Sensor for commodity anti-theftTechnical Field
The utility model relates to a commodity theftproof field especially relates to a structure of sensor for commodity theftproof.
Background
In the field of commodity anti-theft, with the development of commodity experience type services, the display and experience functions of commodities are more opened to purchasers or potential purchasers, and meanwhile, the requirement for commodity anti-theft is continuously improved. On the one hand, the various requirements of the experience person are met as much as possible, all functions of the commodity and the side which is the most good and convenient are displayed to the experience person as much as possible, on the other hand, the possible stealing behaviors of the person who is in good care are prevented, and the hidden danger that the commodity is possibly stolen in the displaying and experiencing process is reduced or even eliminated as much as possible.
Most of the current commodity anti-theft devices are generally provided with connectors, and are connected to commodities through the connectors, so that the commodities can be charged on one hand, anti-theft signal connection can be realized on the other hand, in the prior art, the mode of anti-theft connection of the commodities through the connector can integrate anti-theft signals on the charging interface of the commodities, in this case, the connector is fixedly connected to the commodity to prevent the connector and the commodity from falling off, so as to ensure the anti-theft effect, in this regard, prior art designs have been developed in which the connector is attached to the surface of the merchandise by a backing tape, but most prior art designs, in which the backing tape and the connector are integral, since the connector is usually connected to a cable, which is equivalent to both the backing and the cable, if one of the cable or the connector is damaged, the entire device must be replaced.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a self-locking function that is used for the sensor of commodity theftproof is provided, can overcome the problem in the background art and have the connector.
The utility model provides a technical scheme that technical problem adopted is:
a sensor for preventing the theft of commodities is characterized by comprising a connector and a cable;
the connector configured to be operably coupled to a charging interface of an article of merchandise, the connector further comprising a movable attachment member configured to be attachable to a surface of the article of merchandise;
the cable is configured to be directly or indirectly connectable at one end to an article surveillance monitoring device and connectable at the other end to the connector;
the connector further includes at least two states of release and lock and is configured such that when in the released state the cable is operatively connectable to or disconnectable from the connector and when in the locked state the cable is not attachable to or disconnectable from the connector.
Further, when the connector is coupled to the article charging interface and the attachment member is attached to the article surface, the connector is in a locked state.
Further, when the connector is combined with a cable and connected to a charging interface of a commodity, the monitoring device does not alarm or send out a safety signal; the monitoring device alerts or emits a security signal when the connector is unauthorized disconnected from the merchandise and/or cable.
In some preferred modes, when the connector and the commodity are disconnected in an unauthorized mode or the connection condition is unstable, the monitoring device alarms; in some preferred modes, the monitoring device sends out a safety signal when the connector and the commodity are disconnected in an unauthorized mode or the connection condition is unstable.
In some preferred modes, when the connector and the cable are disconnected in an unauthorized mode or the connection condition is unstable, the monitoring device alarms; in some preferred modes, the monitoring device sends out a safety signal when the connector and the cable are disconnected in an unauthorized mode or the connection condition is unstable.
In some preferred modes, when the cable is cut off or the connection condition of the cable per se is unstable, the monitoring device gives an alarm; in some preferred modes, the monitoring device sends out a safety signal when the cable is cut off or the connection condition of the cable per se is unstable.
Further, when the connector further includes a charging head, the charging head is configured to be capable of being coupled to a charging interface of the article.
Furthermore, the connector and the cable are respectively provided with at least two electric contact points for conducting a circuit. In some preferred forms, at least two electrical contacts capable of mating with each other in a one-to-one manner are provided on the connector and the cable, respectively, so as to form at least two electrical paths.
Further, at least one of the electrical contact points on the connector and the cable has elasticity.
Further, the attachment member is connected to the connector by means of a rotating shaft. In some preferred modes, the movable performance of the attachment part is that the attachment part and the connector can change relative position in a certain range or a certain mode, such as relative rotation, so as to be disassembled and assembled.
Further, the attachment member and the connector are configured to be connected at an adjustable distance to accommodate goods of different thicknesses. In some preferred forms, the adjustable connection distance means that when the attachment member and the connector are connected, the point of connection can be changed to change the relative distance at some point between the two; in some preferred forms, the adjustable connection distance means that the distance between a location on the attachment member and a location on the connector can be adjusted, for example, the distance between a charging head on the connector and an adhesive on the attachment member can be adjusted; in some preferred forms, the adjustability is achieved by positional adjustability between the attachment member and the connector; in some preferred modes, it is adjustable to connect apart from adjustable meaning ascending distance in a certain direction, for example, the head that charges and the lateral distance between the attachment surface of attaching to the position is adjustable, and this lateral distance corresponds the thickness of commodity, thereby makes the utility model discloses a sensor structure can be applicable to the commodity of different thickness
Further, the connector is L-shaped or approximately L-shaped integrally.
Further, the attachment means includes an adhesive that can be used to attach to a surface of the article.
The utility model has the advantages that:
(1) the utility model discloses a connector and cable detachable structure, the connector of head that charges in the area can separate with the cable, and like this, connector and cable can part the stock, to the supporting commodity anti-theft device who uses of theftproof cable and connector, can save the connector and the cable need the supporting trouble of purchasing and stock, and the cable can be unified to purchase in the show place, and the connector is set again, and moreover, this kind of mode also can separately set up connector and theftproof cable, the equipment maintenance and the change of being convenient for.
(2) The utility model discloses a connector has the position of adhering to, and the position of adhering to can be through mode such as pasting attached to the commodity surface, and like this, connector and the head that charges just can be stably connected with commodity, moreover, the utility model discloses a cable can be locked by the connector, and when the part of adhering to was closed, the cable neither can be packed into, also can not be extracted, locks commodity through the part of adhering to, when guaranteeing that commodity is in the theftproof state, the connection of cable and connector is stable, reduces the possibility of wrong report and maloperation.
(3) The utility model discloses the attached position of well connector can carry out the distance in the certain limit and adjust, makes the utility model discloses can be applicable to the commodity of different thickness.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is an overall structure diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an overall structural view from another perspective of the present invention, showing the outlet position of the cable.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the present invention with the attachment portion open.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the cable according to the present invention being pulled out.
Fig. 5 is a disassembled schematic view of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a side view of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the combination of the present invention and a commercial product.
Fig. 8 is an application scene diagram of the present invention.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical field personnel understand the utility model discloses the scheme, will combine the drawing in the embodiment of the utility model below, to the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model carries out clear, complete description.
Anti-theft commodity
The merchandise anti-theft referred to in the utility model, especially for some merchandise that needs to be functionally displayed to buyer or potential buyer, such as electronic product, some functions of these merchandise need to be known by user under the condition of use, these merchandise usually have some man-machine interactive interfaces, the exhibited person can contact and use all or part of functions of these merchandise exemplarily or demonstratively within a certain range, thereby understanding the performance of the merchandise, in industry, sometimes this merchandise with functional display requirement will also be referred to as merchandise with experience requirement, namely the exhibited person can operate and experience the merchandise displayed within the limited condition and range, therefore, these merchandise will be directly contacted by the experienced person, the experienced person can be within the limited range of the seller or merchandise owner, for example, the commodities can not be taken out of the sales site, and the ownership of the displayed commodities is also attributed to the seller or the commodity holder, so that anti-theft measures are needed, the anti-theft measures do not limit the use of the experiencers, but only limit the experiencers to take the commodities out of the sales site, and even in some cases, the anti-theft measures need to consider not to hinder the use of the experiencers as much as possible so that the experiencers can obtain better use experience, which is different from the concept of anti-theft in mass vendor sales.
Security signal
Security signals are also a well-known concept in the field of merchandise theft protection, and when merchandise is in an unsecured state, some components in the merchandise theft protection system will send out security signals, and the security signals may be a sensing signal or an electrical signal or a digital signal, which can be triggered by many ways/events in the prior art, for example, the event may be physical connection disconnection or circuit disconnection, the triggering may be sensed by the sensing component, the sensing signal is transmitted to the corresponding device, the corresponding device can send out security signals according to the most basic logic judgment (yes/no) after receiving the sensing signal, or the security signals can be triggered by the connection or disconnection of the electrical signal, for example, when the current is kept open, the merchandise is considered to be in a normal state (for example, a connector is connected to the merchandise, or a cable is intact), when the circuit is different or the electrical connection is disconnected, the connector is considered to fall off or the cable is cut off, under the condition, the connector may be judged to be in an unsafe state, and a safety signal may be triggered.
Authorized/unauthorized
In the present invention, the unauthorized is relative to the authorized, because in the field of merchandise theft prevention, there are two ways of locking and unlocking, during the merchandise being displayed or used, it should be usually in the locked state, in which the merchandise will not be stolen, but besides the theft, the merchandise may be actively removed from the theft prevention device by the merchant, for example, when a certain merchandise is released from the market and is not displayed any more, the corresponding exhibit will be removed, which relates to the replacement of the merchandise, or when the merchandise has quality problem and needs to be repaired, it may be removed from the theft prevention device, when the merchandise is replaced or repaired, the merchandise will be removed from the theft prevention device by the staff (merchant) with authority, at this time, the connection between the merchandise and the theft prevention device will be released, for example, the connector will be removed from the merchandise, in this case we call authorized, and vice versa unauthorized.
Cable with a flexible connection
The cable is a concept of connection and/or transmission in the present invention, in some cases, the cable may be a purely mechanical connection, connecting two objects, in some cases, the cable may provide power transmission (strong current) to establish power connection for two parties connected by the cable, one party may provide power to the other party, or both parties may have power to transmit each other, in some cases, the cable may provide data transmission (including weak current) to provide power and data connection for two parties connected by the cable, one party may provide power or transmit data signals to the other party, or both parties may have power and data signals to transmit each other, in some cases, the power of the transmission line in the cable may be used as an induction loop, i.e. a determination factor for detecting whether the cable is on or off, for example, when there is power transmission in the cable, the sensing loop can be considered to be smooth, the cable is in a normal connection state, at the moment, if the cable is connected with the commodity and the anti-theft host machine, the commodity can be considered to be in a safe state, or when signals are transmitted in the cable, the sensing loop can also be considered to be smooth, the cable is in a normal connection state, at the moment, if the cable is connected with the commodity and the anti-theft host machine, the commodity can be considered to be in a safe state, under the condition, the cable can play a sensing role and equivalently play a part of a sensor, and the cable at the moment can be used as a part of the sensor. The utility model provides a cable can be foretell cable that has induction loop or can transmit safety signal, safety signal probably only one switch on or non-conductive signal, and not complicated control signal, whether switch on through the signal of telecommunication on the cable judges commodity whether be in safe state, perhaps, with whether switch on as safe or non-safe signal of the signal of telecommunication on the cable, all be conventional technical means in the commodity theftproof field, the utility model discloses do not make the improvement to the signal and the circuit structure of cable itself, the modified is the cooperation structural relationship of cable and other parts.
Connector with a locking member
The connector can be used for connecting the component, and the connector can be in a plug-in mode or a plug-in mode, namely a mode of containing a plug and a socket, the connector can have a charging function, for example, in a charging head mode, or comprises a charging head, the charging head can be matched with a charging interface of a commodity, the connector can be connected with a cable, or can be in a separate mode, when the connector is connected with the cable, the connector can also be used as a part of an induction loop on a sensor, and of course, in some cases, the connector can also be in a purely physical connection mode.
Sensor with a sensor element
The sensor often is used for certain signal of perception or certain state of perception, the utility model provides a sensor is exclusively used in commodity theftproof, and the sensor in the commodity theftproof can be an induction line, also can be a device that has inductive element, also can be the integrated component that has the response function on the connector, and its effect is exactly, can the sensing signal, distinguishes through this signal whether show commodity is in safe state. The sensor of the present invention is an integral structure, and a part of the sensor can have an inductive function, such as the cable described above, and can be connected to a commodity. The sensor is a more extensive prior art of application, and the sensor can be only a components and parts (sensor) that has the sensing function, and the sensor also can be a device that has the structure, and this device can sensing or certain signal of transmission, for example the above-mentioned safety signal in the utility model discloses in, the sensor is the device that has included specific structure, and it can have the function that can send safety signal or warning signal, but the utility model discloses do not improve the function of sensor as signal transmission, the improvement is the structural style of sensor.
Monitoring device
The monitoring device of the present invention may include a conventional article surveillance device, such as a burglar alarm, a surveillance host, an alarm, etc., and may also include other devices related to article security, such as the aforementioned sensor or connector, the monitoring device may be used to monitor devices in an article security system, such as the aforementioned sensor, the monitoring device may send out a security signal, may receive the security signal by other devices and perform an alarm operation according to the security signal, for example, the device may be an alarm or a buzzer.
Detailed description of the preferred embodiments
Reference is made to figures 1-8 of the drawings.
As shown in fig. 1-2, a sensor for preventing theft of an article comprises a connector 1 and a cable 2, and in some preferred modes, the connector 1 may comprise a charging connector 11, the charging connector 11 may be used to be combined with a charging interface of the article, and when the cable is powered on, the connector 1 may supply power to the article through the charging connector 11.
In some preferred modes, the charging head 11 may adopt one of a microUSB, TypeC or lightning charging head, which may be selected according to the type of the commodity.
In some preferred forms, the connector 1 further includes an attachment portion 12, in some preferred forms, the attachment portion 12 may include an attachment portion 13, as shown in fig. 4, the attachment portion 13 may be provided with an adhesive 14, as shown in fig. 7, and the adhesive 14 may be used to adhere to a surface, such as a back surface, of the product 100, so that the entire connector 1 and the product 100 are relatively fixed.
In some preferred modes, as shown in fig. 8, one end of a cable 2 is connected to a monitoring device 4 (such as an alarm) for preventing the theft of the goods, and the other end is connected to the connector 1, so that in case of theft prevention, the monitoring device is powered on, the cable can be powered on, the connector is powered on, the alarm rule of the monitoring device is that when the connector is combined with the cable and connected to the charging interface of the goods, the monitoring device does not send out an alarm or a safety signal, the goods are considered to be in a safety state, once the connector is unauthorized disconnected from the goods, or the connector and the cable are unauthorized disconnected, or the cable is cut off, the electric connection is interrupted, the monitoring device (the alarm) is triggered to alarm or send out a safety signal, the alarm rule of the monitoring device is a conventional technology in the field of theft prevention of goods, and the alarm rule of the monitoring device is a conventional technology in the field of theft prevention of goods, the utility model discloses do not make the improvement to monitoring device's warning rule, the utility model discloses the modified is the combination mode and the structure of connector and cable, and monitoring device is only the utility model discloses a scene that can use, no matter the utility model discloses a whether monitoring device is used to the back of the body subsides device, all can adopt the utility model discloses a structure that protects.
In some preferred forms, the connector includes at least two release and lock states, and when in the release state, as shown in fig. 4, the cable is operatively connectable to or disconnectable from the connector, and when in the lock state, as shown in fig. 2, the cable is not attachable to or disconnectable from the connector.
In some preferred forms, when the connector 1 is coupled to the article charging interface and the attachment member 12 is attached to the surface of the article 100, the connector is in a locked state, e.g., as shown in fig. 7, when the cable is already installed and cannot be removed, and when the cable is removed or installed if the connector and attachment member are not already installed, e.g., as shown in fig. 1-2.
In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 5, the connector 1 is provided with at least two first electrical contact points 15, the cable 2 may also be provided with at least two second electrical contact points at corresponding positions, the positions of the first electrical contact points 15 and the second electrical contact points are corresponding, and when the cable and the connector are combined, the first electrical contact points and the second electrical contact points can be butted against each other and form at least two electrical paths for conducting a circuit. In some preferred forms, the mutual abutting means that one of the first electrical contact points can be in contact with and electrically conducted with one of the second electrical contact points, and the other of the first electrical contact points can be in contact with and electrically conducted with the other of the second electrical contact points, so as to form two electrical paths (a positive one and a negative one), and when power is applied, the two electrical paths can be combined with the conducting wires in the cable to form an electrical loop.
In some preferred forms, the two electrical paths are isolated from each other to prevent cross-circuit interference from forming a good electrical loop. In some preferred forms, some isolation may be provided, for example by insulation, and in some preferred forms, some distance may be left in place during deployment, without isolation, and in some preferred forms, the electrical contacts of the same component (connector or cable) may be spaced apart or isolated from each other.
In some preferred forms, the electrical contacts on the cable may be connected to two wires in the cable 2, and in some preferred forms, the electrical contacts on the connector may be connected to a chip or wire or circuit in the connector to ensure that an electrical circuit is formed when the connector and cable are mated. In some preferred modes, the number of electrical contacts is at least one, and may be two or even more, and the present invention does not limit the number of electrical contacts as long as they can be butted and form an electrical circuit with the cable connected to them. For example, in some preferred embodiments, there are two electrical contacts, one for each of the positive and negative terminals, and connected to the conductors on the terminals, and a corresponding structure on the other terminal, so that when power is applied, an electrical circuit is completed through the cable.
The above-described connection of electrical contacts to cables and connectors is also a direct application of the prior art, and the present invention does not improve the connection of electrical contacts to wires/chips/circuits.
In some preferred embodiments, at least one of the electrical contact points on the connector and the cable has elasticity. In some preferred forms, the first electrical contacts 15 are resilient, in some preferred forms at least one of the first electrical contacts 15 is resilient, in some preferred forms the second electrical contacts are resilient, and in some preferred forms at least one of the second electrical contacts is resilient in order to ensure a smooth engagement when sliding into abutment.
In some preferred modes, as shown in fig. 4-5, the cable 2 includes a mounting portion 21, the mounting portion 21 may be provided with a slide bar 211, and correspondingly, the connector 11 may be provided with a slide slot 16 capable of allowing the slide bar 211 to slide into and be fastened therein, for limiting, the slide bar 211 is provided with a protrusion 212, and the slide slot 16 is provided with a bayonet 17, so that after the slide bar 211 slides into the slide slot 16, the protrusion 212 and the bayonet 17 are matched, and the mounting portion 21 does not move laterally, as shown in fig. 5, the connector 1 is further provided with a baffle 18, and the mounting portion 21 slides in from the upper portion until the baffle 18 is abutted.
In some preferred forms, the connector 1 may also be provided with an opening 19 below the attachment site, through which opening 19 the cable 2 can pass, the opening 19 may be sized to match the size, or size and shape, of the mounting site 21, and when the attachment site 11 is closed, as shown in fig. 2, the mounting site 21 may be just covered and the cable 2 secured to the connector.
In some preferred ways, as shown in fig. 2, a cable protection structure 22 may also be provided between the cable 2 and the mounting location 21 for protecting the connection location of the cable.
In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 6, the connector 1 has an overall L-shaped or approximately L-shaped profile as seen from the side, which facilitates the provision of a cover structure, for example, in some preferred forms, the attachment member 12 is connected to the connector 1 via the shaft 3. In some preferred modes, the connector 1 is provided with a waist-shaped groove 4, and the waist-shaped groove 4 can provide a certain stroke for the transverse movement of the rotating shaft 3, so that the transverse distance between the charging head 11 of the connector and the attachment part 12 can be adjusted, and the connector can be adapted to commodities with different thicknesses.