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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Takamoto, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A POS terminal has: a device driver; a POS application that communicates with a peripheral through the device driver; a filter driver that acquires communication information related to communication performed between the POS application and the peripheral through the device driver, the communication information including time information; and a failure detection application that acquires communication information from the filter driver over a predetermined period, defines a decision reference according to the communication information acquired over the predetermined period, and makes a decision about an abnormality related to the peripheral through a comparison between the defined decision reference and communication information acquired from the filter driver after the predetermined period.