JP6889958B1 - Vending machine control method and vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine capable of reducing the number of discarded products whose expiration date has expired and suppressing a decrease in sales due to a discount. A vending machine that sells products with a best-by date. The expiration date acquisition process for acquiring the expiration date data of the stored products, the traffic volume acquisition process for acquiring the traffic volume data of passersby around the vending machine, and the acquired expiration date data for the product. And the product price update process for updating (including discounting) the price of the product based on the acquired traffic volume data. [Selection diagram] Fig. 6

Description

The present invention relates to a vending machine control method and a vending machine for selling a product having a best-by date.

Vending machines may sell perishables, bento boxes, and other products that have a specified sales deadline, such as the expiration date.
A new number of replenishment is set for each product, the expiration date of the newly replenished product, that is, the expiration date is set, and sales are started.
A vending machine is known that determines whether or not a product that expires when the date changes remains, and if there is a product that expires, suspends the sale of that product (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).
In addition, there is an idea of discounting when the expiration date of a product approaches.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 3-271891

In vending machines with expiration dates as described above, there is a request to reduce the number of products whose expiration dates have expired, and there is also a request to avoid a decrease in sales due to unnecessary discounts.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine control method and a vending machine capable of reducing the number of discarded products whose expiration date has expired and suppressing a decrease in sales due to a discount.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the vending machine control method of the present invention includes an expiration date acquisition step of acquiring the expiration date data of the stored product in the vending machine that sells the product with the expiration date. , The selling price of the product based on the traffic volume acquisition process of acquiring the traffic volume data of the passersby around the vending machine and the acquired expiration date data and the acquired traffic volume data of the product. The correlation between the sales volume and the traffic volume of the product is based on the product price update process for updating the product, the sales history data showing the sales history of the product together with the sales time or time zone, and the acquired traffic volume data. The update condition determination step of determining the update condition to be updated is executed based on the correlation analysis step to be analyzed, the analysis result in the correlation analysis step, and the expiration date data acquired in the expiration date acquisition step. Then, the product price update step performs the update when the update condition determined in the update condition determination step is satisfied .

Preferably, the sales history data shows the number of stored products sold, the sales time or time zone, and the traffic volume of the sales time or time zone in association with each other.

Preferably, the renewal condition determination step determines the renewal condition based on the period until the expiration date of the product.

Preferably, the renewal condition determination step identifies, and the number of products, among the products stored in the vending machine, the period until the expiration date is within a certain period, based on the expiration date data. Then, with respect to the specified product, the number of sales for the certain period is predicted based on the analysis result of the correlation analysis process, and if the number of the specified product exceeds the predicted number, the update is performed. Decide that.
Preferably, the amount of retention of a person around the vending machine is specified, and the product price update step updates the selling price of the product based on the specified retention amount.

Preferably, the product is further provided with a user identification step of identifying the user who purchases the product, and the update condition determination step is based on the user-related information previously associated with the user identified in the user identification step. Price or the renewal conditions.

Preferably, the user-related information is at least one piece of information about the identified user's past purchase history, gender, age, and organization to which the identified user belongs.

Preferably, when the renewal is performed in the product price renewal step, a user notification step of notifying a pre-registered user before the expiration date of the product related to the renewal is further executed.

Preferably, the product price update step determines the timing of displaying the updated price based on the traffic volume.

Preferably, when the product purchase reservation is received from the user, the reservation acceptance process of accepting the reservation of the stored product is further executed.

Preferably, the reservation acceptance process determines whether or not a reservation can be made based on the remaining number of the products, the scheduled arrival time, the expected arrival number, and the reservation acceptance number, and the reservation can be made. If it is determined, the reservation will be accepted.

Preferably, the reservation receiving process receives the designation of the product pick-up time at the time of reservation, and cancels the reservation after a certain period of time has elapsed from the designated time.

Preferably, the reservation receiving process determines the timing of canceling the reservation based on the traffic volume.

Preferably, a display step of having a display and displaying an image matching the attributes of the user identified in the user identification step on the display. To execute.

Preferably, the expiration date acquisition step acquires the expiration date data from the management device via the network.

The vending machine of the present invention is a vending machine that sells a product with an expiration date, and is a means for acquiring the expiration date for acquiring the stored expiration date data of the product and a passerby around the vending machine. A traffic volume acquisition means for acquiring traffic volume data, a product price update means for updating the price of the product based on the acquired expiration date data and the acquired traffic volume data for the product, and a product price update means for the product. In the correlation analysis means for analyzing the correlation between the sales volume and the traffic volume of the product based on the sales history data showing the sales history together with the sales time or time zone and the acquired traffic volume data, the correlation analysis means. Based on the analysis result and the expiration date data acquired by the expiration date acquisition means, the update condition determining means for determining the update condition to be updated is provided, and the product price update means has the update condition. When the update condition determined by the determination means is satisfied, the update is performed .

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a vending machine control method and a vending machine capable of reducing the number of discarded products whose expiration date has expired and suppressing a decrease in sales due to a discount.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a delivery system for transporting goods to a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an instruction flow of the delivery system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining exchanges between a terminal device, a management device, and a vending machine in the delivery system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the vending machine and the vending machine control unit shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the management device shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a method for updating the selling price of a vending machine in the delivery system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of determining a selling price according to a user in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a reservation operation by a user in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the cancellation process of the reserved goods in the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a delivery system 11 for transporting goods to the vending machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the delivery system 11 delivers and stores products (perishable products and the like) manufactured by the perishable product maker 13 and the freezing maker 15 to the vending machine 1.
In the present embodiment, the product is not particularly limited as long as it has an expiration date, and is, for example, a fresh product, a lunch box, or the like.

The perishables manufacturer 13 manufactures commodities (perishables, etc.) and delivers them to the picking center 17.
The picking center 17 transports the goods to the distribution center 19 of the operator or the distribution center 21 of the delivery operator.

At the distribution centers 19 and 21, the delivery staff delivers the goods to the vending machine 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an instruction flow of the delivery system 11.
As shown in FIG. 2, the management device 25 gives instructions to the perishables maker 13, the freezing maker 15, and the picking center 17 in the delivery system 11. Further, the management device 25 controls the operation of the vending machine 1 while communicating with the vending machine 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the exchange between the terminal device 7, the management device 25, and the vending machine 1 in the delivery system 11.
As shown in FIG. 3, the vending machine 1 is provided with a vending machine control unit 31. The vending machine control unit 31 performs price update processing for the vending machine 1. That is, the vending machine control unit 31 realizes the dynamic pricing function.
The management device 25 controls the operation of the vending machine 1 while communicating with the vending machine control unit 31.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the vending machine 1 and the vending machine control unit 31 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the vending machine 1 has, for example, a camera 51, a product carry-out unit 53, a price display unit 55, a sales history generation unit 57, and a signage display 59 in addition to the vending machine control unit 31. There is.

The sales history generation unit 57 generates sales history data indicating the number of stored products sold, the sales time or time zone, and the traffic volume of the sales time or time zone.

As shown in FIG. 4, the vending machine control unit 31 includes, for example, a memory 71, a communication unit 73, and a processing unit 75.
The memory 71 stores programs and data for controlling the operation of the vending machine control unit 31.
The communication unit 73 communicates with the management device 25 shown in FIG.
The processing unit 75 executes the program stored in the memory 71 and comprehensively controls the operations of the vending machine control unit 31 and the vending machine 1.

The processing unit 75 executes the program to realize the functions of the settlement unit 61, the traffic volume detection unit 63, the user identification unit 65, the price update unit 69, and the reservation reception unit 70.
All or part of the functions of the settlement unit 61, the traffic volume detection unit 63, the user identification unit 65, the correlation analysis unit 67, the price update unit 69, and the reservation reception unit 70 are at least the functions of the vending machine control unit 31 and the management device 25. It may be realized by one.

The processing unit 75 acquires the expiration date data of the product (fresh product) delivered to the vending machine 1 from, for example, the management device 25. In addition, all or a part of the expiration date data may be generated in the vending machine 1.

The settlement unit 61 performs a settlement process with a user who purchases the stored product. Settlement may be either electronic money or cash.
When the settlement by the settlement unit 61 is completed, the product delivery unit 53 carries out the product related to the settlement.

The traffic volume detection unit 63 detects the number of people passing in front of the vending machine 1 (traffic volume) together with time information based on the captured image of the camera 51, and generates traffic volume data. For example, the number of people passing in front of the vending machine 1 is detected at a predetermined time zone such as 10:00 am to 10:01 am.
Further, the traffic amount detection unit 63 may specify the amount of staying of a person around the vending machine 1 based on the image pickup result of the camera 51. The stagnant amount is, for example, the number of people who are in a predetermined range around the vending machine 1 for a certain period of time or longer. The stagnant amount is specified in time units or predetermined time zone units.
In the present embodiment, the function of the AI camera is realized by the camera 51 and the traffic amount detection unit 63.

The correlation analysis unit 67 analyzes and analyzes the correlation between the sales volume of the product and the traffic volume based on the sales history data generated by the sales history generation unit 57 and the traffic volume data acquired from the traffic volume detection unit 63. Generate data (analysis results).
Specifically, the correlation analysis unit 67 defines a function that inputs the traffic volume within the predetermined time and outputs the sales forecast amount based on the traffic volume within the predetermined time and the sales volume of each product.

The price update unit 69 determines the update condition for updating the product price based on the analysis data of the correlation analysis unit 67 and the expiration date data of the stored product.
Based on the expiration date data, for example, the price update unit 69 identifies the products that have reached a certain period until the expiration date and the number of the stored products.

The price update unit 69 predicts the number of sales of the specified product for the certain period based on the analysis result of the correlation analysis unit 67. At this time, the number of sales for the above-mentioned fixed period may be predicted for each product based on the history of the correlation between the traffic volume and the number of sales for each past time zone.
Then, the price update unit 69 determines that the price is updated (discounted) when the number of the specified products exceeds the predicted number.

In addition, the price update unit 69 does not predict the number of sales for the above-mentioned fixed period, but determines the condition for the number of sales to decrease for the specified product based on the history of the correlation between the traffic volume and the number of sales. You may decide to renew the price when the time is met.
That is, the price update unit 69 determines a condition for reducing the number of sales based on the past number of sales and the traffic volume, and updates the price when the condition is satisfied. The updated price is displayed on the price display unit 55.

In addition, the price update unit 69 determines the updated price (updated price) of the specified product.
For example, the price update unit 69 determines the updated price so as to increase the discount as the number exceeding the predicted number increases.

Further, the price updating unit 69 may determine the updated price based on the above-mentioned retention amount detected by the traffic amount detecting unit 63 in addition to the traffic amount detected by the traffic amount detecting unit 63. For example, the discount rate of the renewal price is changed according to the amount of retention.

In addition, the price update unit 69 also determines the timing (timing) of updating (discounting) as necessary. For example, the price update unit 69 determines the updated price, and then determines the timing at which the user identification unit 65 identifies the user as the update timing.
Further, when the price update unit 69 satisfies the update conditions and timing determined in the above update condition determination process, the price update unit 69 updates the product price displayed on the price display unit 55 to the updated price.
The price update unit 69 may notify the administrator and manually update the price.

The user identification unit 65 is located in front of the vending machine 1 based on the image pickup result of the camera 51, and performs a process of identifying a user who intends to purchase a product.
The price update unit 69 identifies the user-related information associated with the user identified by the user identification unit 65.
The user-related information is, for example, an attribute of a pre-registered user, and is information such as whether the user is a member of a pre-registered organization, gender or age, and past purchase history.

The price update unit 69 determines the selling price to be displayed to the user based on the user-related information of the user identified by the user identification unit 65.
As an example, if the identified user is a company with a specific contract, the price update unit 69 sets a predetermined selling price (for example, according to the welfare program) to the employees of the company. Identify and display it on the price display unit 55.
In addition, the price update unit 69 identifies a predetermined selling price according to the gender or age of the identified user, and displays it on the price display unit 55. This makes it easy to set women's campaign prices, silver campaigns, and so on.

When the communication unit 73 receives the product reservation purchase reservation from the user's terminal device 7, the reservation reception unit 70 is based on the remaining number of products related to the reservation, the scheduled arrival time, the scheduled arrival number, and the reservation reception number. Then, it is determined whether or not the reservation is possible, and if it is determined that the reservation is possible, the process of accepting the reservation is performed.
The reservation reception unit 70 transmits a reservation acceptance notification to the terminal device 7 when the reservation is accepted, and transmits a reservation non-reservation notification to the terminal device 7 when the reservation is not accepted.

The reservation acceptance notice includes a product pick-up deadline.
Further, the reservation reception unit 70 may charge at the timing of receiving the reservation, or may charge at the time of picking up the product.
The reservation reception unit 70 invalidates (cancels) the product reservation after a certain period of time has elapsed from the product pick-up time specified in the reservation reception notification. The vending machine control unit 31 makes it possible to sell the product for which the reservation has been invalidated to a user other than the reservation person.
At this time, the reservation reception unit 70 may determine the timing for invalidating the reservation based on the traffic volume detected by the traffic volume detection unit 63. When the traffic is heavy, the reservation is invalidated in a shorter period from the time when the product is picked up than when the traffic is light.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the management device 25 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the management device 25 includes, for example, a memory 71, a communication unit 73, and a processing unit 75.
The memory 81 stores programs and data for controlling the operation of the management device 25.
The communication unit 83 communicates with the vending machine 1 shown in FIG.
The processing unit 85 executes the program stored in the memory 81 and comprehensively controls the operation of the management device 25.

The management device 25 controls the operations of the vending machine 1 and the vending machine control unit 31.
A part or all of the processing of the vending machine control unit 31 described in this embodiment may be executed by the vending machine 1.
The management device 25 updates the price update algorithm and the like adopted by the vending machine control unit 31. Further, the management device 25 receives and manages the product sales history data from the vending machine control unit 31.

Hereinafter, an operation example of the vending machine 1 will be described.
A part or all of the processing of the vending machine control unit 31 in the following operation example may be executed by the management device 25.

[Sales price update operation]
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a method of updating the selling price of the vending machine 1 in the delivery system 11 of the present embodiment.
Step ST1:
For example, the processing unit 75 of the vending machine control unit 31 acquires the expiration date data of the product (fresh product) delivered to the vending machine 1 from, for example, the management device 25.

Step ST2:
The processing unit 75 acquires the traffic amount data generated by the traffic amount detecting unit 63 of the processing unit 75 based on the captured image of the camera 51.

Step ST3:
The correlation analysis unit 67 of the processing unit 75 correlates the sales volume of the product with the traffic volume based on the sales history data generated by the sales history generation unit 57 and the traffic volume data acquired from the traffic volume detection unit 63. Analyze and generate analysis data (analysis result).

Step ST4:
The price update unit 69 of the processing unit 75 determines the product for which the product price is updated and the update condition thereof based on the analysis data of the correlation analysis unit 67 and the expiration date data of the stored product.

Step ST5:
The price update unit 69 determines whether or not the update condition determined in step ST4 is satisfied, and proceeds to step ST6 in the case of an affirmative determination.

Step ST6:
The price update unit 69 updates the product price.

As described above, the vending machine 1 determines the conditions for updating the product price based on the expiration date of the stored product and the traffic volume in front of the vending machine 1. Therefore, by updating to lower the product price, it is possible to reduce the unsold goods, and it is possible to avoid unnecessarily discounting the products that could be sold without discounting, and it is possible to increase the sales as compared with the conventional case.

[Sales price determination operation according to user]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of determining a selling price according to a user.
Step ST11:
The user identification unit 65 of the vending machine control unit 31 shown in FIG. 2 is located in front of the vending machine 1 based on the image pickup result of the camera 51, and performs a process of identifying a user who intends to purchase a product.

Step ST12:
The price update unit 69 identifies the user-related information associated with the user identified by the user identification unit 65.

Step ST13:
The price update unit 69 determines the updated price or the selling price to be displayed to the user based on the user-related information of the user identified by the user identification unit 65.

As described above, the vending machine 1 identifies a user and determines the selling price of the product according to the attribute of the user. Therefore, it is possible to set a selling price according to the welfare of the company, and easily carry out a women's campaign, a silver campaign, and the like.

[Reservation operation]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the reservation operation by the user.
Step ST21:
When the communication unit 73 receives the product reservation purchase reservation from the user's terminal device 7, the reservation reception unit 70 of the vending machine control unit 31 proceeds to step ST22.

Step ST22:
The reservation reception unit 70 determines whether or not a reservation can be made based on the remaining number of products related to the reservation, the scheduled arrival time, the scheduled arrival number, and the reservation reception number.

Step ST23:
If the reservation reception unit 70 determines that the reservation can be made in step ST22, the reservation reception unit 70 proceeds to step ST24, and if not, proceeds to step ST25.

Step ST24:
The reservation reception unit 70 performs a process of accepting a reservation. The reservation reception unit 70 regulates that the product related to the reservation is not sold to anyone other than the reservation person. Billing processing may be performed at the time of the reception.
When the reservation reception unit 70 accepts the reservation, the reservation reception unit 70 transmits the reservation acceptance notification to the terminal device 7.

Step ST25:
The reservation reception unit 70 transmits a reservation non-reservation notification to the terminal device 7 when the reservation is not accepted.

As described above, the vending machine 1 can improve the convenience of the user and increase the sales by accepting the reservation from the user.

[Reservation cancellation process]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the cancellation process of the reserved product.
Step ST31:
The reservation reception unit 70 identifies a reservation for which a certain period of time has passed from the product pick-up time specified in the reservation reception notification.

Step ST32:
When the reservation reception unit 70 determines that the reservation for which a certain period of time has passed is specified in step ST31, the reservation reception unit 70 proceeds to step ST33.

Step ST33:
The reservation reception unit 70 invalidates (cancels) the reservation of the product at a predetermined timing. The vending machine control unit 31 makes it possible to sell the product for which the reservation has been invalidated to a user other than the reservation person.
Mao, the reservation reception unit 70 may send a reminder notification to the terminal device 7 before invalidating the reservation, and invalidate the reservation on the condition that there is no response or the product is not picked up for a certain period of time. ..

Step ST34:
The reservation reception unit 70 transmits a reservation cancellation notice to the user's terminal device 7 related to the reservation. At this time, the cancellation fee may be settled.

As described above, in the vending machine 1, if the product for which the reservation from the user is accepted is not picked up, it can be sold to another person and the sales can be increased by canceling the product.

[Other features]
When the price of the product is updated, the price update unit 69 may perform the user notification process of notifying the pre-registered user of the product and the updated price before the expiration date of the product. Good.

In addition, the price update unit 69 performs a user notification process for notifying a pre-registered user of the delivery of the product between a predetermined time before the delivery of the product into the vending machine 1 and a predetermined time after the delivery. You may.

When the product is purchased, the processing unit 75 generates or updates the sales history data.
At this time, the processing unit 75 generates or updates sales history data for each sold product by associating information such as the sales time, the identification result and attribute of the selling user, and the traffic volume at the time of sale.

As shown in FIG. 2, the vending machine 1 has a signage display 57.
The processing unit 75 performs a process of displaying an advertisement or an announcement image suitable for the user on the signage display 57 acquired based on the user-related information of the user identified by the user identification unit 65.
Specifically, the processing unit 75 performs a process of displaying an image suitable for the identified user's gender, age, organization to which the user belongs, purchase history, and the like on the signage display 57.

The processing unit 75 notifies the unregistered user who is a user of the linked external payment system or application service about the vending machine 1 and the products for sale when passing near the vending machine 1. May be done.
Further, the processing unit 75 may issue a coupon to the registered user in cooperation with the application used by the user using the terminal device 7. For example, based on the usage history information of each user, a user who has not used the service for a certain period of time is specified and a coupon issuance process or the like is performed.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above.
That is, one of ordinary skill in the art may make various changes, combinations, sub-combinations, and alternatives with respect to the components of the above-described embodiments within the technical scope of the present invention or the equivalent thereof.

For example, the vending machine 1 may accept only cash and electronic money without communicating with the terminal device 7.

The present invention can be applied to a vending machine that sells a product having an expiration date such as a fresh product.

1 ... Vending machine 7 ... Terminal device 13 ... Fresh product maker 15 ... Refrigeration maker 17 ... Picking center 19 ... Distribution center 25 ... Management device 31 ... Vending machine control unit 51 ... Camera 53 ... Product unloading unit 55 ... Price display unit 57 ... Sales history generator 59 ... Signage display 59
61 ... Settlement unit 63 ... Traffic volume detection unit 65 ... User identification unit 67 ... Correlation analysis unit 69 ... Price update unit 70 ... Reservation reception unit 71 ... Memory 73 ... Communication unit 75 ... Processing unit

Claims (16)

At vending machines that sell products with a best-by date
The expiration date acquisition process for acquiring the expiration date data of the stored products, and the expiration date acquisition process.
A traffic volume acquisition process for acquiring traffic volume data of passersby around the vending machine, and
For the product, a product price update process for updating the selling price of the product based on the acquired expiration date data and the acquired traffic volume data, and
A correlation analysis step for analyzing the correlation between the sales volume and the traffic volume of the product based on the sales history data showing the sales history of the product together with the sales time or time zone and the acquired traffic volume data.
An update condition determination step of determining the update condition to be updated based on the analysis result in the correlation analysis step and the expiration date data acquired in the expiration date acquisition step.
And
The product price update step is a vending machine control method that performs the update when the update condition determined in the update condition determination step is satisfied. The vending machine control method according to claim 1 , wherein the sales history data shows the number of stored products sold, the sales time or time zone, and the traffic volume in the sales time or time zone. The vending machine control method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the renewal condition determination step determines the renewal condition based on a period until the expiration date of the product. The update condition determination step is
Based on the expiration date data, among the products stored in the vending machine, the products whose period until the expiration date is within a certain period and the number of the products are specified.
With respect to the specified product, the number of sales for the certain period is predicted based on the analysis result of the correlation analysis process.
The vending machine control method according to claim 3, wherein when the number of the specified products exceeds the predicted number, the update is determined. Identify the amount of people staying around the vending machine and
The vending machine control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the product price updating step updates the selling price of the product based on the specified retention amount. It further has a user identification step of identifying the user who purchases the product.
The automatic update condition determination step according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which determines the price of the product or the update condition based on the user-related information previously associated with the user identified in the user identification step. Vending machine control method. The vending machine control method according to claim 6, wherein the user-related information is at least one piece of information on the past purchase history, gender, age, and organization to which the identified user belongs. According to any one of claims 1 to 7, when the renewal is performed in the product price renewal process, the user notification step of notifying the pre-registered user before the expiration date of the product related to the renewal is further executed. Vending machine control method. The vending machine control method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the product price update step determines a timing for displaying the updated price based on the traffic volume. The vending machine control method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further executing a reservation acceptance process for accepting a reservation for a stored product upon receiving a product purchase reservation from a user. The reservation acceptance process determines whether or not a reservation is possible based on the remaining number of the products, the scheduled arrival time, the expected arrival number, and the number of reservations accepted, and when it is determined that the reservation is possible. The vending machine control method according to claim 10, further executing the acceptance of the reservation. The vending machine control method according to claim 11, wherein the reservation acceptance process receives a designation of a product pick-up time at the time of reservation and cancels the reservation after a certain period of time has elapsed from the designated time. The reservation process is a vending machine control method according to claim 1 0, which determines the timing to cancel a reservation based on said traffic amount. Has a display
The vending machine control method according to claim 6, further performing a display step of displaying an image matching the attributes of the user identified in the user identification step on the display. The vending machine control method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the expiration date acquisition step acquires the expiration date data from a management device via a network. At vending machines that sell products with a best-by date
The best-by-date acquisition means for acquiring the best-by-date data of the stored products, and
A traffic volume acquisition means for acquiring traffic volume data of passersby around the vending machine, and
With respect to the product, a product price updating means for updating the price of the product based on the acquired expiration date data and the acquired traffic volume data, and
Correlation analysis means for analyzing the correlation between the sales volume and the traffic volume of the product based on the sales history data showing the sales history of the product together with the sales time or time zone and the acquired traffic volume data.
An update condition determining means for determining the update condition to be updated based on the analysis result in the correlation analysis means and the expiration date data acquired by the expiration date acquisition means.
Have,
The product price updating means is a vending machine that performs the updating when the updating conditions determined by the updating condition determining means are satisfied.

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