JPH0575878U - Lost property prevention device for vending machines - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modified) [Purpose] To prevent users from forgetting to leave their luggage in vending machines such as vending machines. [Configuration] A main body 1 of the vending machine or a luggage stand 9 provided near the main body 1 of the vending machine, and the luggage stand 9
A sensor s for detecting the luggage a placed on the vending machine, an alarm device for notifying the luggage forgetting provided in the main body 1 of the vending machine or in the vicinity of the main body 1 of the vending machine, and the automatic vending machine. It comprises a controller c for driving the alarm when the predetermined selling operation of the main body 1 of the machine is completed and the sensor s detects the package a.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a lost-item prevention device for an automatic ticket vending machine, an automatic checkout machine, or various other automatic vending machines.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 For example, when the vending machine is an automatic ticket vending machine, the user inserts a predetermined amount of money (including cards such as prepaid cards) into the main body of the automatic ticket vending machine (hereinafter referred to as the main body) and You purchase a ticket by pressing a key switch. For this reason, when the user carries the luggage, the luggage should be placed on the floor or placed on the luggage stand provided under the customer service surface of the main body in order to free at least one hand. I am trying to put it.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, once the luggage was removed from the hand, there was a risk of leaving it behind. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-100575 discloses a forgetting prevention device for an automatic vending machine. The forgetting prevention device disclosed here is, for example, a purchased product such as soft drink. Since it is intended to prevent misplacement, it cannot be applied as it is.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a lost-item prevention device for a vending machine, which prevents the user from forgetting to leave the luggage.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the device of the present invention comprises a main body or a baggage stand provided near the main body, a sensor for detecting a load placed on the baggage stand, and the main body or its body. An alarm provided near the main body for notifying forgetting luggage, and a control means for driving the alarm when the predetermined sales operation of the main body is finished and the sensor detects the luggage. It is characterized by having.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the above structure, the control means drives the alarm when the sensor detects the presence of the luggage on the luggage mounting table even after the predetermined selling operation of the main body is completed. This allows the user to recognize the presence of the luggage.

[0007]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of an apparatus according to an embodiment when an automatic vending machine is used as a vending machine, and a main body 1 is provided with a customer service panel 2 slightly protruding from a mounting panel 3.

Like the well-known main body, the customer service panel 2 has an indicator 4 for displaying the amount of money to be inserted in order from the upper part to the lower part, an insertion slot 5 for bills (including cards) and coins, and a user A speaker 6 for providing voice guidance, a push button group 7 pressed by a user, and a boarding ticket exit (including change) 8 are provided.

On the mounting panel 3 below the main body 1, there is provided a horizontal cargo table 9 that projects from the customer service panel 2. A sensor S, which is a well-known mat type switch that is turned on when an object having a weight greater than a predetermined value is placed, is provided on the upper surface of the luggage table 9.

In the figure, C is a controller mainly composed of a microcomputer for controlling the apparatus of this embodiment, and its electric configuration is shown in FIG. That is, the electrical configuration has a central processing unit (CPU) 12 that performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in the ROM 10 and working data stored in the RAM 11. Then, the CPU 12 includes, via the I / O unit 13, a ticket issuing unit 14 for performing ticket issuing processing by the money inserted into the main body 1 and a button switch selectively pressed from the push button group 7, and a display device. The display driver 15 for driving the speaker 4, the audio driver 16 for driving the speaker 6, and the sensor driver 17 of the sensor S are connected. Although other sensor drivers for driving the main body 1 are connected to the I / O unit, they are omitted because they are not directly related to the description of the apparatus of this embodiment.

Next, the control operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, suppose that a user (not shown) wants to place a luggage a on the luggage stand 9 and purchase a ticket.

When a predetermined amount of money is inserted into the slot 5 (Yes at step 100, hereinafter referred to as step S) and a predetermined button switch of the push button group is pressed, the boarding ticket is ejected to the exit 8. Then, a series of processing of the main body 1 is finished (Yes in S102). The processing operation of the main body 1 also ends when the cancel button (see the lower part of the speaker 6 in FIG. 1) is pressed after the money has been inserted into the insertion slot 5.

At this time, when the sensor S is ON, that is, when the luggage a is placed on the luggage table 9, the display driver 15 and the voice driver 16 are driven, and the display 4 indicates “Luggage”. Is displayed, and the speaker 6 announces "Please bring your luggage with you" (S106). This guidance is repeated until the sensor S is turned off, that is, the luggage a is taken away by the user (S108, S110).

As described above, in the apparatus of this embodiment, even if the series of operations of the main body 1 is completed, the display 4 and the speaker 6 provide guidance for preventing misplacement when the sensor S is ON. The user can recognize the presence of the baggage, and can reliably take out the baggage.

In the above embodiment, the display 4 and the speaker 6 are used as the misplacement prevention guide, but either one of them may be used. Further, although the sensor S is a mat type switch, a well-known sensor such as one using a photoelectric element or one using ultrasonic waves may be adopted. Further, the speaker 6 may be provided on the mounting panel 3 instead of being provided on the main body 1. Although an example of an automatic ticket vending machine is shown as the automatic vending machine, other various automatic vending machines may be used, or an automatic checkout machine may be used. Therefore, the present invention includes an automatic checkout machine in the vending machine.

[0016]

【The invention's effect】

 The device of the present invention comprises a main body or a luggage stand provided near the main body, a sensor for detecting a load placed on the main body, and a luggage forgetting prevention provided at the main body or near the main body. Has a notifying device and a control means for driving the notifying device when a predetermined sales operation of the main body is completed and the sensor detects the baggage, It is possible to notify the existence of the baggage and effectively prevent the luggage from being left behind.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a device according to an embodiment when the present invention is applied to an automatic ticket vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main body (main body) of automatic vending machine (automatic ticket vending machine) 4 Display 6 Speaker (display) 9 Luggage stand a Luggage c Control means (controller) S sensor

Continuation of the front page (72) Creator Tomokatsu Noguchi 11-2 Hiraide Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture Japan Signal Co., Ltd. Utsunomiya Works

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A main body of the vending machine or a luggage stand provided near the main body of the vending machine, a sensor for detecting a luggage placed on the luggage stand, and a main body of the vending machine. Or an alarm device provided near the main body of the vending machine for notifying forgotten luggage, a predetermined vending operation of the main body of the vending machine is completed, and when the sensor detects a package, A device for preventing a lost article of a vending machine, comprising: a control unit that drives an alarm.