NFC tags with proximity detection
View Patent ↗Systems, apparatuses and methods provide for detecting the proximate placement of an external NFC reader to a specific location on a display surface. The display surface can be intended for viewing indicia and enabling interaction with an NFC communication device embedded within the display. A circuit can control an NFC security system that can scan for unauthorized tags affixed to the surface of a display. The NFC security system may be activated by an NFC enabled mobile phone placed proximate to the indicated region for receiving an NFC coded message from the display. An NFC security scan can be performed prior to the mobile phone reading the message from the intended NFC tag in the display. Enabling interactive display modes can allow for making selections indicated on the display or detecting motion gestures across the face of the display.
1. A method of implementing a NFC security system comprising:
providing a display, the display having a NFC security system having a security controller, an NFC reader, an inductive coil, and at least one detector;
placing an external NFC reader near the display to read at least one NFC tag;
triggering the system;
detecting a rogue signal from at least one unauthorized NFC tag; and
determining an action for disabling the at least one unauthorized NFC tag.
2. The method of claim 1 , where the action is generating an alarm to remove the unauthorized NFC tag.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises blocking the rogue signal from the unauthorized NFC tag after the step of detecting.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises destroying a rogue device after the step of determining.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method comprising the further step of failing to detect at least one rogue signal, such that the system enters a sleep mode.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one detector is positioned apart over a surface of the display.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one detector is embedded in the display.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NFC reader of the display transmits enough power to interrogate unauthorized tags.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inductive coil includes a common element to both the at least one detector and the NFC security system.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the common element is a common coil.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising taking the action again if the action is unsuccessful.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the external NFC reader is a mobile phone.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inductive coil comprises impedance matching circuits.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises at least one sensors.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security controller activated reading conditionally upon a state of a signal line.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the signal line is routed to functions that sense the state of a NFC detector output signal.