JPH08190663A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make even a visually handicapped person able to purchase an article from an automatic vending machine by making the machine have such a constitution that a pertinent article name is reproduced by a speaker when the selection button existing with a voice guide button is made to be in ON state. CONSTITUTION: When coins or paper money are inserted from a coin feeding port or a paper money feeding port, a control part 32 comes into a sales state. When a voice guide button 26 is made to be ON state and a certain selection button B is made to be in ON state, in this state, the voice data of the article which is pertinent to the selection button B is called from a voice memory 38 and the data is reproduced by a speaker 30. When the voice guide button 26 is made to be in OFF state and the selection button is made to be in ON state when an article is purchased, the article which is pertinent to the selection button B is sold. Thus, when the voice guide button B is made to be in On state, the sales article is guided by voice and an object article can be purchased from an automatic vending machine by even a visually handicapped person.

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 of the main body of the vending machine, a voice guide button provided on the front of the main body, and voice data capable of outputting the product name sold by each selection button by voice. When the stored voice storage means, the speaker, and the voice guide button are turned on, and one of the selection buttons is turned on,
The voice data of the product name corresponding to the selection button is called from the voice storage means and is played back by the speaker.

[0006]

[Operation] The vending machine with the above configuration will be described.

When the voice guide button is turned on and a certain selection button is turned on, the reproduction means calls the voice data of the product name corresponding to the selection button from the voice storage means and reproduces it by the speaker. .

With this, it is possible to know, by voice, what kind of product is to be sold by pressing which selection button. Therefore, even a visually handicapped person can purchase the product from the vending machine.

[0009]

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 product display shelf 16 is provided on the front surface of the door 14, and a sample product 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, a voice guide button 26, 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 from 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 coin or a bill is inserted through the coin insertion slot 20 or the bill insertion slot 22, the control section 32 is put into a sale state.

In this sales state, the voice guide button 26 is turned on and one selection button B is turned on.
Then, the voice data of the product corresponding to the selection button B is called from the voice memory 38, and the speaker 30
To play by.

When purchasing a product, the voice guide button 26 is turned off and the selection button B is turned on.
In the N state, the product corresponding to the selection button B is sold.

With the vending machine 10 having the above-described structure, even if the visually impaired person turns on the voice guide button 26 and turns on the selection button B, the product to be sold is guided by voice. Therefore, the target product can be purchased from the vending machine 10.

[0023]

According to the vending machine of the present invention, when the voice guide button is turned on and a certain selection button is turned on, the product name corresponding to the selection button is reproduced by the speaker, and therefore, the visual Even people with disabilities can purchase products from vending machines.

[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 Insert 22 Banknote Insert 24 Return Button 26 Voice Guide Button 28 Product Exit 30 Speaker 32 Control 34 Coinmec 36 Bill Bali 38 Voice Memory B1 to Bn Selection button

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of product selection buttons provided on the front of the main body of the vending machine, a voice guide button provided on the front of the main body, and product names sold by the selection buttons can be output by voice. When the voice guide button is in the ON state and one of the selection buttons is in the ON state, the voice of the product name corresponding to the selection button is stored. An automatic vending machine, comprising: reproducing means for calling data from the voice storing means and reproducing the data by the speaker.