JP3147990U - Vending machine fortune-telling and fortune-telling machines and vending machines with fortune-telling and fortune-telling functions - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide a fortune teller or a fortune-telling as a service in addition to a purchased product to a product purchaser at the vending machine, and is excellent in practicality and versatility (spreading). I will provide a. A vending machine 10 is provided with a fortune teller / fortune-telling device (fortune-telling / fortune-telling device). When the fortune-telling / fortune-telling device receives the selection of the drinking water 11 and the charge settlement end signal by the product purchaser, the product purchaser can select the type of fortune-telling or fortune-telling to be provided, and the touch panel portion 30. The mobile printer unit 40 that outputs the fortune-telling or fortune-telling results on the basis of the fortune-telling / fortune-telling database from the selected date / time data and the fortune-telling / fortune-telling data from the selected date / time data. In addition to the purchased drinking water 11, fortune-telling or fortune-telling 50 can be provided to 11 purchasers. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine-related technology for providing fortune telling or fortune-telling as a service to a purchaser of a vending machine in addition to the purchased product.

Conventionally, as a prior art that combines “fortune-telling or fortune” and “vending machines”, there are the following.
Patent Document 1 discloses a vending machine for the purpose of providing fortune-telling or fortune-telling.
In Patent Document 2, a new function is added to the vending machine, and the selection button, the controller, and the fortune-telling card are divided into 12 kinds of constellations on the main body of the article dispensing device for the purpose of promoting the sales of the product. 12 stockers, sorters, and feeders are provided, and the article dispensing device is connected to a vending machine, and a user who purchases a product with the vending machine can operate the selection button only for a certain period of time. Like that. For example, when the user presses the selection button of Virgo, the fortune telling card of Virgo is taken out from the stocker by the sorter. There is disclosed a vending machine in which a fortune-telling card taken out is paid out from a discharge port by a dispensing machine.
Patent Document 3 discloses a beverage container (juice can) of a vending machine provided with a fortune-telling / fortune-telling column on which fortune-telling or fortune-telling is described.

JP 2003-6735 A Utility Model Registration No. 3029085 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-68575

However, the above-mentioned patent document 1 is a vending machine for the purpose of providing fortune telling or fortune-telling, and a vending machine for providing fortune-telling or fortune-telling as a service in addition to purchased products (for example, canned coffee, cigarettes, etc.). is not.
On the other hand, although the said patent document 2 is disclosing the vending machine which provides a horoscope card as a service in addition to the purchased goods, the apparatus is large (external apparatus), existing It cannot be easily installed in vending machines, and there are doubts about its practicality and versatility.
On the other hand, Patent Document 3 discloses a vending machine that provides fortune-telling or fortune-telling as a service to a purchased drinking water container (juice can), and can be easily realized simply by changing the beverage container. However, it is necessary to prepare a beverage container with a lottery / fortune telling, etc., and in that sense, there are doubts about practicality and versatility (spreading).

  Therefore, the present invention provides a fortune teller or a fortune-telling as a service in addition to the purchased product to the product purchaser at the vending machine, and is excellent in practicality and versatility (spreadability). The purpose is to provide vending machine related technology. In addition, as for the technology that is the basis of the present invention, a utility model registration application has already been filed.

In order to achieve the above object, a first device is a fortune teller / omikuji device for a vending machine that provides a fortune teller or fortune-telling as a service in addition to the purchased goods to a product buyer at the vending machine. When the product purchaser receives a signal indicating the selection of the purchased product and the settlement of the fee, the product purchaser can select the type of fortune-telling or fortune-telling provided, and the fortune selected from the touch-panel unit or And a mobile printer unit that outputs a fortune-telling or fortune-telling result based on a fortune-telling / fortune-telling database based on the type of fortune-telling and the selected date / time data.
Here, “fortune-telling or fortune-telling” includes useful words such as maxims and money.
The second idea is the fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for the vending machine, wherein the fortune-telling / fortune-telling database is recorded on a recording medium that can be inserted into the mobile printer unit.
A third device is the fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for the vending machine, in which the mobile printer unit has a counter function for counting the number of fortune-telling / fortune-telling provided.
A fourth device is a vending machine with a fortune-telling / fortune-telling function, characterized in that the vending machine includes the first to third fortune-telling / fortune-telling devices for vending machines.
The fifth device is equipped with a fortune-telling and fortune-telling function, characterized in that the touch panel part of the fortune-telling and fortune-telling device for vending machines is provided outside the vending machine, and the mobile printer part is provided inside the vending machine. It is a vending machine.

The present invention has the following effects.
(1) The fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for vending machines according to the present invention has a structure including a touch panel portion and a mobile printer portion, so that it can be easily operated by a product purchaser using the vending machine. You can reduce the cost of creating fortunes.
(2) By using a fortune-telling / fortune-telling database recorded on a recording medium that can be inserted into a mobile printer unit, it is very easy to replace the database.
(3) By providing a counter function for counting the number of fortune-telling and fortune-telling provided by the mobile printer section, the number of fortune-telling and fortune-telling can be easily managed and grasped.
(4) By attaching the fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for vending machines according to the present invention to an existing vending machine, the use of vending machines for this fortune-telling or fortune-telling is expected, and it is a powerful tool for vending machines. It becomes a sales promotion means.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a vending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for vending machines according to the present invention.
The vending machine 10 shown in FIG. 1 sells drinking water 11, a selection button 12 for selecting drinking water to be purchased, a coin slot 13, a banknote slot 14, and a commodity outlet 15. This is a very general vending machine provided with a change outlet 16. The vending machine 10 is not limited to the vending machine for drinking water 11, and for example, the vending machine for cigarettes, the vending machine for alcoholic beverages and the like are not particularly limited. Further, the vending machine 10 may be provided with an additional function that allows settlement with electronic money such as an IC card in addition to cash.

  The vending machine 10 includes a vending machine fortune-telling / fortune-telling device (hereinafter, “fortune-telling / fortune-telling device”) 20 shown in FIG. The fortune-telling / fortune-telling device 20 receives a selection signal of the drinking water 11 by the product purchaser and a payment completion signal, and the touch panel unit 30 enables the product purchaser to select the type of fortune-telling or fortune-telling provided. The beverage of the vending machine 10 is provided with a mobile printer unit 40 that outputs the fortune-telling or fortune-telling results on paper based on the fortune-telling / fortune-telling database based on the type of fortune-telling or fortune-telling selected from 30 and the selected date / time data. In addition to the purchased drinking water 11, fortune-telling or fortune-telling 50 can be provided to the purchaser of the water 11.

  A touch panel unit 30 of the fortune-telling / fortune-telling device 20 is attached to the front surface of the vending machine 10 so that the purchaser can select the type of fortune-telling or fortune-telling using the touch panel method. For example, fortune teller or fortune type (item) such as “blood type fortune telling”, “horoscope”, “zodiac sign”, “fortune telling”, “maximum / gold quote”, etc. are displayed on the monitor of the touch panel section. Can be selected. When the product purchaser selects “blood type fortune telling”, the blood type “A type”, “B type”, “O type”, “AB type” is displayed next, and the product purchaser selects the blood type “A type”. ”Is selected, and the selected data (fortune / fortune selection data) is transmitted to the mobile printer unit 40. The operation necessary for the product purchaser is as described above. The operation is extremely easy, and the operation can be performed even by an elderly person. If necessary, operation guidance by voice may be attached.

  The mobile printer unit 40 of the fortune-telling / fortune-telling device 20 receives “fortune-telling / fortune-telling selection data (blood type fortune-telling * A type)” transmitted from the touch panel unit 30 and “date and time” from the built-in calendar clock of the mobile printer unit 40. Data (November, 2008) ”is acquired. Then, a blood group fortune-telling result is extracted from the fortune-telling / fortune-telling database 41 based on the “fortune-telling / fortune-selecting data” and “date / time data”. The extracted blood group fortune-telling results are output as paper “fortune-telling 50” from the mobile printer unit 40.

Here, the fortune-telling / fortune-telling database 41 may be recorded on a recording medium 49 (such as a memory card) that can be inserted into the mobile printer unit 40. When the fortune-telling / Omikuji data needs to be updated or changed, it is possible to easily replace the fortune-telling / Omikuji database 41 by simply inserting the recording medium 49 in which a new fortune-telling / Omikuji database is recorded. is there.
Fortune-telling and fortune-telling results are output as “Fortune-telling or fortune-telling 50” from the mobile printer 40 each time, so there is no need to prepare fortune-telling or fortune-telling in advance, and there is a risk of out-of-stock / out-of-stock conditions. It can be provided at almost no cost.
Furthermore, by providing a counter function that counts the number of fortune-telling and fortune-telling provided to the mobile printer unit 40, the number of fortune-telling and fortune-telling can be easily managed and grasped, and the content (type of fortune-telling and fortune-telling) can be changed. It becomes important material such as additions.

  Note that the touch panel unit 30 of the fortune telling / fortune-telling device 20 does not receive a selection signal of purchased drinking water and a payment settlement end by the drinking water purchaser, but the vending machine 10 sends the purchased drinking water to the drinking water purchaser. May be received (discharged to the product outlet 15). In short, the touch panel unit 30 only needs to be able to receive information that a drinking water purchaser has purchased drinking water from the vending machine 10.

  Fortune-telling and fortune-telling are popular contents regardless of age or gender, and the use of the vending machine 10 for this fortune-telling or fortune-telling is assumed, and it becomes an effective sales promotion means for the vending machine 10. In particular, by making this fortune-telling or fortune-telling 30 one day unit, a repeater who uses the vending machine 10 every day for the purpose of this fortune-telling or fortune-telling is assumed, and as a very effective sales promotion means for the vending machine 10 Become.

  The fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for vending machines according to the present invention can be widely used as sales promotion means for various vending machines. Here, the type of products sold by the vending machine is not limited, and the content / type of fortune telling / fortune-telling provided with the products is not limited.

Explanatory drawing which shows the vending machine which concerns on this application device. Explanatory drawing which shows the fortune-telling and fortune-telling apparatus for vending machines based on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vending machine 11 Drinking water 12 Selection button 13 Coin insertion slot 14 Banknote insertion slot 15 Product outlet 16 Change outlet 20 Fortune teller and fortune teller device (fortune teller fortune teller)
30 Touch Panel 40 Mobile Printer 41 Fortune-telling / Omikuji Database 49 Recording Medium 50 Fortune-telling / Omikuji

Claims (5)

A vending machine fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for providing fortune-telling or fortune-telling as a service in addition to the purchased products to the product purchaser at the vending machine,
A touch panel unit that enables the product purchaser to select the type of fortune-telling or fortune-telling to be provided upon receipt of a selection signal of the purchased product by the product purchaser and a payment completion fee;
A mobile printer unit that outputs the fortune-telling or fortune-telling results based on the fortune-telling / fortune-telling database based on the type of fortune-telling or fortune-telling selected from the touch panel section and the selected date / time data; and
A fortune-telling and fortune-telling device for vending machines.   The fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for vending machines according to claim 1, wherein the fortune-telling / fortune-telling database is recorded on a recording medium that can be inserted into the mobile printer section.   3. The fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for vending machines according to claim 1, wherein the mobile printer section has a counter function for counting the number of fortune-telling / fortune-telling provided.   A vending machine with a fortune-telling / fortune-telling function, characterized in that the vending machine includes the fortune-telling / fortune-telling device for vending machines according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   5. A vending machine with fortune-telling and fortune-telling functions according to claim 4, wherein the touch panel section of the fortune-telling and fortune-telling machine for vending machines is provided outside the vending machine and the mobile printer section is provided inside the vending machine. Machine.

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