JPS61112294A - Data setting for vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field 1 The present invention relates to a data setting method for a vending machine.

[Conventional] Key Points and Their Problems 1 Conventionally, two methods are known for setting column data: one is to set prices for each column, and the other is to set the same data to all columns. 7 when setting prices as shown in Figure 4
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When setting prices, the process proceeds to step S2, and if individual prices are to be set for each column, the process proceeds to step S3. When you first input the column number and code for the price you want to set in step S3, the above column number is entered in step S4.
, hood are stored in the memory, and the above column No. is stored in step S5.

When the price food corresponding to the code is input, in step S6, this price code is set in the memory area corresponding to the column number and code.

Thereafter, the process returns to step S2, and when all one price setting, which is performed sequentially for each column, is completed, the input of the column number and code is stopped in step S3, and the process proceeds to step S7, thereby completing this individual price setting.

On the other hand, if the same price is to be set for all columns, the process proceeds from step S2 to step 38, and if the end column number and hood are set in step S8, the process proceeds to step S9.

In step S9), if the 6-grade food is set, step S1 (proceeds to 1 and returns No.

The above price hood is set for all columns from the 1st column to the end column. After that, step S2 again. The process advances to step S8, where the input of the work/task column No. 6 code is stopped, and the process proceeds to step S7, where this batch price setting is completed.

According to the above method, since the individual data setting method allows only one column to be set at a time even when the same data is set, the number of setting operations increases and setting errors are likely to occur. On the other hand, even if the data is set all at once, there is a drawback that it cannot handle cases where there is a plurality of pieces of the same data to be set.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to prevent incorrect settings by reducing the number of setting operations when setting the same data in multiple columns, and to To provide a data setting method for a vending machine that can be set even if there is a plurality of data.

[Structure of the Invention] The data setting method for a vending machine according to the present invention specifies the range of columns in which data is to be set using a start column and an end column, and Setting the same data to a range of frames all at once is a W characteristic.

[Example 1 FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of the invention.

2 is a reader a that reads barcode data, and the signal from the second reader 1 is input to the CPU 5 via the input section 4. A determination circuit 6 in the cpus is a determination circuit that receives a data signal read by the reader 1 and determines the setting mode and whether it is batch data setting or individual data setting. 7 is R
It is an OM (read only memory), and a program for setting predetermined data is written therein. 8 is RAM
(Random access memory), in which data from the reader 4 input to the CPU 5 via the input unit 4 is stored.

The cpus performs predetermined arithmetic processing using the data stored in the RAM 8 and the program in the ROM 7, and the processed signal is sent manually to the control device IO via the output unit 9.
) to perform the desired data settings.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a display unit for checking setting data and the like.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained with reference to chart 70 in FIG. 2 showing the operation at the time of price setting. In this embodiment, the bar food shown in FIG. 3 is used, and the bar code includes a bulk price setting code and a COM NO.

Three types of codes are provided: food and price food.

By reading the bulk pricing code a, which is the first food of the bulk pricing method or the individual pricing method shown in FIG. Next, in step S2, a decision as to whether the bulk setting or individual setting is made is made depending on whether the bulk pricing code a1 is read or not. Bulk pricing code a.

When read, the process advances to step S8, and when the start column No. and code a2 are input, the start column No. and code a2 are stored in the RAM 8 in step S9. Then, when the end column number and code a are input in step SIO, the end column number and code a2 are stored in the RAM 8 in step Sll. Further, when the price code a4 is input in step 312, in step S13, the price code a4 in step SL2 is stored in all areas of the RAM 8 corresponding to the start column NO, code 82 to end column NO, code a. Set.

Then step S2. Proceed to step S8, and do the same thing with another range of column numbers and another hood! Li-rated food is set.

When all price settings are completed, the manual operation of the start column NO and code a2 in step S8 is stopped, and the process proceeds to step S7, where this batch price setting is completed.

On the other hand, in step S1, column No., food b.

When it is read, it becomes an individual setting, and the process proceeds from step S2 to step S3, where the column number, food b, and price food b2 are sequentially input and set for each column, as in the conventional example.

As mentioned above, prices can be set all at once within a freely specified column range, so even if the number of price types increases, price settings can be handled and the number of times the prices can be set can be reduced.

Although the above embodiments have been described using barcodes, they can also be applied to settings using numeric keys and function keys.

[Effect of the invention 1 As described above, the present invention has the following advantages in addition to the conventional setting method:
Since data can be set all at once within a freely specified column range, the number of setting ratios is reduced, setting errors are reduced, and setting time is shortened.

Furthermore, even if the number of types of the same data increases, it is possible to handle the data settings.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an example of a barcode used in the embodiment, and Fig. 4 is the operation of the conventional example. FIG. 1...Reader, 4...Input section, 5...CPU, 6
... Judgment circuit, 7... ROM, 8... RAM,
9... Output section, 10... Control device, 11... Display section 6 Patent Applicant: Fuji Densho Co., Ltd. Agent
People Patent attorneys: 2 people above, ゛＼ ・Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In the method of setting the data required for each column of a vending machine, specify the range of columns in which data is to be set using the start column and end column, and then set the same data all at once to the columns in this specified range. A data setting method for a vending machine characterized by setting.