Electronic tamper detection device

• Main Authors: Landauer, Gerhard Martin, Rebollo Pimentel, Ivan Jesus
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.05.2019
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ALARM SYSTEMS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SEALS; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; SIGNS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic tamper detection device is provided, comprising a radio frequency antenna, a tamper loop, a power level determination unit and a tamper measurement unit, wherein: the power level determination unit is configured to determine a power level of the tamper detection device; the tamper measurement unit is configured to generate a measurement signal and to transmit said measurement signal through the tamper loop; the tamper measurement unit is further configured to adapt the measurement signal in dependence on the power level. According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding tamper detection method is conceived. According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions is provided.