Settlement terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9418359-B2
Application number	US-201514636418-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	Mar 6, 2014
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A settlement terminal device of this disclosure includes a settlement processing unit that performs a settlement process and a power supply unit that supplies power stored in a battery to the settlement processing unit. The settlement processing unit detects in advance a state where a battery residual capacity is equal to or less than a predetermined value when performing the settlement process, and sets a first detection threshold value for a first settlement mode requiring a first power consumption level which is greater than a second detection threshold value for a second settlement mode requiring a second power consumption level which is lower than the first power consumption level.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A settlement terminal device, comprising:
a processor that performs a settlement process, the settlement process configured to be performed according to a first settlement mode and a second settlement mode; and
a power supply that supplies power stored in a battery to the processor,
wherein the processor sets a first detection threshold value for the first settlement mode requiring a first power consumption level, and sets a second detection threshold value for the second settlement mode requiring a second power consumption level which is lower than the first power consumption level, the first detection threshold value being greater than the second detection threshold value,
the processor detects a state where a battery residual capacity is equal to or less than the first detection threshold value when performing the settlement process according to the first settlement mode, and
the processor detects the state where the battery residual capacity is equal to or less than the second detection threshold value when performing the settlement process according to the second settlement mode.

2. The settlement terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor changes a detection threshold value of the battery residual capacity in response to a plurality of settlement modes having different power consumption levels.

3. The settlement terminal device of claim 2 , wherein the processor changes a detection threshold value of the battery residual capacity depending on a card type which is used for the settlement process as the plurality of settlement modes having the different power consumption levels.

4. The settlement terminal device of claim 3 , wherein the second settlement mode requiring the second power consumption level processes a contact IC card.

5. The settlement terminal device of claim 3 , wherein a magnetic card is processed in the second settlement mode requiring the second power consumption level.

6. The settlement terminal device of claim 3 , wherein a non-contact IC card is processed in the first settlement mode requiring the first power consumption level.

7. The settlement terminal device of claim 2 , wherein the processor includes settlement modes regarding whether or not external communication during the settlement process is necessary, as the plurality of settlement modes having the different power consumption levels.

8. The settlement terminal device of claim 2 , wherein the processor includes settlement modes regarding whether to perform receipt printing during the settlement process, as the plurality of settlement modes having the different power consumption levels.

9. The settlement terminal device of claim 1 , wherein, when the state where the battery residual capacity is equal to or less than one of the first detection threshold value and the second detection threshold value is detected before the settlement process is completed, the processor performs a preventive process.

10. The settlement terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the settlement process according to each of the first settlement mode and the second settlement mode when the power stored in the battery is greater than each of the first detection threshold value and the second detection threshold value.

11. The settlement terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to not perform the settlement process according to the first settlement mode and configured to perform the settlement process according to the second settlement mode when the power stored in the battery is not greater than the first detection threshold value and greater than the second detection threshold value.

12. The settlement terminal device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an input that receives an instruction for performing the settlement process according to the one of the first settlement mode and the second settlement mode,
wherein the processor determines whether the instruction is for performing the settlement process according to the one of the first settlement process and the second settlement process based on the instruction.

13. The settlement terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to perform, during the settlement process, a settlement procedure including at least one of an authentication process, a collation process, and a transmission process of an amount of the settlement process when the power stored in the battery is greater than the corresponding one of the first detection threshold value and the second detection threshold value.

14. The settlement terminal device of claim 13 , wherein, when the settlement procedure includes the transmission process, the processor is configured to change a method of the settlement procedure depending on the amount of the settlement process.

15. The settlement terminal device of claim 14 , wherein, when the settlement procedure includes the transmission process, the processor is configured to perform the settlement process in an online state when the amount of the settlement process is greater than a predetermined value, and perform the settlement process in an offline state when the amount of the settlement process is smaller than the predetermined value.

16. The settlement terminal device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor determines whether the settlement process includes a receipt printing process, and
the processor is configured set a detection threshold value of the battery residual capacity to be higher when the settlement process includes the receipt printing process than when the settlement process does not include the receipt printing process.

17. The settlement terminal device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to perform the settlement process in an online state when the amount of the settlement process is greater than a predetermined value, and perform the settlement process in an offline state when the amount of the settlement process is smaller than the predetermined value, and
the processor is configured to set a detection threshold value of the battery residual capacity to be higher when the settlement process is to be performed in the online state than when the settlement process is to be performed in the offline state.

18. A settlement process method using a settlement process apparatus, the settlement process method comprising:
causing a processor performing a settlement process in the settlement process apparatus to:
set a first detection threshold value for a first settlement mode requiring a first power consumption level, and set a second detection threshold value for a second settlement mode requiring a second power consumption level which is lower than the first power consumption level;
determine whether the settlement process is to be performed according to one of the first settlement mode and the second settlement mode; and
detect a state where a battery residual capacity serving as a power supply of the settlement process apparatus is equal to or less than the first detection threshold value when the settlement process is performed according to the first settlement mode, and detect the state where the battery residual capacity serving as the power supply of the settlement process apparatus is equal to or less than the first detection threshold value when the settlement process is performed according to the first settlement mode.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further caused to perform:
changing a detection threshold value of the battery residual capacity in response t

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsumoto Manabu

Classifications

• G06F1/3212

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• G06Q20/145

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• G06F1/28

  Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision · CPC title

• G07F7/0873

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• G06Q20/20 Primary

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