JPS62237322A - Drink selling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need to control a customer such as discrimination of a kept bottle, the sales volume, etc., or to automatically perform it at the time of selling a drink which is kept with a prepayment system by the customer by performing the general control by the program control of a CPU. CONSTITUTION:When a power source is charged, a menu is displayed and a key 17 is read as to which process is to be selected. At this time, as to the display of the menu, four processes are made menu and displayed on a CRT. For instance, when the usual process is selected, the menu to the effect is displayed. The pouring process is a case where the drink is poured with respect to the bottle and serviced to the customer and the drink of the residual quantity which can be poured is poured and the bottle weight 15 at a point of time of pouring is written in the card by inserting a card received from the customer. When the clearing process is selected in these processes, the bottle is weighted while the drink is still left therein by the customer and the quantity drunk by the customer at this time is calculated from a difference with the bottle weight written in the card and the residual quantity of the card and an auxiliary storage device is renewed with the quantity which can be poured at the next time as the residual quantity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Jl) Technical Field The present invention relates to a beverage vending machine that sells stored beverages on a pre-pay basis.

(h1 Summary of the Invention The beverage vending machine according to the present invention dispenses beverages into a container according to data recorded on a card such as a magnetic card carried by the customer, and the beverage is purchased by the customer on a pre-pay basis. This system allows you to manage the remaining amount of the beverage you drink and fill the container with the beverage you need.

(C1 Background of the Invention) It is common to purchase drinks such as whiskey by keeping a bottle, and drinking the bottle from the bottle each time you visit the store. used a ledger to manage the bottles kept by each customer and their sales volume.

(d) Purpose of the Invention The first objective of the invention is to automatically perform management for each customer, such as distinguishing between kept bottles and sales volume, when selling beverages kept by customers using the pre-pay method. Our goal is to provide a beverage vending machine that enables

te1 Structure and Effects of the Invention The present invention provides a beverage vending machine equipped with a tank for storing a beverage and a pump for injecting the beverage from the tank into a container, and a measuring device for measuring the weight of the container into which the beverage has been poured. a storage means for storing the amount of beverages purchased in advance by each customer and the amount consumed or the remaining amount that can be poured together with the customer code; and a cart carried by the customer and equipped with a recording unit for recording the customer code; It is characterized by comprising a card reader that accepts a card and reads the customer code, and injection amount control means that reads information corresponding to the read customer code from the storage means and injects only the remaining amount that can be injected. shall be.

With the above configuration, the beverage vending machine is installed in a store, a card with a code for identifying the customer is issued to a customer who has become a member, and when the customer visits the store, this card can be used to sell beverages. By inserting the device into the machine, it is possible to automatically inject a pourable beverage into a container such as a bottle and serve the customer. In the first case, without pouring it into the container, 3 sotos were drawn out according to the customer code using the measuring means. It is possible to automatically measure the amount of remaining bone that can be used by a jounin.

Therefore, unlike in the past, there is no need for a ledger or the like for managing bottles kept for each customer, sales volume, etc., and service for customers can be improved.

(f) Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a control section of a beverage vending machine which is an embodiment of the present invention. The overall control is performed by program control of the CPU 1, and the control program is written in the ROM 2 in advance. The RAM 3 is a memory used as a working area when executing the control program, and is used for contents to be displayed, various registers, flags, etc. A card reader/writer is a device that inserts a card received from a customer, reads cart data recorded on the card, and writes updated cart data. The card controller 5 is a circuit that controls the card reader/writer 4, and the CPUI reads and writes data via this controller. The CRT 6 is a display device that displays processing contents, and the display is controlled by a CRT controller 7. The operator checks this display screen and performs a predetermined key operation. The printer 8 is a device used to print the data recorded on the card, and is used when printing the customer's beverage data during payment processing. The printer controller 9 is a control circuit that controls printing of the printer 8. pump 1
As shown in FIG. 2, 0 is a device that feeds the beverage stored in a tank 21 in the direction of a nozzle, and is driven by a driver 11. The electromagnetic valve 13 is a valve attached to the tip of the nozzle, and discharges/stops the beverage from the nozzle by turning it on/off. Tryba 1
4 is a circuit for driving the electromagnetic valve 13, and is connected to 11012 together with the driver 11. Weight scale 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes a so-called electronic balance, which is provided at a place where a bottle is placed. This weighing scale 15 is used when pouring beverage into the bowl or when measuring the weight of the bottle at the time of payment. The key manual device 17 is a key switch that is operated when executing various processes, and is connected to the lotus line via l10113. The floppy disk drive device 19 is a device similar to a card reader that reads and writes data regarding each customer's beverages, and is used as an auxiliary storage device. FDC20 is its controller.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing data recorded in the recording section of the card that is read and written by the cart reader/writer.

As shown in the figure, the data recorded includes a customer code to identify the customer, a store code to identify the applicable store, and a store code to identify the applicable store.
u11# Beverage code representing the type of drink, bottle weight, weight of empty bottle and amount injected at the end of pouring, remaining amount, amount injected in the bottle at the end of pouring weight, the latest date of your visit, and the basis weight of the beverage you purchased.

The registration date on which each card was issued is recorded in a predetermined format and with a predetermined number of bytes. Various types of processing can be performed by inserting a card, on which such data to be managed for each customer is recorded, into the device. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the control section, and particularly shows the entire processing procedure. In addition, Figures 6 (A) to (C) and 7
Figures (A) and (B) are flowcharts specifically showing some of the processing. Furthermore, Fig. 4 (A) to (H)
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating display examples of the beverage vending machine in each operating state.

First, when the power is turned on, a menu is displayed and the key is read to determine which process is selected (nlO-ni
l). At this time, the menu display includes four processes as a menu on the CRT, as shown in FIG. 4(A). Although not shown, a human power device is provided at the bottom of the CRT at a position corresponding to a menu displayed on the CRT, and the menu can be selected by operating a key at a corresponding position.

In the management process, there are two processes, initial settings and data registration, as shown in Figure 6 (C). In the initial settings, the beverage name, the amount to be poured (the amount of beverage set in new and additional processes), and one store name are entered. Set. This setting is usually required only when the vending machine is installed, and this data is required for displaying on the screen and for new processing and additional processing. This process involves issuing a card to a customer and filling a bottle with a drink. By selecting the type of beverage as shown in FIG. 4(B), the beverage is poured. At this time, the newly injected amount is set as the bottle weight. After that, input the various data shown in Figure 3 onto the card and issue a cart (
n15) (see Figure 6 (I3)). In this case, the customer code is previously stored in the auxiliary storage device, and the code is automatically assigned. In addition, after the new process is completed,
A customer code to be assigned in the next new process is automatically set in the auxiliary storage device.

The additional process is similar to the new process, injecting beverage into the bottle, but the card has already been issued and the process shown in Figure 6 (
After reading the card data according to the procedure shown in A), the additional injection amount is set as the remaining amount (n16-n17). After that, as in the case of new processing, inject the additional injection amount and write the updated bottle weight on the card (n18-n19
).

By selecting the normal process, the menu shown in FIG. 4(C) is displayed. The pouring process is when a customer is served by pouring a beverage into a bottle, and by inserting the card received from the customer, the remaining amount of beverage that can be poured is poured into the bottle at the time of pouring. Write the weight on the card (n 21-n 22-n 23
).

If payment processing is selected in normal processing, the customer's remaining bottle is weighed and the amount the customer drank this time is calculated from the difference in the bottle weight written on the card.
The remaining amount on the card and the auxiliary storage device is updated by setting the amount that can be injected next time as the remaining amount. Also, in this process, the payment data is displayed as shown in FIG. 4(E) and recorded on the printer. (n 24-n 25-n 26). FIG. 8 shows an example of the recorded results printed out in the payment process. All such data such as date, customer code, customer name, stars consumed this time, and remaining amount are managed.
ζ can be automatically printed out,
No special operation is required to issue a receipt. In addition,
By returning the remaining beverage in the bottle to the tank after the payment process, the remaining amount of beverage can always be ensured in the tank.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are flowcharts showing in detail the injection process performed in the 11'' memory state. First, read the key, and if the key is the confirmation key, read the measured value into the scale (n40-n41-n
42→n43). If the measured value is approximately 0, it means that no bottle is placed on the weighing scale, and a warning is displayed that no bottle is placed on the weighing scale (n
44-n45).

If not, the measured value JY is added to the remaining amount value to set the injection setting value CH, and the electromagnetic valve and pump are turned on to start injection (n46=n47). At the start of injection, determine the change in the measured value on the weighing scale, and if it does not increase,
When the drink in the tank is empty, the injection is stopped and a display indicating that the drink should be refilled in the tank is displayed as shown in FIG. 4(F) (n50-=n51).

If the measured value increases due to injection, see Figure 7 (B
), if the difference from the injection setting value CH is greater than or equal to the predetermined value of 50 g, the above process is repeated unless a key is pressed to stop the injection (n 52-n 53-n 5
4-n 48-). If the cancel key is operated at this time, the injection is stopped and the series of processing is completed (n54-
n40→n4l-n55).

If n52 is YES, that is, if the difference between the injected beverage and the injection setting value CH is less than 50 g, that value is obtained from Hasofa ZAN, and the value multiplied by a predetermined constant is sent to timer T. (n56-”n5
7). Thereafter, the electromagnetic valve is kept on and after waiting for a time until the value of the timer T becomes O, the electromagnetic valve is turned off and the gravity V is measured. After that, the above process is repeated until the injected IJYU becomes equal to the injection setting value (n62-
= n63-n56). As is clear from the above process, after the measured value obtained by the weighing scale approaches the target value, the beverage is injected little by little by controlling the on-time of the electromagnetic valve and pump, and only the desired amount of beverage is injected. .

If you accidentally insert a card from another store, the store codes will not match, so you can identify the error and use the card shown in Figure 4 (H).
) displays a message like the one shown in Also, the remaining amount is 0.
If all the drinks kept in the bottle have been consumed, a message as shown in FIG. 4 (G) is displayed to warn the user. As described above, it is possible to construct a beverage vending machine that does not require distinguishing between kept bottles and that can automatically manage each customer.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the control section of a beverage vending machine which is an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows the tank, pump, and
Figure 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between electromagnetic valves, Figure 3 is a diagram showing data recorded on the magnetic card inserted into the same beverage vending machine, Figure 4 is a diagram showing the data recorded on the magnetic card inserted into the same beverage vending machine.
Figures (A) to (H) are examples of what is displayed on the display section of the beverage vending machine, Figure 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the control unit, and Figure 6 (A>, (B), (C)). is a flowchart specifically representing the specific processing procedure shown in FIG. 5, FIGS. 7(A) and (B) are flowcharts representing the processing procedure in the beverage pouring process, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure in the beverage pouring process. It is a figure showing a result.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a beverage vending machine equipped with a tank for storing a beverage and a pump for injecting the beverage from the tank into a container, the machine includes a measuring means for measuring the weight of the container into which the beverage has been poured, and a customer code for each container. a storage means for storing the amount of beverages purchased in advance by the customer and the amount consumed or the remaining amount that can be poured; a card carried by the customer and equipped with a recording section for recording a customer code; and a card that accepts the card and stores the customer code. A beverage vending machine comprising: a card reader for reading a customer code; and an injection amount control means for reading out information corresponding to the read customer code from the storage means and injecting only the remaining amount that can be poured.