DOCKING STATION, CONTROL METHOD AND COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS

摘要

In one embodiment, a docking station on which a data processing terminal is to be mounted has a power source device and a processor. The power source device applies an operating voltage of the data processing terminal and a testing voltage lower than the operating voltage to a power feeding terminal which is in contact with a power source terminal of the data processing terminal. The processor, when having determined that the mounting mechanism is locked, controls the power source device, so that the testing voltage is applied to the power feeding terminal. Further, the processor, when having determined that the mounting mechanism is locked and having determined that the data processing terminal is mounted on the mounting mechanism, controls the power source device, so that the operating voltage is applied to the power feeding terminal.

主权项

1. In a docking station on which a portable data processing terminal is to be detachably mounted, the docking station, comprising:
a mounting mechanism which has a first movable member to operate in accordance with mounting of the data processing terminal and demounting of the data processing terminal, and on which the data processing terminal is to be mounted; a lock mechanism which regulates movement of the first movable member, to lock the mounting mechanism; a power feeding terminal which comes in contact with a power source terminal provided in the data processing terminal, when the data processing terminal is mounted on the mounting mechanism; a power source device which applies an operating voltage of the data processing terminal and a testing voltage lower than the operating voltage to the power feeding terminal; a first sensor which detects locking of the mounting mechanism by the lock mechanism; a second sensor which detects an electrical state of the power feeding terminal in a state that the testing voltage is applied thereto by the power source device; and a processor which, when having determined that the mounting mechanism is locked based on a detection result of the first sensor, controls the power source device, so that the testing voltage is applied to the power feeding terminal, and when having determined that the mounting mechanism is locked and further having determined that the data processing terminal is mounted on the mounting mechanism based on a detection result by the second sensor, controls the power source device, so that the operating voltage is applied to the power feeding terminal.