JPH06101057B2 - Vending machine data setting device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a data setting device for setting and inputting data necessary for sales control in an automatic vending machine.

[Prior Art] One of the data set by a vending machine is an alternate sales group (hereinafter referred to as PSD) setting. This PSD control will be described with reference to FIG.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a control device including a CPU (central processing unit) 1a for centrally controlling the vending machine, and includes a RAM (random access memory) 1b for storing various data. Two
Is a money counter that counts the inserted coins and refunds the change after sale, and S1 to S6 are product selection buttons for selecting products. X1-X6, Y1-Y6 and Q1-Q6
Is a sellable lamp indicating sale possible, a sold-out lamp indicating sold-out, and a commodity column corresponding to the commodity selection buttons S1 to S6, respectively. Reference numeral 3 is a ten-key pad for setting the price of a product and the like, 4 is a PSD setting key, and includes a start key 4a and an end key 4b.

As shown in the figure, product columns Q1 and Q2 sell the same product A, and product columns Q4 and Q5 also sell the same product C. Product columns Q3 and Q6 sell products B and D, respectively. Sell. If the product columns Q1 and Q2 are set to PSD, for example, if the product A is sold from the product column Q1 this time, in the next sale, either the product selection button S1 or S2 is pressed. Also, products will be sold from product column Q2. In this way, when the same product is stored in the product columns, the PSD setting is made so that the products are sold equally from both columns.

Here, the same product means that the types of products are the same and the price is the same, and the products stored in each product column are
The type and price of each column are stored in the RAM 1b.

Next, the PSD setting method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the start key 4a of the PSD setting key 4 is pressed, the sale control routine (not shown) shifts to the PSD setting routine of FIG.

First, when the product selection button, for example, S1, is pressed, the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2, and the product column Q1 corresponding to the product selection button S1 and the product column Q2 corresponding to the product column Q1 and the product column Q2 having the PSD setting are supported. Sellable lamps X1 and X2 are turned on.

Next, in order to know whether another product column can join this PSD setting, press the product selection button, for example, S3, and proceed from step S3 to step S4, and the product column Q3 corresponding to the product selection button S3. It is judged by the CPU 1a which is the judging means whether or not the product B is the same product as the product A having the PSD setting. In this case, since it is not the same product, the process returns from step S4 to step S3, and another product Wait for the selection buttons S4 to S6 to be pressed. The product selection buttons S4 to S6 do not handle the same product as the product A with the PSD setting, that is, the PSD setting cannot be performed, but the person who set this item can know whether or not the PSD can be set. Therefore, it is necessary to press the product selection buttons S4, S5, S6 in this order in the same manner as when the product selection button S3 is pressed.

Now, when all the product selection buttons have been pressed, the process returns from step S7 to step S1. Next, when the product selection button S3 is pressed, the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2. Since the PSD setting is not performed on the product selection button S3, only the sellable lamp X3 corresponding to the product selection button S3 lights up. Even for this product selection button S3, the same product is not stored in the other product column, and PSD setting cannot be performed.
At step S3, the product selection buttons S4, S5, S6 are sequentially pressed to confirm.

Next, when returning to step S1, when pressing the product selection button S4,
Since there is no PSD setting for this product selection button S4, only the sellable lamp X4 corresponding to the product column Q4 is turned on in step S2. In the next step S3, similarly, the product selection buttons S3, S5, S6 are pressed in order for PSD setting. In this case, when the product selection button S5 is pressed, the product C that is the same as the product column Q4 is stored in the product column Q5.
Proceed to S5, the sale available lamp X5 corresponding to the product selection button S5 is turned on, and in step S6, the product columns Q4 and Q5 are PS
D is set, and the setting contents are stored in the RAM 1b. Next, when returning to step S1, finally press the product selection button S6 and repeat the same operation as described above, and when all the product selection buttons have been operated, by pressing the end key 4b of the PSD setting key 4, The process returns from step S8 to the original sales control routine.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in the conventional PSD setting, whether or not PSD setting can be performed cannot be determined unless the product selection button is actually pressed, and therefore all product selection buttons It was necessary to press, and it was inefficient setting work. Also, when the PSD setting is made by pushing the product selection button, you can know the setting by lighting the sellable lamp.
When the settings could not be made, there was no response, so there was a drawback that it made me feel anxious.

The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a data setting device that enables efficient and reliable alternate sales group setting.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the data setting device for a vending machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of product columns Q for which the same product having the same product type and price are the same.
In the case of storing the products in the store, the data setting device for setting the alternate sales group, which alternately carries out the products as a group of the plurality of product columns Q when selling the products, sets the alternate sales group. When the setting means A, the storage means B for storing the type and price of the stored product for each product column Q, and the product selection button S for selecting the product when the alternate sales group is set by the setting means A, the product selection Based on the stored data of the storage unit B, the determination unit C that determines whether or not there is a product column Q that stores the same product as the product in the product column Q corresponding to the button S, and the determination result of the determination unit C. When there is a product column Q that stores the same product, it is displayed by a sellable lamp X or a sold-out lamp Y corresponding to the product column Q, and the product column Q is displayed. When the product selection button S corresponding to Q is pressed, the control means D is provided for performing alternate sales group setting for a plurality of product columns Q that store the same product.

The data setting device of the vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention uses a plurality of product columns Q for the same product having the same product type and price.
In the case of storing the products in the store, the data setting device for setting the alternate sales group, which alternately carries out the products as a group of the plurality of product columns Q when selling the products, sets the alternate sales group. Setting means and A, storage means B for storing the type and price of the stored product for each product column Q, and when the product selection button S for selecting the product is pressed when the alternate sales group is set by the setting means A, the product selection concerned Based on the stored data of the storage unit B, the determination unit C that determines whether or not there is a product column Q that stores the same product as the product in the product column Q corresponding to the button S, and the determination result of the determination unit C. When there is a product column Q that stores the same product, it is displayed with a sellable lamp X or a sold-out lamp Y corresponding to the product column Q that is not the same product. In addition, when the product selection button S other than the product column Q is pressed, the control means D is provided for performing the alternate sales group setting for the column Q storing the same product.

[Operation] As shown in FIG. 1, according to the first invention, the setting means A
Press to enter the alternate sales group setting mode, and then press one of the product selection buttons S to open a product column Q that stores the same product as the product stored in the product column Q corresponding to the product selection button S. If there is, it is displayed by the available-for-sale lamp X or the sold-out lamp Y corresponding to the product column Q. Therefore, when you want to set the alternate sales group, press the product selection button S corresponding to the displayed lamp. If pressed, the alternate sales group setting is made and stored in the storage means B.

In this way, in the first invention, when there is a product column that stores the same product, the sellable lamp or the sold-out lamp of the same product column is displayed, but as in the second invention, It is possible to display a sellable lamp or a sold-out lamp other than the same product column.

[Embodiment] The operation of the embodiment of the data setting device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Since the structure of the vending machine is the same as that of the conventional example, FIG. 3 is used and the PSD setting is also the same as that of the conventional example.

When the start key 4a of the PSD setting key 4 is pressed, the process proceeds to the PSD setting routine shown in FIG.

First, when the product selection button S1 is pressed, the process proceeds from step S11 to step S12, and the product column Q1 and this product column Q1 and PSD
The sale permission / prohibition lamps X1 and X2 corresponding to the set product column Q2 are turned on. In step S13, it is determined whether or not the same product as the product A stored in the product columns Q1 and Q2 is stored in the other product columns Q3 to Q6. In this case, since there is no same product, the process returns from step S13 to step S11. Next, when you press the product selection button S3, PSD setting is not performed for this product selection button S3.
In step S12, only the sellable lamp X3 corresponding to the product column Q3 is turned on, and there is no product column that stores the same product as the product column Q3, the process returns from step S13 to step S11.

Next, when the product selection button S4 is pressed, in this case, only the sellable lamp X4 corresponding to the product column Q4 is turned on in step S12, but the product C identical to the product column Q4 is the product column.
Since it is stored in Q5, steps S13 to S14
Proceed to, and the available lamp X5 corresponding to this product column Q5 flashes, so if you press the product selection button S5 corresponding to this,
The process proceeds from step S15 to step S16, and the blinking sellable lamp X5 lights up, and in step S17, the product columns Q4 and Q5
And are set as PSD. After that, the process returns to step S11.

Finally, when the product selection button S6 is pressed, just as when the product selection button S3 is pressed, only the sellable lamp X6 is turned on in step S12, and the process returns from step S13 to step S11. With this PSD
Since the setting is completed, the end key 4 of PSD key 4
When b is pressed, the original sales control routine is returned from step S18.

In this way, if you press the product selection button in step S11, you can see the presence or absence of PSD setting by lighting other sellable lamps, and you can immediately know whether PSD setting is possible by blinking the sellable lamp. , PSD setting can be done efficiently and surely.

In this embodiment, when there is a product column that stores the same product, the sellable lamp or the sold-out lamp of the same product column is displayed, but the sellable lamps other than the same product column are displayed. You may display the sold-out lamp.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the product column in which the PSD setting can be performed is displayed. Therefore, it is possible to perform the PSD setting efficiently and surely without the need to press the button wastefully.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram corresponding to a complaint of a data setting device for a vending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the data setting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the vending machine, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the data setting device in the conventional vending machine. 1 ... Control device, 1a ... CPU, 1b ... RAM, 2 ... Money counter, 3 ... Numeric keypad, 4 ... PSD setting key, 4a ... Start key, 4b ... End key, S1 to S6 ...... Product selection button, X1 ~
X6 …… Saleable lamp, Y1 to Y6 …… Sold out lamp, Q1 to Q6…
… Product column.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. When storing the same product having the same product type and price in a plurality of product columns, at the time of sale of the product,
In a data setting device for alternating sales group setting, which carries out the products alternately as a group of the plurality of product columns, setting means for setting the alternating sales group, and the type and price of the products to be stored. When the product selection button for selecting a product is pressed when the alternate sales group is set by the storage device and the setting device, the product column that stores the same product as the product in the product column corresponding to the product selection button When there is a judging means for judging whether or not there is a product based on the stored data of the storing means, and a product column for storing the same product according to the judgment result of the judging means, a sellable lamp corresponding to the product column or A plurality of product filters that display the sold-out lamp and store the same product when the product selection button corresponding to the product column is pressed. A data setting device for a vending machine, comprising: a control means for setting an alternate sales group for a computer. 2. When storing the same product having the same product type and price in a plurality of product columns, at the time of sale of the product,
In a data setting device for alternating sales group setting, which carries out the products alternately as a group of the plurality of product columns, setting means for setting the alternating sales group, and the type and price of the products to be stored. When the product selection button for selecting a product is pressed when the alternate sales group is set by the storage device and the setting device, the product column that stores the same product as the product in the product column corresponding to the product selection button If there is a judging means for judging whether or not there is a product based on the stored data of the storing means, and a product column that stores the same product according to the judgment result of the judging means, sales corresponding to the product column that is not the same product When the product selection button other than the product column is pressed while displaying with the available lamp or sold-out lamp,
A data setting device for a vending machine, comprising: a control unit that sets alternate sales groups for columns that store the same product.