being replaced with conductive film or a large amount of fine rule, also can obtain similar result.In each case, the electric conductivity of film or line all will be measured by right sensors 24.

In the 3rd embodiment, sensor 24 is connected to a short firmware 3.At this moment, sensor 24 is used to monitor the electrical characteristics of installing plate 4.Therefore, can operating system make electric current pass through a short firmware, thereby make the electric conductivity of installing plate 4 be monitored by mounting screw.

Advise that a described short firmware 3 forms the part of transmission line, it has suitable terminal to have the required electric capacity and the ability of resistance of changing.In case be activated, label will utilize a variable resistor or electric capacity terminal to minimize VSWR, thereby make label can utilize a right sensors 24 to determine the variation of transmission line performance.

In this embodiment,, use sensor 24 can detect the variation of electric conductivity, send a signal to processor 20 then if short firmware 3 or installing plate 4 are damaged.

At last, subsidiary component 6 is made of conductive material usually.Sensor 24 is connected to groove 7a, 7b, to detect the electric conductivity of subsidiary component.If the variation of electric conductivity surpasses a predetermined threshold value amount,, microprocessor 20 determines that subsidiary component just is damaged thereby will detecting.

Subsidiary component 6 also can be made of piezoelectric, is connected to a right sensors 24 then.

Article detect

Provide and detected the device whether article have been subjected to destruction.This moment, safety label was attached on the canister (as shown in Figure 6), and the electric conductivity of container can use in the sensor 24 to measure.In addition, the variation of electric conductivity shows that container is opened, and this can be detected by processor 20.

The fibrous material of fabric bag 40 (Fig. 7) can be that lead interweaves in fiber.Sensor 24 can be fixed on the fibrous material by conduction subsidiary component 6 like this.The electric conductivity of fiber just can be detected.Obtain article if attempt split fibre like this 40 from wrapping, then can detect by sensor 20.

Adopt two groups of lines that independently operate in orthogonal directions can improve such sensing technology.The electric conductivity of each line group can utilize two sensors 24 to measure independently, and makes and only can detect in one direction variation to the packet generation effect.

Alternatively, be included in container 30 or the article that wrap in 40 can have sensing device fixed thereon.Can take following form, as partially-tuned inductive circuit.The first of this inductance tuned circuit is made up of sensor 24, and second portion is made up of the suitable electronic installation on the article that are attached in the container.Therefore, the two-part proximity of tuned circuit will have influence on intensity detected by sensor 24 and that relaying is given the signal of processor 20.This makes processor can determine the proximity of article and sensor 24, thereby determines whether article have been moved on to the place that surpasses a preset distance from safety label.

On the other hand, piezoelectric membrane can be embedded in the packing film of strap of bank note 40 (Fig. 8).Belt can be to extend two wide 41,42 that opens from the long limit of bank note and the general centre position of minor face respectively, individual bank note just can not be taken out under the situation of the shape that does not change thin layer like this, and this can detect by being similar to the right sensors 24 of above-mentioned mode (Fig. 6) by the label 43 of a film.Can use similar conduction technology, safety label can be wired on the article suitably.

General operation

In the use, safety label is in above-mentioned mode or directly be fixed on the valuable article, perhaps directly is fixed on a container 30, perhaps on the parcel 40 that comprises the article that will protect.

In a single day above-mentioned steps is finished, and the details of the article that safety label is appended is by the storer 22 that offers safety label by communication transceiver 21 or another input equipment (not shown) from main frame 26.This can utilize a computing equipment such as PDA, palm PC, desktop computer or similarly, and perhaps mobile communication equipment such as wap phone realize that this depends on the characteristic of communication transceiver.

Especially, if transceiver is a micro bluetooth network (Bluetooth piconet), then the PDA of a Bluetooth function, wap phone or similar can be used for sending a series for articles to storer 22 by this transceiver.

Also may transmit a pumping signal to want the state of monitoring sensor 24 to processor 20 indications.

In case if at a time label is activated, the signal that processor 20 is determined from a certain sensor 24 has exceeded in the scope of expection, determines the attempt that has had pair article to destroy then.Therefore, processor 20 produces an alerting signal and is sent to a remote control center by transceiver 21, and as main frame 26 or security firm, police, bank or the like, they are responsible for the transmission of money.

Alerting signal is detected by remote control center, and definite article just are being subjected to the damage of certain way.

In addition, safety label can also send extra information, reads when front sensor is ongoing as indication, thereby makes and can determine safety label by remote control center what's the matter.

Therefore safety label generally includes a position transducer 24, and it can determine the position of safety label.Usually adopt the sensor of a gps satellite navigation type.Such sensor can be indicated the position of safety label accurately, and this indication information is sent to remote control center together with alerting signal.Remote control center just can be confirmed the position of safety label constantly in the moment of destroying generation and other like this.

As an other safe class, processor 20 can be used for periodically sending a status signal to distance host, so that distance host is confirmed the current state of each sensor.This makes the integrality that remote control center can own observing system, comprises the current location of safety label.Perhaps, distance host can polling system also require transmission information when needed.

In addition, because the details of the article relevant with safety label is stored in the storer 22, this makes distance host can determine the value of relative article.

For safer, by transceiver 21 from processor 20 to distance host 26 information transmission, can be included in and use before traditional PKI system transmits, data are encrypted.Can prevent that like this third party from stealing signal from safety label, transmit themselves signal then and come indicating label not to be compromised, and in fact label send alerting signal.

Be appreciated that label can and transmit in sign in protected file.Therefore, the supplementary features of present invention are the entitlement that safety label can be used to transmit file such as cash.

In the case, in case file by the label that is connected to of safety, as is placed in the suitable containers and with safety label and is fixed on the container, the user can be with the details of common mode to storer 22 input article.Its owner also can import one and transfer the possession of sign indicating number so that the third party is given in the ownership transfer of the file in the container (as bank note).

In case import a such transfer sign indicating number, processor 20 promptly sends information to remote control center, transfer is carried out the center registration.Therefore, file is that assigned people effectively has.

Therefore, file can be placed on current physical location,, can not be damaged or destroy there not being the assignee to authorize under the situation of closed safe label because know them.If desired, article can be transferred into other physical location afterwards.

For example a storekeeper wishes to save in bank.Therefore, the storekeeper can be contained in cash in the suitable bag, and it is worth to storer 22 inputs, transfers the possession of the entitlement of cash then and gives bank, and above-mentioned steps adopts foregoing technology.In fact cash can be placed in the shop, because can know this position from safety label.Cash can adopt the mode of physics to send to bank afterwards.

Optionally, if cash sends preceding shop because some reason such as payment provider need cash, bank can transfer the possession of back the entitlement of cash.The releasing safety label that the storekeeper can be correct uses the cash that never left the shop then.Even now, these cashes have in fact been stored certain hour in storekeeper's bank account, make the storekeeper can use the cash that in fact is placed in the shop to conclude the business.

Claims (27)

1. safety label that is used for the secure ID article, this safety label comprises:

A. shell;

B. safety feature that is used to protect the shell of article;

C. surveillance that is used for the state of monitoring label, whether tag state has indicated shell and safety feature to be compromised at least;

D. one kind is used for the stores memory of data, and this product data is used for identify objects;

E. communication system that is used for tag state and product data are transferred to distance host.

2. safety label as claimed in claim 1, also comprise one be installed on the shell or shell in power supply.

3. safety label as claimed in claim 1 or 2, described shell comprises at least one current-carrying part, described surveillance is used to monitor the electrical characteristics of described current-carrying part, thereby determines the integrality of shell.

4. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 3, described shell comprises piezoelectric, and described surveillance is used to monitor the voltage that passes described piezoelectric, thereby determines the integrality of shell.

5. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 4; described safety feature comprises a conductive component, is used to protect the shell of article, and described surveillance comprises a device detector; be used to monitor the electrical characteristics of described conductive component, thereby determine the integrality of described safety feature.

6. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 5, described safety feature comprises a piezoelectric, described surveillance comprises a device detector, is used to monitor the voltage that passes described piezoelectric, thereby determines the integrality of described safety feature.

7. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 6, described safety feature comprises a clamp member, this clamp member has two arms, can be pushed into the mounting hole that is installed in the correspondence on the shell, comprises that also a locking system removes from the mounting portion to stop described clamp member.

8. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 6, described safety feature comprises an electric conductor part, as a flat board, described shell is connected with this flat board, and the part of article or the container of placing article are sandwiched in the middle of them, and described electric conductor part has formed the part of the transmission line that impedance can be monitored.

9. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 8, described shell is made of the breakage-proof material such as rubber laminate and reinforced plastics.

10. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 9, described shell comprises that a faraday cage is to protect described storer at least.

11. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 10, that described communication system comprises is wireless, one of infrared ray, inductive or magnetic communication system.

12. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 11, described communication system is used for before safe condition and/or product data are transferred to distance host it being encrypted.

13. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 12, described communication system is used for communicating with distance host under a kind of situation below at least:

I. at interval at preset time;

Ii. according to the request of remote host system; Or

Iii. according to the variation of tag state, this variation shows that safety label and/or article are damaged.

14. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 13, described surveillance comprises a position sensor, is used to survey the position of label, tag state comprises the indication of label position.

15. as arbitrary described safety label in the claim 1 to 14, described surveillance comprises an item detector, is used for the integrality of detecting article.

16. safety label as claimed in claim 15, this safety label are fixed on the conductive jacket, described item detector is used to monitor the electrical characteristics of described conductive jacket, thereby determines the integrality of this overcoat.

17. the method for secure ID and monitored item, this method comprises:

A. the safety label according to any one claim of front is attached on the article;

B. the product data with identify objects is stored in the storer;

C. by tag state and/or the product data of communication system supervision from distance host.

18. method as claimed in claim 17, wherein step (a) is further comprising the steps of:

I. place article in a safety container;

Ii. connect described safety label to described safety container.

19. method as claimed in claim 18, described surveillance is used to monitor the electrical characteristics of described safety container, and this method comprises that also the described surveillance of electrical connection is to described safety container.

20. as the arbitrary described method of claim 17 to 19, monitoring wherein that step from the tag state of distance host and/or product data also comprises impels described communication system and remote host system to communicate under a kind of situation below at least:

I. at interval at preset time;

Ii. according to the request of remote host system; Or

Iii. according to the variation of tag state, this variation shows that safety label and/or article have been damaged.

21. as the arbitrary described method of claim 17 to 20, this method further comprises the position that monitors safety label.

22. a proprietorial method of transferring the possession of article comprises:

A. identify article by additional safety label safely to article, described safety label has a surveillance that is used for the monitoring label state, and whether tag state has indicated safety label and/or article to be damaged;

B. the situation of remote detection surveillance; And

C. when surveillance is not indicated damage, make the change of distance host registration article proprietary.

23. method as claimed in claim 22 is not carried out physical transfer at the described article of step (c) between the owner.

24. as claim 22 or 23 described methods, described safety label promptly is according to the arbitrary described safety label of claim 1 to 16.

25. as the arbitrary described method of claim 22 to 24, described article comprise valuables, as bank note and/or coin.

26. method as claimed in claim 25 is placed in the appended container of safety label described safety of goods.

27. method as claimed in claim 25, described safety label is attached in the external packing of a pile bank note.

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