JP2021045754A - Rice milling operation system of rice milling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a rice milling operation system which improves use convenience of rice milling equipment by performing rice milling based on an application of a portable terminal which has developed in recent years.SOLUTION: A rice milling operation system of rice milling equipment comprises a rice milling machine in a building and comprises, in charge type rice milling equipment which performs milling of brown rice in such a manner that a control part 14 drives and controls the rice milling machine, communication equipment which can communicate with a portable terminal K of a user, and performs rice milling operation by the potable terminal K via an application for rice milling operation. An operation time of the rice milling operation via the application corresponds to the point acquired by the user. When the rice milling operation abnormally stops, the system transmits such abnormality to a portable terminal T of a manager through the application from the portable terminal K of the user, whereby a new point is given.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a rice milling facility for milling rice at an expense.

Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 describe a technique of holding a mobile terminal over rice milling operation and withdrawing the charge from the mobile terminal in addition to inserting coins and performing rice milling operation by a fee.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-123391 Japanese Patent No. 5560656

An object of the present invention is to improve the convenience of use of rice milling equipment by performing rice milling operation based on an application of a mobile terminal that has been developed in recent years.

In order to solve such a problem, the invention according to claim 1 is
The fee-based rice milling equipment, which is equipped with a rice milling machine inside the building and the control unit drives and controls the rice milling machine to process brown rice, is equipped with communication equipment that enables communication with the user's mobile terminal, and the rice is milled with the mobile terminal. Rice milling is performed via a driving application,
The driving time of rice milling operation via the application corresponds to the points acquired by the user.
When the rice milling operation stops abnormally, if the user's mobile terminal sends a message to the administrator's mobile terminal through the application to that effect, new points will be given to the rice milling equipment. ..

As a result, it is possible to promote the notification of abnormal stop by the user and to promptly respond by the administrator.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, an opening / closing door for opening / closing the input port of the charging hopper for loading brown rice is provided, and when the application is opened on the mobile terminal, the opening / closing door opens to enable the brown rice to be charged into the charging hopper. The rice milling operation system for the rice milling equipment according to claim 1, wherein the rice milling system is characterized by the above.

This makes it easier for the user to put the brown rice into the throwing hopper.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the operating time of the rice milling operation via the application corresponds to the points acquired by the user, and when the points remain, the opening / closing door opens when the application is opened. The rice milling operation system of the rice milling equipment according to claim 2 is characterized in that.

As a result, the opening / closing door can be opened when it is determined that the user is a true user.

The invention according to claim 4
Claims 1 to 3 are characterized in that a charge switch for inserting cash into the charge slot to obtain points is provided, and the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing door is regulated when cash is inserted when the charge switch is ON. The rice milling operation system of the rice milling equipment described in any one of them.

As a result, the user can save the trouble of inserting cash every time the rice is milled. In addition, unnecessary opening operation of the opening / closing door can be regulated when the rice milling operation is not performed.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, a convenient rice milling facility can be provided.

Diagram showing the guest room seen from the front Diagram showing the inside of rice milling equipment as seen from a plane Work process diagram of rice milling equipment Control block diagram Diagram showing the user's mobile terminal screen Example of giving points

The charge-type rice milling equipment according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 2, the building 1 is divided into a machine room 3 and a guest room 4 in the front-rear direction by a partition wall 2. In this embodiment, the passenger compartment 4 side is referred to as the front side, and the machine room 3 side is referred to as the rear side.

An input hopper 5 for accommodating brown rice brought by the user, a rotary valve 6 for feeding out the brown rice in the input hopper 5, an elevator 7 for raising brown rice, a stone remover 8 for removing stones from brown rice, and a rice milling machine for brown rice. A rice milling machine 9 and a white rice tank 10 for accommodating polished rice are provided.

The charging hopper 5 and the white rice tank 10 are provided on the guest room 4, and the elevator 7, the stone removing machine 8, and the rice milling machine 9 are provided on the machine room 3 side. The input hopper 5 is provided on one left and right side of the guest room 4, and the white rice tank 10 is provided on the other left and right sides of the guest room 4. Between the charging hopper 5 and the white rice tank 10, a whitening degree selection switch 11 for setting the whiteness, a charge input port 12 for inputting a charge, and a change return port 15 are provided. An opening / closing door 13 for closing / opening the insertion port of the insertion hopper 5 is provided on the front side of the insertion hopper 5. A QR code (registered trademark) d is provided near the charge slot.

As shown in FIG. 4, a control unit 14 for controlling rice milling operation is provided, and a communication device 15 capable of communicating with the user's mobile terminal K is connected to the control unit 14. A brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 for detecting the presence / absence of brown rice is provided in the charging hopper 5. The brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 can be attached to the rice milling machine 9 on the front-end process side other than the charging hopper 5. The control unit 14 is configured to be able to communicate with the cloud C that stores user information. As shown in FIG. 4, the cloud C is configured to be able to communicate with a plurality of rice milling facilities, and stores information on each rice milling facility.

Next, a procedure for inserting cash into the charge input port 12 to perform rice milling operation will be described.

When the charge input detection sensor 17 detects that the charge has been input to the charge input port 12, the user opens the opening / closing door 13. When the user puts the brown rice brought into the charging hopper 5 and selects a desired polishing degree (for example, wash-free rice, standard, and mashing) with the whitening degree selection switch 11, each part of the apparatus starts operation.

The brown rice in the input hopper 5 is fed out by the rotary valve 6, transported by the elevator 7, stone-pulled by the stone-pulling machine 8, and milled by the rice-polishing machine 9, which becomes polished rice and is discharged to the white rice tank 10. When the operation time corresponding to the charge elapses or the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects that the brown rice supplied to the rice milling machine 9 has run out, the rice milling operation ends after a predetermined time. When the set time elapses from the end of the rice milling operation, the opening / closing door 13 closes.

Next, the rice milling operation by the application A will be described.

When the user holds the mobile terminal K over the QR code d, the user makes a communication connection with a site (homepage or the like) containing the application A and acquires the application A. Application A can be obtained for free. Then, when the registered name such as the name and the information such as the telephone number and the e-mail address are registered in the application A (see A and F in FIG. 5), the setting of the application A is completed. User information and point information are stored in the cloud C. During the rice milling operation, if the rice milling operation is performed with the application A open and the above-mentioned charges are applied, points are given according to the charges used. When points are given, rice milling can be performed using the points. Alternatively, the rice milling operation may be enabled when the points above the setting are accumulated.

Next, a case where rice milling operation is performed by using points and charges together will be described.

For example, suppose that 100 yen or 100 points are required for every operation of 10 kg of brown rice, and 10 points are given for every 100 yen of input fee. At this time, it is assumed that 150 points have already been given.

When the user puts the charge into the charge input port 12 or opens the application A, the opening / closing door 13 opens. At this time, if the points remain in the application A, the opening / closing door 13 may be configured to open. The user throws the brown rice brought into the throwing hopper 5, the user sets a point to be used in the application A, selects the whitening degree selection switch 11, and the control unit 14 starts the rice milling operation. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the brown rice brought in is about 30 kg, the input fee is 300 yen, and the set points are 100 points (see C in FIG. 5).

In the rice milling operation, first, the subtraction process is performed from the set points, and when the rice milling operation time for the points elapses, the subtraction process is performed from the input charge. 100 points and 200 yen are sequentially subtracted to process 30 kg of rice, and when it is detected that the brown rice supplied to the rice mill 9 is exhausted, the rice milling operation is terminated and 100 yen of change is returned from the change return port. ..

Then, the application A displays the status of the points used this time (100 points) and the points given (20 points due to the input fee of 200 yen) (see D in FIG. 5).

Next, a case where the available points are 150 points, the input fee is 100 yen, the set points are 100 points, and the brown rice brought by the user is about 25 kg will be described.

After the start of the rice milling operation, as described above, first, the set 100 points and then the charged 100 yen are subtracted. Normally, at this time, about 20 kg of brown rice is milled. If the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects the presence of brown rice when the 100 points and 100 yen worth of rice milling operation time have elapsed, the mobile terminal K is displayed to indicate whether or not to use the remaining 50 points. Have someone choose. At this time, the rice milling operation is temporarily stopped. When the user chooses to use the points, the rice milling operation is restarted and the rice milling operation by the points is continued. Alternatively, a new input fee may be charged to restart the rice milling operation. Alternatively, the rice milling operation may be performed by continuously using the remaining 50 points.

In the case of cash, the rice milling equipment is configured to be deducted in units of 100 yen, and in the case of points, it may be deducted for each point. That is, in the case of a configuration in which 10 kg of brown rice can be milled at 100 points, 100 g of rice can be milled at 1 point. As a result, an expensive coin mech in units of 10 yen in cash is not required, and brown rice in small units can be milled by points while using an inexpensive coin mech in units of 100 yen.

Next, a case where the rice milling operation is started at the point without paying a fee will be described.

When the user opens the application A already set in the mobile terminal K in the guest room 4, the opening / closing door 13 opens. When the user throws brown rice into the throwing hopper 5 and selects the whitening degree selection switch 11, the rice milling operation starts. When the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects the presence of brown rice when the operation time corresponding to the available points has elapsed, the rice milling operation is temporarily stopped and the mobile terminal is urged to inject a new input fee to the user. Display on.

When the points of application A of the present embodiment reach the set points (for example, 100 points), they can be used from the start of the rice milling operation, and the fractional points less than the set points are used as points and charges in the middle after the start of the rice milling operation. It may be made available when it reaches and the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects brown rice. That is, if the above-mentioned usable points are 150 points, the input fee is 100 yen, the set points are 100 points, and the brown rice brought by the user is about 25 kg, 20 kg is 100 yen in cash. The rice can be milled at 100 points, and the remaining 5 kg can be milled at 50 points.

Next, a process when the rice milling machine 9 stops abnormally during the rice milling operation will be described.

When the rice milling operation is abnormally stopped, an indication is displayed to the administrator's mobile terminal T through application A, for example, by e-mail (see G in FIG. 5). When the user sends that fact, the set points are given. As a result, it is possible to promote the notification of abnormal stop by the user and to promptly respond by the administrator.

The screen of the user's mobile terminal K of FIG. 5 will be described below.

In FIG. 5A, a switch for displaying the usage status before the rice milling operation and setting the usage of points is provided. FIG. 5B is a display when the user's mobile terminal K and the control unit 14 cannot communicate with each other. The communication of this embodiment uses a communication device capable of communicating in the vicinity of the building 1. (C) in FIG. 5 is a screen for setting the number of points. FIG. 5D is a screen showing the usage status of points after rice milling operation. FIG. 5 (E) is a screen showing an example of a receipt for the use of rice milling operation. (F) of FIG. 5 is a screen for setting registration of user information. FIG. 5 (G) is a screen displaying that the rice has stopped abnormally during the rice milling operation. FIG. 5H is an email screen transmitted by the user and displayed on the administrator's mobile terminal T.

The points of rice milling operation using the application A will be described with reference to FIG.

For example, as described above, 10 kg is 10 points for 100 yen, but for example, when milling rice with an amount of brown rice larger than 30 kg continuously, points may be added. That is, for example, if you drive 400 yen with 40 kg, 30 points for 300 yen with 30 kg will be 30 points for 10 points per 100 yen, and 20 points for the remaining 100 yen, for a total of 50 points (example of giving points during rice milling operation). .. Alternatively, if the rice is continuously milled for 400 yen, 20 points may be set for every 100 yen, for a total of 80 points. As a result, it is possible to promote the use by a large number of users who perform a large amount of rice milling operation.

Next, a method of converting cash into points without performing rice milling operation will be described.

When the user operates the charge switch 20 to insert cash into the charge input port 12 with the application A open, the rice milling operation is not performed, and the charge switch 20 is shown in FIG. 6 as a point corresponding to the input charge. An example of giving points when ON is shown. Since the rice milling operation is not performed when cash is inserted by the charge switch, additional points are given to 100 points corresponding to 100 yen.

In the example of giving points when the charge switch 20 is ON, 10 points are added for every 100 yen, and 20 points are added when 400 yen or more is input.

As a result, the user can increase the rice milling operation time by adding points by converting many charges into points at one time. In addition, it is possible to save the trouble of inserting cash every time the rice is milled. In addition, as described above, the point is that brown rice can be milled in a smaller unit than cash, so that efficient rice milling operation can be performed.

When the charge switch 20 is operated to insert cash, the opening / closing door 13 is not opened, or when the charge switch 20 is operated after the opening / closing door 13 is opened by opening the application A, the opening / closing door 13 is closed. You can do it.

Next, when the rice milling operation is performed by the application A, the degree of whitening at the time of performing the rice milling operation is stored as user information. Then, in the next rice milling operation, the rice milling operation may be automatically started when the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects that the application A is opened, the opening / closing door 13 is opened, and the brown rice is thrown in.

As a result, it is possible to save the trouble of operating the whitening degree selection switch 11 every time the rice milling operation is performed.

1 Building 5 Input hopper 9 Rice milling machine 13 Opening and closing door 14 Control unit 15 Communication equipment A Application K (user's) mobile terminal

Claims (4)

The fee-based rice milling equipment, which is equipped with a rice milling machine inside the building and the control unit drives and controls the rice milling machine to process brown rice, is equipped with communication equipment that enables communication with the user's mobile terminal, and the rice is milled with the mobile terminal. Rice milling is performed via a driving application,
The driving time of rice milling operation via the application corresponds to the points acquired by the user.
A rice milling operation system for rice milling equipment, characterized in that when the rice milling operation is abnormally stopped, new points are given when the user's mobile terminal transmits the abnormality to the administrator's mobile terminal through an application. Claim 1 is characterized in that an opening / closing door for opening / closing the insertion port of a charging hopper for loading brown rice is provided, and when the application is opened on the mobile terminal, the opening / closing door is opened to enable loading of brown rice into the charging hopper. The rice milling operation system of the described rice milling equipment. The operation time of the rice milling operation via the application corresponds to the points acquired by the user, and when the points remain, the opening / closing door opens when the application is opened. The rice milling operation system of the described rice milling equipment. Claims 1 to 3, wherein a charge switch for inserting cash into the charge slot to obtain points is provided, and the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing door is regulated when cash is inserted when the charge switch is ON. The rice milling operation system of the rice milling equipment described in any of them.

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