JPH02128295A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sell a luxury accordant with the taste of a purchaser without the complicated operation of a condiment adjusting switch by storing personal taste data in a memory card and seasoning the luxury in a prescribed way based on the data in the memory card when the luxury is to be sold. CONSTITUTION:A memory card 31 previously stores the density, the quantity of sugar, the quantity of cream, etc., of the taste data in a memory 4 according to the personal taste of the purchaser. An automatic vending machine 32 reads the personal taste data stored in the memory card 31 when the machine 32 sells the luxury, adjusts condiments based on the data, seasons the selling article according to the taste of the purchaser, and sells the article. Thus, the luxury accordant with the taste of the purchaser can be sold by eliminating the complicated operation of condiment adjusting switches 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a vending machine that sells products using memory cards instead of money.

C. Prior Art FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional memory card type vending machine. In the figure, 1 is a memory card, 2 is an input/output terminal, 3 is a CPU, 4 is a rewritable memory, and 5 is a C
This is a battery that drives and hacks up the PU 3 and memory 4. Further, 6 is a vending machine, 7 is a card read/write section for reading/writing the memory card 1, 8-1 to 8-n are sales type switches, and 9 is a sales type switch 8. - Sales type switch input unit that detects on/off of 1 to 8-n, 10-1 to 10-n are seasoning adjustment switches, 11 is seasoning adjustment switches 10-1 to 1
12 is a sales amount setting section for setting the sales amount of each sales product; 13 is a card read/write section 7. #l Product type switch input section 9. Seasoning adjustment switch input section 11. A sales control section processes the information from the sales amount setting section 12 to control the luxury items to be sold, and 14 is a sales section that adds predetermined seasonings to the sales items and sells them according to instructions from the sales control section 13. .

Next, the operation of the vending machine shown in FIG. 3 will be explained using the flowchart of the vending control section 13 shown in FIG. 4.

First, it is determined whether the purchaser has inserted the memory card 1 into the vending machine 6 (step 21). When a memory card is inserted, the remaining amount stored in the memory 4 in the memory card 1 is transferred to the CPU 3. Input/output terminal 2. It is read via the card read/write section 7 (step 22). Next, the selected sales type switch 8 is detected by the sales type switch input section 9 (switch 23). Next, the sales amount of the detected sales item is read from the sales amount setting section 12 (switch 24), and it is confirmed that the remaining amount read from the memory card I is greater than or equal to the sales amount (step 25). If the remaining amount is not equal to or greater than the sales amount, this flow ends.

Next, the seasoning adjustment switch input unit 11 detects the concentration, sugar amount, and cream amount from the selected seasoning adjustment switch 10 (switches 26 to 28).

Next, the sales department 14 is instructed to add and sell the sales variety, sugar, and cream 1 according to the selected amount.
4 sells according to instructions from the sales control section 13 (step 2)
9). The amount obtained by subtracting the sales amount from the read remaining amount is set as the new remaining amount to the memory 4 of the memory card 1, the card read/write section 7, the input/output terminal 2. It is written via the CPU 3 and the sale is ended (step 30).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventional vending machines are configured as described above,
At the time of sale, the seasoning adjustment switch 10 must be selected. That is, the purchaser has to select the seasoning adjustment switch 10 every time he purchases the product in order to match his personal preference, which hardly changes, which requires complicated switch operations.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and its purpose is to make it possible to sell luxury goods according to the tastes of buyers without the need for complicated operations of seasoning adjustment switches. It's about getting a vending machine.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve such problems, the present invention provides a card read/write unit that writes data to a rewritable memory card in which owner's preference data and remaining amount are stored, and a The present invention further includes a sales control section that controls the sale of luxury items based on preference data stored in the memory card read by the write section.

[Effect]

The vending machine according to the present invention reads personal preference data stored in a memory card at the time of sale, adjusts seasonings based on this data, and sells products seasoned according to the buyer's preferences. do.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention. In the figure, 31 is a memory card in which personal preference data is stored in addition to the remaining amount, and 32 is the preference data of the memory card 31 or the seasoning adjustment switch 1.
Vending machine that sells luxury goods based on preference data of 0, 3
3 is a sales control section that controls the seasoning of the luxury goods to be sold. The memory card 31 stores preference data such as concentration, sugar amount, cream amount, etc. in advance according to the purchaser's personal preferences, corresponding to the remaining amount and product type as shown in the table.
I remember it. In FIG. 1, the same or equivalent parts as in FIG. 3 are given the same reference numerals.

Next, the operation of the vending machine shown in FIG. 1 will be explained using a flowchart of the vending control section 33 shown in FIG.

First, it is determined whether the purchaser has inserted the memory card 31 into the vending machine 32 (step 41). When the memory card 31 is inserted, the remaining amount stored in the memory 4 of the memory card 31 is transferred to the CPU 3. Input/output terminal 2. card·
Read via read/write section 7 (step 42)
.

Next, the selected sales type switch 8 is detected by the sales type switch input section 9 (switch 43).

The sales amount of the detected sales item is read from the sales amount setting section 12 (step 44), and it is confirmed that the remaining amount read from the memory card 31 is greater than or equal to the sales amount (step 45). Read the preference data corresponding to the selected sales item in the same way as in the case of reading the balance amount in step 42 (
Step 46).

For example, if the variety sold is coffee, the table reads that it is darker, has less sugar, and has more cream. Next, an instruction is issued to the sales department 14 to add seasonings to the sales items and sell them in accordance with the read preference data, and the sales department 14 sells according to the instructions (step 47). The amount obtained by subtracting the sales amount from the read remaining amount is transferred to the memory 4 of the memory card 31 as the new remaining amount.
Light section 7. Input/output terminal 2. It is written and sold via the CPU 3 (step 48). Further, if any of the seasoning adjustment switches 10-1 to 10-n is selected before step 46, the amount of seasoning selected by the seasoning adjustment switch 10 is added, as in the conventional example. Sell.

In the above embodiment, an IC card using a rewritable memory is used as a storage medium for personal preference data, but the storage medium may be any card in which data can be rewritten, such as a magnetic card.

Further, the card data read/write method in the vending machine may be a contact method using a terminal, a method using optical communication, a method using magnetism, or a method using radio waves.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, nine cases were explained in which the amounts of sugar and cream were selected in the sale of coffee, but this may also be the case in which toppings were selected in the sale of ice cream, and seasonings were added to the sold product. Similar effects can be achieved if applied to vending machines.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, personal preference data is stored in a memory card, and predetermined flavoring is applied to the sold product based on the data in the memory card at the time of sale.
The effect is that luxury goods can be easily sold according to the purchaser's taste without the need for complicated operations of seasoning adjustment switches.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the device shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional vending machine. ,
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 2... Input/output terminal, 3... CPU, 4... Memory, 5... Battery, 7... Card read/write section,
8-1 to 8-n...Sales type switch, 9...Sales type switch input section, 10-1 to 1O-n--Seasoning adjustment switch, 11...Seasoning adjustment switch input section, 1
2... Sales amount setting department, 14... Sales department, 31...
Memory card, 32... Vending machine, 33... Sales control section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a card read/write section for reading and writing a rewritable memory card in which owner's preference data and remaining amount are stored; A vending machine characterized by comprising a sales control section that controls sales of luxury items based on preference data.