POS Docking Station Integrating Display and Card Reader
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current POS machines require a large occupied space, are inconvenient to use, and have high costs due to the need for a separate server for payment confirmation and display of consumption details, which limits their positioning and increases operational expenses.
Innovation Solution
A docking station with a housing, mainboard, display device, and detachable support for a card swiping device, which allows electrical connection for data communication, reducing space requirements and enabling convenient use by integrating display and printing functions within a compact design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate server is used for payment confirmation and consumption detail display, then payment confirmation and display functions are achieved, but occupied space increases and positioning flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the server's payment confirmation and display functions directly into the POS machine by integrating a display screen and processor within the POS terminal. This allows the POS machine to independently perform payment confirmation and consume detail display without requiring a separate server, thereby reducing occupied space while maintaining full functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The POS machine is designed with multi-functional capabilities, including payment processing, display, and printing functions integrated into a single device. This universal design eliminates the need for separate specialized equipment, allowing the POS machine to serve multiple purposes within a compact form factor.
2Reliability
If an individual connection wire is used to connect POS machine with server for synchronous payment confirmation, then synchronous payment and confirmation are achieved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the server functionality from the system architecture and integrates it directly into the POS machine's processor and memory. By taking out the need for external server connection and embedding the confirmation logic within the POS device itself, the system achieves synchronous payment confirmation without requiring individual connection wires to an external server.
Solution Approach 2:
The POS machine performs payment confirmation independently through its own processor and display system. The device serves itself by handling all payment processing, confirmation, and display functions internally without requiring external server assistance, thereby eliminating the need for complex wiring connections.
3Loss of information
If a separate server is used for consumption detail display, then consumption details can be displayed, but the position of POS machine is limited and use is inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the consumption detail display function directly into the POS machine's integrated display screen. Customers can view consumption details immediately at the POS terminal without needing to access a separate server display, providing convenient real-time information access regardless of the POS machine's location.
Data Source
AI summary
The present application provides a docking station and a POS machine using the same. The docking station includes a housing, a mainboard mounted inside the housing, a display device mounted on the housing, and a support configured to detachably support a card swiping device; the display device is mounted on the housing, the support is fixed on the housing, a data plug for connecting with the card swiping device is mounted inside the support, and the data plug is electrically connected with the mainboard. Such that the function of the card swiping device can be expanded and the docking station of the card swiping device is formed. By using the support to support the card swiping device, the occupied space can be reduced, and the use is convenient.