JP2007086878A - Harmful insect occurrence prevention support method and system for cup type beverage automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for comprehending harmful insect occurrence circumstances in a cup type beverage automatic vending machine, appropriately deciding the content of a harmful insect extermination operation, and smoothly executing the operation. <P>SOLUTION: This operation support method and system using a computer use "data for decision" acquired by integrating harmful insect occurrence information acquired from adhesive sheets T<SB>1</SB>, T<SB>2</SB>, and T<SB>3</SB>for catching harmful insects preliminarily set at predetermined places in automatic cup type beverage vending machines V<SB>1</SB>, V<SB>2</SB>, and V<SB>3</SB>into data, and execute at least procedures for selecting a harmful insect terminating operation suitable for the automatic cup type beverage vending machines V<SB>1</SB>, V<SB>2</SB>and V<SB>3</SB>from among the classification information group of the harmful insect driving operation preliminarily stored in a computer 1 in a summarization center A. Persons P<SB>1</SB>, P<SB>2</SB>and P<SB>3</SB>in charge of operation of a management company B perform predetermined operations based on the operation instruction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for preventing generation of pests in a cup-type beverage vending machine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for accurately grasping the state of occurrence of pests such as cockroaches in a cup-type beverage vending machine, formulating accurate pest control work for the vending machine, and executing the work. .

  In a beverage vending machine, a predetermined amount of water or hot water is added to a powdery or liquid raw material previously held at a predetermined location, and beverage products are provided in a cup container. (Hereafter, cup-type beverage vending machine). This cup-type beverage vending machine is installed indoors such as in a company or facility, and a worker in charge of the vending machine management company goes around to supply the raw materials and cup containers.

  In the current cup-type beverage vending machine, the spray of the raw material adheres to the nozzle that discharges powdered or liquid raw material and its surroundings, so intrusion and generation of cockroaches can be avoided depending on the environment around the vending machine. Disappear. For this reason, it is the actual situation that the person in charge of the work carries out the cleaning work in the vending machine as appropriate during the patrol, and in some cases the replacement work of the vending machine is forced due to the excessive occurrence of cockroaches. As a result, economic losses due to these factors are not negligible.

For this reason, attempts have been made to prevent intrusion and generation of cockroaches by devising a cup-type beverage vending machine in terms of the device structure. For example, a technique for preventing the invasion of cockroaches by devising the structure around the legs of the vending machine (Patent Document 1, etc.), a technique for blending an insecticide in a member constituting the vending machine (Patent Document 2, etc.), There are a technique (Patent Document 3 and the like) for providing medicine spraying means in a vending machine, and a technique (Patent Document 4 and the like) for providing some physical means for avoiding cockroaches in the vending machine.
JP-A-7-282339. JP-A-8-287343. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-162227. JP-A-3-257698.

  However, the method of the above prior art that takes measures against cockroaches on the device structure of a cup-type beverage vending machine remains a single countermeasure. In addition, it takes time to replace a large number of vending machines that are actually installed with vending machines that take measures against cockroaches, which is not realistic from the viewpoint of economic burden.

  In addition, it is well known among those skilled in the art that there is a problem of intrusion and generation of cockroaches in a cup-type beverage vending machine at present, but the actual situation is that the overall situation is hardly grasped. Therefore, it is an important and urgent technical issue for the management company that manages the vending machine group to take effective and economical measures after accurately grasping this situation.

  Therefore, the present invention accurately grasps the state of occurrence of pests such as cockroaches in a cup-type beverage vending machine, formulates the contents of accurate pest control work for the vending machine, and smoothly executes this. The main purpose is to provide a support method and a support system that can be used.

  First, the present invention provides a “pest prevention support method for cup-type beverage vending machines”. This method is a work support method using a computer, which is obtained from an adhesive sheet for capturing pests (sometimes referred to as a “trap”) installed in advance in a predetermined location in a cup-type beverage vending machine. Pest control work suitable for the cup-type beverage vending machine from the classification information group of pest control work contents stored in the computer in advance using “determination data” in which the generated pest occurrence information is converted into data At least the procedure for selecting

  In the “determination data” used in this method, the “number of pest solids” (one of information that can be included in the pest occurrence information) captured by the adhesive sheet is divided by the “number of days of installation of the adhesive sheet”. Index data obtained in this way may be included. Then, based on the index data, the classification information group of the pest control work content may be ranked in a plurality of stages.

  The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet used in the present invention includes (1) the type and location information of a cup-type beverage vending machine on which the sheet is installed, and (2) a person in charge of product supply of the cup-type beverage vending machine. Information (3) Information related to the installation start date of the adhesive sheet is held at least. It becomes possible to relate these information acquired from this adhesive sheet with the data for determination based on the information from the adhesive sheet.

  Next, the present invention provides a “pest occurrence prevention support system for cup-type beverage vending machines”. The present invention is a work support system using a computer, and relates to (1) type and installation location information for each cup-type beverage vending machine, and (2) a person in charge of product supply for each cup-type beverage vending machine. It has a database that holds at least information and (3) ranked pest control work information groups. And it is suitable for every said cup-type drink vending machine using the data for the judgment which the pest generation information acquired from the adhesive sheet for pest capture previously installed in each cup-type drink vending machine was converted into data A computer program for automatically determining the level of the pest control operation.

  Both the database and the computer program are stored in advance in a computer (storage unit). The system can automatically output work instruction information in which the database and the pest control work selected as a result of the determination are associated with each other. For example, the work instruction information is classified and output for each product supplier. The output display information can be used as a work instruction for each person in charge.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION This invention can grasp | ascertain correctly the generation | occurrence | production situation of pests, such as a cockroach, in a cup-type drink vending machine. It is possible to grasp the pest generation status of many cup-type beverage vending machines for each vending machine and over time. And the content of the exact pest control work with respect to each vending machine can be formulated concretely, and this can be performed smoothly. As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of pests in each vending machine and to prevent the deterioration of the pest occurrence state.

  Preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, this embodiment shows one Embodiment of this invention, and, thereby, the range of this invention is not interpreted narrowly.

  First, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall concept of a preferred embodiment of a method and system according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a vending machine V ₁ , V ₂ , V managed by the management company B with respect to the management company (vendor) B of the cup-type beverage vending machine (hereinafter abbreviated as “vending machine”). ₃ is a method or system for supporting prevention of pest occurrence in ₃ . In the following, for convenience, the vending machine will be described as three (V ₁ , V ₂ , V ₃ ), and the pest will be described using a cockroach as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the computer 1 owned by the aggregation center A and the computer 2 owned by the management company B can exchange information with each other via a communication network 3 such as the Internet. The environment. It is free to interpose the communication network 3 with a LAN (not shown) or a predetermined telephone line.

The computer 1 needs to be related to the vending machines V ₁ , V ₂ , V ₃ (operating company B) and work personnel P ₁ , P ₂ , P _3, etc. transmitted from the computer 2 via the communication network 3. Information 1a is acquired in a timely manner, and one computer 2 acquires information Ib transmitted from the computer 1 via the communication network 3. In each of the computers 1 and 2, the information Ia and Ib are respectively stored in a hard disk or the like as a database and gradually accumulated.

The “worker” refers to an employee of the management company B and the like, who regularly performs patrol work for the vending machine group he / she is in charge of, and product supply (replenishment) work. For convenience, in the following description, the person in charge of the work is described as three persons (P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ ).

  The computer 1 creates a “vending machine related information database” as illustrated in FIG. 2 based on the information Ia sent from the computer 2 of the management company B, and updates and holds it as needed. This database includes, for example, “ID No.”, “worker”, “model and model number of vending machine”, “installation location of vending machine (including address and installation location name)”, “vending machine” assigned to each vending machine. Information such as “Regular holiday of installation location”, “Business hours (workable time for vending machines)”, “Roaches history information (described later)” is held.

The computer 2 creates a “work instruction information database” as exemplified in FIG. 3 based on the information Ib sent from the computer 1. The “work instruction information” means information in which appropriate cockroach removal work is specified for each vending machine according to the occurrence of cockroaches in each vending machine, and is assigned to each work person P ₁ , P ₂ , P _3. Data D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ (see FIG. 3).

The work instruction information database shown in FIG. 3 is designated in units of data D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ , and is output through the printer 21 connected to the computer 2, thereby creating the work instruction sheet 4. be able to.

Specifically, it is possible to create a personnel work instructions 41 of P ₁ for, personnel work instructions 42 of P ₂ for, personnel work instructions 43 of P ₃ for. Each person in charge P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ carries their own work instructions 41, 42, 43, and vending machines V ₁ , V ₂ , V ₃ that they are in charge of go to the installation location, and a predetermined cockroach. Disinfect work (described later).

  Hereinafter, a procedure until the work instruction sheet 4 is created will be described in detail.

First, in the vending machines V ₁ , V ₂ , V ₃ , an adhesive sheet suitable for capturing cockroaches is set in advance in an appropriate location (location suitable for analyzing the occurrence of cockroaches) in each vending machine. To do. The installation of the adhesive sheet is performed by selecting an appropriate predetermined place according to the type of the vending machine. The first installation worker of the adhesive sheet may be performed by a person dispatched from the counting center A, a worker in charge P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ belonging to the management company B, or another person.

The workers P ₁ , P ₂ , and P ₃ of the management company B, when carrying out their vending machine patrol work, have adhesive sheets T already installed on the vending machines V ₁ , V ₂ , and V ₃ that they are in charge of. ₁ , T ₂ , and T ₃ are collected (see FIG. 1), and after the collection, a new pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is replaced. The adhesive sheets T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ are collected when a predetermined period (for example, one week) has elapsed since the installation of the sheets.

For each of the adhesive sheets T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ , (1) the type and installation location information of the vending machine on which the adhesive sheet is installed, (2) information on the person in charge of the vending machine, (3) the adhesive sheet Information related to the installation start date is described in advance. For example, pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet _{T 1} is the ID No.. In the vending machine V ₁ of 101, the adhesive sheet T ₂ is ID No. 201 to the vending machine _{V 2} of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet _{T 3} is IDNo. Vending machines _{V 3} of 301 are installed respectively (see FIG. 1).

The adhesive sheets T ₁ , T ₂ , T _3, etc. brought back to the management company B by the workers P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ are sorted in a state of being individually packaged, and then the workers P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ are packed into separate sheet groups and delivered to the totaling center B (see FIG. 1).

At the counting center B, the packaging is unpacked, and the occurrence of cockroaches of each of the adhesive sheets T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ is visually observed and analyzed according to a predetermined standard. This task of analyzing the occurrence of cockroaches is mainly based on the number of adult cockroaches, the number of children, the presence of eggs, etc., and the analysis results are input to the computer 1 for each adhesive sheet T ₁ , T ₂ , T _{3 and} converted into data. To do. In addition, you may make it perform the analysis of the said cockroach generation | occurrence | production situation by an image analysis etc. instead of visual observation.

By this data conversion work, “determination data” used for an automatic determination program stored in advance in the computer 1 is created. This automatic determination program uses the determination data corresponding to the analysis results of the adhesive sheets T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ , and details of cockroach removal work suitable for each vending machine V ₁ , V ₂ , V _3. Has a program procedure for selecting

  A procedure example of the automatic determination program will be described. The determination data includes, for example, at least data including the number N of cockroaches solids captured by the adhesive sheet and the installation period days M of the adhesive sheet. The program automatically calculates index data X (X = N / M) obtained by dividing the cockroach solid number N by the installation period days M of the adhesive sheet.

  Next, according to the degree of the index data X, for example, it is divided into work ranks of five stages A to E. For example, ranking is performed as shown in “Table 1” below. The rank classification based on the index data X in Table 1 is an example, and the index data X corresponding to each rank can be changed as appropriate.

  The computer 1 stores information related to cockroach removal work corresponding to the work ranks A to E in advance. An example of the work content information is shown in “Table 2”.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a procedure example of the automatic determination program. In the example of the automatic determination program shown in FIG. 4, the calculation processing unit uses the determination data prepared for each vending machine to calculate the number N of cockroach solids on the adhesive sheet as the installation period of the adhesive sheet. Dividing by the number of days M, index data X is calculated. Next, the determination unit classifies the numerical data of the index data X into five stages A to E according to the ranking of Table 1 above, and the cockroach removal work contents corresponding to each of the ranks A to E (Table 2). (See FIG. 4).

  The details of the cockroach removal work are output (printed out) as work instructions 4 (41, 42, 43) via the printer 21 connected to the computer 2. The work instruction 4 can be output from the computer 1 and sent to the management company B by fax, or sent to the computers 1 and 2 in the attached file format via the Internet.

An example of the format of the work instruction 4 is shown in FIG. This work instruction sheet 4 is output in units of work personnel P ₁ , P ₂ , P _{3 of} the vending machine management company B contracted with the aggregation center A. In this work instruction sheet 4, for example, the ID No. (Additional model), each vending machine installation location, determination rank (any of A to E), selected instruction work, and the like are displayed, and an operation report column is provided.

Each person in charge of work P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ carries the work instructions 41, 42, 43 (see FIG. 1), travels to the vending machine installation location by patrol work, and the work instructions 41, 42. , 43, the cockroach extermination work is performed. For vending machines with rank E, the work is entrusted to a cockroach extermination specialist dispatched from the counting center.

When each person in charge of work P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ completes predetermined instruction work for all vending machines that each person is in charge of, the work person in charge in the work report column of his / her work instruction form, Write, fax transmission to aggregation center A, or attachment file transmission via the Internet.

  In the totaling center A, the written contents of the returned work instructions 41, 42, and 43 are stored in a database, written in the cockroach history information column of the database table shown in FIG. 2, and the information is accumulated.

In the above embodiment, the adhesive sheets T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ collected from the vending machines V ₁ , V ₂ , V ₃ are packaged for each person in charge, delivered to the aggregation center A, and analyzed. Yes. On the other hand, like the modified embodiment shown in FIG. 6, for the purpose of omitting the packing and delivery work, the workers P ₁ , P ₂ , and P ₃ each have the portable terminal 5, and the adhesive sheet T ₁ , The state of occurrence of cockroaches at T ₂ and T ₃ may be input to the portable terminal 5 according to a predetermined method and transmitted to the computer 1 of the counting center A and / or the computer 2 of the management company B. In such a method, the workers P ₁ , P ₂ , and P ₃ need to be trained in advance on how to analyze the occurrence of cockroaches.

In still another method, an image of the adhesive surface of the adhesive sheets T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ photographed by the workers P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ is adopted as the portable terminal 5 that can be photographed by a camera. May be transmitted to the computer 1 of the aggregation center A and / or the computer 2 of the management company B. Based on this image, the counting center A may analyze the occurrence of cockroaches by visual observation, automatic image processing, or the like to create the determination data.

  In the method according to the present invention, determination data taking into account the case where insects other than cockroaches (for example, flies) are captured by the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is created, and classification of insect control operations based on the determination data is performed. The work instruction may be performed.

  The present invention accurately grasps the state of occurrence of pests such as cockroaches in a cup-type beverage vending machine, formulates accurate pest control operations for the vending machine, and can smoothly execute this. It can be used as a support method and a support system.

1 is a diagram illustrating an overall concept of a preferred embodiment of a method and system according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the "vending machine related information database" which the computer (1) etc. of a totaling center (A) has. It is a figure which shows the example of the "work instruction information database" produced by the computer (1) of a totaling center (A). It is a flowchart which shows the example of a procedure of an automatic determination program. It is a figure which shows one Example of the output work instruction document (4). It is a figure which shows the system concept of embodiment which a worker in charge possesses a portable terminal (5).

Explanation of symbols

1 Computer (computer)
2 (Management company) computer (PC)
3 Communication network 4 (41, 42, 43) Work instruction sheet 5 Mobile terminal A Totaling center B Vending machine management company P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ (Management company) work personnel T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ adhesive sheet (Pest capture sheet)
V _{1, V 2, V 3} cup type beverage vending machine (vending machine)

Claims (6)

A work support method using a computer,
Using the “determination data” in which the pest occurrence information acquired from the adhesive sheet for capturing pests that has been installed in advance in a predetermined location in the cup-type beverage vending machine is converted into data,
A cup-type beverage vending machine characterized in that it executes at least a procedure for selecting a pest-control work suitable for the cup-type beverage vending machine from a group of pest-control work classification information stored in advance in the computer. Pest generation prevention support method.   2. The index data obtained by dividing the “number of insect pests” captured by the adhesive sheet by the “number of days of installation period of the adhesive sheet” is included in the “judgment data”. Pest generation prevention support method of the described cup-type beverage vending machine.   3. The pest occurrence prevention support method for a cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the classification information group of the pest control work is ranked in a plurality of stages based on the index data. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is
(1) Type of cup-type beverage vending machine on which the sheet is installed and installation location information,
(2) Product supply person information of the cup-type beverage vending machine,
(3) Information related to the installation start date of the adhesive sheet,
The pest generation prevention support method of the cup type beverage vending machine according to claim 1, wherein at least A work support system using a computer,
(1) Type and installation location information for each cup-type beverage vending machine,
(2) Information related to the person in charge of supplying goods for each cup-type beverage vending machine,
(3) a database having at least a ranked pest control information group;
Using the determination data in which pest occurrence information acquired from the adhesive sheet for capturing pests installed in advance in each cup-type beverage vending machine is converted into data, the level suitable for each cup-type beverage vending machine A computer program for automatically determining the pest control operation;
Is stored on the computer,
A pest generation prevention support system for a cup-type beverage vending machine, wherein work instruction information in which the database and a pest control operation selected as a result of the determination are associated can be automatically output.   The pest generation prevention support system for a cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 5, wherein the work instruction information is distinguished for each person in charge of product supply.

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