JPS61110289A - Data setting for vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a data setting method for a vending machine.
This invention relates to a method of setting data such as selling prices for each of a plurality of product storage columns.

[Prior Art and its Problems J] In a vending machine equipped with multiple product storage columns, the price data of the products stored in the columns is stored in the control device for each product storage column. , when selling a product, read out the price data of the corresponding column,
Necessary controls for sales, such as whether a predetermined amount of money has been deposited, are carried out.

In this type of vending machine, the price data of each product storage column is stored together with the product storage column number (or 7 doreku corresponding to the frame number is specified) in a storage device such as a RAM by the operation of an attendant or the like. written.

The above-mentioned price data setting in conventional vending machines is performed using a setting unit with a display section and operation keys, and a storage device RAM.
Using a setting device consisting of a setting controller with a built-in
Data is set by operating the operation keys after checking the numerical values on the display. The operation keys include numeric keys from O to 9 (so-called numeric keypad) for data setting, +/write keys for updating column numbers and data writing instructions, and keys for selecting each mode (price setting etc.). A termination button is provided for use when completing the settings.

Next, a method for setting prices will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, ON means that the key is pressed,
OFF indicates a state in which the key is released.

In step S1, the price key is set to 0N10FF to switch to the price setting mode. At this time, the left two digits display 1 indicating NO and 1 column, and the right display g1
The currently set price data is displayed (Fig. 4a). In step S2, if you want to set the price, operate the numeric keys and enter the setting data while checking the right *i display ( FIG. 4b), in step S3,
+/When the write key is turned on, the data set in step S2 is written to RAMI: No. When the new price data of 1 column is written, the column number is updated on the display section, and the update is displayed on the right display section. The old price in the selected column is displayed (tj44 diagram C).

In step S5, if price setting for each column is not completed, return to step S2; if completed, step S6
The price setting is completed by proceeding to and operating the end key.

When such a setting method is used, there are the following drawbacks.

The products inside vending machines are becoming more diverse and larger.

However, in terms of product prices, there are often quite a lot of products with the same price but with different types of contents.

In this case, in the conventional setting method, even if the price is the same, the numeric keypad operation for setting the price must be repeated several times for each column, which makes the setting work inefficient and also causes setting errors. It had the disadvantage of being easy to use.

[Objective of the Invention 1] This invention was made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and it is possible to set the same data with a simple operation using a conventional key without providing a new key. The purpose of this study is to provide a data setting method.

[Structure 1 of the Invention] The data setting method of the present invention is such that data corresponding to a product storage column is entered using the numeric keys O to 9, and the product storage column number is updated using a write all key. , if the time for which the write key is operated is shorter than the predetermined time, the column number is updated each time the write key is operated, and new data input from the numeric keys is applied to the corresponding column. If the operation time of the write key is longer than a predetermined time, the column number is updated every predetermined time and the data input from the numeric keys in the most recent past is set corresponding to the corresponding column. It is characterized by

[Embodiment 1] A vending machine to which this invention is applied is equipped with a plurality of product storage columns, each column can store four types or different types of products, and each column can store products of different types. The corresponding price is set in advance.

The operation panel of the vending machine is equipped with multiple product selection buttons corresponding to each column, and when any of the product selection buttons is operated, the price data corresponding to that product is read out. Sales control is also performed based on the price data.

FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of the present invention.

The setting unit 1 in the above-mentioned vending machine includes a display section 2 for checking and displaying setting data, a numeric keypad 3 from O to 9 for setting data, and instructions for updating column numbers and writing data for storing products. A +/write key 4 is provided, a key 5 for selecting each mode, such as price, and an end key 6, which is operated when the settings are completed.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a setting controller using a microcomputer, which stores setting programs for various setting modes, and also incorporates a timer 8 for determining the operation time of the +/write key 4.

The setting controller 7 processes the data sent from the setting unit 1, displays the calculation results on the display unit 2 of the setting unit 1, and writes the set data to an external storage unit RAM 9. Ru.

The RAM 9 in FIG. ing. No. 9 @ shows how prices corresponding to each column number are written at the time of price setting.

Next, a method for setting prices will be explained according to chart 70 in FIG.

Step S11 and step S2 are the same as in the conventional example.

In step S3, +/write key 4 0N10FF
When the timer 8 is determined and turned ON, the timer 8 is started in step S4, and it is determined in step S4' whether or not the timer 8 has counted a predetermined time.

That is, the setting controller 7 uses the timer 8 to measure the ON time of the +/write key 4, that is, the time it has been pressed, and if this measured time is shorter than a predetermined time, the process advances to step S6, and the column number is updated by one. At the same time, the price data input in step S2 is stored in the price area 9-219-2 of the RAM 9.
n, the area corresponding to the column number before the update is written, and the rest is the same as in the conventional example.

If it is detected in step S4' that the +/write key 4 has been pressed for a longer time than the predetermined time counted by the timer 8, the process proceeds to step S9, where the column number is updated by one, and the column number is updated manually in step S2. The updated price data is written to the corresponding area of RAM 9 (area corresponding to the column number before update). At this time, the price data after column number update is 1.
The same data as the data in the previous column, ie, step S2, is displayed on the display 2.

Then, in step S9, the timer 8 is further reset and restarted, and the process returns to step S4'. In step S4', if the predetermined time counted by the timer 8 has not been reached, the process proceeds to step S5, and it is determined whether the +/write key is OFF. If it is ON, the process returns to step S4'. By continuously pressing the +/write key 4 in this way, it is possible to continuously set the same price data as the price data in the previous column. Then, if the +/write key 4 is released within the above-mentioned predetermined time after the column number update and writing in step S9 is completed, the mode switches to the normal setting, that is, the method of setting price data using the numeric keypad for each column number, and then is the same method as the conventional example.

[Effects of the Invention] This invention provides a setting method in which when a predetermined write key is pressed and released within a predetermined time, data is written to the RAM from the numeric keypad for each column, and if the write key is held down for more than the predetermined time, the data is written from the numeric keypad to the RAM. The same data as the data of the previous column can be set in RAM without inputting data, making it easier to set data when there are many product storage columns with the same data, improving efficiency. can do.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure i@1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Figure @2 is a 70-chart showing the operation of the embodiment of Figure @1, Figure 3 is a 70-chart of the operation in the conventional example, and Figure 41 ]1i
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the display on the display section in FIG. 3; DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Setting unit, 2... Display section, 3... Numeric keypad, 4... +/Write key, 5... Each mode selection key, 6... End key, 7... Setting controller, 8
...Timer, 9...RAM. Patent applicant: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Representative: Patent attorney: 2 people (including the above-mentioned person) Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a data setting method in which the data corresponding to the product storage column is entered using the numeric keys 0 to 9, and the write key is used to update the product storage column number, the write key is not operated. If the remaining time is shorter than the predetermined time, each time the write key is operated, the column number is updated, new data input using the numeric keys is set corresponding to the corresponding column, and the write key is pressed. Data for a vending machine characterized in that when the operation time is longer than a predetermined time, a column number is updated every predetermined time, and the data inputted from the numeric keys in the nearest past is set corresponding to the corresponding column. Setting method.