JPH02231697A - Commodity sales controller for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a commodity purchasing person reliably purchase a commodity by reading commodity information displayed on the surface of the accommodated commodity, and displaying it on a commodity display part provided on the front surface. CONSTITUTION:When a money is inputted to a money input port, a control part 6 issues the read command of the commodity concerned to a commodity information read part 9 beforehand, the commodity information read part 9 reads the information of the commodity concerned in response to the read command, and inputs the read information to the control part 6. The control part 6 discriminates the read information, and displays the information concerned on a commodity display part 10. Thus the purchasing person can select the commodity to purchase by the commodity information of the commodity display part 10 beforehand.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a product sales control device for a vending machine, and in particular, it automatically reads information on products stored in the vending machine, displays this product information, improves sales functions, and enables rational vending. This has been improved to make it possible.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, vending machines with various functions have been developed, but some require display of the manufacturing date, expiration date, etc. (hereinafter referred to as product information) of the products stored inside the vending machine. The vending machine manager regularly inspected and confirmed the stored products, manually changed the date, etc. displayed on the front (front) of the vending machine, and presented product information.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In conventional vending machines, the manager regularly inspects and confirms the stored products, which creates the hassle of having to open the vending machine from time to time to check the product information. Problems such as incorrectly displaying product information when changing operations are also likely to occur. Additionally, the product purchaser could not easily check whether the display on the surface of the vending machine matched the display on the product inside the product storage device. Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to automatically read the product information of products stored in a vending machine, and to In addition to being able to display information automatically, discount sales and sale availability are automatically performed based on the product information, saving labor and allowing product buyers to purchase with confidence without feeling distrustful. An object of the present invention is to provide a product sales control device for a vending machine that is improved as described above.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, a product sales control device for a vending machine, which is a feature of the present invention, is provided in a vending machine that discharges stored products in response to a sales command, so that a readable display is displayed on the surface of the stored products. The vending machine is comprised of product information, product information reading means for reading this product information, and means for displaying the product information on a product display section provided on the front of the vending machine. Further, the product sales control device of the vending machine includes a control means for selling the stored products at a discount according to the product information, and a control means for instructing whether or not to sell the stored products according to the product information. By providing this, the sales function can be significantly improved. Embodiments] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the attached drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a product sales control device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a purchase product selection switch disposed on the front of the vending machine main body in correspondence with a predetermined stored product; 2 is a sales price setting circuit for selectively setting a discount on the sales price of a predetermined stored product; 3 is a money detection circuit for detecting the authenticity and amount of coins or bills inserted from the money slot; 4 is an insertion circuit; An input amount signal generation circuit counts the amount of money and generates an input amount signal, and 5 is a date input section that outputs today's date using a clock circuit. Reference numeral 6 denotes a control unit that executes various arithmetic processes and performs various controls based on information from each of the circuits described above, and this control unit 6 includes a central processing unit (CPU), input/output circuits, etc. It is composed of. Reference numeral 7 indicates a sell-ready lamp that lights up to indicate that the product is available for sale when various product sales conditions are met, as will be described later. Reference numeral 8 responds to a sell-out signal from a sell-out switch (not shown) installed in the vending machine. 9 is a product information reading unit that reads various product information of products stored in the vending machine, and 10 is a product information reading unit that reads information read by the product information reading unit 9 as described later. The product display section 11, which displays various displays according to the vending machine, is a product delivery device that takes out the stored product from the product storage section of the vending machine when various sales conditions are met, as will be described later. As shown in FIG. 2, the products to be sold (stored products) 12 are displayed with various product information such as barcodes, mark sheets, or magnetic paint, and the product information 13 includes, for example, product name 13a. , best before period 13b, manufacturing date 1
3c, product list price 13d, etc. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the product information reading section 9 is constituted by a reader 17 provided facing the reading window 15 of the product storage section 14 in the vending machine. A carry-out passage 16 is connected thereto. As shown in FIG. 4, a date display ram 18 for displaying today's date is provided at a suitable location on the front of the vending machine main body 30, and the aforementioned product display section 10 displays the types of products to be sold. A number of vending machines corresponding to the number of vending machines 30 are arranged in parallel on the front of the vending machine main body 30. Each of the product display sections 10 has a sales price (discount price) display power column 1 as shown in FIG.
9, a product information display section 20, and the above-mentioned ready-to-sell lamp 7 and sold-out lamp 9.
is composed of a product name display power ram 21, an expiration date display power ram 22, a manufacturing date display power ram 23, an actual product price (list price) display power ram 24, and the like. The number of rams can be increased or decreased as appropriate depending on the product information necessary for product sales. In Figure 4, 3
1 is a money slot, and 32 is a product takeout slot. In addition, in FIG. 5, the purchased product selection switch 1 is provided in the product display section 1o, but if a display element such as an LED is used as the product display section 10, this display element can be changed as shown in FIG. It is also possible to incorporate it into a purchase product selection switch (push button type) 1' and display product information on the purchase product selection switch 1' itself. In the product sales control device having the above configuration, when a person who intends to purchase a product stored in a vending machine inserts money into the money slot, the money detection circuit 3 determines whether the money is true or false and sends the determination signal to the control unit 6. At the same time, the input amount signal generation circuit 4 counts the input amount and inputs the input amount signal to the control section 6. Further, the date input section 5 inputs today's date automatically calculated by the clock circuit to the control section 6. Then, the control section 6 issues a command to the product information reading section 9 to read the corresponding product in advance, and in response to this reading command, the product information reading section 9 reads information on the corresponding product and inputs the read information to the control section 6. do. The control section 6 interprets this read information and causes the product display section 10 to display the corresponding information. Therefore, the purchaser must
The product to be purchased can be selected in advance based on the product information of 0, and then the purchase product selection switch 1 (
Alternatively, if 1') is turned on, the product delivery device 11 in the vending machine is activated and the corresponding product is delivered, allowing the user to purchase it. More specifically, the control section 6 executes operations as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in step S.E., it is determined whether the stored product is sold out or not, and if the stored product is sold out, the sold out lamp 8 is turned on and the sellable lamp is turned off to display a display that the product is not sold (step S.). On the other hand, if the product is not sold out, it is determined whether the product is within its best-before period as shown in step S2. In this case, today's date signal from the date input section 5,
Calculations are performed based on the date of manufacture and expiration date from the product information reading section 9, and the result is (today's date) - (date of manufacture)〉(
(best before period), the product is considered to have passed its best before period. If the product is not within the best-before period, the process proceeds to step S, where a display indicating that the product cannot be sold is displayed and the sale is discontinued. Also, (today's date) - (manufacturing date) ≦ (best before period)
In this case, it is determined that the product is within the best-before period, and if it is within the best-before period, the process proceeds to step S, where it is determined whether the remaining best-before period is large or small (remaining best-before period ≧ 0), and if it is small, the process proceeds to step S.
．． Proceed to Step 1 and calculate the Hansai price by discounting the actual item price.
Display this and proceed to step S. on the other hand,
If the remaining best before period is long, the process advances from step Sff to step S5. In step S5, the input amount is compared with the selling price (actual product price or discounted price), and it is determined whether (input amount)≧(sales price). Then, if (input amount)≧(sales price), a sellable indication is displayed (step S6), and the stored products are carried out by the product carrying out device 11 (step S,). If (input amount)≧(sales price), a display indicating that the product cannot be sold is displayed (step S.), and the stored product is not carried out (step S.). [Effects of the Invention] The present invention is as described above, and automatically reads product information such as the date, expiration date, product name, and actual price displayed on the stored products in a vending machine, and also automatically reads the product information displayed on the products stored in the vending machine. Because the information is automatically displayed on the vending machine,
Product buyers do not have to worry about accidentally purchasing a product with an old date or production period, and can prevent complaints at the time of sale.In addition, product information such as the product name and actual price of stored products can be displayed individually for each product. This makes it possible to correctly sell the product desired by the purchaser even if containers with the same external shape and dimensions but different contents and selling prices are stored in the same product storage area in the vending machine. be. Furthermore, the worry that vending machine managers will accidentally sell products that have expired, etc., will be completely eliminated, and they will be able to open the vending machine at any time to inspect and confirm the stored products. Not only does it eliminate the need for the administrator's effort to change dates, etc., but it also has the advantage of automatically selling stored products at reduced prices due to expiration dates, etc. It can significantly increase the sales function.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram of its configuration, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of stored products, FIG. 3 is a side sectional view schematically showing a product information reading section, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view of part A in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view showing a modification of FIG. 5, and FIG. It is a flowchart of operation. In the figure, 1 (1') is a purchase product selection switch, 2 is a sales price setting circuit, 3 is a currency detection circuit, 4 is an input amount signal generation circuit, 5 is a date input section, 6 is a control section (CPU), 7 is a sales ready lamp, 8 is a sold out lamp, 9 is a product information reading section, 1o is a product display section, 11 is a product delivery device, 12
is the stored product, 13 is the product information, 17 is the reader, 3o
is a vending machine (main body). Patent applicant Dengen Automation Co., Ltd.
- Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 7 Procedural amendment (&92) 1. Display of the case 1999 Patent Application No. 51004 2. Name of the invention Product sales control device for vending machine 3. Amendment Relationship with cases involving persons who commit

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a vending machine that takes out stored products in response to a sales command, readable product information displayed on the surface of the stored products, product information reading means for reading this product information, and 1. A product sales control device for a vending machine, comprising means for displaying on a product display section provided on the front of the vending machine. (2) In a vending machine that takes out stored products in response to a sales command, readable product information displayed on the surface of the stored products and product information reading that reads this product information immediately before selling the stored products. control means for displaying the product information read by the product information reading means on a product display section provided on the front of the vending machine and for selling the stored products at a discounted price according to the product information; A product sales control device for a vending machine, characterized by comprising: (3) In a vending machine that takes out stored products in response to a sales command, readable product information displayed on the surface of the stored products and product information reading that reads this product information immediately before selling the stored products. control means for displaying the product information read by the product information reading means on a product display section provided on the front of the vending machine and instructing whether or not the stored product can be sold in accordance with the product information; A product sales control device for a vending machine, characterized in that it is configured by: