JP2010061239A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine for making the number of stored commodities more appropriate by determining the number of restocking in consideration of a quality preservation period. <P>SOLUTION: In this automatic vending machine which is configured to store a quality reservation period by commodity stored in a column, and to stop the sales of commodities from the column in which the commodity whose quality preservation period is expired is stored, the number of sales of commodities sold from the previous restocking time of the commodity till the current restocking time of commodity is determined by column, and the determined number of sales is set as the number of restocking of commodity (step S2); and the number of restocking of commodity is corrected on the basis of a period until the quality reservation period of the currently restocked commodity (step S3). Thus, it is possible to set the number of restocking of commodity to be restocked in consideration of the quality preservation period, and to make the number of stored commodities more appropriate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine that manages a quality retention period such as a expiration date or a consumption period for each product.

  A vending machine that manages the shelf life, expiration date, and other quality retention periods sells the products supplemented to a column in the order of supplementation, and updates and stores the remaining number of columns for each sale. An input means (for example, a remote controller) for inputting data including the number of replenished products for each column and the quality retention period of the replenished products at the time of product replenishment, and the remaining number and data are referred to when the date is changed. Means for stopping the sale of products from the remaining columns of products whose quality retention period has expired, means for operating and inputting a command to carry out expired products, and means for carrying out expired products based on the commands, It has.

  This vending machine can manage the quality retention period for each product based on the number of products replenished by column entered at the time of product replenishment and the quality retention date of the supplemented product. If the product is sold, the sale of the product from the column where the product remains is stopped (sold out). When a command indicating that expired products should be carried out is input at the time of product replenishment or the like, all the expired products are carried out from the column where sales are stopped (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-3-271891

  By the way, if a large amount of products with a short period until the quality retention period is replenished, the quality retention period may expire before being sold.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of making the number of goods stored more appropriate by determining the number of replenishments in consideration of the quality retention period. .

  In order to achieve the above object, a vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention stores a quality retention period for each product stored in the column, and stores a product whose quality retention period has expired. In the vending machine that ceases sales from, the number of products sold from the previous product replenishment to the current product replenishment is calculated for each column, and the number of sales obtained is the number of products replenished this time. And a replenishment number correcting means for correcting the replenishment number based on a period until the quality retention time limit of the product to be replenished this time.

  The vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the replenishment number correction means sets a period until the quality retention period of the product to be replenished this time is less than 3 months, 3 months or more. It is divided into less than one year and one year or more, and the number of replenishment corrected for each period is increased or decreased.

  The vending machine according to the present invention obtains the number of products sold for each column from the previous product replenishment to the current product replenishment for each column, and uses the obtained number of sales as the number of products replenished this time. Since the number of replenishment is corrected based on the period until the quality retention period of the product to be replenished this time, the number of products to be replenished takes into account the quality retention period, and the number of products stored is more appropriate. can do.

  Exemplary embodiments of a vending machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the term management remote controller shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vending machine includes an integrated display 2, a selection button 3, a coin mechanism 4, a bill validator 5, and a carry-out control unit 6, and these slaves are controlled by the main control unit 1. Centralized management.

  The integrated display 2 is for displaying various types of information such as sales, out of change, preparation, cancellation of bills, and the amount of money inserted. The selection button 3 is used to select a product. The selection button 3 includes a selectable button switch, a sellable lamp, and a sold-out lamp. The coin mechanism 4 arranges the number of inserted various coins and transmits the coins to the main control unit 1, while paying out various coins according to a command from the main control unit 1. The bill validator 5 arranges the number of inserted bills and sends it to the main control unit 1, while paying out bills according to a command from the main control unit 1. The carry-out control unit 6 controls a bend solenoid provided for each passage defined in the product storage rack (hereinafter, this passage is referred to as a rack for convenience), and carries out the product from an arbitrary rack. ing.

  The main control unit 1 includes a control unit 11, a setting storage unit 12, a sales processing unit 13, a clock unit 14, and a time limit setting storage unit 15. The control unit 11 centrally manages each slave such as the integrated display 2, the selection button 3, the coin mechanism 4, the bill validator 5, and the carry-out control unit 6, and stores various setting data stored in the setting storage unit 12. Each slave is controlled based on this.

  The settings stored in the setting storage unit 12 are, for example, a column associated with the selection button 3 and a rack associated with the column. If a plurality of columns can be associated with one selection button 3, You can also associate a single column. In addition, the number of racks associated with one column is not limited to one, and a popular product can be associated with a plurality of racks (OCM). As described above, when a plurality of racks are associated with one column, products are sold alternately from the associated racks.

  The sales processing unit 13 performs calculation processing of various sales data and stores the results, and can output the number of products sold for each column.

  The clock unit 14 is a part that measures time, and converts the current date and time (year / month / day). The clock unit 14 is composed of, for example, a clock IC or the like.

  The expiration date setting storage unit 15 is a part for individually storing the quality retention period (best-before date or expiration date) of the product stored in the column (rack), and the quality retention period of the product for each column and individually. It comes to memorize. Then, the control unit 11 compares the current date and time (year / month / day) acquired from the clock unit 14 with the quality retention date of the product stored in the time limit setting storage unit 15, and the quality retention date is determined for each product. It is determined whether or not it has expired (expiration determination means). When it is determined that the quality retention period of the next product to be sold has expired, the sale of the product from the column in which the product is stored is stopped.

  In addition to the remote controller 7, a time limit remote controller 8 is connected to the main control unit 1.

  The remote controller 7 is used for various setting operations and various sales data confirmation operations. In addition to the operation keys and the cooling / temperature changeover switch, the monitor 7 displays various menus, various setting data and confirmation data (for example, a liquid crystal character display). ). The setting data set and input from the remote controller 7 is transmitted to the main control unit 1 and stored in the setting storage unit 12, and the confirmation data transmitted from the main control unit 1 is displayed on the monitor. It has become.

  The deadline management remote controller 8 is for performing a deadline management setting operation, a deadline data confirmation operation, and a replenishment number confirmation operation. As shown in FIG. 2, operations such as a setting key, a replenishment key, a replenishment completion key, etc. In addition to the key 81, a monitor 82 (for example, a liquid crystal character display) on which various menus, various setting data and confirmation data are displayed is provided. Then, the quality retention deadline of the product input for each column from the deadline management remote controller 8 is transmitted to the main control unit 1 and stored in the deadline setting storage unit 15. The time limit data transmitted from 1 and the number of replenishments are displayed on the monitor 82.

  When the replenishment key is operated from the time limit remote control 8 at the time of product replenishment, the control unit 11 obtains the number of sales sold from the sales processing unit 13 from the previous product replenishment to the current product replenishment, The determined number of sales is used as the number of products to be replenished this time (replenishment number determining means).

  Then, when the quality retention period of the product to be replenished this time is input from the term management remote controller 8, the control unit 11 calculates a period until the quality retention period of the product to be replenished this time, and replenishes based on the calculated period. The number is corrected (replenishment number correction means). For example, when the period until the quality retention period of the product to be replenished is less than 3 months, the number of replenishment is reduced by one, and when it is more than one year, the number of replenishment is increased by one. Yes.

  Next, a procedure for displaying the number of items to be replenished will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the procedure for displaying the number of items to be replenished.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the replenishment key display of the product is started by operating the replenishment key of the term management remote controller 8, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the proper replenishment setting has been made (step S1). . When the proper replenishment setting is made (step S1: Yes), the sales processing unit 13 is referred to calculate the replenishment number. That is, the number of sales sold from the previous replenishment to the current replenishment is obtained, and the obtained number of sales is set as the replenishment number (step S2).

  Next, the control unit 11 calculates a period up to the quality retention period of the product to be replenished this time input from the period management remote controller 8, and corrects the number of replenishment based on the calculated period (step S3).

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the number of replenishment is reduced by one when the period until the quality retention period of the product to be replenished is less than three months, and the replenishment number is increased by one when it is more than one year. It is supposed to be corrected. In this case, if the sales number is 3, the inventory number is 5, and the full number is 10, the replenishment number is 3. Here, if the period up to the quality retention period of the product to be replenished is less than 3 months, the number of replenishment is corrected by one, so the number of replenishment after correction is 2. On the other hand, if the period up to the quality retention period of the product to be replenished is one year or more, the number of replenishment is corrected by one, so the number of replenishment after correction is 4. On the other hand, if the period up to the quality retention period of the product to be replenished is 3 months or more and less than 1 year, the number of replenishment after correction is 3 as it is.

  Then, the corrected replenishment number is transmitted to the time limit remote controller 8 as the current replenishment number and displayed on the monitor 82 (step S4).

  On the other hand, if the proper replenishment setting is not made (step S1: No), the full replenishment is made, so the control unit 11 obtains the difference between the full number and the stock number (step S5) and replenishes this value this time. The number is transmitted to the term management remote controller 8 and displayed on the monitor 8.

  According to the vending machine described above, the control unit 11 calculates the number of products sold for each column from the time of the previous product replenishment to the time of the current product replenishment, and the replenishment of the products to be replenished this time. On the other hand, the replenishment number is corrected based on the period until the quality retention period of the product to be replenished this time. It can be made appropriate.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vending machine which is embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the term management remote control shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the number display procedure of goods. It is a figure which shows the replenishment number of the goods calculated | required by the procedure shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main control part 11 Control part 12 Setting memory | storage part 13 Sales processing part 14 Clock part 15 Time limit setting memory | storage part 2 Integrated display 3 Selection button 4 Coin mechanism 5 Bill validator 6 Unloading control part 7 Remote control 8 Time limit management remote control 81 Operation key 82 Monitor

Claims (2)

In the vending machine that stores the quality retention period for each product stored in the column and stops selling from the column that stores the product whose quality retention period has expired,
Replenishment number determination means for determining the number of sales of products sold from the previous product replenishment to the current product replenishment for each column, and using the obtained number of sales as the replenishment number of the product to be replenished this time,
A vending machine comprising: a replenishment number correcting means for correcting the replenishment number based on a period until the quality retention period of the product to be replenished this time.   The replenishment number correction means divides the period until the quality retention period of the product to be replenished this time into less than 3 months, 3 months or more and less than 1 year, and 1 year or more, and increases or decreases the number of replenishments to be corrected for each period. The vending machine according to claim 1.

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