KR101797653B1 - Vending machine and control method thereof - Google Patents

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KR101797653B1
KR101797653B1 KR1020150168366A KR20150168366A KR101797653B1 KR 101797653 B1 KR101797653 B1 KR 101797653B1 KR 1020150168366 A KR1020150168366 A KR 1020150168366A KR 20150168366 A KR20150168366 A KR 20150168366A KR 101797653 B1 KR101797653 B1 KR 101797653B1
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a vending machine having a photo printing function and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a communication device for communicating with a user's smartphone, a digital camera, or a portable storage device, An editing unit for adding, modifying, deleting, or editing a plurality of pictures or synthesizing a plurality of pictures, and a printing unit for printing an image of a photo file received through the communication unit or an image edited by the editing unit on a photo paper Thus, there is an effect that a vending machine can print an image or an edited image of a photo file stored in a user's smartphone or a portable storage device and sell it.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a vending machine having a photo printing function and a control method thereof,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine having a photo printing function and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a automatic vending machine having a photo printing function for photographing a photo or printing a photo file and a control method thereof.

In general, a vending machine is a device that sells various products such as coffee, cans, beverages stored in a pack, confectionery, and books in an unattended manner.

Such a vending machine can acquire a desired commodity quickly without being greatly restricted by the selling time and the installation place, and its use is generalized.

For example, the present applicant has filed and filed a patent application for a vending machine which sells various products to a large number of patent documents 1 to 3 as follows.

Patent Document 1 discloses a control apparatus for a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes a menu selection unit for outputting an operation signal by a user's operation, a control unit for receiving an operation signal and outputting a control signal, a control unit for mixing a plurality of raw materials and water at a predetermined ratio, And a cup supply part for discharging the cup for receiving the beverage water to be supplied to the raw material supply part and the blowing out port. The raw material supply part stores the honey product and supplies the honey product And a water supply device for supplying hot water, cold water and room temperature water at a predetermined ratio in accordance with the selection of the apparatus and the user, and a water dispenser for automatically supplying a mixed car of the Western car, the Oriental car and the East / Vending machine configuration is described.

Patent Document 2 discloses a configuration of a vending machine for a vending machine which carries out a product having various sizes and shapes such as a beverage in a can, a bottle, ice cream in the form of a cone or a bar, or a product in a hexahedron shape.

Patent Document 3 discloses a method of detecting the presence, absence and type of a column of a presence, absence, and a column of a shelf through a shelf recognition unit, a column detection unit, and a column type detection unit, detecting presence or absence of a detected shelf, A step of generating shelf control information on the basis of the type information of the information, the type of information, and the type of the column; and a shelf control method of a multi-vending machine for registering the generated shelf control information in a memory.

As described above, the vending machine can be used in various forms such as a cup or a vending machine for storing goods in a cup such as a coffee or a tea, a vending machine for selling a product accommodated in a can or a PET, And multi-vending machines that sell products together.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2003-0038863 (published on May 17, 2013) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1416010 (issued on July 8, 2014) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1416022 (issued on July 8, 2014)

On the other hand, in recent years, not only a function of selling a product by using a vending machine, but also an automatic selling prayer for photographing a photographed photograph or a sticker photograph and printing a photographed photograph are popularly used.

However, the conventional videophone or sticker photo vending machine according to the prior art only takes a picture on the spot and cites the photographed picture.

Therefore, it is required to develop a technique for printing and selling a photographed image file using a vending machine installed at various places such as a convenience store, a mart, and the like inside or outside a building such as a public place.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine having a photo printing function capable of receiving and printing a photo file from a smart phone or a portable storage device of a user and selling the same, will be.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine having a photo printing function capable of editing and printing a received photo file and a control method thereof.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a vending machine having a photo printing function capable of receiving a large number of photo files and producing and selling an album, and a control method thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine having a photo printing function, comprising: a communication unit that communicates with a user's smartphone, a digital camera, or a portable storage device; An editing unit for displaying an image of a photograph file received through the communication unit or an image edited by the editing unit on a photo paper by displaying an image on a screen and adding, modifying, deleting, or synthesizing a desired background, An image of a photo file or an edited image including a print unit is printed and sold.

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus, which includes a display unit for displaying an operation menu and an operation state, an input unit for receiving an operation command from a user, a storage unit for storing the photo file, Wherein the control unit receives the photo file from the home page, the web server, or the cloud server on the Internet and transmits the edited photo file to the smart phone, the portable storage device, the home page, the web server, And controls the communication unit to store the data in one or more of the cloud servers.

The printing unit includes a printing module for printing an image on a printing paper, a supply module for storing a plurality of photo paper and storing photo paper, a drying module for drying the photo paper on which the image is printed, And a feeding module for feeding the printing module and the drying module to the photo outlet.

Wherein the editing unit includes a display panel displaying an image file list and an image of the selected photo file on a screen and editing an image by a touch operation of a user and an electronic pen touching the display panel, When the album production request is received, the page-by-page layout information and photo file for album production, the merchandise sales status and inventory information of the automatic vending machine are transmitted to the management server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a vending machine having a photo printing function, including the steps of: (a) displaying an operation menu for performing a photo printing service on a screen of a display unit; (C) displaying and editing an image of the received photo file list and the selected photo file by using the editor unit, and And (d) printing and selling the received photo file or the edited image on the photo paper using the print unit.

(E) when the album production is requested through the editing unit, selecting the page-by-page layout information and the photo file, and transmitting the page-by-page layout information and the photo file to the management server through the communication unit .

In the step (b), the control unit controls the communication unit to access the home page, the web server, and the cloud server through the Internet to receive the photo file. In the step (d) And controls the communication unit to store the web page, the web server, or the cloud server through the Internet network.

As described above, according to the automatic vending machine having the photo printing function and the control method thereof according to the present invention, it is possible to print and sell the image or edited image of the photo file stored in the smartphone or the portable storage device of the user, .

In particular, according to the present invention, it is possible to receive a photo file from a smart phone or a portable storage device of a user, a homepage on the Internet, a web server, and a cloud server by using a communication unit and print the edited image in the device .

According to the present invention, not only the print of a photo file but also the arrangement information and the photo file for each page for producing the album can be transferred to the management server to produce and sell the album.

Thus, according to the present invention, the convenience of the user can be improved by providing a vending machine in various places and providing a 24-hour photo printing service.

1 is a perspective view of a vending machine having a photo printing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the automatic vending machine shown in FIG. 1;
3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the printing section,
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a vending machine having a photo printing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
5 is an exemplary view illustrating a photo editing operation;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0028] Hereinafter, an automatic vending machine having a photo printing function and a control method thereof according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine having a photo printing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the vending machine shown in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG.

In the present embodiment, only the structure of a vending machine having a photo printing function will be described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is not limited thereto. It should be noted that the present invention can be applied at the same time to a vending machine of a food manufacturing and selling type that manufactures and sells various foods such as multi-vending machines for selling beverages, breads, pizza, and ramen noodles.

1 and 2, a vending machine 10 having a photo printing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a smart phone 110, a digital camera or a portable storage device , A communication unit 20 for performing communication with the image data 120, a communication unit 20, and a communication unit 20 for displaying the data of the photo file received on the screen and adding, modifying, deleting and editing the desired background, An editing unit 30 and a printing unit 40 for printing an image or an edited image of the received photo file on a photo paper.

The automatic vending machine 10 having a photo printing function according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit 12 for displaying various operation menus and operation states, an input unit 13 for receiving an operation command from a user, A storage unit 14 for storing images and a control unit 15 for controlling the driving of each device provided in the vending machine 10.

In addition, the automatic vending machine 10 having the multifunctional device function according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided with a money mechanism 16 for confirming the amount of money to be charged for receiving the photo printing service, calculating the amount according to the service charge, And a power supply unit 17 for supplying power to each device.

1, each unit such as a communication unit 20, a printing unit 40, and a control unit 15 is provided in the main body 1. A display unit 12, an input unit 13, A communication interface 23 of the communication unit 20 to be described below, a photo outlet 18, a money input port and a return port may be provided.

The display unit 12 may display various operation menus for performing a photo printing operation, a service fee, and an operation state for performing the operation.

The input unit 13 may select a desired operation menu from the user, and may transmit an operation command corresponding to the selected operation menu to the controller 15.

The display unit 12 and the input unit 13 may be provided as individual devices such as a display panel and a keypad or a touch pad, or may be provided as a single touch screen that simultaneously performs display and input functions.

The editing unit 30 displays a list of photo files received on the screen, and when the user selects a desired photo file from the displayed photo file list, displays the data of the corresponding photo file on the screen and performs a function of editing the displayed image .

Here, photo editing is a function of adding or selecting a new background, pattern, or phrase to an image stored in an existing photo file, a function of capturing or cropping an image stored in another photo file, a function of adding color, brightness, sharpness , A function of correcting the size and shape, and a function of deleting part or all of the image. Further, the photo editing may further include a function of synthesizing a part of images from a plurality of photo files into one image.

To this end, the editing unit 30 may further include an electronic pen (not shown) so that the user can easily edit the image.

The editing unit 30 may be provided as a touch screen integrated with the display unit 12 and the input unit 13 or may be provided as a separate tablet for easy editing by the user.

The display panel provided in the editing unit 30 is provided inside the installation space formed in the front surface of the main body 30 so that the image of the other person can not be recognized, and the upper end of the display panel is, compared with the lower end, And may be installed to be inclined by a predetermined angle so as to be disposed on the rear side.

2, the communication unit 20 is connected to the Internet network through a communication cable, communicates with the management server 100, and is connected to the smartphone 110 of the user in a wired communication system or a wireless communication system . The portable storage device 120 of the user may be connected to the communication unit 20 in a communicable manner.

To this end, the communication unit 20 includes a wired communication module 21 that communicates through a communication cable, a wireless communication module 22 that communicates with the user's smartphone 110 in a wireless communication manner, and a USB And a communication interface 23 through which a cable or portable storage device 120 is communicatively connected.

The portable storage device 120 has a storage device capable of storing photo files such as a digital camera, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notebook, etc., as well as a memory in the form of a card such as a USB memory, an external hard disk, an SD memory card or a micro memory card Various types of portable devices can be included.

The wireless communication module 22 can perform communication with a user's smartphone 110 using a wireless communication technology in various ways such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and infrared communication.

The printing unit 40 prints an image of a photo file received through the communication unit 20 or an image edited in the editing unit 30 on a photo paper and prints the printed image quickly so that the printed image is quickly dried through the photo outlet 18 And discharging.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the printing section.

3, the printing unit 40 includes a printing module 41 for printing an image on a photo paper, a supply module 42 for supplying a printing paper stored in the photo paper to the printing module 41, The drying module 43 for drying the photo paper on which the image is printed by the printing module 41 and the photo paper supplied from the supply module 42 are conveyed to the photo outlet 18 through the printing module 41 and the drying module 43 (Not shown).

The printing module 41 includes a printing module for printing an image on a photo paper, and the printing module may be provided as a color ink jet printer or a color laser printer so as to print an image in monochrome or color.

The drying module 43 may include a heater (not shown) for generating heat and a fan (not shown) for transmitting the heat generated from the heater to a photo paper so as to quickly dry the image printed on the photo paper.

The conveying module 44 includes a plurality of rollers (not shown) provided on the conveying path provided between the printing module 41, the drying module 43 and the photo outlet 18 in the feeding module 42, Or a driving motor (not shown) for transmitting a driving force to some of the rollers.

The conveying module 44 is driven in accordance with a control signal of the control unit 15 and sequentially supplies the printing sheets to the printing module 41 and the drying module 43 one by one when printing a plurality of photographs, The dried photograph can be transferred to the photo outlet 18 and discharged.

On the other hand, the editing unit 30 receives the size and the number of photographs to be printed, and the printing unit 40 prints an image on a standardized photo paper corresponding to the inputted size and number information, .

For this, the print unit 40 may further include a cutting module (not shown) that cuts the photo paper on which the image is printed according to the size and the number information of the inputted photo.

2, the storage unit 14 stores a drive program for driving the vending machine 10, and stores a photo file that requires storage in the process of performing a photo printing operation, and an edited image as a photo file of a new name Can be stored.

The storage unit 14 may store backgrounds, phrases, drawings, and the like of various shapes so that the user can easily perform photo editing.

The control unit 15 is provided as a central processing unit for controlling the driving of each device provided in the vending machine 10 and performs operations such as printing, editing, and ejecting photographs in accordance with an operation command input through the input unit 13 The driving of each device can be controlled.

The control unit 15 communicates with the management server 100 via the communication unit 20 to store information on the merchandise sales status of the vending machine 10 and information on the remaining amount of the photo paper and the toner stored in the vending machine 10 And the like.

Accordingly, the management server 100 can receive and manage product sales status and inventory information of each automatic vending machine 10, which is communicably connected at a remote place, in real time, and guide the manager to perform appropriate maintenance work.

When a photo file to be printed by a user is stored in a home page, a web server, a cloud server, or the like, the control unit 15 accesses the home page, the web server, and the cloud server through the Internet network, You may.

In addition, the control unit 15 stores the edited image in the smart phone 110 or the portable storage device 120 of the user during the photo printing operation, or stores the edited image in the web page or the web server or the cloud server Control.

On the other hand, the editing unit 30 can display a list of photo files on the screen and receive an album production command for producing a plurality of photo files selected from the user as albums.

The editing section 30 can also provide a function of arranging and editing a photo file on each page of the album.

Then, the control unit 15 transmits the layout information for each page to be produced in the album, the photo file, and the address information inputted from the user to the management server 100, and the management server 100 notifies the administrator that the album production is requested , And can provide each information received from the vending machine 10.

Accordingly, the administrator can provide an album production service for producing an album using the layout information and the photo file for each page requested for album production, and sending the produced album to the user's address.

Next, a method of controlling a vending machine having a photo printing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a vending machine having a photo printing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

When power is supplied to the automatic vending machine 10 through the power supply unit 17 in step S10 of FIG. 4, the control unit 15 initializes each device provided in the automatic vending machine 10 and controls to prepare for document service operation.

In step S12, the display unit 12 displays various operation menus and service fees for performing a photo printing service on the screen.

In step S14, the input unit 13 selects a desired operation menu from the user. When the money is input, the money mechanism 16 calculates the amount charged according to the service charge for each selected operation, and returns the balance.

Then, the control unit 15 receives the photo file according to the operation command transmitted from the input unit 13, prints the image of the received photo file, or prints the edited image by editing the image, And controls the configuration of the apparatus.

In detail, in step S16, the communication unit 20 receives a photo file from the smartphone 110 or the portable storage device 120 of the user, and the received photo file is temporarily stored in the storage unit 14. [

At this time, the editing unit 30 displays the received photo file list on the screen of the display panel, and displays an image of the selected photo file on the screen when the photo file is selected from the displayed photo file list.

The user can add, edit, delete, and edit new backgrounds, phrases, and drawings using the electronic pen provided in the editing unit 30 (S16).

Here, the control unit 15 may control the operation of the communication unit 20 to access the home page of the address input from the user, the web server, or the cloud server to download and print the photo file.

The control unit 15 stores the edited image in the editing unit 30 on the homepage, the web server, or the cloud server through the user's portable storage device 120, the smart phone 110, or the Internet network according to the user's selection .

On the other hand, the editing unit 30 can provide not only image editing for one photo file, but also editing function using a plurality of photo files.

For example, FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a photo editing operation.

As shown in FIG. 5, the editing unit may select three different photographs and synthesize the selected images among the images of the respective photographs into one new image.

When the user selects any one of the photo file lists or completes editing of the selected image and inputs a print command in step S20, the print unit 40 prints the image of the photo file or the edited image on the photo paper and ejects .

At this time, the supply module 42 of the print unit 40 sequentially supplies the stored photo paper to the print module 41 one by one, the print module 41 prints an image on the photo paper, and the drying module 43 Dry the photo paper with the image printed on it.

The feeding module 44 feeds the printing paper supplied from the feeding module 42 to the printing module 41, the drying module 43 and the cutting module. The feeding module 42 cuts the paper according to the size and number of the photographs When the operation is completed, each picture is transferred to the picture discharge opening 18 and discharged.

On the other hand, the editing unit 30 may select a plurality of photo files from the user and provide an editing function of each page to be produced as an album.

Accordingly, the control unit 15 transmits the layout information for each page to be produced in the album, the photo file, and the address information inputted from the user to the management server 100, and the management server 100 notifies the manager that the album production is requested And can provide each information received from the vending machine 10.

If an additional service fee is incurred due to the image editing, the change of the number of pictures and the size of the pictures, the album production, etc., the control unit 15 controls the display unit 12 to display the additional service fee to the user. The operation of the money mechanism 16 can be controlled to settle.

In step S22, the control unit 15 checks whether an additional operation command is input to perform a new operation through the input unit 13. If an additional operation command is input, the control unit 15 performs control to repeat steps S12 to S22.

On the other hand, if it is determined in operation S22 that the operation termination command is input instead of the additional operation command, the control unit 15 stops driving each device provided in the vending machine 10 and terminates the operation until the new user selects the operation menu It can be controlled to wait.

The control unit 15 may control the operation of the communication unit 20 to transmit the product sales status and the inventory information to the management server 100 through communication with the management server 100 .

When the photographing operation for one user is completed, the control unit 15 deletes the photo file stored in the storage unit 15 to perform the personal information protection function.

Through the above process, the present invention can print and sell an image or edited image of a photo file stored in a smartphone or a portable storage device of a user in a vending machine.

Although the invention made by the present inventors has been described concretely with the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

In the above embodiment, only the structure of the vending machine having the photo printing function is described, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, the present invention can be applied not only to a photo printing function but also to a variety of foods such as a cup beverage vending machine for selling coffee or tea, a multi-vending machine for selling cans or pack-type beverages, It can be changed to be applied simultaneously with the vending machine of the food manufacturing and selling type.

The present invention is applied to a technique of printing an image or edited image of a photo file stored in a smartphone or a portable storage device of a user in a vending machine.

10: Vending machine
11: main body 12: display portion
13: input unit 14: storage unit
15: control unit 16: money mechanism
17: Power supply unit 18: Photo outlet
20: communication unit 21: wired communication module
22: wireless communication module 23: communication interface
30: Editing section 40:
41: print module 42: supply module
43: drying module 44: conveying module
50: transfer module 100: management server
110: smartphone 120: portable storage device

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Claims 1. A photofinishing vending machine applied at the same time as a vending machine for selling at least one of a cup beverage, a can drink, a pack beverage, a liquid / solid food,
A communication unit for communicating with a user's smart phone, digital camera, or portable storage device,
An editor for displaying the data of the photo file received through the communication unit on the screen and for adding, modifying, deleting, or synthesizing a plurality of pictures,
And a print unit for printing an image of a photo file received through the communication unit or an image edited by the editing unit on a photo paper
The image of the photo file or the edited image is printed and sold,
A display unit for displaying an operation menu and an operation state, an input unit for receiving an operation command from a user, a storage unit for storing the photo file and the edited image as a photo file of a new name, Wherein the control unit receives the photo file from the home page, the web server, or the cloud server on the Internet and transmits the edited image file to the smart phone, the portable storage device, the home page, the web server, and the cloud server Controls the communication unit to store the data in one or more than one,
The editing unit includes a display panel for displaying a list of photo files and an image of the selected photo file on a screen and editing an image by a touch operation of a user and an electronic pen for touching the display panel, And when the album production request is received, the page-by-page layout information and the photo file for album production and the product sales status and inventory information of the automatic vending machine are transmitted to the management server. delete The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
A printing module for printing an image on a photo paper,
A supply module for storing a plurality of photographic papers and supplying the stored photographic papers,
A drying module for drying the photo paper on which the image is printed in the printing module,
And a transfer module for transferring the photo paper supplied from the supply module to the photo outlet through the printing module and the drying module. delete A method for controlling a vending machine having a photo printing function based on the configuration of claim 1, the method comprising:
(a) displaying an operation menu for performing a print service on a screen of a display unit,
(b) communicating with a user's smartphone, a digital camera, and a portable storage device through a communication unit to receive a photo file,
(c) displaying and editing an image of the received photo file list and the selected photo file using the editor, and
(d) printing the received photo file or the edited image on a printing paper using the printing unit, and selling the printed photo file or the edited image. 6. The method of claim 5,
(e) selecting album-specific layout information and a photo file when the album production is requested through the editing unit, and transmitting the page-specific layout information and the photo file to the management server through the communication unit A control method of a vending machine having a photo printing function. The method according to claim 5 or 6,
In the step (b), the control unit controls the communication unit to access the home page, the web server, and the cloud server through the Internet network to receive the photo file,
Wherein the control unit controls the communication unit to generate an edited image as a photo file of a new name and to store the edited image in one of a home page, a web server, and a cloud server through an Internet network. The control method comprising the steps of:
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