US 12,188,786 B2
Energy efficient smart label with an electrically destructible fuse
Emre Özer, Cambridge (GB); Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth, Cambridge (GB); and Jedrzej Kufel, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Arm Limited, Cambridge (GB)
Appl. No. 17/595,880
Filed by Arm Limited, Cambridge (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/050618
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/240149, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907800 (GB), filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0230033 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G01D 21/00 (2006.01); G01D 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G09F 3/02 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC G01D 21/00 (2013.01) [G01D 9/007 (2021.05); G06K 7/0008 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 19/0707 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G09F 3/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/001 (2020.01); G09F 2003/0272 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for use in conjunction with consumer product packaging comprising:
an energy harvester to capture ambient energy to provide a source of electrical energy;
electronic circuitry powered by the electrical energy, wherein the electronic circuitry comprises a data processor; and
an electrically destroyable fuse providing an electrical connection between the energy harvester and the electronic circuitry,
wherein destruction of the electrically destroyable fuse permanently disconnects the energy harvester from the electronic circuitry, such that the electronic circuitry cannot operate, and
wherein the data processor is configured to break the electrical connection between the energy harvester and the electronic circuitry by generating an electrical trigger signal to cause said destruction of the electrically destroyable fuse.