Background technology
Commercial electronic cash register is the product of microelectric technique development and modernization commodity circulation control theory and technical development combination, commercial electronic cashier's machine is one of modernization, the requisite basic electronic equipment of automated business management, is mainly used in the industries such as department stores, supermarket, chain store, hotel, restaurant, beauty parlor, bookstore, refuelling station.
The POS machine that general businessman is used, include a CPU (central processing unit) in order to process information, in order to the display unit, that shows Transaction Information in order to input the key entry unit of the amount of money or commodity unit, and one in order to put cash, and be positioned at the storage unit of this cashier's machine bottom, if have, issue invoice demand time, also can comprise a print unit in order to printed invoice.Cashier is by the typing to customer purchase information, cashier's machine is made response fast, correctly calculate this transaction volume and demonstrate should collect money, paid money, the information such as give change, reduced the computing time of cashier to turnover, the technology application that has improved cash register speed, particularly commodity bar code makes cash register speed improve three times, has reduced single exchange hour, improve operational efficiency, facilitated client.
Fast development along with mobile application terminal equipment such as Pad, smart mobile phone etc., the mobile application terminal equipment of various operating systems is day by day universal, the replacement conventional P OS machines such as existing mobile terminal resource such as Pad in client's hand, smart mobile phone that how to make full use of are realized the cash register of Mini Supermarkets, brand shop, chain store etc., reduce the input of client in POS, become a problem of industry growing interest.
Application number is that 201210247853.6 Chinese invention patent discloses a kind of wireless mobile intelligent cashier system and its implementation, comprises cashier terminal and cash register data cloud server that hand-hold intelligent terminal apparatus, cash register receipt printer, the cash register cash box of belt switch, wireless router, mobile POS device with camera form; Between each parts of POS, adopt wireless connections, by wireless transmission method, transmit cash register data control hardware equipment, cash register data cloud server is deposited, adds up, analyzes and is excavated for cash register data, and set up mathematical model and provide the inquiry of cash register data for user, between described cash register data cloud server and the hand-hold intelligent terminal apparatus with camera, adopt 3G network or adopt WiFi network to be connected by wireless router and carry out data communication.But between each parts of this POS, adopt wireless connections, cost is larger.
Application number is the cashier's machine that 201210247853.6 Chinese utility model patent discloses a kind of integrated form WiFi, comprise: keyboard, mainboard, be integrated in the central processing unit on mainboard, described keyboard is connected with described central processing unit, for typing Transaction Information, wherein, on mainboard, be also integrated with WiFi module, described Wi-Fi module is connected with central processing unit, for making described central processing unit link WiFi network.This patent discloses described WiFi module makes described cash register function link WiFi network, with the initiatively communication of other WiFi equipment.But the cashier's machine in this patent can not be by the various peripheral hardwares that directly control is connected with central processing unit such as Intelligent mobile equipment such as mobile phone, Pad to complete function for receiving cash.
Utility model content
The utility model aims to provide a kind of cash register communicator and POS based on Intelligent mobile equipment, the access of the intelligent mobile terminals such as the Pad of this device and system support several operation systems, smart mobile phone, by intelligent mobile terminal, control various peripheral hardwares, complete cash register operation.
To achieve these goals, the utility model adopts following technical scheme:
A kind of cash register communicator based on Intelligent mobile equipment, comprise CPU processor, wireless communication module, memory module, clock circuit module, power module, usb interface module and/or serial ports level switch module, described wireless communication module, memory module, usb interface module and/or serial ports level switch module respectively with two-way electrical connection of described CPU processor, the output terminal of described clock circuit module and power module is electrically connected to described CPU processor respectively.
Further, described wireless communication module is WiFi communication module.
Further, the described cash register communicator based on Intelligent mobile equipment also comprises display module, and the input end of described display module is electrically connected to described CPU processor.
Further, the described cash register communicator based on Intelligent mobile equipment also comprises reset circuit module, and the output terminal of described reset circuit module is electrically connected to described CPU processor.
The invention also discloses a kind of POS based on Intelligent mobile equipment, comprise the above-mentioned cash register communicator based on Intelligent mobile equipment, also comprise: intelligent mobile terminal, described intelligent mobile terminal is by described wireless communication module and two-way electrical connection of described CPU processor, and described intelligent mobile terminal is connected to the data of the peripheral hardware on usb interface module and/or serial ports level switch module and/or realizes the control to peripheral hardware for receiving.
Further, described intelligent mobile terminal refers to any one in smart mobile phone based on intelligent operating system, panel computer, palm PC.
Further, the described POS based on Intelligent mobile equipment also comprises keyboard and/or scanner, and the output terminal of described keyboard and/or scanner is electrically connected to described usb interface module respectively.
Further, the described POS based on Intelligent mobile equipment also comprises card reader and/or cash register cash box, and the output terminal of described card reader is electrically connected to described usb interface module, described cash register cash box and two-way electrical connection of described serial ports level switch module.
Further, the described POS based on Intelligent mobile equipment also comprises cash register receipt printer, described cash register receipt printer and two-way electrical connection of described serial ports level switch module, and described cash register receipt printer is used for printing cash register checkout receipt.
Further, the described POS based on Intelligent mobile equipment also comprises fingerprint instrument, and the output terminal of described fingerprint instrument is electrically connected to described usb interface module.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are:
1, utilize intelligent mobile terminal to control various peripheral hardwares by wireless transmission method, make full use of existing mobile terminal resource such as Pad in client's hand, smart mobile phone etc., replace conventional P OS machine to realize the cash register of Mini Supermarkets, brand shop, chain store etc.
2, this device and system are based on ICP/IP protocol and IEEE802.11 exploitation, the operating system of the intelligent mobile terminal equipment such as current all pad, smart mobile phone is all supported TCP/IP and IEEE802.11, so this device and system can be supported the controls of intelligent mobile terminal to peripheral hardware such as the Pad, smart mobile phone of several operation systems.
Embodiment
Below by embodiment, and by reference to the accompanying drawings, the technical solution of the utility model is described in further detail.
Embodiment 1:
Fig. 1 shows the structural representation of a kind of embodiment of the cash register communicator of the utility model based on Intelligent mobile equipment.As shown in Figure 1, comprise CPU processor 1, wireless communication module 2, memory module 3, usb interface module 4, serial ports level switch module 5, display module 6, clock circuit module 7, reset circuit module 8 and power module 9, wireless communication module 2, memory module 3, usb interface module 4 and serial ports level switch module 5 are electrically connected to CPU processor 1 is two-way respectively, the input end of display module 6 is electrically connected to CPU processor 1, and the output terminal of clock circuit module 7, reset circuit module 8 and power module 9 is electrically connected to CPU processor 1 respectively.
Fig. 2 shows the structural representation of a kind of embodiment of the POS of the utility model based on Intelligent mobile equipment.As shown in Figure 2, native system is on the basis of the communicator of cash register shown in Fig. 1, further comprise intelligent mobile terminal 10 and complete the required peripheral hardware of function for receiving cash, described intelligent mobile terminal 10 is connected with CPU processor 1 by wireless communication module 2, and described intelligent mobile terminal 10 is connected to the data of the peripheral hardware on usb interface module 4 and/or serial ports level switch module 5 and/or sends data and realize the control to peripheral hardware to peripheral hardware for receiving; Described peripheral hardware comprises keyboard 41, scanner 42, card reader 43, fingerprint instrument 44, cash register receipt printer 51 and cash register cash box 52, the output terminal of keyboard 41, scanner 42, card reader 43 and fingerprint instrument 44 is electrically connected to usb interface module 4 respectively, and cash register receipt printer 51 and cash register cash box 52 are electrically connected to serial ports level switch module 5 is two-way respectively; Certainly, above-mentioned peripheral hardware comprises that keyboard 41, scanner 42, card reader 43, fingerprint instrument 44, cash register receipt printer 51 and cash register cash box 52 also can be electrically connected to CPU processor 1 by other interface modes, for example, keyboard 41, scanner 42 are electrically connected to serial ports level switch module 5, cash register cash box 52 is electrically connected to usb interface module 4, etc.; In addition, can also access according to actual needs other peripheral hardwares, realize corresponding function, present embodiment is not restricted this.
Described intelligent mobile terminal 10 refers to any one in smart mobile phone based on intelligent operating system, panel computer, palm PC, described wireless communication module 2 can be WiFi communication module, 3G communication module, bluetooth communication module, GPRS communication module etc., and present embodiment is not restricted this.
Described CPU processor 1, the business processing of responsible whole system; Described wireless communication module 2 is for making described CPU processor 1 be connected into such as WiFi network, 3G network, GPRS network etc. of wireless network, to complete the peripheral hardware that is connected on usb interface module 4 and/or serial ports level switch module 5 and the communication of intelligent mobile terminal 10; Described memory module 3, is responsible for system and the storage that data are set; Described usb interface module 4, is responsible for main USB Host expansion; Described serial ports level switch module 5, is responsible for the conversion of serial ports level; Described display module 6, the configuration parameter of responsible display system; Described clock circuit module 7, the system of being responsible for provides clock, comprises the information such as time, date; Described reset circuit 8, resetting system while being responsible for the situations such as system is overflowed start, house dog, deadlock, guarantees the system machine of not delaying, and increases the stability of system; Described power module 9, for system provides sufficient electric energy.The setting of described fingerprint instrument 44 is in order to carry out the management of the authorities such as system login and access.
Fig. 3 shows the block diagram for software modules of a kind of embodiment of the POS of the utility model based on Intelligent mobile equipment, comprises intelligent mobile application A PP module 21, network communication module 22, command processing module 23, equipment operating module 24 and profile module 25.
Described intelligent mobile application A PP module 21 comprises application program 211 and middleware 212, described middleware 212 is modules that intelligent mobile terminal 10 and network communication module 22 communicate, for application program 211 provides interface and realizes order is carried out to protocol encapsulation processing, then send to network communication module 22, and obtain rreturn value.
Described network communication module 22 is TCP webservers, carries out internetwork communication.When receiving the data that intelligent mobile application A PP module 21 sends over, judge whether it is complete order, if complete order is transmitted to command processing module 23, if not sending error messages to intelligent mobile application A PP module 21.
Adopt epoll model realization TCP service function.Epoll is the enhancing version of multiplexed IO interface select/poll under Linux, it can significantly improve program and in a large amount of concurrent connections, only have a small amount of system CPU utilization factor active in the situation that, can the incompatible transmission result of multiplexing file descriptor sets and need not force and all must again prepare the filec descriptor set that will be listened before the each waiting event of developer because its, another reason is exactly when obtaining event, it need not travel through the whole descriptor set being listened, as long as those have been added the descriptor set of Ready queue by asynchronous the waking up of kernel IO event traversal.Epoll is except providing the level triggers (Level Triggered) of that IO event of select/poll, edging trigger (Edge Triggered) is also provided, this just makes likely buffer memory IO state of user space program, reduce calling of epoll_wait/epoll_pwait, improve application program efficiency.
Described command processing module 23 is added different command processors according to the actual requirements, communicating by letter of the main processing cash register communicator of described equipment operating module 24 and peripheral hardware, the order that forwarding receives from network is to peripheral hardware, receive peripheral data and send to network, described profile module 25 is for describing peripheral hardware information in detail, by the web far call cash register communicator CGI scripting configuration file of modifying.
The communication mode of cash register communicator and peripheral hardware is divided into two kinds: usb communication and serial communication:
Usb communication is by being used libusb USB is sent and receive information, libusb has designed a series of outside API and has been called by application program, can operational hardware by these API application programs, these API have called the physical layer interface of kernel, similar with the function that in kernel driver, function used is realized, just libusb approaches USB standard more.The use that makes libusb also drives relatively easy many than developing kernel.
Device file/dev/ttySAC* that serial communication is derived by linux system communicates, and by read, write function sends and receives information.By cfsetospeed function setup serial ports baud rate, by tcsetattr, carry out serial ports setup of attribute.
Fig. 4 shows the operational flowchart of a kind of embodiment of the POS cash settlement of the utility model based on Intelligent mobile equipment, and as shown in the figure, cash register operation steps of the present utility model is:
S1: intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone by wireless communication module 2, for example WiFi communication module and CPU processor 1 connect;
S2: if choice for use scanner 42 items scanning bar codes, intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone by application program 211, call the middleware 212 that this system provides, send to open scanner 42 instructions; Open scanner 42 instructions through wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module be sent to CPU processor 1, CPU processor 1 completes and opens scanner 42 actions according to this instruction;
If choice for use keyboard 41 is directly inputted the information such as commodity bar code, price, intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone by application program 211, call the middleware 212 that this system provides, send to open keyboard 41 instructions; Open keyboard 41 instructions through wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module be sent to CPU processor 1, CPU processor 1 completes and opens keyboard 41 actions according to this instruction;
S3: if choice for use scanner 42 items scanning bar codes, operator is by scanner 42 items scanning, scanning bar code through CPU processor 1 by wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module send to intelligent mobile terminal 10, intelligent mobile terminal 10 is received display of commodity information after bar code, and automatically the price of all kinds of goods is added up, count total price;
If choice for use keyboard 41 is directly inputted the information such as commodity bar code, price, operator is by information such as keyboard 41 input commodity bar codes, prices, input data CPU processor 1 by wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module send to intelligent mobile terminal 10, intelligent mobile terminal 10 is received display of commodity information after bar code, and automatically the price of all kinds of goods is added up, count total price;
S4: intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone calls by application program 211 middleware 212 that this system provides, sends and opens 52 instructions of cash register cash box; Open 52 instructions of cash register cash box through wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module be sent to CPU processor 1, CPU processor 1 completes and opens 52 actions of cash register cash box according to this instruction;
S5: intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone calls by application program 211 middleware 212 that this system provides, send print data, print data through wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module be sent to CPU processor 1, CPU processor 1 is sent to cash register receipt printer 51 by print data, and starts cash register receipt printer 51 and complete and sell admission fee and print action.
embodiment 2:
Fig. 5 shows the swipe the card a kind of operational flowchart of embodiment of clearing of the POS of the utility model based on Intelligent mobile equipment, and as shown in the figure, cash register operation steps of the present utility model is:
S1: intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone by wireless communication module 2, for example WiFi communication module and CPU processor 1 connect;
S2: if choice for use scanner 42 items scanning bar codes, intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone by application program 211, call the middleware 212 that this system provides, send to open scanner 42 instructions; Open scanner 42 instructions through wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module be sent to CPU processor 1, CPU processor 1 completes and opens scanner 42 actions according to this instruction;
If choice for use keyboard 41 is directly inputted the information such as commodity bar code, price, intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone by application program 211, call the middleware 212 that this system provides, send to open keyboard 41 instructions; Open keyboard 41 instructions through wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module be sent to CPU processor 1, CPU processor 1 completes and opens keyboard 41 actions according to this instruction;
S3: if choice for use scanner 42 items scanning bar codes, operator is by scanner 42 items scanning, scanning bar code through CPU processor 1 by wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module send to intelligent mobile terminal 10, after intelligent mobile terminal 10 is received bar code, display of commodity information also adds up the price of all kinds of goods automatically, counts total price;
If choice for use keyboard 41 is directly inputted the information such as commodity bar code, price, operator is by information such as keyboard 41 input commodity bar codes, prices, input data CPU processor 1 by wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module send to intelligent mobile terminal 10, intelligent mobile terminal 10 is received display of commodity information after bar code, and automatically the price of all kinds of goods is added up, count total price;
S4: intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone calls by application program 211 middleware 212 that this system provides, sends and opens card reader 43 instructions; Open card reader 43 instructions through wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module be sent to CPU processor 1, CPU processor 1 completes and opens card reader 43 actions according to this instruction; Consumer swipes the card, card using information through CPU processor 1 by wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module send to intelligent mobile terminal 10, intelligent mobile terminal 10 is received the operation of withholing after card using information;
S5: intelligent mobile terminal 10 for example mobile phone calls by application program 211 middleware 212 that this system provides, send print data, print data through wireless communication module 2 for example WiFi communication module be sent to CPU processor 1, CPU processor 1 is sent to cash register receipt printer 51 by print data, and starts cash register receipt printer 51 and complete and sell admission fee and print action.
In sum, this device and system are controlled various peripheral hardwares by intelligent mobile terminal, make full use of existing mobile terminal resource such as Pad in client's hand, smart mobile phone etc., replace conventional P OS machine to realize the cash register of Mini Supermarkets, brand shop, chain store etc.; This device and system are based on ICP/IP protocol and IEEE802.11 exploitation, the operating system of the intelligent mobile terminal equipment such as current all pad, smart mobile phone is all supported TCP/IP and IEEE802.11, so this device and system can be supported the controls of intelligent mobile terminal to peripheral hardware such as the Pad, smart mobile phone of several operation systems.
Above-described embodiment is just to allow one of ordinary skilled in the art can understand content of the present utility model and implement according to this for technical conceive of the present utility model and feature being described, its objective is, can not limit protection domain of the present utility model with this.Every equivalent variation or modification of having done according to the essence of the utility model content, all should be encompassed in protection domain of the present utility model.