JPH02253493A - Fault display device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm the occurrence of a fault by the sense of hearing by ringing a buzzer when a front door is opened and informing the occurrence of the fault of a maintenance worker when there is a fault state in an automatic vending machine. CONSTITUTION:A fault detecting means 8 is provided to detect the fault in each spot of the automatic vending machine and a fault storing means 3 is provided to store the fault detected by the means 8. Then, a door open detecting means 6 is provided to detect that the front door of the automatic vending machine is opened and a reading means 1 is provided to read fault data, which are stored in the fault storing means 3, when it is detected that the door is opened. Further, operation control means 1 and 2 are provided to operate a sound generating means 7 when it is decided according to reading that there are fault data. Thus, when the maintenance worker such as a route man executes check and maintenance and the front door of the automatic vending machine is opened, in case that fault occurs in any one of each spot of the automatic vending machine, such a state is informed by the sound generating means 7. Thus, the worker can easily discriminate the fault state.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a fault display device for a vending machine, which is capable of automatically issuing an alarm indicating a fault when a fault occurs in the vending machine. .

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, vending machine malfunction display devices have been used to visually indicate malfunctions using various indicators (amount display, ready-to-sell indicator lamp, sold-out lamp, display part of the data setting device inside the vending machine, etc.). There are known devices that display (for example, known from Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 60-76474).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in recent years, vending machines have become more diverse and have become more diverse, and the details of their failures have become more complex.With the conventional devices described above, it is difficult to understand just by visually displaying the information on the display, and an external display is required. If used, there was a possibility that the image of the vending machine would be tarnished.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine in which it is possible to easily confirm that the vending machine is in a malfunctioning state without displaying an external display.

[Means to solve the problem]

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention includes a failure detection means for detecting failures in various parts of a vending machine, a failure storage means for storing failures detected by the failure detection means, and a front door of the vending machine. a door opening detection means for detecting the opening of the door; and a reading means for reading out the failure data stored in the failure storage means when the door opening detection means detects the opening of the door.
This is achieved by comprising an operation control means that operates the sound generation means if failure data is found by reading out the reading means.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, when a maintenance worker such as a route man opens the front door of a vending machine for inspection and replenishment, if there is a malfunction in any part of the vending machine, the sound generating means will be activated. By notifying the operator, the operator can easily know that there is a malfunction.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a CPU serving as an operation control means and a reading means for controlling the entire vending machine, 2 is a ROM in which an operation program is stored, and 3 4 is an input device for data input including a data display section 4a; 5 is an external display; and 6 is a door as a door open detection means for detecting opening of the front door. switch, 7
is a buzzer as a means of generating sound to notify of a malfunction,
Reference numeral 8 denotes a failure detection device as a failure detection means provided throughout the vending machine.

In this configuration, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

In the sales standby state, it is determined whether or not the front door (not shown) of the vending machine is opened (Step S1). If it is opened (branch Y), the process proceeds to Step S2.
Then, it is determined whether there is a malfunction or not. If there is at least one malfunction state (branch Y), the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the buzzer for notifying the malfunction is turned on to indicate that the vending machine is malfunctioning. If there is no failure (branch N), skip step S3 and proceed to step S4.
Proceed to step 4. In step S4, it is determined whether or not the mode is the failure details display mode, and if it is the failure details display mode (branch Y),
Proceed to step S5. In step S5, the buzzer 7 is turned off and the process proceeds to step s6. In step S6, it is determined whether or not there is fault memory data. If there is not (branch N), the process proceeds to step S8. In step S8, the absence of a fault is displayed on one of the indicators by a code or the like, and in step S9
Proceed to. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S6 that there is a failure (branch Y), the process proceeds to step S7. Step S7
Then, display the details of the failure that has occurred on one of the displays using a code, etc., and proceed to step S9. In step S9, it is determined whether the end switch has been pressed, and if it has been pressed (branch Y), the failure is detected. End display operation.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when a vending machine is in a malfunctioning state, the malfunction can be prevented by sounding a buzzer when the front door is opened to notify maintenance workers that a malfunction has occurred. It is possible to easily confirm audibly that the malfunction is occurring, and since there is no need to display that there is a malfunction on an external display or the like, the user is not made to feel uneasy.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a flowchart for explaining the operation in the figure. 1...CPU, 2...ROM, 3...RAM, 4
...Input device, 4a...Data display section 4a, 5...
・External display, 6...door switch, 7...buzzer,
8...Fault detection 1111 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) Failure detection means for detecting failures in various parts of the vending machine, failure storage means for storing failures detected by the failure detection means, and control for opening the front door of the vending machine. a door opening detection means for detecting the opening of the door; a reading means for reading out failure data stored in the failure storage means when the door opening detection means detects the opening of the door; A malfunction display device for a vending machine, comprising: operation control means for operating a sound generation means.