JP2011022719A - Product theft detecting device and product theft monitoring apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-friendly product theft detecting device because of a large degree of freedom in attachment to a product, and to provide a product theft monitoring apparatus which uses the device. <P>SOLUTION: The detector includes a detector body and the detector body includes a flexible film substrate, including a substrate body and a tongue connected to the same; a continuous printed wiring extending over the lower surfaces of both the substrate body and the tongue; and a connector-holding section having a connector for tongue connection that is connected to an energizing cord. In this case, the connector-holding section has a free end section of the tongue connected to the connector, and thereby the printed wiring is partially adhered to an upper surface of the substrate body in a state of being connected to the energizing cord via the connector. A product theft monitoring apparatus body carries out a predetermined abnormality informing action, when information regarding an abnormality state in attachment of the detector to a monitoring object product is grasped from the detector. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise theft detector and a merchandise theft monitoring apparatus for a merchandise theft monitoring apparatus for preventing and deterring merchandise theft.

  Various merchandise theft monitoring devices have been proposed for preventing and deterring theft of merchandise displayed at stores. Some of them include a merchandise theft detector attached to a product to be monitored and a merchandise theft monitoring apparatus main body to which the merchandise theft detector is connected. The merchandise theft monitoring device body usually includes an alarm device.

  The merchandise theft detector includes a detector main body for detecting whether or not the detector is normally attached to the merchandise and an energization cord for connecting the main body to the merchandise theft monitoring apparatus main body. The alarm device issues an alarm based on information indicating that the detector is not normally attached to the product.

  As a merchandise theft detector, one having a detector body including a switch having an open / close contact and a mover that is spring-biased in a protruding direction so as to be pushed in is known. The switch is a switch that closes when the mover is pushed in when the detector main body is correctly attached to the product, and opens when the pusher is released when the detector main body is removed from the product.

  In such a merchandise theft detector, a switch such as a micro switch is used as a switch having an opening / closing contact of the detector body.

A merchandise theft detector of this type and a merchandise theft monitoring apparatus using the detector are described in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 3706820.
In the description of the prior art of the publication, a detector body including a switch having an open / close contact and a movable element spring-biased in a projecting direction so as to be pushed in is attached to a product using a double-sided adhesive tape. Is described.

  The publication further includes a product theft detection including a detector main body that can be attached to a product by screwing a screw provided on the detector main body with a screw provided on the product (for example, a camera tripod mounting screw). The vessel is described.

  A merchandise theft detector using the latter screw is also described in Japanese Patent No. 4048221. In the detector described in Japanese Patent No. 4048221, a tact switch is used as a switch of the detector body.

Japanese Patent No. 3706820 Japanese Patent No. 4048221

  However, among the conventional product theft detectors described above, the type that attaches the detector main body with a double-sided adhesive tape or the like can be attached to the flat surface portion of the product, but for today's various products Correspondingly, when it is desired to attach the detector main body to the curved surface portion of the product, it may be extremely difficult or impossible.

  Of the above-described conventional product theft detectors, those that are attached to the product using a screw must have a screw on the product side, and even if there is a screw, it can be attached only to the screw part. Therefore, the degree of freedom for mounting the detector body is limited.

  Therefore, the present invention is a commodity theft detector attached to a monitored product to detect theft of the product, and as a mounting portion of the detector on the product, not only a flat surface portion of the product, but also a curved surface The first problem is to provide a commodity theft detector that can also be included in the selection range and has a higher degree of freedom in mounting on a product than conventional detectors of the same type, and is thus easy to use.

  Further, the present invention is a merchandise theft monitoring device including a merchandise theft detector attached to a monitored product and a merchandise theft monitoring device main body to which the detector is connected, and at least one merchandise theft detector includes: As a mounting part on the product of the detector, not only a flat surface part of the product but also a curved surface part can be included in the selection range, and the degree of freedom of mounting to the product is large compared to the conventional detector of the same type, Accordingly, a second problem is to provide a merchandise theft monitoring device that is easy to use as the entire monitoring device.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following merchandise theft detector and merchandise theft monitoring device.

(1) Merchandise theft detector A merchandise theft detector attached to a monitored product for detecting theft of the merchandise,
Including a detector main body and an energizing cord for connecting the detector main body to the commodity theft monitoring apparatus main body,
A flexible film substrate including a substrate body and a tongue piece that is integrally connected to the substrate body and cantilevered;
Formed over the lower surface of the substrate body and the lower surface of the tongue piece, starting from the first portion of the free end portion of the tongue piece, heading to the substrate body along the tongue piece, drawing a loop in the substrate body, and then again extending the tongue along the tongue piece Continuous wiring to the second part of one free end;
A double-sided adhesive layer for adhering and attaching the detector body to the monitored product, which is attached to the substrate body so as to cover a portion of the wiring formed on the substrate body;
A connector holding part having a tongue connecting connector to which the energization cord is connected,
The connector holding portion is configured such that the first and second portions of the tongue piece free end are connected to the tongue piece connecting connector so that both ends of the wiring on the first and second portions are connected to the connector. Is partially bonded to the upper surface of the substrate body in a state of being electrically connected to the energization cord via
The product theft monitoring apparatus main body has a detector mounting state abnormality in which the detector main body is normally attached to the monitoring target product and the detector main body is normally connected to itself by the energization cord. When a trouble occurs, a merchandise theft detector that grasps the abnormality and performs a predetermined abnormality notification operation.

(2) Merchandise theft monitoring device At least one merchandise theft detector according to the present invention;
A product theft monitoring device main body to which the product theft detector is connected,
The product theft monitoring device main body is configured such that, in at least one of the product theft detectors connected to itself, the detector main body of the detector is normally attached to the product to be monitored and the detector main body is A merchandise theft monitoring apparatus which, when a detector attachment state abnormality that is not normally attached to itself is detected, detects the abnormality and performs a predetermined abnormality notification operation.

  According to the merchandise theft detector and merchandise theft monitoring device according to the present invention, the double-sided adhesive layer covering the wiring extending over the substrate body and tongue piece of the flexible film substrate constituting the detector body of the merchandise theft detector Thus, the substrate main body can be attached to a desired part of the monitoring target product and the detector main body can be connected to the product theft monitoring apparatus main body with an energization cord.

  Thus, in the state in which the substrate body of the flexible film substrate is stuck to the desired part of the product with the double-sided adhesive layer, the tongue-connecting connector in the connector holding portion in which the tongue piece is bonded to the upper surface of the substrate body One end and the other end of the wiring located at the first and second portions of the free end portion of the tongue piece are electrically connected to the energizing cord via the connector. Thus, the detector main body of the merchandise theft detector can be normally attached to the monitored product.

  Accordingly, by connecting the energization cord to the commodity theft monitoring apparatus main body, the entire wiring of the detector main body is connected to the energization cord via the connector, and further to the commodity theft monitoring apparatus main body via the energization code. The state is obtained.

  As described above, normally, the product theft detector main body is normally attached to the monitored product, and the detector main body is normally connected to the product theft monitoring apparatus main body by the energization cord. However, for example, in the following situation, the detector mounting state becomes abnormal.

(1) The substrate body is peeled off from the product against the adhesive layer that bonds the substrate body of the detector body to the product, or at least of the wiring formed on the lower surface of the substrate body so as to be peeled off. Somewhere is divided and the continuity of the wiring is lost.
(2) The connector holding part is forcibly removed from the board body, or the tongue piece is pulled out of the connector or the wiring part on the tongue piece is divided, and the wiring is connected to the connector. This results in separation from the energized cord.
(3) The tongue piece is cut.
(4) The energization cord is cut or the energization cord is removed from the commodity theft monitoring device body.

The merchandise theft monitoring apparatus main body grasps such a merchandise theft detector mounting state abnormality and executes a predetermined abnormality notification operation.
In this way, it is possible to know that the monitored product has been shoplifted or stolen by a person who causes an abnormal situation as described above, or that the person is trying to shoplift or is being stolen.

  In the merchandise theft detector according to the present invention, the film substrate constituting the detector body is a flexible film substrate. Therefore, the substrate body in the film substrate is also flexible. Furthermore, although the connector holding portion is bonded to the upper surface of the substrate body, it is not bonded to the entire upper surface but partially bonded. In other words, flexibility is maintained in a portion excluding the portion where the connector holding portion of the substrate body is bonded, and the substrate main body can be bent.

  Therefore, in order to attach the detector body to the monitored product, when the substrate body is attached to the product with the adhesive layer on the lower surface side, the flat surface portion of the product as well as the curved surface portion as the attachment target portion Can also be in the selection range. Therefore, the merchandise theft detector has a large degree of freedom in mounting to the merchandise and is easy to use. As a result, the merchandise theft monitoring apparatus according to the present invention that employs such a merchandise theft detector becomes easy to use as much as the entire apparatus.

  Further, the merchandise theft detector according to the present invention is not equipped with an open / close switch as in the prior art, so it can be reduced in size and weight, and when attached to the displayed product, the unsightlyness is reduced as much as the customer. There is also an advantage that the product is easy to see for the hand.

  In the merchandise theft detector according to the present invention, the portion of the wiring formed on the lower surface of the tongue piece from the cantilevered end of the tongue piece to the connector is electrically insulated. It may be covered with.

  The connector is small and lightweight, and the both ends of the wiring on the first and second parts of the tongue piece free end are electrically connected to the energizing cord by inserting the tongue end free end. A connector to be connected can be exemplified.

  When this type of connector is employed, the flexible film substrate has a long rectangular shape in the insertion and connection direction of the tongue piece to the connector, and the connector holding portion is connected to the connector of the tongue piece. You may adhere | attach on the said board | substrate main body upper surface ahead or back rather than a connector in the insertion direction.

  If it does in this way, it will be easy to bend a board | substrate body using the longitudinal direction, and when the detector sticking object surface of goods is a curved surface, it will be easy to stick a board | substrate body to the surface.

  The merchandise theft detector according to the present invention may be provided with an alarm device in the detector main body that performs an alarm operation based on an instruction from the merchandise theft monitoring apparatus main body when the detector main body is abnormally attached to the monitored product. Good.

  Such an alarm device can employ various alarm devices such as a buzzer that emits an alarm by sound, a lamp that emits an alarm by light, etc., but a light-emitting diode is used as a representative example in order to reduce the size and weight of the detector. Can be mentioned.

  The merchandise theft monitoring device main body grasps an abnormality in the state of attachment of the merchandise theft detector connected to itself to the monitored product and performs a predetermined abnormality notification. As the means, for example, an alarm using a combination of two abnormalities among sound, light, vibration, and the like can be cited. Further, the merchandise theft monitoring device main body can include a portion for transmitting or recording information for recording an abnormality in the detector mounting state.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is a product theft detector that is attached to a monitored product and detects theft of the product, and as a mounting portion on the product of the detector, the flat surface portion of the product is Of course, the curved surface portion can also be included in the selection range, and the degree of freedom of attachment to a product is greater than that of a conventional detector of the same type, and a product theft detector that is easy to use can be provided.

  According to the present invention, there is also provided a merchandise theft monitoring device including a merchandise theft detector attached to a monitored product and a merchandise theft monitoring device main body to which the detector is connected, wherein at least one merchandise theft detector is As a mounting part of the detector on the product, not only the flat surface part of the product but also the curved surface part can be included in the selection range, and the degree of freedom of mounting to the product is greater than that of a conventional detector of the same type. Therefore, it is possible to provide a merchandise theft monitoring device that is easy to use as the entire monitoring device.

It is a figure which shows the example of a use condition of one example of the goods theft monitoring apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a side view of an example of the goods theft detector which concerns on this invention in the theft monitoring apparatus of FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the detector shown in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the procedure which forms wiring in the flexible film board | substrate of a detector main body. It is the figure which looked at the film board | substrate shown by (C) of FIG. 4 from the upper surface side. It is a side view of the state just before inserting and connecting the tongue piece of a film board to a connector holding part. It is a figure which shows a part of circuit of the goods theft monitoring apparatus shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an example of a usage state of an example of a merchandise theft monitoring device according to the present invention.

  A merchandise theft monitoring apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a merchandise theft monitoring apparatus main body X and a plurality of merchandise theft detectors Y connected thereto.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the merchandise theft detector Y, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the detector Y.
Each merchandise theft detector Y includes a detector main body 1 and an energization cord 2 that connects the main body 1 to the connector portion c of the monitoring apparatus main body X.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the products to be monitored are the illumination lamp G1, the fan G2, and the clock G3. In the illuminating lamp G1, the detector main body 1 is attached to the outer peripheral surface.
Since the fan G2 has vent holes formed in the front and back surfaces, the detector main body 1 is adhered to the upper surface having a concave curve. The watch G3 has a spherical shape as a whole, and the detector main body 1 is attached to a part of the outer curved surface.

Products to be monitored by the product theft monitoring device 100 are not limited to these.
The detector main body 1 can be attached to a flat surface portion of a product.
The number of products that can be monitored is not limited to three as shown. Since the monitoring apparatus main body shown in FIG. 1 includes 10 connector portions c for connecting the power cords, the number of products to be monitored can be increased to 10.

  Bz provided on the ceiling wall of the monitoring device main body X shown in FIG. 1 is a buzzer, Lt is a notification light, and these are alarm devices WA for notifying detector mounting abnormality described later on the monitored product. It is composed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the detector main body 1 includes a flexible film substrate 11 and a connector holding portion 12.
The flexible film substrate 11 includes a substrate main body 111 and a tongue piece 112 integrally connected to the main body and cantilevered. The substrate 11 has a rectangular shape. The tongue piece 112 is formed by cutting the central portion of the substrate 11 along the outer contour of the tongue piece 112, leaving the cantilever support end 112 ′ of the tongue piece.
The tongue 112 can be bent to lift the free end 112f upward of the substrate body 111.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the wiring L is continuously formed over the lower surface of the substrate main body 111 and the lower surface of the tongue piece 112. FIG. 4 shows a procedure for providing the wiring L. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the base ink ik is applied in advance to the lower surface of the substrate body 111, and the wiring L is formed on the ink film by applying a conductive paste. The base ink ik is applied to the lower surface of the substrate body 111 leaving a rectangular area 111a surrounding the tongue piece 112 in the substrate body 111.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the wiring L starts from the first portion f1 of the tongue piece free end portion 112f, travels along the tongue piece 112 toward the substrate body 111, and extends along the outer periphery of the body in the substrate body 111. After drawing a loop as if making a round, it again reaches the second part f2 of the tongue piece free end 112f along the tongue piece 112.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, a portion of the wiring L formed on the tongue piece 112 is covered with a conductive film F1. Further, as shown in FIG. 4C, of the portion of the wiring L formed on the tongue piece 112, the portion from the vicinity of the cantilever support end portion 112 ′ of the tongue piece to the free end portion 112f is formed. It is covered with an electrically insulating film F2 through the conductive film F1.

  Although not shown in FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. 2, the portion of the wiring L that covers the portion formed on the substrate body 111 and excludes the central region 111 a surrounding the tongue piece 112 of the substrate body 111. A double-sided adhesive layer F3 is provided on the entire surface. When the detector Y is not used, the release sheet S1 is covered with the adhesive layer F3.

The material etc. of the film substrate 11 etc. which were demonstrated above in this example are as follows.
Flexible film substrate 11: polyethylene terephthalate (Toray X30)
Base ink ik: Teikoku ink ink VG / 13
Wiring L: Silver paste (Asahi Chemical Research Laboratory LS-415M-C)
Conductive film F1: Carbon paste (Jujo Chemical CH-10)
Insulating film F2: Resist film (Jujo Chemical IN10C)
Double-sided adhesive layer F3: Double-sided adhesive tape (Konishi WF773)

  FIG. 5 is a view of the film substrate 11 shown in FIG. 4C with the wiring L formed on the lower surface as viewed from above. As shown in FIG. 5, a double-sided adhesive layer F4 (double-sided adhesive tape (Nippon Polymer 12-541) in this example) is provided on the upper surface of the substrate main body 111 further in front of the tongue piece free end 112f.

  The connector holding portion 12 is provided with a tongue connecting connector 121 to which the energization cord 2 is connected. The connector holding part 12 is also equipped with a light emitting diode LED (LED1, LED2 or LED3) as an alarm.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the connector holding part 12 is brought close to the tongue piece 112 and the double-sided adhesive layer F4 from above and the free end 112f of the tongue piece 112 is inserted and connected to the insertion port 121 ′ of the connector 121. The commodity theft detector Y shown in FIG. 2 is formed by bonding the holding portion 12 to the upper surface of the substrate body 111 with the adhesive layer F4.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a part of the circuit of the merchandise theft monitoring device 100.
As shown in FIG. 7, the energization cord 2 of each detector Y consists of three lines. Of these, two lines (lines having terminals 21 and 22) are in an energized state with both ends of the continuous wiring L on the film substrate 11 through the connector 121 mounted on the connector holding portion 12. A common line (line having a terminal 22) and the remaining line (line having a terminal 23) are connected to the light emitting diode LED (LED1, LED2 or LED3).

The energization cord 2 of each detector Y is connected to a circuit in the monitoring device main body by inserting the connector pin 210 at its free end into the pin connector portion c of the monitoring device main body X as shown in FIG. FIG. 7 also shows a state in which the pin 210 of the energization cord 2 of each detector Y is inserted and connected to the connector portion c of the monitoring device main body X.
The connector pin 210 of the energization cord 2 has three terminals (21, 22, 23). The connector part c of the monitoring apparatus main body X has 4 terminals. Of the terminals of the pin 210, the terminal 23 of the line coming from the light emitting diode can be connected to the terminal connected to the resistor R3 and the terminal connected to the Tr3 of the connector part c. When the pin 210 is removed from the connector part c, each terminal of the connector part c is opened.
The circuit operation of FIG. 7 will be described later.

  According to the merchandise theft detector Y and the merchandise theft monitoring device 100 described above, the wiring L extending over the substrate body 111 and the tongue piece 112 of the flexible film substrate 11 constituting the detector body 1 of the merchandise theft detector Y is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the substrate main body 111 is attached to a desired portion of the monitoring target product (G1, G2, G3, etc.) with the covering double-sided adhesive layer F3, and the detector main body 1 is a product with a power cord It can be used by connecting to the theft monitoring device main body X.

  Thus, in the state where the flexible film substrate main body 111 is adhered to the desired part of the product with the double-sided adhesive layer F3, the tongue piece connection for the connector holding portion 12 in which the tongue piece 112 is bonded to the upper surface of the substrate main body 111. One end and the other end of the wiring L that are connected to the connector 121 and are respectively located at the first and second portions of the free end portion of the tongue piece are electrically connected to the energizing cord 2 via the connector 121. Yes. Thus, the detector main body 1 of the merchandise theft detector Y can be normally attached to the monitored product.

  Accordingly, by connecting the energization cord 2 to the product theft monitoring device main body X, the entire wiring L of the detector main body 1 is connected to the energization cord 2 via the connector 121 and further to the product theft monitoring via the energization cord 2. A normal state connected to the apparatus main body X is obtained.

  As described above, normally, the product theft detector main body 1 is normally attached to the product to be monitored and the detector main body 1 is normally connected to the product theft monitoring device main body X by the energization cord 2. For example, in the following situation, the detector mounting state becomes abnormal.

(1) The substrate body 111 is peeled off from the product against the adhesive layer F3 bonding the substrate body 111 of the detector body 1 to the product, or is formed on the lower surface of the substrate body so as to be peeled off. At least some part of the wiring L is divided, and the continuity of the wiring L is lost.
(2) The connector holding part 12 is forcibly removed from the board body 111, or the tongue piece 112 is pulled out of the connector 121 or the wiring part on the tongue piece 112 is divided, As a result, the wiring L is separated from the energization cord 2 connected to the connector 121.
(3) The tongue piece 112 is cut.
(4) The energization cord 2 is cut or the energization cord 2 is removed from the commodity theft monitoring device body X.

  Note that when the substrate body 111 is peeled off or peeled off from the product against the adhesive layer F3 bonding the substrate body 111 to the product, at least the wiring L formed on the lower surface of the substrate body is removed. The wiring L, the adhesive layer F3, and the like are formed so that somewhere is divided.

The merchandise theft monitoring apparatus main body X grasps such an abnormality in the installation state of the merchandise theft detector Y and executes a predetermined abnormality notification operation.
In this way, it is possible to know that the monitored product has been shoplifted or stolen by a person who causes an abnormal situation as described above, or that it is being shoplifted or is being stolen.

  Next, a description will be given of a notification operation and the like executed when the monitoring device main body X grasps from the detector Y information on the abnormality of the attachment state of the detector Y to the monitored product, with reference to the circuit diagram of FIG.

  In FIG. 7, PW is a power source, Cont is a controller for overall control, WA is the alarm device, Tr1 is a PNP transistor, Tr2-Tr7 are all NPN transistors, and R1 and R2 are resistors.

  In FIG. 7, the operation of each circuit theft detector Y and the circuit portion in the monitoring device main body X related thereto are the same, so here the leftmost product theft detector Y and the monitoring device related thereto. The circuit part CL in the main body X will be described, and description of other parts will be omitted.

  The operation of the PNP transistor Tr1 and the NPN transistors Tr2 to Tr7 is reversed depending on the polarity of the signal entering the base B. The PNP Tr1 is turned on only when a negative signal is input to the base B, and the NPN transistors Tr2 to Tr7 are turned on only when a positive signal is input to the base B.

When the detector Y is normally attached to the product and the monitoring device main body X, the wiring L in the detector Y is continuously connected to the energizing cord 2, and the cord 2 is also cut or disconnected. Absent.

  In this state, the controller Cont outputs a control pulse that switches between positive and negative at a predetermined period. When a positive pulse is input from the controller Cont to the base of Tr1, a positive pulse is input to the base of Tr2, and a negative pulse is input to the base of Tr3, Tr1 and Tr3 are turned off and Tr2 is turned on.

  At this time, the LED 1 is off and not lit, and the potentials of the parts indicated by the symbols a and b in the circuit part CL are detected by the controller Cont. If the potential detected by the controller Cont is within a predetermined range, the normal state described above is obtained.

  However, when some person causes the above-described abnormal state, the potentials of the portions indicated by the symbols a and b in the circuit portion CL become out of the predetermined range, which is detected by the controller Cont, and the controller Cont Informs the alarm device WA of the abnormality.

  At this time, the controller Cont outputs a control pulse that switches between positive and negative at a constant cycle. When a negative pulse is input to the base of Tr1 and Tr2, and a positive pulse is input to the base of Tr3, Tr1, Tr3 is turned on, Tr2 is turned off, current flows through the circuit of the light emitting diode LED1, and LED1 blinks (provided that the cord 2 is not disconnected from the main body X or disconnected), thereby The detector Y in an abnormal state is informed.

In this way, if an abnormality due to shoplifting or the like occurs in any of the detectors Y connected to the monitoring apparatus main body X, this can be detected and merchandise theft monitoring can be performed.
For the connector part c not used by the monitoring apparatus main body X, when the controller Cont inputs a positive pulse to Tr1 and Tr3 and a negative pulse to Tr2, Tr1 and Tr2 are turned off and Tr3 is turned on. If the potential of the portion indicated by symbol b in the circuit portion CL is within a predetermined range, it is considered that the connector portion c is not used, and is excluded from the merchandise theft monitoring operation.

  The substrate 11 in the commodity theft detector Y described above is a flexible film substrate. Therefore, the substrate body 111 in the film substrate 11 is also flexible. Further, although the connector holding portion 12 is bonded to the upper surface of the substrate body with the adhesive layer F4, it is not bonded to the entire upper surface but partially bonded. In other words, the portion of the board main body 111 excluding the portion where the connector holding portion 12 is bonded is maintained in a flexible state and can be bent.

  Accordingly, in order to attach the detector body 1 to the monitored product, when the substrate body 111 is attached to the product with the adhesive layer F3 on the lower surface side, not only the flat surface portion but also the curved surface portion of the product can be selected. (See FIG. 1). Therefore, the merchandise theft detector Y has a large degree of freedom for mounting on the merchandise and is thus easy to use. As a result, the merchandise theft monitoring device 100 that employs the merchandise theft detector Y is easy to use as a whole.

  Further, since the product theft detector Y is not equipped with an open / close switch as in the prior art, it can be reduced in size and weight, and when attached to a product to be displayed, it is less unsightly and the customer can There is also an advantage that it is easy to see for the hand.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used to provide a merchandise theft detector that has a high degree of freedom for mounting on merchandise and is easy to use, and a merchandise theft monitoring apparatus using the same.

100 Commodity theft monitoring device X Commodity theft monitoring device main body c Connector portion WA for energizing cord WA Alarm device Bz Buzzer Lt Light

Y Commodity theft detector 1 Detector main body 2 Energizing cords 21, 22, 23 Line G1 in energizing cord Illuminating lamp G2 Juan G3 Clock 11 Flexible film substrate 111 Substrate main body 111a Tongue piece surrounding rectangular area 112 Tongue piece 112f Tongue piece free end f1 First part f2 Second part 112 ′ Tongue piece cantilever supporting end L Continuous wiring ik Ink F1 Conductive film F2 Electrical insulating film F3 Double-sided adhesive layer S1 Release sheet

12 Connector holding part 121 Tongue piece connector 121 'tongue piece free end insertion port F4 Double-sided adhesive layer LED, LED1, LED2, LED3 Light emitting diode

PW power supply controller Tr1 PNP transistors Tr2 to Tr7 NPN transistor E Transistor emitter C Transistor collector B Transistor base R1, R2 Resistance

Claims (5)

A product theft detector for attaching to a monitored product to detect theft of the product,
Including a detector main body and an energizing cord for connecting the detector main body to the commodity theft monitoring apparatus main body,
A flexible film substrate including a substrate body and a tongue piece that is integrally connected to the substrate body and cantilevered;
Formed over the lower surface of the substrate body and the lower surface of the tongue piece, starting from the first portion of the free end portion of the tongue piece, moving toward the substrate body along the tongue piece, drawing a loop in the substrate body, and then again extending along the tongue piece Continuous wiring to the second part of one free end;
A double-sided adhesive layer for adhering and attaching the detector body to the monitored product, which is attached to the substrate body so as to cover a portion of the wiring formed on the substrate body;
A connector holding part having a tongue connecting connector to which the energization cord is connected,
The connector holding portion is configured such that the first and second portions of the tongue piece free end are connected to the tongue piece connecting connector so that both ends of the wiring on the first and second portions are connected to the connector. Is partially bonded to the upper surface of the substrate body in a state of being electrically connected to the energization cord via
The product theft monitoring apparatus main body has a detector mounting state abnormality in which the detector main body is normally attached to the monitoring target product and the detector main body is normally connected to itself by the energization cord. When the occurrence of a trouble, the commodity theft detector is characterized in that the abnormality is grasped and a predetermined abnormality notification operation is performed.   2. The product according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the wiring formed on the lower surface of the tongue piece from the cantilever end of the tongue to the connector is covered with an electrically insulating film. Theft detector. The connector is a connector in which both ends of the wiring on the first and second parts of the tongue piece free end portion are electrically connected to the energizing cord by inserting the tongue piece free end portion,
The flexible film substrate has a rectangular shape that is long in a direction in which the tongue piece is inserted into the connector, and the connector holding portion is forward or rearward of the connector in the insertion direction of the tongue piece into the connector. The merchandise theft detector according to claim 1 or 2, which is adhered to the upper surface of the substrate body.   The product according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the detector body includes an alarm device that performs an alarm operation based on an instruction from the product theft monitoring device body when the detector body is abnormally attached to the monitored product. Theft detector. At least one commodity theft detector according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A product theft monitoring device main body to which the product theft detector is connected,
The product theft monitoring device main body is configured such that, in at least one of the product theft detectors connected to itself, the detector main body of the detector is normally attached to the product to be monitored and the detector main body is A merchandise theft monitoring apparatus characterized in that, when a detector mounting state abnormality that is not normally connected to the detector is detected, the abnormality is detected and a predetermined abnormality notification operation is performed.

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