CN105303132B - Information terminal and its control method - Google Patents

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CN105303132B
CN105303132B CN201510272499.6A CN201510272499A CN105303132B CN 105303132 B CN105303132 B CN 105303132B CN 201510272499 A CN201510272499 A CN 201510272499A CN 105303132 B CN105303132 B CN 105303132B
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The invention discloses a kind of information terminal and its control method, information terminal can also prevent the improper use of its information terminal even if being taken away by the third party, which includes test section and ineffective treatment portion.Test section detects that the received signal strength for the wireless signal that radio section receives is sent and passed through from stationary installation.Ineffective treatment portion makes the input from input unit invalid when the received signal strength detected by test section is less than defined threshold value.

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Information terminal and its control method
This application claims the applying date be on May 26th, 2014, Application No. JP2014-108466 Japanese publication be excellent It first weighs, and quotes the content of above-mentioned application.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of information terminal and its control methods.
Background technology
In recent years, by the portable information terminal for being loaded with touch panel, so-called tablet terminal be connected printer and The merchandise sales data processing apparatus of the fixed device combination of pulling off device (drawer) etc. has been popularized.This commodity pin Data processing equipment is sold, in order to use the portability of tablet terminal, as the communication party between tablet terminal and stationary installation Formula efficiently uses wireless communication.By efficiently using wireless communication, customer can such as be purchased when receiving customer in sales field The sales data of the commodity entered carries out registration process, very convenient.
But, since the portable information terminal as tablet terminal separates freely with stationary installation, so having Such as taken away in the gap information for deviating from salesman's sight by the third party and by the improper danger used.
The content of the invention
In view of the above problems, it is an object of the invention to provide a kind of information terminal and its control method, information terminal is Make to be taken away the improper use that can also prevent its information terminal by the third party.
To solve the above problems, the information terminal that first aspect present invention is related to, is portable information terminal, loads defeated Enter device, display device and radio section, and the stationary installation with being capable of wireless communication by the radio section separates freely Connection, the information terminal include:Test section and ineffective treatment portion.Test section detects that radio section is sent and passed through from stationary installation The received signal strength of the wireless signal received.Ineffective treatment portion is less than rule in the received signal strength detected by test section During fixed threshold value, make the input from input unit invalid.
The information terminal that second aspect of the present invention is related to is portable information terminal, loads input unit, display device And radio section, and separate with being capable of the stationary installation of wireless communication by the radio section and connect freely, the information terminal Including:Test section, the reception for the wireless signal that detects to send from the stationary installation and be received by the radio section Signal strength;And validation portion, it is greater than or equal to regulation threshold in the received signal strength detected by the test section During value, make the input from the input unit effective.
The control method for the information terminal that third aspect present invention is related to, the information terminal are portable information terminal, Input unit, display device and radio section are loaded, and the stationary installation with being capable of wireless communication by the radio section separates It connects freely, which comprises the following steps:Determination step judges to send and pass through from the stationary installation described Whether the received signal strength for the wireless signal that radio section receives is less than defined threshold;And invalidating step, it is connect described When receiving signal strength less than defined threshold, make the input from the input unit invalid.
The control method for the information terminal that fourth aspect present invention is related to, the information terminal are portable information terminal, Input unit, display device and radio section are loaded, and the stationary installation with being capable of wireless communication by the radio section separates It connects freely, which comprises the following steps:Determination step judges to send and pass through from the stationary installation described Whether the received signal strength for the wireless signal that radio section receives is greater than or equal to defined threshold;And validation step, When the received signal strength is greater than or equal to defined threshold, make the input from the input unit effective.
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In the following, information terminal according to the present invention and its control method are illustrated referring to the drawings.When with reference to attached drawing During consideration, by referring to following detailed description, it can more completely more fully understand the present invention and easily learn many of which The advantages of adjoint, but attached drawing described herein is used for providing a further understanding of the present invention, forms the part of the application, The schematic description and description of the present invention is used to explain the present invention, does not constitute improper limitations of the present invention, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the skeleton diagram for the merchandise sales data processing apparatus for employing tablet terminal;
Fig. 2 is to represent the block diagram that the mian part of tablet terminal and stationary installation is formed;
Fig. 3 is the plan view for representing to apply the layout example in the shop of merchandise sales data processing apparatus;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram in shown in Fig. 3 be laid out in example from unilateral observation checkout stand;
Fig. 5 is the flow chart for representing the main information processing sequence that the processor of stationary installation performs;
Fig. 6 is the flow chart for the order for representing the reception interrupt processing that the processor of tablet terminal performs;
Fig. 7 is the flow chart for the order for representing the Interruption processing that the processor of tablet terminal performs;
Fig. 8 is the flow for the order for representing the Interruption processing that the processor of tablet terminal in a second embodiment performs Figure;
Fig. 9 is the flow for the order for representing the input interrupt processing that the processor of tablet terminal in a second embodiment performs Figure;And
The schematic diagram of embodiment when Figure 10 is the antenna for representing to have used directionality strong.
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1 merchandise sales data processing apparatus
10 tablet terminals (information terminal)
11 touch panels
12 card readers
20 stationary installations
31st, 41 processor
37th, 44 wireless interface
The test section of 371 electric wave reception intensities
Specific embodiment
Hereinafter, referring to the drawings, pair being taken away even if by the third party (outsider) can also prevent that the improper information used is whole The embodiment at end illustrates.In addition, the present embodiment is as information terminal pair using portable tablet terminal 10 (with reference to Fig. 1) The situation that article sales data is handled.
First embodiment
Fig. 1 shows to employ the outline of the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 of tablet terminal 10.As shown in Figure 1, commodity pin Selling data processing equipment 1 includes tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20.Tablet terminal 10 is separated compared with stationary installation 20 Freely, not only when in the state of installation, and when in the state of separation, can also realize with as commodity The function of sales data processing unit 1.
Tablet terminal 10 has the cabinet of portable rectangular plate-like.Moreover, tablet terminal 10 (claims in the one side of the cabinet For surface) on configure touch panel 11.In addition, magnetic card reader 12 is installed on the right side shown in FIG. 1 of the peripheral portion of cabinet.
Stationary installation 20 has the cabinet of fixable box.Moreover, stationary installation 20 make the upper table of cabinet towards Face side tilts, and using the upper surface as the mounting surface 21 of tablet terminal 10.
In addition, tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 are not limited to man-to-man relation, it can also be whole by multiple tablets End 10 is connected with a stationary installation 20.
The block diagram of Fig. 2 shows that the mian part of tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 is formed.As shown in Fig. 2, tablet terminal 10 It is mounted with processor (Central Processing Unit:Central processing unit) 31, flash rom (Read Only Memory: Read-only memory) 32, RAM (Random Access Memory:Random access memory) 33, clock portion 34, touch panel control Device 35 processed, USB (Universal Serial Bus:Universal serial bus) connector 36 and the wireless interface as radio section 37.Moreover, tablet terminal 10 by 38 connection processing device 31 of the buses such as address bus, data/address bus, flash rom 32, RAM33, Clock portion 34, touch panel controller 35, USB connector 36 and wireless interface 37.In addition, tablet terminal 10 is mounted with accumulator 39 are used as driving power.
Processor 31 is equivalent to the maincenter part of computer.Processor 31 is made according to operating system, application program to realize Each portion is controlled for the various functions of tablet terminal.
Flash rom 32 is equivalent to the main memory portion of above computer.Flash rom 32 stores aforesaid operations system, application Program.Flash rom 32 also has the situation that storage processor 31 performs data required during various processing.
RAM33 is equivalent to the main memory portion of above computer.RAM33 stores processor 31 and performs various places as needed Required data during reason.In addition, RAM33 also serves as workspace when processor 31 carries out various processing.It is invalid that workspace includes Change the memory block of mark F0 and the memory block of threshold value SHL.Ineffective treatment mark F0 and threshold value SHL is carried out aftermentioned.
34 timing of clock portion current date and moment (time).
Touch panel controller 35 controls touch panel 11.Touch panel 11 is in the display of the panel type as display device The display portion of device 11a configures the touch sensor 11b as input unit.Touch panel controller 35 controls display 11a Picture show, and monitor the signal of touch sensor 11b.Moreover, touch panel controller 35 is according to by touch operation Location coordinate information and the image information in the time point, detect input data.
USB connector 36 is the various USB devices that detachably connection has the communication mode according to USB specification Connector.In the present embodiment, USB connector 36, which is connected with, to read and write to card medias such as credit card, electric bank-note cards The corresponding card readers 12 of USB of data.
Wireless interface 37 carries out the reception for the data that make use of the transmission of wireless data and be sent wirelessly.
Stationary installation 20 is mounted with processor 41, flash rom 42, RAM43, wireless interface 44, network interface 45, multiple Device interface 46,47 and power supply unit 48.Moreover, stationary installation 20 is connected by the buses such as address bus, data/address bus 49 Connect processor 41 and flash rom 42, RAM43, wireless interface 44, network interface 45, multiple device interfaces 46,47 and power supply list Member 48.
Processor 41 is equivalent to the maincenter part of computer.Processor 41 has according to operating system, application program to realize Have as the various functions of stationary installation 20 and control each portion.
Flash rom 42 is equivalent to the main memory portion of above computer.Flash rom 42 stores aforesaid operations system, application Program.Flash rom 42 also has the situation that storage processor 41 performs data required during various processing.
RAM43 is equivalent to the main memory portion of above computer.RAM43 stores processor 41 and performs various places as needed Required data during reason.In addition, RAM43 also serves as workspace when processor 41 carries out various processing.Workspace includes charging to Indicate the memory block of F1.It is aftermentioned to charging to mark F1 progress.
Wireless interface 44 carries out the reception for the data that make use of the transmission of wireless data and be sent wirelessly.
Network interface 45 is with passing through LAN (Local Area Network:LAN) etc. communication networks connection storage Transmitting and receiving data are carried out between server etc..
Device interface 46,47 is electrically connected various appliance arrangements, and data letter is transmitted and received between the appliance arrangement Number.Pulling off device (drawer) 51 is connected by the stationary installation 20 of the present embodiment with device interface 46, by bill printer 52 with Device interface 47 connects.In addition, the quantity of device interface 46,47 is not limited to two, can be only 1, or big In or equal to 3.In addition, appliance arrangement is also not limited to pulling off device 51 and bill printer 52, for example, bar code scanning Instrument, display as customer display etc. can be also connected with device interface 46,47.
Power supply unit 48 generates the power supply needed for the driving of stationary installation 20, and is supplied to each portion.In addition, power supply unit 48 have the function of in a non contact fashion to charge to the accumulator 39 of tablet terminal 10.By the function, in tablet terminal During 10 are installed on the mounting surface 21 of stationary installation 20, the accumulator 39 of the tablet terminal 10 is electrically charged.
Data communication between tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 wirelessly carries out.It is that is, fixed The wireless interface 44 of formula device 20 is set in a manner that the wireless interface 37 with tablet terminal 10 carries out wireless communication.Moreover, Wireless interface 44 transmits wirelessly querying command with some cycles to wireless interface 37.Receive the wireless interface 37 of the querying command The response command for including intrinsic ID is sent to wireless interface 44.Wireless interface 44 detects the ID that response command is included.Moreover, During reception has the response command comprising same ID, wireless interface 44 and the wireless interface 37 of the response command transmission source are true Determine communication line.In communication line determined period, tablet terminal 10 can make use of wireless data with stationary installation 20 Communication.
Wireless interface 37 has received signal strength (RSSI:Received Signal Strength Indication: Received signal strength indicator) test section 371.The test section 371 is detected with how much intensity (dB:Decibel) it receives from fixation The portion for the electric wave that the wireless interface 44 of formula device 20 transmits wirelessly, and be known technology.Above-mentioned threshold value SHL is for the reception The threshold value of signal strength.
Fig. 3 is the plan view for the layout example for representing shop 60.The shop 60 is configured with checkout stand in the front of entrance 61 62, multiple commodity shelfs 63 are configured with into shop from the checkout stand 62.That is, the shopping consumer from entrance 61 into shop is Purchase commodity are found in the commodity displayed from commodity shelf 63, after checkout stand 62 is settled accounts, go out shop from entrance 61 So use.
In such shop 60, merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 is placed with stationary installation 20 in checkout stand 62, And tablet terminal 10 is installed on the mounting surface 21 of the stationary installation 20, so as to fulfill with as article sales data The function of processing unit 1.In addition, for example, salesman takes away tablet terminal 10 from stationary installation 20, such as commodity goods is being configured with Operating touch panel 11 in the shop of frame 63, can also realize has the function of as merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1.Therefore, put down Even if each wireless interface 37,44 of board terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 is carried over tablet terminal 10 from stationary installation 20 Go, as long as in shop also can the mode of two-way wireless communication be provided with received-signal strength.
Fig. 4 be from unilateral observation checkout stand 62 when schematic diagram.In Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, dotted line 70 shows tablet terminal 10 The received signal strength that test section 371 is detected is the boundary of the level of threshold value SHL.As long as it that is, shows in the dotted line 70 inside then electric wave reception intensity be more than or equal to threshold value SHL, but dotted line 70 outside electric wave reception intensity be 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 flow chart for representing the main information processing order that the processor 41 of stationary installation 20 performs.The order The control program installed according to flash rom 42.In addition, the content of processing described below is one while with shown in Fig. 5 Example, and can suitably utilize the various processing that can obtain equifinality.
First, processor 41 will charge to mark F1 and be reset to " 0 " (Act1).Then, processor 41 receives based on operator Charge to (Act2).When not being credited to (Act2's is no), processor 41 is standby to be charged to.
If order (the Act2 charged to is had received from the tablet terminal 10 for being determined communication line by wireless interface 44 Be), then processor 41 confirm order transmission source tablet terminal 10 whether be connected with 20 positive electrical of stationary installation among (Act3)。
For example, processor 41 is confirmed whether filling the accumulator 39 of tablet terminal 10 by power supply unit 48 Electricity.Moreover, when charging, processor 41 is judged as the installed mounting surface in the stationary installation 20 of tablet terminal 10 On 21 and among positive electrical connection.In view of this, when being not in charged state, processor 41 be judged as tablet terminal 10 not by On the mounting surface 21 of the stationary installation 20 and among separation.
When tablet terminal 10 is not among connection (Act3's is no), processor 41 returns to the processing of Act2, then receives It charges to.When tablet terminal 10 is among connection (Act3's be), effectively whether the judgement of processor 41 charged to.
For example, the salesman of operation merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 is allowed, by the touch surface for operating tablet terminal 10 Plate 11 inputs the intrinsic salesman ID voluntarily set, declares the button charged to moreover, touching so as to be charged to.By this Operation, the order charged to for including salesman ID from tablet terminal 10 are sent wirelessly.
The order charged to comprising salesman ID is by determining that the stationary installation 20 of communication line is received.Fixed dress Put 20 flash rom 42 pre-register allow operate merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 all salesmans salesman ID.Processing Device 41 confirms whether the salesman ID that the order charged to is included has been registered in flash rom 42.When being registered, processor 41 mandates are charged to.When unregistered, processor 41, which does not authorize, to be charged to.
The ID for being allowed all salesmans of operation merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 preserves destination (address), and unlimited Due to flash rom 42.For example, it can be the storage devices of the storage server connected by network interface 45.
When unauthorized is charged to (Act4's is no), processor 41 returns to the processing of Act2, then receives to charge to.
When authorized charge to when (Act4's is no), processor 41 is stored in RAM43 by the salesman ID that order included is charged to In, moreover, it is " 1 " (Act5) that will charge to mark F1 set.In addition, processor 41 is to the tablet terminal for being determined communication line The order (Act6) that 10 wireless transmission ineffective treatments are set.The action of the tablet terminal 10 of the order is docked to, is carried out aftermentioned.
After the order for having sent ineffective treatment setting, processor 41 is standby to be connect from the tablet terminal 10 for being determined communication line Take-up goes out the order of request or the order (Act7, Act8) is remembered in reception.
For example, take the salesman that tablet terminal 10 works out of, 11 input of the operating touch panel salesman ID of itself, and Touch the button that declaration is taken out of.By the operation, the order for taking request out of of salesman ID is included by nothing from tablet terminal 10 Line is sent to stationary installation 20.In addition, terminating the salesman of the operation of merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1, touch panel is touched The button is remembered in 11 declaration.By the operation, remember that the order is wirelessly sent to fixed dress from tablet terminal 10 Put 20.
When receiving the order for taking request out of from the tablet terminal 10 for being determined communication line (Act7's be), processing Device 41 is confirmed whether to authorize the order (Act9), that is to say, that whether processor 41 confirms orders included salesman ID with remembering The salesman ID that fashionable RAM43 is stored is consistent.When consistent, processor 41 authorizes the order for taking request out of.When inconsistent, place Reason device 41 ignores the order for taking request out of.
When ignoring (Act9's is no), the order of request is taken in standby reception out of to processor 41 again or the order is remembered in reception (Act7、Act8).When authorize take the order of request out of when (Act9's be), processor 41 is to the tablet for being determined communication line Terminal 10 transmits wirelessly the order (Act10) that ineffective treatment releases.Action to the tablet terminal 10 for receiving the order, also carries out It is aftermentioned.
After the order of ineffective treatment releasing is had sent, processor 41 is standby to separate tablet terminal 10 from stationary installation 20 (Act11).For example, processor 41 is confirmed whether to charge to the accumulator 39 of tablet terminal 10 by power supply unit 48.When During in charged state, processor 41 is judged as that tablet terminal 10 is not separated.When being not in charged state, processor 41 is sentenced Break and separated for tablet terminal 10.
When tablet terminal 10 is separated from the stationary installation 20 (Act11's be), processor 41 is standby in true The tablet terminal 10 and the stationary installation 20 for determining communication line state are electrically connected (Act12).For example, the confirmation of processor 41 is The no accumulator 39 loaded by power supply unit 48 to tablet terminal 10 starts to charge up.Moreover, when not charged, processing Device 41 is judged as that tablet terminal 10 has been in discrete state.When having been started to charge up to accumulator 39, processor 41 is judged as putting down Board terminal 10 has been typically electrically connected.When tablet terminal 10 has been typically electrically connected (Act12's be), processor 41 is to being determined The tablet terminal 10 of communication line transmits wirelessly the order (Act6) that ineffective treatment is set.
In addition, tablet terminal 10 whether be connected with 20 positive electrical of stationary installation among confirmation method, be not limited to Monitor the charged state of accumulator.For example, it is also possible to have by setting for detecting on the mounting surface 21 of stationary installation 20 The sensor of no tablet terminal 10 simultaneously monitors the signal of the sensor to confirm.It or can also be in the wireless of stationary installation 20 The test section of electric wave reception intensity on interface 44 is set, and is greater than or equal to regulation electricity in the received-signal strength from tablet terminal 10 Usually it is judged as among connection, is judged as when less than specified level among separation.As long as the specified level is equal with threshold value SHL Or the big value compared with threshold value SHL.
After the order of ineffective treatment setting has been transmitted wirelessly, processor 41 is standby to take request out of from the tablet terminal 10 reception Order or reception remember the order (Act7, Act8).
When receive remember the order when (Act8's be), processor 41 returns to the processing of Act1.That is, processing Device 41 will charge to mark F1 and be reset to " 0 ".Afterwards, processor 41 performs processing later Act2 again.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart for the order for representing the reception interrupt processing that the processor 31 of tablet terminal 10 performs.The order The reception interrupt routine installed according to flash rom 32.In addition, the content of processing described below is while shown in Fig. 6 One example, and can suitably utilize the various processing that can obtain equifinality.
Processor 31 is often received from the stationary installation 20 for being determined communication line by wireless interface 37 and transmitted wirelessly Various orders, start Fig. 6 shown in order processing.That is, processor 31 identifies the species of the order received (Act21、Act23)。
When receive order be ineffective treatment set order when (Act21's be), processor 31 is by ineffective treatment mark F0 set For " 1 " (Act22).When receive order be ineffective treatment release order when (Act23's be), processor 31 is by ineffective treatment mark F0 It is reset to " 0 " (Act24).
Fig. 7 is the flow chart for the order for representing the Interruption processing that the processor 31 of tablet terminal 10 performs.The order The timer interrupt routine installed according to flash rom 32.In addition, it is with the content of processing described below simultaneously shown in Fig. 7 One example, and can suitably utilize the various processing that can obtain equifinality.
Such as often by 1 second at the time of 34 timing of clock portion, processor 31 starts the processing of order shown in Fig. 7.Also It is to say, processor 31 confirms ineffective treatment mark F0 (Act41).
When ineffective treatment mark F0 is set to " 1 " (Act31's be), the acquirement of processor 31 is detected by test section 371 The electric wave reception intensity (Act32) gone out.Moreover, processor 31 confirms whether electric wave reception intensity is more than or equal to threshold value SHL (Act33)。
When electric wave reception intensity is greater than or equal to threshold value SHL (Act33's be), processor 31 is to touch panel controller 35 set 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 sets touch panel controller 35 validation (Act34) of touch panel 11.
In view of this, when electric wave reception intensity be less than threshold value SHL when (Act33's is no), processor 31 is to touch panel control Device 35 processed sets the ineffective treatment (Act35) of touch panel 11.
Touch panel controller 35 controls and the picture of display 11a is shown when validation has been set in touch panel 11 Show.In addition, touch panel controller 35 monitors the signal from touch sensor 11b.Moreover, 35 basis of touch panel controller By the location coordinate information of touch operation and the image information in the time point, input data is detected.
On the other hand, when ineffective treatment has been set in touch panel 11, touch panel controller 35 is not controlled to display The picture of 11a is shown.As a result, the picture of display 11a is eliminated.In addition, touch panel controller 35 is not monitored from tactile Touch the signal of sensor 11b.Even if as a result, the picture of touch display 11a, input also neutralizes.
Herein, ineffective treatment mark F0 has the function of to be used as to identify whether the effective information in nullifiedization portion. RAM33 has the function of the storage part as above- mentioned information.Each processing of Act21, Act22, Act23, Act24 of Fig. 6 have Function as the configuration part that ineffective treatment mark F0 is set in RAM33.
Each processing of Act33, Act35 of Fig. 7 have as small in the received signal strength detected by test section 371 When defined threshold SHL, the function in the ineffective treatment portion for making the input from input unit (touch sensor 11b) invalid.In detail Ground says, ineffective treatment portion is in a state that ineffective treatment mark F0 is in and is set to " 1 ", the reception that is detected by test section 371 When signal strength is less than defined threshold SHL, make the input from touch sensor 11b invalid, be in ineffective treatment mark F0 It is reset in the state of " 0 ", not by received signal strength, makes the input from touch sensor 11b effective.
Each processing of Act33, Act34 of Fig. 7 have as big in the received signal strength detected by test section 371 When defined threshold SHL, make the work(in the effective validation portion of input from input unit (touch sensor 11b) Energy.In detail, validation portion is detected in ineffective treatment mark F0 in the state of " 1 " has been set to by test section 371 When the received signal strength gone out is greater than or equal to defined threshold SHL, make the input from touch sensor 11b effective, and receive When signal strength is less than defined threshold SHL, makes the input from touch sensor 11b invalid, answered in ineffective treatment mark F0 Position is in the state of " 0 ", not by received signal strength, makes the input from touch sensor 11b effective.
For example, as shown in figure 3, imagination is placed with stationary installation 20 and in the stationary installation 20 in checkout stand 62 Mounting surface 21 on the situation of tablet terminal 10 is installed.In addition, stationary installation 20 and tablet terminal 10 are by wirelessly determining There is communication line.But stationary installation 20 charges to mark F0 and has been reset to " 0 " and has done well in note.In remembering During state, merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 cannot handle article sales data.
When the salesman for being allowed operation merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 carries out charging to operation, then in stationary installation In 20, mark F0 is charged to by the processing of the Act5 of Fig. 5 and is set to " 1 " and is in charge to state.In charge to state when, Merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 can handle article sales data.
In addition, in stationary installation 20, the order set by the processing ineffective treatment of the Act6 of Fig. 5 is wirelessly sent to Tablet terminal 10.In the tablet terminal 10 for receiving the order, it is set to by the processing ineffective treatment mark F1 of the Act22 of Fig. 6 Position is " 1 ".
In the tablet terminal 10 being set in ineffective treatment mark F1, Interruption often occurs, passes through the Act32's of Fig. 7 Processing detection goes out electric wave reception intensity.Moreover, in the processing of Act33 electric wave reception intensity with threshold value SHL by compared with.It is tied Fruit when electric wave reception intensity is greater than or equal to threshold value SHL, is set effectively by the processing touch panel 11 of the Act34 of Fig. 7 Change.In view of this, when electric wave reception intensity is less than threshold value SHL, it is set by the processing touch panel 11 of the Act35 of Fig. 7 Ineffective treatment.
That is, when tablet terminal 10 is separated from stationary installation 20 and is taken out of to shown in the dotted line 70 of Fig. 3 or Fig. 4 Areas outside when, electric wave reception intensity becomes less than threshold value SHL, so touch panel 11 is invalidated.When touch panel 11 When being invalidated, the picture of display is eliminated.In addition, even if touching picture, which also neutralizes.Thus, for example, Even if the gap third party for having left salesman's sight takes tablet terminal 10 away, improper the tablet terminal 10 can not be used.
But, the salesman charged to takes tablet terminal 10, and the business bought on shop inner edge reception customer side to customer out of The sales data of product carries out the situation of registration process.In this case, salesman operates touch before tablet terminal 10 is taken out of Request is taken in the declaration of panel 11 out of.By doing so, in stationary installation 20, released by the processing ineffective treatment of the Act10 of Fig. 5 Order be wirelessly sent to tablet terminal 10.In the tablet terminal 10 for receiving the order, pass through the place of the Act24 of Fig. 6 Reason ineffective treatment mark F1 is reset to " 0 ".
In the tablet terminal 10 being reset in ineffective treatment mark F1, no matter the power of electric wave reception intensity, passes through Validation is set in the processing touch panel 11 of the Act34 of Fig. 7.That is, even if tablet terminal 10 is from stationary installation 20 Separated and be carried over into Fig. 3 or the dotted line of Fig. 4 70 shown in region outside, touch panel 11 is not also invalidated.Therefore, Salesman can handle article sales data with tablet terminal 10 in shop when receiving customer.
In addition, when the tablet terminal 10 taken out of by salesman is returned on the mounting surface 21 of stationary installation 20, pass through Fig. 5 Act6 processing ineffective treatment set order be wirelessly sent to tablet terminal 10.Therefore, even if 10 quilt of tablet terminal afterwards The third party takes out of, also due to the tablet terminal 10 touch panel 11 when electric wave reception intensity is less than threshold value SHL is deactivated Change, so remaining able to prevent improper use.
Second embodiment
When be in the first embodiment it is stated that merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 when, take out of request and quilt After the salesman of mandate has taken tablet terminal 10 out of, such as when being lost in commodity shelf 63, then having is made by the third party is improper Danger.Therefore, with reference to Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, even if to having the function of on this improper using the be also prevented from second implementation Example illustrates.
Further, since the schematic configuration of merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1, tablet terminal 10 and stationary installation 20 will Portion is formed, the processor 41 of stationary installation 20 is according to the information processing sequence of control program execution and the processing of tablet terminal 10 Device 31 is identical with first embodiment according to the information processing sequence for receiving interrupt routine execution, makes so second embodiment remains on With Fig. 1 to Fig. 6, and omit detailed description.
Fig. 8 is the flow chart for the order for representing the Interruption processing that the processor 31 of tablet terminal 10 performs.The order The timer interrupt routine installed according to flash rom 32.In addition, it is with the content of processing described below simultaneously shown in Fig. 8 One example, and can suitably utilize the various processing that can obtain equifinality.
In fig. 8, a pair processing step common with the order of first embodiment shown in Fig. 7 adds same-sign. That is second embodiment and first embodiment difference, are the processing when ineffective treatment F0 has been reset to " 0 ".
When Interruption has occurred, when ineffective treatment mark F0 has been reset to " 0 " (Act31's is no), then processor 31 pairs of touch panel controllers 35 set the ineffective treatment (Act41) of touch panel 11.In addition, processor 31 is by timer conter t Increase " 1 " (Act42).Timer conter t is such as formed in RAM33.
Processor 31 confirms whether timer conter t has been more than upper limit value T (Act43).When timer conter t is not less than upper Limit value T (Act43's is no), processor 31 terminate Interruption processing.When timer conter t has been more than upper limit value T Ineffective treatment mark F0 set is " 1 " (Act44) by (Act43's be), processor 31.More than, processor 31 terminates in the timing Disconnected processing.
Fig. 9 is the flow chart for the order for representing the input interrupt processing that the processor 31 of tablet terminal 10 performs.The order The input interrupt routine installed according to flash rom 32.In addition, it is with the content of processing described below simultaneously shown in Fig. 9 One example, and can suitably utilize the various processing that can obtain equifinality.
Processor 31 then starts Fig. 9 institutes when detecting the touch input of touch panel 11 by touch panel controller 35 The processing of the order shown.That is, timer conter t is reset to " 0 " (Act51) by processor 31.Then, processor 31 is held The input processing (Act52) of row information corresponding with touch input.Alternatively, it is also possible to first carry out information corresponding with touch input Input processing, afterwards, timer conter t is reset to " 0 ".
In the merchandise sales data processing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment so formed, ask and awarded take out of After the salesman of power takes tablet terminal 10 out of, such as when being lost in commodity shelf 63, due to not occurring in tablet terminal 10 Input is interrupted, so timer conter t gradually steps up counting.Moreover, soon when timer conter t be more than upper limit value T when, then without Effectization mark F0 is set to " 1 ".
When ineffective treatment mark F0 is set, then Interruption often occurs and all detects electric wave reception intensity, and by with threshold value SHL compares.As a result, when electric wave reception intensity be greater than or equal to threshold value SHL when, validation is set in touch panel 11, when for During less than threshold value SHL, ineffective treatment is set in touch panel 11.
In general, in the tablet terminal 10 being lost in commodity shelf 63, electric wave reception intensity is less than threshold value SHL.Cause This, since touch panel 11 is invalidated, institute is so as to prevent tablet terminal 10 to be used in possible trouble by the third party is improper.
In addition, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.
For example, in the described embodiment, although the peripheral portion of stationary installation 20 has been considered as the electricity in tablet terminal 10 The threshold range of ripple receiving intensity, but as shown in Figure 10, it can also will be strong to the direction directionality of specified commodity shelf 63 Antenna for stationary installation 20, the electric wave reception intensity before the commodity shelf 63 is considered as in threshold range.Pass through this Sample is done, although without taking request out of, it is also operable before commodity shelf 63, when deviating from commodity shelf 63 then without Method operates tablet terminal 10.
In addition, in the described embodiment, it is right although the validation or ineffective treatment of touch panel 11 are illustrated Card reader 12 can also similarly set validation or ineffective treatment.When being provided with ineffective treatment to card reader 12, card is read Card data can not be read or write data without normal direction card by writing device 12.Therefore, do not have and card number is wrongly read by the third party According to or distort the danger of card data.
In addition, in the described embodiment, make although instantiating as the tablet terminal 10 of merchandise sales data processing apparatus For information terminal, but information terminal is not limited to tablet terminal.As long as load input unit, display device and radio section And with by radio section can the stationary installation of wireless communication separate the portable information terminal connected freely, then being can be with Using the present invention's.
In addition, the transfer of merchandise sales data processing apparatus is typically the shape that ROM is stored in programs such as control programs It is carried out under state.But, this is not limited to, it can also be writable according to possessed by the operation to computer installation of user etc. Storage device is written with control program separately transferred the possession of with the computer etc..The transfer of control program etc. can be recorded in removable In dynamic recording medium or communication over a network carries out.As long as recording medium can be deposited as CD-ROM, storage card etc. It stores up program and device can be read, then its form is unlimited.In addition, the function of being obtained by installing, downloading program can also be with device Its function is realized in the cooperations such as internal OS (operating system).
Although in addition, several embodiments of the present invention are illustrated, these embodiments are to propose as an example , it is not intended to limit the scope of invention.These novel embodiments can be implemented with other various forms, not depart from Various omissions, substitutions and changes can be carried out in the range of invention main idea.These embodiments and its deformation are comprised in invention In scope or main idea, moreover, in invention and its impartial scope recorded in scope included in claim.

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  1. Be portable information terminal 1. a kind of information terminal, for merchandise sales data processing apparatus, load input unit, Display device and radio section, and separate with being capable of the stationary installation of wireless communication by the radio section and connect freely, institute Stating information terminal includes:
    Test section, the reception for the wireless signal that detects to send from the stationary installation and be received by the radio section are believed Number intensity;
    Ineffective treatment portion when the received signal strength detected by the test section is less than defined threshold, makes from described defeated The input for entering device is invalid;And
    Storage part stores to identify whether to make the effective information in ineffective treatment portion,
    Wherein, the ineffective treatment portion is being stored with the shape for the information for making the effective order in ineffective treatment portion by the storage part Under state, when the received signal strength detected by the test section is less than defined threshold, make from the input unit Input it is invalid, in the state of the information for making the effective order in ineffective treatment portion is not stored with, not by the reception signal Intensity makes the input from the input unit effective.
  2. 2. information terminal according to claim 1, further includes:
    Setting unit sets described information in the storage part.
  3. 3. a kind of information terminal to be used for the portable information terminal in merchandise sales data processing apparatus, loads input dress It puts, display device and radio section, and separates with being capable of the stationary installation of wireless communication by the radio section and connect freely, Described information terminal includes:
    Test section, the reception for the wireless signal that detects to send from the stationary installation and be received by the radio section are believed Number intensity;
    Validation portion, the received signal strength detected by the test section be greater than or equal to defined threshold when, make from The input of the input unit is effective;And
    Storage part stores to identify whether to make the effective information in validation portion,
    Wherein, the validation portion is being stored with the shape for the information for making the effective order in validation portion by the storage part Under state, when the received signal strength detected by the test section is greater than or equal to defined threshold, make from described defeated It is effective to enter the input of device, and when the received signal strength is less than defined threshold, makes the input nothing from the input unit Effect, in the state of the information for making the effective order in validation portion is not stored with, not by the received signal strength, make from The input of the input unit is effective.
  4. 4. a kind of control method of information terminal, described information terminal is for portable in merchandise sales data processing apparatus Information terminal, load input unit, display device and radio section, and the fixation with being capable of wireless communication by the radio section The separation of formula device connects freely, and the control method comprises the following steps:
    Detecting step, the reception for the wireless signal that detects to send from the stationary installation and be received by the radio section Signal strength;
    Invalidating step when the received signal strength is less than defined threshold, makes the input from the input unit invalid;With And
    Storing step stores to identify whether to make the effective information of the invalidating step,
    Wherein, the invalidating step is being stored with the letter that makes the effective order of the invalidating step by the storing step In the state of breath, when the received signal strength detected by the detecting step is less than defined threshold, make from described The input of input unit is invalid, in the state of the information for making the effective order of the invalidating step is not stored with, not by institute Received signal strength is stated, makes the input from the input unit effective.
  5. 5. control method according to claim 4, further includes:
    Setting steps set described information.
  6. 6. a kind of control method of information terminal, which is for portable in merchandise sales data processing apparatus Information terminal loads input unit, display device and radio section, and with being capable of the fixed of wireless communication by the radio section Device separation connects freely, which comprises the following steps:
    Detecting step, the reception for the wireless signal that detects to send from the stationary installation and be received by the radio section Signal strength;
    Validation step when the received signal strength is greater than or equal to defined threshold, makes the input from the input unit Effectively;And
    Storing step stores to identify whether to make the effective information of validation step,
    Wherein, the validation step is being stored with the letter that makes the effective order of validation step by the storing step In the state of breath, when the received signal strength detected by the detecting step is greater than or equal to defined threshold, make Input from the input unit is effective, and when the received signal strength is less than defined threshold, makes from the input unit Input it is invalid, in the state of the information for making the effective order of validation step is not stored with, not by it is described receive believe Number intensity, makes the input from the input unit effective.
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