| 摘要 |
<p>A system is provided for detecting the theft of items from a retail store and to provide images of a suspected thief to security personnel. The security system further enables a record of activities over time to be stored and analysed, allowing security personnel to determine patterns in behaviour. The system comprises a plurality of electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags, each tag being attached to an item, and each tag being programmed with product data about said item. An EAS reader / detector is configured to transmit an activation signal when an EAS tag is detected. An image capture component comprises a camera arranged to image an area proximate the EAS detector when it receives the activation signal from the detector. Image data and product data is transmitted to a data management component and the product data is linked with the image data and stored in a memory of the data management component. The EAS tag may be an RFID tag. The tag reader and the camera are located at or proximate an exit of the store. The system may be arranged such that it does not alert a suspected thief as to its activation.</p> |
