JPH0573763A - Data setting and display device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of an automatic vending machine having many data items which can be displayed and set. CONSTITUTION:In a device where various data such as set data and monitor data are displayed on a display device 2 of a keyboard 1 and are confirmed and updated, an item register key 10 is used to preliminarily register validation/ in-validation of display of each data item in a RAM 15, and only data whose validation of display is registered are displayed when a display switching key 11 is switched to the selected item display side. By this constitution, only data required by a user are selectively displayed, and trouble due to display of unnecessary data is eliminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine which operates a control keyboard to set various data in a storage section inside an automatic vending machine and displays the data stored in the storage section on a display. Machine data setting and display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, a vending machine is provided with a control keyboard (or operation panel), and data necessary for sales control, sales management, service maintenance, etc. is set in a storage section inside the vending machine. Further, data stored in the storage unit or stored in the control unit when the vending machine is operated is called and displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a conventional keyboard in a cup type beverage vending machine. In the figure,
On the operation surface of the keyboard 1, a liquid crystal display 2, a numeric keypad 3,
A setting key 4, a completion key (mode release key) 5, a function key 6, a data item sequential feed key 7, a data item reverse feed key 8 and the like are provided. The function keys 6 include a beverage setting key 6a for setting a price and a raw material amount for each beverage, a timer setting key 6b for setting various times, a counter display key 6c for displaying count values of counters for collecting various data, and various types. There are a monitor display key 6d for displaying monitoring data of the monitor, and a test key 6e for test sale of each beverage and carrying out raw material for one drink.

FIG. 10 shows the function keys 6a to 6 described above.
It is the figure which illustrated the item number and the item name of the data item related to d. Here, according to the procedure diagram of FIG. 9, the keyboard 1
The procedure of setting or displaying the data by the operation of is as follows. First, one of the function keys 6 is selected from the standby state and pressed (procedure P1), and then the data item No. of FIG. 10 is input from the ten key 3 (procedure P1).
2). Then, the data of the designated item is displayed on the display device 2 as shown in FIG. 8 (in the case shown, the beverage setting key 6a is selected and the data item No. 01 is input). If you only need to confirm the display, immediately press the completion key 5 (procedure P
6) Return to the standby state.

When it is desired to confirm the data of another item, the forward key 7 or the backward key 8 is pressed to change the data item on the display screen (procedure P3). At that time, when it is desired to change the setting of the data, the data is input from the ten-key pad 3 (procedure P4), and then the setting key 4 is pressed (procedure P5).
As a result, the data is stored in the storage unit inside the vending machine. Then, the completion key 5 is pressed (procedure P6) to return to the standby state.

By the way, the setting is made using the keyboard 1,
Or, some of the data items to be displayed are shown in FIG.
As shown in 0, from price setting information, amount of raw materials, operation mode of the sales mechanism, etc., which are indispensable for the operation of the vending machine, energy saving operation, sales time limit, automatic cleaning, sales information, etc. There are many different things. On the other hand, users do not use all of these items,
Items other than the basic ones are selectively used as needed. For example, regarding the number of sales, only the product price is managed, and data such as total sales, product selection pushbutton sales, and test sales are not viewed.

[0007]

However, in the conventional vending machine, the data of all items are displayed regardless of the needs of the user during the process of operating the keyboard, and many unnecessary data other than the desired items are displayed. There was a problem that it became difficult to use as it became more multifunctional, such as being confused by the fact that necessary data could not be found immediately and the operation was troublesome. The present invention addresses such a problem. Even if the number of functions is increased, only the necessary items need to be used, and unnecessary items need not be touched. It is intended to provide a setting / display device.

[0008]

As means for achieving the above object, the present invention is a means for registering whether data items are valid or invalid for display, and an item registered as valid in this registration means. Means for selectively displaying only the data shall be provided. In addition, as another means for achieving the above object, the present invention is a means for counting and storing the number of times the set value is changed for each data item, and data for an item with a large number of changes counted by the counting means. And means for selectively displaying only those. Here, as the items that are changed a lot,
The item whose number of times is the specified number of times or more, or the item having the highest number of times may be the item of the specified higher rank. In these cases, it is more convenient to provide a means for designating whether the data to be displayed is all items or only the items selected by each of the above means.

[0009]

The present invention is unnecessary by providing a means for selectively displaying, or setting and changing the data, of only the data items required by the user out of a wide variety of data items prepared by the manufacturer. It is designed so as not to be bothered by various data items. As a selection criterion for the necessity of a data item, whether the data item is valid or invalid is registered in advance, and the data item registered as invalid is automatically deleted.

As another selection criterion of necessity of the data item, the actual value of the number of times the set value is changed is recorded for each data item, and the number of changes is, for example, 10 times or more or the order in which the number of changes is large is, for example, the top 10. Selectively display only the item data. In these cases, if a means to specify whether to display all data items or only items selected by the above criteria is provided, even if data of items outside the selection criteria is needed, Can handle.

[0011]

[Example] The following is a cup-type beverage vending machine based on the drawings.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition,
The same symbols shall be used for the parts corresponding to the conventional example.
It Example 1 Figures 1 to 4 are implementations in which necessary data items are registered in advance.
It shows an example. First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram, and 1 is
Keyboard, 12 I / O port, 13 data setting
CPU for controlling the display and display, and 14 for controlling the CPU 13.
ROM that stores the program, 15 is entered from the keyboard 1.
Registered data for valid and invalid data
Memory for various monitors and counters (not shown).
It is a RAM that takes in signals.

The keyboard 1 is different from the conventional example in that an initial setting key 9, an item registration key 10 and a display changeover switch 11 are newly provided. The initial setting key 9 is a key for setting the keyboard 1 in a data item valid / invalid registration mode (initial setting mode). The item registration key 10 is a key for registering valid / invalid for each data item under the initial setting mode. on the other hand,
The display changeover switch 11 is a switch for changing over whether to display only data items registered as valid (selected item display mode) or all data (all item display mode).

FIG. 2 conceptually shows the memory configuration of the RAM 15, in which the setting data is stored in the memory area A.
The memory area B stores a table for selecting a data item to be displayed. FIG. 3 shows the contents of the above table. In the display presence / absence data, "1" is valid and "0" is invalid.

Next, the control operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. CP in step S1
U13 checks whether the initial setting key 9 is ON, and if it is ON, the function keys 5a to 5e are turned ON in step S2.
Wait for Then, in step S3, it is checked whether or not the data item No. (FIG. 10) is input from the numeric keypad 3, and if input, the data of the item selected in step S4 is displayed on the display device 2. Next, in step S5, it is checked whether or not the item registration key 10 is turned on for the data item,
When turned on, "1" is recorded in the table (FIG. 3) of the RAM 15 in step S6 (step S6). Step S2
After repeating steps S6 to S6, the completion key 5 is turned off in step S7.
If there is N, the initial setting mode ends.

Then, in the standby state, step S8
Check the status of the display changeover switch 11, and if it is the all item display mode, turn off the selection display flag in step S9.
If it is the selection item display mode, the selection display flag is turned on in step S10. Next, in step S11, the function key 6 is waited for ON, and when it is turned ON, step S12
Wait for input of data item No. from numeric keypad. If there is an input, it is checked in step S13 whether the selection display flag is ON, and if it is ON, the contents of the memory area B of the RAM 15 is checked in step S14. If the selection display is registered, the data of the item designated in step S16 is displayed, and if it is not registered, the data is not displayed in step S1.
Go to 7. If the selection display flag is not ON in step S13, the process unconditionally advances to step S16 and the data of the designated item is displayed.

In step S17, it is checked whether the forward feed key 7 or the reverse feed key 8 is turned on, and if it is turned on, the process returns to step S13. If not turned on, step S18
Check to see if the next data item number was entered. If yes, return to step S13. If not, complete key 5
Check ON. If the completion key 5 is not turned on, the process returns to step S13, and if it is turned on, the process is terminated and returns to the standby state.

Embodiment 2 Next, referring to FIGS. 5 to 7, an embodiment is shown in which the number of times data is changed is counted and stored for each item. In the block diagram of FIG. 5, a keyboard 1 is provided with a selection display key 16 for selecting and displaying data of an item having a large number of data changes, and an LED lamp 1 lit when the selection display key 16 is turned on.
7 is provided. The display unit 2, the ten-key pad 3, the setting key 4, the completion key 5, and the function key 6 are the same as those in FIG.

CPU 13 sends data items from keyboard 1
When No or data is input, the data stored in the ROM 14 is displayed and the setting is controlled by the program. At that time, when the setting of the data is changed, the number of times is counted for each data item, and the number of times is, for example, The data items up to 10 times or more or in the order of the highest number of times, for example, the top 10 data items are extracted and stored in the RAM 15. Figure 6 RAM
15 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of 15, in which a memory area A stores setting data for each item, and a memory area B stores a data item number having a large number of data changes. The count value of the number of data changes can be reset at any time.

Then, according to the flow chart of FIG.
The control operation of this embodiment will be described. First, in step S1, it is checked whether the selection display key 16 is turned on,
When turned on, the LED lamp 17 is turned on in step S2. Next, it is checked whether or not the function keys 5a to 5e are turned on, and if it is turned on, it is checked at step S4 whether or not the data item NO of FIG. 10 is input. Then, when input, the contents of the memory area B are checked in step S5, and it is determined in step S6 whether the data item is extracted as an item having a large number of changes.

If the number of changes is not large in step S6, the data is not displayed and the process returns to step S4 to wait for the input of the next item No. If the number of changes is large, step S7
The data is displayed with and the setting can be changed. Then, in step S8, the forward key 7 or the reverse key 8 is turned on.
It is checked whether or not N is turned on, and if turned on, the process returns to step S5 and the same processing is performed for the next data item.

Next, in step S9, the input of a new item No. is waited, if there is an input, the process returns to step S5, and if there is no input, the completion key 5 is checked to be ON in step S10. If the completion key 5 is not turned on, the data display is continued in step S7, and if it is turned on, the selection display key 16 is checked to be turned on in step S11. When the selection display key 16 is turned on, the LED lamp 17 is turned off in step S12 and the process returns to step S1.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the validity or invalidity of the display is registered in the data item in advance, or the number of data changes is counted and stored, and the selection item display mode is set. By displaying the data only for the data items for which display is enabled or items with a large number of data changes, and checking and updating the data, even if the number of data settings and display items increases, it is necessary according to the user's needs. It is possible to use only the simplest ones, which greatly improves the operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of a RAM shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of a memory area B in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of a RAM in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation surface of a keyboard in a conventional example.

9 is a diagram showing an operation procedure of the keyboard of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram exemplifying data items in a cup-type beverage vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 keyboard 2 indicator 3 numeric keypad 4 setting key 5 completion key 6 function key 7 forward feed key 8 reverse feed key 9 initial setting key 10 item registration key 11 display changeover switch 12 I / O 13 CPU 14 ROM 15 RAM 16 selection display key 17 LED lamp

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A data setting / display device of a vending machine, wherein data of various items are set in a storage section inside the vending machine by operating a keyboard, and the data stored in the storage section is displayed on a display. , Automatic vending characterized by providing means for registering whether the display is valid or invalid for each data item and means for selectively displaying only the data of the items registered as valid in this registration means Machine data setting / display device. 2. A data setting / display device of a vending machine, wherein data of various items are set in a storage section inside the vending machine by operating a keyboard, and the data stored in the storage section is displayed on a display. A means for counting and storing the number of times the set value has been changed for each data item, and a means for selectively displaying only the data of the item with the largest number of times of change counted by the counting means. Data setting and display device for vending machines. 3. A data setting for a vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising means for designating whether to display all data or only selected data. -Display device.