JP5167653B2 - Screen display control method in vending machine and vending machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for controlling a display of a screen in a vending machine that sells a sales target such as a ticket or a beverage by displaying a button related to the sales target on a screen, and a vending machine used for the implementation.

  In the ticket vending machine installed at the station, in order to sell tickets according to multiple boarding sections, there are multiple mechanical buttons with different charges printed, a coin slot and a ticket outlet. When an appropriate button is pressed after the required amount of money has been inserted into the money slot by the user, the ticket corresponding to the button is discharged from the ticket outlet. It has become.

  In such a ticket vending machine, each time the boarding fee is revised, the button or the printing part of the button surface must be replaced. Therefore, a display operation unit with a touch panel superimposed on the display is provided, and the display of the display operation unit is provided. A vending machine that displays a plurality of buttons indicating different charges as images on a screen has been put into practical use (for example, see Patent Document 1).

In a vending machine equipped with such a display operation unit, the arrangement and size of each button displayed on the display operation unit are uniformly determined according to the average physical state of an adult who is frequently used. Each button is displayed on the display / operation unit so as to have the determined arrangement and size.
JP-A-8-55247

  However, in such a conventional vending machine, since each button is displayed on the display operation unit with a certain arrangement and size, for example, a child who is small in height but used by an elderly person with low vision There was a problem that the operation of each displayed button was hindered.

  In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to install multiple types of vending machines with different heights of the display operation unit and the size of each button displayed on the display operation unit according to the target user. However, it is difficult to carry out the installation at a plurality of stations because of the increased cost.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, Comprising: The screen display control method and vending machine in a vending machine which can respond to each of the some user from whom a physical state differs are provided.

  The present invention stores different display information for each of a plurality of physical states related to a user in the storage unit, while detecting the physical state of the user, and based on the detection result, the user's body A target state is specified, display information related to the physical state of the specified user is read from the storage unit, and the screen of the display operation unit is changed based on the read display information.

  In the present invention, different display information is stored in the storage unit for each of a plurality of physical states related to the user. For example, the first display information in which each button is arranged in a lower area in the screen displayed on the display operation unit, and the second display for displaying a display content corresponding to a child who has not reached the predetermined first age on a required button. Display information and / or third display information with a relatively large button size displayed on the display operation unit is stored.

  The vending machine includes a detection unit such as an infrared sensor, a voice sensor, and / or an imager, and detects the physical state of the user by the detection unit.

And based on the detection result of the detection unit, whether the user's physical state, for example, a user who has not reached a predetermined height, a child who has not reached the first age, and / or an elderly person of the second age or older Etc., display information corresponding to the specified physical state is read from the storage unit, and the screen of the display operation unit is changed so as to be a screen related to the read display information.
Thereby, it is possible to deal with each of a plurality of users having different physical states such as height and / or visual acuity with one vending machine.

(Embodiment of the present invention)
FIG. 1 is a schematic external perspective view showing an example of a vending machine according to the present invention, and shows a case where it is applied as a ticket vending machine that sells a ticket.
As shown in FIG. 1, the ticket vending machine 1 includes a housing 40 in which a front upper region of a rectangular parallelepiped shell is obliquely cut. A display operation unit 2 in which a touch panel is superimposed on a display is disposed at a substantially central position of the oblique cut portion of the housing 40. The display operation unit 2 includes a plurality of charges indicating charges as described later. A button is displayed. At the lower position of the display operation unit 2, a coin insertion slot 45 for inserting coins, a banknote insertion slot 46 for inserting banknotes, a banknote return slot 47 for returning change banknotes, a coin return slot 48 for returning change coins, and A ticket discharge port 49 for discharging the ticket is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a deposit storage unit 15 for storing the inserted coin and the inserted bill separately, and a coin determination unit 13 for determining the inserted coin are inserted into the ticket machine 1. A banknote discriminating section 14 for discriminating the banknotes, a withdrawal storage section 16 for separately storing coins and banknotes for change, a withdrawal section 17 for withdrawing the required amount of change from the withdrawal storage section 16, and a strip of paper A ticket issuing part (release part) 18 for sending, cutting and discharging a belt of a required length from a ticket roll formed by forming a magnetic layer on the back surface of the ticket, and a boarding amount on the surface of the band sent by the ticket issuing part 18 In addition, a printing unit 19 that prints a boarding station name and the like, and a recording unit 20 that records magnetic information such as a boarding amount and a boarding station name are stored in the back surface magnetic layer of the belt sent out by the ticket issuing unit 18.
The operations of the depositing storage unit 15, the coin discriminating unit 13, the banknote discriminating unit 14, the withdrawal storing unit 16, the dispensing unit 17, the ticket issuing unit 18, the printing unit 19, and the recording unit 20 are controlled by the control unit 10. ing.

  When a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 45 and / or a banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 46, the coin discrimination unit 13 and / or the banknote discrimination unit 14 discriminates the coin and / or banknote, and the display operation unit 2 Of the displayed buttons, the buttons up to the corresponding amount within the total amount are lit up. When the display operation unit 2 detects that an appropriate button has been touched, the printing unit 19 prints the boarding amount and the boarding station name on the surface of the band sent out by the ticket issuing unit 18, and the recording unit 20 records the band. Record magnetic information such as boarding amount and boarding station name on the back of the car. In this way, the printed and recorded band is cut into a predetermined length by the ticket issuing unit 18 and then discharged from the ticket discharge port 49.

  In addition, although it has comprised so that a coin and a banknote may be used in this Embodiment, this invention is not restricted to this, The structure which can use a prepaid card, a credit card, or electronic money, or these, a coin, and a banknote It is also possible to employ a configuration in which both of the above can be used.

In the ticket vending machine according to the present invention, a detection unit for detecting the physical state of the user, such as whether the user is relatively small and whether the user is a dwarf or an elderly person. 3 is provided at an appropriate position of the housing 40, and when the detection unit 3 detects such a user, the display of each button by the display operation unit 2 is changed according to the detection result as described later. It is like that.
Such button arrangement information and its change information are set in advance in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11 of the ticket vending machine 1, and necessary information is expanded in a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12 to be displayed on the display operation unit 2. To be displayed.

  By the way, as the detection unit 3 described above, for example, human sensors 31 and 31 such as infrared sensors are arranged at appropriate height positions from the installation surface of the housing 40, for example, a height position of 140 cm and a height position of 90 cm. In addition, a microphone 32 for inputting a user's voice can be provided. The voice input to the microphone 32 is given to the age estimation unit 4 as a voice signal, and the age estimation unit 4 estimates the age of the user who has input the voice.

  For example, Minematsu Nobuaki, Hirose Keikichi, Sekiguchi Mariko, “Identification of subjective elderly people using speaker recognition technology and estimation of subjective age based on such speech signals "Information Processing Society Journal, vol. 7, pp. 2186-2196, 2002, Atsunori Ogawa, Yoshikazu Yamaguchi, Shoichi Matsunaga, “Construction of elementary school speech database and child speech recognition using it.” IEICE Tech. The methods disclosed in 1-6 and 2002 can be applied.

  The detection unit 3 having such a configuration determines that the user is relatively short when the high-level human sensor 31 does not detect the low-level human sensor 31 even though the low-level human sensor 31 detects the user. can do. In addition, when the estimated age of the voice sound input from the microphone 32 is a predetermined age of, for example, 12 years old or less, it can be determined that the user is a dwarf user. It can be determined that the user is.

  In addition, as a structure of the detection part 3, it can also be comprised with the microphone 32. FIG. In this case, when the estimated age of the voice sound input from the microphone 32 is a predetermined age, for example, 10 years old or less, it is possible to detect the user by determining that the user is relatively short. it can.

  Alternatively, two imagers may be arranged at a predetermined distance from each other, and an estimation unit that estimates the height and age of the user from user image data obtained by imaging with both imagers may be provided. In this case, the height of the user image in the image data, the distance from the two imagers to the user, the distance between the two imagers, etc. can be estimated, and the user's height can be estimated. The age of the user can be estimated from the wrinkle state of the face of the image.

  In the ticket vending machine 1 shown in FIG. 1, the microphone 32 is supported by a flexible support tube. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the microphone is embedded at one or more height positions of the housing 40. It may be.

3 to 5 are flowcharts showing a screen control procedure of the display operation unit 2 by the control unit 10 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 10 reads the standard screen data stored in the ROM 11, expands it in the RAM, and displays the standard screen on the display operation unit 2 (steps S1 and S2).

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a standard screen. Here, the standard screen is displayed when a user is not detected by the detection unit 3 and when a user who is relatively short and a user who is not a dwarf or an elderly user is detected as described later. A screen displayed on the operation unit 2.

  As shown in FIG. 6, on the standard screen, a plurality of ticket buttons 21, 21,... For selling a ticket and an entrance ticket button 24 for selling an entrance ticket are displayed in the vertical / They are arranged at a predetermined distance in the lateral direction. Each of the ticket buttons 21, 21,... Displays characters indicating the adult fee for the boarding section for each of a plurality of boarding sections in a predetermined shape frame, and can be turned on / off. In addition, the admission ticket button 24 displays characters indicating the adult fee of the admission ticket within a frame of a predetermined shape, and can be turned on / off as before.

  Further, on the reference screen, the button 23 for changing the display of each ticket button 21, 21,... From the adult fee to the child fee, and the changed child fee to return to the adult fee. An adult button 22 is also provided.

FIG. 7 is a table showing an example of screen data stored in the ROM 11.
As shown in FIG. 7, as screen data, standard screen data for generating a standard screen, dwarf screen data for generating a dwarf screen to be described later, and a geriatric screen to be described later are generated. Screen data for the elderly is set. In the dwarf screen data, data for generating different types of screens to be described later is set.

  In each screen data, a plurality of product codes corresponding to each boarding section are set, and for each product code, a display position that determines the position on the generated screen, a display that determines the size and color of the button to be displayed, etc. The type, the display content that determines the characters to be displayed in the button, and the unit price of the product code are set. Note that the unit price for adults and the dwarf fee are determined for one product code. The unit price for adults is for standard screen data and screen data for elderly people, and the dwarf for dwarf screen data. The unit price is set. These unit prices are not displayed on the screen. Further, as display contents, not only the charge for the boarding section but also the name of the getting-off station and the charge to the getting-off station may be displayed.

  In the present invention, the screen data for the dwarf (first and second display information) and the screen data for the aged (third display information) are set, and the display type and / or display position is the standard screen data. The values are different from the corresponding values, so that the child and the elderly can easily operate the display operation unit 2.

  In addition, although two types of values are set for one product code in the display position of the dwarf screen data, one (second display information) is the same as the corresponding position data value of the standard screen data. On the other hand (first display information), a lower value than the corresponding position data of the standard screen data is set. With such dwarf screen data, the first dwarf screen in which each button is displayed at a position lower than the position of each button displayed on the standard screen, as will be described later, and the same position as the position of each button displayed on the standard screen. A second dwarf screen on which each button is displayed is generated.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 10 repeatedly determines whether or not the detection unit 3 has detected a user (step S3), and when the detection unit 3 determines that a user has been detected, The detection result output from the detection unit 3 is captured (step S4). Based on the captured detection result, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the user is a child under 12 years old (step S5). If so, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the user is at least a predetermined height ( Step S6). When determining that the predetermined height is not reached, the control unit 10 reads the first dwarf screen data stored in the ROM 11 (step S7), and causes the display operation unit 2 to display the first dwarf screen (step S7). Step S8).

  On the other hand, if the control unit 10 determines in step S6 that the height is equal to or greater than the predetermined height, the control unit 10 reads the second dwarf screen data stored in the ROM 11 (step S9), and displays the second dwarf screen as a display operation unit. 2 is displayed (step S10).

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a first dwarf screen, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a second dwarf screen. In both figures, the same reference numerals are given to portions corresponding to the portions shown in FIG.

  On the first dwarf screen, as shown in FIG. 8, an adult button 22, dwarf button 23, each ticket button 21, 21,. The admission ticket button 24 is arranged, and the dwarf button 23 is lit. Further, a next button 25 for switching to display of other ticket buttons 21, 21,.

  As described above, since the buttons 21, 21,... Are arranged in the substantially lower half area in the display operation unit 2, even if the child does not reach the predetermined height, the buttons displayed on the display operation unit 2 are displayed. Can be easily operated.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, in the second dwarf screen, the positions of the buttons 21, 21,... Are substantially the same as the positions of the buttons 21, 21,. However, the corresponding fare for children is displayed on each of the ticket buttons 21, 21,.

  In the case of a child of 11 to 12 years old, there are users exceeding a predetermined height, but such a user can also be detected by the detection unit 3. For such users, the buttons 21, 21,..., 22, 23, 24 are arranged at positions similar to the positions of the buttons 21, 21,. Thus, the operability of the display operation unit 2 can be maintained. On the other hand, since each child ticket button 21, 21,... Displays a child fee, the operability of the display operation unit 2 is high.

  By the way, if the control unit 10 determines in step S5 that the child is not a child, the control unit 10 proceeds to step S21 shown in FIG. 4, and the estimated age of the user estimated based on the detection result is a predetermined age (for example, 65 years). It is determined whether or not it exceeds (step S21), and if it is determined that it is, the screen data for the elderly stored in the ROM 11 is read (step S22) and displayed on the display operation unit 2 (step S23). .

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a screen for elderly people. In the figure, parts corresponding to those in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10, in the elderly screen, the display area of the ticket buttons 21, 21,... Is wider than the display area of the ticket buttons 21, 21,. The adult fee corresponding to each ticket button 21, 21,... Is displayed. Further, a next button 25 is provided at an appropriate position, and the adult button 22 is lit.

  Thereby, even an elderly person whose visual acuity is reduced, the fare displayed on each of the ticket buttons 21, 21,... And the ticket buttons 21, 21,. The operability of the display operation unit 2 is high.

  On the other hand, if the control unit 10 determines that the user is neither a child nor an elderly person based on the detection result, the control unit 10 does not change to the dwarf screen or the elderly person screen. Therefore, a standard screen is displayed on the display operation unit 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 10 waits until money discrimination information is given from the coin discrimination unit 13 and / or the banknote discrimination unit 14 (step S30), and is discriminated when money discrimination information is given. The ticket buttons 21, 21,... Within the amount corresponding to the determined amount are turned on (step S31). The control unit 10 waits until any of the buttons 21, 21,..., 22, 23, 24, 25 is touched (step S 32), and determines that it is the next button 25 when determining that it has been touched. Is determined (step S33). If the control unit 10 determines that the next button 25 is selected, the control unit 10 gives the information on the next screen expanded in the RAM 12 to the display operation unit 2 and causes the display operation unit 2 to display the next screen (step S34).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S33 that the button is not the next button 25, the control unit 10 determines whether or not it is the ticket button 21 (step S35), and if not, executes a corresponding process (step S36).

When determining that the ticket is the ticket button 21 in step S35, the control unit 10 causes the ticket issuing unit 18, the printing unit 19, and the recording unit 20 to issue the ticket corresponding to the ticket button 21 (step S37). . Further, the control unit 10 determines whether or not there is a change (step S38), and if there is a change, causes the withdrawal unit 17 to return the corresponding change (step S39).
Thus, in the ticket vending machine according to the present invention, one ticket vending machine can correspond to each of a plurality of users having different physical states such as height and / or visual acuity.

  In the present embodiment, the first dwarf screen, the second dwarf screen, and the aged screen can be displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first dwarf screen, Any one or two of the second dwarf screen and the aged screen may be displayed.

  Further, a screen for the elderly corresponding to the first screen for the dwarf is prepared in advance, and for the elderly with a small height, the buttons 21, 21,... 23, 24, and 25 can be displayed. In this case, since a button larger than the button on the standard screen is displayed in the lower area of the screen displayed on the display operation unit 2, the button operation can be easily performed.

  In addition, in the elderly screen, in addition to making the button and the character displayed on the button relatively large, the character width is increased and the character displayed on the button is colored so as to be emphasized. Such measures can be taken.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, display information corresponding to the first dwarf screen and the second dwarf screen is set, respectively, but the present invention is not limited to this, and buttons for standard screen data are used. When the dwarf screen data corresponding to the arrangement is set and a child with a small height is detected, the buttons 21, 21,..., 22, 23, 24 are displayed in the lower area of the screen displayed on the display operation unit 2. , 25 may be displayed separately as the first display information.

(Other embodiments)
FIG.11 and FIG.12 is a typical perspective view which shows the vending machine which concerns on other embodiment, and has shown the case where it applies to the vending machine of a drink.

  As shown in FIG. 11, a vertically long display operation unit 2 is installed at the front center of the rectangular parallelepiped vending machine 1, and a standard screen is displayed on the display operation unit 2.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the standard screen is configured by arranging selection buttons 21 a, 21 a,... Indicating charges below a plurality of product images 27, 27,. .. And the selection buttons 21a, 21a,... Are arranged from the upper region to the middle region excluding the lower region in the display operation unit 2.

  Further, the vending machine 1 is provided with a horizontally long outlet 41 for taking out a product below the display operation unit 2. On the other hand, on one side of the display operation unit 2, at a substantially central position in the height direction of the vending machine 1, there is provided a coin insertion slot 45 for inserting coins, and a position below the coin insertion slot 45. Are provided with a bill insertion slot 46 for inserting a bill and a currency return slot 48, respectively.

  Further, on the front side of the vending machine 1 and on the side of the display operation unit 2, human sensors 31, 31 using, for example, infrared sensors are arranged at an appropriate distance in the height direction of the vending machine 1. The detection unit 3 is configured by the two human sensors 31 and 31. Such human sensors 31, 31 are, for example, one human sensor 31 at a height of 140 cm from the installation surface of the vending machine 1, and the other human sensor 31 is 90 cm high from the installation surface of the vending machine 1. Install in the position.

  Accordingly, when one human sensor 31 does not detect a user even though the other human sensor 31 detects the user, it is specified that the user is a relatively short user. In such a user, there is a possibility that the operation of the selection buttons 21a, 21a,... On the other hand, when both human sensors 31 and 31 detect the user, it can be specified that the user is relatively tall, and for such a user, the selection buttons 21a and 21a on the standard screen are used. There is no risk of inconvenience in the operation of.

Therefore, when the result of detecting the physical state of the user by the both human sensors 31 and 31 is the former, the vending machine 1 changes to a corresponding lower screen as shown in FIG.
In other words, on the low-order screen, the product images 27, 27,... And the selection buttons 21a, 21a,... Are arranged from the middle region to the lower region excluding the upper region in the display operation unit 2.
Thereby, even if the user is relatively short in height, there is no possibility of causing inconvenience in the operation of the selection buttons 21a, 21a,.

In the present embodiment, the display position of the product images 27, 27,... And the display position of the selection buttons 21a, 21a,... Are changed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the selection button 21a. , 21a,... May be changed.
Moreover, you may make it display an advertisement etc. in the area | region which does not display the product image 27,27, ... and the selection button 21a, 21a, ... of the display operation part 2. FIG.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the human sensor 31 is used to detect the user's physical condition. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the user's age may be estimated by voice. Good. In this case, for a user who has estimated that he / she has not reached the predetermined age, a product for a younger person is selected from each product, and product images 27, 27,... Of the product and corresponding selection buttons 21a, 21a, Can be changed and displayed at a lower position of the display operation unit 2. As a result, for example, it is possible to exclude products that are highly irritating for young people.

It is a typical appearance perspective view showing an example of a vending machine concerning the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the sales machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the screen control procedure of the display operation part by the control part shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the screen control procedure of the display operation part by the control part shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the screen control procedure of the display operation part by the control part shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining an example of a standard screen. It is a table | surface figure which shows an example of the screen data memorize | stored in ROM. It is explanatory drawing explaining an example of the screen for 1st dwarfs. It is explanatory drawing explaining an example of the screen for 2nd dwarfs. It is explanatory drawing explaining an example of the screen for elderly people. It is a typical perspective view which shows the vending machine which concerns on other embodiment. It is a typical perspective view which shows the vending machine which concerns on other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Ticket vending machine (vending machine)
2 Display operation unit 3 Detection unit 4 Age estimation unit 10 Control unit 11 ROM
12 RAM
18 Ticketing Section 21 Ticket Button 21a Selection Button 22 Adult Button 23 Dwarf Button 31 Human Sensor 32 Microphone 40 Housing 45 Coin Slot 46 Bill Insertion Port 48 Coin Return Port 49 Ticket Ticket Discharge Port

Claims (3)

In a screen display control method in a vending machine equipped with a screen display unit,
Among the plurality of buttons displayed on the screen display unit, control is performed such that the button specified according to the detected physical information of the user is highlighted with respect to the other buttons.
A screen display control method in a vending machine. Oite to the vending machine equipped with a screen display unit,
A control unit that controls the button specified according to the detected physical information of the user among the plurality of buttons displayed on the screen display unit to be highlighted with respect to the other buttons;
Vending machine characterized by that .   In a screen display control program that causes a computer to function so as to control the display of the screen display unit of a vending machine,
  Control means for controlling the computer to display the button specified according to the detected physical information of the user among the plurality of buttons displayed on the screen display unit with respect to the other buttons. Screen display control program to function as.

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