JPH0512550A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To accurately and easily manage a guarantee period. CONSTITUTION:A replenishment detecting part 1 detects the rack receiving commodity replenishment and the number of replenished commodities and stores the rack number and the number of replenished commodities in a data file together with a replenishing date set up by a replenishing date setting part 2. A storage period measuring/judging part 3 adds the number of days storing the replenished commodities with the passage of days and stores the added data in the data file. When the number of days storing the commodities exceeds the previously set maximum number of storing days (guarantee period), the measuring/judging part 3 transmits the result to a guarantee period passage informing part 4. Thereby the informing part 4 informs the existence of commodities exceeding the guarantee period to a vending aborting part 5 in the management center of the automatic vending machine to temporarily abort the bending of the commodities on the rack.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine, and more particularly to a vending machine that sells food products having a guarantee period.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of vending machine does not have a function of managing a warranty period, and a food replenishment staff member refills or replaces the food in consideration of the warranty period.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional vending machine, the replenishment staff must manage the warranty period, which is both troublesome and inaccurate.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic vending machine capable of accurately and easily managing the warranty period.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 relates to a guarantee period management means for managing a supplement date and a guarantee period of supplemented food, and the number of storage days of supplemented food. The storage days counting means for counting the number of storage days, and the food guarantee based on the storage days counted by the storage days counting means for the replenished food and the replenishment date and the warranty period managed by the warranty period management means. The guarantee period judging means for judging whether the period has expired and the warning means for issuing a warning when the guarantee period judging means judges that the guarantee period has expired.

The invention according to claim 2 is the same as claim 1.
In the vending machine according to the item (1), the warranty period management means includes a replenishment date setting means for detecting replenishment of food and setting a replenishment date.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is the automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the warning means comprises a sales canceling means for issuing a warning by stopping the sale.

[0008]

In the invention according to claim 1 configured as described above, the warranty period management means manages the replenishment date and the warranty period of the food to be replenished, and the storage day counting means is the storage day of the replenished food product. The number of storage days counted by the above-mentioned storage period counting means, and the food supplemented by the warranty period determination means and the supplementary date and warranty period managed by the above warranty period management means. Judge whether the warranty period of has not expired. The warning means issues a warning when the guarantee period determination means determines that the guarantee period has expired.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2 configured as described above, in managing the replenishment date and the warranty period of the food to be replenished by the guarantee period management means, the replenishment date setting means replenishes the food Detect and set replenishment date.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3 configured as described above, when the warning means issues a warning when it is determined that the warranty period has expired, the warning is given by the sale stopping means stopping the sale. Emit.

That is, whether or not the food warranty period has expired is managed based on the replenishment date, the warranty period, and the number of storage days.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the replenishment detection unit 1 detects when and how many articles have been replenished when a clerk opens the vending machine and puts the article in order to replenish the vending machine. Store the shelf number and the number of restocked items in the data file. Further, the replenishment date setting unit 2 stores the replenishment date in the same data file.

The number of items that have been put in the vending machine in advance is
The replenishment detection unit 1 counts at the time of the previous replenishment, and the replenishment date is also set by the replenishment date setting unit 2.

When an item is sold, the replenishment detection unit 1 detects that the position of the last replenished item has changed, and the change value is the number of items sold. Subtract from.

The storage days measurement determination unit 3 adds up the storage days of the replenished goods every time the number of days passes, and stores the data in a data file. At this time, when the item is sold and the number of previously replenished items becomes “0”, the replenishment date of the previously replenished item is cleared and the number of storage days is also cleared.

When the number of days of storage of the goods exceeds the preset maximum number of days of storage (warranty period), the storage day measurement determination unit 3 recognizes that the warranty has expired, and informs the warranty period expiration notification unit 4 of it. The warranty period expiration notification unit 4 notifies the management center of the vending machine that there is an expired product and prompts replacement of the product. Further, the sale canceling unit 5 once suspends the sale of the shelf of the item.

Next, FIG. 2 is a flow chart for executing such management. If there is a replenishment operation (step 10), the shelf and the replenishment date are stored (step 20). It is determined whether one day has passed (step 30), and when one day has passed, it is determined whether there is an expired warranty item based on the difference between the new date and the stored replenishment date (step 30). 40). At this time, if there is an item for which the warranty has expired, the management center is notified (step 50), and the sale of the item shelf is once stopped (step 6).
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However, when one day has not passed or when there is no product whose warranty has expired, nothing is done and it is determined whether or not the product has been sold (step 70). If there is a sale, the replenishment number is subtracted (step 80), and when the subtracted replenishment number is "0" (step 90), the data for the item is cleared (step 100). If there is no sale, the above-mentioned determination as to whether or not the supplement has been made is repeated again.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, by controlling the replenishment date, the guarantee period, and the number of storage days, it is possible to accurately and easily manage whether the guarantee period of the food has expired. Possible vending machines can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an automatic vending machine according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Replenishment detection unit 2 ... Replenishment date setting section 3 ... Storage days measurement judgment unit 4 ... Guarantee period expiration notification section 5 ... Sales discontinuation department

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A guarantee period management means for managing a replenishment date and a guarantee period of a supplemented food, a storage day counting means for counting the storage days of the supplemented food, and a storage day counting means for the supplemented food. Guarantee period determination means to determine whether the food warranty period has expired based on the number of storage days counted in the above, the replenishment date and the warranty period managed by the above warranty period management means, and this warranty period An automatic vending machine, comprising: warning means for issuing a warning when the judgment means judges that the warranty period has expired. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the warranty period management means includes replenishment date setting means for detecting replenishment of food and setting a replenishment date. . 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the warning means has a sales stopping means for issuing a warning by stopping sales.