JPH08190661A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make selling articles able to be purchased even by visually handicapped person by making a device having a constitution that the article name which corresponds to a selection button is reproduced by voice when the selection button is made an ON state in a sales standby state. CONSTITUTION: When a certain selection button B is made an ON state in a state that coin and paper money are not inserted on in a sales standby state, the voice data of the article name corresponding to the selection button B is called from a voice memory 38 by a control part 32 and the voice data is reproduced by a loudspeaker 30. When a customer throws-in money to bring into a sales state and the object selection button B is made the ON state again, the object article is sold. By making the automatic vending machine of such constitution, the object article can be purchased by even a visually handicapped person because the article name to be sold is reproduced in voice by the selection button B when the selection button B is made to be in ON state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for cigarettes, juices and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When purchasing a product in a vending machine such as a cigarette or a juice, a selection button corresponding to the desired product is pressed to purchase the product. Therefore, a display shelf is provided on the front of the vending machine, product samples are displayed on the display shelf, selection buttons are provided below the product sample, and which selection button corresponds to which product sample. You can see if it is.

[0003]

However, visually impaired people who are visually impaired do not know which selection button to press because they do not know the correspondence between selection buttons and product samples. It was difficult to buy goods. In addition, it is difficult for an automatic vending machine that looks at a display shelf to determine what kind of product is being sold and what kind of product is being sold.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an automatic vending machine which enables visually impaired persons to purchase products.

[0005]

The vending machine according to the present invention comprises:
A selection button for a plurality of products provided on the front surface of the main body of the vending machine, a voice storage means for storing the product name sold by each of the selection buttons as voice data, and a speaker, In a sale standby state, when a certain selection button is turned on, voice data of a product name corresponding to the selection button is called from the voice storage means and is played back by the speaker. .

[0006]

[Operation] The operation state of the vending machine having the above configuration will be described.

When a coin or a bill is not inserted, that is, in a standby state for sale, one selection button is turned on.
When in the N state, the reproducing means calls the voice data of the product name corresponding to the selection button from the voice storing means and reproduces it by the speaker.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette vending machine 10 showing an embodiment of the present invention. A door 14 is provided on the front surface of the main body 12 of the vending machine 10.

A commodity display shelf 16 is provided on the front surface of the door 14 and a sample commodity 18 of cigarettes is displayed on the display shelf 16. Further, the door 14 has a coin insertion slot 20,
A bill insertion slot 22, a return button 24, and a speaker 30 are provided.

Below the display shelves 16 are sample products 1
A plurality of product selection buttons B1 to Bn corresponding to 8 are provided.

At the lower part of the door 14, a product take-out port 28 for taking out a product is provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electric system of the vending machine 10.

A control unit 32 including a microcomputer for controlling the vending machine 10 is provided inside the main body 12.
In addition, inside the main body 12, n columns 1 to n for storing products to be sold (cigarettes) are provided,
In addition, each column is provided with product unloading devices C1 to Cn.

The control section 32 includes selection buttons B1 to Bn and article unloading devices C1 to Cn for columns 1 to m,
Return button 24, speaker 30, voice guide button 26
Is connected. Further, a coin mech 34 for processing coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 20 and a bill burr 36 for processing bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 22 are connected.

Further, the control section 32 has selection buttons B1 to B1.
A voice memory 38 for storing voice data of products selected up to Bn is connected.

The operation state of the vending machine 10 having the above structure will be described.

When a certain selection button B is turned on in the state where no coins or bills are inserted, that is, in the sales standby state, the voice data of the product name corresponding to the selection button B is output from the voice memory 38 to the control unit 32. Is called and reproduced by the speaker 30.

Then, when the customer puts money into the sale state and turns on the selection button B for the purpose again,
The desired product is sold.

With the vending machine 10 having the above structure, even if the visually impaired person turns the selection button B ON,
Since the product name sold by the selection button B is reproduced by voice, the target product can be purchased.

[0021]

According to the automatic vending machine of the present invention, when the selection button is turned on in the sales standby state, the product name corresponding to the selection button is reproduced by voice, so that the vending machine is visually impaired. Can also buy goods.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Vending Machine 12 Main Body 14 Door 16 Display Shelf 18 Sample Product 20 Coin Slot 22 Banknote Insertion 24 Return Button 28 Product Exit 30 Speaker 32 Control Unit 34 Coimmec 36 Bill Memory 38 Voice Memory B1-Bn Selection Button

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A voice storage means for storing a selection button for a plurality of products provided on the front surface of the main body of the vending machine, and voice data for outputting the name of the product sold by each of the selection buttons. A speaker, and a reproduction means for reproducing voice data of a product name corresponding to the selection button from the voice storage means when the selection button is turned on in the sales standby state by the speaker. Vending machine characterized by consisting of.