JP4904855B2 - Vending machine control equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a control device for a vending machine that sells products using coins or pseudo coins.

The control device of a conventional vending machine counts the number of pseudo coins inserted by a discriminator with a counting function such as coins, and outputs a discrimination signal when a predetermined number of coins are inserted. There has been disclosed a device that can use an amusement game machine or the like (for example, see Patent Document 1). In addition, there is a vending machine disclosed in which a prepaid card processing device and a vending machine can sell goods and exchange money value data with a prepaid card having money value data (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP-A-6-36119 JP-A-8-83373

  However, in the conventional configuration, the discriminator with counting function such as coins outputs the discriminating signal when a predetermined number of coins are inserted. In vending machines selling a plurality of products with different prices, There is a problem that a product that can be sold cannot be specified with only one identification signal. In addition, the prepaid card processing device and the vending machine are designed to sell or cash on the basis of the price value data that the prepaid card has, and cannot be applied to pseudo coins that do not have price value data. It had the problem that.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a vending machine capable of selling commodities with coins or pseudo coins.

In order to solve the conventional problem, the control device of the vending machine according to the present invention includes a coin and a monetary value.
A coin identifying means for accepting and identifying a pseudo coin having no value data, a price storage means for storing a selling price of a product, a value setting means for setting a monetary value for the pseudo coin, and the value setting means Amount value calculation means for calculating the amount value of the pseudo coins received based on the set contents, a simultaneous use setting means for selecting whether the pseudo coins and coins can be used at the same time, and the amount value received are displayed When the pseudo coin is accepted, the price value calculation means calculates the price value of the pseudo coin and displays it on the price value display means. comparison, if the amount value is determined to be sold in the case of more than selling price, the said pseudo-coin coin is set to be used simultaneously by the simultaneous use setting means By adding the amount value amount value and the coins of the pseudo coin is displayed on the amount value display means, compare the price resulting from adding the product marketable and determines if the amount worth more than price It is.

As a result, even if it is a pseudo coin that does not have price value data , the price value of the inserted pseudo coin is calculated and compared with the selling price of the product to determine whether it can be sold or not. Vending machines that sell can also sell products. Moreover, goods can be sold by combining pseudo coins and coins. In addition, the merchandise purchaser can easily confirm the value of the inserted pseudo coins and can purchase the merchandise.

  In addition, the control device of the vending machine of the present invention stores and displays the number of pseudo coins used and the value of the amount of money used for the sale of products sold by pseudo coins.

  As a result, the administrator of the vending machine can confirm the contents sold with the pseudo coins with the number of the pseudo coins used and the value of the money, and can easily perform the settlement of the product.

  In addition, the control device of the vending machine according to the present invention is configured to set a time zone in which the vending machine can be sold with pseudo coins.

  As a result, it is possible to prevent sale with pseudo coins at night or in a time zone when there is no manager of the vending machine, and to prevent mischief such as purchasing merchandise without using regular pseudo coins.

The control device of the vending machine according to the present invention calculates the monetary value of the inserted pseudo coin even if it is a pseudo coin that does not have monetary value data , and compares it with the selling price of the product to determine whether it can be sold. A vending machine that sells a plurality of commodities with different prices in coins can also be sold.

  Moreover, since the money value of the pseudo coin and the money value of the coin are added and compared with the selling price of the product to determine whether the product can be sold, the product can be sold by combining the pseudo coin and the coin.

  In addition, since the inserted pseudo coins and the monetary value of the coins are displayed, the merchandise purchaser can easily confirm the monetary value of the inserted pseudo coins and can purchase the merchandise.

  In addition, since the number of pseudo coins used and the value of the amount of money used for the sale of products sold with pseudo coins are stored and displayed, the administrator of the vending machine can use the contents sold with pseudo coins. It is possible to check the number of pseudo coins and the value of the coins, and to easily settle the product.

  Moreover, since it was made impossible to sell with pseudo coins at night or when there is no manager of the vending machine, it is possible to prevent mischief such as purchasing goods without using regular pseudo coins.

The invention according to claim 1 is a coin identifying means for accepting and identifying a coin and a pseudo coin having no money value data, a price storage means for storing a selling price of a product, and a money value is set for the pseudo coin. simultaneous use can be selected and value setting means, and amount value calculating means for calculating the amount value of the pseudo coins accepted on the basis of the contents set by the value setting means, whether the pseudo coins and coins can be used simultaneously to and setting means, and a money value display means for displaying the amount value is credited, if you accept the pseudo coin, the amount value display means calculates the amount value of the pseudo coin by the amount value calculating means displaying, compare the price of the calculated results and products, and determined to be sold when the amount worth more than selling price, the said pseudo-coin coin by the simultaneous use setting means When it is set that it can be used at the same time, the monetary value of the pseudo coin and the monetary value of the coin are added and displayed on the monetary value display means, the result of addition is compared with the selling price of the product, and the monetary value is Even if it is a pseudo coin that does not have monetary value data , the monetary value of the inserted pseudo coin is calculated and compared with the sales price of the product to judge whether it can be sold or not by determining that it can be sold when the price is higher than the selling price. Therefore, a vending machine that sells a plurality of products with different prices can also sell products with pseudo coins.

Further, in the above configuration, when it is set that the pseudo coin and the coin can be used at the same time, the price value of the pseudo coin and the price value of the coin are added, and the result of the addition is compared with the selling price of the product to sell the price value. When it is determined that the product can be sold when the price is higher than the price, it is determined whether the product can be sold by comparing the price value of the pseudo coin and the coin with the selling price of the product, so that the product can be sold by combining the pseudo coin and the coin. .

Further, in the above configuration, the value value of the received coin and the pseudo coin is calculated and displayed on the value value display means, so that the value value of the inserted pseudo coin or coin is displayed. The price value of the pseudo coins can be easily confirmed and the product can be purchased.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1 , in which sales contents storage means for storing the number of pseudo coins used for the contents sold in pseudo coins and the value of the money, and sales for displaying the sales contents Sales of products sold with pseudo coins by providing content display means, storing the number of pseudo coins used and the value of the amount of money sold with the pseudo coins, and displaying them on the sales content display means Memorize the number of pseudo coins used and their value
Since the information is displayed, the administrator of the vending machine can easily perform the settlement of the products sold with the pseudo coins.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising: a time zone setting means capable of setting a time zone that can be sold in pseudo coins; and a timer means for managing the current date. By making it possible to sell with pseudo coins only when the time is the time zone set by the time zone setting means, it is not possible to sell with pseudo coins at night or in a time zone where there is no vending machine administrator Since it did in this way, the mischief which purchases goods, without using a regular pseudo coin can be prevented.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a control device for a vending machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine according to the embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, coin identifying means 1 for receiving and identifying coins and pseudo coins, price storage means 2 for storing the selling price of goods, value setting means 3 for setting monetary value for pseudo coins, value setting means 3 is connected to money value calculation means 4 for calculating the money value of the received pseudo coin based on the contents set in 3, coin identification means 1, price storage means 2, value setting means 3, and money value calculation means 4. The calculation control unit 5a, when accepting the pseudo coin, calculates the monetary value of the pseudo coin by the monetary value calculation means 4, compares the calculated result with the selling price of the product, When the value is equal to or higher than the selling price, it is determined that the product can be sold.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The calculation control unit 5a determines whether or not a pseudo coin has been accepted (STEP 1), and if accepted, calculates the monetary value of the pseudo coin by the monetary value calculation means 4 (STEP 2) and stores it in the price storage means 2 Compared with the selling price of the existing product (STEP 3), if the value is equal to or higher than the selling price, it is determined that the product can be sold (STEP 4).

As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine of the present embodiment, when a pseudo coin is received, the amount value of the pseudo coin is calculated by the amount value calculation means 4, and the calculated result and the sales price of the product are calculated. By comparing and determining that the value can be sold when the value is equal to or higher than the selling price, the value of the inserted pseudo coin is calculated even if it is a pseudo coin that does not have value data , and the product is sold. Since whether or not to sell is determined by comparing with the price, the product can be sold even with a vending machine that sells a plurality of products with different prices using pseudo coins.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the control device for the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine according to the embodiment. In addition, the thing of the same structure as Embodiment 1 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the detailed description.

  In FIG. 3, a simultaneous use setting unit 6 that can select whether a pseudo coin and a coin can be used at the same time is provided, and the arithmetic control unit 5b is configured to display the monetary value of the pseudo coin when the pseudo coin and the coin can be used simultaneously. The monetary value of coins is added, the result of addition is compared with the selling price of the product, and if the monetary value is greater than or equal to the selling price, it is determined that the sale is possible.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The calculation control unit 5b determines the setting contents in the simultaneous use setting means 6 (STEP 11), and if it is set that the pseudo coin and the coin can be used simultaneously, determines whether the pseudo coin or the coin is accepted (STEP 12). If accepted, the amount value of the pseudo coin calculated by the amount value calculation means 4 and the amount value of the coin are added (STEP 13) and compared with the sales price of the product stored in the price storage means 2 ( (STEP 14), if the value is equal to or higher than the selling price, it is determined that the sale is possible (STEP 15).

  As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine of the present embodiment, when it is set that the pseudo coin and the coin can be used at the same time, the value of the pseudo coin and the value of the coin are added, and the addition result And the sale price of the product is compared, and it is determined that the product can be sold when the monetary value is equal to or higher than the sale price, the product can be sold by combining the pseudo coin and the coin.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the control device for the vending machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine according to the embodiment. In addition, the thing of the same structure as Embodiment 2 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the detailed description.

  In FIG. 5, a money value display means 7 for displaying the money value received is provided, and the calculation control unit 5 c calculates the money value of the accepted coin and the pseudo coin and displays it on the money value display means 7.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The calculation control unit 5c is set so that pseudo coins and coins can be used at the same time, accepts pseudo coins or coins, and adds the monetary value of the pseudo coins calculated by the monetary value calculation means 4 and the monetary value of the coins (STEP 11). To 13), when it is set that the pseudo coin and the coin cannot be used at the same time, the pseudo coin is accepted, and the amount value of the pseudo coin is calculated by the amount value calculation means 4 (STEPs 1-2). The amount value received is displayed on the value display means 7 (STEP 21).

  As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine of the present embodiment, the money value of the received coin and the pseudo coin is calculated and displayed on the money value display means 7, so Since coins and the value of coins are displayed, the product purchaser can easily confirm the value of the inserted pseudo coins and purchase the product.

(Embodiment 4)
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the control device for the vending machine according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine of the embodiment. In addition, the thing of the same structure as Embodiment 3 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the detailed description.

  In FIG. 7, it comprises a sales content storage means 8 for storing the number of pseudo coins used for the content sold with pseudo coins and the value of the money, and a sales content display means 9 for displaying the sales content. The contents sold with the pseudo coins are stored in the sales contents display means 9 while storing the number of the pseudo coins used and the value of the money.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The arithmetic control unit 5d determines whether or not it is sold with pseudo coins (STEP 31), and if sold with pseudo coins, stores the number of used pseudo coins and the value of the money in the sales content storage means 8 (STEP 32). When the manager of the vending machine confirms the sold contents, the sales contents display means 9 displays the number of the pseudo coins used for the contents sold with the pseudo coins and the value of the money (STEP 33).

  As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine of the present embodiment, the contents sold in pseudo coins are stored in the sales contents display means 9 while storing the number of pseudo coins used and the value of the money. By doing so, the contents sold by the pseudo coins can be confirmed by the number of the pseudo coins used and the value of the money, so the administrator of the vending machine can carry out the settlement of the products sold by the pseudo coins. It can be done easily.

(Embodiment 5)
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the control device for the vending machine according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device of the vending machine of the embodiment. In addition, the thing of the same structure as Embodiment 4 attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the detailed description.

  In FIG. 9, a time zone setting unit 10 that can set a time zone that can be sold with pseudo coins and a timer unit 11 that manages the current date and time are provided, and the arithmetic control unit 5 e uses the time zone setting unit 10 as the current time. Only when it is the set time zone, it is possible to sell with a pseudo coin.

  The operation of the vending machine control apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  The calculation control unit 5e determines whether or not the current time is a time zone that can be sold with pseudo coins set by the time zone setting means 10 (STEP 41). If the pseudo coins are accepted in the time zone that can be sold, the money value calculation means. In step 4, the monetary value of the pseudo coin is calculated to determine whether the product can be sold (STEPs 1 to 3). On the other hand, if it is not time for sale, even if a pseudo coin is accepted, the price value calculation of the pseudo coin is not performed and the sale with the pseudo coin is disabled (STEP 42).

  As described above, according to the control device of the vending machine of the present embodiment, by allowing the sale with the pseudo coin only when the current time is the time zone set by the time zone setting means 10, Since it was made impossible to sell with pseudo coins at night or when there is no administrator of the vending machine, it is possible to prevent mischief such as purchasing goods without using regular pseudo coins.

  In addition, by not accepting the pseudo coins in the coin identifying means 1 for the operation in the present embodiment when it is not in a sellable time zone, it is possible to easily inform the product purchaser that the pseudo coins cannot be used. The effect that it can be obtained.

As described above, the control device of the vending machine according to the present invention can sell a plurality of products with different prices even if it is a pseudo coin that does not have money value data, and is not limited to a product vending machine. It can also be applied to devices that provide services and software.

Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment Functional block diagram of the control device of the vending machine according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control apparatus of the vending machine by the embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin identification means 2 Price storage means 3 Value setting means 4 Amount value calculation means 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e Calculation control part 6 Simultaneous use setting means 7 Amount value display means 8 Sales content storage means 9 Sales content display means 10 Time zone setting means 11 Timer means

Claims (3)

A coin identifying means for receiving and identifying a coin and a pseudo coin having no value data; a price storage means for storing a sale price of a product; a value setting means for setting a money value for the pseudo coin; and the value setting. and amount value calculating means for calculating the amount value of the pseudo coins accepted on the basis of the contents set by means used simultaneously setting means can select either the pseudo coins and coins can be used simultaneously, payment amount that was worth and a money value display means for displaying, when said received pseudo coins, and calculates the amount value of the pseudo coin by the amount value calculating means is displayed on said amount value display means, computed results product comparing the selling price, and determined to be sold when the amount worth more than price, set between the coin and the pseudo coin by the simultaneous use setting means may be used simultaneously In the case where the amount value of the pseudo coin and the amount value of the coin are added and displayed on the amount value display means, the result of the addition is compared with the selling price of the product, and the amount value is equal to or higher than the selling price. A vending machine control device characterized in that it is determined that it can be sold. A sales content storage means for storing the number of pseudo coins used for the contents sold with the pseudo coins and the value of the price, and a sales content display means for displaying the sales contents, and the contents sold with the pseudo coins were used. 2. The control device for a vending machine according to claim 1 , wherein the number of pseudo coins and the value of the value are stored and displayed by the sales content display means. A time zone setting means that can set a time zone that can be sold with pseudo coins, and a timer means that manages the current date and time, and only when the current time is the time zone set by the time zone setting means a control system for an automatic vending machine according to it in claim 1 or 2 characterized by enabling sales in.

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