CN105303132A - Information terminal and control method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an information terminal and a control method thereof. Even if the information terminal is taken away by the third party, improper usage of the information terminal can be prevented. The information terminal includes a detection part and an invalidation part, wherein the detection part detects the receiving signal intensity of a wireless signal received from a fixed device through a wireless part; and the invalidation part enables input of an input device to be invalid when the receiving signal intensity detected by the detection part is less than the specified threshold value.
Description
The application advocate the applying date be on 05 26th, 2014, application number be the Japanese publication of JP2014-108466 is right of priority, and quotes the content of above-mentioned application.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of information terminal and control method thereof.
Background technology
In recent years, popularize being loaded with the merchandise sales data processing apparatus that the portable information terminal of touch panel, so-called tablet terminal and the fixed device that is connected printer and pulling off device (drawer) etc. combine.This merchandise sales data processing apparatus, in order to use the portability of tablet terminal, effectively utilizes radio communication as the communication mode between tablet terminal and stationary installation.By effectively utilizing radio communication, all if in sales field limit greet customer limit registration process is carried out to the sales data of the commodity that client buys, very convenient.
But, because the portable information terminal resemble tablet terminal is separated freely with stationary installation, such as to be taken away by the 3rd people and by the danger of improper use in the space information that deviate from salesman's sight line so have.
Summary of the invention
In view of the above problems, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of information terminal and control method thereof, even if information terminal is taken away the improper use that also can prevent its information terminal by the 3rd people.
For solving the problem, the information terminal that first aspect present invention relates to, for portable information terminal, load input media, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated and connect freely with by described radio section, this information terminal comprises: test section and ineffective treatment portion.Test section is detected from stationary installation and sends and the received signal strength of the wireless signal received by radio section.Ineffective treatment portion is when the received signal strength detected by test section is less than the threshold value of regulation, and it is invalid to make from the input of input media.
The information terminal that second aspect present invention relates to, for portable information terminal, load input media, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated and connect freely with by described radio section, this information terminal comprises: test section, detects from described stationary installation and sends and the received signal strength of the wireless signal received by described radio section; And validation portion, when the described received signal strength detected by this test section is more than or equal to defined threshold, make from the input of described input media effective.
The control method of the information terminal that third aspect present invention relates to, this information terminal is portable information terminal, load input media, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated and connect freely with by described radio section, this control method comprises the following steps: determination step, judges to send from described stationary installation and whether the received signal strength of the wireless signal received by described radio section is less than defined threshold; And invalidating step, when described received signal strength is less than defined threshold, it is invalid to make from the input of described input media.
The control method of the information terminal that fourth aspect present invention relates to, this information terminal is portable information terminal, load input media, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated and connect freely with by described radio section, this control method comprises the following steps: determination step, judges to send from described stationary installation and whether the received signal strength of the wireless signal received by described radio section is more than or equal to defined threshold; And validation step, when described received signal strength is more than or equal to defined threshold, make from the input of described input media effective.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing, information terminal involved in the present invention and control method thereof are described.When considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, by referring to detailed description below, more completely can understand the present invention better and easily learn wherein many adjoint advantages, but accompanying drawing described herein is used to provide a further understanding of the present invention, form a application's part, schematic description and description of the present invention, for explaining the present invention, does not form inappropriate limitation of the present invention, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the skeleton diagram of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus that have employed tablet terminal;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram representing that the important part of tablet terminal and stationary installation is formed;
Fig. 3 is the planimetric map of the layout example representing the shop applying merchandise sales data processing apparatus;
Fig. 4 is from schematic diagram during unilateral observation checkout stand in the layout example shown in Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram representing the main information processing sequence that the processor of stationary installation performs;
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram of the order representing the receive interruption process that the processor of tablet terminal performs;
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram of the order representing the Interruption process that the processor of tablet terminal performs;
Fig. 8 is the process flow diagram of the order representing the Interruption process that the processor of tablet terminal in a second embodiment performs;
Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram of the order representing the input interrupt processing that the processor of tablet terminal in a second embodiment performs; And
Figure 10 is the schematic diagram of the embodiment represented when employing the strong antenna of directionality.
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1 merchandise sales data processing apparatus
10 tablet terminal (information terminal)
11 touch panels
12 card readers
20 stationary installations
31,41 processors
37,44 wave points
The test section of 371 electric wave reception intensity
Embodiment
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing, even if the embodiment of the information terminal of improper use also can be prevented to be described to being taken away by the 3rd people (outsider).In addition, the present embodiment is the situation adopting portable tablet terminal 10 (with reference to Fig. 1) to process article sales data as information terminal.
First embodiment
Fig. 1 illustrates the outline of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 that have employed tablet terminal 10.As shown in Figure 1, merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 comprises tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20.Tablet terminal 10 is separated freely relative to stationary installation 20, time not only under the state being in installation, and time under the state being in separation, also can realize having the function as merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1.
Tablet terminal 10 has the cabinet of portable rectangular plate-like.And tablet terminal 10 is at one side (being called surface) the upper configuration touch panel 11 of this cabinet.In addition, the right side shown in Fig. 1 of the periphery of cabinet is provided with magnetic card read write line 12.
Stationary installation 20 has the cabinet of fixable box.And stationary installation 20 makes the upper surface of cabinet tilt to face side, and using the installed surface 21 of this upper surface as tablet terminal 10.
In addition, tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 are not limited to man-to-man relation, also multiple tablet terminal 10 can be connected with a stationary installation 20.
The block diagram of Fig. 2 illustrates that the important part of tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 is formed.As shown in Figure 2, tablet terminal 10 is mounted with processor (CentralProcessingUnit: central processing unit) 31, flash rom (ReadOnlyMemory: ROM (read-only memory)) 32, RAM (RandomAccessMemory: random access memory) 33, clock portion 34, touch panel controller 35, USB (UniversalSerialBus: USB (universal serial bus)) connector 36 and the wave point 37 as radio section.And tablet terminal 10 is by the bus such as address bus, data bus 38 connection handling device 31, flash rom 32, RAM33, clock portion 34, touch panel controller 35, USB connector 36 and wave point 37.In addition, tablet terminal 10 is mounted with accumulator 39 as driving power.
Processor 31 is equivalent to the maincenter part of computing machine.Processor 31 according to operating system, application program, for realize as tablet terminal various function and control each portion.
Flash rom 32 is equivalent to the main memory portion of above computer.Flash rom 32 stores aforesaid operations system, application program.The situation of required data when flash rom 32 also has storage of processor 31 to perform various process.
RAM33 is equivalent to the main memory portion of above computer.RAM33 required data when storage of processor 31 performs various process as required.In addition, RAM33 be also used as processor 31 carry out various process time workspace.Workspace comprises the memory block of ineffective treatment mark F0 and the memory block of threshold value SHL.Carry out aftermentioned to ineffective treatment mark F0 and threshold value SHL.
The date that clock portion 34 timing is current and moment (time).
Touch panel controller 35 controls touch panel 11.Touch panel 11 is at the touch sensor 11b of the display section of the display 11a of the panel type as display device configuration as input media.Touch panel controller 35 controls the picture display of display 11a, and the signal of monitoring touch sensor 11b.And touch panel controller 35, according to the location coordinate information of operation and the image information at this time point of being touched, detects input data.
USB connector 36 is the connectors of the various USB device detachably connecting the communication mode had according to USB specification.In the present embodiment, USB connector 36 is connected with and can reads the card media such as credit card, electric bank-note card and the card reader 12 corresponding to USB of write data.
The transmission that wave point 37 carries out make use of wireless data and the reception of data be sent wirelessly.
Stationary installation 20 is mounted with processor 41, flash rom 42, RAM43, wave point 44, network interface 45, multiple device interface 46,47 and power supply unit 48.And stationary installation 20 is by the bus such as address bus, data bus 49 connection handling device 41 and flash rom 42, RAM43, wave point 44, network interface 45, multiple device interface 46,47 and power supply unit 48.
Processor 41 is equivalent to the maincenter part of computing machine.Processor 41, according to operating system, application program, controls each portion for realizing the various function that has as stationary installation 20.
Flash rom 42 is equivalent to the main memory portion of above computer.Flash rom 42 stores aforesaid operations system, application program.The situation of required data when flash rom 42 also has storage of processor 41 to perform various process.
RAM43 is equivalent to the main memory portion of above computer.RAM43 required data when storage of processor 41 performs various process as required.In addition, RAM43 be also used as processor 41 carry out various process time workspace.Workspace comprises the memory block charging to mark F1.Carry out aftermentioned to charging to mark F1.
The transmission that wave point 44 carries out make use of wireless data and the reception of data be sent wirelessly.
Network interface 45 carries out transmitting and receiving data between storage server be connected by communication networks such as LAN (LocalAreaNetwork: LAN (Local Area Network)) etc.
Device interface 46,47 be electrically connected various appliance arrangement, and between this appliance arrangement transmitting and receiving data signal.Pulling off device (drawer) 51 is connected with device interface 46 by the stationary installation 20 of the present embodiment, is connected by bill printer 52 with device interface 47.In addition, the quantity of device interface 46,47 is not limited to two, can be only 1, also can for being more than or equal to 3.In addition, appliance arrangement is also not limited to pulling off device 51 and bill printer 52, such as, barcode scanner, also can be connected with device interface 46,47 as the display etc. of client's display.
Power supply unit 48 generates the power supply needed for the driving of stationary installation 20, and supply is to each portion.In addition, power supply unit 48 has in a non contact fashion to the function that the accumulator 39 of tablet terminal 10 charges.By this function, during on the installed surface 21 being installed in stationary installation 20 in tablet terminal 10, the accumulator 39 of this tablet terminal 10 is charged.
Data communication between tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 is wirelessly carried out.That is, the wave point 44 of stationary installation 20 is set in the mode of carrying out radio communication with the wave point 37 of tablet terminal 10.And, wave point 44 with some cycles to wave point 37 wireless transmission querying command.The wave point 37 receiving this querying command sends the response command comprising intrinsic ID to wave point 44.Wave point 44 detects the ID that response command comprises.And during reception has the response command comprising same ID, wave point 44 determines communication line with the wave point 37 of this response command transmission source.During communication line is determined, tablet terminal 10 can make use of wireless data communication with stationary installation 20.
Wave point 37 has the test section 371 of received signal strength (RSSI:ReceivedSignalStrengthIndication: received signal strength indicator).This test section 371 detects with the portion of how much intensity (dB: decibel) reception from the electric wave of wave point 44 wireless transmission of stationary installation 20, and be known technology.Above-mentioned threshold value SHL is the threshold value for this received signal strength.
Fig. 3 is the planimetric map of the layout example representing shop 60.This shop 60 is configured with checkout stand 62 in the front of gateway 61, is configured with multiple commodity shelf 63 from this checkout stand 62 in shop.That is, the shopping consumer entering shop from gateway 61 finds to buy commodity from the commodity that commodity shelf 63 display, and after checkout stand 62 has carried out settling accounts, goes out that shop uses like this from gateway 61.
In such shop 60, merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 is placed with stationary installation 20 in checkout stand 62, and be provided with tablet terminal 10 on the installed surface 21 of this stationary installation 20, thus the function that realization has as merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1.In addition, such as, salesman takes away tablet terminal 10 from stationary installation 20, such as operating touch panel 11 in the shop being configured with commodity shelf 63, also can realize having the function as merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1.Therefore, even if each wave point 37,44 of tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 is led out from stationary installation 20 with tablet terminal 10, as long as then also the mode of two-way wireless communication received-signal strength can be provided with in shop.
Fig. 4 is from schematic diagram during unilateral observation checkout stand 62.In Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, dotted line 70 illustrates that received signal strength that the test section 371 of tablet terminal 10 detects is the boundary of the level of threshold value SHL.That is, as long as to illustrate that in the inner side of this dotted line 70 then electric wave reception intensity is for being more than or equal to threshold value SHL, but in the outside electric wave reception intensity of dotted line 70 for being less than threshold value SHL.In addition, the scope of dotted line 70 is not limited to the scope of Fig. 3, Fig. 4, can suitably change.
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram representing the main information processing order that the processor 41 of stationary installation 20 performs.The control program that this order is installed according to flash rom 42.In addition, with shown in Fig. 5 while below the content of process that illustrates be an example, and suitably can utilize the various process that can obtain equifinality.
First, processor 41 will be charged to mark F1 and be reset to " 0 " (Act1).Then, processor 41 accepts charging to (Act2) based on operator.When not being credited to (Act2's is no), processor 41 is standby to be charged to.
If by wave point 44 from being determined that the tablet terminal 10 of communication line have received the order (Act2 is) charged to, then processor 41 confirms whether the tablet terminal 10 of order transmission source is connected central (Act3) with this stationary installation 20 positive electrical.
Such as, processor 41 is confirmed whether to be charged by the accumulator 39 of power supply unit 48 pairs of tablet terminal 10.And when charging, processor 41 is judged as on the installed surface 21 that tablet terminal 10 has been installed in this stationary installation 20 and in the middle of positive electrical connects.Be directed to this, when not being in charged state, processor 41 to be judged as on the installed surface 21 that tablet terminal 10 is not installed in this stationary installation 20 in the middle of separation.
When tablet terminal 10 is not in the middle of connecting (Act3's is no), processor 41 turns back to the process of Act2, then accepts to charge to.When tablet terminal 10 is in the middle of connecting (Act3 is), whether processor 41 judgement is charged to effective.
Such as, allowed and the salesman of operation merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 inputted the intrinsic salesman ID arranged voluntarily by the touch panel 11 of operate tablet terminal 10, and, touch and declare the button charged to thus charge to.By this operation, the order charged to comprising salesman ID from tablet terminal 10 is sent wirelessly.
The order charged to comprising salesman ID is received by the stationary installation 20 determining communication line.The flash rom 42 of stationary installation 20 is registered with the salesman ID of all salesmans allowing operation merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 in advance.Processor 41 confirms whether the salesman ID that the order charged to comprises has been registered in flash rom 42.When by registration, processor 41 is authorized and is charged to.When unregistered, processor 41 is not authorized and is charged to.
Preserved destination (address) by the ID of all salesmans allowing operation merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1, be not limited to flash rom 42.Such as, also can be the memory storage of the storage server connected by network interface 45.
When unauthorized is charged to (Act4's is no), processor 41 turns back to the process of Act2, then accepts to charge to.
When authorize charge to time (Act4's is no), processor 41 is stored in charging to the salesman ID that order comprises in RAM43, and will charge to mark F1 set is " 1 " (Act5).In addition, processor 41 is to being determined the order (Act6) that the tablet terminal 10 wireless transmission ineffective treatment of communication line is arranged.Be docked to the action of the tablet terminal 10 of this order, carry out aftermentioned.
Have sent ineffective treatment arrange order after, processor 41 standby from by determine communication line tablet terminal 10 receive take out of request order or receive remember the order (Act7, Act8).
Such as, take the salesman that tablet terminal 10 carries out work out of, the salesman ID of operating touch panel 11 input itself, and touch the button declaring to take out of.By this operation, the order comprising the request of taking out of of salesman ID from tablet terminal 10 is wirelessly sent to stationary installation 20.In addition, terminate the salesman of the operation of merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1, the button is remembered in the declaration touching touch panel 11.By this operation, remember that the order is wirelessly sent to stationary installation 20 from tablet terminal 10.
When from when being determined that the tablet terminal 10 of communication line receives the order of the request of taking out of (Act7 is), processor 41 is confirmed whether to authorize this order (Act9), and that is processor 41 confirms that whether the salesman ID that order comprises is consistent with the salesman ID that the RAM43 when charging to stores.When consistent, the order of request of taking out of authorized by processor 41.When inconsistent, the order of the request of taking out of ignored by processor 41.
When ignoring (Act9's is no), processor 41 more standby reception takes the order of request out of or the order (Act7, Act8) is remembered in reception.When the order of request is taken in mandate out of (Act9 is), processor 41 is to being determined the order (Act10) that the tablet terminal 10 wireless transmission ineffective treatment of communication line is removed.To the action of tablet terminal 10 receiving this order, also carry out aftermentioned.
After the order that have sent ineffective treatment releasing, processor 41 is standby from stationary installation 20 separating plate terminal 10 (Act11).Such as, processor 41 is confirmed whether to be charged by the accumulator 39 of power supply unit 48 pairs of tablet terminal 10.When being in charged state, processor 41 is judged as that tablet terminal 10 is not separated.When not being in charged state, processor 41 is judged as that tablet terminal 10 is separated.
When tablet terminal 10 is separated from this stationary installation 20 (Act11 is), standby being in of processor 41 determines that the tablet terminal 10 of communication line state is electrically connected (Act12) with this stationary installation 20.Such as, processor 41 is confirmed whether that the accumulator 39 loaded by power supply unit 48 pairs of tablet terminal 10 starts charging.And when charging, processor 41 is judged as that tablet terminal 10 is in released state.When having started to charge to accumulator 39, processor 41 has been judged as that tablet terminal 10 is typically electrically connected.When tablet terminal 10 is typically electrically connected (Act12 is), processor 41 is to being determined the order (Act6) that the tablet terminal 10 wireless transmission ineffective treatment of communication line is arranged.
In addition, the confirmation method in the middle of whether tablet terminal 10 is connected with stationary installation 20 positive electrical, is not limited to the charged state of monitoring accumulator.Such as, also can by arranging for detect on the installed surface 21 of stationary installation 20 with or without the sensor of tablet terminal 10 and the signal of monitoring this sensor confirms.Or the test section of electric wave reception intensity also can be set on the wave point 44 of stationary installation 20, and be judged as when the received-signal strength from tablet terminal 10 is more than or equal to specified level, in the middle of connection, being judged as when being less than specified level in the middle of separation.As long as the value that this specified level is equal with threshold value SHL or large compared with threshold value SHL is just passable.
After the order that ineffective treatment is arranged at wireless transmission, processor 41 is standby receives the order of request of taking out of from this tablet terminal 10 or the order (Act7, Act8) is remembered in reception.
When receive remember the order time (Act8 is), processor 41 turns back to the process of Act1.That is, processor 41 will be charged to and indicate that F1 is reset to " 0 ".Afterwards, processor 41 performs the later process of Act2 again.
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram of the order representing the receive interruption process that the processor 31 of tablet terminal 10 performs.The receive interruption program that this order is installed according to flash rom 32.In addition, the content of the process illustrated below while shown in Fig. 6 is an example, and suitably can utilize the various process that can obtain equifinality.
Processor 31 often receives from being determined the various orders of stationary installation 20 wireless transmission of communication line by wave point 37, starts the process of the order shown in Fig. 6.That is, processor 31 identifies the kind (Act21, Act23) of the order received.
When receiving order and being the order of ineffective treatment setting (Act21 is), ineffective treatment mark F0 set is " 1 " (Act22) by processor 31.When receiving order and being the order of ineffective treatment releasing (Act23 is), ineffective treatment mark F0 is reset to " 0 " (Act24) by processor 31.
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram of the order representing the Interruption process that the processor 31 of tablet terminal 10 performs.The timer interrupt routine that this order is installed according to flash rom 32.In addition, with shown in Fig. 7 while below the content of process that illustrates be an example, and suitably can utilize the various process that can obtain equifinality.
The moment of clock portion 34 timing, processor 31 started the process of the order shown in Fig. 7 such as often through 1 second.That is, processor 31 confirms ineffective treatment mark F0 (Act41).
When ineffective treatment mark F0 is set to " 1 " (Act31 is), processor 31 obtains the electric wave reception intensity (Act32) detected by test section 371.And processor 31 confirms that whether electric wave reception intensity is for being more than or equal to threshold value SHL (Act33).
When electric wave reception intensity is more than or equal to threshold value SHL (Act33 is), processor 31 pairs of touch panel controller 35 arrange the validation (Act34) of touch panel 11.In addition, when ineffective treatment mark F0 is reset to " 0 " (Act31's is no), processor 31 also arranges the validation (Act34) of touch panel 11 to touch panel controller 35.
Be directed to this, when electric wave reception intensity is less than threshold value SHL (Act33's is no), processor 31 pairs of touch panel controller 35 arrange the ineffective treatment (Act35) of touch panel 11.
Touch panel controller 35, when touch panel 11 has been set up validation, controls to show the picture of display 11a.In addition, touch panel controller 35 monitors the signal from touch sensor 11b.And touch panel controller 35, according to the location coordinate information of operation and the image information at this time point of being touched, detects input data.
On the other hand, when touch panel 11 has been set up ineffective treatment, touch panel controller 35 has not controlled to show the picture of display 11a.Its result, the picture of display 11a is eliminated.In addition, touch panel controller 35 does not monitor the signal from touch sensor 11b.Its result, even if the picture of touch display 11a, input also neutralizes.
Here, ineffective treatment mark F0 has as the function for identifying whether the effective information in nullifiedization portion.RAM33 has the function of the storage part as above-mentioned information.Each process of Act21, Act22, Act23, Act24 of Fig. 6 has the function as the configuration part arranging ineffective treatment mark F0 in RAM33.
Each process of Act33, Act35 of Fig. 7 has as when the received signal strength detected by test section 371 is less than defined threshold SHL, makes the function from the invalid ineffective treatment portion of the input of input media (touch sensor 11b).In detail, ineffective treatment portion is under ineffective treatment mark F0 is in the state being set to " 1 ", when the received signal strength detected by test section 371 is less than defined threshold SHL, make the input from touch sensor 11b invalid, under ineffective treatment mark F0 is in the state being reset to " 0 ", not according to received signal strength, make the input from touch sensor 11b effective.
Each process of Act33, Act34 of Fig. 7 has as when the received signal strength detected by test section 371 is more than or equal to defined threshold SHL, makes the function in the effective validation portion of input from input media (touch sensor 11b).In detail, validation portion is under ineffective treatment mark F0 is in the state being set to " 1 ", when the received signal strength detected by test section 371 is more than or equal to defined threshold SHL, make the input from touch sensor 11b effective, and received signal strength is when being less than defined threshold SHL, make the input from touch sensor 11b invalid, under the state that ineffective treatment mark F0 is reset to " 0 ", not according to received signal strength, make the input from touch sensor 11b effective.
Such as, as shown in Figure 3, imagination is placed with stationary installation 20 and on the installed surface 21 of this stationary installation 20, is provided with the situation of tablet terminal 10 in checkout stand 62.In addition, stationary installation 20 and tablet terminal 10 define communication line by wireless.But stationary installation 20 is charged to mark F0 and is reset to " 0 " and is in note and do well.When being in note and doing well, merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 can not process article sales data.
When being allowed that the salesman of operation merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 carries out charging to operation, then in stationary installation 20, charging to mark F0 by the process of the Act5 of Fig. 5 and be set to " 1 " and be in the state of charging to.Be in charge to state time, merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 can process article sales data.
In addition, in stationary installation 20, the order arranged by the process ineffective treatment of the Act6 of Fig. 5 is wirelessly sent to tablet terminal 10.In the tablet terminal 10 receiving this order, be set to " 1 " by the process ineffective treatment mark F1 of the Act22 of Fig. 6.
In the tablet terminal 10 that ineffective treatment mark F1 has been set, often there is Interruption, detect electric wave reception intensity by the process of the Act32 of Fig. 7.And electric wave reception intensity is compared with threshold value SHL in the process of Act33.Its result, when electric wave reception intensity is more than or equal to threshold value SHL, is set up validation by the process touch panel 11 of the Act34 of Fig. 7.Be directed to this, when electric wave reception intensity is less than threshold value SHL, be set up ineffective treatment by the process touch panel 11 of the Act35 of Fig. 7.
That is, when tablet terminal 10 is from areas outside shown in the separated and dotted line 70 taking Fig. 3 or Fig. 4 out of of stationary installation 20, electric wave reception intensity becomes and is less than threshold value SHL, so being disabled of touch panel 11.When touch panel 11 being disabled, the picture of display is eliminated.In addition, even if touch picture, this input also neutralizes.Therefore, such as, even if take tablet terminal 10 away space the 3rd people that have left salesman's sight line, can not this tablet terminal 10 of improper use.
But, there is the salesman charged to take tablet terminal 10 out of, and the sales data of the commodity that client buys is carried out to the situation of registration process on inner edge greet customer limit, shop.In this case, request is taken in salesman's operating touch panel 11 declaration before taking tablet terminal 10 out of out of.By doing like this, in stationary installation 20, the order removed by the process ineffective treatment of the Act10 of Fig. 5 is wirelessly sent to tablet terminal 10.In the tablet terminal 10 receiving this order, be reset to " 0 " by the process ineffective treatment mark F1 of the Act24 of Fig. 6.
In the tablet terminal 10 that ineffective treatment mark F1 has been reset, no matter the power of electric wave reception intensity, be set up validation by the process touch panel 11 of the Act34 of Fig. 7.That is, even if tablet terminal 10 is from the outside in the region shown in the separated and dotted line 70 being carried over into Fig. 3 or Fig. 4 of stationary installation 20, touch panel 11 also being not disabled.Therefore, salesman can with greet customer limit, tablet terminal 10 limit process article sales data in shop.
In addition, when on the installed surface 21 that the tablet terminal 10 of being taken out of by salesman turns back to stationary installation 20, the order arranged by the process ineffective treatment of the Act6 of Fig. 5 is wirelessly sent to tablet terminal 10.Therefore, even if tablet terminal 10 is taken out of by the 3rd people afterwards, also due to this tablet terminal 10 being disabled of touch panel 11 when electric wave reception intensity is less than threshold value SHL, so still improper use can be prevented.
Second embodiment
When being the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 illustrated in a first embodiment, asking and after the salesman be authorized to taken tablet terminal 10 out of, such as, when being lost on commodity shelf 63, then having by the danger of the improper use of the 3rd people carrying out taking out of.Therefore, with reference to Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, even if be described second embodiment with the function also prevented about this improper use.
In addition, the information processing sequence performed according to receive interruption program due to the processor 31 of the schematic configuration of merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1, tablet terminal 10 are formed with the important part of stationary installation 20, the processor 41 of stationary installation 20 performs according to control program information processing sequence and tablet terminal 10 is identical with the first embodiment, so the second embodiment also still uses Fig. 1 to Fig. 6, and omit detailed description.
Fig. 8 is the process flow diagram of the order representing the Interruption process that the processor 31 of tablet terminal 10 performs.The timer interrupt routine that this order is installed according to flash rom 32.In addition, with shown in Fig. 8 while below the content of process that illustrates be an example, and suitably can utilize the various process that can obtain equifinality.
In fig. 8, same-sign is added to the treatment step common with this order of the first embodiment shown in Fig. 7.That is, the second embodiment and the first embodiment difference are the process when ineffective treatment F0 is reset to " 0 ".
When there occurs Interruption, when ineffective treatment mark F0 is reset to " 0 " (Act31's is no), then processor 31 pairs of touch panel controller 35 arrange the ineffective treatment (Act41) of touch panel 11.In addition, timer conter t is increased " 1 " (Act42) by processor 31.Timer conter t is such as formed in RAM33.
Processor 31 confirms whether timer conter t has exceeded higher limit T (Act43).When timer conter t does not exceed higher limit T (Act43's is no), processor 31 terminates this Interruption process.When timer conter t has exceeded higher limit T (Act43 is), ineffective treatment mark F0 set has been " 1 " (Act44) by processor 31.Above, processor 31 terminates this Interruption process.
Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram of the order representing the input interrupt processing that the processor 31 of tablet terminal 10 performs.The input interrupt routine that this order is installed according to flash rom 32.In addition, with shown in Fig. 9 while below the content of process that illustrates be an example, and suitably can utilize the various process that can obtain equifinality.
Processor 31 when being detected the touch input of touch panel 11 by touch panel controller 35, then starts the process of the order shown in Fig. 9.That is, timer conter t is reset to " 0 " (Act51) by processor 31.Then, processor 31 performs and touches the input processing (Act52) inputting corresponding information.In addition, also first can perform and touch the input processing inputting corresponding information, afterwards, timer conter t being reset to " 0 ".
In the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment formed like this, to ask and after the salesman be authorized to takes tablet terminal 10 out of carrying out taking out of, such as when being lost on commodity shelf 63, interrupt, so timer conter t improves counting gradually owing to there is not input in tablet terminal 10.And soon when timer conter t exceedes higher limit T, then ineffective treatment mark F0 is set to " 1 ".
When ineffective treatment mark F0 is set, then often there is Interruption and all detect electric wave reception intensity, and compared by with threshold value SHL.Its result, when electric wave reception intensity is more than or equal to threshold value SHL, touch panel 11 is set up validation, and when for being less than threshold value SHL, touch panel 11 is set up ineffective treatment.
Usually, in the tablet terminal 10 be lost on commodity shelf 63, electric wave reception intensity is for being less than threshold value SHL.Therefore, due to being disabled of touch panel 11, so tablet terminal 10 can be prevented to be used in possible trouble by the 3rd people is improper.
In addition, the present invention is not limited to described embodiment.
Such as, in the described embodiment, although the periphery of stationary installation 20 to be considered as the threshold range of the electric wave reception intensity in tablet terminal 10, but as shown in Figure 10, also antenna from the direction directionality to the commodity shelf 63 of specifying that can be strong by is used for stationary installation 20, the electric wave reception intensity before these commodity shelf 63 is considered as in threshold range.By doing like this, although do not carry out taking request out of, also can operate before commodity shelf 63, then cannot operate tablet terminal 10 when deviating from commodity shelf 63.
In addition, in the described embodiment, although be illustrated the validation of touch panel 11 or ineffective treatment, also can validation or ineffective treatment be similarly set to card reader 12.When being provided with ineffective treatment to card reader 12, card reader 12 cannot be read card data or cannot write data to card.Therefore, do not have and read card data wrongly by the 3rd people or distort the danger of card data.
In addition, in the described embodiment, although exemplified with the tablet terminal 10 as merchandise sales data processing apparatus as information terminal, information terminal is not limited to tablet terminal.As long as load input media, display device and radio section and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated the portable information terminal connected freely with by radio section, be then can apply of the present invention.
In addition, carry out under the state that the transfer of merchandise sales data processing apparatus is normally stored in ROM at control program supervisor.But, be not limited to this, the writeable memory storage that also can have to computer installation according to the operation of user etc., is written with the control program etc. separating with this computing machine and transfer the possession of.The transfer of control program etc. can be recorded in moveable recording medium, or is undertaken by the communication of network.Can storage program and device can read as long as recording medium resembles CD-ROM, storage card etc., then its form is not limit.In addition, the function by installing, downloading acquisition also can cooperate with the OS of device inside (operating system) etc. and realize its function.
In addition, although be illustrated several embodiments of the present invention, these embodiments propose as an example, are not intended to limit scope of invention.The embodiment of these novelties can be implemented with other various forms, can carry out various omission, replacement, change in the scope not departing from invention main idea.These embodiments and distortion thereof are all comprised in scope of invention or main idea, and, be included in the invention described in scope of claim and the scope of its equalization.
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1. an information terminal is portable information terminal, loads input media, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated and connect freely with by described radio section, and described information terminal comprises:
Test section, is detected from described stationary installation and sends and the received signal strength of the wireless signal received by described radio section; And
Ineffective treatment portion, when the described received signal strength detected by this test section is less than defined threshold, it is invalid to make from the input of described input media.
2. information terminal according to claim 1, also comprises:
Storage part, stores and is used for identifying whether to make the effective information in described ineffective treatment portion,
Wherein, described ineffective treatment portion is under the state being stored the information making the effective order in described ineffective treatment portion by described storage part, when the described received signal strength detected by described test section is less than defined threshold, it is invalid to make from the input of described input media, under the state not storing the information making the effective order in described ineffective treatment portion, not according to described received signal strength, make from the input of described input media effective.
3. information terminal according to claim 2, also comprises:
Setting unit, arranges described information in described storage part.
4. an information terminal is portable information terminal, loads input media, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated and connect freely with by described radio section, and described information terminal comprises:
Test section, is detected from described stationary installation and sends and the received signal strength of the wireless signal received by described radio section; And
Validation portion, when the described received signal strength detected by this test section is more than or equal to defined threshold, makes from the input of described input media effective.
5. information terminal according to claim 4, also comprises:
Storage part, stores and is used for identifying whether to make the effective information in described validation portion,
Wherein, described validation portion is under the state being stored the information making the effective order in described validation portion by described storage part, when the described received signal strength detected by described test section is more than or equal to defined threshold, make from the input of described input media effective, and when described received signal strength is less than defined threshold, it is invalid to make from the input of described input media, under the state not storing the information making the effective order in described validation portion, not according to described received signal strength, make from the input of described input media effective.
6. the control method of an information terminal, described information terminal is portable information terminal, load input media, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated and connect freely with by described radio section, described control method comprises the following steps:
Determination step, judges to send from described stationary installation and whether the received signal strength of the wireless signal received by described radio section is less than defined threshold; And
Invalidating step, when described received signal strength is less than defined threshold, it is invalid to make from the input of described input media.
7. control method according to claim 6, also comprises:
Storing step, stores and is used for identifying whether to make the effective information of described invalidating step,
Wherein, described invalidating step is under the state storing the information making the effective order of described invalidating step by described storing step, when the described received signal strength detected by described detecting step is less than defined threshold, it is invalid to make from the input of described input media, under the state not storing the information making the effective order of described invalidating step, not according to described received signal strength, make from the input of described input media effective.
8. control method according to claim 7, also comprises:
Setting steps, arranges described information.
9. the control method of an information terminal, this information terminal is portable information terminal, load input media, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation of radio communication can be separated and connect freely with by described radio section, this control method comprises the following steps:
Determination step, judges to send from described stationary installation and whether the received signal strength of the wireless signal received by described radio section is more than or equal to defined threshold; And
Validation step, when described received signal strength is more than or equal to defined threshold, makes from the input of described input media effective.
10. control method according to claim 9, also comprises:
Storing step, stores and is used for identifying whether to make the effective information of described validation step,
Wherein, described validation step is under the state being stored the information making the effective order of described validation step by described storing step, when the described received signal strength detected by described detecting step is more than or equal to defined threshold, make from the input of described input media effective, and when described received signal strength is less than defined threshold, it is invalid to make from the input of described input media, under the state not storing the information making the effective order of described validation step, not according to described received signal strength, make from the input of described input media effective.
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