POS system with life-percentage displaying and prompting function

• US 10,401,831 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2017
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Flytech Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Flytech Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lam, Tai-Seng, Lin, Chiung-Chi
• Primary Examiner(s): Derose, Volvick
• Application Number:
  US15/689,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 713340
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0423 Input/output
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4065 Monitoring tool breakage, life or condition
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31121 Fielddevice, field controller, interface connected to fieldbus
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/34038 Web, http, ftp, internet, intranet server
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37249 Correction coefficient of life time as function of kind of machining
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/30 Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations for resetting only G06F1/24
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/008 Reliability or availability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3452 Performance evaluation by statistical analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/01 Details for indicating displaying information in general G09F, G09G
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/12 electronically operated digital data processing aspects G06Q20/00

Abstract

A POS system includes a plurality of electronic device, at least a specified one of which automatically generates and updates a history data at intervals, and an intelligent device installed in the specified electronic device for automatically updating and showing a life percentage information of the specified electronic device according to the history data. The intelligent device includes: a signal transmission module electrically connected to the specified electronic device for receiving the history data therethrough; a processing unit generating a life percentage value according to the history data of the specified electronic device, and issuing a life percentage status signal indicative of the life percentage value; a storage module for storing the history data; and a prompt displaying module visibly disposed for displaying the life percentage information in response to the life percentage status signal.

Claims

1. A POS system, comprising:

a plurality of electronic device, at least a specified one of which automatically generates and updates a history data at intervals; and

an intelligent device installed in the specified electronic device for automatically updating and showing a life percentage information of the specified electronic device according to the history data, and comprising;

a signal transmission module electrically connected to the specified electronic device for receiving the history data therethrough;

a processing unit in communication with the signal transmission module, generating a life percentage value according to the history data of the specified electronic device, and issuing a life percentage status signal indicative of the life percentage value;

a storage module in communication with the processing unit for storing the history data; and

a prompt displaying module in communication with the processing unit, visibly disposed at and uncovered by a housing of the specified electronic device for displaying the life percentage information in response to the life percentage status signal;

wherein the prompt displaying module includes at least one light emitting diode, whose color dynamically changes with the life percentage value;

wherein the prompt displaying module includes a row of light emitting diodes, a turned-on ratio of which changes with the life percentage value.

2. The POS system according to claim 1, further comprising a first power device and a second power device, wherein electricity to the specified electronic device is exclusively provided by the first power device, and electricity to the intelligent device is exclusively provided by the second power device.

3. The POS system according to claim 1, wherein the history data is daily updated and stored into the storage module at one or more designated time points.

4. The POS system according to claim 1, wherein the history data is updated and stored into the storage module at regular intervals.

5. The POS system according to claim 1, wherein the life percentage information indicates a spent life percentage.

6. The POS system according to claim 1, wherein the life percentage information indicates a residual life percentage.

7. The POS system according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent device further comprises a wireless transmission module in wireless connection with a mobile device, wherein the life percentage status signal is transmitted from the intelligent device to the mobile device through the wireless transmission module automatically by the intelligent device at intervals or in response to a request from the mobile device triggered by a user, so that the life percentage information of the specified electronic device is shown on the mobile device.

8. The POS system according to claim 7, wherein the wireless transmission module is in wireless connection with the mobile device through a wireless Bluetooth connection, a wireless mesh network connection or a wireless WiFi network connection.

9. A POS system, comprising:

a plurality of electronic devices; and

an intelligent device in communication with a specified one of the electronic devices, automatically updating and showing a life percentage information of the POS system according to a history data collected from the specified electronic device, and comprising;

a signal transmission module in communication with the specified electronic device for receiving the history data therethrough;

a processing unit in communication with the signal transmission module, generating a life percentage value according to the history data of the specified electronic device, and issuing a life percentage status signal according to the life percentage value; and

a prompt displaying module in communication with the processing unit, visibly disposed for displaying the life percentage information in response to the life percentage status signal,

wherein electricity to the specified electronic device is provided by a first power device, and electricity to the intelligent device is provided by a second power device, which is independent from the first power device, and exclusively supplies power for elements included in the intelligent device;

wherein the prompt displaying module includes a plurality of sections for displaying respective life percentage information of the electronic devices;

wherein the prompt displaying module displays an integrated life percentage information of the electronic devices.