WO2009153125A2

WO2009153125A2 - Arrangement and method for displaying data relating to a hand-held appliance using an appliance console

Info

Publication number: WO2009153125A2
Application number: PCT/EP2009/056167
Authority: WO
Inventors: Tim Brauer; Jan Rabensdorf; Oliver Seitz
Original assignee: Tim Brauer; Jan Rabensdorf; Oliver Seitz
Priority date: 2008-05-27
Filing date: 2009-05-20
Publication date: 2009-12-23
Also published as: WO2009153125A3; DE102008025543A1

Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for displaying data relating to a hand-held appliance using an appliance console and at least one hand-held appliance coupled to the appliance console by means of a holding device. The processing unit is designed to display a record of data relating to a hand-held appliance removed from the holding device. The processing unit of the appliance console is also designed to generate a protocol message by means of removal processes and to transmit said message to a central computer used to provide a new record of data relating to hand-held appliances on the appliance console, on the basis of the protocol messages. The appliance console is designed to replace the previous record contained in the memory of the appliance console with the new record of data relating to hand-held appliances.

Description

Arrangement and method for displaying data relating to a handheld device with a device console

Description:

Technical area

The invention relates to an arrangement for the representation of a

Handheld device related data with a device console, which has a processing unit, a memory and a holding device for at least one handheld device, and at least one coupled to the device console via the holding device handheld device and connected to the device console display device for displaying the data, wherein the processing unit of Device console is designed to detect whether the handheld device is removed from the holding device, and the processing unit is further configured, under the condition that the handheld device is removed, retrieve a set of data related to the removed handheld device from the memory and to the display device for display provide.

Background of the invention

The prior art systems are different

Applications known in which a hand-held tool, or measuring or examination instrument, is used by a user and are displayed on a display device of the tool, measuring, or inspection system data that is currently used in each, in the Hand held device and its use are related. It is known to arrange shelves or holders for the respective tools or instruments on a device console. This has the advantage, for example, in the medical field that the individual tools can always be selected by a handle and are clearly available.

Furthermore, data processing components can also be integrated into the device console in order to process data relating to the respective hand-held tool or the operation of the tool and to display it accordingly on the display device. For example, image information originating from endoscopy can be processed in a processing device located in the device console and combined with existing data before being displayed. In this case, when a plurality of different tools operated in the hand are used, data displays specific to the tool operated in each case can be provided.

These systems have the advantage that the data required in each case can be provided and displayed on a user interface even with a quick change of the tool operated in the hand without additional manipulations or operator actions. In addition, contamination of the controls are avoided, such as the

Contamination of a touch screen when using a measuring system with several manually operated tools in a car workshop. Such prior art systems may also be used for information systems in museums or at exhibitions. Here, a museum visitor can pick up an exhibit, and related information on the exhibit taken on display is displayed on a display device. This avoids barriers that can arise from providing a computerized user interface. Such systems can also be advantageously used in retail. Here, a customer can grab for a product of interest to him and look at her from close, and he gets without further action the goods information on an information screen offered. In the case of measuring tools in particular, however, these may change their operating characteristics over the course of their overall service life. Such signs of wear or aging are not taken into account in the systems mentioned.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an arrangement for displaying data related to a handheld device, which makes it possible to display the handheld device specific data according to the actual usage intensity, as well as a device console, a central computer and a method therefor.

Overview of the invention

This object is achieved in each case by the subject matter of claims 1, 18, 32 and 33.

The invention according to claim 1 teaches an arrangement for displaying data related to a handheld device, comprising a device console, which has a processing unit, a memory and a holding device for at least one handheld device, and at least one with the

Device console via the holding device coupled handheld device and connected to the device console display device for displaying the data, wherein the processing unit of the device console is adapted to detect whether the handheld device is removed from the holding device, the processing unit is further formed, on the condition that the handheld device is taken to retrieve a set on the removed handheld device related data from the memory and provide to the display device for display, characterized in that The processing unit is further configured to generate at least one log message with information about at least one pick operation and to provide for transmission to a central computer, the central computer is formed based on the at least one log message a new set handheld device related data for transmission to the device console The processing unit is adapted to receive the new set of handheld device related data and replace with the new set that set of handheld device related data in memory corresponding to the new set.

By logging the removal processes, the processing unit of the device console determines the database necessary for an adaptation of the handheld device-specific data to be displayed. This database may contain a plurality of log entries corresponding to the picking operations. The database thus makes it possible to determine the actual usage intensity of the handheld devices coupled to the device console and can be transmitted by the processing unit via the communication interface to a central computer. By providing the data for transmission to a central computer, whether through an online network connection or through

Transporting data via removable media, it is possible, the database to be evaluated, i. To evaluate the information about removal processes of one or more handheld devices, centrally. In this way, for example, the supplier of a tool or measuring instrument system can process and evaluate the data centrally and in a collective manner and quickly adapt the findings obtained in-house.

For this purpose, the central computer is designed to select a new set of handheld device-related data from its database and to provide it to the device console on the basis of the protocol message provided by the device console. As a result, an information technology processable data packet is compiled by the central computer, which is transmitted to the device console at a given time, without that it requires constant communication flow (and thus a permanent network connection), and it can be unpacked by the device console and installed locally. By installing the processing unit in memory according to the new set of handheld device related data received from the central computer, thus replacing the corresponding old set, the new set of handheld device related data can simply be used instead of the device console without the application software or operating software old set are used when the appropriate handheld device of the holding device of the device console is removed. As a result, when updating handheld device related data, other data and software inventories in the device console are left untouched, which improves system stability, allows separate exchanges for handheld device related data and, for example, application or platform software, and allows a greater share

Application software, for example, as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) to realize.

Thus, depending on the actual usage intensity of the handheld devices, the present system allows the handheld device related data displayed by the system to be changed. Thus, for example, the display of the data as such, but also the type of processing provided by the hand-held measuring instrument data can be dynamically adjusted without the system would have to be maintained on site, such as in the workshop, and thus incurred downtime ,

Further embodiments of the invention according to claim 1 can be realized according to the dependent claims appended to this claim.

Thus, the arrangement can be further developed in that the central computer is formed, the at least one protocol message according to the removed device and / or the frequency of removal and / or the Evaluate time of removal. In this way, the central computer, for example, the type of removed device, or further determine the series or even the individual identity of a handheld device, and thus individually tailored to the device type, the series of a device type or the individual device when removing the device through the device console adjust the information to be provided. By the evaluation according to the frequency of sampling, the information to be provided can be selected, adapted and / or provided on the one hand according to the number of withdrawal treatments until a certain point in time or on the other hand according to the frequency of use, that is the density of successive uses in terms of time. Alternatively or at the same time, the processing unit of the device console can also be designed to evaluate a time sequence of removal processes according to the removed device and / or the frequency of withdrawal and / or the time of removal and the result of the evaluation in the protocol message sent to the central computer for Transmission is provided or transmitted to the central computer to record. As a result, individual or all data evaluation steps can be decentralized from the control center to the installed base of the device consoles. On the one hand, this decentralization increases the reliability of the overall system and, on the other hand, shifts computing capacity away from the central system to the individual device consoles, which can improve the scalability of the overall system. Further, the amount of data to be evaluated is reduced prior to transmission to the central computer when data intensive preprocessing is performed in the device console and final processing is performed on the central computer to select the new set of handheld device related data. The log message may include a sequence of entries about handheld device handoffs from the device console keeper, the sequence of entries may further include information about the time of removal and / or the device being removed. In embodiments of the invention, a plurality of different handheld devices may be coupled to the device console and the information about the at least one retrieval process may include a type identification value for the handheld device involved in the respective retrieval operation. The device console may be coupled to the handheld device via a sensor, which may be located within a docking element of the holding device, and is arranged and / or formed so that the sensor is a removal operation of a handheld device from the holding device as a whole or in particular an individual handheld device from his Captured docking element. The sensor can be photosensitive and thus detect the removal process by changing the lighting conditions. Alternative sensors can also perform the removal process capacitively, inductively, by mechanical scanning, by detecting the change in conductivity, by sound or electromagnetic waves (in each case including an individual identifier, such as using Radio Frequency Identification Systems (RFID)). , Distance measurement by triangulation, runtime or interference capture.

Embodiments of the invention may be characterized in that the processing unit of the device console is configured to provide system status information describing the system status of the device console with the connected and / or system components included therein for transmission to the central computer. This not only provides the handheld device extraction operations as a database for updating the device console system to the central computer, but also others

Device console system information, such as version information of device-side system components, such as application or platform software components, or other diagnostic information. In this case, the central computer, in particular the processing unit of the central computer, can be designed to provide an application update and / or a platform update for transmission to the device console on the basis of the system status information contained in the data transmitted by the device console. Thus, the central computer via the Update on handheld device related data addition, an update for the in the device console, in particular the processing unit, executed application program or the application program underlying operating software (platform) submit that can be received and installed by the device console. This can do that

Device console system can be adjusted and / or maintained throughout its lifecycle, without a service on site has to act. In embodiments of the invention, the central computer, in particular its processing unit, may be configured to provide a configuration user interface for configuring the device console coupled to the central computer. In this case, the central computer or its processing unit can also be designed to select the application update and / or the platform update on the basis of configuration commands generated in the operation of the configuration user interface. The configuration user interface can be offered here, for example, via the Internet, or a configuration file containing the configuration commands can be transmitted to the central computer. The invention can be further developed in that the processing unit of the device console is designed to determine whether there is currently a functioning network connection to the central computer and, on the condition that there is no functioning network connection, to buffer the data to be provided to the central computer. These cached data can then be copied to a removable medium, unless they are immediately on the

Removable medium are cached, and then transported to the central computer to be read there. Alternatively, or at the same time, the removable media can also be transferred to a computer located near the console and read there, this computer via a network with the central computer in

Connection so that the data is transferred from the computer near the device console to the central computer via the network. Accordingly, the processing unit of the Device console be designed to transfer the data to be provided to the central computer data on a removable medium, and read in accordance with the data provided by the central computer data from a removable medium.

The invention according to claim 18 provides an apparatus console for the arrangement according to claim 1 or one of its further developments, comprising a processing unit, a memory and a holding device for at least one positionable in the holding device handheld device, wherein - the processing unit of the device console is adapted to detect whether a handheld device is removed from the holding device,

the processing unit is further configured, on the condition that a handheld device is removed from the holding device, to retrieve a set of data related to the removed handheld device from the memory and to connect it to a device console

To provide a display device for display,

characterized in that

the processing unit is further configured to generate at least one log message with information about at least one pick operation, and for transmission to one

To provide central computer,

the processing unit is adapted to receive the new set of handheld device related data and replace with the new set that set of handheld device related data in memory corresponding to the new set.

As a result, a device console suitable for the arrangement is provided, which has the already described and discussed features of the device console of the arrangement accordingly. In order to avoid unnecessary lengths and repetitions, it is with respect to the inventive features and effects of the device console and the developments of the device console referred to in the context of the overall arrangement above and in the following detailed embodiment described and explained. Accordingly, the device console according to the dependent claims on claim 18 may be developed.

The invention according to claim 32 provides a central computer for a device according to any one of claims 1 to 17, which is designed according to the features mentioned with respect to the central computer of the device. Again, in order to avoid unnecessary lengths and repetitions, reference is made here to the descriptions and explanations given in the context of the arrangement above and in the embodiment with respect to the features and effects.

The invention of claim 33 provides a method for an assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 17, comprising the steps of:

Determining whether a handheld device has been removed from a holding device of a device console,

Selecting data related to the removed handheld device from the memory of the device console,

Providing the data for display on a display device,

characterized by the steps:

Generating a log message with data about at least one picking operation and providing the log message to a central computer,

Evaluating the log message in the central computer, selecting a new set of handheld device related data based on the log message, and providing the new set of handheld device related data for transmission to the device console, Receive the new set of handheld device related data and replace that set of handheld device related data corresponding to the new set in the memory of the device console.

As a result, a method for operating the arrangement and / or the

Device console and / or the central computer provided, which realizes the advantages with respect to the arrangement and the devices involved, in particular, when the arrangement and its devices are operated according to the method. The method according to claim 33 can be realized in accordance with the subclaims referring back to claim 33 and develops the technical effects corresponding to the respective arrangement and / or device features. In particular, the processing unit of the device console and / or the processing unit of the central computer can be configured by program-setting, by function-specific hardware components, or by combinations thereof, to carry out steps of the method as described herein.

Brief description of the drawings

The invention will be explained below by way of example with reference to several figures. Show it:

Fig. 1 is a schematic overview of an embodiment of the

Arrangement, Fig. 2 is a schematic overview of a first part of a

Embodiment of the method, Fig. 3 is a schematic overview of a second part of

Embodiment of the method, and

Fig. 4 is a schematic overview of a third part of the embodiment of the method. Figure 1 shows a schematic overview of the arrangement according to an embodiment. The device console 1 is connected via a network 5 to a central computer 2 and also via the connecting line 4 with the display device 3. On the device console, a holding device 6 is arranged, which has six juxtaposed docking elements. In the present case, the two leftmost docking elements 62 and 62a are shown without a handheld device positioned therein, while a handheld device 7, 7a, 7b, 7c is positioned in the four docking elements located to the right thereof. The device console 1 has in addition to the holding device 6 a

Processing unit 12, a connected to the processing unit memory 14 and connected to the processing unit communication interface or communication module 16. The processing unit 12 is programmed in accordance with the functionalities shown below with reference to the exemplary embodiment of the method and / or has function-specific integrated circuits; In particular, the processing unit is designed to execute the device console side steps of the present method. The memory 14 contains, for each device type of devices 7 to 7c positioned in the holding device 6, a specific set of data which is displayed on the display device 3 as soon as the device associated with the data set, for example 7b, from the docking element defining the storage position of the handheld device the holding device 6 is removed. The memory 14 may also include other application or platform software.

In the docking element 62 (as well as in all other docking elements), a photosensitive sensor 64 is arranged, which determines whether a handheld device is currently inserted into (or arranged on) the docking element 62 due to the different light conditions, or if the handheld device is the docking element 62 and thus the holding device 6 is removed. In a corresponding manner, a sensor 64a is arranged in the docking element 62a. In the case of the four right Docking elements into which the handheld devices 7 to 7c are inserted, the handheld device covers the light sensor, which is arranged as in cases 64 and 64a, as far as possible or completely, so that the incidence of light is significantly less here than in the presently freely shown docking elements 62 and 62a ,

The sensors 64 and 64a, as well as the other sensors of the four docking elements right, are each connected in a manner not shown with the processing unit 12. In this case, a driver module not shown in detail can be interposed, with which all the sensors are connected on one side, and which is connected on the other side to the processing unit via a serial interface. As a result, sensor-specific designs can be decoupled from the implementation of the processing unit 12. Embodiments may also provide for using a parallel interface or Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface instead of the serial interface between driver module and processing unit. In embodiments, the holding device 6 may be implemented in a separate housing from the device console, and the sensors may be connected to the processing unit 12 via a connection between the holding device 6 and the device console 1, wherein the driver stage in the holding device or in the device console can be located.

The processing device 12 is further connected to the display device 3 via the connection 4. In this case, the processing device 12 takes over the rendering of the retrieved from the memory 14 data belonging to each currently removed handheld device, such as 7b, and implements this by means of suitable driver software and optionally graphics hardware in image signals that are sent via the line 4 and through the Display device 3, such as a TFT monitor, are displayed. In alternative embodiments, the

Processing unit 12 not graphically rendered, digital information via the line 4, which is then designed as a digital data line, to a Display unit 3 ready, which may have its own processing unit and makes the rendering and the display locally. The device console is connected to a computer network 5 via the communication interface 16 connected to the processing unit 12 of the device console 1. The computer network 5 may be a Wireless or Wired Local Area Network (LAN), Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Intranet, or Internet. Via the network 5, the communication interface 16 of the device console 1 communicates with the communication interface 26 of the central computer 2. For this purpose, corresponding protocol stacks are implemented in the communication modules 16 and 26. The processing unit 22 of the central computer 2 is set up by the program to receive, process and, in particular, to process the data sent by the processing unit 12 of the device console 1 via its communication interface 16 and received by the communication interface 26 of the central computer 2, using the central computer-side steps of the present method performs. The processing unit 22 accesses the memory (and / or the database) 24 in response to the data transmitted from the device console 1 for its part to provide a new record for the device console. The database 24 stores a plurality of sets of handheld device related data for different types of handheld devices. Furthermore, the database 24 contains software update packages for application software and for platform software, which is executed on the device console 1 or its processing module 12. Different application updates or platform updates can be maintained for different types of device consoles. The processing unit 22 of the central computer 2 is further configured to provide a configuration user interface via the network 5 or another network. In the present example, a web server for this purpose is realized by the processing unit 22, which receives configuration commands via the Internet and stores them in memory 24.

Figure 2 shows a schematic overview of a first part of an embodiment of the method. In step 100, the

Processing unit 12 of the device console 1, whether one of the handheld devices 7 to 7c the docking elements of the holding device 6 is removed. For this purpose, the processing unit checks the status of the sensors (as shown for the two leftmost docking elements 62 and 62a with the sensors 64 and 64a and for the remaining four right docking sensors accordingly).

In step 110, the processing unit 12 determines on the basis of a stored in the memory allocation of device types and docking elements of which type is the removed device. Then, on the one hand, the processor 12 continues to select and retrieve the handheld device related display data associated with the device type in the memory 14 and render the data graphically, which in the case of audiovisual data includes a representation of an image sequence, and display that data in step 130. On the other hand, at step 110, a log entry corresponding to the retrieval process is subsequently generated by the processing unit in a log message or log file (step 140) which, in addition to information about the time and the date of the retrieval process, also contains information about the type of device determined in step 110. In embodiments of the invention, it can further be determined by the processing unit 22 when the removed handheld device was returned to the docking device, from which the duration of the removal can be determined. These can also be included in a corresponding log entry and included in the later evaluation. After a certain number of log entries or picking operations, the processing unit combines the

Log file (or log message) containing system information containing the processing unit 12 in step 145 and which reflect the current state of the device console system 1 and its subsystems. In step 150, the processing unit 12 in conjunction with the communication interface 16 checks to see if there is currently a working network connection to the central computer. If this is not the case, the protocol message is buffered by the processing unit 12 in the memory 14 in step 152, to be transferred later to a removable medium in step 154. If there is a functioning network connection to the central computer, the protocol message is transmitted to the central computer in step 160 by the processing unit 12 and the communication interface 16 via the network 5 to the central computer 2. The process then proceeds to step 200. In embodiments of the system, step 145 may also be performed regardless of the number of retrieval operations or log entries made so far, such as when a predetermined period of time has elapsed. In this way, the processing unit 22 may be configured to determine system information according to step 145 periodically after a predetermined period of time (for example, every 300 seconds), or at a particular time (for example, every day at 14:00) when a network connection as determined according to step 150, and to transmit this in accordance with step 160 to the central computer. The transfer to a removable medium in step 154 by the processing unit 22 takes place in the event that the device console 1 does not have its own or functioning network connection, for the purpose that the removable medium is placed in a located near the device console computer which a functioning network connection with the central computer can be read from this located near the device console computer and the read data is then transmitted via the network to the central computer.

In this case, a protocol message can be implemented with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) call (eg HTTP GET). The processing unit the device console invokes a script on the central computer over a connection in the HTTP protocol. In this call, the processing unit of the device console passes the data to be transferred in the log message as a parameter of the HTTP call: http: //server/action.php? Serialnumber = 123456 & connection = 1 \ time = 200805081000 & duration = 60

It is hereby stated that on the device console with the serial number 123456 the device was removed at port 1 (i.e., holding device 1) on May 08, 2008 for 60 seconds. This example message can, if required, be extended by further similar entries via removal processes by appending them appropriately formatted.

There may also be additional fields, such as for further usage data or information about used functions of the handheld device during the extraction process.

In embodiments, if temporarily there is no working network connection for a certain period of time, and therefore caching has taken place, instead of being transferred to a removable medium, the processing unit may transmit the cached data over the network as soon as there is again a working network connection. These cached data are then transmitted by the processing unit as a log file in which the data on the removal or handling operations are not transmitted line by line in HTTP-G ET syntax, but as a packet in a comma separated values (csv). This is then read out line by line by the processing unit of the central computer and the data is processed, as will be described below. FIG. 3 shows a schematic overview of a second part of the exemplary embodiment of the method. In step 200, the communication interface 26 of the central computer 2 receives the data transmitted from the device console 1 with protocol message and system information. The processing unit 22 of the central computer 2 then evaluates the log message and log entries transmitted in the log message via pick operations. This evaluation can be done according to the type of handheld device removed, the time and duration of the removal, or it can, if a device console side preprocessing of the removal operations is done, the information on the frequency of removal of a device type are evaluated.

In step 220, the processing unit 22 of the central computer 2 selects a display data update, that is, a set of handheld device related data that is to completely or at least partially replace for a particular handheld device type the handheld device related data previously stored in the memory 14 of the device console 1, so at the next one Withdrawal of the device of the type concerned, the handheld device related data updated in this way can be included in the display or the rendering of the representation.

As already described, if the processing device 22 of the central computer 2 is designed to provide a configuration interface (step 222), then in step 224 the processing unit checks whether for the individual device console from which the protocol message was sent and received in step 200 , Configuration commands are present.

Then, in step 230, if a system update is selected by the individual device console processing unit 22 based on the current system information communicated with or in the protocol message, the existing configuration commands may be used to select the appropriate system update in step 230. In this way, users can influence the configuration of the device console from the outside, without having to make direct settings on the device console, and it is easy to determine particularities or incompatibilities between individual software packages by the central computer. In step 240, the processing device 22 uses the communications interface 26 to determine if there is currently a working network connection to the device console. If this is not the case, then For example, the updates selected by the processing device in steps 220 and 230 are transferred to a removable medium in step 242 by the processing device 22. If a functioning network connection is currently present, then the processing device 22 of the central computer 2 transmits the updates via the communication interface 26 and the network 5 to the device console. Accordingly, the updates transmitted to the removable media can be spatially moved to the device console so that the device console can read in the updates. The process then proceeds to step 300.

If the central computer does not transmit any updates to the device console (as determined by a corresponding processing unit check step), the central computer returns an "OK" message to the device console, upon receipt of the OK message, the device console transmission process The OK message can consist of a string, such as the string "OK", or a numerical or other code.

However, if the central computer has to transmit one or more updates to the device console after receiving and checking the data transmitted by the device console in this manner, as described above, the central computer transmits to the device console, instead of the OK message, a data sequence containing the update contains.

In an alternative, not shown, the central computer transmits a string with a file path or link to the update to be transmitted (or other data or commands). The processing unit of the device console then downloads the data corresponding to the file path or link from the central computer accordingly.

In both cases, the response sent from the central computer to the device console contains a checksum. This checksum is computed by the processing unit of the device console (at step 300) against the checksum that the device console processing unit itself computes from the update data contained or referenced in the response. If the checksums match, then the transfer process is for the device console stops, otherwise the device console requests the data again from the central computer.

In step 300, the communication interface 16 of the device console 1 receives the transmitted updates from the central computer 2 via the network 5 or by reading in the removable medium, in which case the communication interface may be embodied by a removable media drive, and performs the checksum comparison already described. If the check by the processing device 12 in step 310 indicates that there is currently no network connection, ie if the updates were read in by a removable medium, such as a USB stick, the processing device 12 sets the buffer between the last creation of a log message or network transmission accumulated at the central computer and the present time

Log records about picking operations together and stores this log data back on the removable media from which it has read the updates in step 300. In step 330, the processing device 12 then continues to install the received updates in the memory 14. In this way, the handheld device-related data to be displayed during a removal process or to be included in the generation of the representation is updated. Likewise, application programs, platform programs or parts thereof are updated as provided by the appropriately configured processing device 22 of the central computer 2 for the previously communicated system information or as specified by the configuration commands determined in steps 222 and 224.

In the application of a tool or measuring system can thus be provided by the holding device of the device console for quick access a plurality of hand-operated tools of different types 7 to 7c. If an operator grasps for one of the tools, then the processing device of the device console calls the same on the concrete Tool based set of data from the memory, and adapts the display accordingly, by representing the retrieved data and / or realizes a corresponding screen layout and / or the retrieved data used to process data supplied by the measuring tool, such as image information. For example, one of the aging and wear corrective functions may be applied to the data provided by the measurement tool to ensure accurate and correct indications throughout the life of the instrument. In this case, the handheld device-related information can be sent to the computer by the central computer in accordance with the detected usage intensity

Processing unit of the device console are provided that the device console can always display the wear of the respective tool accordingly. In the case of a retail display system, a plurality of hand-held ones can be correspondingly provided

Traded goods are offered by the holding device to the customer for inspection. When a customer removes one of the merchandise of the holder, the processing device of the appliance console immediately retrieves from memory the set of data related to the particular product (eg, an MP3 player, a mobile phone, or a toy) and adjusts the display accordingly by presenting the retrieved data, implementing a corresponding screen layout and / or using the retrieved data to further process data resulting from the user's interaction with the merchandise (such as a small electronic device). Such data may include audiovisual data, moving or still images, sounds, films, etc. Thus, for the sale of the equipment essential information, such as changing technical characteristics and features in ongoing developments of an offered technical device, or price changes to customers always currently being offered. Here, the handheld device-related information can be provided by the central computer according to the detected usage intensity to the processing unit of the device console. Further evaluation scenarios may include, for example, the acquisition of specific device data, or data on the use of the device during the handling process, such as the achieved speed of a drilling tool, or using certain functions of the handled handheld device, such as the use of a zoom function of a digital camera.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 device console

2 central computer 3 display device

4 Connection to the display device

5 network connection (Internet)

6 holding device

7, 7a-c handheld devices 12 processing unit

14 memory

16 communication interface

22 processing unit

24 memory, database 26 communication interface

62, 62a docking element

64, 64a light sensor

100 handheld device taken?

110 Determining the Device Type 120 Selecting the Display Data

130 Displays the display data

140 Creating the Log Entry

145 Determine system information

150 network connection is currently working? 152 caching

154 Transferring Data to Removable Media

160 Transmission of Data to Central Computer

200 Receive the log message at the central computer

210 Evaluating the Log Message 220 Selecting the Display Data Update

222 Providing the configuration interface

224 Check if configuration commands exist

230 Selecting the System Update 240 Working network connection available?

242 Transferring the Updates to Removable Media

250 Submitting updates to the device console

300 Receive updates to the device console

310 Operating network connection available?

320 Restoring the log data to removable media

330 Installing the Updates on the Device Console

Claims

claims:

1. Arrangement (1, 2, 3) for displaying data relating to a handheld device (7 - 7c), having a device console (1), which has a processing unit (12), a memory (14) and a holding device (6, 62 , 62a) for at least one handheld device, as well as with at least one handheld device coupled to the device console via the holding device and a display device (3) connected to the device console for displaying the data, wherein

the processing unit (12) of the device console is designed to detect whether the handheld device (7 - 7c) has been removed from the holding device (6),

the processing unit (12) is further configured, on condition that the handheld device (7 - 7c) is removed, to retrieve a set of data related to the removed handheld device from the memory (14) and to provide it to the display device (3) for display,

characterized in that

the processing unit (12) is further configured to generate at least one log message with information about at least one pick operation and to provide it for transmission to a central computer (2),

the central computer (2, 22) is designed to provide a new set of handheld device-related data for transmission to the device console (1, 12) based on the at least one protocol message,

the processing unit (12) is adapted to receive the new set of handheld device related data and to replace with the new set that set of handheld device related data in memory (14) corresponding to the new set.

2. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the central computer (2, 22) is designed to evaluate the at least one protocol message according to the removed device and / or the frequency of removal and / or the time of removal.

3. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the processing unit (12) is formed, a temporal sequence of removal operations on the removed device (7 - 7c) and / or the frequency of removal and / or the time of To evaluate extraction and to include the result of the evaluation in the log message.

4. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the protocol message contains a sequence of entries about removal operations.

5. Arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the sequence of entries contain information about the time of removal and / or the removed device.

6. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a plurality of different handheld devices (7 - 7c) is coupled to the device console (1) and the information about the at least one removal process contains a type identification value for the involved in each removal process handheld device ,

7. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the device console (1) with the handheld device (7) via a sensor (64, 64 a) is coupled, which is arranged and / or formed such that the sensor has a Removal process of a handheld device detected.

8. Arrangement according to claim 7, characterized in that the sensor (64, 64 a) is photosensitive.

9. Arrangement according to one of claims 7 or 8, characterized in that the sensor is connected via a driver stage with the console.

10. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the device console (1, 16) to the central computer (2, 26) via a network (5) is coupled, the processing unit (12) is formed, the protocol message to transmit the central computer (2) via the network (5) and the central computer (2, 22) is adapted to transmit the new set of handheld device related data over the network to the device console.

11. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the processing unit (12) is adapted to provide system status information for transmission to the central computer (2, 22).

12. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the central computer (2, 22) is designed to provide an application update and / or a platform update for transmission to the device console (1, 12).

An arrangement according to claim 12, characterized in that the central computer (2) is arranged to evaluate the protocol message for system status information and to select the application update and / or the platform update based on the system status information.

14. An arrangement according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the central computer is adapted to provide a configuration user interface for configuring the device console coupled to the central computer and to select the application update and / or the platform update based on configuration commands.

15. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to determine whether there is currently a functioning network connection to the central computer, and, under the condition that there is no functioning network connection, the data to be provided to the central computer caches.

16. The arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to transmit the data to be provided to the central computer to a removable medium.

17. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to read in the data provided by the central computer from a removable medium.

Device console (1) for an arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 17, comprising a processing unit (12), a memory (14) and a holding device (6) for at least one positionable in the holding device handheld device (7 - 7c), wherein

the processing unit (12) of the device console (1) is designed to detect whether a handheld device (7 - 7c) has been removed from the holding device (6),

the processing unit (12) is further configured, on the condition that a handheld device is removed from the holding device, to retrieve a set of data related to the removed handheld device from the memory (14) and provide it to a display device (3) connectable to the device console for display .

characterized in that the processing unit (12) is further configured to generate at least one log message with information about at least one pick operation and to provide it for transmission to a central computer,

the processing unit (12) is adapted to receive the new set of handheld device related data and to replace with the new set that set of handheld device related data in memory corresponding to the new set.

19. Device console according to claim 18, characterized in that the processing unit (12) is designed to evaluate a temporal sequence of removal operations on the removed handheld device and / or the frequency of removal and / or the time of removal and the result of the evaluation in the Record log message.

20. Device console according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that the protocol message contains a sequence of entries about removal operations.

21. Device console according to claim 20, characterized in that the sequence of entries contain information about the time of removal and / or the removed device.

22. Device console according to one of claims 18 to 21, characterized in that a plurality of different handheld devices with the device console (1) can be coupled and the information about the at least one sampling process contains a type identification value for the involved in each removal process handheld device.

23. Device console according to one of claims 18 to 22, characterized in that the device console (1) with a sensor (62, 62 a) is connected, which is arranged and / or formed such that the sensor is a removal operation of a handheld device (7 - 7c) detected.

24. Device console according to claim 23, characterized in that the sensor is sensitive to light.

25. Device console according to one of claims 23 or 24, characterized in that the sensor is connected via a driver stage with the device console.

26. Device console according to one of claims 18 to 25, characterized in that the device console can be coupled via a network with a central computer, the processing unit is adapted to transmit the protocol message to the central computer via the network and the new set handheld device related data over the network from the central computer.

27. Device console according to one of claims 18 to 26, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to provide system status information for transmission to the central computer.

Device console according to one of claims 18 to 27, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to receive and install an application update and / or a platform update.

29. Device console according to one of claims 18 to 28, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to determine whether there is currently a functioning network connection to the central computer, and, under the condition that there is no functioning network connection, the data to be provided to the central computer caches.

30. Device console according to one of claims 18 to 29, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to transmit the data to be provided to the central computer to a removable medium.

31. Device console according to one of claims 18 to 30, characterized in that the processing unit is adapted to read the data provided by the central computer data from a removable medium.

32. A central computer (2) for an arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 17, designed according to the features mentioned with respect to the central computer.

33. The method for an arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 17, comprising the steps:

Determining (100) whether a handheld device has been removed from a holding device of a device console,

Selecting (120) data related to the removed handheld device from the memory of the device console,

Providing (130) the data for display on a display device,

characterized by the steps:

Generating (140) a log message with data about at least one picking operation and providing (152, 160) the log message to a central computer,

Evaluating (210) the log message in the central computer, selecting (220) a new set of handheld device related data based on the log message, and providing (242, 250) the new set of handheld device related data for transmission to the device console, Receiving (300) the new set of handheld device related data and replacing (330) that set of handheld device related data corresponding to the new set in the memory of the device console.

34. The method according to claim 33, characterized in that the at least one protocol message is evaluated according to the removed device and / or the frequency of the removal and / or the time of removal.

35. The method according to claim 34, characterized in that the result of the evaluation is included in the protocol message.

36. The method according to any one of claims 33 to 35, characterized in that a plurality of different handheld devices is coupled to the device console, the type of the removed handheld device is determined (110) and recorded a type corresponding type identification value in the data on the at least one removal operation becomes (140).

37. The method according to claim 33, wherein the protocol message is transmitted to the central computer via a network (160) and the new set of handheld device-related data is transmitted to the device console via the network.

38. The method according to any one of claims 33 to 37, characterized in that system status information of the device console for transmission to the central computer are provided (145, 152, 160).

39. The method according to claim 38, characterized in that in the central computer, the protocol message is evaluated for system status information (210) and an application update and / or a platform update based on the system status information is selected (230) and provided for transmission to the device console (242, 250).

40. The method of claim 39, further comprising providing a configuration user interface for configuring the device console coupled to the central computer (222) and selecting the application update and / or the platform update based on configuration commands (230).

41. The method according to any one of claims 33 to 40, characterized in that it is determined whether there is currently a functioning network connection between the device console and central computer (150), and, under the condition that there is no functioning network connection, the data to be provided to the central computer cached in the device console (152).

42. The method according to any one of claims 33 to 41, characterized in that the data to be provided to the central computer to be transferred to a removable medium (154) and / or the data provided by the central computer data are read from a removable medium.