JP2000020809A - Device for confirming merchandise supply of vending machine and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the merchandise supply confirming device of a vending machine for reducing the generation of merchandise whose quality guaranteed period is expired to the minimum without imposing any large load on a patrol, or generating any big increase of manufacturing costs. SOLUTION: The number of sales of merchandise and selling time of each merchandise housing part 2 are stored in a storing part 13, and every time a front door is opened, the expected number of sales is calculated from the number of full supply, the quality guaranteed period of merchandise, and the number of patrol interval days of a patrol, and the number of sales of merchandise and patrol interval period of each merchandise housing part 2 since an inner door is previously closed until this front door is opened this time is calculated. Then, if the result of the number of sales is larger than the expected number of sales, it is judged that sales is satisfactory, and if the result of the number of sales is smaller than the expected number of sales, it is judged that sales is unsatisfactory, by a comparing and judging means 17, and this is discriminately displayed. The number of supply to the merchandise housing part 2 whose sales is unsatisfactory is limited.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a replenishment checking device for a vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In vending machines, canned beverage products are heated and sold as hot products, or cooled and sold as cold products. If the beverage contains dairy ingredients, etc., the flavor may be impaired if heated as a hot product for a long period of time, and the flavor may be impaired. It is desirable that the merchandise be sold within 30 days after the replenishment, or that the patrol member replace the merchandise whose warranty period has expired.

[0003] When a patrol member tries to recognize whether or not the goods stored in each vending machine have passed the warranty period, the replenishment date and time (or warranty expiration date) and the number of refills are recorded when the goods are replenished. In addition, it is conceivable that the number of sales of the product is checked frequently and the number of stocks for each warranty period is checked. However, it takes a lot of trouble and time to perform the recording and the confirmation work, and furthermore, it is not always possible to perform the confirmation processing frequently. Therefore, it is practically difficult to surely confirm the confirmation.

To cope with this, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 8-3
In Pat. No. 15227, the patrol member inputs the warranty period of the product and stores it in the vending machine, and inputs the number of replenishment of the product for each product storage column each time the patrol visits, so that these data can be obtained. Memorize it in the vending machine,
Predict the staying period by calculating the number of sales for each product storage column stored in the vending machine and the average number of sales within a predetermined period (for example, recent week) from the time of sales,
When the judgment date set before the end of the warranty period comes, the quality guarantee expiration is determined from the warranty period, the replenishment date and time, the stock quantity and the average sales quantity, and the warning indicator provided for each product storage column is displayed. It is disclosed that a quality assurance expiration warning is issued, sales are stopped, and an appropriate replenishment number is displayed when replenishing products.

According to this configuration, it is possible to recognize a product storage column that has expired or is about to expire, so that it is possible to minimize the sale of products whose quality guarantee has expired. In addition, by displaying the appropriate replenishment number at the time of product replenishment, it is possible for the patrol staff etc. to recognize in advance the product itself that is likely to expire in the quality assurance when replenishing the product, etc. It is also possible to prevent the replenishment of commodities having a high possibility of becoming, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of commodities with reduced added value.

[0006]

However, according to the configuration of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-315227, every time a patrol member patrols and replenishes commodities, the number of replenishing commodities must be input for each commodity storage column. This requires a lot of trouble and time for each patrol, which puts a heavy burden on the patrol crew. It may not be used.

[0007] In addition, when a large number of products are temporarily sold, the average number of sales may be greatly affected, and the prediction of the staying period may be greatly disturbed. In this case, the determination of the expiration of the quality guarantee becomes uncertain. Would.

Further, it is necessary to provide a dedicated warning indicator for each product storage column, which leads to a significant increase in manufacturing costs. The present invention solves the above problems,
To provide a product replenishment confirmation device for vending machines that can minimize the occurrence of products whose quality assurance has expired without imposing a heavy burden on patrol members and the like and without significantly increasing production costs. It is intended for.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a front door and a plurality of goods having a function of storing goods of the same kind and dispensing goods in order of replenishment. A vending machine provided with a product storage section and an inner door for opening and closing an opening including a product replenishment port of the product storage section, wherein a door opening / closing detecting means for detecting opening / closing of the inner door or the inner door and the front door And storage means for storing at least the number of products sold and the sales time for each product storage unit,
The product of [the number of full replenishments in the product storage unit / the quality assurance period of the product] and the number of patrol member patrol intervals is calculated as the expected number of units that can be sold during the patrol interval, and a signal from the door open / close detecting means is input. When the inner door or front door is opened,
Calculation means for calculating the number of products sold and the patrol interval period for each product storage unit from when the inner door was last closed to when the inner door or front door was opened, and the number of units sold from the last patrol to the current patrol Comparison and determination means for comparing the actual number of sales with the expected number of sales, determining that the sales volume is higher than or equal to the expected number of sales, determining that sales are strong, and determining that the actual number of sales is smaller than the expected number of sales, determining that sales are poor. A determination instructing means for instructing the comparison determining means to make a determination; and a product storage unit for poor sales and a product storage in good sales according to data based on the determination result of the comparison determining means when instructed by the determination instructing means. Display means for distinguishing the display from the other units.

With this configuration, when replenishing a product to a plurality of product storage units or the like, it is only necessary to instruct the comparison instruction operation to be performed by the determination instruction means. The storage section and the storage section are displayed separately.
Therefore, by looking at this display, replenishing only the product storage units that are selling well and not replenishing the product storage units that are selling poorly, the remaining number of products that are likely to expire in quality assurance Since the number of products does not increase, it is possible to reduce the possibility that products whose quality assurance has expired will occur.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to the first aspect, if a product is sold out by the time of the current patrol, the time from the last patrol to the time of the out of stock is determined. This is set as a cyclic interval period.

With this configuration, it is possible to accurately grasp the actual sales volume for the patrol interval period. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the commodity replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to the first or second aspect, the determination instruction means is a front door opening / closing detecting means for detecting opening / closing of the front door. When opened, the sales status is determined and displayed on the display means.

With this configuration, the sales status is displayed simply by opening the front door at the time of patrol or the like, so that no labor or time is required. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the vending machine product replenishment confirmation device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the display means includes a sellable lamp provided corresponding to each product selection button and a sold-out lamp. It is what is a lamp.

[0014] According to this configuration, the sales state can be displayed for each product storage unit without separately providing special display means. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, a remaining number recognizing means for recognizing the remaining number of commodities in the merchandise storage unit is provided. If is less than a predetermined number, the display means displays the sale status and the near-out-of-sale display.

[0015] With this configuration, the display of the sale status is displayed together with the display of the near-out of sales. Therefore, even if sales are poor, replenishment of a small number of products so that the products are not out of stock can be performed. Can be reduced, while also preventing the product from running out.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the patrol interval period from the last patrol to the present patrol is longer than a predetermined number of days. If the value is smaller, the latest determination information in which the patrol interval period is equal to or longer than a predetermined number of days is displayed without performing a new sales state determination.

With this configuration, when the tour frequency is high and the tour interval period is short, the latest judgment information indicating that the tour interval period is equal to or longer than a predetermined number of days is displayed, so that a large number of products may be temporarily sold. However, it is possible to prevent the determination of the sales state from being uncertain due to the influence of the average number of sales.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commodity replenishing method for replenishing commodities in the commodity replenishment confirmation device of the vending machine according to the fifth aspect, wherein the commodity storing section in which the sales are strong is displayed. Replenish the product until it is full, and do not replenish the product storage unit that is displayed as being out of sales and is not indicated to be out of stock. Is for replenishing a predetermined number of commodities.

According to this method, the number of products that have a high possibility of quality assurance expiration does not increase, so that the possibility of occurrence of a product whose quality assurance has expired can be reduced. According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the vending machine product replenishment confirmation device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the remaining number recognition means performs well when the inner door and the front door are closed. For the product storage section of, reset the remaining number of products to the full number, maintain the remaining number as it is in the product storage section that is not performing well and is not about to sell out, and for the product storage section that is selling poorly and is about to sell out Increase the number of remaining items by a predetermined number and reset it.
The remaining number of commodities is recognized by subtracting one by one.

According to this configuration, the vending machine can automatically recognize the remaining number of commodities so as to substantially match the actual remaining number. The ninth aspect of the present invention provides the first to sixth aspects.
Or, in the product replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to any one of 8, when the number of fulls is set, and if the number of sales from full to sold out is larger than the set full number, the number of sales is reduced. The full number is reset, and if the number of sales from the full time to the time of sold out is continuously smaller than the set full number, the sales number is reset to the full number.

With this configuration, even when the type of the product supplied to the product storage unit changes, the number of full products is automatically changed.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, this vending machine has a front door 1 and a product payout function for storing products of the same type and paying out products in the order of replenishment, similarly to a general vending machine. A plurality of product storage units 2 and an opening 3 including a product replenishment port 2a of the product storage unit 2
And an input door 5 disposed on the back of the front door 1 and having a display 5a and a plurality of input keys 5b.
And a plurality of product selection buttons 6 provided on the front surface of the front door 1 and associated with each of the product storage units 2. Each of the product selection buttons 6 has, as shown in FIG. A sellable lamp 6a for indicating a product that can be sold below the amount of money inserted and a sold-out lamp 6b for indicating a sold-out state are provided, respectively.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the vending machine detects the opening and closing of the front door 1 and detects the opening and closing of the inner door 4 by detecting the opening and closing of the front door 1 and functions as a determination instruction means. An inner door opening / closing detection sensor 12, a storage unit 13 for storing various data, and a control unit 15 to which a timer 14 for measuring time are connected are provided. The control unit 15 further includes an arithmetic unit 16 and a comparison determination unit 17. Is provided.

The control section 15 performs control processing as shown in FIGS. First, the number of full refills (for example, 30 bottles) for each product storage unit 2 is input from the display input unit 5 and stored in the storage unit 13, and the quality assurance period (for example, 30 days) of the product is displayed. The data is input from the input unit 5 and stored in the storage unit 13. Further, the number of out-of-sale judgments (for example, 5 pieces) when the near-out of sale is determined to be described later and the set replenishment number (for example, 6 pieces) when the out-of-sale is due to poor sales.
Is input from the display input unit 5 and stored in the storage unit 13, and the minimum specified days (for example, eight days) of the tour interval days when determining the sales state described later are also input and stored from the display input unit 5. It is stored in the unit 13. Note that these data may be configured so that initial values are stored in advance by the time of vending machine shipment, and can be input only when these data are different from the initial values.

First, after each of the product storage units 2 is replenished with a product, for example, to be full, the inner door 4 and the front door 1 are closed. These closing actions are detected,
The time at which the inner door 4 was closed is stored as the time (year, month, day, time, etc.) at which the product was replenished (steps # 1, # 2).

Thereafter, the process proceeds to step # 3, and every time a product is sold, in step # 4, the number of sales of the product is increased by one, the number of sales is counted, and the remaining number of the product is reduced by one. Recognize the remaining number. Thereafter, when the front door 1 is opened by a patrol member or the like and this opening operation is detected by the front door opening / closing detection sensor 11, the process proceeds from step # 5 to step # 6 and thereafter, where the arithmetic processing by the arithmetic means 16 is performed. The comparison determination process by the comparison determination unit 17 is instructed for each of the product storage units 2 in the heated state.

In the calculating means 16, step # 6
Then, the number of days between patrols is calculated from the difference between the time when the front door 1 is opened and the time when the inner door 4 is closed (for example, the number of days after the decimal point of the number of days between patrols is rounded down and calculated), and
If the number of tour interval days is equal to or longer than the minimum specified number of days (for example, 8 days), the process proceeds from step # 7 to step # 8, where [the number of full replenishment of the product storage unit 2 / the quality assurance period of the product] and the patrol of the patrol member The product of the interval days is calculated as the expected number of units that can be sold during the tour interval period. If the sold-out occurs before the current tour day, the number of days until the sold-out occurs is regarded as the number of tour interval days. For example, if the number of full refills is 30, the quality assurance period of the product is 30 days, and the number of patrol members is 10 days, (30/30) × 10 = 10 is calculated and the expected sales quantity is 10 Set it to be a book. Here, the expected sales volume is the number of products that are expected to be sold in the round interval at the rate when these products are sold during the product's quality assurance period when the product is full It is. In other words, if the product is always sold at a rate equal to the expected number of sales, the filled product will be sold at the end of the quality assurance period.

In step # 9, the number of actual sales of the corresponding product actually sold from the previous patrol (the time when the inner door 4 was previously closed) to the current patrol (the time when the front door 1 was opened this time). Is compared with the calculated expected number of sales. If the actual number of sales is greater than or equal to the expected number of sales (in the above example, the number of actual sales is 10 or more), the process proceeds to step # 10. If it is determined that the sales are good, and if the actual number of sales is smaller than the expected number of sales (in the above example, the number of actual sales is 9 or less), the process proceeds to step # 11 to determine that the sales are poor. I do. For the product storage unit 2 determined to be in good sales, the out-of-sale lamp 6b of the product selection button 6 corresponding to the product storage unit 2 is turned off. The sold-out lamp 6b of the corresponding product selection button 6 blinks. Here, when the sales state is determined, this information is stored in the storage unit 13.

If it is determined in step # 7 that the number of tour interval days is smaller than the minimum specified number of days (for example, 8 days), the process proceeds to step # 12, and the result of the previous sale state determination is adopted to adopt the product. Sold-out lamp 6 of select button 6
b is turned off or blinking. In addition, in case that the vending machine has not been installed for a long time and the previous sales state determination information is not yet available, an initial value for the sales state determination is stored in advance. May be used to turn off or blink the sold-out lamp 6b.

Next, in step # 13, it is determined whether or not the current remaining number in the merchandise storage unit 2 in which the sales state has been determined is equal to or less than the sold-out determination number (for example, 5). When the number is equal to or less than the number (for example, 5), the process proceeds to step # 14 to determine that the sold-out is near. When the remaining number is larger than the sold-out determination number, the process proceeds to step # 15 and the sold-out is near. judge. For the product storage unit 2 that is determined to be out of stock, the sellable lamp 6a of the product selection button 6 corresponding to the product storage unit 2
Blinks to indicate that the product storage unit 2 has determined that
For, the sellable lamp 6a of the product selection button 6 corresponding to the product storage section 2 is turned off.

Thereafter, the patrol member looks at the sellable lamp 6a and the sold-out lamp 6b of the product selection button 6 to judge whether or not the product needs to be replenished. Open and refill the product. Product replenishment is performed as follows.

Since the product storage unit 2 corresponding to the product selection button 6 with the sold-out lamp 6b turned off is selling well, the product is replenished until it becomes full regardless of the display state of the sellable lamp 6a. I do. On the other hand, since the sale of the product storage unit 2 corresponding to the product selection button 6 in which the sold-out lamp 6b is blinking is abnormal, the display state of the sellable lamp 6a is checked. Since the product storage unit 2 corresponding to the product selection button 6 with the blinking available lamp 6a is almost out of stock, it is possible to replenish the product by a predetermined set replenishment number (for example, six) and sell it. As for the product storage unit 2 corresponding to the product selection button 6 for which the lamp 6a is turned off, the product is not replenished because the sold-out portion is not near. In this case, with respect to the product storage unit 2 which is determined to be out of sales but to be almost sold out, the product selection is performed in order to confirm that the patrol member has performed this operation when the set number of replenishment products has been loaded. When the button 6 is pressed, the sellable lamp 6a is changed from the blinking state to the extinguished state, and it is possible to recognize that the set number of replenished products has been supplied. That is, it is possible to prevent replenishment of the product by mistake.

When the front door 1 is closed after the replenishment of commodities is completed, the process proceeds from step # 16 to step # 17, and the remaining number is preset. Here, the remaining number of the product storage units 2 determined to be selling well is preset to the full number, and the replenishment number set to the remaining number is set to the remaining number of the product storage units 2 determined to be out of sales but to be almost sold out. The added number is preset as a new remaining number, and the remaining number is maintained as it is for the product storage unit 2 which is determined to be out of sale and not to be out of stock. Note that this preset operation is performed for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) after the front door 1 is closed.
Minutes), the preset operation may be canceled when the front door 1 is opened again within the predetermined time to prevent the preset operation from being performed frequently. .

In a vending machine, a product storage unit 2 is provided.
When changing the product type for, if the shape such as the diameter is different, the full number will also change, but in the present invention, after the full number is initially set to a predetermined initial value,
If the number of sales from full to sold out is greater than the set full number, set that number to full, and the number of sales from full to sold out is continuously less than the set full number In such a case, the number of sales is set to the full number.

According to the above configuration, when the patrol member only opens the front door 1 when replenishing the product, the sales of the product storage section 2 in the heated state can be favorably sold, unsuccessfully sold, or nearly sold out. A determination is made, and the sellable lamp 6a and the sold-out lamp 6b of the product selection button 6 corresponding to each product storage unit 2
Is displayed without any hassle. Therefore, by looking at this display, the patrol member can easily confirm the product storage section 2 that is selling well, sales are not good, and the goods are about to be sold out.

Further, the merchandise storage section 2 indicated as being sold well is replenished with goods until it is full, and the merchandise storage section 2 which is indicated as being out of order and is not indicated as being sold out is replenished. In addition, a rule is set to replenish a predetermined number of commodities in the merchandise storage unit 2 which is displayed as sales failure and is about to be sold out, and the control unit 15 automatically keeps the remaining merchandise in accordance with the rule. Since the system is configured to recognize the number of products, it is possible to automatically recognize the remaining number of products so that it almost matches the actual number of remaining products. Nor.

Then, by replenishing only the product storage unit 2 which is selling well, and not replenishing the product storage unit 2 which is not out of stock due to poor sales, the quality assurance of the product which is likely to expire is expired. Since the number of remaining products can be minimized, the possibility that a product whose quality guarantee has expired can be reduced. Further, even if sales are poor, a predetermined number of commodities are replenished for commodities that are about to be sold out, so that the occurrence of commodities can be prevented.

If a product is sold out by the time of the patrol this time, by setting the period from the previous patrol to the time of the sold out as the patrol interval period, it is possible to accurately grasp the actual sales volume for the patrol interval period. Can be. Also,
Special display means and alarm means are separately provided using a sellable lamp 6a and a sold-out lamp 6b of a product selection button 6 as display means for recognizing a product storage section 2 that is selling well, selling poorly, or being sold out. You do n’t have to.
Manufacturing costs can be reduced.

When the tour frequency is high and the tour interval period is short, the latest judgment information indicating that the tour interval period is longer than a predetermined number of days is displayed. In addition, it is possible to accurately determine the sales state without making the determination of the sales state uncertain due to the influence of the average sales number.

Furthermore, after the full number is initially set to a predetermined initial value, if the number of sales from full to sold out is larger than the set full number, the sales number is reset to the full number. If the number of sales from full to sold out is continuously smaller than the set full number, the number of products to be supplied to the product storage unit 2 is changed by setting the number of sales to the full number. However, the full number of products is automatically and accurately corrected, and the patrol member does not need to manually change the full number, and does not increase the burden on the patrol member.

In addition, when replenishing a product, the fact that the product is full can be easily recognized by checking the product in the product slot, but when the product is out of order and the product is about to be sold out, the product is supplied by the set number of replenishers. At this time, since the product is not full and cannot be seen, there is a risk that the product may be accidentally re-entered as it is. However, according to the above-described embodiment, when the product selection button 6 is pressed, the sellable lamp 6a is changed from the blinking state to the extinguished state, and it is possible to confirm that the set number of products has been supplied. , Can be prevented from being accidentally re-input.

In the above embodiment, when the front door 1 is opened, the sales state is determined.
As compared with the case where the determination of the sales state is performed when the inner door 4 is opened, it is possible to prepare in advance the products required for replenishment from the determination result before the inner door 4 is opened, which is convenient and the product storage unit 2 has the advantage that it is possible to minimize the escape of the appropriate temperature air to the outside, and it is not necessary to replenish the merchandise based on the determination result. However, it may be set so that the sale state is determined when the inner door 4 is opened, and in this case, the front door open / close detection sensor 11 does not need to be provided. Further, the determination of the sales state may be instructed by another switch means, or the determination of the sales state may be instructed by a predetermined operation of the display input unit 5 on the back surface of the front door 1.

Also, in the above embodiment, the sale status determination result is displayed on the sold-out lamp 6b of each product selection button 6.
, And the near-sold-out state is displayed by the sellable lamp 6a of each product selection button 6. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Lighting and blinking, etc.), and furthermore, display means etc. are separately provided in the vicinity of the product storage unit 2,
The information may be displayed on the display input unit 5 on the back surface of the front door 1.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the determination of the sales state or the near-out of sale is made only for each of the product storage units 2 in the heated state. In this case, the patrol member may refer only to each product storage unit 2 related to the hot product. In addition, it is not limited to hot products only,
It is also possible to provide a quality assurance period separately for a cold product and make a determination, and it is also possible to provide a quality assurance period individually for a specific type of product and make a determination.

In the above embodiment, the case where the front door 1 and the inner door 4 are individually provided has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a vending machine in which the upper part of the front door 1 and the upper part of the inner door 4 are integrally formed at a position where the vending machine is formed.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of products sold and the sales time for each product storage section are stored in the storage means, and when the instruction is given by the determination instruction means, the operation is performed by the arithmetic means.
Calculate the expected number of units to be sold based on the number of full refills in the product storage section, the product quality assurance period, and the number of days between patrols for patrols.Each product from when the inner door was closed last time to when the inner door or front door was opened this time The number of products sold per storage unit and the patrol interval period are calculated, and the comparison determination means determines that sales are strong if the actual sales volume is greater than or equal to the expected sales volume, and the actual sales volume is greater than the expected sales volume. If it is smaller, it is determined that the product is in poor sales, and according to this data, the product storage unit that is out of sales and the product storage unit that sells well are displayed on the display means, so that the quality assurance of products that are likely to expire can be expired. The remaining number can be reduced, and the possibility that a product whose quality guarantee has expired can be reduced.

When a product is sold out by the time of this patrol, by setting the period from the previous patrol to the time of the out of stock as the patrol interval period, it is possible to accurately grasp the actual sales volume for the patrol interval period. Can be.

Further, by using the front door opening / closing detecting means for detecting the opening / closing of the front door as the judgment instructing means, when the front door is opened, the sales state is judged and displayed on the display means, thereby making it possible to make a round trip. By simply opening the front door at times or the like, the sales status is displayed, which saves time and effort, and further improves work efficiency.

Further, by using a sellable lamp and a sold-out lamp provided corresponding to each product selection button as display means, the sales state can be displayed in each product storage unit without special display means. Can be displayed every time,
Manufacturing costs can be reduced.

Further, a remaining number recognizing means for recognizing the remaining number of commodities in the commodities storing section is provided, and when the remaining number is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the display means displays the sale status and the near-sold-out display, thereby improving the quality. While it is possible to reduce the possibility that a product whose warranty has expired is generated, it is also possible to prevent the product from running out.

When the patrol interval period from the last patrol to the present patrol is smaller than the predetermined number of days, the new sales state determination is not performed, and the latest determination that the patrol interval period is equal to or longer than the predetermined number of days is performed. By displaying the information, the determination of the sales state is prevented from being uncertain, and the reliability is improved.

As a product replenishment method for replenishing the product in the product replenishment confirmation device of the vending machine, the product storage section in which the sales are good is replenished until the product is full, and the product is displayed as having a poor sales. Product warranty is not replenished in the product storage unit that is not displayed as being near out of stock and the specified number of products is replenished in the product storage unit that is displayed as out of sale and is displayed as being out of stock. Since the number of remaining commodities that are likely to become the same does not increase, the possibility that commodities whose quality assurance has expired can be reduced.

When the inner door and the front door are closed, the remaining number recognizing means resets the remaining number of commodities to the full number in the merchandise storage section which is selling well, and is not performing well and is not nearly out of stock. Maintain the remaining number in the product storage section as it is, and increase the number of remaining products in the product storage section that is out of sales and is almost out of stock by increasing the number by a predetermined number, and set the remaining number of products each time the product is sold By allowing the remaining number of commodities to be recognized by subtracting one from each other, it becomes possible to automatically recognize the remaining number of commodities so as to substantially match the actual remaining number, further improving reliability.

After the full number is initially set to a predetermined initial value, if the number of sales from full to sold out is larger than the set full number, the sales number is set to the full number, If the number of sales from full to sold out is continuously smaller than the set full number, set the number of sales to the full number so that even if the type of product supplied to the product storage unit changes, Since the number of full items is automatically changed, and labor and time are not required, this also improves work efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a product replenishment confirmation device of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the vending machine when a front door and an inner door are opened.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the vending machine.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of the vending machine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a commodity replenishment confirmation device of the vending machine.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a commodity replenishment confirmation device of the vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front door 2 Commodity storage part 4 Inner door 5 Display input part 6 Commodity selection button 6a Available lamp 6b Sold-out lamp 11 Front door open / close detection sensor 12 Inner door open / close detection sensor 13 Storage unit 14 Timer 15 Control unit 16 Computing means 17 Comparison Judgment means

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A front door, a plurality of merchandise storage sections each having a merchandise payout function for storing the same kind of merchandise and discharging the merchandise in order of replenishment, and opening / closing an opening including a merchandise replenishment port of the merchandise storage section. A vending machine provided with an inner door, which stores door opening / closing detecting means for detecting opening / closing of the inner door or the inner door and the front door, and stores at least the number of products sold and the selling time for each product storage unit. The storage means calculates the product of [the number of full replenishments in the product storage section / the quality assurance period of the product] and the number of days between patrols of the patrol member as the expected number of sales that can be sold during the patrol interval, When a signal is input and the inner door or front door is opened, the number of products sold and the cycle interval period for each product storage unit from when the inner door was closed last time to when the inner door or front door was opened this time are calculated Calculation means to perform and since the last round The actual sales volume up to the time of this tour and the expected sales volume are compared, and if the actual sales volume is greater than or equal to the expected sales volume, it is determined that sales are strong, and if the actual sales volume is smaller than the expected sales volume, sales are performed Means for comparing and judging the malfunction, judgment instructing means for instructing the comparing and judging means, and storage of unsatisfactory goods according to data based on the judgment result of the comparing and judging means when instructed by the judging means. A replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine provided with a display means for distinguishing and displaying a unit and a product storage unit that is selling well. 2. The product replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein if a product is sold out by the time of the patrol this time, a period from the previous patrol to the time of the sold out is set as a patrol interval period. 3. The determination instruction means is a front door opening / closing detection means for detecting opening / closing of the front door, and when the front door is opened, determines a sales state and causes the display means to display. 3. The replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to 2. 4. The product replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the display means is a sellable lamp and a sold-out lamp provided corresponding to each product selection button. 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a remaining number recognizing means for recognizing the remaining number of commodities in the commodities storage unit, and when the remaining number is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the display means displays the selling status and the near-sold-out display. 4. The replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to any one of 4. 6. When the patrol interval period from the last patrol to the present patrol is smaller than a predetermined number of days, a new sales state determination is not performed, and the latest determination that the patrol interval period is equal to or more than a predetermined number of days is performed. The product replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which displays information. 7. A product replenishment method for replenishing commodities in the commodity replenishment confirmation device of a vending machine according to claim 5, wherein the commodities are displayed in a commodities storage section indicated as being in good sales until the commodities are full. Then, do not replenish the product storage unit that is displayed as poor sales and is not indicated to be out of stock, but replenish a predetermined number of products to the product storage unit that is displayed as poor sales and is near to sell out. Product replenishment method to do. 8. The remaining number recognizing means resets the remaining number of commodities to the full number in the commodity storing section which is selling well when the inner door and the front door are closed, and is not selling well and is not nearly out of stock. Maintain the remaining number in the product storage section as it is, and increase the number of remaining products in the product storage section that is out of sales and is almost out of stock by increasing the number by a predetermined number, and set the remaining number of products each time the product is sold The product replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the remaining number of products is recognized by subtracting one from each other. 9. After the full number is set, if the number of sales from full to sold out is larger than the set full number, the sales number is reset to the full number, and when the sold out occurs from full. The product replenishment confirmation device for a vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the number of sales is continuously reset to the full number when the number of sales until is continuously smaller than the set full number.