JPH09218975A - vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To enable a user to immediately order an item on the spot when there is an item to be purchased by looking at an advertisement in a vending machine with an advertisement function. A user of a vending machine displays a display 32.
If you look at the advertisement displayed on the screen and input the product you want to buy from the touch panel 51, the order information for that product is output to the printer 63 installed in the vending machine, and the in-store device is also sent via the center 7. Since it is stored in item 8, it is possible to immediately place an order for merchandise.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine (hereinafter referred to as a vending machine) equipped with a device for providing information such as advertisement by screen display and voice output.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a vending machine that provides information such as advertisements, a commercial of a product sold in a store is stored in a video disk built in the vending machine, and the video is reproduced and displayed on a monitor together with sound. There was a vending machine with an advertising function such as a thing or an LED (light emitting diode) panel that displays an advertisement of a store or a product.

[0003]

The conventional vending machine with an advertisement function has the following problems. When the vending machine user sees the advertisement provided by the vending machine and finds a desired product, he cannot go to the store because he cannot order the product from the place where the vending machine is installed. Therefore, it takes time and trouble to obtain the product.

Further, for example, when the advertisement product is a limited number of products to be sold, similarly, the product cannot be ordered immediately from the vending machine installation place, and therefore, when the customer goes to the store to buy, the desired product cannot be obtained. There is also. further,
If you can't go to the store due to the distance to the store, etc., you may not be able to buy even if you want to see the advertisement on the vending machine.

Further, because of the problems as described above, or because the vending machine cannot grasp the advertising effect of the advertisement, the advertising function has not been sufficiently useful for improving the customer attraction of the vending machine. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to immediately place an order for a product when there is a product desired to see an advertisement on a vending machine.

[0006]

A vending machine according to the present invention is an automatic vending machine with an advertising function for displaying and providing advertisement information, and an ordering means for ordering products and a communication line for communicating order information of ordered products. And a center having order information transmitting means for transmitting the received order information to a store handling the ordered merchandise through a communication line.

As a result, when the vending machine user looks at the advertisement information and orders the desired product by the ordering means, the order information is sent to the center and further sent from the center to the store handling the product. Will immediately place an order for the advertising product. If the ordering means is a touch panel for selecting and inputting ordered products, product ordering can be performed by a simple operation.

If a printer for outputting order information of ordered products is provided, the ordered products can be confirmed on the spot.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. This vending machine device includes a control unit 1 that controls the vending machine 100, a storage unit 2 that stores information, an output unit 3 that outputs information, a communication unit 4 that communicates with a center 7, and an input unit 5 that a user selects information. An order confirmation unit 6 for confirming and outputting order contents, a center 7 for receiving order information from the vending machine 100 and transmitting it to the store, and an in-store device 8 for receiving and storing the order information from the center 7.

The structure and operation of each part are as follows. The storage unit 2 stores a store advertisement image data storage device 21 in which image data for advertisement of a product or a store is stored, a store advertisement voice data storage device 22 in which voice data for explaining a product is stored, and a time for advertising. The store advertisement scenario data storage device 23 stores scenario data such as order. A magnetic disk device, an optical disk device, or the like is used as the storage device.

The output unit 3 is a display output mechanism 31 for displaying an image signal output from the control unit 1 on the display 32 to display a store or products handled, and the control unit 1 is also used to narrate the product description. The audio output mechanism 33 is configured to output the audio signal output from the speaker 35 to the speaker 35 via the amplifier 34. Display 32
For this, a graphic display capable of displaying an image is used.

The communication section 4 is composed of a communication mechanism 41 and a modem 42, and transmits order information to the center 7 via a telephone line 43. The input unit 5 is a touch panel 51 for allowing a user to arbitrarily select and place an order from a product menu displayed on the display 32 by a user, a touch panel input mechanism 52 for sending an input signal from the touch panel 51,
And an operation content determination mechanism 53 that determines the operation content of the touch panel 51 and transmits it to the control unit 1.

The order confirming unit 6 confirms the product name, store name, collation number, etc. from the order contents sent via the data control unit 11, and the order information from the order contents judging unit 61. Is output to the printer 63. The control unit 1 includes the data control mechanism 11, and when there is no interrupt signal from the input unit 5 (input from the touch panel 51), the display 32 and the speaker 35 according to the order stored in the store advertisement scenario data storage device 23. The advertisement information is output to.

When a product order is input from the touch panel 51 and the control unit 1 receives a signal from the input unit 5, it causes the output unit 3 to output an image and a sound confirming the order acceptance.
Then, when the content of the ordered product is sent from the data control mechanism 11 to the order content determination mechanism 61, the product name, store name,
The collation number and the like are confirmed and output to the printer 63 via the order content output mechanism 62. .

Further, the data control mechanism 11 uses the communication mechanism 41, the modem 42, the communication mechanism 41, the modem 42, the order information such as the product name, the store name, the collation number, etc.
It is transmitted to the center 7 via the telephone line 43. Center 7
Then, the order information receiving mechanism 7 is sent via the center communication mechanism 71.
Based on the above order information received by 2, the order information transmitting mechanism 73 transmits the order information to the in-store device 8 via the center communication mechanism 71 and the telephone line 43.

The order information sent from the center 7 is received by the store order information receiving mechanism 82 via the store communication mechanism 81 and stored in the store order information storage mechanism 83. FIG.
It is an example of a front external view of a vending machine according to the present invention. In the figure, as described above, 100 is a vending machine, and like the ordinary vending machine, a sample product 101, a coin slot 102, a product selection button 103, and a product outlet 104 are provided. Further, on the front surface of the vending machine 100 according to the present invention, the image display display 32 to which the touch panel 51 is attached, the audio output speaker 35, and the printer 63 are installed.

Although the display 32 and the speaker 35 are shown as being housed in the main body of the vending machine 100, an output terminal for image and audio signals is provided, and the display 32 and the speaker 35 are installed separately from the vending machine to provide a large display or a large output speaker. You can also connect. With the above configuration and operation, when the user sees the advertisement displayed on the display 32 and inputs the product that the user wants to buy from the touch panel 51, the order information of the product is output to the printer 63 and the center 7 is displayed. Since the data is stored in the in-store device 8 via the store, the product can be immediately ordered on the spot.

[0018]

According to the present invention, when a product is ordered by the ordering means such as a touch panel, the ordering information is transmitted to the center by the transmitting means and further transmitted from the center to the store. This allows vending machine users to order advertisement products from the vending machine installation location through the center immediately if there is a product that they want to see the advertisement, eliminating the need to go to the store and ordering even when the store is closed. There is no need to hurry to go to the store as the limited items will not be sold out. In addition, the ability of the vending machine to attract customers can be improved by the advertisement function. Further, since the effect of the product advertisement can be grasped at the center, by displaying the effective advertisement, the power of the vending machine to attract customers can be improved.

If the ordering means is a touch panel, the product can be ordered by a simple operation. Furthermore, if the confirmation information is output to a printer, the order details can be confirmed immediately on the spot.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a front external view of a vending machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Control part, 2 ... Storage part, 3 ... Output part, 4 ... Communication part, 5
Input unit, 6 ... Order confirmation unit, 7 ... Center, 8 ... In-store device, 21 ... Store advertisement image data storage device, 22 ... Store advertisement voice data storage device, 23 ... Store advertisement scenario data storage device, 31 ... Display Output mechanism, 32 ... Display,
33 ... Audio output mechanism, 34 ... Amplifier, 35 ... Speaker,
41 ... communication mechanism, 42 ... modem, 43 ... telephone line, 51
... touch panel, 52 ... touch panel input mechanism, 53 ...
Operation content determination mechanism, 61 ... Order content determination mechanism, 62 ... Order content output mechanism, 63 ... Printer, 71 ... Center communication mechanism, 72 ... Order information receiving mechanism, 73 ... Order information transmitting mechanism, 81 ... Store communication mechanism, 82 ... Store order information receiving mechanism, 83 ... Store order information storing mechanism, 100 ... Vending machine, 1
01 ... product sample, 102 ... coin insertion slot, 103 ... product selection button, 104 ... product outlet.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic vending machine with an advertising function for displaying and providing advertisement information, an ordering means for ordering a product, and a transmitting means for transmitting ordering information of the ordered product to a center via a communication line. An automatic vending machine, comprising: a center provided with an order information transmitting means for transmitting the received order information to a store handling the ordered products through a communication line. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the ordering means is a touch panel for selectively inputting ordered products. 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising a printer that outputs order information of ordered products.