CN113129500A - Vending machine, display control method thereof and vending machine system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a vending machine, a display control method thereof and a vending machine system, which can enable a customer to quickly know the reason that the sales of goods are stopped due to the expiration date or the violation of temperature management regulations, thereby reducing the pressure of the customer. A vending machine (1) capable of visually recognizing the storage state of a stored commodity, comprising: a food management unit (12) that detects a product for which a reason for stopping sales related to food management has occurred; and a display control unit (13) that displays the reason for the stoppage of sales of the product on a display unit (37) when there is a product for which the reason for the stoppage of sales has occurred, or when the reason for the stoppage of sales of the product is determined to be present in the product selected by the display operation unit (35).
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to a vending machine, a vending machine system, and a display control method for a vending machine, which enable a customer to quickly understand the reason why a product sale is stopped due to an expiration date or a violation of a temperature control rule, thereby reducing the stress on the customer.
Background
Conventionally, in an automatic vending machine that sells commodities, commodities stored in commodity racks of a commodity storage box are discharged to a conveyance tray, and then conveyed by the conveyance tray and discharged to a predetermined commodity discharge area. The commodity taking out region is a space communicating with the outside of the commodity storage through the commodity taking out port, and a user can take out a purchased commodity by inserting a hand from the commodity taking out port.
In such an automatic vending machine, the door body constituting the front surface is generally formed of a transparent panel such as glass, and the door body can visually recognize and select products stored in the product racks of the product storage box from the outside and can observe a state in which the purchased products discharged from the product racks are conveyed to the product discharge area by the conveyance tray. According to the vending machine which can visually recognize the inside of the commodity storage, the purchase desire of the user can be improved.
The commodity shelf in such a vending machine is configured by arranging a plurality of commodity storage devices in parallel in the left and right direction. Each of the commodity storage devices constituting the commodity shelf is configured to include a column case (column case), a screw (spiral), and a base (base).
The column housing extends in the front-rear direction and forms a commodity storage passage in an upper region. The spiral is formed by winding the spiral in the extending direction of the column case. When a driving force is transmitted from a motor as a driving source to the screw via a transmission member, the screw rotates around the central axis. The base is formed by processing a long strip-shaped metal plate. The base extends in the extension direction of the column case inside the screw in a state where the front end portion thereof is fixed to the column case, and the commodity is placed on the upper surface. The rear end of the base is connected to a disk-shaped member. The disk-shaped member has a through hole, and the disk-shaped member is supported by the transmission member by the shaft portion of the transmission member penetrating the through hole.
In the commodity storage device having such a configuration, in a normal state, commodities mounted on the base are restricted between the respective pitches of the screw, and when the screw is rotated, the commodities restricted between the respective pitches are gradually carried out forward to discharge the forefront commodity (for example, see patent document 1).
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Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2016-
Disclosure of Invention
Problems to be solved by the invention
In addition, in a food supporting vending machine that sells food products such as food products to which a shelf life or temperature control rule is applied, when there is a food product whose shelf life has passed or which violates a temperature control rule, the selling of the food product is stopped. Here, in the vending machine for supporting food, the front surface is transparent, and the storage state of the goods can be seen, and the front surface is transparent. In the food supporting vending machine, since a customer can confirm the storage state of the commodity, it is not necessary to display a sold-out display.
However, for example, when the product has passed its shelf life, the product is stored but the sale is stopped. In this case, customers are confused and stressed about the question of clearly showing the existence of the product and why the product is stopped or cannot be purchased.
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a vending machine, a vending machine system, and a display control method for a vending machine, which enable a customer to quickly understand the reason why the product sale is stopped due to the expiration date being exceeded or the temperature control rule being violated, thereby reducing the stress on the customer.
Means for solving the problems
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an automatic vending machine capable of visually recognizing a storage state of a stored commodity, comprising: a food management unit that manages the food of the product and detects the product for which a reason for stopping sales related to the food management has occurred; and a display control unit that displays the reason for sale stoppage of the product on a display unit when there is a product for which the reason for sale stoppage has occurred.
In the above-described invention, the display control unit may display the reason for sale stoppage of the commodity on the display unit when the commodity selected by the display operation unit has the reason for sale stoppage.
In the above invention, the reason why the sales are stopped is that the shelf life is over or the temperature control regulation is violated.
In the above-described invention, the display unit is disposed adjacent to a price display unit disposed at a front end of a storage column for storing the commodity.
In the above invention, the display unit is a display operation unit for selecting the product of the product.
In the above invention, the display unit includes a reduced display screen for reducing the arrangement of the storage fields for storing the commodities together with the field numbers of the storage fields, and a reason display screen for displaying the reason for sale, and the display control unit displays the commodity field having the reason for sale in a highlighted manner.
In the above-described invention, the present invention further includes a remote controller for performing an operation display process including setting and collection of various information, and the remote controller outputs the reason for sale stop of the product when there is a product for which the reason for sale stop has occurred.
Further, the present invention is an automatic vending machine system including: a master vending machine, said master vending machine being the vending machine of any of the above inventions; and one or more sub-vending machines that are communicatively connected to the main vending machine and that sell products using a product selection mechanism and a money handling mechanism of the main vending machine, wherein the food management unit manages food of the products for each of the main vending machine and the one or more sub-vending machines and detects a product for which a reason for sale stop related to the food management has occurred, and the display control unit displays the reason for sale stop of the product on the display unit when a product for which the reason for sale stop has occurred exists for each of the main vending machine and the one or more sub-vending machines.
Further, the present invention is a display control method for an automatic vending machine capable of visually recognizing a storage state of a stored commodity, including: a food management step of managing food of the product and detecting a product for which a reason for stopping sales related to the food management has occurred; and a display control step of displaying the reason for sale stoppage of the product on a display unit when there is a product for which the reason for sale stoppage has occurred.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION
According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the stress on the customer by allowing the customer to quickly understand the reason why the sales of the product is stopped due to the expiration date or the violation of the temperature control regulation.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an external appearance structure of a vending machine as an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional side view schematically showing the internal structure of the vending machine shown in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a structure of a column housing constituting a storage column of the commodity shelf.
Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of a control system of the vending machine.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a sales control processing procedure of the sales control section.
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an external configuration of the vending machine according to modification 1.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the structure of a column housing constituting a storage column of a commodity shelf in modification 2.
Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an external configuration of the vending machine system according to modification 3.
Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control system of the vending machine system shown in fig. 8.
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1: a vending machine; 2: a sub vending machine; 1a, 2 b: a main body cabinet; 10: a main control part of the vending machine; 11: a sales control section; 12: a food management section; 13: a display control unit; 14: a storage unit; 15. 15 a: a communication unit; 20. 20 a: opening and closing the door; 21. 21 a: a window portion; 22. 22 a: a commodity outlet; 23. 23 a: a face stock; 24. 24 a: a commodity take-out door; 25: a paper money insertion opening; 26: a coin input port; 27: withdrawing the rod; 28: a coin return port; 30. 30 a: a main body control unit; 31. 31 a: a cooling and heating device; 32. 32 a: a carrying-out device; 33: a coin mechanism; 34: a paper money discriminator; 35: a display operation unit; 36. 37, 47, 60: a display unit; 38: a remote controller; 39: an electronic money reader/writer; 47 a: a panel display section; 47 b: an LED display section; 50: a screw; 51: a sold-out actuator; 52: a price display unit; 61: reducing the display picture; 62: a reason display picture; 110: a commodity shelf; 112: a carrying tray; 120: a storage column; 121: a fence housing; b1: a commodity selection button; b2: a purchase decision button; b3: a correction button; e1, E2: an area; e10: a commodity takeout area; n: a communication line.
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Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an external configuration of a vending machine 1 as an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, fig. 2 is a sectional side view schematically showing the internal structure of the vending machine 1 shown in fig. 1. The vending machine 1 is, for example, a food supporting vending machine that sells food such as bread, rice balls, sandwiches, small lunch boxes, and the like.
In the area E1 in which the products in the internal storage column can be seen through the surface member 23 of the window 21 of the vending machine 1, at least column numbers "1" to "7", "9" to "15", and "17" to "48" of the products to be carried out are displayed. The price of each product is displayed adjacent to each column number.
As shown in fig. 1, the vending machine 1 is provided with a window 21 and a product outlet 22 in an opening/closing door 20 as an outer door thereof. The window 21 is formed by disposing a transparent surface member 23 having heat insulation property such as a laminated glass, and is a see-through type automatic vending machine capable of visually recognizing the front commodity among all the commodity storage shelves stored in the storage columns even when the front opening of the main body cabinet 1a is closed by the opening/closing door 20, and the column number and the price of the commodity are displayed at the front end of the storage column so as to be visually recognized through the window 21. In particular, in the present embodiment, the column number and the price of the product are displayed at the front end of the storage column, and the reason for the stoppage of sales related to food management, such as expiration of the shelf life or violation of the temperature management regulation, is displayed. The display of the column number and the price of the product is a fixed display by an embedded panel, and the reason for the stoppage of sales related to food management is a variable electronic display by a liquid crystal panel or the like.
The commodity outlet 22 is an opening through which a user collects purchased commodities, and the commodity outlet 22 is formed below the window 21 of the opening/closing door 20. The commodity outlet 22 is always closed by the commodity outlet door 24 provided in the opening/closing door 20, and the commodity outlet 22 can be opened by pushing the commodity outlet door 24 inward.
An electronic money reader/writer 39, a bill insertion slot 25, a display operation unit 35, a coin insertion slot 26, a return lever 27, and a coin return slot 28 are provided on the side of the window 21. The display operation unit 35 includes a display unit 36, a commodity selection button B1, a purchase decision button B2, and a correction button B3. The electronic money reader/writer 39 reads and writes information from and to the electronic money card.
The bill insertion slot 25 is an opening for receiving bills, and the coin insertion slot 26 is an opening for receiving coins. The return lever 27 is operated when returning money. The coin return opening 28 is a portion for discharging returned coins and change.
The product selection button B1 is a 0 to 9 numeric key for indicating a product to be purchased, and is used for directly inputting a column number of the product. The purchase decision button B2 is a button for instructing a decision to purchase the commodity selected by the commodity selection button B1. The correction button B3 is a button for correcting the column number or the like of the commodity selected by the commodity selection button B1. The display unit 36 displays various information required when using the vending machine, such as input information input from the article selection button B1, sales, amount of money to be inserted, impossibility of change, and banknote rejection.
As shown in fig. 2, the main body cabinet 1a is a rectangular parallelepiped vending machine main body having an open front surface, and a product storage 102 having a heat insulating structure is disposed inside the main body cabinet. A plurality of commodity racks 110 are provided in the commodity storage 102 in the vertical direction. These commodity racks 110 are erected between rack support side plates, not shown, provided on both sides of the commodity storage container 102, and store commodities.
Further, the commodity storage 102 is provided with an evaporator 103 as a cooling unit. The evaporator 103 forms a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant circulates, together with a compressor 105, a condenser 106, and the like disposed in the machine room 104, and the evaporator 103 cools air passing through the product storage container 102 around itself by exchanging heat between the refrigerant passing through its own refrigerant passage, not shown, and the air. Here, the machine room 104 is a room defined below the commodity storage 102 in the main body cabinet 1 a.
By driving the in-compartment air blower 107, the air cooled around the evaporator 103 is sucked into the air duct 109 through the suction port 108a of the back air duct 108 provided on the back surface of the commodity storage compartment 102, and is blown out from the blowing port 108b after passing through the air duct 109, thereby cooling the commodities stored in the commodity racks 110.
In a front area of the commodity shelf 110, a pair of left and right conveyance rails 111 are disposed on both sides, and a conveyance tray 112 is disposed so as to be movable in the vertical direction between these conveyance rails 111 by a conveyance mechanism not shown. That is, a conveyance path 113 for passing the conveyance tray 112 is formed between the conveyance rails 111. The conveyance path 113 extends to the front of the machine chamber 104, and the conveyance path 113 and the machine chamber 104 are partitioned by a partition insulating material 104 a.
The main body cabinet 1a is provided with an opening/closing door 20. The opening and closing door 20 opens and closes a front surface opening of the main body cabinet 1 a.
The commodity shelf 110 is configured by arranging a plurality of storage columns 120 side by side in a left-right arrangement. The conveyance tray 112 conveys the products from the storage columns 120 to the product takeout area E10 near the product takeout opening 22.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the structure of the column housing 121 constituting the storage column 120 of the commodity shelf 110. As shown in fig. 3, the 1 storage column 120 constituting the commodity shelf 110 includes a column housing 121. The column case 121 is formed of, for example, a resin material, and is an elongated member whose front-rear direction is the longitudinal direction.
The screw 50 is provided in the column case 121. The screw 50 is formed by, for example, winding a metal rod-like body in a spiral shape in the front-rear direction (extending direction of the column case 121). The screw 50 can be rotated around the central axis of the screw 50 by a motor or the like, not shown. The screw 50 is rotated, for example, about its central axis in a clockwise direction as viewed from the front by being driven by a motor. By rotating the screw 50 about the center axis in the clockwise direction as viewed from the front, the commodity restricted between the respective pitches is gradually carried out toward the front, and the commodity restricted between the foremost pitches is discharged from the commodity-accommodating passage toward the front. Further, a sold-out actuator 51 is provided at the column housing 121.
Further, a price display unit 52 and a display unit 37 are disposed at the front end of the column housing 121. A column number indicating a product such as "31" and a panel indicating a price such as "140" are embedded in the price display unit 52. When a reason for stopping sales related to food management is generated, the display unit 37 displays the reason for stopping sales, for example, "expiration date" as a liquid crystal display. Note that the display of the price display unit 52 may be a liquid crystal display instead of a fixed panel display. The display unit 37 may display not only the reason why the sales were stopped in food management but also a sold-out.
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Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the vending machine 1. As shown in fig. 4, the vending machine 1 includes a main vending machine controller 10, and the main vending machine controller 10 is connected to a communication unit 15, a main body controller 30, a cooling/heating device 31, a carrying-out device 32, a coin mechanism 33, a bill validator 34, a display operation unit 35, a display unit 37, a remote controller 38, and an electronic money reader/writer 39.
The communication unit 15 is a communication interface that is connected to the management server and the settlement server via an external network by a communication method such as LTE (registered trademark). The communication unit 15 has a function of performing short-range wireless communication such as WiFi (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark) with a portable terminal device such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a handheld terminal.
The cooling and heating device 31 and the carrying-out device 32 are connected to the main body control unit 30. The main body control unit 30 controls the cooling/heating unit 31 and the carrying-out unit 32 based on the control of the main controller 10 of the vending machine.
The cooling/heating device 31 controls the above-described freezing cycle so that the food is at a predetermined temperature, for example, 10 ℃ or lower, based on the control of the main controller 10 of the vending machine.
The carrying-out device 32 carries the commodity carried out of the storage column 120 from the storage column 120 to the commodity takeout area E10 near the commodity takeout port 22 via the carrying tray 112. The main body control unit 30 carries out the product from the front end of the storage column 120 in accordance with a carry-out command transmitted from the vending machine main control unit 10. When all the products stored in the storage column 120 are carried out, the carrying-out device 32 outputs a sold-out signal to the main body control unit 30. A sold-out signal is a signal detected by a sold-out actuator 51.
The coin mechanism 33 sorts the number of input coins and transmits the sorted coins to the main vending machine control unit 10, and discharges the coins in accordance with a command from the main vending machine control unit 10. The coin mechanism 33 has a money discriminating function for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of the coin.
The bill validator 34 sorts the number of inserted bills and sends the sorted bills to the main vending machine controller 10, and discharges the bills in accordance with a command from the main vending machine controller 10. The bill validator 34 has a money discriminating function for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of the bill. The display operation unit 35 includes the display unit 36, the commodity selection button B1, the purchase decision button B2, and the correction button B3. The remote controller 38 is a remote terminal that performs various data settings, data collection, and the like for the vending machine 1.
The electronic money reader/writer 39 performs the following processing: the electronic money charged in the electronic money card is read, and the electronic money after settlement is written. The electronic money reader/writer 39 performs a writing process of charging the electronic money corresponding to change to the electronic money card. The electronic money reader/writer 39 has an electronic money identifying function of detecting the electronic money card and identifying the validity or invalidity and the category of the electronic money card.
The vending machine main control unit 10 includes a sales control unit 11, a food product management unit 12, a display control unit 13, and a storage unit 14. The sales control unit 11 performs discharge and settlement processing of the commodity in the vending machine 1 selected by the commodity selection button B1.
The food management unit 12 detects a product for which a reason for stopping sales related to food management has occurred. As described above, the reason why sales stop related to food management is that shelf life is passed or temperature management regulations are violated. Regarding the expiration date, for example, in the case where the commercial product is "rice ball", the expiration date is 1 day. The food management unit 12 performs expiration date management, for example, every 1 hour, and detects that the stored "rice ball" has passed the expiration date when the expiration date has passed. The violation of the temperature control regulation means that the temperature in the storage is not maintained in the temperature range for storing food regulated by the food sanitation act, for example, 10 ℃ or lower. The food management unit 12 manages the temperature management state in the warehouse, and detects whether or not a temperature management regulation is violated. Food products that violate temperature regulations must be discarded and not sold. Therefore, the food is considered to be out of the temperature control regulation and the sale of the food is stopped.
When the reason for stopping sales is generated, the display control unit 13 displays the reason for stopping sales of the product on the display unit 37. For example, as "shelf life over".
< sales control processing >
Next, a sales control process performed by the sales control unit 11 will be described. Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a sales control processing procedure of the sales control section 11. As shown in fig. 5, first, the sales control unit 11 determines whether or not the article selection button B1 is pressed (step S110). If the product selection button B1 is not pressed (no in step S110), the present determination process is repeated.
On the other hand, when the article selection button B1 is pressed (yes in step S110), it is further determined whether or not the purchase decision button B2 is pressed (step S120). If the purchase decision button B2 is not pressed (no in step S120), the process proceeds to step S110. On the other hand, when the purchase decision button B2 is pressed (yes in step S120), it is further determined whether or not the selected product has a reason for stopping the sale related to the food management based on the management contents of the food management unit 12 (step S130).
If there is no reason for stopping the sales (no in step S130), it is determined whether the settlement is completed (step S140). If the settlement is not completed (no in step S140), the present determination process is repeated. On the other hand, when the settlement is completed (yes in step S140), the product of the selected product is carried out (step S150), and the present process is ended.
On the other hand, if there is a reason for stopping sales (yes in step S130), the selected product is stopped for sales (step S160), the reason for stopping sales is displayed on the display unit 37 of the selected product (step S170), and the present process is ended.
In the present embodiment, in the see-through type vending machine capable of visually recognizing the storage state of the stored product, when the selected product has a shelf life and a reason for sales stoppage related to food management such as a violation of temperature management regulations, the reason for sales stoppage is displayed on the display unit 37 at the front end of the storage column 120, and therefore, a customer who wants to purchase the product quickly understands the reason for sales stoppage and the pressure to be unable to purchase the product is reduced.
In the above-described embodiment, the sales stoppage reason related to food management is displayed when the product is selected and purchase is decided through the display operation unit 35, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the sales stoppage reason related to food management may be maintained to be displayed when the sales stoppage reason related to food management occurs.
< modification 1>
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an external configuration of the vending machine 1 according to modification 1. In the above-described embodiment, the reason for stopping sales is displayed on the display unit 37, but in the present modification 1, as shown in fig. 6, a display unit 60 is provided on the front surface of the opening/closing door 20, specifically, on the upper portion of the display operation unit 35. The display unit 60 includes a reduced display screen 61 and a reason display screen 62, the reduced display screen 61 displays the arrangement of the storage field 120 in a reduced size together with the field number of the storage field 120, and the reason display screen 62 displays the reason for the stoppage of sales.
When a reason for sales stoppage related to food management has occurred or when there is a reason for sales stoppage related to food management when selecting a product is determined, the display unit 60 displays the reason display screen 62 in text while highlighting the position of the reduced display screen 61 corresponding to the storage field 120 in which the reason for sales stoppage has occurred. The highlight display on the reduced display screen 61 may be, for example, a red display in which the value of a color element such as luminance is larger than the value of a color element such as luminance displayed on another background, or a blinking display in addition to the lighting display.
In addition, the reason for stopping sales may be displayed on the conventional display operation unit 35 without providing the display unit 37 or the display unit 60 for displaying the reason for stopping sales. In this case, the reason for stopping sales may be displayed in the display unit 36, and when the front surface of the display operation unit 35 is a touch panel, the screen may be changed to a screen displaying the reason for stopping sales when the selection of a product is determined. In order to shift from the sales stop reason screen to the initial screen, for example, an "OK" button or the like may be displayed, and the screen may be shifted to the initial screen at the time when the "OK" button is pressed, or may be shifted to the initial screen after a predetermined time has elapsed.
< modification 2>
Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the structure of a column housing constituting a storage column of a commodity shelf in modification 2. In the above-described embodiment and modification 1, the display unit 37 is provided with a liquid crystal display function, and variable display of the reason for the sale stoppage such as "expiration date" or "temperature regulation violation" is performed, but in modification 2, the display unit 47 is provided with a panel display unit 47a and an LED display unit 47b instead of the display unit 37, the panel display unit 47a performs display of the reason for the sale stoppage by using a fixed panel as in the price display unit 52, and the LED display unit 47b displays whether or not the content displayed by the panel display unit 47b matches the lighting of the LEDs. When the display content of the panel display unit 47a is matched, the LED display unit 47b is turned on, and when the display content is not matched, the LED display unit 47b is turned off.
Instead of lighting, the LED display unit 47b may display a blinking display, and display contents that match or do not match the panel display unit 47a may be displayed in a color-changed manner. For example, the LED display unit 47b displays red when the display content of the panel display unit 47a is satisfied, and the LED display unit 47b displays green when the display content is not satisfied.
The LED display unit 47b may be provided with a plurality of LEDs corresponding to each display content of the panel display unit 47 a. In this case, for example, the LED corresponding to the display content of the corresponding panel display portion 47a is turned on.
In modification 3 described above, the panel display portion 47a is a panel, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a label indicating a reason for stopping sales may be attached to the panel.
< modification 3>
In the above-described embodiment and modification 1, each vending machine is a single vending machine, but in modification 3, the following vending machine system is used: the vending machine 1 shown in the embodiment is a master machine, and 1 or more sub vending machines 2 as slave machines are connected to the master machine by communication connection. Further, the vending machine 1 is disposed adjacent to the sub-vending machine 2.
Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an external configuration of the vending machine system according to modification 3. Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control system of the vending machine system shown in fig. 8. As shown in fig. 8, the vending machine 1 as the master is communicatively connected to the sub-vending machine 2 via a communication line N. The sub vending machine 2 is a vending machine that sells the commodities of the column numbers "49" to "55", "57" to "63", and "65" to "96" of the storage column 120, and the commodity selection mechanism and the money handling mechanism utilize the mechanisms of the vending machine 1. The money handling mechanism is a mechanism related to settlement such as the coin mechanism 33, the bill validator 34, and the electronic money reader/writer 39, and the commodity selection mechanism is a commodity selection button B1, a purchase decision button B2, a correction button B3, a display operation unit 35 including a display unit 36, and the sales control unit 11. The sub-vending machine 2 includes a main body cabinet 2b corresponding to the main body cabinet 1a, an opening/closing door 20a corresponding to the opening/closing door 20, a window 21a corresponding to the window 21, a product ejection port 22a corresponding to the product ejection port 22, a surface material 23a corresponding to the surface material 23, a product ejection door 24a corresponding to the product ejection door 24, and an area E2 corresponding to the area E1.
That is, as shown in fig. 9, the sub-vending machine 2 includes a main body control unit 30a corresponding to the main body control unit 30, a cooling/heating unit 31a corresponding to the cooling/heating unit 31, a carrying-out unit 32a corresponding to the carrying-out unit 32, and a communication unit 15 a. The communication unit 15a is an interface for simply communicating with the vending machine 1 via the communication line N.
The sales control unit 11 shown in fig. 9 performs sales control of the sub-vending machine 2 in addition to the sales control of the sales control unit 11 of the embodiment. In this case, the food management unit 12 detects the reason for the stoppage of the sales related to the food management for the product sold by the sub-vending machine 2, and when the reason for the stoppage of the sales occurs or when the reason for the stoppage of the sales is found in the selected product, the sales control unit 11 also performs control to display the reason for the stoppage of the sales on the display unit 37 of the sub-vending machine 2 via the display control unit 13. That is, the sales control unit 11, the food product management unit 12, and the display control unit 13 individually perform control and management related to the display of the reason for sales stoppage for each of the vending machine 1 and the sub-vending machine 2.
In the above-described embodiment and modifications 1 to 3, the reason for stopping sales is displayed to the customer, but the reason is not limited to this, and the reason for stopping sales related to food management may be displayed in units of storage columns in the remote controller 38 operated by a service person or the like who performs a patrol operation of the vending machine. The service person can promptly understand the reason why the commodity is not sold although the commodity is stored in the storage column 120, and can promptly cope with this state.
In the above-described embodiment and modifications 1 to 3, the column numbers "1" to "7" and "9" to "15" in the upper tier of the vending machine 1 and the column numbers "49" to "55" and "57" to "63" in the upper tier of the sub-vending machine 2 correspond to the 7 storage columns 120 formed in the 1 product rack 110, respectively. Each of the other commodity racks 110 is formed with 8 storage columns 120. Here, the value of the column number in the upper tier is not continuous in consideration of the case where the commodity shelf 110 in the upper tier is replaced with 8 storage columns 120.
Note that each of the configurations shown in the above-described embodiments and modifications is a functionally schematic configuration, and the illustrated configuration is not necessarily physically required. That is, the manner of distribution/integration of the respective devices and components is not limited to the illustrated manner, and all or a part of the respective devices and components may be functionally or physically distributed/integrated in arbitrary units according to various usage situations and the like.
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1. A vending machine capable of visually recognizing a storage state of a stored commodity, the vending machine comprising:
a food management unit that manages the food of the product and detects the product for which a reason for stopping sales related to the food management has occurred; and
and a display control unit that displays the reason for sale stoppage of the commodity on a display unit when the commodity for which the reason for sale stoppage has occurred exists.
2. The vending machine of claim 1,
a display operation unit for selecting the commodity,
when the commodity selected by the display operation unit has the reason for sale stop, the display control unit displays the reason for sale stop of the commodity on the display unit.
3. Vending machine according to claim 1 or 2,
the reason for the sale stoppage is expiration of the shelf life or violation of temperature management regulations.
4. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
the display unit is disposed adjacent to a price display unit disposed at a front end of a storage column for storing the commodity.
5. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
the display unit is a display operation unit for selecting the product of the product.
6. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
the display unit has a reduced display screen for displaying the arrangement of the storage fields for storing the commodities in a reduced manner together with the field numbers of the storage fields, and a reason display screen for displaying the reason for stopping sales,
the display control unit highlights the commodity column having the reason for the stoppage of sales.
7. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
comprises a remote controller for performing operation display processing including setting and collection of various information,
when there is an article for which the reason for sale stop is generated, the remote controller outputs the reason for sale stop of the article.
8. A vending machine system is provided with:
a master vending machine being a vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7; and
one or more sub-vending machines which are connected to the main vending machine so as to be in communication with each other, and which sell the commodities using a commodity selection mechanism and a money handling mechanism of the main vending machine,
wherein the food management unit manages the food of the product for each of the main vending machine and the one or more sub-vending machines, and detects the product for which a reason for stopping sales related to the food management has occurred,
the display control unit displays the reason for the stoppage of sales of the product on a display unit when there is a product for which the reason for the stoppage of sales has occurred for each of the main vending machine and the one or more sub-vending machines.
9. A display control method of a vending machine capable of visually recognizing a storage state of a stored commodity, the display control method of the vending machine comprising:
a food management step of managing food of the product and detecting a product for which a reason for stopping sales related to the food management has occurred; and
and a display control step of displaying the reason for sale stoppage of the product on a display unit when the product for which the reason for sale stoppage has occurred is present.
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