Scanner System Automatic Mount Detection Connection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing scanner systems require users to navigate complex interfaces and perform multiple operations to establish communication between portable terminals and scanner devices, leading to user burden and inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

A scanner system that automatically detects the mounting of a portable terminal on a scanner device, acquires identification information, and initiates a connection request, activating a dedicated application to establish communication without user intervention through detection units and control units on both devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual operations such as menu selection are performed to establish communication between portable terminal and scanner device, then communication can be established, but user burden increases and ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of operationVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-identification and self-connection establishment. When the portable terminal is mounted on the scanner device, the mounting detection unit automatically detects the mounting state, the identification information acquisition unit automatically acquires terminal identification information, and the connection request unit automatically transmits connection requests without requiring manual user operations for communication setup

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring communication parameters and pre-establishing connection protocols. The scanner device proactively transmits connection requests before the user needs to use the portable terminal, and the application activation unit is pre-configured to automatically activate the appropriate application upon receiving connection requests

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If multiple operations are required to establish communication, then communication reliability can be ensured, but time consumption increases and productivity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveproductivityVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The communication establishment process continues automatically without interruption once mounting is detected. The mounting detection unit continuously monitors the mounting state, and once connected, the system maintains continuous communication readiness without requiring repeated manual intervention to sustain the connection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS9071697B2Scanner system

Publication Date: 2015.06.30 PFU LTD

AI summary

In a scanner system comprising a portable terminal and a scanner device, the scanner device has a mounting portion on which the portable terminal is mounted and electrically connected to the scanner device. The scanner device acquires identification information of the portable terminal when the scanner device detects mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion, and transmits a connection request to the portable terminal having the identification information. The portable terminal activates an application for establishing communication with the scanner device in response to the connection request from the scanner device when the mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion is detected. Thus, the communication between the portable terminal and the scanner device can be established without operation of a user.