JP6939061B2 - Rice milling operation system for rice milling equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a rice milling facility for milling rice at an expense.

Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 describe a technique of holding a mobile terminal over rice milling operation and withdrawing the charge from the mobile terminal in addition to inserting coins and performing rice milling operation by a charge.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-123391 Japanese Patent No. 5560656

An object of the present invention is to improve the convenience of use of rice milling equipment by performing rice milling operation based on an application of a mobile terminal that has been developed in recent years.

In order to solve such a problem, the invention according to claim 1 is
A charging hopper (5) for accommodating brown rice in the building (1) , an opening / closing door (13) for closing / opening the input port of the input hopper (5), a rice milling machine (9), and a charge input for charging the charge. and mouth (12), a control unit for controlling the rice operation (14), the control unit (14) is Oite the rice facility fee type of rice milling process the rice and drives and controls the rice mill (9),
The control unit (14) is provided with communication equipment capable of communicating with the user's mobile terminal (K), and the mobile terminal (K) performs rice milling operation via the rice milling operation application (A). ,
When the user performs rice milling operation with cash in the state via the application (A), points according to the charge are given.
In the next rice milling operation, cash and the above points can be used together to perform the rice milling operation .
With the application (A) open, a charge switch (20) is provided, in which the fee charged without performing the rice milling operation is given as points.
The rice milling operation system of the rice milling equipment is characterized in that the opening / closing door (13) is closed when the charge switch (20) is operated after the opening / closing door (13) is opened.

As a result, the user can continuously perform the rice milling operation by using the given points and the fee in combination, which improves convenience.
By converting a large number of charges into points at one time, the user can increase the rice milling operation time by adding points. In addition, it is possible to save the trouble of inserting cash every time the rice is milled.

The invention according to claim 2
When the rice milling operation is performed by using cash and the points in combination, the rice milling operation is performed for the time corresponding to the points at the start of the rice milling operation, and after the operation time corresponding to the points elapses, the rice milling operation is shifted to the input charge. The rice milling operation system of the rice milling equipment according to claim 1, wherein the rice milling equipment is used.

As a result, when the rice milling operation is continuously performed by using both the charge and the points, the points are used, which is convenient for the user.

The invention according to claim 3
The points are the rice milling operation system of the rice milling equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein points are added according to the charge when the rice milling operation is performed with cash equal to or more than the set value.

As a result, it is possible to promote the use of the rice milling equipment by a large number of users who continuously perform a rice milling operation of a set amount or more.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, a convenient rice milling facility can be provided.

Diagram showing the guest room seen from the front Diagram showing the inside of rice milling equipment as seen from a plane Work process diagram of rice milling equipment Control block diagram Diagram showing the user's mobile terminal screen Example of giving points

The charge-type rice milling equipment according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 2, the building 1 is divided into a machine room 3 and a guest room 4 in the front-rear direction by a partition wall 2. In this embodiment, the passenger compartment 4 side is referred to as the front side, and the machine room 3 side is referred to as the rear side.

An input hopper 5 for accommodating brown rice brought by the user, a rotary valve 6 for feeding out the brown rice in the input hopper 5, an elevator 7 for raising brown rice, a stone remover 8 for removing stones from brown rice, and a rice milling machine for brown rice. A rice milling machine 9 and a white rice tank 10 for accommodating polished rice are provided.

The charging hopper 5 and the white rice tank 10 are provided on the guest room 4, and the elevator 7, the stone removing machine 8, and the rice milling machine 9 are provided on the machine room 3 side. The input hopper 5 is provided on one left and right side of the guest room 4, and the white rice tank 10 is provided on the other left and right sides of the guest room 4. Between the charging hopper 5 and the white rice tank 10, a whitening degree selection switch 11 for setting the whitening degree, a charge input port 12 for charging the charge, and a change return port 15 are provided. An opening / closing door 13 for closing / opening the insertion port of the insertion hopper 5 is provided on the front side of the insertion hopper 5. A QR code (registered trademark) d is provided near the charge slot.

As shown in FIG. 4, a control unit 14 for controlling rice milling operation is provided, and a communication device 15 capable of communicating with the user's mobile terminal K is connected to the control unit 14. A brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 for detecting the presence / absence of brown rice is provided in the charging hopper 5. The brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 can be attached to the rice milling machine 9 on the front-end process side other than the charging hopper 5. The control unit 14 is configured to be able to communicate with the cloud C that stores user information. As shown in FIG. 4, the cloud C is configured to be able to communicate with a plurality of rice milling facilities, and stores information on each rice milling facility.

Next, a procedure for inserting cash into the charge input port 12 to perform rice milling operation will be described.

When the charge input detection sensor 17 detects that the charge has been input to the charge input port 12, the user opens the opening / closing door 13. When the user puts the brown rice brought into the charging hopper 5 and selects a desired polishing degree (for example, wash-free rice, standard, and mashing) with the whitening degree selection switch 11, each part of the apparatus starts operation.

The brown rice in the input hopper 5 is fed out by the rotary valve 6, transported by the elevator 7, stone-pulled by the stone-pulling machine 8, and milled by the rice-polishing machine 9, which becomes polished rice and is discharged to the white rice tank 10. When the operation time corresponding to the charge elapses or the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects that the brown rice supplied to the rice milling machine 9 has run out, the rice milling operation ends after a predetermined time. When the set time elapses from the end of the rice milling operation, the opening / closing door 13 closes.

Next, the rice milling operation by the application A will be described.

When the user holds the mobile terminal K over the QR code d, the user makes a communication connection with a site (homepage or the like) containing the application A and acquires the application A. Application A can be obtained for free. Then, when the registered name such as the name and the information such as the telephone number and the e-mail address are registered in the application A (see A and F in FIG. 5), the setting of the application A is completed. User information and point information are stored in the cloud C. During the rice milling operation, if the rice milling operation is performed at the above-mentioned charge with the application A open, points are given according to the charge used. When points are given, rice milling can be performed using the points. Alternatively, the rice milling operation may be enabled when the points above the setting are accumulated.

Next, a case where rice milling operation is performed by using points and charges together will be described.

For example, suppose that 100 yen or 100 points are required for every operation of 10 kg of brown rice, and 10 points are given for every 100 yen of input fee. At this time, it is assumed that 150 points have already been given.

When the user puts the charge into the charge input port 12 or opens the application A, the opening / closing door 13 opens. At this time, if the points remain in the application A, the opening / closing door 13 may be configured to open. The user throws the brown rice brought into the throwing hopper 5, the user sets a point to be used in the application A, selects the whitening degree selection switch 11, and the control unit 14 starts the rice milling operation. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the brown rice brought in is about 30 kg, the input fee is 300 yen, and the set points are 100 points (see C in FIG. 5).

In the rice milling operation, first, the subtraction process is performed from the set points, and when the rice milling operation time for the points has elapsed, the subtraction process is performed from the input charge. 100 points and 200 yen are sequentially subtracted to process 30 kg of rice, and when it is detected that the brown rice supplied to the rice mill 9 is exhausted, the rice milling operation is terminated and 100 yen of change is returned from the change return port. ..

Then, the application A displays the status of the points used this time (100 points) and the points given (20 points due to the input fee of 200 yen) (see D in FIG. 5).

Next, a case where the available points are 150 points, the input fee is 100 yen, the set points are 100 points, and the brown rice brought by the user is about 25 kg will be described.

After the start of the rice milling operation, as described above, first, the set 100 points and then the charged fee of 100 yen are subtracted. Normally, at this time, about 20 kg of brown rice is milled. If the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects the presence of brown rice when the 100 points and 100 yen worth of rice milling operation time have elapsed, the mobile terminal K is displayed to indicate whether or not to use the remaining 50 points. Have someone choose. At this time, the rice milling operation is temporarily stopped. When the user chooses to use the points, the rice milling operation is restarted and the rice milling operation by the points is continued. Alternatively, a new input fee may be charged to restart the rice milling operation. Alternatively, the rice milling operation may be performed by continuously using the remaining 50 points.

Next, a case where the rice milling operation is started at the point without paying a fee will be described.

When the user opens the application A already set in the mobile terminal K in the guest room 4, the opening / closing door 13 opens. When the user throws brown rice into the throwing hopper 5 and selects the whitening degree selection switch 11, the rice milling operation starts. When the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects the presence of brown rice when the operation time corresponding to the available points has elapsed, the rice milling operation is temporarily stopped and the mobile terminal is urged to inject a new input fee to the user. Display on.

When the points of application A of the present embodiment reach the set points (for example, 100 points), they can be used from the start of the rice milling operation, and the fractional points less than the set points are used as points and charges in the middle after the start of the rice milling operation. It may be made available when it reaches and the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects brown rice. That is, it can be applied when the above-mentioned usable points are 150 points, the input fee is 100 yen, the set points are 100 points, and the brown rice brought by the user is about 25 kg.

Next, a process when the rice milling machine 9 abnormally stops during the rice milling operation will be described.

When the rice milling operation is abnormally stopped, an indication is displayed to the administrator's mobile terminal T through application A, for example, by e-mail (see G in FIG. 5). When the user sends that fact, the set points will be given. As a result, it is possible to promote the notification of abnormal stop by the user and to promptly respond by the administrator.

The screen of the user's mobile terminal K of FIG. 5 will be described below.

In FIG. 5A, a switch for displaying the usage status before the rice milling operation and setting the usage of points is provided. FIG. 5B is a display when the user's mobile terminal K and the control unit 14 cannot communicate with each other. The communication of this embodiment uses a communication device capable of communicating in the vicinity of the building 1. (C) in FIG. 5 is a screen for setting the number of points. FIG. 5D is a screen showing the usage status of points after rice milling operation. FIG. 5 (E) is a screen showing an example of a receipt for the use of rice milling operation. (F) of FIG. 5 is a screen for setting registration of user information. FIG. 5 (G) is a screen displaying that the rice has stopped abnormally during the rice milling operation. FIG. 5F is an email screen transmitted by the user and displayed on the administrator's mobile terminal T.

The points of rice milling operation using the application A will be described with reference to FIG.

For example, as described above, 10 kg is 10 points for 100 yen, but for example, points may be added when the rice is continuously milled with an amount of brown rice larger than 30 kg. That is, for example, if you drive 400 yen with 40 kg, 30 points for 300 yen with 30 kg will be 30 points for 10 points per 100 yen, and 20 points for the remaining 100 yen, for a total of 50 points (example of giving points during rice milling operation). .. Alternatively, if the rice is milled for 400 yen, 20 points may be set for every 100 yen, for a total of 80 points. As a result, it is possible to promote the use by a large number of users who perform a large amount of rice milling operation.

Next, a method of converting cash into points without performing rice milling operation will be described.

When the user operates the charge switch 20 to insert cash into the charge input port 12 with the application A open, the rice milling operation is not performed, and the charge switch ON as shown in FIG. 6 is a point corresponding to the input charge. An example of giving points at the time is shown. Since rice milling is not performed when cash is inserted by the charge switch, additional points are given to 100 points corresponding to 100 yen.

In the example of giving points when the charge switch is ON, 10 points will be added for every 100 yen, and 20 points will be added if 400 yen or more is input.

As a result, the user can increase the rice milling operation time by adding points by converting many charges into points at one time. In addition, it is possible to save the trouble of inserting cash every time the rice is milled.

When the charge switch 20 is operated to insert cash, the opening / closing door 13 is not opened, or when the charge switch 20 is operated after the opening / closing door 13 is opened by opening the application A, the opening / closing door 13 is closed. You can do it.

Next, when the rice milling operation is performed by the application A, the degree of whitening at the time of performing the rice milling operation is stored as user information. Then, in the next rice milling operation, the rice milling operation may be automatically started when the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor 16 detects that the application A is opened, the opening / closing door 13 is opened, and the brown rice is thrown in.

As a result, it is possible to save the trouble of operating the whitening degree selection switch 11 every time the rice is milled.

1 Building 9 Rice milling machine 14 Control unit 15 Communication equipment A Application K (user's) mobile terminal

Claims (3)

A charging hopper (5) for accommodating brown rice in the building (1) , an opening / closing door (13) for closing / opening the input port of the input hopper (5), a rice milling machine (9), and a charge input for charging the charge. and mouth (12), a control unit for controlling the rice operation (14), the control unit (14) is Oite the rice facility fee type of rice milling process the rice and drives and controls the rice mill (9),
The control unit (14) is provided with communication equipment capable of communicating with the user's mobile terminal (K), and the mobile terminal (K) performs rice milling operation via the rice milling operation application (A). ,
When the user performs rice milling operation with cash in the state via the application (A), points according to the charge are given.
In the next rice milling operation, cash and the above points can be used together to perform the rice milling operation .
With the application (A) open, a charge switch (20) is provided, in which the fee charged without performing the rice milling operation is given as points.
A rice milling operation system for rice milling equipment, characterized in that the opening / closing door (13) is closed when the charge switch (20) is operated after the opening / closing door (13) is opened. When the rice milling operation is performed by using cash and the points in combination, the rice milling operation is performed for the time corresponding to the points at the start of the rice milling operation, and after the operation time corresponding to the points elapses, the rice milling operation is shifted to the input charge. The rice milling operation system of the rice milling equipment according to claim 1. The rice milling operation system of the rice milling equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the points are added according to the charge when the rice milling operation is performed with cash equal to or more than the set value.

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