US 11,756,398 B2
Methods and apparatuses for reducing false positive alarms
Gregory Colaluca, Allen, TX (US); Eric Reich, Howell, NJ (US); Luis Tiago Bola Lagarto, Leça da Palmeira (PT); Hugo Manuel Costa Ribeiro, Sandim (PT); João Carlos Veríssimo Costa Teixeira De Sousa, Maia (PT); Bruno Miguel Rodrigues Costa Moura, Arada (PT); Wilson Fernandes Carvalho Pinto De Oliveira, Santa Maria da Feira (PT); Chad M. Gundlach, Ladera Ranch, CA (US); Yosbi Antonio Alves Saenz, Perosinho (PT); and Leandro André Azevedo Soares, Esmoriz (PT)
Assigned to Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/205,914.
Prior Publication US 2022/0301404 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G08B 29/18 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/2482 (2013.01) [G08B 13/2462 (2013.01); G08B 13/2485 (2013.01); G08B 29/185 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method of reducing false positive alarms, comprising:
identifying a first sector proximal to a reader and a second sector proximal to the reader;
receiving one or more parameters associated with a minimum sector count setting as a minimum consecutive tag read parameter;
applying, to the reader, the one or more parameters associated with the minimum sector count setting;
determining whether a tag has moved from the first sector to the second sector based on the one or more parameters; and
transmitting an alarm signal in response to the tag moving from the first sector to the second sector or refraining from transmitting a false alarm signal in response to the tag not moving.