KR20180077619A - Vending machine equipped with fire detection function and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vending machine with a fire detection function, capable of detecting fire by having a fire detection function, notifying occurrence of fire when the occurrence of fire is detected, generating information on the fire to transmit the same to an operator and related government agencies (fire station, police station, etc.), and autonomously driving a fire extinguishing device to extinguish the fire, and to a control method thereof. The vending machine with a fire detection function comprises: a fire detection unit for detecting fire; a control unit for controlling alarm for occurrence of fire if fire is detected by the fire detection unit, and controlling generation and transmission of information on the fire; a fire alarm unit for performing alarm for occurrence of the fire according to the control of the control unit; and a communications module for automatically transmitting the information on the fire to registered contact information according to the control of the control unit.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a vending machine equipped with a fire detection function and a control method thereof,

The present invention relates to a vending machine having a fire detection function and a control method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a vending machine that detects a fire by adding a fire detection function to an automatic vending machine, And a fire detection function for generating fire information and transmitting the fire information to an operator and an affiliated organization (fire department, police station, etc.) and driving a fire suppression device by itself to suppress a fire, and a control method thereof .

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 from which the selected product is discharged to the outlet.

The prior art for a vending machine is disclosed in the following Patent Documents 1 to 4.

The prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 adds a data communication function to a vending machine installed at regular intervals on the roadside so as to purchase an automatic sales product through payment of an electronic money and to perform online shopping in real time.

Also, according to the conventional art disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is possible to prevent the shelf from being pulled into the showcase and to prevent the basket from colliding with the shelf in advance by detecting the protrusion of the shelf, This makes it easier for the display unit to stand up from the shelf and to facilitate the elevation of the basket. As the basket is lifted and lowered, the viewer can feel the fun and create an additional revenue source.

The prior art disclosed in Patent Document 3 includes a shelf recognition unit for recognizing whether a shelf is mounted; A column detector for detecting the presence or absence of a column mounted on the shelf; A column type detection unit for detecting the type of the column; And a control unit for generating product control information based on the shelf, column and column type information detected through the shelf recognition unit, the column detection unit and the column type detection unit, and storing the product control information in a memory.

With this configuration, when the power is turned on, the kind of the shelf, the product column, and the product column can be automatically recognized, thereby facilitating the recognition of the product information.

The prior art disclosed in Patent Document 4 includes a price setting unit for inputting a price setting function and for selecting a column to set a price and inputting price information of a selected column; A controller for controlling the price display of the column when the column selection and the price information are inputted by the price setting unit; And a price indicator for displaying a price of the sales product displayed on the column in accordance with the price display control of the controller.

With this configuration, the prices of the sales items of the respective columns of the multi-vending machine can be conveniently set and varied.

Korean Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2001-0000933 (published on January 21, 2001) (title of the invention: automatic sales system with built-in data communication function and automatic sales method thereof) Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2010-0087846 (published on Aug. 6, 2010) (title of invention: multi-vending machine) Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2014-0071633 (titled as "Shelf Control Information Management Device of Multi-Vending Machine") Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2014-0071635 (published on June 12, 2014) (Title of the invention: Multi-vending machine pricing apparatus and method thereof)

However, the above-mentioned conventional techniques have an advantage in that a product can be conveniently sold by using a vending machine, but it is difficult to automatically detect a fire or automatically detect a fire or transmit fire occurrence information to an operator and a related institution There are disadvantages that are impossible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine that detects a fire by adding a fire detection function, The present invention is directed to a vending machine having a fire detection function and a control method thereof, which is capable of transmitting fire to an operator and an affiliated organization (fire station, police station, etc.) and driving a fire suppression device .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine equipped with a fire detection function, comprising: a fire detection unit for detecting a fire; A control unit for controlling the generation of fire information and the transmission of fire information by controlling an alarm for fire occurrence when a fire is detected by the fire detection unit; A fire alarm unit for performing an alarm for fire occurrence under the control of the control unit; And a communication module for automatically transmitting the fire information to a registered contact under the control of the control unit.

Wherein the fire detection unit detects a fire inside the automatic vending machine or detects a fire outside the automatic vending machine.

Wherein the fire alarm unit transmits a fire alarm sound and a fire occurrence announcement sound.

The communication module transmits fire information to an operator and a contact person of a related institution stored in the storage device.

Further, the automatic vending machine equipped with the fire detection function according to the present invention further includes a fire suppression unit for controlling the fire by driving the fire suppression apparatus under the control of the control unit, and the fire suppression apparatus includes a spraying fire extinguishing unit , And a fire extinguisher using a fire extinguishing agent.

Further, a method of controlling an automatic vending machine provided with a fire detection function according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) performing initialization when a power source is turned on and executing a product sale operation; (b) continuously detecting a fire simultaneously with the merchandise sales operation after the initialization; (c) generating an alarm for fire occurrence and generating fire information if a fire is detected by the step (b); (d) transmitting the generated fire information to a registered contact.

Further, a method of controlling a vending machine provided with a fire detection function according to the present invention may further include the step of (e) automatically driving the fire suppression device after sending the fire information to the registered contact to suppress the fire .

According to the present invention, when a vending machine detects a fire inside or outside of a vending machine, and when an occurrence of a fire is detected, an alarm is generated and at the same time, information on the occurrence of the fire is generated and transmitted to a remote operator and an associated institution. There is an advantage to be able to help.

Further, there is an advantage that a fire suppression device can be automatically operated when a fire is detected according to the present invention, and fire can be suppressed by itself.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a vending machine provided with a fire detection function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the embodiment of Fig. 1,
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a vending machine provided with a fire detection function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a vending machine provided with a fire detection function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of the embodiment of FIG.

The automatic vending machine 100 shown in FIG. 1 shows a coffee-only automatic vending machine, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a beverage vending machine for selling beverages, a sweets vending machine for selling sweets, It is applicable to all vending machines such as daily necessities automatic vending machines. 1 is merely an example of a coffee-only vending machine for convenience of explanation.

A vending machine 100 equipped with a fire detection function according to the present invention includes a display unit 101 for displaying an input amount or other information, a product selection unit 102 for selecting a sale item, a money mechanism (106), and a storage device (107) having a merchandise sales and fire control program built therein.

In addition, the automatic vending machine 100 equipped with the fire detection function according to the present invention includes a fire detection unit 103 for detecting a fire, an alarm for fire occurrence when a fire is detected by the fire detection unit 103, A control unit 105 for controlling generation and transmission of fire information, a fire alarm unit 104 for performing an alarm on the occurrence of a fire under the control of the control unit 105, And a communication module 108 for automatically transferring the registered information to the registered contact.

The automatic vending machine 100 equipped with a fire detection function according to the present invention includes a fire extinguisher 109 for driving a fire suppression device under the control of the control unit 105 to suppress a fire. It is preferable that the fire suppression apparatus includes at least one of a non-spray fire extinguisher using water, and a fire extinguisher using fire extinguisher.

The operation of the automatic vending machine having the fire detection function according to the present invention will now be described in detail.

First, when a user inserts an amount into an amount input port to purchase a product using the automatic vending machine 100, the money mechanism 106 recognizes the deposited amount and transfers the recognized amount to the control unit 105.

The control unit 105 displays a message indicating that the goods can be selected for all the goods corresponding to the deposit amount (the product selection button is lit using the light emitting diode), and when the user selects a specific product, .

Then, the control unit 105 checks the remaining amount of the specific commodity when it is completed, and lights up the commodity selection button corresponding to the amount of money when the remaining amount is equal to or more than the amount that the remaining commodity can be purchased. If the remaining amount is insufficient, It does.

This method of selling goods is the same as the method of selling goods in a general vending machine.

In the meantime, according to the present invention, in a vending machine having the above-described functions, when a fire is detected and a fire is detected, an alarm for fire detection is automatically generated and a fire suppression operation is performed, And related institutions to prevent the secondary fire by initially suppressing the fire.

In addition, a fire generated from the outside of the vending machine is transmitted to the vending machine, thereby preventing the vending machine from being damaged by the fire.

This will be described in more detail as follows.

First, when power is supplied to the automatic vending machine 100 and initialization is performed, the fire detection unit 103 continuously detects a fire. Here, the fire detection unit 103 detects a fire using a fire detection sensor, and the fire detection is preferably performed inside the automatic vending machine 100 and / or outside the automatic vending machine 100. It is preferable to use a known fire detection sensor such as a thermal sensor, a smoke sensor, an infrared sensor for detecting an infrared wavelength range of a gas generated in a fire, or a flame sensor.

When a fire is detected by the fire detection unit 103 inside or outside the automatic vending machine, a fire detection signal is generated and transmitted to the control unit 105.

When the fire detection signal is received, the control unit 105 recognizes that a fire has occurred, and activates the fire alarm unit 104 to alert the fire occurrence. Accordingly, the fire alarm unit 104 alerts the occurrence of fire. Here, the fire alarm may be one of generating a fire alarm sound, transmitting a fire alarm sound, and transmitting a fire alarm sound and a fire alarm announcement sound at the same time.

While fire alarms have the advantage of drawing attention, people around the vending machine are aware of it and follow up quickly so that they can suppress the fire of the vending machine early or that the vending machine's fire is spreading to other areas There is an advantage that it can be prevented.

The control unit 105 generates an alarm about the occurrence of a fire and searches the storage unit 107 to extract information on the occurrence of a fire and generates fire occurrence information based on the extracted information. Here, the fire occurrence information preferably includes information indicating the occurrence of a fire, and information on the installation location of the vending machine. The fire occurrence information is preferably generated in the form of a text message.

After generating the fire occurrence information, the fire occurrence information and pre-registered contact information are transmitted to the communication module 108. Here, the contact information includes the contact (telephone number) information of the operator and the fire related organization. If the relevant agency is a fire department, it is desirable to register a fire station in the position closest to the location where the vending machine is installed.

The communication module 108 transmits fire information to the operator and the contact person based on the contact information.

As a result, the remote operator or the person in charge of the related institution checks the received fire occurrence information, recognizes where the fire occurred in the installed vending machine, and quickly takes a follow-up action based on the detected fire occurrence, And prevent the fire from spreading.

In addition, the automatic vending machine 100 according to the present invention automatically activates the fire suppression unit 109 and automatically drives the fire suppression apparatus when it is detected that a fire occurs in the control unit 105, in addition to the above functions.

For example, the fire suppression unit 109 drives the fire suppression device under the control of the control unit 105 to automatically suppress the fire. It is preferable that the fire suppression apparatus includes at least one of a non-spray fire extinguisher using water, and a fire extinguisher using fire extinguisher. It is also possible to use a known fire suppression device other than the fire suppression device.

Accordingly, the present invention can detect a fire in a vending machine, generate an alarm for a fire occurrence when a fire is detected, ventilate the surroundings, generate fire occurrence information and transmit the generated information to a remote operator and a related institution, There is an advantage that the fire suppression device can be operated to suppress the fire.

3 is a flow chart showing a method of controlling a vending machine provided with a fire detection function according to the present invention. The method includes steps of: (a) performing initialization and executing a merchandise sales operation (S11 to S12) A step S13 of continuously detecting a fire at the same time as the commodity sales operation after the initialization, (c) generating an alarm about a fire occurrence and generating fire information if a fire is detected by the step (b) (S15), (d) sending the generated fire information to a registered contact (S16), (e) automatically sending out the fire information to the registered contact and driving the fire suppression device to suppress the fire (S17).

The operation of the automatic vending machine having the fire detection function according to the present invention will now be described in detail.

First, when power is supplied to the automatic vending machine 100 in step S11, the controller 105 performs initialization. In step S12, the user inserts an amount into the amount input slot to purchase a product using the automatic vending machine 100 The money mechanism 106 recognizes the deposit amount and transmits the recognized amount to the control unit 105. [

The control unit 105 displays a message indicating that the goods can be selected for all the goods corresponding to the deposit amount (the product selection button is lit using the light emitting diode), and when the user selects a specific product, .

Then, the control unit 105 checks the remaining amount of the specific commodity when it is completed, and lights up the commodity selection button corresponding to the amount of money when the remaining amount is equal to or more than the amount that the remaining commodity can be purchased. If the remaining amount is insufficient, It does.

This method of selling goods is the same as the method of selling goods in a general vending machine.

In the meantime, according to the present invention, in a vending machine having the above-described functions, when a fire is detected and a fire is detected, an alarm for fire detection is automatically generated and a fire suppression operation is performed, And related institutions to prevent the secondary fire by initially suppressing the fire.

In addition, a fire generated from the outside of the vending machine is transmitted to the vending machine, thereby preventing the vending machine from being damaged by the fire.

This will be described in more detail as follows.

First, when the power is supplied to the automatic vending machine 100 and initialization is performed, the process proceeds to step S13 to continuously detect a fire in the fire detection unit 103. [ Here, the fire detection unit 103 detects a fire using a fire detection sensor, and the fire detection is preferably performed inside the automatic vending machine 100 and / or outside the automatic vending machine 100. It is preferable to use a known fire detection sensor such as a thermal sensor, a smoke sensor, an infrared sensor for detecting an infrared wavelength range of a gas generated in a fire, or a flame sensor.

When a fire is detected by the fire detection unit 103 inside or outside the automatic vending machine, a fire detection signal is generated and transmitted to the control unit 105.

If the fire detection signal is received, the control unit 105 recognizes that a fire has occurred in step S14 and activates the fire alarm unit 104 to alert the occurrence of the fire. Accordingly, the fire alarm unit 104 alerts the occurrence of fire. Here, the fire alarm may be one of generating a fire alarm sound, transmitting a fire alarm sound, and transmitting a fire alarm sound and a fire alarm announcement sound at the same time.

While fire alarms have the advantage of drawing attention, people around the vending machine are aware of it and follow up quickly so that they can suppress the fire of the vending machine early or that the vending machine's fire is spreading to other areas There is an advantage that it can be prevented.

The control unit 105 generates an alarm about the occurrence of a fire and searches the storage device 107 in step S15 to extract information on the occurrence of a fire and generates fire occurrence information based on the extracted information. Here, the fire occurrence information preferably includes information indicating the occurrence of a fire, and information on the installation location of the vending machine. The fire occurrence information is preferably generated in the form of a text message.

After generating the fire occurrence information, the fire occurrence information and pre-registered contact information are transmitted to the communication module 108. Here, the contact information includes the contact (telephone number) information of the operator and the fire related organization. If the relevant agency is a fire department, it is desirable to register a fire station in the position closest to the location where the vending machine is installed.

The communication module 108 transmits fire information to the operator and the contact person based on the contact information transmitted in step S16.

As a result, the remote operator or the person in charge of the related institution checks the received fire occurrence information, recognizes where the fire occurred in the installed vending machine, and quickly takes a follow-up action based on the detected fire occurrence, And prevent the fire from spreading.

In addition, the automatic vending machine 100 according to the present invention automatically activates the fire suppression unit 109 to automatically start the fire suppression apparatus when it is detected that the fire is generated in the control unit 105 in step S17.

For example, the fire suppression unit 109 drives the fire suppression device under the control of the control unit 105 to automatically suppress the fire. It is preferable that the fire suppression apparatus includes at least one of a non-spray fire extinguisher using water, and a fire extinguisher using fire extinguisher. It is also possible to use a known fire suppression device other than the fire suppression device.

Accordingly, the present invention can detect a fire in a vending machine, generate an alarm for a fire occurrence when a fire is detected, ventilate the surroundings, generate fire occurrence information and transmit the generated information to a remote operator and a related institution, There is an advantage that the fire suppression device can be operated to suppress the fire.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It is obvious to those who have.

The present invention is effectively applied to a technique for detecting a fire in a vending machine, generating an alarm for a detected fire, and transmitting a fire occurrence signal to a remote operator and a related organization to inform the situation.

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Claims (7)

A vending machine for detecting a fire, generating an alarm for a detected fire, and remotely notifying a fire detection,
A fire detection unit for detecting a fire;
A control unit for controlling the generation of fire information and the transmission of fire information by controlling an alarm for fire occurrence when a fire is detected by the fire detection unit;
A fire alarm unit for performing an alarm for fire occurrence under the control of the control unit;
And a communication module for automatically transmitting the fire information to a registered contact under the control of the control unit.
The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the fire detection unit detects a fire inside the automatic vending machine or detects a fire outside the automatic vending machine.
The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the fire alarm unit transmits a fire alarm sound and a fire occurrence announcement sound.
The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the communication module transmits fire information to an operator and a contact person of a related institution stored in the storage device.
The fire extinguishing system according to claim 1, further comprising a fire suppression unit for driving the fire suppression apparatus under the control of the control unit to suppress the fire, wherein the fire suppression apparatus is any one of a fire extinguisher using water and a fire extinguisher Wherein the at least one of the at least one of the first and second sensors has a fire detection function.
A vending machine for detecting a fire, generating an alarm for a detected fire, and remotely notifying a fire detection,
(a) performing initialization when a power source is turned on and executing a merchandise sales operation;
(b) continuously detecting a fire simultaneously with the merchandise sales operation after the initialization;
(c) generating an alarm for fire occurrence and generating fire information if a fire is detected by the step (b); And
and (d) sending the generated fire information to a registered contact.
The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising: (e) automatically activating a fire suppression device after the fire information is transmitted to a registered contact to suppress a fire.

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