JPH03291793A - Transaction medium for purchasing merchandise and automatic device for selling merchandise - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify a merchandise purchasing operation and to sell merchandise corresponding to the taste of users by controlling the update of condition information based on changed condition information. CONSTITUTION:A condition is set when a user inserts a card C in a card port in order to puchase desired coffee by using the card C at an automatic device for selling coffee. Then, the changed information is transmitted through a CPU 22 to a condition reproducing changing means 26 in which the changed condition information is prepared and by which it is transmitted to the CPU 22 when the user pushes down a blend key 12b of a classified condition input part 10 and changes the classified condition. The CPU transmits a control signal to a coffee stuff discharging part 28 of a merchandise selling means 27 based on the changed condition information so as to control the operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a transaction medium for purchasing merchandise and a merchandise vending device.

(Prior art) For example, in a coffee vending machine, which is a type of product vending machine, the amount of hot water, amount of sugar, etc.
Many products have been put into practical use that sell coffee with various conditions such as the amount of cream added.

However, in the conventional device, the various conditions mentioned above have to be set each time a purchase is made, which poses a problem in that the purchase operation is complicated.

In addition, in recent years, devices that sell coffee using card-like transaction media such as prepay cards have been introduced in Jishu Kita, but in this case, only the amount information is recorded on the prepay cards, and the device itself is It only had a payment processing function, and users had to go through complicated operations to purchase coffee.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a transaction medium that contributes to simplifying product purchasing operations, and a transaction medium that utilizes this transaction medium to sell products according to the user's preferences. The purpose of this invention is to provide a product vending device that can be sold.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A transaction medium according to the present invention includes an information recording section in the transaction medium body, and records and holds various condition information for purchasing products in the information recording section. It is.

Further, the product automatic vending device according to the present invention includes a transaction medium processing means that takes in a transaction medium for purchasing a product in which various condition information is recorded, reads the condition information, and also updates the condition information; A condition input means for inputting condition information; and a reproduction condition information that reproduces the contents based on the condition information read by the transaction body processing means or the condition information from the condition input means, and the condition information is inputted by the condition input means. a condition reproduction and change means that sends changed condition information when there is a change in the condition, a product sales means that performs sales processing of products under various conditions, and a sales control of the product sales means based on the reproduction condition information or changed condition information. and control means for controlling the update of condition information by the transaction medium processing means based on the change condition information.

(for production) The operation of the above configuration will be explained below.

According to the transaction medium of the present invention, since various condition information for product purchase is attached to the information recording section, conditions can be presented without a condition setting operation at the time of product purchase.

Further, the functions of the product vending device of the present invention are as follows.

The transaction medium processing means of this device takes in the transaction medium and reads the condition information.

The condition reproduction change means reproduces the content of the read condition information or the condition information from the condition input means and sends out reproduction condition information. At this time, if the condition information read from the transaction medium and the condition information from the condition input means are different,
The condition reproduction/change means sends changed condition information based on the condition information from the condition input means.

The control means controls sales of the product sales means based on the reproduction condition information or the change condition information. Thereby, the product sales means sells products according to the user's preferences.

Further, the control means controls the transaction medium processing means when the changed condition information is taken in, and updates the existing condition information to the changed condition information.

(Example) The present invention will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows a coffee vending device 1, which is a type of product vending device. This coffee vending device 1 includes a box-shaped device main body 2. Device body 2
The front panel 2a includes a display means 3 such as a liquid quantity display for displaying the sales amount, etc., a condition input means 4 consisting of a number of keys with indicator lights, which will be described in detail later, and a card C as a transaction medium. A card drawer 5 for taking out the coffee cup, a bill slot 6 for inserting bills, a coin lock for inserting coins, a change slot 8, and an outlet 9 for taking out the coffee cup are provided.

The condition input means 4 includes a type condition input section 10 and a preference condition input section 11.

The type condition input section 10 is, for example, an American key 1-2a.
and a blend key 12b.

The preference condition input section 11 has a hot water amount key 13a and a hot water little key 13.
b, a high sugar key 14a, a low sugar key 14b, a high cream key 15a, and a low cream key 15b.

Next, a second section regarding the circuit system of the coffee vending device 1 will be described.
This will be explained with reference to the figures.

This device 1 is equipped with a control means 20 consisting of two program memories storing operating programs and a CPU 22.

The CPU 20 includes the display means 3 and the type condition input section 10.
and each key of the preference condition input section 11 are connected.

Furthermore, the CPU 22 includes card processing means 23, payment processing means 24. The storage means 252, the condition reproduction and change means 26, and the product sales means 27 are connected to each other.

The card processing means 23 takes in and ejects the card C from the card drawer 5, and also reads and updates (rewrites) information such as type conditions and preference conditions attached to the card C in the form of magnetic information. The structure includes a magnetic head that performs

The payment processing means 24 determines the amount of bills or coins inserted from the bill slot 6 and the coin lower, and discharges change to the change slot 8 as necessary.

The product reproduction changing means 26 is configured to input each of the condition information recorded on the card C or the type condition input section 10,
Preference condition input section 11. It creates reproduction condition information that reproduces the contents based on each condition information from the card C and sends it to the CPU 22. When the condition information from both input sections 10 and 11 differs from the condition information from the card C, it Priority is given to the condition information from the input sections 10 to 11, and corresponding change condition information is created and sent to the CPU 22.

The product selling means 27 sells the corresponding type of coffee material (American or blended) based on the control of the CPU 22 which has taken in the reproduction condition information or change condition information.
a coffee material discharger 28 that discharges a corresponding amount of hot water, a hot water discharger 29 that discharges a corresponding amount of hot water, a sugar discharger 30 that discharges a corresponding amount of sugar, a cream discharger 31 that discharges a corresponding amount of cream, and the coffee. A cup setting part 32 is provided for discharging and setting a cup into which ingredients, hot water, sugar, and cream are poured into the outlet 9.

Next, the card C for using the coffee vending machine 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4(a).

This card C has a thin rectangular card body 33, and a band-shaped magnetic stripe M is provided on the surface of the card body 33.
S is provided.

The magnetic stripe MS has, as shown in FIG. 4(a),
Card C issuer information, type condition information such as American, and preference condition information such as ``hot water'', ``less sugar'', and ``less cream'' are now recorded. It has become.

Next, the operation of the apparatus 1 having the above structure will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4(b) and 5.

A purchaser who wants to purchase a desired coffee from the coffee vending machine 1 using the card C inserts the card C, on which various condition information as shown in FIG. 4(a) has already been recorded, into the card drawer 5, for example. When inserted, the card processing means 23 takes the inserted card C, scans the magnetic stripe MS with a magnetic head, reads the condition information, and converts the reading result to the card C.
Send to PU22.

The CPU 22 determines that the card is to be used based on the condition information from the card processing means 23 (ST1), determines that the condition information has been recorded (5T2), and sends this condition information to the condition reproduction and change means 26.

The condition reproduction change means 26 takes in the sent condition information, creates reproduction condition information (American, more hot water, less sugar, less cream) corresponding to this condition information (5T3), and sends this to the CPU 22.

The CPU 22 sends a corresponding control signal to the product sales means 27 based on the reproduction condition information (ST4). If there is no change in the condition information from the condition input means 4 at this stage (S
T5 negative), the product selling means 27 operates according to the conditions of American, more hot water, less sugar, and less cream in response to the control signal, sets the cup filled with coffee according to the conditions in the cup brewer 9, and performs the sales process. to be carried out (ST7
).

Since the reproduction condition information at this time is the same as the condition information recorded on the card C, its update processing is not performed.

On the other hand, if the purchaser presses the blend key 12b of the type condition input section 10 to change the type condition after the condition is set in step 4 (ST5 affirmative),
The change information of this type condition, that is, the information of "blend" is sent to the condition reproduction change means 26 via the CPU 22, and the condition reproduction change means 26 changes it to mean blend, more hot water, less sugar, less cream. Create condition information 5T
6), send this to the CPU 22.

Based on the change condition information, the CPU 22 sends a corresponding control signal to the coffee material discharging section 28 of the product sales means 27, updates the previous American setting to blend, and then performs the same operation control as described above.

As a result, the product sales means 27 sets the cup infused with the blended coffee with the conditions of more hot water, less sugar, and less cream in the cup brewer 9 and performs the sales process (Sr7
).

Further, the change condition information at this time is sent to the card processing means 23 under the control of the CPU 22, and this causes the magnetic head of the card processing means 23 to move toward the magnetic stripe MS as shown in FIG. 4(b). Rewrite the change condition information. That is, in the case of this embodiment, the existing information for American is replaced with information that means blend. Thereafter, the card C is returned to the card drawer 5 and returned to the purchaser.

Preference condition input section 1. ] - When there is an input to change the amount of hot water, amount of sugar, or amount of cream, the same update process as described above is performed.

Note that if the card is not used in step 1, the CPU 22
When it is desired to make a decision, sales conditions are set based on the condition information from the condition input means 4 (Sr1), and sales processing by the product sales means 27 is performed based on this (Sr1).

In addition to the embodiments described above, the present invention can be modified in various ways within the scope of its gist.

[Effect of the invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, the following effects are achieved.

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, by combining the above-mentioned configurations, it is possible to provide a transaction medium that contributes to simplifying operations at the time of product purchase.

According to the invention set forth in claim 2, there is provided a product vending device that can automatically sell products according to a user's preferences or products according to a change in preferences with only a simple operation using the transaction medium. can do.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a circuit system of the device, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a transaction medium according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4(a). (b) is an explanatory diagram of the recorded contents of the magnetic stripe of the transaction medium shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment apparatus. 1... Coffee vending device, 2... Device body,
4... Condition input means, 23... Card processing means,
26... Condition reproduction changing means, 27... Product sales means, C... Card. In1 Isuno (b)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A transaction medium for purchasing goods, characterized in that the main body of the transaction medium includes an information recording section, and the information recording section records and holds various condition information for purchasing goods. (2) A transaction medium processing means that takes in a transaction medium for purchasing a product on which various condition information is recorded, reads the condition information, and also updates the condition information, and a condition input means that inputs various condition information. , transmitting reproduction condition information that reproduces the contents based on the condition information read by the transaction medium processing means or the condition information from the condition input means, and transmitting changed condition information when the condition information is changed by the condition input means. a means for reproducing and changing conditions to transmit; a means for selling products under various conditions; and a means for selling products based on the reproduction condition information or the change condition information; and control means for controlling update of condition information by the transaction medium processing means.