JPH0620222Y2 - Vending machine display - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Field of Industrial Use The present invention relates to a device for displaying sales information on a display device for displaying the status of each column of sold products in a vending machine.

(B) Conventional technology Display on the vending machine requires display of various statuses such as "price", "sold out", "available for sale (press)", and "sales" for each product column. Conventionally, these displays have been made by providing separate dedicated display devices, respectively, as seen in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-37577.

And as a device for displaying "sales" information
There is a configuration disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-60182. This is a configuration in which the sales amount of the vending machine is accumulated by a sales counter and the count value of the sales counter is displayed on the display according to the operation of the display control switch means.

(C) Problems to be solved by the device However, a large number of displays must be displayed for each product column on the panel surface of the vending machine, and the display space for each product column cannot be so large. For this reason, according to the above-mentioned conventional method, various types of indicators for each product column for sale need to be miniaturized as the number of types increases, and the display area becomes small and difficult to see. There is a problem that the number of points increases and the display device becomes complicated.

Then, in order to simplify the display device, as shown in the above publication, it is conceivable to provide only one display device for displaying sales information and switch and display various kinds of information regarding sales. However, displaying the sales information in this way is troublesome because the display has to be switched according to the number of columns when displaying the sales information for each sales product column, and it is difficult to handle the display content and the sales product column. It may cause an error.

Therefore, the present invention is provided with a column-by-column indicator for indicating various situations for each product column for sale, which effectively displays the sales information for each column, and the representative indicator for the sales of the entire vending machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device capable of displaying information.

(D) Means for Solving Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a plurality of sales product columns and takes out products from the sales product column designated by operating the product selection switch. In the vending machine that sells and calculates the total sales and the sales of the sold product column with the sales totalizer, it is a segment type display for each product column that is provided for each product column. Furthermore, by adding the necessary display segment, it is also possible to display comment information indicating the status of each applicable sales product column, and a number display provided separately from the column display. The representative display unit and the sales data for each sales commodity column operated in the sales confirmation mode and operated by the sales totalizing device are displayed on the corresponding column display unit, respectively, and Device constitutes a total sales data are calculated from the display control device which controls to display in the representative indicator.

(E) Operation The column-by-column display commonly displays various information for each sale product column. Especially for sales information, on the sales totalizing device,
The total number of sales and the number of sales for each sales product column are calculated based on the fact that the products have been sold. Then, according to the designation of the sales confirmation mode, the display control device displays the sales amount data for each sale product column on the corresponding column-by-column display device, and also displays the total sales amount on the representative display device.

(F) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of an apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, an amount calculation device (2) calculates the amount of money to be input based on the input money signal A generated by inputting money into the vending machine, and calculates the balance after sale. Is added to the sales control unit (8). In the price setting device (3), the sales price of the product for each sales product column is set, and the sales price information by the binary code signal is, for example, ON / O of a memory or a series of a plurality of switches.
It is held in FF. This sales price information is added to the sales controller (8) and the display controller (6). The product selection switches (1 ₁ ) to (1 _n ) correspond to each product column sold,
Each selection signal S _{1 to} S _n generated by the pressing operation of the customer is applied to the sales control unit (8). Sold Out Switch (10 ₁ ) ~ (10 _n )
Also corresponds to the respective sales commodity column is added to when detecting the product out of the corresponding column sold-out signals E ₁ to E _n display control device (6) and sales control unit (8).

The sales control unit (8) compares the calculated price of the price calculation device (2) with the sales price set in the price setting device (3), and the product whose sales price is equal to the calculated price, and the calculated price. Is higher than the selling price, it is determined that the change amount can be sold for the product that can be paid out with the currency held by the vending machine. When the selection signal S ₁ to S _n sales control unit (8) as applicable for products where it is determined that can be sold is input, product delivery device a signal V ₁ ~V _n indicating the sales of the product
(9) and give to the sales tallying device (4). The product delivery device (9) delivers the products corresponding to the input signals V _{1 to} V _n . Sales totaling device (4) holds the sales data by such as sales or the number of sales amount of goods for each goods sold column, signal V ₁ ~
When V _n is input, the number of sales or the sales amount commensurate with this sales is added to the sales data of the corresponding sales product column.
Then, the sales totalizing device (4) sums up the sales data for each of the sold product columns to calculate the total sales data.

Display control unit (6) is connected to the column by the indicator provided for each sales item column _{(5 1) ~ (5 n} ), typically each respective selling prices to be introduced from the pricing device (3) The display is controlled by the corresponding column display (5 ₁ ) to (5 _n ).
Thus sold-out switch _{(10 1) ~ (10 n} ) from the sold-out signal E ₁ to E _n
When is input, the display control device (6) controls the column-by-column displays (5 ₁ ) to (5 _n ) of the corresponding sale item column to display “Urikire” as comment information indicating the state of the sale item column. To do. Then, when the sales confirmation mode is designated by the mode designating device (11), the display control device (6) reads the sales data for each sales column from the sales totalizing device (4) and displays the corresponding column display (5 Display the sales in ( ₁ ) to (5 _n ) and read the total sales data to display the representative display (7).
Control to display.

Figure 2a to the 2d view the column by the display (5 ₁₎ shows the display surface of ~ (5 _n), column by indicator LCD (LCD)
In the present embodiment, the character display can be performed by adding an extra segment in addition to the normal numeric display segment. That is, on each display surface from the 4th digit to the 2nd digit, "C" is displayed on each of the seven segments for numerical display.
An additional segment is provided to display "ri" and "ki", and three segments displaying "0" and three segments displaying "re" are combined on the display surface of the first digit. There is. Fig. 2a shows a state in which all the segments of the column display are displayed, Fig. 2b shows a state in which "Urukire" is displayed, and Figs. 2c and 2d show a state in which the selling price or the sales amount is displayed. Shows. The representative display unit (7) is provided with a numerical segment display structure according to the number of digits in which sales data can be displayed.

The operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. After the power is turned on, if the sales confirmation mode is not specified by the mode specifying device (11) (100), the display control device (6) shifts the sales product column (102) and first corresponds to the first sales product column. It is determined whether the sold-out signal E ₁ is generated in the sold-out switch (10 ₁ ) (104). If the sold-out signal E ₁ does not occur, the selling price of the product in the column is read from the price setting device (3) and displayed (106) on the corresponding column-specific display (51), and the sold-out signal E ₁ is displayed. _{When 1} occurs, "Urkire" is displayed on the column display (5 ₁ ) (108). The operation of the "wrinkle" display or the set amount display according to the presence or absence of the sold-out signal is performed for each of the 1st to nth sold commodity columns (110). Then, when money is thrown into the vending machine and the throwing money signal A is generated (112), the money amount calculation device
(2) calculates the amount of money to be input (114), and the sales control unit (8) determines a product that can be sold with this amount of money to be input (116). At this time, the sales control unit (8) compares the input price with the sales price for each sales product column set in the price setting device (3), and the product whose sales price is equal to the calculated price, and the calculated price. Is higher than the selling price, it is determined that the change amount can be sold for the product that can be paid out with the currency held by the vending machine. When the customer operates the product selection switches (1 ₁ ) to (1 _n ) corresponding to the desired product and a selection signal is generated (118), the sales control unit (8) can sell this product. The corresponding signals V _{1 to} V _n are output (12
0), the product delivery device (9) receives this signal and performs the operation of delivering the selected product (122). Further, the sales totalizing device (4) adds signals V _{1 to} V _n corresponding to the selected product and adds the number of sales or the sales amount corresponding to the sales to the sales data of the corresponding sales product column (124). . Next sales control department
(8) reads the selling price of the sent product from the price setting device (3), and uses this selling price as subtraction information as the amount calculation device (2)
The change is calculated by giving it to (126). Then, the sales control unit (8) controls the payout of the change by calculating the change.
(128) After that, it goes into a sales standby state.

When the sales confirmation mode is specified (100) by the mode specification device (11), the sales control unit (8) reads out sales data for each sales column from the sales totalization device (4) and displays the corresponding column. The total sales data is read out and displayed on the representative display (7) (130) while being displayed on the display (5 ₁ ) to (5 _n ). Therefore, the column-by-column display provided for each product column (5 ₁ )
~ (5 _n ) displays the normal selling price, and "Urikine" is displayed when there are no more products in the corresponding sales product column, but it is displayed by column when the sales confirmation mode is specified by the mode specification device (11). Switch (5 ₁ ) to (5 _n ) to display sales data,
The representative display (7) displays total sales data.

(G) Effect of the device According to the present invention, the sales data can be displayed on the display device for each sale product column along with the sales price and the information for each column. The space can be increased and a clear display is made. Then, since the sales for each column are displayed on the display for each sales product column and the total sales are displayed on the representative display, the sales can be confirmed accurately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus according to the present invention,
FIGS. 2a to 2d are views showing each display state of the display surface of the column-by-column display, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation. (1 ₁ ) to (1 _n ) ... Product selection switch, (4) ... Sales totaling device,
(5 ₁ )-(5 _n ) ... Display by column, (6) ... Display controller, (7)
… Representative display.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of sales product columns are provided, and the products are taken out from the sales product column designated by the operation of the product selection switch and sold, and the total sales and sales with sales have been made. In the vending machine that calculates the sales of product columns, the status of each sales product column by adding the necessary display segment to the segment type display that is provided for each sales product column and displays the price Column-by-column display device that can also display comment information indicating that, a representative display device that is provided separately from the column-by-column display device, and that operates in the sales confirmation mode, and is calculated by the sales totalizing device. Display the sales data for each of the sold product columns on the corresponding column-by-column display unit,
A display device for a vending machine, which comprises a display control device that controls to display the total sales data calculated by the sales totaling device on the representative display device.