POS terminal and comparison determination method of I/O card connected with the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9734111-B2
Application number	US-201514662412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2015
Priority date	Mar 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment, a POS terminal comprises a connection section configured to connect with an I/O card; a card information acquisition section configured to acquire, when a first I/O card connected with a general-purpose component is connected with the connection section, hardware information of the I/O card containing a model number; a card information storage section configured to store a model number list of supportable I/O cards; and a card information comparison determination section configured to determine whether or not the model number of the first I/O card is recorded in the model number list.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A POS terminal comprising:
a connection section configured to connect with an I/O card;
a card information storage section configured to previously store a model number list in which a model number and hardware information of supportable I/O cards are recorded;
a card information acquisition section configured to acquire, when an I/O card connected with a general-purpose component is connected with the connection section, a model number and hardware information of the I/O card, the general-purpose component selected from the group consisting of a display, a drawer device, a keyboard, a printer, a speech output device, a code scanner, or a communication interface; and
a card information comparison determination section configured to determine whether or not the model number of the I/O card that is connected is recorded in the model number list, and if the model number of the I/O card is recorded in the model number list, to determine that the I/O card is supportable.

2. The POS terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the connection of the I/O card to the POS terminal is interrupted if it is determined by the card information comparison determination section that the model number of the I/O card is not recorded in the model number list.

3. The POS terminal according to claim 2 , wherein
a warning indicating that the I/O card is not supported is issued if it is determined that the model number of the I/O card is not recorded in the supportable model number list by the card information comparison determination section.

4. The POS terminal according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a display device configured to display the warning that the I/O card is not supported on a screen of the display device.

5. The POS terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the general-purpose component is a display and the display is an operator display or a customer display.

6. A POS terminal comprising:
a connection section configured to connect with an I/O card;
a card information storage section configured to previously store a model number list in which a model number, hardware information, and an identification number of supportable I/O cards are recorded;
a card information acquisition section configured to acquire, when an I/O card connected with a general-purpose component is connected with the connection section, a model number, hardware information, and the identification number of the I/O card, the general-purpose component selected from the group consisting of a display, a drawer device, a keyboard, a printer, a speech output device, a code scanner, or a communication interface; and
a card information comparison determination section configured to determine whether or not the model number of the I/O card that is connected is recorded in the model number list, and to determine whether or not the identification number of the I/O card is consistent with one of the identification numbers in the model number list, the connection of the I/O card to the POS terminal is interrupted if it is determined by the card information comparison determination section that the model number of the I/O card is not recorded in the model number list, the POS terminal starts if the identification number of the I/O card is consistent with one of the identification numbers in the model number list.

7. The POS terminal according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a display device configured to display the warning that the I/O card is not supported on a screen of the display device if it is determined that the model number of the I/O card is not recorded in the model number list by the card information comparison determination section.

8. The POS terminal according to claim 6 , wherein
if it is determined that the model number of the I/O card is recorded in the model number list and that the identification number of the I/O card is not consistent with any one of the identification numbers in the model number list by the card information comparison determination section, the hardware information of the model number list is replaced with the hardware information of the I/O card and the POS terminal starts.

9. The POS terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the general-purpose component is a display and the display is an operator display or a customer display.

10. A POS terminal comprising:
a connection section configured to connect with an I/O card;
a card information acquisition section configured to acquire, when a first I/O card is connected with a general-purpose component is connected with the connection section, a model number, hardware information and an identification number of the first I/O card, the general-purpose component selected from the group consisting of a display, a drawer device, a keyboard, a printer, a speech output device, a code scanner, or a communication interface;
a card information storage section configured to store the model number, the hardware information, and the identification number of the first I/O card obtained by the card information acquisition section;
a card information comparison determination section configured to determine, when a second I/O card is connected with a general-purpose component is connected with the connection section after the first I/O card is removed, whether or not the model number of the second I/O card number acquired by the card information acquisition section and the model number of the first I/O card stored in the card information storage section are the same.

11. The POS terminal according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a display device configured to display, if it is determined by the card information comparison determination section that the model number of the second I/O card and the model number of the first I/O card are not the same, the determination result on a screen of the display device.

12. The POS terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the general-purpose component is a display and the display is an operator display or a customer display.

13. A comparison determination method of an I/O card connected with a POS terminal, including:
previously storing a model number list of supportable I/O cards, in which a model number and hardware information are recorded;
connecting with an I/O card of the POS terminal;
acquiring, when an I/O card connected with a general-purpose component is connected with a connection section, the model number and hardware information of the I/O card, the general-purpose component selected from the group consisting of a display, a drawer device, a keyboard, a printer, a speech output device, a code scanner, or a communication interface;
determining whether or not the model number of the I/O card is recorded in the model number list; and
if the model number of the I/O card is recorded in the model number list, determining that the I/O card is supportable.

14. A comparison determination method according to claim 13 , wherein the general-purpose component is a display and the display is an operator display or a customer display.

Assignees

• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Iwamoto Jun

Classifications

• G06Q20/20

  Point-of-sale [POS] network systems · CPC title

• G07G1/14

  Systems including one or more distant stations co-operating with a central processing unit · CPC title

• G06F13/4068 Primary

  Electrical coupling · CPC title

• G06F13/24

  using interrupt (G06F13/32 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F13/107

  Terminal emulation · CPC title