JPH06333140A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily obtain information of a commodity corresponding to a commodity selection pushbutton by selecting a commodity video image of a column of the commodity selection pushbutton among video disk information and starting the display when the commodity selection pushbutton is depressed. CONSTITUTION:A demonstration video image of sales commodities from a reproduction device 3 is displayed on a monitor 2 in a sales standby state or in a sales state. When a commodity selection pushbutton 8 is depressed, a commodity video of a pushbutton column is selected from video disk information and reproduction is started. Whether or not a commodity selection pushbutton 9 is depressed is discriminated and when depressed, the video reproduced at present is stopped and the reproduction of the video of the commodity of the depressed column is started and when the reproduction is finished, the pattern of the monitor 2 is restored to the original video. When not depressed, whether or not a commodity selection pushbutton 10 is depressed is discriminated, and when depressed, the reproduction of the video of the button is started, and when the reproduction is finished, the original displayed image is restored for the monitor 2. Furthermore, when a coin is depositted and a commodity selection pushbutton is depressed, prescribed information of the commodity column is displayed at last.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine that advertises and sells products for sale on a television monitor through video disc information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The contents displayed on a television monitor installed in a conventional vending machine have been mainly used as advertisements of sold products (for example, Shoukai 63-55).
No. 73). In addition, the reproduction of the video disc system is performed continuously from the beginning to the end according to the order stored in the disc.

[0003]

The degree of effectiveness of the information about the commercial CM displayed on the monitor varies depending on the type of information, the location of the vending machine, and the time slot input. Therefore, if the customer can arbitrarily operate the information, there is a problem in antitheft and operation, and it is inconvenient to provide a dedicated operation switch on the panel of the vending machine in terms of cost and space.

Further, in order to improve the information effect, it is necessary to properly adapt the above elements, but in the conventional configuration as described above, the reproduction of the video disk system is performed from the beginning to the end according to the order stored in the disk. Since there is continuous playback until, there was the problem that a large information effect could not be expected. 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 obtaining product information in conjunction with product selection.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the vending machine of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, is a reproducing means for reproducing the information of the sales commodity stored in the video disc, In a vending machine equipped with a monitor for displaying the information reproduced by the reproducing means, a product selection push button attached to the vending machine, and arbitrary information in the video disc is read out by selecting the push button and reproducing means. And a playback control means for playing back.

When the product selection button is pressed after coins have been inserted into the coin mech, the predetermined information in the product column is displayed to the end.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the customer or the person who needs the information pushes the product selection push button, the L
Selective reproduction of specific information in D is started.

[0008]

2 is a block diagram showing the construction of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a commercial in a video disk (not shown) for advertising / promotion of the product sold by the vending machine 1.
The information is mounted on the vending machine 1 and displayed on a monitor 2 such as a television in front of the vending machine by a reproducing device 3 which reproduces information on a video disc by a laser beam. As the information source input to the monitor 2, various broadcasting sources such as TV radio waves, cable broadcasting, and VCR can be used.

Further, a commodity selection push button 8 having a selection function,
Upon receiving the signals from 9 and 10, the CPU 4 outputs a switching signal for the reproducing device 3 to the control unit 4. The playback device 3 has a control unit 4
Controlled by. The control program of the CPU 4 is stored in the ROM 6. In addition, various data of vending machine is RAM
It is stored in 7. The coin mech 11 outputs a signal of receiving money to the CPU 4 to make it available for sale.

The operation of the apparatus having the above construction will be described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. In the figure, the advertisement image of the product sold by the playback device 3 is displayed on the monitor 2 during standby or during sales. Then, when the product selection button 8 is pressed (step S1), the product video screen of the push button column is selected from the video disc information and reproduction is started.
(Step S2) Next, it is determined whether or not the product selection push button 9 has been pressed (step S3). When the product selection push button 9 is pressed, the video currently being played back is stopped and the video of the product in the pushed column is started. When it is finished, the screen of the monitor 2 is returned to the original release film surface (step S4). Product selection button 1 when not pressed
It is determined whether 0 has been pressed (step S5). If it has been pressed, the image of that button is started to be reproduced, and when it is finished, the screen of the monitor 2 is returned to the original release screen (step S6).

When the product selection push button is pressed after receiving money, it is possible to broadcast the information about the products in the column to the end in order to service the customer.

[0012]

According to the present invention, when the product selection push button is pressed, the product image screen of the column of the push button is selected from the video disc information and the broadcasting is started, so that the product selection push button can be handled. It is possible to obtain the effect of easily obtaining the information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a claim correspondence of the vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the block diagram of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vending Machine 2 Monitor 3 Playback Device 4 Control Unit 5 CPU 6 ROM 7 RAM 8 Product Selection Push Button 9 Product Selection Push Button 10 Product Selection Push Button 11 CoinMec

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine equipped with a reproducing means for reproducing information on a product for sale stored in a video disc and a monitor for displaying the information reproduced by the reproducing means, which is attached to the vending machine. An automatic vending machine comprising: a selected product selection push button; and reproduction control means for reading arbitrary information in the video disc by the selection of the push button and causing the reproduction means to reproduce the information. 2. The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein, when a product selection button is pressed after coins have been inserted into a coin mech, predetermined information in the product column is broadcast to the end. Vending machine to do.