JPH03271891A - Controller for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Controller for automatic vending machine

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JPH03271891A
JPH03271891A JP7120490A JP7120490A JPH03271891A JP H03271891 A JPH03271891 A JP H03271891A JP 7120490 A JP7120490 A JP 7120490A JP 7120490 A JP7120490 A JP 7120490A JP H03271891 A JPH03271891 A JP H03271891A
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Kiyohiko Inoue
井上 斉彦
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Fuji Electric Co Ltd
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve confirmation and sampling of commodities by automatically stopping to sell commodities whose quality maintenance term expires and carrying out all of these commodities by a specific switch at the time of commodity replacement or the like. CONSTITUTION:A replenishment number 4A as the number of commodities initially set and replenished to each column and a term 4B of quality mainte nance of these commodities are set by a set input device 1, and commodities whose term of quality maintenance expires are selected by a controller 3 and a storage device 4 where the replenishment number 4A and the term 4B are stored. The column of commodities whose term of quality maintenance expired is displayed on a sale stop display device 7 to stop selling of them, and all of commodities whose term of quality maintenance expired in the column from which selling of commodities is stopped are carried out with a driver 5 and a carrying-out motor 6 by a term expiration commodity carrying-out switch 2. Thus, it is unnecessary to confirm the date of commodities, and the carrying- out time is shortened and the complication is resolved.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】[Detailed description of the invention] 【産業上の利用分野】[Industrial application field]

この発明は乳製品などの品質保持期間が限定されている
商品を販売する自動販売機の制御装置特に前記品質保持
期間が切れた商品の販売の自動停止や販売防止のための
搬出を行い得るようにした自動販売機の制御装置に関す
る。 なお以下自動販売機を自販機とも略す。
This invention is a control device for a vending machine that sells products with a limited shelf life, such as dairy products, which is particularly capable of automatically stopping the sale of products whose quality shelf life has expired or carrying them out to prevent their sale. This invention relates to a control device for a vending machine. Note that vending machines are also abbreviated as vending machines below.

【従来の技術1 従来、この種の自販機は機内に詰め込まれた商品がその
品質保持期限に関係な(販売される構造である。従って
品質保持期限の過ぎた商品を販売しないようにするため
には、人がこの商品の日付を一つずつ確認しながら自販
機から手で抜き取る作業が必要である。 【発明が解決しようとする課!!!!]しかしながら上
述のような商品の確認や抜取の作業は手間がかかり、か
つ煩わしく、改善が望まれている。そこで本発明はこの
問題を解消し得る自動販売機の制御装置を提供すること
を課題とする。 【課題を解決するための手段】 前記の課題を解決するために本発明の装置は、rコラム
に補充された商品をその補充の順に販売し、かつこの販
売のつど、当該コラムの商品の残存数を更新して記憶す
る自動販売機の制御装置であって 商品補充時に少なくともコラム別の新たな商品の補充数
と(4Aなど)と、該商品の品質保持期限(4Bなど)
とからなるデータを設定入力する手段(設定入力装置1
など)、 日付の切換り時点に前記残存数とデータとを参照し、前
記品質保持期限が切れた商品(以下期限切れ商品という
)の残存するコラムの販売を停止させる手段(期限切れ
商品販売停止表示手段3^など)、 前記期限切れ商品を搬出すべき旨の指令を操作入力する
手段(期限切れ商品搬出スイッチ2など)、該指令に基
づいて前記期限切れ商品を搬出する手段(期限切れ商品
搬出手段3Bなど)、を備えたjものとする。
[Conventional technology 1] Conventionally, this type of vending machine has a structure in which the products packed inside the machine are sold without regard to their shelf life.Therefore, in order to avoid selling products whose shelf life has passed, This requires a person to check the date of each product one by one and manually pull it out of the vending machine. The work is time-consuming and troublesome, and improvements are desired.Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a vending machine that can solve this problem. [Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the device of the present invention is an automatic vending machine that sells the products replenished in the r column in the order of replenishment, and updates and stores the remaining number of products in the column each time this sale is made. It is a machine control device that, when replenishing products, at least indicates the number of new products to be replenished for each column (4A, etc.) and the quality retention period of the product (4B, etc.)
Means for setting and inputting data consisting of (setting input device 1
etc.), a means for referring to the remaining number and data at the time of date change, and stopping the sales of the remaining columns of the products whose quality retention period has expired (hereinafter referred to as "expired products") (means for displaying the suspension of sales of expired products) 3^, etc.), means for operating and inputting a command to carry out the expired product (e.g. expired product carry-out switch 2), means for carrying out the expired product based on the instruction (e.g. expired product carry-out means 3B), Let j be equipped with .

【作 用】[For use]

品質保持期限を超える商品に対しては自動的に販売を停
止し、商品の詰め換え時等に特定のスイッチによって期
限切れの商品をすべて搬出するようにする。即ち商品の
搬入時に現在の日付と新たな商品の補充数と品質保持期
間を設定、記憶することによって、以後の販売数から次
に販売する商品の品質保持期限と現在の日付を比較し、
その商品が期限切れならばそのコラム(即ち商品搬出機
構と組み合わされた商品の格納棚)を販売停止にする。 また販売停止になったすべてのコラムの期限切れ商品だ
けを商品詰め換え時等に所定のスイッチの操作で搬出で
きるようにするものである。
Sales of products that have exceeded their quality retention period are automatically stopped, and when refilling products, a specific switch is activated to remove all expired products. In other words, by setting and storing the current date, the number of new products to be replenished, and the quality retention period when the product is delivered, the current date can be compared with the quality retention period of the next product to be sold based on the number of subsequent sales.
If the product is expired, the column (i.e., the product storage shelf combined with the product delivery mechanism) is discontinued. In addition, only expired products from all columns whose sales have been stopped can be removed by operating a predetermined switch when refilling the products.

【実施例】【Example】

以下第1図および第2図に基づいて本発明の詳細な説明
する。第1図は本発明の一実施例としての自販機制御装
置の要部の構成を示すブロック図である。同図において
3はこの自販機全体を制御する制御装置でCPU等から
なる。4はこの制御装置3に属する記憶装置でRAM等
からなる。 lはキーボードなどからなる設定入力装置で、制御用の
データや指令等を操作入力するための装置である。6は
商品を自販機外に搬出するための搬出モータ、5は制御
装置3とこの搬出モータ6との間のインタフェース回路
としてのドライバである。 また2は期限切れ商品を搬出させるための期限切れ商品
搬出スイッチ、3Aと3Bは制御装置3の機能の一部を
分担すると見越した部分機能部としての期限切れ商品販
売停止表示手段と期限切れ商品搬出手段、4Aと4Bは
記憶装置4内に設定。 記憶された商品の補充数とその期限、7は販売停止を表
示する表示装置である。 第1図においては設定入力装置1によって初期設定及び
コラム別の新たに補充された商品の数としての補充数4
Aおよびその品質保持の期限4Bの設定を行う。そして
制御装置3と前記補充数4A、期限4Bを記憶する記憶
装置4によって期限切れ商品の選択をし、期限切れ商品
のコラムを販売停止表示装置7で表示し、販売を停止す
る。なお期限切れ搬出スイッチ2で販売停止されたコラ
ムの期限切れ商品をすべてドライバ5と搬出モータ6に
よって搬出する。 第2図は第1図の制御装置3の動作を示すフローチャー
トである。なお以下S1〜S9の符号は第2図中のステ
ップを示す。 第2図を説明すると、ステップS1で設定入力装置1を
介し、初期設定を行った後、引続いてコラム別に商品の
新たな補充数(第1図4A)を設定しくS2)、さらに
この新たに補充された商品の期限、即ち期限切れの年月
日(第1図4B)を設定しくS3)、販売開始する(S
4)。 なおこの商品補充時にコラム内に期限切れとならずに残
存していた商品の数は、頭初のコラムが空のとき以後、
商品補充のつと新規の補充数が設定入力され、他方、そ
のコラムの商品販売ごとにこのコラムへの搬入の順に商
品が搬出され、かつそのコラム内の商品残存数からこの
ときの商品の販売数が減算されるので、前記の期限切れ
とならずにコラムに残存していた商品の数やその品質保
持期限は制御装置3によって把握されている。 さて次にステップS5で日付のかわる時に期限切れとな
る商品が残存するコラムがあるか否かを判断し、そのよ
うなコラムであればそのコラムを販売停止にする(S6
)。そしてそのコラムに対応する販売停止表示装置7の
表示を行わせる。 なお商品補充時などに期限切れ商品搬出スイッチ2が押
されたならば(S71分岐Y)、期限切れ商品を搬出し
くS8)、販売可能状態にもどる(S9)。 ここで第1図の期限切れ商品販売停止表示手段3Aの機
能は第2図のステップS5.S6に相当し、同じく第1
図の期限切れ商品搬出手段3Bの機能は第2図のステッ
プS7.S8に相当する。
The present invention will be explained in detail below based on FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of essential parts of a vending machine control device as an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 3 denotes a control device that controls the entire vending machine and includes a CPU and the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage device belonging to this control device 3, which is composed of a RAM and the like. 1 is a setting input device such as a keyboard, and is a device for inputting control data, commands, etc. Reference numeral 6 denotes a carry-out motor for carrying out the product out of the vending machine, and 5 denotes a driver serving as an interface circuit between the control device 3 and the carry-out motor 6. Reference numeral 2 denotes an expired product carry-out switch for carrying out expired products; 3A and 3B serve as partial functional units that are expected to share a part of the functions of the control device 3; an expired product sales stop display means and an expired product carry-out means; 4A; and 4B are set in the storage device 4. A display device 7 displays the stored replenishment number of the product and its deadline, and 7 indicates the suspension of sales. In FIG. 1, the number of replenishments 4 is the number of products newly replenished by the initial setting and column by the setting input device 1.
A and its quality maintenance deadline 4B are set. Then, an expired product is selected using the control device 3 and the storage device 4 that stores the number of replenishments 4A and the deadline 4B, a column for the expired product is displayed on the sales stop display device 7, and sales are stopped. Incidentally, all the expired products in the columns whose sales have been stopped by the expired carry-out switch 2 are carried out by the driver 5 and the carry-out motor 6. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device 3 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the symbols S1 to S9 indicate steps in FIG. 2. To explain Fig. 2, after initial setting is performed via the setting input device 1 in step S1, a new replenishment number of products (Fig. 1 4A) is set for each column (S2), and then this new Set the expiration date of the product replenished, that is, the date of expiration (Figure 1, 4B) (S3), and start selling it (S3).
4). The number of products that remained in the column without expiration at the time of product replenishment is calculated from the time when the first column is empty.
The number of products to be replenished and the number of new products to be replenished are set and input, and on the other hand, each time a product is sold in that column, the products are carried out in the order in which they are carried into this column, and the number of products sold at this time is determined from the number of remaining products in that column. is subtracted, so the control device 3 knows the number of products remaining in the column without the expiration date and their quality retention deadline. Next, in step S5, it is determined whether or not there is a column in which products that will expire when the date changes, and if such a column exists, the sale of that column is stopped (S6
). Then, the sales stop display device 7 displays a message corresponding to that column. Note that if the expired product carry-out switch 2 is pressed during product replenishment (S71 branch Y), the expired product is carried out (S8) and the state returns to the state where it can be sold (S9). Here, the function of the expired product sales stop displaying means 3A in FIG. 1 is as shown in step S5 in FIG. Corresponds to S6, also the first
The function of the expired product carrying out means 3B shown in the figure is as shown in step S7 of FIG. Corresponds to S8.

【発明の効果】【Effect of the invention】

本発明によれば、コラムに補充された商品をその補充の
順に販売し、かつこの販売のつど、当該コラムの商品の
残存数を更新して記憶する自動販売機の制御装置が 商品補充時に少なくともコラム別の新たな商品の補充数
4八と該商品の品質保持期限4Bとからなるデータを設
定入力する手段としての設定入力装置1、 日付の切換り時点に前記残存数とデータとを参照し、前
記品質保持期限が切れた商品(以下期限切れ商品という
)の残存するコラムの販売を停止させる手段としての期
限切れ商品販売停止表示手段3A。 前記期限切れ商品を搬出すべき旨の指令を操作入力する
手段としての期限切れ商品搬出スイッチ2、 該指令に基づいて前記期限切れ商品を搬出する手段とし
ての期限切れ商品搬出手段3B、を備えるようにしたの
で以下のような効果を得ることができる。 (1)自販機が期限切れ商品を販売しなくなるため、消
費者への信顛性及び安全性を得ることができる。 (2)商品詰め換えの時、いちいち商品の日付を確認す
ることなく自販機から期限切れの商品を搬出できるので
、搬出時間の削減と煩わしさが解消できる。
According to the present invention, the control device of the vending machine that sells the products replenished in a column in the order of replenishment, and updates and stores the remaining number of products in the column each time the product is replenished, is configured to at least A setting input device 1 as a means for setting and inputting data consisting of the number of new products to be replenished for each column 48 and the quality retention period of the product 4B; , Expired product sales stop display means 3A as a means for stopping sales of remaining columns of products whose quality retention period has expired (hereinafter referred to as expired products). Since it is equipped with an expired product removal switch 2 as a means for operating and inputting a command to carry out the expired product, and an expired product removal means 3B as a means to carry out the expired product based on the instruction, the following will be explained. You can get an effect like this. (1) Since vending machines no longer sell expired products, credibility and safety for consumers can be obtained. (2) When refilling products, expired products can be removed from the vending machine without checking the date of each product, reducing removal time and eliminating hassle.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は本発明の一実施例としての要部構成を示すブロ
ック図、 第2図は第1図の動作を示すフローチャートである。 1:設定入力装置、2:期限切れ商品搬出スイッチ、3
:制御装置、3A :期限切れ商品販売停止・表示手段
、3B :期限切れ商品搬出手段、4:記!装置1.4
A:eii充数、4B:Mffl、6:W:1:lψ
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of FIG. 1. 1: Setting input device, 2: Expired product removal switch, 3
: Control device, 3A: Expired product sales stop/display means, 3B: Expired product removal means, 4: Note! Equipment 1.4
A: eii full number, 4B: Mffl, 6: W: 1: lψ

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】 1)コラムに補充された商品をその補充の順に販売し、
かつこの販売のつど、当該コラムの商品の残存数を更新
して記憶する自動販売機の制御装置であって、 商品補充時に少なくともコラム別の新たな商品の補充数
と、該商品の品質保持期限とからなるデータを設定入力
する手段、 日付の切換り時点に前記残存数とデータとを参照し、前
記品質保持期限が切れた商品(以下期限切れ商品という
)の残存するコラムの販売を停止させる手段、 前記期限切れ商品を搬出すべき旨の指令を操作入力する
手段、 該指令に基づいて前記期限切れ商品を搬出する手段を備
えたことを特徴とする自動販売機の制御装置。
[Claims] 1) Selling the products replenished in the column in the order of replenishment;
and a control device for a vending machine that updates and stores the remaining number of products in the relevant column each time the product is sold, and when replenishing the product, at least the number of new products to be replenished in each column and the quality retention period of the product. Means for setting and inputting data consisting of; Means for referencing the remaining number and data at the time of date change and stopping sales of remaining columns of products whose quality retention period has expired (hereinafter referred to as expired products) A control device for a vending machine, comprising: a means for inputting an instruction to carry out the expired product; and a means for carrying out the expired product based on the instruction.
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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH09288763A (en) * 1996-04-19 1997-11-04 Fuji Electric Co Ltd Automatic vending machine
JP2010055554A (en) * 2008-08-29 2010-03-11 Fuji Electric Retail Systems Co Ltd Device for controlling vending machine
JP2010061238A (en) * 2008-09-01 2010-03-18 Fuji Electric Retail Systems Co Ltd Control device for vending machine

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH09288763A (en) * 1996-04-19 1997-11-04 Fuji Electric Co Ltd Automatic vending machine
JP2010055554A (en) * 2008-08-29 2010-03-11 Fuji Electric Retail Systems Co Ltd Device for controlling vending machine
JP2010061238A (en) * 2008-09-01 2010-03-18 Fuji Electric Retail Systems Co Ltd Control device for vending machine

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