JPH0120478B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a vending machine for coffee, etc.
This invention relates to a vending machine vending machine display device that allows the amount of raw materials such as coffee, sugar, milk, hot water, water, ice, etc. to be varied according to the customer's preference.

[Conventional technology]

This type of vending machine has a selection button provided corresponding to the type of product to be sold (for example, coffee with milk, coffee with sugar, coffee with milk and sugar, etc.), and a selection button provided corresponding to the selection button. Equipped with a sellable display lamp that lights up to indicate what is available for sale, and an auxiliary button for instructing an increase or decrease in the amount of product ingredients from the standard amount (for example, increase milk, decrease sugar, etc.), so that customers can There are known vending machines that allow you to specify an increase or decrease in the amount of ingredients for a product selected by operating a selection button by operating an auxiliary button.In such conventional vending machines, even if the auxiliary button is operated, Although the selling price would be the same even if no increase or decrease in the amount of raw materials was specified (whether or not an increase or decrease in the amount of raw materials was specified), there are cases where it is desired to change the sales price by increasing or decreasing the amount of raw materials specified by operating the auxiliary button.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In such a case, it would be better to provide a sellable indicator for each selection button depending on the amount of raw material, such as a sellable indicator for a standard amount and a sellable indicator for increasing the amount of a certain raw material. However, there was a problem in that doing so would result in an expensive product.

In view of the above-mentioned points, the present invention provides, when changing the selling price due to an increase or decrease in the amount of raw materials specified by the operation of the auxiliary buttons, the present invention provides for each selection button according to the amount of raw materials without increasing the sellable display. An object of the present invention is to provide a sales availability display device for a vending machine that can display sales availability (for each product type).

[Means to solve the problem]

As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 1 showing the configuration of the present invention, the present invention has selection buttons (not shown) provided corresponding to the types of products to be sold, and buttons corresponding to the selection buttons. A sellable display B is provided, and an auxiliary button C is used to specify an increase or decrease in the amount of raw materials for the product selected from the standard amount. In a vending machine in which a product is specified by an operation, a product is then selected by the operation of the selection button, and a drink is sold based on the selection specification, A price setting means D that sets a selling price according to the amount of the raw material increased or decreased relative to the standard amount, a storage means G that stores the selling price set by the price setting means D, and when money is inserted, the amount of money input is stored. and a sales price for the standard amount of raw materials of the product stored in the storage means G to determine whether the product can be sold or not; a first display control means F1 that controls to light up and display a sellable display B of a selection button corresponding to a sellable product based on the determination result of the sellable product, and an auxiliary button C
is operated, the input amount and storage means G
a sellability determining means E2 which determines whether or not it can be sold by comparing the selling price according to the amount of raw material for the operated auxiliary button C stored in the auxiliary button C; and a second sellable determining means E2. If the sale is possible based on the determination result, the second display control means F controls the sale possibility indicator B of the selection button to be lit and displayed.
2.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, first, the selling price of the input amount and the standard amount of raw materials for the product is determined by the first saleability determining means E.
1, and if the sale is possible, the first display control means F1 lights up and displays the sale possibility indicator B corresponding to the sale possible selection button. Thereafter, when the auxiliary button C is operated, the second saleability determination means E2 compares the input amount and the sales price of the amount of raw materials for the operated auxiliary button C, and sells based on the determination result. If possible, the second display control means lights up and displays the sellable display B.

In this state, the desired beverage is sold by pressing the selection button.

That is, when changing the selling price by increasing or decreasing the amount of raw materials specified by operating the auxiliary button C, the conventional sales availability indicator B of the selection button is used.
To display the sale availability for each selection button (for each product type) according to the amount of raw materials without increasing the number of sale availability indicators B.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a control unit using a microcomputer (first and second sales determination means, first and second display control means); 2 is a coin handling mechanism for sorting coins and dispensing change; 3 is a product delivery mechanism; 4 is an equipment status detection section for detecting sold-out conditions;
6 is a data setting operation section which serves as a price setting means to be operated when setting in RAM (storage means); 6 is a data display section for displaying data to be set; si(i)
=1~n) are selection buttons for each product type, Lsi(i=1~
n) is a sellable indicator lamp (sellable indicator) for each product type, ki (i = 1 to m) is an auxiliary button for specifying an increase or decrease in the amount of raw materials for the product, Lki (i = 1 to m)
is the auxiliary button indicator lamp provided corresponding to the auxiliary button ki,
si (i=1 to n) is a sold-out indicator lamp for each product type.

Next, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation unit for a customer to perform a selection operation, and the same parts as in FIG. 2 are given the same reference numbers. In this Fig. 3, the selection buttons si are the selection buttons for youth, cocoa, black tea, and coffee, and the auxiliary buttons ki are auxiliary buttons for adding sugar, reducing sugar, and reducing total amount, and a sellable display lamp Lsi is provided. The sold-out indicator lamp si corresponds to the selection button si, and the auxiliary button indicator Lki is provided at the position shown in the figure, corresponding to the auxiliary button ki.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing part of the memory contents of the RAM in the control unit 1, and shows the operation of the standard quantity and auxiliary buttons _K1 to _Kn for each selection button _S1 to _S0 (for each product type). Selling price according to the increase or decrease in the amount of raw materials specified by P ₁₀
An area for storing ~P _on (a data sales price is set in this area by operation of the data setting operation section 5) is provided, and the sales price P ₁₀ ~P _on is compared with the input amount to see if it can be sold. There is also an area for determining whether or not the product is sold and storing the determination results of sales availability V ₁₀ to _{V on} . In addition, the display mode K is an area for storing the amount of raw materials to be displayed on the sellable display lamp Lsi, and this display mode K=0 corresponds to the standard amount, and K=1 to m are auxiliary buttons. It corresponds to K ₁ to K _n . The initial flag F is initially used to display whether or not the product can be sold in a standard quantity, and the display data memory D is a buffer area that stores the sales availability data to be displayed.

Next, the operation of the apparatus having such a configuration will be explained according to a flowchart of an operation program.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of one embodiment of the operation program. First, in step 501, a standby process is performed, and in step 502, it is determined whether all the products are sold out based on the signal from the device status detection section 4. If the item is sold out, the process proceeds to step 503, and if the item is not sold out, the process proceeds to step 504. Step 5
In step 03, the sold-out indicator lamp si is turned on and displayed, and other sold-out processing is performed, and the process returns to step 501. In step 504, the initial flag F is set to 0, the display mode K is also set to 0, and the process proceeds to step 505. In step 505, the amount inserted is calculated based on the signal from the coin handling mechanism 2, and if there is an amount inserted, the process proceeds to step 506, and if there is no amount inserted, the process returns to step 501. In step 506, the input amount is compared with the selling price P ₁₀ ~ _{P on} to determine whether it can be sold, and the determination result is determined as whether it can be sold _{or not.}
The process then proceeds to step 507. In step 507, among these judgment results, whether or not it is possible to sell V ₁₀ ~
It is determined whether there is something that can be sold in standard quantity based on V _o0 , and if there is something that can be sold, step 50
If there is no such item, the process returns to step 501. In step 508, it is determined whether or not the initial flag F is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to step 509,
Otherwise, the process advances to step 511. step 50
In step 9, whether the standard amount can be sold _{or not} is transferred to the display data memory D, and according to the contents, _the sales possibility indicator lamp Lsi is lit to display whether or not the standard amount can be sold, and the process goes to step 510. Proceed to step 51
If the flag is 0, the initial flag F is set to 1 and the process proceeds to step 511. Next, although the operations in steps 511 to 516 are shown as a representative for the auxiliary button ki,
This is performed sequentially for each of K ₁ to _{K n} . In step 511, the time point when a signal is input by operating the auxiliary button ki (the rising edge of the signal) is detected and the process proceeds to step 512. In step 512, the display mode K is changed. Determine whether or not is the mode corresponding to the operated operation button ki (K = i),
If K=i, the process proceeds to step 513; if K=i, the process proceeds to step 515. Step 513
Then, set the display mode K to 0 and proceed to step 514. In step 514, it is determined whether or not the product can be sold in standard quantities
V ₁₀ to V _o0 are transferred to the display data memory D, and a sales availability indicator lamp Lsi is lit according to the contents to indicate whether or not the standard amount can be sold. In addition, in step 515, the display mode K is set to i (a value corresponding to the operated auxiliary button ki), and the process proceeds to step 516.
In step 516, the sales availability (V ₁₁ ~V _o1 , V ₁₂ ~V _o2 , ..., V _1n ) is determined according to the operated auxiliary button ki.
~ V _on ) is transferred to the display data memory D, and according to the contents, the sellable display lamp Lsi is lit to display whether or not the raw material quantity can be sold in accordance with the operated auxiliary button ki. . Then, the operations of steps 511 to 516 are performed using auxiliary buttons K1 to _K1 to
The process proceeds to step 517 for each of K _n .
In step 517, it is determined whether or not the selection button si has been operated. If the selection button si has been operated, the process proceeds to step 518; if not, the process returns to step 505. In step 518, it is determined whether or not the product corresponding to the operated selection button si can be sold with the amount of raw materials specified in the display mode K. If it is sellable, the process proceeds to step 519, and it is determined that the product must be sellable. If so, the process returns to step 505. In step 519, the selection button si
The product selected by is carried out from the product delivery mechanism 3 in the amount of raw materials specified by the operation of the auxiliary button ki (standard if the auxiliary button is not operated) (the amount of raw materials according to the display mode K), and the selling price is calculated. is subtracted from the input amount, the remaining amount is paid out as change from the coin handling mechanism 2, and the process returns to step 510.

In the above operation, steps 511 to 516
Therefore, when a certain auxiliary button ki is operated for the first time, the amount of raw material corresponding to that auxiliary button ki is specified (the display mode K is set to the corresponding value), and then the same auxiliary button ki is operated.
When ki is operated, the standard amount of raw materials is specified (display mode K is set to 0), and this is repeated every time ki is operated. That is, when an auxiliary button different from the specified one (contents of display mode K) is operated, the amount of raw material corresponding to the different auxiliary button is specified, and when the same auxiliary button as the specified one is operated. Sometimes, a standard amount is specified, and whether or not the specified amount of raw materials can be sold is displayed on a sellable indicator lamp Lsi.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an operation program according to another embodiment of the present invention, with steps 601 to 61.
Since step 0 is similar to steps 501 to 510 in FIG. 5, the subsequent operations will be explained. here,
The operations in steps 611 to 614 are representatively shown for the auxiliary button ki, but they are performed sequentially for each of the auxiliary buttons _K1 to _Kn.In step 611, a signal is input by operating the auxiliary button ki. If it is input, step 61
Proceed to step 2. In step 612, the auxiliary button display lamp Lki corresponding to the operated auxiliary button ki is turned on,
It is displayed that the operation of the auxiliary button is valid and the process proceeds to step 613. In step 613, the display mode K is set to i and the process proceeds to step 614. In step 614, the sales availability corresponding to the auxiliary button ki that is being operated is displayed. The raw material is transferred to the display data memory D, and a sellable display lamp Lsi is turned on according to the content to display whether or not the raw material can be sold in the amount corresponding to the operated auxiliary button ki. And step 61 like this
The operations 1 to 614 are performed for each of the auxiliary buttons _K1 to _Kn , and the process proceeds to step 615 (in this case, only one of the auxiliary buttons is to be made effective). Step 6
In step 15, it is determined whether there is any auxiliary button ki being operated, and if so, the process proceeds to step 618.
If not, proceed to step 616. In step 616, the display mode K is set to 0 and the process proceeds to step 617.In step 617, the sales availability V ₁₀ to V _o0 in the standard quantity is transferred to the display data memory D, and the sales availability display lamp Lsi is turned on according to the contents. is lit to display whether or not the standard quantity can be sold, and the process proceeds to step 618. In step 618, it is determined whether or not the selection button Si has been operated. If the selection button Si has been operated, the process proceeds to step 619; if not, the process proceeds to step 60.
Return to 5. In steps 619 and 620, it is determined whether or not there is a valid auxiliary button operation (the auxiliary button display lamp Lki is lit), and if so, the process proceeds to step 621, and if not, the process proceeds to step 622. In step 621, it is determined whether the product selected by operating the selection button can be sold with the amount of raw material corresponding to the effective auxiliary button operation, and if it is sellable, the process proceeds to step 623; if it is not sellable, the process proceeds to step 623. Return to 605. In step 622, it is determined whether or not the product selected with the standard amount of raw materials can be sold. If the product is salable, the process proceeds to step 623; if not, the process returns to step 605. In step 623, the product selected by operating the selection button Si is carried out from the product delivery mechanism 3 in the amount of raw materials determined to be sellable in step 612 or step 622, the selling price is subtracted from the input amount, and the remaining amount is handled in coins. Change is paid out from the mechanism 2 and the process returns to step 610.

In the above operation, steps 611 to 617
As a result, while the auxiliary button Ki is being operated, whether or not it is possible to sell the amount of raw material corresponding to the auxiliary button Ki is displayed on the sales availability display lamp Lsi, and the auxiliary button Ki
When is not operated, whether or not the standard quantity can be sold is displayed on the sales availability display lamp Lsi.

Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an operating program of another embodiment, in which step 507 in FIG. 5 is deleted and steps 509 and 514 are inserted and used.

In FIG. 7, in step 701, it is determined whether or not there is a product that can be sold based on whether or not it can be sold in standard quantities V ₁₀ to V _o0.If there is even one product that can be sold, the process advances to step 702 and the product is sold. If there are no possible options, the process advances to step 703. Step 7
In step 02, whether or not the standard quantity can be sold is displayed by lighting the sales possibility indicator lamp Lsu. Also step 70
In step 3, it is determined whether there is an item that can be sold by operating the auxiliary button Ki based on the sales availability V ₁₁ to _{V on} , and if there is an item that can be sold, the process goes to step 704.
The process proceeds to step 705, where the sellable display lamp Lsi flashes to display the sellable item, and the process proceeds to step 705, where the auxiliary button display lamp LKi corresponding to the auxiliary button Ki that becomes sellable by operation is displayed. is displayed by lighting or blinking.

In other words, if there is nothing that can be sold in standard quantities,
If there is an item that can be sold by operating the auxiliary button, it is displayed in a flashing manner.

In the above embodiments, the program may be configured such that a changeover switch is provided so that the vending machine manager or the like can switch between the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 6. .

In addition, it is not necessary to provide an area for storing sales prices for all auxiliary buttons, and this will become clear for items that have the same sales price as those corresponding to standard quantities or other auxiliary buttons. All you have to do is stay there.

Furthermore, in this example, an increase in the amount of raw materials has been explained, but in the case where the amount of raw materials is decreased from the standard amount using the auxiliary button, for example, the fifth
In step S507 of the figure, even if there is no product that can be sold with the input amount, that is, there is no product that can be sold in the standard amount, input from the auxiliary button is accepted, and by operating this auxiliary button (reducing the amount of raw materials) If the item is available for sale, the sales availability indicator may be lit. In this way, the amount of raw materials can be easily reduced using almost the same configuration as when increasing the amount of raw materials.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention as described above, even if it is desired to make the sales amount different when the amount of raw materials is increased or decreased by operating the auxiliary button and when the amount is the standard amount, the sales availability can be displayed on the same sales availability display. As a result, you can easily use the conventional sales availability display, that is, without increasing the sales availability display, and easily check the sales availability for each selection button (for each product type) according to the amount of raw materials. Displayable effects can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation section where a customer performs a selection operation, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of the memory contents of the RAM. 5 to 7 are flowcharts of the operating program of the embodiment. 1...Control unit, 2...Coin handling mechanism, 3...
Product delivery mechanism, 4...Equipment status detection unit, 5...Data setting operation unit, 6...Data display unit, Si...Selection button, Lsi...Sellable display lamp, Ki...Auxiliary button, LKi... Auxiliary button indicator lamp, si...Sold out indicator lamp.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A selection button provided corresponding to the type of product to be sold, a sellable indicator provided corresponding to the selection button, and an increase or decrease in the amount of raw materials for the product relative to the standard amount. and an auxiliary button for specifying the amount of raw materials for the product selected by the customer, first by operating the auxiliary button, the customer selects the product by operating the selection button, and then specifies the selection. In a vending machine that sells drinks based on
a price setting means for setting a sales price according to the type of the product, a standard amount of raw material for the product, and an increase or decrease in the amount of the raw material with respect to the standard amount; and a storage means for storing the sales price set by the price setting means. , when money is inserted, a first saleability determination means that compares the input amount with a sales price for a standard amount of raw materials of the product stored in the storage means and determines whether the product is sellable or not; and a first display control means that controls to light and display the sellable indicator of the selection button corresponding to the sellable product based on the determination result of the first sellable product; When the auxiliary button is operated, the input amount is compared with a selling price corresponding to the amount of raw material for the operated auxiliary button stored in the storage means to determine whether or not it can be sold. and a second display for controlling the sale possibility indicator of the selection button to light up and display if the sale is possible based on the determination result of the second sale possibility determination means. A vending machine vending machine display device comprising: a control means. 2. In claim 1, the display control means detects that there is no product available for sale based on the determination result of the sales availability determination means in the case of standard quantity when the auxiliary button is not operated. based on the determination result of the saleability determination means at the amount of raw material that can be specified by operating the auxiliary button when the saleability detection means detects that there is no saleable product at all. A vending machine characterized by comprising means for blinking the vending indicator to display items that can be sold by operating and specifying an auxiliary button, and displaying the auxiliary button that can be sold. Saleable display device.