JP2017010194A - Terminal device, vending machine control method, and control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal device that can cause a vending machine selling food products made of a plurality of ingredients to sell a food product suitable for a user's taste without complicated operation.SOLUTION: When a first vending machine 300A receives an instruction to blend in a plurality of ingredients from a user (S1-3), it notifies a terminal device 100, which is in a radio communication available range, of values representing the blend relation of the plurality of ingredients (S4). The terminal device registers the announced value in a memory (S5). The terminal device converts the values representing the blend relation of the plurality of ingredients at the first vending machine into values representing the blend relation of the plurality of ingredients at a second vending machine 300B (S9). When the user instructs the second vending machine to provide the same food product (S6-7), the terminal device hands the values representing the blend relation of the plurality of ingredients after the conversion over the second vending machine, and instructs it to cook (S10).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a terminal device, a control method for a vending machine, and a control program, and in particular, a terminal device capable of communicating with a vending machine that sells food prepared by mixing a plurality of ingredients, a control method for the vending machine, and the control device The present invention relates to a terminal device control program.

  There are vending machines that mix and sell foods made from multiple ingredients, such as coffee drinks made from coffee powder, hot water, sugar, and cream, and soft drinks made from powdered drinks, water, and ice. . In such a vending machine, the user can provide food according to the user's preference by instructing the presence / absence and amount of each raw material by pressing a button. For example, when a user purchases coffee at a vending machine, the user can determine the amount of coffee powder (coffee strength), the amount of hot water (coffee amount), the presence or absence of sugar, and the presence or amount of cream. , Specify according to their own preferences and instruct purchase.

  Some users often purchase the same product from a vending machine. Depending on the user, an operation may be performed in which approximately the same amount is designated for each raw material at every purchase. In such a case, there are some users who find it complicated to repeat the operation of designating the same amount of each material every time they purchase.

  Therefore, for example, JP-A-7-182559 (Patent Document 1), JP-A-9-185663 (Patent Document 2), JP-A-3-216789 (Patent Document 3), and JP-A-2002-99950. (Patent Document 4) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-352307 (Patent Document 5) store the user's preference so that the user does not need to perform a user operation such as pressing a button. We have proposed a technology that provides food according to the user's preferences with vending machines.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-182559 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-185663 JP-A-3-216789 JP 2002-99950 A JP 2002-352307 A

  However, users do not always purchase food at the same vending machine. Since vending machines usually have different specifications for each food provider, the above technology cannot be used unless the vending machine is adapted to a memory such as an electronic coin held by the user. Alternatively, the user needs to carry a memory such as an electronic coin suitable for each vending machine. Furthermore, when purchasing food according to the user's preference with a vending machine of a food provider different from the vending machine with which the memory such as electronic coins held by the user is compatible, the user himself / herself sells the vending machine. It is necessary to change the presence / absence and amount of each raw material in the machine to test whether it matches the taste and determine the presence / absence and amount of each raw material.

  An object of an aspect of the present disclosure is a terminal device capable of communicating with a vending machine that sells foods prepared by mixing a plurality of raw materials, and the raw materials are prepared according to the user's preference without requiring complicated operations. A terminal device capable of communicating with a vending machine capable of selling food is provided. In addition, an object in an aspect of the present disclosure is a control method of a vending machine that sells a food prepared by mixing a plurality of raw materials, and the food prepared by mixing the raw materials according to the user's preference without requiring a complicated operation. Is to provide a method for controlling a vending machine capable of selling a vending machine. In addition, an object in an aspect of the present disclosure is a control program for a terminal device that can communicate with a vending machine that sells a food prepared by mixing a plurality of raw materials, and according to a user's preference without requiring a complicated operation. It is to provide a terminal device control program that can communicate with a vending machine capable of selling foods prepared by mixing raw materials.

  According to an embodiment, the terminal device can communicate with each of a plurality of vending machines. Each vending machine can provide food by blending a plurality of raw materials. In this terminal device, a user associated with the terminal device instructs the first vending machine among the plurality of vending machines to obtain a value representing a blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials. A plurality of values in the second vending machine among the plurality of vending machines are obtained from the acquisition unit, a memory for holding a value representing the blending relation for the user, and a value representing the blending relation in the first vending machine. When the user instructs the second vending machine to provide food, the conversion unit for converting the raw material into a value representing the mixing relationship of the raw materials, the mixing relationship in the second vending machine obtained by the conversion unit And an instruction unit for instructing the second vending machine about the mixing relationship of the plurality of raw materials when providing food.

  According to another embodiment, the control method is a vending machine control method using a terminal device capable of communicating with a plurality of vending machines. Each vending machine can provide food by blending a plurality of raw materials. In this control method, from the first vending machine, a step of acquiring a value representing a blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials, which is designated by the user associated with the terminal device to the first vending machine, A step of accessing a memory holding a value representing a blending relationship of the first and a value representing a blending relationship in the first vending machine into a value representing a blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials in the second vending machine And when the user instructs the second vending machine to provide food, the food is provided to the second vending machine based on the value representing the blending relationship in the second vending machine. And instructing the blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials.

  According to another embodiment, the program is a program for controlling a terminal device that can communicate with the vending machine. Each vending machine can provide food by blending a plurality of raw materials. The program acquires, from the first vending machine, a value representing a blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials, which is instructed to the first vending machine by the user associated with the terminal device, from the first vending machine; A step of accessing a memory holding a value representing a blending relationship for a user, a value representing a blending relationship in the first vending machine, and a value representing a blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials in the second vending machine And when the user instructs the second vending machine to provide food, based on the value representing the blending relationship in the second vending machine, the food for the second vending machine And a step of instructing a blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials at the time of providing.

  According to this disclosure, the user can enjoy provision of food according to the user's preference without using a complicated operation by using a vending machine that sells food prepared by mixing a plurality of raw materials.

It is the figure (A) showing an example of the structure of the control system concerning embodiment, and the figure (B) showing the example of the button of the vending machine contained in a control system. It is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware constitutions of the terminal device contained in a control system. It is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware constitutions of a vending machine. It is a figure showing the operation | movement outline | summary in the control system concerning 1st Embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of the relationship between the setting value and quantity in a vending machine. It is a block diagram showing an example of a functional structure of a terminal device. It is a block diagram showing an example of a functional structure of a vending machine. It is a flowchart showing the flow of operation of the vending machine. It is a flowchart showing the flow of operation | movement of a terminal device.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts and components are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, these descriptions will not be repeated.

[First Embodiment]
<System configuration>
FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a control system according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1A, this control system includes a plurality of vending machines 300A and 300B, and a terminal device 100 capable of wireless communication with these vending machines 300A and 300B. A plurality of vending machines 300A and 300B are also referred to as a vending machine 300.

  The vending machine 300 sells food as a product. The food sold by the vending machine 300 includes food that is cooked by the vending machine 300 by blending a plurality of raw materials. When the food as the product is coffee, the plurality of raw materials are coffee powder, hot water, sugar, and cream. When the food product is a soft drink, the plurality of raw materials are a powdered drink, water, ice and the like. When the food product is popcorn, the plurality of raw materials are salt, butter, caramel, corn and the like. In the following description, it is assumed that the food sold by the vending machine 300 is coffee.

  On a certain surface of the vending machine 300, a button 35A for selecting a product, a button 35B for designating an amount necessary for cooking each of a plurality of ingredients of coffee as the selected product, and purchase of the product A button 35C for instructing is provided. The surface on which these buttons are arranged is the front of the vending machine 300. Further, a display 34 for displaying a purchase guide or the like may be further disposed on the front surface of the vending machine 300.

  The terminal device 100 is, for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The wireless communication between the terminal device 100 and the vending machine 300 is short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), for example, and the distance between the terminal device 100 and the vending machine 300 carries the terminal device 100. Communication is possible when the user is located in front of the vending machine 300 and the distance is enough to operate the vending machine 300.

  FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating an example of a button 35 </ b> B for designating an amount necessary for cooking each of a plurality of coffee raw materials that are products selected by the vending machine 300. Referring to FIG. 1B, as an example, button 35 </ b> B includes a lever that can be moved to each of the set values “1” to “5” of the amount of the raw material for each raw material. The set values “1” to “5” can be said to be options for the amount of each raw material. When the product is coffee, the button 35B includes a lever for indicating setting values of sugar, cream, and coffee. The lever included in the button 35B may be a physical lever or a touch panel. The user moves the lever for each raw material. Thereby, the blending relationship of each raw material when blending coffee with the vending machine 300 is determined.

<Device configuration>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the terminal device 100. Referring to FIG. 2, terminal apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10 for controlling the entire apparatus, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11 for storing a program executed by CPU 10, and CPU 10. It includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12 that serves as a work area for executing the program and stores various information. The terminal device 100 includes a wireless communication unit 13 for performing wireless communication with the vending machine 300, a display 14, and an operation unit 15. The display 14 and the operation unit 15 may be a touch panel. The terminal device 100 may further include a network controller 16 for communicating with other devices via a network such as the Internet.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the vending machine 300. Referring to FIG. 3, a vending machine 300 includes a CPU 30 for controlling the entire apparatus, a ROM 31 for storing a program executed by the CPU 30, and a RAM 32 serving as a work area when the CPU 30 executes the program. And an HDD 33 for storing various types of information. In addition, the vending machine 300 includes a display 34, an operation unit 35 including buttons 35 </ b> A to 35 </ b> C, and a cooking / providing unit 36 that is configured to cook and provide food as a product by blending a plurality of raw materials. And a wireless communication unit 37 for performing wireless communication with the terminal device 100.

<Overview of operation>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an outline of operations in the control system according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, first, the user of terminal device 100 purchases a product that is, for example, coffee using vending machine 300 </ b> A that is the first vending machine. At this time, the user operates the operation unit 35 of the vending machine 300A to select coffee as a product (step S1), and instructs the blending by designating the amount necessary for cooking each raw material of the coffee ( Step S2). Thereafter, the user instructs the purchase of coffee (step S3).

  The vending machine 300 </ b> A that has received the above user operations then cooks coffee by preparing the instructed amount of ingredients and performs the operation of providing coffee. Along with this operation, the vending machine 300A further notifies the terminal device 100 as a blended value that represents the amount of each raw material instructed by the user operation in step S2 (step S4). In step S4, the vending machine 300A notifies the terminal device 100 of a value related to the blending of each raw material that can be cooked by other vending machines with the same taste as the coffee provided by the vending machine 300A. The blended value can be said to be a value representing the blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials that the user has instructed to the vending machine 300A. The preparation value to be notified may be, for example, the amount of each raw material used for cooking in the vending machine 300A. Moreover, the preparation value notified may be the ratio of each raw material used for cooking in the vending machine 300A as another example. In addition, as another example, the notified blending value may be a set value of each raw material selected by the user and information representing a relationship between the set value and the amount.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the setting value and the amount in the vending machine 300A. As an example, the vending machine 300A stores the relationship between the set value and the quantity in the HDD 33 as table format information as shown in FIG. A table indicating the relationship between the set value and the amount is stored in advance for each vending machine 300A. The table may be changeable by a predetermined operation on the operation unit 35 or the like.

  The terminal device 100 that has received the above notification from the vending machine 300A in step S4 uses the notified blended value as the preference information of the user of the terminal device 100, for example, to hold the preference information prepared in the RAM 12. (Step S5).

  Next, the user of the terminal device 100 shall purchase the same goods with the vending machine 300B which is a 2nd vending machine. At this time, the user operates the operation unit 35 of the vending machine 300B to select coffee as a product (step S6), and instructs the purchase of coffee without performing an operation of designating the amount of each raw material of coffee. (Step S7). Alternatively, as another example, the user operates a button (not shown) (for example, an “ordinary taste” button) for instructing to prepare coffee using the preference information stored in the terminal device 100. May instruct the purchase of coffee.

  When accepting this user operation, the vending machine 300B notifies the terminal device 100 of a table indicating the relationship between the setting value and the amount in the vending machine 300B (step S8). FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of a table showing the relationship between the setting value and the amount in the vending machine 300B. Note that the notification in the table of the vending machine 300B is necessarily required as long as the notification in step S8 is to notify the terminal device 100 that the vending machine 300B uses the preference information to cook and provide coffee. is not. For example, when the terminal device 100 has already acquired and stored the table of the vending machine 300B, or when the terminal device 100 can acquire the table from another device such as a server, the vending machine 300B Instead of transmitting the table, the vending machine 300B may notify the terminal device 100 that the preference information is used to cook and provide coffee.

  Upon receiving the above notification from the vending machine 300B in step S8, the terminal device 100 converts the blended value of each raw material in the vending machine 300A registered as preference information in the memory into the blended value in the vending machine 300B. (Step S9). In step S9, for example, the terminal device 100 uses an amount of at least one raw material of the plurality of raw materials of coffee in the vending machine 300B, and uses the amount equal to the ratio of each raw material in the vending machine 300A. The amount of each raw material in the vending machine 300B is calculated. And the terminal device 100 determines the setting value used as the ratio nearest to the ratio of each raw material calculated from the setting values of each raw material in the vending machine 300B.

  The terminal device 100 instructs the vending machine 300B on the blended value in the vending machine 300B obtained by converting the blended value in the vending machine 300A in step S9 (step S10).

  The vending machine 300B that has received the above instruction from the terminal device 100 then cooks coffee by blending the amount of ingredients instructed from the terminal device 100, and performs the operation of providing coffee.

<Functional configuration>
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device 100 for performing the above operation. Each function of FIG. 6 is mainly realized by the CPU 10 when the CPU 10 of the terminal device 100 reads a program stored in the ROM 11 onto the RAM 12 and executes the program. However, at least some functions may be realized by other hardware shown in FIG. 2 or other hardware such as an electric circuit (not shown).

  With reference to FIG. 6, the CPU 10 of the terminal device 100 includes a first acquisition unit 101, a registration unit 102, a conversion unit 104, and an instruction unit 106.

  The first acquisition unit 101 wirelessly communicates with the first vending machine, and acquires a value representing a blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials that the user of the terminal device 100 instructs the first vending machine. To do.

  The registration unit 102 uses the first acquisition unit 101 from the first vending machine as a user preference information, and represents the user preference information as a value representing a blending relationship of a plurality of raw materials in the vending machine. It is registered in the preference information storage unit 121 which is a memory for holding. The registration unit 102 may inquire the user about the necessity of registration using the display 14 or the like, and may register a value representing the formulation relationship in the preference information storage unit 121 when a user operation for instructing registration is received.

  The conversion unit 104 converts the value representing the blending relationship in the first vending machine registered as preference information in the preference information storage unit 121 into the value representing the blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials in the second vending machine. Convert. Preferably, the CPU 10 of the terminal device 100 sets a set value (FIG. 5 (FIG. 5)) from the second vending machine to each of a plurality of types of blending relationships for the plurality of raw materials stored in the second vending machine. A second acquisition unit 103 for acquiring B)) is further included. The conversion unit 104 uses, for example, the amount of at least one raw material in the second vending machine represented by the set value acquired from the second vending machine by the second acquisition unit 103 to use the first automatic vending machine. The amount of each raw material in the second vending machine having a ratio equal to the ratio of each raw material in the vending machine is calculated.

  When the user instructs the second vending machine to provide coffee, the instruction unit 106 selects the second vending machine based on the value representing the blending relationship in the second vending machine obtained by the conversion unit 104. Instruct the vending machine about the blending relationship of the plurality of ingredients when providing coffee.

  Preferably, the CPU 10 of the terminal device 100 further includes a determination unit 105. The determination unit 105 represents the blending relationship in the second vending machine obtained by the conversion unit 104 for each raw material from among a plurality of set values prepared for each of the plurality of raw materials in the second vending machine. One set value corresponding to the value is determined. In this case, the instructing unit 106 instructs the second vending machine to use the determined set value for each raw material as an amount to be used for blending.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the vending machine 300 for performing the above operation. Each function of FIG. 7 is mainly realized by the CPU 30 when the CPU 30 of the vending machine 300 reads the program stored in the ROM 31 onto the RAM 32 and executes it. However, at least some of the functions may be realized by other hardware shown in FIG. 3 or other hardware such as an electric circuit (not shown).

  Referring to FIG. 7, the CPU 30 of the vending machine 300 includes a first input unit 301, a blended value determination unit 302, a provision control unit 303, a notification determination unit 304, a first notification unit 305, a second notification unit 306, and A second input unit 307 is included.

  The first input unit 301 receives a user operation by receiving an operation signal input from the operation unit 35. When the user operation is an operation on the button 35B for selecting coffee as a product to be provided and specifying a set value for each raw material as a raw material preparation value, the first input unit 301 sets the operation content as a preparation value. The data is passed to the determination unit 302.

  Based on the user operation on the button 35B, the blend value determination unit 302 determines the blend value of each raw material of coffee that is the selected product. At this time, the blended value determination unit 302 obtains the table of FIG. 5A from the table storage unit 331 which is a memory for storing a table indicating the relationship between the setting value and the amount of each raw material in the vending machine 300. Read and reference to determine the blended value of each raw material. The formulation value determination unit 302 passes the determined formulation value to the provision control unit 303.

  The providing control unit 303 controls the cooking / providing unit 36 so as to provide cooking by preparing each raw material based on the formulation determined by the formulation value determining unit 302 and providing the selected product.

  The notification determination unit 304 monitors the content of the user operation received by the first input unit 301. The notification determination unit 304 instructs the first notification unit 305 or the second notification unit 306 to perform notification according to a user operation. For example, when the user operation received by the first input unit 301 includes an operation on the button 35B for specifying the set value for each raw material, the notification determination unit 304 notifies the first preparation unit 305 of the specified blending value. Instruct to do. In accordance with this instruction, the first notification unit 305 performs wireless communication with the terminal device 100 and notifies the terminal device 100 of the blended value specified by the user operation.

  Instructing that the user operation received by the first input unit 301 does not include an operation for the button 35B for specifying a setting value for each raw material, or that the coffee is prepared using the preference information stored in the terminal device 100 In the case where the operation is a predetermined operation such as an operation for a button (not shown) for performing the notification, the notification determination unit 304 uses the preference information to cook coffee for the second notification unit 306. The terminal device 100 is instructed to be notified. In accordance with this instruction, the second notification unit 306 performs wireless communication with the terminal device 100 to perform the notification. At this time, the second notification unit 306 may transmit the table of FIG. 5 of the vending machine 300 stored in the table storage unit 331 to the terminal device 100.

  The second input unit 307 performs wireless communication with the terminal device 100 and receives an input of a value representing a raw material mixing relationship that has been converted from the terminal device 100 into a value corresponding to the vending machine 300. The instruction is accepted. The second input unit 307 passes the instruction to the provision control unit 303. Upon receiving the instruction from the second input unit 307, the provision control unit 303 performs cooking by preparing each raw material according to the instruction, and controls the cooking / providing unit 36 so as to provide the selected product. .

<Operation flow>
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the vending machine 300. The operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is realized by the CPU 30 of the vending machine 300 reading out and executing the program stored in the ROM 31 on the RAM 32 and exhibiting the functions of FIG. The operation of FIG. 8 is started at a timing when the vending machine 300 accepts the insertion of a coin or accepts a touch on any button, for example.

  Referring to FIG. 8, after starting operation at the above timing, CPU 30 of vending machine 300 waits for a user operation to select a product to be provided (NO in step S101). When receiving a user operation for selecting a product to be provided (YES in step S101), the CPU 30 proceeds to the subsequent operation. After starting the operation at the above timing, if a user operation for selecting a product to be provided is not accepted for a predetermined period, the CPU 30 may end all operations as a timeout.

  When the selected product requires cooking to prepare a plurality of ingredients such as coffee, the CPU 30 presents a button 35B for accepting selection of a set value for each ingredient (step S103). . In step S <b> 103, for example, the CPU 30 may turn on the illumination of the button 35 </ b> B so as to represent the state as a state in which a user operation on the button 35 </ b> B can be accepted. Alternatively, in step S <b> 103, the CPU 30 may display the button 35 </ b> B on the display 34 that is a touch panel so that a user operation can be accepted.

  When a user operation is performed on button 35B and a set value for each material is instructed (YES in step S105), CPU 30 refers to the table in FIG. 5A held in the memory for each material. An amount necessary for cooking is determined as a blended value (step S107).

  Thereafter, CPU 30 waits for a user operation to instruct the purchase of the selected product, coffee. If the user operation for instructing the purchase of coffee has not been performed for a predetermined period (NO in step S109), CPU 30 resets the selection of the product and the designation of the set value of each raw material, and provides the product to be provided. Wait for the user operation to select to be performed. Alternatively, the CPU 30 may time out and end all operations.

  When a user operation for instructing the purchase of coffee is performed (YES in step S109), CPU 30 notifies terminal device 100 of a value representing the blending relationship of each raw material based on the blending value determined in step S107 (step S107). Step S111). Moreover, CPU30 performs the cooking which mix | blends each raw material according to a user instruction | indication, and performs control for providing the coffee which is the selected goods (step S113).

  On the other hand, after coffee is selected as a product to be provided, a user operation stored in the memory of the terminal device 100 such as an operation for instructing the purchase of coffee without performing a user operation for instructing a set value for each raw material is performed. When an operation for instructing coffee cooking is performed using the preference information (NO in step S105 and YES in step S115), CPU 30 notifies terminal device 100 to that effect (step S117). In step S117, the CPU 30 may transmit the table of FIG. 5 held in the memory of the vending machine 300 to the terminal device 100, for example.

  Thereafter, when receiving a value indicating the blending relationship of each raw material from the terminal device 100 and accepting a blending instruction (YES in step S119), the CPU 30 performs cooking to blend each raw material according to the instruction from the terminal device 100, Control for providing coffee as the selected product is executed (step S113).

  Note that if no blending instruction is received from the terminal device 100 for a predetermined period after receiving a user operation for instructing the purchase of coffee (NO in step S119), the CPU 30 sets the set value of each raw material. The user operation may be waited as a state in which the user operation for the button 35B for receiving the selection can be received. Alternatively, in this case, the CPU 30 may cook and provide coffee based on a pre-stored default value related to blending.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the terminal device 100. The operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 is realized by the CPU 10 of the terminal device 100 reading out and executing the program stored in the ROM 11 on the RAM 12 and exhibiting the functions of FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 9, when terminal device 100 is notified from vending machine 300 as a blended value by a value representing a blending relationship of each raw material determined by a user operation on vending machine 300 (YES in step S201). The CPU 10 registers the notified blended value in the memory as the preference information of the user of the terminal device 100 (step S203). At this time, the CPU 10 may display a message for inquiring whether registration is necessary on the display 14 and register the preference information after receiving a user operation for instructing registration.

  When the terminal device 100 receives the table of FIG. 5 from the vending machine 300 and receives a notification of blending coffee using the preference information stored in the terminal device 100 (NO in step S201) And, in step S205, YES), the CPU 10 prepares the blended value of each raw material in the first vending machine registered as the preference information in the memory with the second vending machine that performed the notification in step S205. It converts into a value (step S207). And CPU10 is the ratio with which the terminal device 100 is the closest to the preparation value which is the ratio of each converted raw material from among the setting values of each raw material represented in the table of FIG. 5 of the second vending machine. Is set (step S209). The CPU 10 instructs the vending machine 300 to cook coffee by transmitting the set value determined in step S209 to the vending machine 300 that is the second vending machine (step S211). At this time, the CPU 10 may display a message for inquiring whether or not a cooking instruction is necessary on the display 14 and may instruct the vending machine 300 to cook after receiving a user operation for instructing cooking.

<Effect of Embodiment>
Even when the vending machine 300 and the terminal device 100 perform the above-described operation, when the vending machine used for the first time instructs to cook and provide food such as coffee, the user can use other vending machines. If the product has been instructed in advance to be cooked or provided in the past, without any special operation, coffee etc. to the vending machine at a ratio based on the mixing ratio of each raw material instructed previously You can instruct to cook and provide food. Thereby, the user can enjoy provision of a food with a taste according to his / her preference, regardless of which vending machine is used instead of a specific vending machine.

[Second Embodiment]
As shown in FIG. 1A, the terminal device 100 such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal may be able to communicate with a server 500 that is another device via a communication network such as the Internet. Therefore, the CPU 10 of the terminal device 100 according to the second embodiment communicates with the server 500 via the Internet, and registers user preference information in the server 500 instead of its own memory. That is, the terminal device 100 according to the second embodiment accesses the server 500 when registering the preference information in step S203, and registers the preference information in the server 500 in association with the information for specifying the user. In addition, when the blended value of each raw material in the first vending machine stored as the preference information in step S207 is converted into the blended value in the second vending machine, the second embodiment is applied. The CPU 10 of the terminal device 100 communicates with the server 500 via the Internet, and reads the preference information registered in the server 500 in association with the user of the terminal device 100 from the server 500. Therefore, in the terminal device 100 according to the second embodiment, the registration unit 102 registers the preference information in the server 500 via the network controller 16. Further, in the terminal device 100 according to the second embodiment, the conversion unit 104 reads the preference information from the server 500 via the network controller 16 and uses it.

  Since the terminal device 100 according to the second embodiment has the above-described configuration, it is possible to suppress compression of the memory of the terminal device 100 due to preference information.

<Others>
The disclosed features are realized by one or more modules. For example, the feature can be realized by a circuit element or other hardware module, by a software module that defines processing for realizing the feature, or by a combination of a hardware module and a software module.

  It can also be provided as a program that is a combination of one or more software modules for causing the vending machine or the terminal device to execute the above-described operation. Such a program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk attached to the computer, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a ROM, a RAM, and a memory card, and provided as a program product. You can also. Alternatively, the program can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk built in the computer. A program can also be provided by downloading via a network.

  The program according to the present disclosure is a program module that is provided as a part of a computer operating system (OS) and calls necessary modules in a predetermined arrangement at a predetermined timing to execute processing. Also good. In that case, the program itself does not include the module, and the process is executed in cooperation with the OS. Such a program that does not include a module may also be included in the program according to the present disclosure.

  Further, the program according to the present disclosure may be provided by being incorporated in a part of another program. Even in this case, the program itself does not include the module included in the other program, and the process is executed in cooperation with the other program. A program incorporated in such another program may also be included in the program according to the present disclosure.

  The provided program product is installed in a program storage unit such as a hard disk and executed. The program product includes the program itself and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  10, 30 CPU, 11, 31 ROM, 12, 32 RAM, 13, 37 Wireless communication unit, 14, 34 Display, 15, 35 Operation unit, 16 Network controller, 33 HDD, 35A, 35B, 35C button, 36 Cooking / Providing unit, 100 terminal device, 101 first acquisition unit, 102 registration unit, 103 second acquisition unit, 104 conversion unit, 105 determination unit, 106 instruction unit, 121 preference information storage unit, 300, 300A, 300B vending machine, 301 first input unit 302 mixed value determination unit 303 provision control unit 304 notification determination unit 305 first notification unit 306 second notification unit 307 second input unit 331 table storage unit 500 server

Claims (5)

A terminal device capable of communicating with each of a plurality of vending machines,
Each of the vending machines can provide food by preparing a plurality of raw materials,
A first acquisition unit for acquiring a value representing a blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials, which is designated by a user associated with the terminal device to a first vending machine among the plurality of vending machines. When,
A memory for holding a value representing the formulation relationship for the user;
A conversion unit for converting the value representing the blending relationship in the first vending machine into a value representing the blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials in the second vending machine among the plurality of vending machines; ,
When the user instructs the second vending machine to provide the food, based on the value representing the blending relationship in the second vending machine obtained by the conversion unit, the second vending machine A terminal device comprising: an instruction unit for instructing a blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials when the food is provided to a vending machine. A second acquisition unit for acquiring, from the second vending machine, options representing each of a plurality of types of blending relationships for the plurality of raw materials stored in the second vending machine;
A determination unit for determining one option corresponding to a value representing the blending relationship in the second vending machine obtained by the conversion unit from the plurality of options;
The said instruction | indication part instruct | indicates the mixing relation of these raw materials at the time of providing the said food by notifying the said choice determined by the said determination part to a said 2nd vending machine. Terminal equipment.   In the first vending machine, the determination unit is configured such that a blending ratio of the plurality of raw materials in the second vending machine represented by each of the plurality of options among the plurality of options is in the first vending machine. The most choice is determined as the option corresponding to the value representing the blending relationship in the second vending machine, with respect to the blending ratio of each of the plurality of ingredients to the food indicated by the value representing the blending relationship of the plurality of ingredients. The terminal device according to claim 2. A control method of the vending machine by a terminal device capable of communicating with a plurality of vending machines,
Each of the vending machines can provide food by preparing a plurality of raw materials,
Obtaining from the first vending machine a value representing a blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials that the user associated with the terminal device has instructed to the first vending machine;
Accessing a memory holding a value representing the formulation relationship for the user;
Converting a value representing the blending relationship in the first vending machine into a value representing a blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials in a second vending machine;
When the user instructs the second vending machine to provide the food, the second vending machine is configured based on a value representing the blending relationship in the second vending machine. A method for controlling a vending machine, comprising: instructing a blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials when providing food. A program for controlling a terminal device capable of communicating with a vending machine,
Each of the vending machines can provide food by preparing a plurality of raw materials,
The program is stored in the terminal device.
Obtaining from the first vending machine a value representing a blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials that the user associated with the terminal device has instructed to the first vending machine;
Accessing a memory holding a value representing the formulation relationship for the user;
Converting a value representing the blending relationship in the first vending machine into a value representing a blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials in a second vending machine;
When the user instructs the second vending machine to provide the food, the second vending machine is configured based on a value representing the blending relationship in the second vending machine. And a step of instructing a blending relationship of the plurality of raw materials when providing food.

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