JP5011710B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine provided with an input unit for storing a sales condition for controlling a sales operation or the like of a product in a storage unit, a computer program in the vending machine, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded. .

  Some vending machines, for example, cup-type vending machines, cook raw materials and sell them as products. In order to perform such a function, the vending machine has, in addition to the sales mechanism, for example, a sales control unit that controls the sales mechanism based on sales conditions related to ingredients and cooking, a storage unit that stores the sales conditions, and a sales unit. A control panel having a keyboard for inputting conditions is provided (for example, see Patent Document 1). For example, in the case of a cup-type vending machine that cooks and sells coffee beverages, the sales conditions include the conditions related to raw materials such as the amount of coffee beans (bean amount) and hot water, which are the ingredients of regular coffee, and ground coffee There are cooking-related conditions such as time for stirring beans and hot water (stirring time) and time for extracting regular coffee (extraction time).

When a cup-type vending machine sells a plurality of types of beverages, the sales conditions are determined in advance for each beverage and stored in the storage unit. When the cup-type vending machine receives an instruction to sell a beverage, the sales control unit reads the sales conditions corresponding to the beverage from the storage unit, and causes the sales unit to cook the raw material based on the sales conditions. Therefore, for example, the route man needs to store the sales conditions for each of a plurality of types of products in the storage unit in advance. When adding a new beverage, changing a beverage or its sales conditions, etc., the route man performs, for example, inputting a plurality of types of sales conditions and storing them in the storage unit using the keyboard of the control panel. It was.
JP 2004-259067 A

  By the way, for example, when the above-described cup-type vending machine sells regular coffee, for example, dozens of cooking processes are required, and accordingly, sales conditions are also composed of a number of items. In particular, for a cup-type vending machine capable of selling a plurality of different regular coffees, the rootman has to repeatedly input information on these items for each regular coffee using the keyboard of the control panel. Such work is heavy on the route man.

  Here, it is not only in the case of regular coffee that rootman has to repeatedly input information on such a large number of items, but for all beverages that require multiple steps to cook one beverage. That is true. Furthermore, this is not limited to cup-type vending machines, but can be said for all vending machines that sell a plurality of types of products that require a plurality of steps for cooking. If the work efficiency of the route man decreases due to the load described above, the sales of the vending machine may decrease.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine, a program, and a recording medium that can easily store sales conditions for a plurality of types of products in a storage unit. It is to provide.

The invention for solving the above-described problems includes a sales unit that performs an operation of cooking and selling a product, a sales control unit that controls the operation of the sales unit based on sales conditions related to the sale of the product, and a plurality of Vending machine comprising: a sales condition storage unit for storing the sales conditions of the type of product; and an input unit for inputting the sales conditions to be stored in the sales condition storage unit to the sales condition storage unit A part of the sales conditions of one product among the plurality of types of products based on an input instruction from the input unit, the one product of the other products out of the plurality of types of products A sales condition change control unit that changes the contents of the sales condition storage unit by copying the sales condition to a part of the sales condition.
According to this vending machine, for example, when the route man stores the sales condition of each product in the sales condition storage unit, for example, a part (X) of the sales condition of one product is stored in advance in the sales condition storage unit. For example, the contents of the sales condition storage unit can be changed from (X, Y) to (X, X) by copying this X to a part (Y) corresponding to X in the sales conditions of other products. it can. Two indications in parentheses mean mutually corresponding parts of sales conditions of one product and another product. Y may represent sales conditions stored in advance in the sales condition storage unit, or may represent a state in which nothing is stored. If the route man transmits an input instruction to the sales condition change control unit through the input unit, the X of one product can be copied to Y corresponding to X in another product. If this "part of sales conditions" is a common part for one product and other products in the sales conditions, the same work as for one product can be performed if an input instruction is given when entering the sales conditions for other products. It becomes unnecessary to repeat. Therefore, a vending machine capable of easily storing the sales conditions of a plurality of types of products in the storage unit is provided.

In the vending machine, the sales condition storage unit corresponds to a first storage area in which a part of the sales condition of the one product is stored and a part of the sales condition of the one product of the other product. A second storage area for storing the sales conditions to be stored, and the sales condition change control unit, based on an input instruction from the input unit, from the first storage area of the sales condition storage unit, A part of the sales conditions of the product may be read out, and a part of the read sales conditions of the one product may be written in the second storage area of the sales condition storage unit.
According to this vending machine, the aforementioned X is read from the first storage area of the sales condition storage unit and written into the second storage area of the sales condition storage unit, whereby the aforementioned Y in the second storage area is obtained. X can be replaced. That is, the sales condition change control unit can copy X of one product to Y of another product.

Further, in the vending machine, the sales condition storage unit has a storage area in which sales conditions corresponding to a part of the sales conditions of the one product of the other products are stored, and the sales condition change control unit May write a part of the sales conditions of the one commodity read from the outside into the storage area of the sales condition storage unit based on an input instruction from the input unit.
According to this vending machine, the aforementioned X in the storage area can be replaced with X by reading out the aforementioned X from the outside and writing X in the storage area of the sales condition storage unit. That is, the sales condition change control unit can copy X of one product to Y of another product.

The vending machine further includes a conversion condition storage unit that stores a conversion condition for performing predetermined conversion on a part of the sales condition of the one product, and the sales condition change control unit includes The conversion sales condition obtained by converting a part of the sales condition of the product under the conversion condition read from the conversion condition storage unit, the sales condition of the other product corresponding to a part of the sales condition of the one product It is preferable to copy to.
According to this vending machine, after converting X described above under the conversion condition to X ′, X ′ can be copied to Y described above. Even if there are few parts common to the sales conditions of two products, if this conversion makes a part of the sales conditions of one product, for example, a conversion sales condition corresponding to the sales conditions of another product, the sales of this other product There is no need to repeat similar operations when entering conditions. Therefore, the sales conditions for a plurality of types of products can be easily stored in the sales condition storage unit.

In the vending machine, the sales condition relating to the sale of the product may be information indicating a parameter relating to cooking of the product.
According to this vending machine, the more parameters relating to the cooking of the product, the less time is required for the route man to repeatedly input the same parameters over a plurality of types of products, for example, by the above-described copying.

In the vending machine, the conversion condition may be information related to the size of the product.
According to this vending machine, after converting X described above to X ′ by corresponding to the size of other products, for example, X ′ can be copied to Y described above.

In the vending machine, the conversion condition may be information on the taste of the product.
According to this vending machine, after converting X described above to X ′ by corresponding to the taste of other products, for example, X ′ can be copied to Y described above.

  Further, the invention for solving the above problems includes a sales unit that performs an operation of cooking and selling a product, and a sales control unit that controls the operation of the sales unit based on sales conditions related to the sale of the product. A sales condition storage unit for storing the sales conditions for a plurality of types of products, and an input unit for inputting sales conditions to be stored in the sales condition storage unit to the sales condition storage unit. A procedure for receiving an input instruction from the input unit for copying sales conditions to a computer that controls the storage operation of the sales conditions in the sales condition storage unit in the vending machine, and the plurality of the instructions based on the input instructions. By copying a part of the sales conditions of one product of the types of products to the sales conditions corresponding to a part of the sales conditions of the one product of the other products of the plurality of types of products, A step of changing the contents of the sales condition storage unit, a program for execution.

  Further, the invention for solving the above problems includes a sales unit that performs an operation of cooking and selling a product, and a sales control unit that controls the operation of the sales unit based on sales conditions related to the sale of the product. A sales condition storage unit for storing the sales conditions for a plurality of types of products, and an input unit for inputting sales conditions to be stored in the sales condition storage unit to the sales condition storage unit. A procedure for receiving an input instruction from the input unit for copying sales conditions to a computer that controls the storage operation of the sales conditions in the sales condition storage unit in the vending machine, and the plurality of the instructions based on the input instructions. By copying a part of the sales conditions of one product of the types of products to the sales conditions corresponding to a part of the sales conditions of the one product of the other products of the plurality of types of products, A step of changing the contents of the sales condition storage unit, a computer readable recording medium recording a program for executing.

  It is possible to provide a vending machine capable of easily storing the sales conditions of a plurality of types of products in the storage unit.

=== Vending machine configuration ===
A configuration example of a cup type vending machine (vending machine) 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The figure is a front view showing an example of the external configuration of the cup type vending machine 1 of the present embodiment.

  The front door 2 is pivotally supported on the side end of the cup-type vending machine 1 and opens and closes. The front door 2 is used for inputting information on sales conditions, which will be described later, and for maintaining the sales mechanism (sales department) 100 (FIG. 2). When performing, it is unlocked and opened, and when performing normal sales, it is locked and closed. The customer service panel 4 is a resin plate on which photographs, patterns, characters, and the like relating to a plurality of types of cup beverages are printed. The coin insertion slot 6 is a place where a user inserts coins, and the inserted coins are supplied to a coin identifying device inside the vending machine. The banknote insertion slot 8 is a place where a user inserts a banknote, and the inserted banknote is supplied to a banknote identification device inside the vending machine. The money amount display unit 10 displays an inserted coin amount, an inserted bill amount, and the like. The price label 12 is arranged on the customer service panel 4 in a one-to-one correspondence with photographs, patterns, characters, etc. of a plurality of types of cup beverages. The merchandise selection button 14 incorporates a sellable lamp and a sold-out lamp, and is arranged on the customer service panel 4 in a one-to-one correspondence with photographs, designs, characters, etc. of a plurality of types of cup beverages. The powder raw material increase button 16, the sugar increase button 18, the cream increase button 20, the powder raw material decrease button 22, the sugar decrease button 24, and the cream decrease button 26 are mixed ratios for one cup of beverage (for example, coffee, tea, etc.). When a change is desired, it is pressed before the product selection button 14 is pressed. The preference display unit 28 displays the degree of increase / decrease of the powder material, sugar, and cream based on a preset mixing ratio for one cup of beverage. The user presses the powder raw material increase button 16, the sugar increase button 18, the cream increase button 20, the powder raw material decrease button 22, the sugar decrease button 24, and the cream decrease button 26 as necessary, and then the sale ready lamp is turned on. When the product selection button 14 being pressed is pressed, the cup beverage corresponding to the product selection button 14 is cooked by the sales mechanism 100 inside the vending machine and sold from the product outlet 30. The return lever 36 is for returning the change obtained by reducing the purchase amount of the cup beverage from the input coin itself, the input coin or the inserted banknote to the return port 38. The selling lamp 40 is lit when the sales mechanism 100 is ready to cook and sell cup beverages. The sale stop lamp 42 is turned on when a sold-out lamp corresponding to all cup beverages is turned on or when the sales mechanism 100 is broken. The change-out lamp 44 is turned on when the total amount of change coins stored in the coin identification device becomes a predetermined amount or less.

  A configuration example of the sales mechanism 100 of the cup type vending machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The figure is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration example of a portion for selling regular coffee in the sales mechanism 100 of the present embodiment. The sales mechanism 100 according to the present embodiment mainly includes a regular coffee extraction device 101, a hot water tank 103, a mixing bowl 117, a sugar container 119, and a cream container 121.

  The regular coffee extraction device 101 includes a predetermined cylinder for containing ground beans and hot water, a predetermined piston for sealing a space in the cylinder, and a predetermined filter for filtering regular coffee from the ground beans and hot water. And so on. Further, a coffee mill 111 for grinding coffee beans stored in a predetermined container is provided adjacent to the opening of the cylinder of the regular coffee extraction device 101. With this configuration, the regular coffee extraction device 101 obtains regular coffee from ground beans supplied from the coffee mill 111 and hot water supplied from the hot water tank 103 through the pump 113, the electromagnetic valve 114, and the hot water supply pipe 115. Extracted and supplied to the coffee supply pipe 105 through the electromagnetic valve 104. The mixing ball 117 is for mixing, for example, sugar supplied from the sugar container 119 and powdered cream supplied from the cream container 121 with black regular coffee. The regular coffee containing sugar and cream mixed with sugar and cream in the mixing ball 117 is supplied to the cup 127 through the electromagnetic valve 123 and the supply pipe 125 provided downstream of the mixing ball 117. ing. Black regular coffee is also supplied to the cup 127 through the mixing ball 117, the electromagnetic valve 123, and the supply pipe 125.

  With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, a configuration example of a portion that controls the cup type vending machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the cup type vending machine 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an external configuration example of the control panel 211 of the cup type vending machine 1 of the present embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the main control unit 201 of the present embodiment controls the control of the cup type vending machine 1, and includes a CPU 201 a, a ROM 201 b, and a RAM (sales condition storage unit, conversion condition storage unit). ) 201c, peripheral circuit 201d, and the like. That is, the main control unit 201 operates centering on the microcomputer. The CPU 201a performs overall control of a plurality of sub-control units to be described later based on, for example, a decoding result of a program read from the ROM 201b. The RAM 201c stores, for example, calculation results by the CPU 201a, various data from a plurality of slave control units, and the like. In terms of hardware, the ROM 201b is a non-volatile memory such as a mask ROM that burns and fixes data in the manufacturing process, and an EPROM (including a flash ROM) that can repeatedly write and read the data by erasing the data with ultraviolet light. The RAM 201c is a volatile memory such as SRAM, and holds data using a backup power source. The RAM 201c of the present embodiment further includes a beverage table 2011, a bitterness degree table (conversion condition) 2012 representing the degree of bitterness of regular coffee, and an extraction time table (conversion condition) 2013 representing the extraction time of regular coffee, which will be described later. It is something to remember.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the coin processing control unit 202, the banknote processing control unit 203, the customer service control unit 204, the sales control unit 205, and the input / output control unit 206 according to the present embodiment include a plurality of controls for the main control unit 201. It corresponds to a sub-control unit. The coin insertion mechanism 207 is controlled by the coin processing control unit 202 to detect the change of change, receive the inserted coin from the coin insertion slot 6 (FIG. 1), and change the return slot 38 as necessary (FIG. 1). The function to return from. The banknote insertion mechanism 208 is controlled by the banknote processing control unit 203 to detect that the bill has run out, receives the inserted banknote from the banknote insertion slot 8 (FIG. 1), and removes the bill from the banknote insertion slot 8 as necessary. Has the function to return. The coin processing control unit 202 and the banknote processing control unit 203 execute processing operations each time coin insertion and banknote insertion are performed. In addition, you may enable it to sell a cup drink by providing the card reader (not shown) which inserts a prepaid card or a postpay card.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the customer service surface 209 of the present embodiment includes an amount display unit 10 (FIG. 1), a preference display unit 28 (FIG. 1), a product selection button 14 (FIG. 1), an increase button 16, 18, 20 (FIG. 1), weight reduction buttons 22, 24, 26 (FIG. 1), a sale lamp 40 (FIG. 1), a sales stop lamp 42 (FIG. 1), and a change change lamp 44 (FIG. 1). It is composed. The customer service control unit 204 controls the customer service surface 209. In other words, the customer service control unit 204 turns on the sales lamp 40, the sales stop lamp 42, and the change-out lamp 44 according to the customer service instruction regarding the cup beverage sales from the main control unit 201, or sellable lamps sold out or sold out. The lamp is turned on, and further, it is detected which of the plurality of product selection buttons 14 is pressed, and a detection signal at this time is transmitted to the main control unit 201.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the sales control unit 205 of the present embodiment controls the sales mechanism 100 illustrated in FIG. 2, from the main control unit 201 that responds to the detection signal from the customer service control unit 204. The cup beverage desired by the user can be cooked and taken out at the product outlet 30 (FIG. 1) in accordance with the sales instruction. For example, based on a sales instruction from the main control unit 201 based on the sales conditions described later stored in the RAM 201c, the pump 113, the electromagnetic valves 104, 114, 123, the above-described pistons (not shown), etc. of the sales mechanism 100 are provided. A cup beverage such as regular coffee is cooked and sold by operating for a predetermined time at a predetermined time.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the control panel 211 of the present embodiment relates to a keyboard 211 a configured with a numeric keypad 2110, a page / arrow key 2111, and a setting / forward key 2112, and an operation of the keyboard 211 a. A display 211b such as an organic EL or LCD for displaying the contents is provided on the front surface. In addition, the control panel 211 of the present embodiment is connected to the input / output control unit 206 by wire, and is detachably disposed on the back surface of the front door 2 (FIG. 1) to set sales conditions to be described later. It is used when setting the amount of money, performing maintenance, etc. The input / output control unit 206 of the present embodiment transmits input information from the keyboard 211a to the main control unit 201. Based on this input information, the main control unit 201 instructs each of the coin processing control unit 202, the banknote processing control unit 203, the customer service control unit 204, and the sales control unit 205.

  The communication between the main control unit 201 and the sub control units 202 to 206 is the same as the polling method in which the main control unit 201 has a preferential transmission right, or the main control unit 201 and the sub control units 202 to 206 are equal. Any contention method having a right to transmit can be used. In the present embodiment, the control panel 211 and the input / output control unit 206 described above correspond to the input unit.

<<<< Various Tables >>>>
A configuration example of beverage sales condition data stored in the RAM 201c of the main control unit 201 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a chart showing a configuration example of the beverage table 2011 which is the beverage sales condition of the present embodiment. FIG. 6A is a chart showing a configuration example of a bitterness degree table 2012 representing the bitterness degree of regular coffee according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6B is a chart showing a configuration example of the extraction time table 2013 representing the extraction time of regular coffee according to the present embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5, the RAM 201c of the present embodiment relates to beverage name information, cup size information, price information, and ingredients for each of the unique numbers assigned in advance to a plurality of beverages. Ingredient recipe information, cooking parameter information relating to cooking of this ingredient (hereinafter, sales conditions) and the like are stored in association with each other as a beverage table 2011. In the example of the figure, for example, for each of a plurality of different regular coffees (“hot regular 01”, “hot regular 04”, “hot regular 11”), information on the cup size, raw material recipe information such as bean amount and hot water amount, Cooking parameters relating to cooking such as the stirring time of the ground coffee beans and hot water and the extraction time of regular coffee are associated with each other. Based on these pieces of information stored in the beverage table 2011, for example, regular coffee having a taste specified by the beverage manufacturer can be cooked.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6A, the RAM 201c of the present embodiment associates information on the amount of beans of multiple types of regular coffee, information on the degree of bitterness of regular coffee, and information on the stirring time, respectively. And stored as a bitterness degree table 2012. The stirring time means the time for stirring the ground coffee beans and hot water inside the regular coffee extraction device 101 (FIG. 2). In the example of the figure, the stirring time is set shorter in this order in order to realize the taste of “bitter”, “slightly bitter”, and “not bitter” for the same amount of beans.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6B, the RAM 201c of the present embodiment extracts three types of “short”, “standard”, and “long” for each of the information on the amount of hot water of regular coffee. The time classification information is associated with each other and stored as an extraction time table 2013. The extraction time means a time for sending the ground coffee beans and hot water in the regular coffee extraction device 101 (FIG. 2) to the cup 127. In the example of the figure, when the cup size corresponds to 70 ounces (“141 to 160 mL”), the extraction time classified as “short” is “11 s”, and the extraction time classified as “standard”. Is “13s”, and the extraction time classified as “long” is “15s”. In addition, with a hot water volume corresponding to a cup size of 90 ounces (“181 to 200 mL”), the extraction times for “short”, “standard”, and “long” extraction times are set shorter than in the case of 70 ounces each. Has been.

  In addition, as described later, information such as sales conditions in the present embodiment is stored in the beverage table 2011 of the RAM 201c by the main control unit 201 based on information input by the route man through the control panel 211 (FIG. 4). To do. Further, the bitterness degree table 2012 and the extraction time table 2013 of the present embodiment may be set in advance at the time of factory shipment of the cup-type vending machine 1 and stored in the RAM 201c, or may be a route man. May be stored through the input. Furthermore, the bitterness degree table 2012 and the extraction time table 2013 are not limited to the above three classification configurations, and the classification configuration may be two or four or more.

=== Operation of Sales Condition Change Control Unit ===
With reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, an operation in which the main control unit (sales condition change control unit) 201 of the cup type vending machine 1 according to the present embodiment stores the sales condition information in the RAM 201c will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the main control unit 201 of the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a display example on the display 211b of the control panel 211 of the present embodiment.

  In this embodiment, when inputting information from the control panel 211 in order for the rootman to add a new regular coffee as a product, a part of the setting information of the regular coffee already sold is added to the new one. It is assumed that it is copied to a part of the setting information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the setting information for regular coffee to be newly sold is also existing information, and may be changed by the rootman. Or, for example, both of the setting information are newly added, and after one is manually input by the rootman, a part of the one is copied to the other part and used. Also good. The above “part” refers to any one of the cooking parameters of regular coffee, such as those related to taste, so-called timing, hygiene, melting, etc. That means the above.

  First, the rootman opens the front door 2 of the cup-type vending machine 1, performs a predetermined input through the keyboard 211a of the control panel 211, and causes the display 211b to display a screen for copying which will be described later. To do.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, when the fact that a part of the sales conditions of one of two beverages in the beverage table 2011 is copied to the other (input instruction), the main control unit 201 displays the input instruction. Information is received (S100).

  In the example of FIG. 8A, a copy-only screen is displayed on the display 211b. In accordance with this display, the rootman follows the number of the beverage to be copied (for example, the number “201” of “Hot Regular Coffee 01” in FIG. 5) and the number of the destination beverage (for example, “Hot Regular Coffee 04” in FIG. 5). Number "213").

  Further, in the example of FIG. 8A, if a predetermined input is made on the display 211b of the present embodiment, after converting to the sales conditions that change the bitterness of regular coffee with respect to the sales conditions of the copy source, Input for copying this to the copy destination is possible. In the example of FIG. 8A, the program is constructed so that if “0” is input for “Nigami Kenko”, the above change is not performed, but if “1” is input, the above change is performed. . The program of the present embodiment is stored in the ROM 201b, and is also configured to realize the following operations. When the route man inputs this “1” and presses the setting / forward key 2112 (FIG. 4), a screen dedicated to changing the bitterness level is displayed as illustrated in FIG. 8B. The rootman can set the degree of bitterness by inputting “1” into any of the above-mentioned “bitter”, “slightly bitter”, or “not bitter”. The reception operation in step S100 described above also includes an operation of receiving the bitterness degree setting information. In the example of FIG. 8B, “not bitter” is changed to “somewhat bitter”. The input information is not limited to the above. For example, different numbers or symbols may be determined in advance according to different bitterness levels and input.

  Further, in the example of FIG. 8A, if a predetermined input is made on the display 211b of the present embodiment, after converting the sales conditions to change the regular coffee size with respect to the sales conditions of the copy source, Input for copying this to the copy destination is possible. In the example shown in the figure, the above-described program is constructed so that if “0” is input for “size change”, the above change is not performed, but if “1” is input, the above change is performed. . The program of the present embodiment is further constructed to realize the following operations. When the route man inputs the “1” and presses the setting / forward key 2112 (FIG. 4), a screen dedicated to resizing is displayed as illustrated in FIG. 8C. The rootman can set the size by inputting a numerical value in any of the “cups (sizes)” described above. The reception operation of step S100 described above includes an operation of receiving setting information of this size. In the example of FIG. 8C, “70 ounce” is changed to “90 ounce”. The input information is not limited to the above. For example, different numbers or symbols may be determined in advance according to different sizes and input.

<<< When copying with changing bitterness >>>
If an input operation for changing the bitterness level is performed by the rootman and this is determined (S200: YES), the main control unit 201 copies the beverage table 2011 (FIG. 5) stored in the RAM 201c. Information on the amount of beans associated with the original beverage number is acquired. For example, the main control unit 201 acquires the bean amount “12.0 g” corresponding to the input number “201” (S201).

  Next, in the bitterness degree table 2012 (FIG. 6A) stored in the RAM 201c, the main control unit 201 sets the agitation time associated with the bean amount acquired in step S201 and the input bitterness degree. Get information. For example, the main control unit 201 acquires the stirring time “10.0 s” corresponding to the bean amount “12.0 g” and the input “slightly bitter” (S202).

  Next, the main control unit 201 changes only the stirring time for the sales condition information associated with the copy source beverage number in the beverage table 2011 stored in the RAM 201c, and the changed information (conversion sales). (Condition) is copied so as to be the sales condition corresponding to the beverage number of the copy destination. For example, the main control unit 201 changes the stirring time in the sales conditions of the “hot regular coffee 01” with the number “201” from “8.0 s” to “10.0 s”, and changes this to the number “213”. To “Hot Regular Coffee 04” (S203).

  More specifically, the copy operation in step S203 is executed from the area (first storage area) that stores a part of the sales condition corresponding to the copy source beverage in the beverage table 2011 in the storage area of the RAM 201c. An area (second storage area) that stores a part of the sales conditions corresponding to the copy-destination beverage as a part of the sales conditions subjected to the predetermined conversion. ).

  Alternatively, the copy operation in step S203 reads a part of the sales conditions in the external storage area (not the RAM 201c), performs a predetermined conversion, and then converts a part of the sales conditions subjected to the predetermined conversion, An operation of writing a part of the sales conditions corresponding to the beverage at the copy destination into a storage area (storage area) may be used. In this case, the external storage area is, for example, an external recording medium (not shown) of the cup type vending machine 1, and specifically corresponds to a memory card or the like. Information on the sales conditions for copying recorded on the recording medium is read by a predetermined reading means (not shown) via, for example, the input / output control unit 206 and subjected to predetermined conversion. It may be written in the storage area.

  Next, the main control unit 201 displays on the display 211b that the copying operation has been completed (FIG. 8D) (S204).

<<< When changing the size to copy >>>
If an input operation for changing the size is performed by the rootman and it is determined (S200: NO, S300: YES), the main control unit 201 stores the beverage table 2011 (FIG. 5) stored in the RAM 201c. The information on the bean amount and the stirring time associated with the beverage number of the copy source is acquired. For example, the main control unit 201 acquires the bean amount “12.0 g” and the stirring time “8.0 s” corresponding to the input number “201” (S301).

  Next, the main control unit 201 acquires bitterness level information associated with the bean amount and the stirring time acquired in step S301 in the bitterness level table 2012 (FIG. 6A) stored in the RAM 201c. For example, the main control unit 201 acquires the bitterness level “not bitter” corresponding to the bean amount “12.0 g” and the stirring time “8.0 s” (S302).

  Next, the main control unit 201 acquires information on the agitation time associated with the bean amount corresponding to the input size and the bitterness level acquired in step S302 in the bitterness level table 2012. For example, the main control unit 201 acquires the bean amount “15.0 g” corresponding to “90 ounces” and the stirring time “5.0 s” corresponding to the acquired bitterness level “not bitter” (S303).

  Next, the main control unit 201 acquires information on the amount of hot water and extraction time associated with the beverage number of the copy source in the beverage table 2011. For example, the main control unit 201 acquires the hot water volume “155 mL” and the extraction time “13 s” corresponding to the input number “201” (S304).

  Next, in the extraction time table 2013 (FIG. 6B), the main control unit 201 classifies the extraction time corresponding to the amount of hot water and the extraction time acquired in step S304 (“short”, “standard”, “long”). Get information about. For example, the main control unit 201 acquires the extraction time classification “standard” corresponding to the hot water amount “141 to 160 mL” and the extraction time “13 s” (S305).

  Next, the main control unit 201 acquires information on the extraction time associated with the amount of hot water corresponding to the input size and the extraction time classification acquired in step S305 in the extraction time table 2013. For example, the main control unit 201 acquires the extraction time “17 s” corresponding to the amount of hot water “181 to 200 mL” corresponding to “90 ounces” and the acquired extraction time classification “standard” (S306).

  Next, in the beverage table 2011 stored in the RAM 201c, the main control unit 201 sets the size, the bean amount, the price corresponding to the size, the hot water amount, the agitation with respect to the sales condition information associated with the copy source beverage number. The time and extraction time are changed, and the changed information is copied so as to satisfy the sales conditions corresponding to the beverage number of the copy destination. For example, the main control unit 201 changes the sales condition of the “hot regular coffee 01” with the number “201” as described above, and uses the changed information (conversion sales condition) as the “hot regular coffee 11 with the number“ 233 ”. (S307).

  Next, the main control unit 201 displays on the display 211b that the copying operation has been completed (FIG. 8D) (S308).

  Note that the copy operation in step S307 is the same as the copy operation in step S203.

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If no input operation for changing the bitterness or size is performed by the rootman and this is determined (S200: NO, S300: NO), the main control unit 201 stores the beverage table stored in the RAM 201c. In 2011 (FIG. 5), information on part of the sales conditions associated with the beverage number of the copy source is acquired and copied as part of the sales conditions corresponding to the other numbers (S400).

  Next, the main control unit 201 displays on the display 211b that the copying operation has been completed (FIG. 8D) (S401).

  Note that the copying operation in step S400 is the same as the copying operation in steps S203 and S307.

  The operation procedure of the main control unit 201 of the present embodiment is not limited to the above. For example, conversion of sales conditions is not performed using only bitterness and size as parameters. The cup beverage that is the product of the present embodiment is not limited to regular coffee, and since this product is not limited to the cup beverage, the information regarding the taste of the product in the present invention is limited to the bitterness. It is not a thing. The taste parameter may be based on, for example, a table that widely represents the amount of seasoning. Further, the conversion parameter at the time of copying is not limited to one. For example, both bitterness and size may be used as parameters.

=== Ease of storing sales conditions ===
According to the cup type vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, for example, when the rootman stores sales conditions for a plurality of types of regular coffee in the beverage table 2011 in the RAM 201c, a part of the sales conditions for certain regular coffee (X ) Is stored in the beverage table 2011 in advance, the content of the beverage table 2011 is changed from Y to X by copying this X to the portion (Y) corresponding to X in the sales conditions of other regular coffee (Step S400 described above). Therefore, the rootman can copy X of certain regular coffee to Y corresponding to X in other regular coffee by transmitting input instruction information to the main control unit 201 through the control panel 211. If this X is a part common to two regular coffees in the sales conditions, it is not necessary to repeat the same operation as the previous time by inputting a predetermined input instruction when inputting the sales conditions of other regular coffees. . Therefore, sales conditions for a plurality of types of products can be easily stored in the beverage table 2011. In addition, Y mentioned above may represent the sales conditions previously memorize | stored in the drink table 2011, and may represent the state in which nothing is memorize | stored.

  Further, according to the cup-type vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, after the above-described X is subjected to predetermined conversion so as to correspond to the bitterness degree, size, etc. of the regular coffee at the copy destination, By copying X ′ to Y, the content of the beverage table 2011 can be changed from Y to X ′ (steps S201 to S203 and S301 to S307 described above). Even if there are few common parts in the sales conditions of two regular coffees, the sales conditions of other regular coffees are input based on the table data (bitterness table 2012 or extraction time table 2013) that defines predetermined conversion parameters. There is no need to repeat the same work. Therefore, sales conditions for a plurality of types of products can be easily stored in the beverage table 2011.

  From the above, even when each sales condition is composed of a large number of items for a plurality of types of regular coffee sold by the cup-type vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, the rootman repeats the information of the large number of items. Free yourself from typing. That is, the load on the route man is reduced.

=== Program and recording medium ===
The above-described program for causing the main control unit (computer) 201 to execute the above-described procedure of step S100 (reception procedure) and the procedures of steps S201 to S203 (change procedure) corresponds to the program of the present invention. To do. The above-described program for causing the main control unit 201 to execute the above-described procedure of step S100 and the procedures of steps S301 to S307 (change procedure) also corresponds to the program of the present invention. Further, the above-described program for causing the main control unit 201 to execute the above-described procedure of Step S100 and the procedure of Step S400 (procedure to be changed) also corresponds to the program of the present invention.

  Further, for example, a computer-readable optical disk such as a DVD or CD or a magnetic disk such as an MO or a floppy disk in which the above program is recorded corresponds to the recording medium of the present invention. Alternatively, the recording medium of the present invention may be a nonvolatile memory such as a mask ROM or EPROM (including a flash ROM).

=== Other Embodiments ===
The above-described embodiments of the present invention are intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

  In the embodiment described above, the product is a cup beverage, but the present invention is not limited to this. The vending machine of the present invention may be a vending machine that sells a plurality of types of products that require a plurality of steps for cooking.

  In the above-described embodiment, the main control unit 201 copies a part (X) of the sales condition of a certain product to a part (Y) corresponding to X in the sales condition of another product, Although the content of the beverage table 2011 is changed from Y to X, it is not limited to copying between two products. For example, a part (X) of sales conditions for a certain product may be copied to a part (Y, Y ′, Y ″, etc.) corresponding to X in the sales conditions for other products.

It is a front view which shows the example of an external appearance structure of the cup type vending machine of this Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the schematic structural example of the part which sells the regular coffee in the sales mechanism of this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the cup type vending machine of this Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of an external appearance structure of the control panel of the cup type vending machine of this Embodiment. It is a graph which shows the structural example of the drink table of this Embodiment. (A) is a chart which shows the example of a structure of the bitterness degree table of this Embodiment, (b) is a chart which shows the example of a structure of the extraction time table of this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process of the main control part of this Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display in the display of the control panel of this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cup type vending machine 100 Sales mechanism 201 Main control part 201a CPU 201b ROM 201c RAM
204 Customer Service Control Unit 205 Sales Control Unit 206 Input / Output Control Unit 211 Control Panel 211a Keyboard 211b Display 2011 Beverage Table 2012 Bitterness Table 2013 Extraction Time Table

Claims (5)

A sales department that performs operations to cook and sell products;
Based on the sales conditions related to the sale of the product, a sales control unit that controls the operation of the sales unit;
A sales condition storage unit for storing the sales conditions of a plurality of types of the products;
For the sales condition storage unit, an input unit for inputting the sales conditions to be stored by the sales condition storage unit;
In the vending machine with
Based on an input instruction from the input unit, a part of the sales condition of one product among the plurality of types of products, a part of the sales condition of the one product of the other products of the plurality of types of products the by copying the corresponding sales conditions, with a sales condition change control unit, to change the contents of the sales condition storage unit,
The sales condition storage unit stores a first storage area in which a part of the sales condition of the one product is stored, and a sales condition corresponding to a part of the sales condition of the one product of the other product. Two storage areas,
The sales condition change control unit reads a part of the sales condition of the one product from the first storage area of the sales condition storage unit based on an input instruction from the input unit, 2. A vending machine , wherein a part of the sales conditions of the read one product is written in the two storage areas . A sales department that performs operations to cook and sell products;
Based on the sales conditions related to the sale of the product, a sales control unit that controls the operation of the sales unit;
A sales condition storage unit for storing the sales conditions of a plurality of types of the products;
For the sales condition storage unit, an input unit for inputting the sales conditions to be stored by the sales condition storage unit;
In the vending machine with
Based on an input instruction from the input unit, a part of the sales condition of one product among the plurality of types of products, a part of the sales condition of the one product of the other products of the plurality of types of products A sales condition change control unit that changes the contents of the sales condition storage unit by copying to the sales conditions corresponding to
A conversion condition storage unit that stores conversion conditions for performing predetermined conversion on a part of the sales conditions of the one commodity;
Further comprising
The sales condition change control unit converts a conversion sales condition obtained by converting a part of the sales condition of the one product under the conversion condition read from the conversion condition storage unit to one of the sales conditions of the one product. Copy to the sales conditions of the other product corresponding to the part,
Vending machine characterized by that. Sales condition relating to sale of the product is information indicating a parameter related to the cooking of the product vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. The vending machine according to claim 2 , wherein the conversion condition is information relating to a size of the product. The vending machine according to claim 2 , wherein the conversion condition is information related to a taste of the product.

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