KR101416021B1 - Apparatus for sellout information in multi vending machine and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A soldering guide device of a multi-vending machine, which detects a sold-out through product detection and displays an audio guidance and a sold-out position for selling the product when the operator opens the door, thereby allowing the operator to easily recognize the sold- A method is disclosed.
The sold-out guide device of the multi-vending machine includes a sold-out detection unit that detects a sold-out by detecting a product of a multi-vending machine in a non-sale operation; A door detecting unit detecting a door opening of the multi-automat vending machine; A controller for automatically controlling the sold-out guide upon detection of a sold-out based on a door open detection result of the door detection unit and a sold-out detection result of the sold-out diagnosis unit; A sold-out guide unit for extracting the sold-out data from the memory under the control of the control unit, converting the extracted sold-out data to speech, and outputting a guidance voice for the sold-out; And a display unit for displaying a merchandise sold state of the multi-vending machine under the control of the control unit.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a multi-vending machine and a method thereof,

The present invention relates to a sold-out guide for a multi-vending machine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sold-out guide for a multi-vendor vending machine. More specifically, The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for selling a multi-vending machine capable of recognizing a merchandise sold and a sold-out position.

In general, a vending machine is an unmanned sales system in which a variety of commodities such as coffee, tobacco, confectionery, and books are stored therein, a user inputs a commodity corresponding to the commodity to be purchased, and then selects a desired commodity And the vending machine in which the selected commodity is discharged to the discharge port.

In such a general automatic vending machine, a multi-automatic vending machine in which a plurality of kinds of goods are sold in a single automatic vending machine by unmanned sales method has recently been proposed.

A technique for a multi-vending machine proposed in the past is disclosed in Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2010-0087846 (published on Aug. 6, 2010) (entitled "Multi-vending machine" ).

The disclosed prior art can detect the protrusion of the shelf so that the vessel is prevented from collapsing with the basket and the shelf due to less entry of the vessel into the showcase and preventing the display product from falling off the shelf due to the flow of the apparatus So that it can be easily carried out without any error of the basket. Further, as the basket moves up and down, it forms an advertisement surface to make the user feel fun and create additional income sources.

1. KIPO Publication No. 10-2010-0087846 (published on Aug. 6, 2010) (title of invention: multi-vending machine)

However, the above-described conventional technique can prevent the shelf item from falling off the shelf due to the flow of the device, but it is impossible to detect the merchandise sold out and it is also not possible to automatically notify the operator when the merchandise is sold have.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art,

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a multi-vending machine soldering guidance device which can detect a sold-out through product detection and perform voice guidance on product sold-out when the operator opens the door, And a method therefor.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a sold-out guide apparatus and method for a multi-automat dispenser which can detect the sold-out of a product and display the sold-out position when the operator opens the door, I have to.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a soldering guide device for a multi-

A sold-out detection unit for detecting the sold-out by detecting the merchandise of the multi-vending machine during the non-selling operation;

A door detecting unit detecting a door opening of the multi-automat vending machine;

A controller for automatically controlling the sold-out guide upon detection of a sold-out based on a door open detection result of the door detection unit and a sold-out detection result of the sold-out diagnosis unit;

A sold-out guide unit for extracting the sold-out data from the memory under the control of the control unit, converting the extracted sold-out data to speech, and outputting a guidance voice for the sold-out;

And a display unit for displaying a merchandise sold state of the multi-vending machine under the control of the control unit.

In this case,

When the door is detected to be open by the door detection unit, the guide to the sold-out of the specific item is automatically controlled by extracting the position of the specific storage box from the memory, generating the sold-out data, .

In this case,

When the multi-vending machine is in the non-sale operation state, the difference between the previous product detection time and the current time is calculated, the difference time is calculated, and the calculated difference time is compared with the elapsed time so that the difference time becomes longer than the elapsed time And controls the sold-out detection unit to operate to detect a product in the product storage box.

In this case,

And displays the sold-out position under the control of the control unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of selling a multi-

(a) checking the sales operation state of the multi-vending machine, and detecting the goods in the product storage box when the state is not in the sales operation state;

(b) extracting the sold-out position by interlocking with the memory to store the sold-out data and storing the sold-out data in the memory when the sold-out result of the goods detection result is detected;

(c) detecting door opening;

(d) searching the memory to retrieve the sold-out data when the door is opened in the step (c), and automatically guiding the sold-out of the multi-automatic vending machine based on the retrieved sold-in data .

Wherein the step (d)

(d-1) retrieving the sold-out data by searching the memory when the door is opened;

(d-2) outputting a voice for product sales based on the retrieved sold-out data;

(d-3) displaying the sold-out position included in the extracted sold-out data through the display unit.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage that, when the solder is detected through the product detection and the operator opens the door, the voice guidance for the sold-out is automatically performed so that the operator can easily recognize the product sold state.

Further, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that, when the solder is detected through the product detection and the operator opens the door, the sold-out position is displayed so that the operator can easily know the sold-out position.

FIGS. 1A and 1B are schematic diagrams of a multi-vending machine to which the present invention is applied,
2 is a configuration diagram of a sold-out guide apparatus for a multi-vending machine according to the present invention,
3 is a flowchart showing a sold-out guidance method of a multi-automat according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a multi-automatic vending machine 100 to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a multi-vending machine according to the present invention. The main body 101, A display unit 160 and a door sensing unit 180. The display unit 160 and the door sensing unit 180 are connected to the display unit 160 and the display unit 160, do.

The keypad unit 110 means an input means for selecting a product to be purchased by the user of the multi-vending machine 100. It is also possible to store the telephone number of the manager using the keypad unit 110. [

The lift 170 lifts / lowers the shelves on which the commodities are displayed, and transfers the commodities to the commodity outlet. The control of the lift 170 is performed in the same manner as the lift control in a conventional multi-vending machine.

The sold-out detection unit 120 detects the sold-out by detecting the merchandise of the multi-automatic vending machine during the non-sale operation. The sold-out detection unit 120 controls the controller 130 in accordance with a product carry-out structure (spiral or belt) to transfer a product storage box to a product storage unit The detection sensor detects the goods in the storage box. If the product is not detected at the front of the specific product storage box, the control unit 130 performs appropriate control to transfer the product storage box, and the product detection sensor detects whether the product exists at the front of the product storage box. Here, the proper control of the product storage box is performed by controlling the number of revolutions of the motor when the product take-out structure is a belt type and moving one pitch of the product storage box using a motor when the product take-out structure is a spiral type.

In this way, the product is sensed while being sequentially transferred from the current position to the end of the product storage box, and when the product is sensed at a specific position, the product detection of the product storage box is terminated. In contrast, when the product is sensed while the product is not detected at all, the product is judged as being sold out. Here, in the case of the spiral method, information on the entire pitch is stored in the memory 150, and in the case of the belt type, since the total number of control rotations of the motor is stored in the memory 150, To-end feed control.

Also, if the position information is included in the detection result of the sold-out detection unit 120 when detecting a product in the specific product storage box, the position of the product storage box in which the sold-out is detected can be easily recognized.

The door sensing unit 180 senses the opening of the door 190 of the multi-vending machine, and uses a door sensor such as a normal contact switch or a limit switch.

The control unit 130 automatically controls the product sales guide upon detection of the sold-out based on the door open detection result of the door detection unit and the result of the sold-out diagnosis of the sold-out diagnosis unit. The control unit 130 includes a microprocessor, a microcomputer, As shown in FIG.

The sold-out guide unit 140 extracts the sold-out data from the memory 150 under the control of the controller 130, converts the extracted sold-out data into voice, and outputs a guidance voice for the sold-out to the speaker 141 .

The display unit 160 displays the sold-out state of the multi-vending machine under the control of the controller 130, and preferably displays the sold-out position.

The memory 150 includes a control program for controlling the sold-out information, stores position information of the article storage box, and stores the item-sold-out detection time information.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the present invention extracts the telephone number and warning message of the administrator (operator) previously stored in the memory 150 according to the sold-out guidance control generated by the controller 130, And a communication module for converting the warning message into a text message and transmitting the message to the telephone number of the administrator. Herein, the sold-out message includes information on the location where the merchandise is sold, and the operator can check the sold-out status of the multi-vendor in real time based on the sold-out message.

When the user inputs the purchase amount and selects a desired product through the keypad unit 110, the soldering guide device of the multi-vending machine according to the present invention having the structure as described above, The merchandise is moved to the position of the shelf on which the merchandise is displayed. When the movement of the lift 170 is completed, the selected product falls to the lift 170, and the product falling on the lift 170 is projected to the product outlet so that the user can take the purchased product.

If the user does not select another item with the remaining amount, the user will discharge the change money through the amount outlet after a certain period of time so that the buyer can take the change.

Such a product sales operation is a process of normally selling a product in a normal multi-automat.

In the meantime, according to the present invention, when the sales operation is not performed, the multi-vending machine detects the sold-out by detecting the goods, and when the sold-out is detected, the operator is automatically notified to the operator, .

More specifically, when the driving power is supplied to the multi-vending machine, the control unit 130 fetches the sold-out guidance control program stored in the memory 150 and performs the sold-out guidance control operation.

Here, the present invention utilizes the operating state information of the current vending machine and the time information of the sold-out detection at the time of detecting the sold-out. For example, the operation state of the current vending machine is checked, and the sold-out operation is not performed when the product is in the sales operation state. Alternatively, if the merchandise sales operation state is not the same, the previous sold-out detection time information stored in the memory is extracted, and the difference time is calculated by comparing the extracted previous sold-out detection time with the current time. Then, the control unit performs control to perform the product sold-out detection operation only when the difference time is longer than the predetermined elapsed time for the product sold-out detection, and the difference time exceeds the elapsed time. For example, when the automatic vending machine is not in the product sales operation state, if the product sales detection operation is performed unconditionally, the product sales detection operation occurs too often and power is wasted, which is inefficient.

Accordingly, in order to prevent waste of electric power and increase the efficiency of product sold-out detection, an elapsed time is set at the time of shipment of the product or an elapsed time can appropriately be selected by the operator, . For example, assuming that the previous product detection time is 13:00, the current time is 15:00, and the elapsed time is set to 2 hours, the difference time between the current time and the product detection time is 2 hours, When the set elapsed time is compared with the set elapsed time, the product detection elapsed time becomes longer than the set elapsed time. On the other hand, if the current time is assumed to be 14 o'clock, the difference time becomes 1 hour, which is less than the set elapsed time, and the product sold out detection operation is not performed.

The control unit 130 transmits a control command to the sold-out detection unit 120 to perform the product detection operation.

When the product detection control command is received, the sold-out detection unit 120 sequentially searches each of the product storages existing on the shelves of the multi-vending machine, and detects the product sold. Here, the retrieval order of each product storage box is assumed to be predetermined. Each product storage box is regarded as equipped with a product detection sensor for detecting the product of the product storage box.

Accordingly, when the sold-out of each product storage box is sensed sequentially and the product sold-out of the specific product storage box is sensed, the information on sold-out of the product is delivered to the control unit 130. In this case, the controller 130 includes position information for identifying the corresponding article storage box, and information about the sold-out detection time, so that the controller 130 can compare the article storage location information table stored in the memory 150 It is possible to easily confirm whether the goods storage box is sold or not.

The controller 130 generates the sold-out data by adding the position information of the corresponding article storage box, the item-sold-out information and the item-sold-out detection time information to the memory 150 and stores it in the memory 150.

When the operator opens the door 190 in a state where the product sold-out detection operation is performed by the same operation as described and the generated product sold-out data is generated and stored in the memory 150, the door detection unit 180 Detects it and transmits it to the controller 130.

If door opening is detected by the door sensing unit 180, the control unit 130 searches the memory 150 to see if there is sold-in data. If there is sold-in data that is not guided to the memory 150 , And immediately fetches the sold-out data stored in the memory 150.

Then, the sold-out guide data included in the sold-out data is transmitted to the sold-out guide unit 140, and the location information of the stored goods store is delivered to the display unit 160. If there is a plurality of pieces of location information of the goods storage box detected as being sold out, the display unit 160 displays all of the information.

The sold-out guide unit 140 converts the sold-out guide data into a voice signal and transmits the voice signal to the speaker 141, thereby outputting a guidance voice for selling the goods through the speaker 141. Here, the product sales announcement voice may be a voice such as "the product has been sold out" or a preset buzzer sound.

When the announcement sound for the sold-out is output, the operator recognizes the announcement and confirms the position of the goods storage box in which the product is sold by checking the display unit 160. Therefore, the operator can know the sold-out state without inconvenience that the operator confirms the product storage box every time and confirms the product sold-out.

The user is prevented from recognizing the sale of the product in the specific merchandise storage box so that the sale of the merchandise becomes impossible.

On the other hand, in the sold out guiding method as described above, only when the operator opens the door, the guiding is performed. Therefore, when the operator is located remotely, the solder can not sell the sold out item for a long time,

Accordingly, in order to minimize the operator loss as described above, when the merchandise is sold through the communication module, a text message for selling the merchandise is generated in real time, and a text message for selling the merchandise . As a result, the operator can recognize the sold-out status of the multi-vending machine in real time even when the operator is remotely located from the multi-vending machine, and can minimize the loss caused by the multi- It will be.

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3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of selling a multi-vending machine according to the present invention, wherein S is a step, and FIG. 2 illustrates a process of performing software-sold-out guidance in the control unit 130 in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, a method of selling a multi-automat dispenser according to the present invention includes the steps of (a) confirming a sales operation state of a multi-automat dispenser, S101 to S102); (b) storing the sold-out data in the memory 150 after extracting the sold-out position in cooperation with the memory 150 when the sold-out result of the goods detection result is detected, ; (c) detecting door opening (S105); (d) searching the memory 150 to retrieve the sold-out data when the door is opened in step (c), and automatically guiding the sold-out of the multi-vending machine based on the retrieved sold-out data (step S106 To S108).

The step (d) includes the steps of: (d-1) retrieving the sold-out data by searching the memory when the door is opened; (d-2) outputting a voice for product sales based on the extracted sold-out data (S107); (d-3) displaying the sold-out position included in the extracted sold-out data through the display unit 160 (S108).

In the sold-out guidance method of the multi-vendor according to the present invention, the sales operation state of the multi-vendor is confirmed in step S101. As a result of the check, if the multi-vending machine is in the product sales operation state, the current state is maintained. Otherwise, if the multi-vending machine does not perform the product sale operation, If the difference time is longer than the elapsed time, the process proceeds to step S102, and the sold-out unit 120 determines whether the multi-vendor merchandise is sold .

If it is detected that the product is sold out (S103), the process proceeds to step S104 to extract the position information of the goods storage box detected as being sold out from the memory 150, and stores the position information of the extracted goods storage box and the sold- And the sold-out detection information, and stores the generated sold-out data in the memory 150. [0064] FIG.

Thereafter, in step S105, door opening is detected through the door sensing unit 180, and when the door opening is sensed as a result of the detection, the process proceeds to step S106, and the sales data stored in the memory 150 is extracted.

In step S107, control is performed so that the announcement sound for the sold-out is dispatched through the sold-out guide unit 140. In step S108, the merchandise store position information included in the sold-out data is displayed on the display unit 160. [

Accordingly, the operator can recognize which product is sold in the product storage box by simply opening the door of the multi-vending machine without performing a separate product purchase confirmation process, and by following up the product sales quickly, It is possible to prevent the sale of the product from becoming impossible due to the sale of the product.

That is, the present invention automatically detects merchandise sales and extracts merchandise storage box location information for notifying the operator of the location of the merchandise store where the merchandise is sold when the merchandise is sold, generates and stores the sold-out data, The user can automatically announce the sales information of the merchandise to be sold and display the location information of the merchandise storage box where the sold-out has occurred, so that the operator can easily know which merchandise storage box has been sold. This approach is very convenient for operators to operate multi-vending machines.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims and their equivalents. Of course, such modifications are within the scope of the claims.

110 ... The keypad section
120 ... The sold-
130 ... The control unit
140 ... Sold out guide part
141 ... speaker
150 ... Memory
160 ... Display portion

Claims (6)

A sold-out detection unit for detecting the sold-out by detecting the merchandise of the multi-vending machine during the non-selling operation;
A door detecting unit detecting a door opening of the multi-automat vending machine;
A controller for automatically controlling the sold-out guide upon detection of a sold-out based on a door open detection result of the door detection unit and a sold-out detection result of the sold-out diagnosis unit;
A sold-out guide unit for extracting the sold-out data from the memory under the control of the control unit, converting the extracted sold-out data to speech, and outputting a guidance voice for the sold-out;
And a display unit for displaying a merchandise sold state of the multi-vending machine under the control of the control unit;
Wherein,
The method of claim 1, further comprising: extracting a position of the specific storage box from the memory when the specific storage box is sold out, generating and storing the sold-out data in the memory, and automatically detecting the door open when door opening is detected by the door detection unit ,
When the multi-vending machine is in the non-sale operation state, the difference between the previous product detection time and the current time is calculated, the difference time is calculated, and the calculated difference time is compared with the elapsed time so that the difference time becomes longer than the elapsed time Wherein the controller is configured to control the sold-out detection unit to detect a merchandise in the merchandise storage box.
delete delete The display device according to claim 1,
Wherein the display unit displays the sold-out position under the control of the control unit.
(a) checking the sales operation state of the multi-vending machine, and detecting the goods in the product storage box when the state is not in the sales operation state;
(b) extracting the sold-out position by interlocking with the memory to store the sold-out data and storing the sold-out data in the memory when the sold-out result of the goods detection result is detected;
(c) detecting door opening;
(d) retrieving the sold-out data by searching the memory when door opening is detected in step (c), and automatically guiding the sold-out of the multi-vending machine based on the retrieved sold-out data;
The step (d)
(d-1) retrieving the sold-out data by searching the memory when the door is opened;
(d-2) outputting a voice for product sales based on the retrieved sold-out data;
(d-3) displaying the sold-out position included in the sold-out data through the display unit.


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