KR19980077899A - Merchandise sales system and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a merchandise automatic sales system and a control method thereof, wherein a display unit covered by a transparent cover is provided at an upper portion of the front surface, and a body having a predetermined shape having a space portion opened and closed by a door at the lower portion thereof, and the display unit. A product capsule which is arranged in parallel with each other in the width direction of the inside, and which is filled with a plurality of transparent tubes having an upper end and a lower end, filled with toys, trinkets or various fancy goods, and stored and laminated in the respective tubes; A control unit which is installed on the main board inside the space unit and controls functions of various components installed in the main body, and which is installed at a predetermined position on the bottom surface of the display unit corresponding to the outside of the cover, and electrically connected to the control unit Banknotes or notes through a button, a banknote inlet or coin inlet formed on the front of the door A banknote / coin insertion detecting unit which detects whether a coin is inserted and outputs it as an electrical signal, and a credit issuing unit which issues credits by an electrical signal output from the banknote / coin insertion detecting unit according to the input of the banknote or coin; An acoustic generator for generating a sound determined by an electrical signal output from a banknote / coin insertion detector according to the input of a banknote or a coin, and a lamp display unit installed side by side on the bottom surface of the display unit corresponding to the front of the tube; A lamp control unit which controls the lamp display to flash sequentially in the forward or reverse direction by an electrical signal output from the banknote / coin insertion detecting unit according to the input of the banknote or coin in the state of being electrically connected to the control unit and the lamp display unit; Each tube is installed on the bottom surface of the display unit At the same time as the lamp corresponding to any one tube is driven by the electrical signal output from the selection button pressed at the moment the lamp is turned on and the product extraction unit that automatically drops the product capsule located at the bottom of the tube and And a setting unit for setting the operating condition in the state in which the control unit is electrically connected.

According to such a configuration, the product capsules of the user are expanded as the product capsules randomly stored and stacked in a plurality of tubes arranged side by side are automatically dropped by the input of designated coins or bills and the user's quickness. According to the instantaneous power of the desired product capsules are dropped, such as entertainment is provided, there is an effect that the utilization rate of the vending machine is significantly increased.

Description

AN AUTOMATIC GOODS VENDING SYSTEM AND A CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME

The present invention relates to a system for automatically selling merchandise and a control method thereof, and in particular, coins, trinkets or various fancy goods, which are randomly housed and stacked within a plurality of tubes arranged side by side in a capsule unit, are designated. Or it relates to a merchandise automatic sales system and a control method for the automatic dropping by selectively inserting the bill and the user's quickness.

In general, a vending machine for commodities sells a single commodity having the same price, different commodities, or a variety of commodities with different magazines in different magazines. When the corresponding selection switch is pressed, the desired product corresponding to the price is automatically dropped.

However, the conventional automatic vending device of the product has a problem that the width of the user's product selection is greatly limited because it is configured to only put coins or bills corresponding to a certain amount, and to purchase only the product corresponding to the amount. There is a problem that the utilization rate of the automatic vending device is very low because there is no cause of interest.

The present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, the object of which is a coin or banknote designated commodity capsules filled with toys, trinkets or various fancy goods, etc. randomly housed and stacked in a plurality of tubes arranged side by side It is possible to expand the user's product selection range by selectively dropping automatically by user's input and user's quickness, and to significantly increase its utilization rate by giving entertainment to take desired products according to quickness. It is to provide an automatic sales system of goods.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a control method of the automatic product sales system provided as described above.

1 is a perspective view showing an automatic merchandise sales system according to the present invention,

2 is a block diagram of a product automatic sales system according to the present invention,

3 is a front view showing an automatic merchandise sales system according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the operating relationship of the automatic merchandise sales system according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

10: Automatic product sales system 20: Main body

30: cover 40: display unit

50: door 70: tube

80: product capsule 100: control unit

110: banknote / coin insertion detection unit 120: credit issuing unit

130: sound generating unit 140: lamp control unit

150: product extraction unit 160: setting unit

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a display unit covered by a transparent cover on the upper portion of the front surface, a lower portion of the main body of a predetermined shape formed with a space that is opened and closed by a door, the width direction within the display portion It is arranged side by side with each other, a plurality of transparent tubes, the upper end and the lower end open, filled with toys or trinkets or various fancy goods, product capsules are stored and laminated in the interior of each tube, and inside the space A control unit for controlling functions of various components installed on a main board of the main body, a selection button on a bottom surface of a display unit corresponding to an outer side of the cover, and a selection button electrically connected to the control unit; Whether the banknote or coin is inserted through the banknote or coin slot formed in the front of the door Banknote / coin insertion detection unit for detecting and outputting it as an electrical signal, Credit issuer for issuing credit by an electrical signal output from banknote / coin insertion detecting unit according to the input of banknote or coin, and inputting of banknote or coin A sound generating unit for generating a predetermined sound by an electrical signal output from a bill / coin insertion detecting unit according to the present invention, a lamp display unit installed side by side on the bottom surface of the display unit corresponding to the front of the tube, and the control unit and the lamp display unit Lamp control unit for controlling the lamp display to flash sequentially in the forward or reverse direction by the electrical signal output from the banknote / coin insertion detecting unit in accordance with the input of the bill or coin in the electrical connection state, and the bottom of the display unit Installed on the surface to support each tube at the same time A product extraction unit which is driven by an electrical signal output from a selection button pressed at a moment when a large lamp corresponding to any one tube is turned on, and automatically drops a product capsule located at the bottom of the corresponding tube; It has a feature consisting of a setting unit for setting the operating conditions in the state electrically connected with.

In order to achieve the above another object, the present invention provides a control method of an automatic sales system, comprising the steps of determining whether the banknote or coin in the normal mode, and by the electrical signal output according to the input of the banknote or coin Causing a predetermined number of credits to be issued; generating a sound by an electrical signal output according to the input of the banknote or coin; and, depending on the set mode, a large lamp and a small lamp at the same time as the credit issuance. Causing all lamps or only large lamps to flash; determining whether the selection button is pressed while the lamp corresponding to either tube is on; and merchandise capsules that are hit according to the pressing operation of the selection button. Determining whether there is an error, and determining whether there is a hit product capsule. So called product extracting unit driven by the electrical signal to be output, has the feature that includes the steps of such products capsule which is located at the very bottom of the tube is automatically extracted by the fall accordingly.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing an automatic merchandise sales system according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram of a merchandise automatic sales system according to the present invention.

Accordingly, the product automatic sales system 10 of the present invention is formed with a display unit 40 covered by a transparent cover 30 on the upper front of the main body 20 having a hexahedral shape as a whole, the main body 20 The lower portion of the space portion 60 is opened and closed by the door 50 is formed.

Inside the display unit 40, a plurality of transparent tubes 70 having an upper end and a lower end opened are arranged side by side in the left and right directions, and inside the respective tubes 70, toys, trinkets, or various fancy items. Product capsules 80 filled with articles are randomly received and stacked.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the main board installed inside the space 60 is provided with a controller 100 for controlling the functions of various components constituting the present invention, and At a predetermined position on the bottom surface of the display unit 40 corresponding to the outside, the selection button 42 is installed to be electrically connected to the control unit 100.

In addition, the banknote for detecting the insertion of the bill or coin through the banknote inlet 52 or coin inlet 54 formed in the front of the door 50 in the predetermined position of the space 60 and outputs it as an electrical signal The coin issuing unit 110 and the credit issuing unit 120 for issuing a credit by the electrical signal outputted from the banknote / coin insertion detecting unit 110 according to the input of the banknote or coin, and the input of the banknote or coin. In accordance with the sound generation unit 130 for generating a predetermined sound by the electrical signal output from the banknote / coin insertion detection unit 110 is installed.

In the present invention as described above, the credit includes a character card printed with a figure of a main character, a famous talent, or an athlete, etc. of the cartoon film, and the credit issuing unit 120 is installed in the space part 60. It includes a plurality of credits in the state, and includes a device for withdrawing a predetermined number of credits when the electric signal is applied.

In the configuration of the present invention as described above, the sound generating unit 130 is generated from the melody card in which the predetermined melody is built-in and installed on the wall surface of the main body 20 constituting the space part 60. It includes a speaker unit for amplifying the melody sound emitted to the outside.

On the other hand, on the bottom surface of the display unit 40 corresponding to the front of each tube 70, the lamp display unit 48 consisting of a plurality of large lamps 44 and small lamps 46 are installed side by side along the same center line The lamp display unit 48 is electrically connected to the lamp control unit 140 that is electrically connected to the control unit 100, and outputs an electrical signal output from the banknote / coin insertion detecting unit 110 according to the input of the banknote or coin. It is controlled to flash sequentially in the forward or reverse direction.

The large lamps 44 constituting the lamp display unit 48 are installed at positions corresponding to the front of each tube 70, and the small lamps 46 are installed at regular intervals between the large lamps 44. It is configured to be.

In addition, on the bottom surface of the display unit 40, while supporting the respective tubes 70, the electrical output from the selection button 42 that is pressed at the moment the large lamp 44 corresponding to any one tube is turned on The product extraction unit 150 is installed to automatically drop the product capsule 80 located at the bottom of the tube while being driven by the signal.

On the other hand, in the present invention as described above, the control unit 100, the setting unit 160 for setting the operating conditions are installed to be electrically connected, the setting unit 160 is made as follows.

That is, the setting unit 160 is a credit issued from the above credit issuing unit 120 according to the number or amount of bills or coins that are introduced through the bill input port 52 or coin input port 54 on the door 50 The first and second switches SW1 and SW2 for setting the number of lamps, and the lamp display unit 48 including the large lamp 44 and the small lamp 46 when 'OFF' are flashed so that the product capsule 80 ) Is set to the normal selection mode, and the third switch (SW3) to set the selection of the product capsule 80 to the special selection mode so that only the large lamp 44 blinks when 'ON' Fourth, fifth, and all of which is 'OFF' or 'ON', or selectively 'ON', 'OFF' according to the operation, and adjusts the selection time of the product capsule 80 in the normal selection mode or the special selection mode. A sixth switch SW4, SW5 and SW6, and a seventh time that the probability is applied when 'OFF', and a seventh time that the probability is not applied when 'ON' When the position (SW7), and to be set to normal mode when 'OFF', 'ON' is consists of the eighth switch (SW8) to be switched to the test mode.

Figure 3 is a front view showing the automatic merchandise sales system according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the operating relationship of the automatic merchandise sales system according to the present invention, the operation relationship of the present invention according to the following.

As shown in FIG. 3, product capsules 80 filled with goods such as toys or jewelry are stored and stacked in each tube 70 on the display unit 40 provided on the front surface of the main body 20. The power is supplied to the furnace, and the following operation is performed in the normal mode S120 in which the eighth switch SW8 constituting the setting unit 160 is 'OFF'.

That is, as shown in Figure 4, when the banknote or coin is inserted through the banknote inlet 52 or coin inlet 54 on the door 50 formed in the lower front of the main body 20, banknote / coin insertion detection unit The electrical signal is output while detecting whether the banknote or coin is inserted (110) by the 110 (S140), and the electrical signal is output from the credit issuing unit 120, the sound generating unit 130, and the lamp through the control unit 100. The control unit 140 is applied.

Accordingly, a credit is issued according to a condition set by the credit issuing unit 120 (S150), and a predetermined melody is generated from the sound generating unit 130 (S160).

In this state, if the capsule selection method is set to the normal selection mode by the selection mode (S170), the lamp control unit 140 is a large lamp installed in front of each tube 70 on the display unit 40 ( 44, as well as the entire lamp display unit 48 including the small lamp 46 provided between the large lamp 44 is controlled to blink (S180).

However, if the capsule selection method is set to the special selection mode, the lamp control unit 140 controls so that only the large lamp 44 installed in front of each tube 70 is blinking (S190).

In this way, during the operation in which the lamp display unit 48 blinks in the normal selection mode or the special selection mode, the selection button (while the large lamp 44 installed in front of the tube 709 containing the desired product capsule 80 is turned on) When 42 is pressed (S200), an electrical signal is output therefrom and is applied to the controller 100 to determine whether there is a hit product capsule 80 (S210), and there is a hit product capsule 80 In this case, the controller 100 outputs an electrical signal to the product extraction unit 150.

When the electrical signal output from the control unit 100 is applied to the product extraction unit 150, the product extraction unit 150 is driven while the product capsule 80 at the bottom of the tube 70 is It is automatically dropped and supplied to the user, and the remaining product capsules in the tube 70 are sequentially dropped to the standby state.

On the other hand, when the pressing operation of the selection button 42 and the lighting timing of the large lamp 44 do not match, it is determined that there is no product capsule 80 hit by the controller 100, and thus the product extraction unit 150 ) Is not driven so that the automatic fall of the product capsule 80 is not made.

According to the present invention, merchandise capsules filled with toys, trinkets or various fancy goods are randomly stored and stacked inside the respective tubes, and the front of each tube according to the input of designated coins or bills. The lamp installed in the lamp is configured to blink sequentially, and if the selection button is pressed while the lamp in front of one of the tubes is turned on, the product capsule located at the bottom of the tube is configured to fall automatically, thereby improving the user's quickness. It can be effective.

In addition, if the present invention is applied, unlike the existing vending machines, since various products having different amounts of money are randomly received, the user's product selection range can be expanded.

In addition, if the present invention is applied, the desired product can be taken according to the user's quickness and the entertainment is added, so that the utilization rate of the vending machine can be significantly increased.

Claims (3)

The display unit 40 covered by the transparent cover 30 is provided on the upper portion of the front surface, and the main body 20 having a predetermined shape having a space portion 60 opened and closed by the door 50, and the display. Inside the portion 40 is arranged in parallel with each other in the width direction, and filled with a plurality of transparent tubes 70, the upper end and the lower end open, toys, jewelry, or other goods, each of the tubes 70 A control unit 100 for storing and stacking the product capsules 80 and the functions of various components installed on the main board inside the space part 60 and installed inside the main body 20; It is installed at a predetermined position on the bottom surface of the display unit 40 corresponding to the outside of the cover 30, the selection button 42 electrically connected to the control unit 100, and the bill insertion hole formed on the front of the door 50 Insertion of bills or coins through 52 or coin inlet 54 Issuing a number of credits determined by the banknote / coin insertion detection unit 110 for detecting the wealth and outputting it as an electrical signal and the electrical signal output from the banknote / coin insertion detection unit 110 according to the input of the banknote or coin The credit issuing unit 120, the sound generating unit 130 for generating a sound determined by the electrical signal output from the banknote / coin insertion detecting unit 120 in accordance with the input of the bill or coins, and each tube 70 It is installed side by side on the bottom surface of the display unit 42 corresponding to the front of the lamp display unit 48 consisting of a large lamp 44 and a small lamp 46, the control unit 100 and the lamp display unit 48 The lamp display part 48 sequentially flashes in the forward or reverse direction by an electrical signal output from the banknote / coin insertion detecting unit 110 according to the input of the banknote or coin in the state of being electrically connected with the bank. The lamp control unit 140 and the lamp control unit 140, which are installed on the bottom surface of the display unit 40, are pressed while the large lamp 44 corresponding to any one tube is turned on while supporting the respective tubes 70. Driven by an electrical signal output from the selection button 42 and the product extraction unit 150 for automatically dropping the product capsule 80 located at the bottom of the tube, and electrically connected to the control unit 100 Commodity automatic sales system, characterized in that consisting of a setting unit 160 for setting the operating conditions in the installed state. According to claim 1, wherein the setting unit 160 is issued from the above credit issuing unit 120 in accordance with the amount of bills or coins put through the bill input port 52 or coin input port 54 on the door 50 The first and second switches SW1 and SW2 for setting the number of credits to be turned on, and all lamps including the large lamp 44 and the small lamp 46 flicker at the time of 'OFF' so that the product capsule 80 The third switch SW3 for setting the selection of the product capsule 80 to the special selection mode so that the selection of the product capsule 80 is set to the special selection mode so that the selection of the product capsule 80 is made to flash only when the large lamp 44 blinks. 4th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th and 5th. 6th switch (SW4) (SW5) (SW6) and the seventh switch so that the probability is applied when 'OFF', the probability is not applied when 'ON' Value (SW7) and, 'OFF' when product flow vending machine, characterized in that consisting of the eighth switch (SW8) that are to be set to the normal mode, to switch to the test mode is 'ON'. In the control method of the automatic sales system, the step of determining whether the banknote or coin is inserted in the normal mode (S140), and the credit is issued by the electrical signal output in accordance with the input of the banknote or coin (S150) And generating a sound by an electrical signal output according to the input of the banknote or coin (S160), and the large lamp 44 and the small lamp 46 in accordance with the mode set at the same time as the credit issuance. A step (S180) (S190) of causing all lamps or only the large lamps 44 to flash, and whether or not the selection button 42 is pressed while the large lamps 44 corresponding to either tube are lit. In step S200, determining whether or not there is a hit product capsule 80 according to the pressing operation of the selection button 42, and in the determination result that the hit product capsule 80 exists. follow It is characterized in that it comprises the step (S220) to drive the product extraction unit 150 by the output electrical signal, and accordingly drop the product capsule 80 is located at the bottom of the tube automatically extracted Control method of automatic sales system of goods.