KR101722554B1 - Smart vending machine apparatus and managing system including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart bending machine apparatus and a smart bending machine management system including the smart bending machine apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a smart bending machine management system that displays information on sales products stored in a vending machine, And a smart bending machine management system including the smart bending machine device. According to the present invention, the sales-related data stored in the vending machine can be displayed on the display and displayed on the vending machine, and the arrangement of the sales items can be varied and displayed. Accordingly, It is possible to display all the items through the display through the adjustment of the size of the data such as the size adjustment of the image even if there are many kinds of products stored in the vending machine as compared with the vending machine which is difficult to be used, Can purchase a plurality of identical products or purchase a plurality of different products, it is possible to complete the purchase of the goods by only one payment procedure, thereby eliminating the hassle of the user due to the repeated input of the vending machine, have.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a smart bending machine apparatus and a smart bending machine management system including the smart bending machine apparatus.

The present invention relates to a smart bending machine apparatus and a smart bending machine management system including the smart bending machine apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a smart bending machine management system that displays information on sales products stored in a vending machine, And a smart bending machine management system including the smart bending machine device.

Currently, the vending machine is installed in various places, and when the user inserts the money into the money input port for the item desired to be purchased, the vending machine is automatically configured to discharge the item through the outlet. Such a vending machine can automatically sell the goods by unattended, which saves labor costs and supports the sale of goods at all times, thereby providing a considerable advantage in cost saving.

Accordingly, recent vending machines gradually diversify sales items, so that users can purchase various items through vending machines.

However, in existing vending machines, it is inconvenient for the manager to directly check the inventory held by the vending machine in the place where the corresponding vending machine is installed, and it is difficult to maximize the profit because it is difficult to monitor the inventory shortage in real time.

In addition, since the management of the sales due to sales through the vending machine must be manually performed for each individual vending machine manually, it is difficult to manage the sales of a large number of vending machines.

Furthermore, it is inconvenient to purchase the product because it is difficult to obtain detailed information about the product from the viewpoint of the purchaser who purchases the product using the existing vending machine, and most of the existing vending machine supports only the purchase through the cash, There is a problem that the selection width is limited.

Therefore, there is a demand for development of an alternative for improving the problems of the conventional vending machine.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0007198

The present invention provides a device for displaying a variety of sales items held by a vending machine through an image and providing detailed information on the selected product to a purchaser before purchasing the product, It is intended to support the real-time monitoring of inventory management and sales management of sales items from a remote location, thereby improving the operation efficiency of vending machines.

Another object of the present invention is to support a purchaser to use various payment means when purchasing a product using a vending machine, and to increase the satisfaction of the purchaser by issuing a receipt for each payment means.

In addition, the present invention can promptly notify the manager when an abnormality occurs due to the operation of the vending machine or when the inventory is short, and it is possible to diversify the product display pattern by displaying the product using the display, thereby maximizing the sales profit The purpose of this is to support.

The smart bending machine apparatus constructed in the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a storage unit for storing product information about each sales product stored in the vending machine, a display unit configured in the vending machine, An input unit for receiving a user input; a discharging unit for discharging the sales product purchased by the user so as to be able to receive the product; And displays the shelf interface in which the shelf information is arranged according to a predetermined arrangement position, through the display unit, and displays the shelf interface selected by the selected product in the shelf interface according to the user input through the input unit Collects the purchased quantity and collects the goods according to the user input The settlement unit generates settlement information according to the selected purchase quantity for each selected product on the basis of the merchandise information stored in the storage unit and generates a settlement result generated by performing settlement processing based on the settlement unit information and the settlement information received from the settlement unit And a control unit for continuously discharging all the selected products through the discharge unit according to the information and for updating the sales information of each sales item stored in the storage unit by measuring the sales amount of each selected product when generating the settlement result information.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the input unit and the display unit may include a single touch screen unit for receiving a user's touch input through a display.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the controller compares the manager information received through the input unit with preset manager information, and when the manager is authenticated, arranges the at least one display information included in the display interface Based on at least one of the sales information generated by collecting the payment result information and the preference of each sales product based on at least one of the sales information and the display interface generated by collecting the payment result information or the preference position on the display, Or less of the sales item having the highest preference is changed to the placement position or the preferred position of the sales item having the highest preference.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the smart bending machine apparatus further includes a communication unit for connecting to a communication network, and the control unit transfers product information updated according to the sales volume to a management server designated in advance through the communication unit .

As an example related to the present invention, the control unit cumulatively stores the payment result information in the storage unit, collects the payment result information accumulated in the storage unit, generates sales information, and transmits the generated sales information to the management server .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit identifies the type of the payment means in cooperation with the payment unit, and when the payment means is a credit card, the control unit transmits a predetermined payment And transmits the settlement information to the server to perform settlement processing.

The smart bending machine device may further include a sensing unit for sensing information indicating whether the vending machine is malfunctioning or insufficiently stored in the vending machine, and the control unit may include sensing information of the sensing unit And generates the fault detail information or the balance information based on the fault information and transmits the fault detail information or the balance information to the management server through the communication unit.

As an example related to the present invention, the display information may include information on name, image, and price of the sales product.

The smart bending machine management system according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured in a vending machine and generates a display information by extracting a part of information from the product information of each sales product stored in advance in the vending machine and displays the display interface including the display information And collects the purchase quantities of the selected products selected by the user in the display interface and processes the payments according to the selected purchase quantities according to the selected products collected at the time of completion of the product purchase by the user to generate payment result information, Information on the sales information of each sales product is transmitted to the communication network in real time or periodically in real time or periodically by measuring the sales amount based on the payment result information, Smart bending machine device transmitting through The method comprising the steps of: receiving merchandise information for each sales product from the smart bending machine device and determining an inventory quantity of each merchandise on the basis of the information; and, when there is one or more merchandise items And a management server for transmitting notification information including information to a predetermined administrator terminal.

As an example related to the present invention, the management server transmits control information for varying the arrangement pattern of the shelf information included in the display interface to the smart bending machine device, and the smart bending machine device receives the control information A display interface in which the display information is arranged according to an arrangement pattern according to the control information is generated and displayed through the display unit.

According to the present invention, the sales-related data stored in the vending machine can be displayed on the display and displayed on the vending machine, and the arrangement of the sales items can be varied and displayed. Accordingly, It is possible to display all the items through the display through the adjustment of the size of the data such as the size adjustment of the image even if there are many kinds of products stored in the vending machine as compared with the vending machine which is difficult to be used, Can purchase a plurality of identical products or purchase a plurality of different products, it is possible to complete the purchase of the goods by only one payment procedure, thereby eliminating the hassle of the user due to the repeated input of the vending machine, have.

In addition, when a user generates a user input such as a touch input for purchasing a sales product stored in a vending machine, the smart bending machine apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention outputs information on the sales product through a display configured in a vending machine The function of the vending machine can be expanded by providing a function as a digital signboard for providing advertisement information or event information through the display when the user input is not present for a predetermined time.

In addition, the smart bending machine system according to the embodiment of the present invention monitors in real time the failure status, inventory status, and sales status of each vending machine installed in different areas in a remote place from a remote location, It is possible to maximize the sales profit and increase the operating efficiency of the vending machine by varying the display state of each product through the display unit configured in each vending machine on the basis of sales analysis on the display state .

1 is a configuration diagram of a smart bending machine system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a detailed block diagram of a smart bending machine apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention constructed in a vending machine.
3 is a configuration diagram of a vending machine including a smart bending machine apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary view of a display interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is an exemplary view of a payment interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of a plurality of product selection and payment support of a smart bending machine apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of a payment processing procedure and a product dispensing for each of a plurality of payment means of a smart bending machine apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating an example of operation of generating and transmitting sales information and payment result information of a smart bending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is an exemplary view of providing a management interface of a smart bending machine apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of providing advertisement or event related information of a smart bending machine apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of inventory management and sales management in a smart bending machine system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is an operation example showing a display pattern change for each vending machine in a smart bending machine system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a smart bending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention and a smart bending machine system including the same will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a smart bending machine system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a smart bending machine 100, which constitutes a vending machine 1, And a management server 200 communicating with the smart bending machine 100 through a communication network.

At this time, the smart bending machine apparatus 100 may be constituted in the vending machine 1 or the vending machine 1 itself.

The smart bending machine apparatus 100 may display product information on the sales product stored in the vending machine 1 through the display unit 120 constituted in the vending machine 1, Can be displayed in an image form, and detailed information on the selected product selected according to the user input can be provided through the display unit 120, so that the user can support the user to accurately select a desired product.

The smart bending machine device 100 can measure the sales quantity of each sales product to obtain the inventory quantity, update the product information according to the sales quantity, and transmit the updated product information to the management server 200 in real time or periodically have.

Also, the smart bending machine device 100 may generate sales information according to the sales volume of each sales product and transmit the sales information to the management server 200 in real time or periodically.

Accordingly, the management server 200 provides the manager with the goods information and the sales information received from the smart bending machine device 100, so that the manager can manage the merchandise information and the sales information stored in the vending machine 1 We can help you understand the inventory status and sales situation of each sales product.

Accordingly, the manager can easily manage the inventories of the vending machine 1 corresponding to the smart bending machine apparatus 100 at the remote place, so that the inventories of the vending machine 1 corresponding to the smart bending machine apparatus 100 And can support the establishment of a sales strategy based on the sales situation of each sales product.

2 and 3 are a detailed block diagram of the smart bending machine apparatus 100 configured in the vending machine according to the above-described configuration and a configuration diagram of the vending machine 1 including the smart bending machine apparatus 100, A display unit 120, a sensing unit 130, a settlement unit 140, an input unit 150, a discharge unit 160, a communication unit 170, and a control unit 180.

In the above-described configuration, the storage unit 110 may store product information for each of one or more sales items that are different types stored (loaded) in the vending machine 1. [ At this time, the storage unit 110 may include a memory unit.

At this time, the commodity information includes at least one of commodity identification information (information on at least one of a name, a commodity unique ID, and a commodity serial number), commodity related detailed information (manufacturer, capacity, Information.

The discharge unit 160 may be configured to discharge the product purchased by the user to the discharge port 11 formed in the vending machine 1 under the control of the controller 180. The discharge unit 160 may include a bucket, Belts, and the like.

The settlement unit 140 recognizes the settlement means for settlement of the sales commodity and generates and provides the settlement means information. At this time, the settlement unit 140 recognizes the cash including the various coins and bills to be injected by the user A card recognizing unit 142 for recognizing card information of the user's credit card or check card, and a change detecting unit 142 for storing the change amount and outputting the difference according to the amount of money to be paid and the amount of money to be paid out as change money (143).

The sensing unit 130 may include a discharge sensor for sensing whether or not each of the sales items stored in the vending machine 1 is discharged, a soldering sensor for sensing whether the sold product is sold, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature in the vending machine 1, A change detection sensor for sensing the balance of the stored change in the vending machine 1 and a receipt detection sensor for detecting whether or not the receipt paper necessary for issuing the receipt is exhausted and sensing information according to the sensing of each sensor can be generated.

The display unit 120 is configured to output a variety of information on the outside of the vending machine 1. The display unit 120 may be configured to display the sales items stored in the vending machine 1 So that the inside of the vending machine 1 can be completely blocked.

In addition, the input unit 150 receives a command or a control signal generated by an operation such as a button operation by the user or a function selection, an operation of touching / scrolling the displayed screen, A dome switch, a touch pad (static pressure / static electricity), a touch screen, a jog wheel, a jog switch, a jog shuttle (not shown) Jog Shuttle) may be used.

In particular, the input unit 150 and the display unit 120 may be configured as a single touch screen unit for receiving a user's touch input.

4, the control unit 180 extracts some information from the product information for each sales product stored in the storage unit 110, generates the display information, and displays the display interface including the display information on the display Can be displayed through the display unit (120).

At this time, the display information may include a name, an image, and a price for each sales product, and may further include information on the stock quantity.

In addition, the control unit 180 displays a shelf interface in which display information corresponding to each sales product is arranged according to a predetermined arrangement position for each sales product, and displays the display interface according to a manager input through the input unit 150 or a predetermined algorithm The display state can be changed by varying the arrangement pattern (arrangement position) of the display information for each sales product included in the display interface.

Here, the controller 180 executes the overall control function of the smart bending machine 100 using the program and data stored in the storage unit 110. The control unit 180 may include a RAM, a ROM, a CPU, a GPU, and a bus, and the RAM, the ROM, the CPU, and the GPU may be connected to each other via a bus. The CPU accesses the storage unit 110 to perform booting using an O / S (Operating System) stored in the storage unit 110, and stores various programs, contents, data, and the like stored in the storage unit 110 So that various operations can be performed.

In addition, the storage unit 110 stores data and programs necessary for the smart bending machine 100 to operate.

4, when a product is selected by a user in a display interface output through the display unit 120 based on a user input through the input unit 150, A payment interface for payment of a selected product selected by a user among the goods to be sold can be loaded and output through the display unit 120 as shown in FIG.

At this time, the display interface and payment interface related data may be stored in the storage unit 110.

Also, the controller 180 may extract the goods information corresponding to the selected goods selected by the user (buyer) from the storage unit 110 as shown in the case of providing the payment interface, Information can be provided.

In addition to the above-described configuration, the control unit 180 may also transmit product information on a plurality of different selected products to the storage unit (not shown) according to a selection input for a plurality of different sales products through the display interface, 110 and displayed on the display unit 120 as well as support payment for a plurality of selected products at the same time (at the same time) through the payment interface.

Thus, it is possible to improve the inconvenience that a plurality of different products such as a vending machine can not be purchased at the same time.

In addition, the controller 180 may generate quantity information on the quantity of each selected commodity that the user desires to purchase through the payment interface, based on user input through the input unit 150.

For example, the control unit 180 collects one or more selected products (purchased items) selected by the user for purchase from among the displayed goods displayed through the display interface, and displays the selected items on the display unit 150 based on user input through the input unit 150 If an input to the payment button included in the interface is received, it can be determined that the product selection is completed.

The control unit 180 may display all the selected products by switching the display interface to the payment interface upon completion of the product selection by the user. The controller 180 may display the quantity information on the selected product- And may be generated based on a user input through the input unit 150.

The control unit 180 determines that the purchase of the user's product is completed when an input to the payment button included in the payment interface is received based on the user input through the input unit 150, And the product information corresponding to each of the selected products is extracted from the storage unit 110. Based on the selected product-specific price and the selected product-specific quantity included in the extracted product information, The payment amount can be calculated.

In addition, the controller 180 may generate payment information including product information corresponding to each selected product collected at the time of completion of product purchase by the user, a quantity per selected product, and final payment amount.

As described above, the control unit 180 collects the quantity information and the product information for each of the one or more selected products selected by the user, and collects payment information for processing all purchase items selected for purchase by the user in one payment Therefore, it is possible to improve the inconvenience that the user repeatedly inputs a button configured in the vending machine every time for purchasing the same product from an existing vending machine.

At this time, the payment information may include information on the product identification information extracted from the product information corresponding to each selected product, the payment amount and the payment amount of each selected product, and the final payment amount corresponding thereto.

As described above, the smart bending machine apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can select a plurality of different goods by a single product purchase procedure unlike the existing vending machine, and can also designate the quantity of each selected product Thereby making it possible to simplify the input procedure for purchasing goods by the user.

5, when the controller 180 selects payment of a selected commodity (purchase commodity) through the payment interface, the control unit 180 may select a settlement means A selection screen can be provided through the display unit 120. [

Thereafter, the control unit 180 may receive the payment means information according to the injection or recognition of the payment means by the user from the payment unit 140, and may proceed the payment procedure based on the payment means information and the payment information .

As shown in FIG. 7A, the controller 180 receives payment amount information for the type of the payment means and the amount of money injected by the user at the time of cash settlement through the payment unit 140, as shown in FIG. 7A. From the payment unit 140, determines the type of the payment means based on the payment means information, and when the payment type is the cash payment, the goods identification information for each selected product, the payment amount for each of the one or more selected goods, It is possible to compare the settlement information including the final settlement amount generated by calculating the settlement amount of each selected commodity according to the quantity, and to compare the settlement means information. If it is determined that the settlement is completed And generate payment result information.

7 (b), the control unit 180 may receive a credit card, a check card, a prepaid card, a coupon, or the like for a card used for payment at the time of settlement using a card such as a credit card, Number, a card authentication value (for example, an expiration date) from the payment unit 140 as the payment means information, and stores the payment means information, the product identification information for each selected item, The payment approval request information including the final payment amount according to the payment amount and the payment amount for each product can be generated.

Meanwhile, the smart bending machine apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a communication unit 170 for communication via a communication network with an external server, The payment server 300 may determine that payment has been completed when receiving the approval result information for the payment approval based on the payment approval request information from the payment server 300 and generate the payment result information.

In this case, the communication unit 170 may be connected to a communication network to support communication with an external server. The communication unit 170 may support various widely known wired and wireless communication schemes. ) Server, a Value Added Network (VAN) server, a card company server, a mobile communication company server, and the like.

In addition to the above configuration, the settlement unit 140 may further include a reader unit for recognizing a bar code or a QR code. The controller 180 may receive the bar code or QR code from the reader unit, ) As the payment means information for payment or discount of the selected goods.

When the code information is used for payment of the selected product, the controller 180 generates payment approval request information based on payment information including the payment information and the code information, (300) and can process payment.

If the code information is used for discounting the selected product, the controller 180 transmits the payment information including the payment information and the code information to the payment server 300, 300), updates the settlement information by subtracting the discount amount corresponding to the code information from the final settlement amount based on the settlement information, and updates the settlement information received from the settlement unit 140 according to the user's cash settlement or credit card settlement The settlement processing can be performed in the manner as described in Fig. 7 by using the means information and the updated settlement information.

That is, the smart bending machine device according to the present invention can recognize the barcode or QR code of the user usable for settlement or discount of the selected commodity, and can immediately use the barcode or QR code for payment or discount of the selected commodity.

According to the above-described configuration, since the present invention can settle all purchase items of a user by only one payment processing procedure, it is possible to perform payment processing for a purchase item using a card such as a credit card in an existing vending machine, It is possible to improve the inconvenience that the user has to recognize the card in the vending machine every time.

In addition, in the above-described configuration, when the payment result information is generated, the control unit 180 controls the discharge unit 160 to simultaneously discharge all the selected products purchased by the user according to the payment result information, (Or sequentially) through the discharge opening of the vending machine, thereby allowing the user to receive all the selected goods (purchased goods) one at a time or in succession, And can be provided for continuous receipt.

That is, the control unit 180 may control the discharge unit 160 based on the payment result information to continuously or simultaneously discharge the selected products according to the purchase quantity for each selected product without any additional input by the user, When the user completes the settlement procedure for a plurality of products, it is only necessary to receive the goods to be discharged simultaneously or continuously through the discharge port, so that user convenience can be improved.

In other words, the present invention can improve the inconvenience of repeating the selection procedure and the reception procedure for each individual commodity in order to purchase and receive a plurality of commodities from an existing vending machine, thereby greatly improving user convenience.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the control unit 180 determines whether the type of the payment means selected by the user is cash settlement, according to the settlement result information, If the difference exists, the settlement unit 140 can be controlled to discharge the change according to the difference.

In addition, the control unit 180 can issue a receipt for each payment means by communicating with the external server through the communication unit 170. To this end, the payment unit 140 is provided with a receipt- (144) may be constructed.

 For example, when the settlement result information according to the settlement result information is cash settlement, the controller 180 displays the receipt issuing interface for issuing the receipt stored in the storage unit 110 on the display unit 120 And receives the personal information of the user based on the user input through the input unit 150, transmits the personal information to the institution server for issuing the cash receipt together with the payment result information, and uses the approval result information from the institution server A cash receipt is created in cooperation with the settlement unit 140, and the cash receipt is issued to the user so that the user can receive the cash receipt.

If the type of the payment means is a card, the control unit 180 creates a receipt corresponding to the card usage in cooperation with the payment unit 140 based on the payment result information, Provide a receipt for the use of the card so that it can be issued.

8, the controller 180 may store the settlement result information in the storage unit 110, collects the settlement result information accumulated in the storage unit 110, The sales information including the sales amount, the quantity, and the sales amount may be generated and stored in the storage unit 110.

At this time, the control unit 180 measures the sales amount of each sales product based on the sensing information provided through the sensing unit 130, which is purchased by the user through the discharging unit 160 It is possible.

When the settlement result information is generated, the control unit 180 calculates the settlement result from the total stock quantity included in the commodity information of each sales commodity corresponding to the settlement result information among the commodity-by-sales commodity information stored in the storage unit 110 It is possible to update the product information by subtracting the sales quantity according to the information.

Accordingly, the control unit 180 can determine the quantity of the stock based on the product information stored in the storage unit 110. If there is a product whose inventory quantity is less than a preset reference value, (Notifying information) for the user to be transmitted to the management server 200 stored in advance via the communication unit 170. FIG.

At this time, the control unit 180 can transmit the updated product information and the sales information to the management server 200 periodically or in real time through the communication unit 170, The sales status of the vending machine corresponding to the smart bending machine apparatus 100 and the inventory status of each sales item can be judged and managed.

On the other hand, the control unit 180 provides a management menu through the display interface, and when a management menu is selected based on an administrator input through the input unit 150, the management interface, which is stored in the storage unit 110, (120). ≪ / RTI > If the manager information according to the manager input is received through the input unit 150 based on the management interface, the controller 180 may compare the manager information with the previously stored manager authentication information and authenticate the manager according to the match.

9, when the manager opens the vending machine and replenishes the sales product, the controller 180 determines whether the supplementary merchandise input through the management interface, based on the manager input through the input unit 150, The additional quantity information on the quantity of the sales product can be received and the product information of the sales product corresponding to the additional quantity information can be updated based on the additional quantity information.

For example, the control unit 180 may update the corresponding product information by adding the additional quantity according to the additional quantity information to the inventory quantity included in the product information of the sales product corresponding to the additional quantity information.

In addition, the control unit 180 displays a shelf interface in which shelf information corresponding to each sales product is arranged according to a predetermined arrangement position for each sales product, and when the manager authenticates the manager input through the input unit 150, (Layout position) of each sales product-specific display information included in the display interface is changed based on a manager input through the input unit 150, It is possible to change the display status according to the display information according to the display interface and store the changed new display interface related information in the storage unit 110 to replace the existing display interface related information with the new display interface related information.

Accordingly, the control unit 180 may output the new display interface related information stored in the storage unit 110 through the display unit 120 to provide a display interface having a different display state (layout pattern) have.

10, the control unit 180 receives at least one of a plurality of different pieces of advertisement information and event information from the management server 200 through the communication unit 170, If there is no user input through the input unit 150 for a preset time, the advertisement information and the event information may be periodically changed and displayed on the display unit 120. [

In addition, when the user input through the input unit 150 occurs, the control unit 180 may load the display interface and display the user interface through the display unit 120. If the payment process is completed or a predetermined time If there is no user input, the advertisement information or event information may be loaded from the storage unit 110 and displayed on the display unit 120. [

Accordingly, the smart bending machine apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention displays product information for each sales product when a user generates a user input such as a touch input for purchasing a sale product stored in the vending machine 1 (Digital Signage or DID: Digital Information Display) that provides advertisement information or event information through a display when user input is not present for a predetermined time So that the function of the vending machine can be extended.

The smart bending machine apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a camera unit 100 configured to photograph a user approaching the vending machine 1 and to provide image information, The control unit 180 may receive the image information from the camera unit 190. The control unit 180 may receive the image information from the camera unit 190. [

Accordingly, when the object determined to be human exists within a predetermined range of the image information for a predetermined period of time through the analysis of the image information, the controller 180 determines that there is a user for purchasing the sales product The output of the advertisement information or the event information may be stopped and the display interface may be loaded and output through the display unit 120. [

That is, the controller 180 can automatically detect the presence of a user for purchasing a sale item based on the image information of the camera unit 190, and provide a display interface for purchasing a sale item.

Various interfaces such as a display interface, a payment interface, and a management interface described in the present invention may be configured with a GUI (Graphic User Interface), and the corresponding interface-related data may be stored in the storage unit 110.

In addition to the above-described configuration, the control unit 180 may be configured to determine whether the temperature of the vending machine in the vending machine is abnormal, the failure information of the discharging unit 160 or the like based on the sensing information provided from the sensing unit 130, And transmits the generated balance information to the management server 200 through the communication unit 170. [

As described above, the smart bending machine apparatus 100 according to the present invention displays sales-related data stored in a vending machine on a vending machine through the display unit 120, displays the data on the display unit 120, It is possible to display all of the items on the display through the adjustment of the size of the data such as the size adjustment of the image even if the kinds of products stored in the vending machine are larger than the vending machines in which the display area is limited In addition to being able to accommodate various types of sales products than the existing ones, when a user purchases a plurality of identical products or purchases a plurality of different products, the user can complete the purchase of the products only by one payment procedure, By eliminating the hassle of users according to the input, It can improve the castle.

As described above, the smart bending machine system according to the embodiment of the present invention may be constituted by the smart bending machine device 100 and the management server 200 communicating with the smart bending machine device 100 through a communication network Through this, the management server 200 can remotely manage the inventory status and sales status of each product of the smart bending machine 100, notify the manager of the lack of inventory, It is possible to maximize the sales by varying the pattern, which will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings based on the above-described configuration.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 11, the management server 200 can communicate with a plurality of smart bending machine devices 100 provided in respective vending machines 1 located in different areas, The product information and sales information can be received from the device 100 and matched with the identification information corresponding to each smart bending machine device 100 and stored in the DB 210. In addition, And the sales information to update the inventory quantity and sales status of each sales item.

At this time, each smart bending machine device 100 can transmit unique identification information set in advance for each transfer of at least one of the goods information and the sales information, and the management server 200 can transmit the unique identification information, The smart bending machine device 100 that transmits information and sales information can be identified.

In addition, the management server 200 calculates the inventory quantity of each sales item stored in each smart bending machine device 100 based on each merchandise information matched to the identification information of each smart bending machine device 100 in the DB 210 If there is a sales product whose inventory quantity is equal to or lower than a preset reference value, the sales information generation unit generates notification information including identification information of the sales product and identification information of the smart bending machine apparatus 100 corresponding to the inventory quantity and the sales product To the administrator terminal 400 previously set.

When the management server 200 receives the sold-out imminent information on the specific merchandise from the smart bending machine device 100, the management server 200 transmits the sold-out imminent information on the basis of the sold-out imminent information and the unique identification information of the smart bending machine 100 Notification information may be generated and transmitted to the administrator terminal 400.

In this way, the manager can identify the sales product that lacks the inventory quantity through the manager terminal 400, which receives the notification information, prepares the sales product, and stores it in the smart bending machine device 100 corresponding to the notification information The product can be replenished, thereby maximizing sales by preventing the sale of the product in advance.

12, the management server 200 receives the display interface-related information on the current layout pattern using the display information of the sales product from each smart bending machine device 100, The sales information of each sales product received from the smart bending machine device 100 that has transmitted the information may be compared with the information related to the display interface to analyze the arrangement position and sales and sales volume of each sales product.

Accordingly, the management server 200 determines the placement position of the sales product whose sales or sales amount is equal to or lower than a preset reference value from the existing display interface-related information received from the smart bending machine device 100, Information related to at least some of the shelf information in the existing shelf interface related information to generate new shelf interface related information, and transmits the existing shelf interface related information to the new shelf interface related information To the smart bending machine apparatus 100, control information for changing the control information.

Accordingly, the control unit 180 configured in the smart bending machine apparatus 100 controls the existing bending machine 100 according to the existing display interface related information stored in the storage unit 110 based on the control information received through the communication unit 170 The information on the new display interface can be outputted through the display unit 120 by changing the arrangement pattern for each sales product to the layout pattern for each sales product according to the new display interface related information.

That is, the management server 200 may vary the placement pattern for each sales item output from the display unit 120 of the smart bending machine device 100 at a remote location so as to have a different shelf state from the existing shelf state have.

Also, the management server 200 provides the manager with information on one or more products whose preference of the user is higher than or equal to a preset reference value, based on the sales information of the smart bending machine device 100, It is possible to centrally arrange various products corresponding to the product type related to the product having a high user's preference, thereby maximizing the sales profit.

At this time, the management server 200 may calculate the preference in consideration of at least one of the sales amount and the sales amount by the sales item, and may set the sales period according to the manager input to measure the preference of each sales item according to the set sales period have.

In addition, the management server 200 can analyze the most preferred region of the touch on the screen of the display unit 120 configured in the smart bending machine device 100 based on the display interface-related information and the sales information, The merchandise with poor sales on the basis of the sales information is placed in the preference area to generate display interface related information having a layout pattern different from the existing display interface and then transmitted to the corresponding smart bending machine device 100, Can be varied.

In the above-described configuration, the control unit 180 configured in the smart bending machine apparatus 100 may determine whether or not a product having a high degree of preference, similar to the function of the management server 200, based on the sales information stored in the storage unit 110 It is also possible to analyze the information or to analyze the arrangement area of the display information corresponding to each sales item corresponding to the display interface by analyzing the most preferred area having the greatest touch on the screen of the display unit 120 .

That is, it is apparent that some functions of the management server 200 may be configured in the smart bending machine apparatus 100.

Meanwhile, as described above, the management server 200 receives the failure detail information and the balance information from each smart bending machine device 100, and based on the failure detail information, the management server 200 receives the failure detail information and the balance information from the smart bending machine device 100 And transmits the generated notification information to the administrator terminal 400. The smart bending machine 100 can support the repair or balance charging of the smart bending machine 100 in which the trouble or the shortage is insufficient.

As described above, in the smart bending machine system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the management server 200 notifies the smart bending machine 100 of the failure, inventory status, sales status and the like of each of the vending machines installed in different areas, And can promptly solve the problem by notifying the manager in the event of a problem, and at the same time, it is possible to solve the problem solving by the sales product through the display unit 120 configured in each vending machine on the basis of the sales analysis on the display condition It is possible to maximize the sales profit by varying the display state, and at the same time, the operating efficiency for each vending machine can be increased.

In addition, the smart bending machine system according to the embodiment of the present invention analyzes the sales of the goods provided by the smart bending machine device 100 of each vending machine disposed in different areas and extracts a product having a high degree of preference in each area By doing so, it is possible to maximize the sales profit by concentrating the products with the highest sales in each region.

The various devices and components described herein may be implemented by hardware circuitry (e.g., CMOS-based logic circuitry), firmware, software, or a combination thereof. For example, it can be implemented utilizing transistors, logic gates, and electronic circuits in the form of various electrical structures.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

1: Vending machine 100: Smart bending machine device
110: storage unit 120: display unit
130: sensing unit 140:
141: cash recognition unit 142: card recognition unit
143: Change money discharge part 144: Receipt discharge part
150: input unit 160:
170: communication unit 180:
200: management server 300: payment server
400: administrator terminal

Claims (10)

A smart bending machine apparatus comprising a vending machine,
A storage unit for storing product information on each sales product stored in the vending machine;
A display unit configured on the vending machine;
A payment unit for recognizing the payment means of the user for payment of the sales product and generating payment means information;
An input for receiving user input;
A discharge unit for discharging the sales product purchased by the user so as to be receivable; And
The display unit displays the shelf interface by extracting some information from the merchandise information for each sales product stored in the storage unit to generate shelf information and arranging the shelf information according to a predetermined arrangement position, Collects the selected purchase quantity for each selected product in the display interface, generates payment information based on the product information stored in the storage unit according to the selected purchase quantity for each selected product collected at the time of completion of the product purchase according to the user input, And the settlement result information generated by the settlement process information based on the settlement means information and the settlement information received from the settlement result information generating unit, And stores it in the storage unit Updates the item information for each product, compares the manager information received through the input unit with preset manager information, and changes an arrangement position for at least one shelf information included in the display interface according to the setting of the manager at the time of manager authentication A placement position of a product whose sales amount according to the product information is equal to or smaller than a preset reference value in the display interface based on the sales information measured based on at least one of the sales information and the display interface generated by collecting the payment result information, The product information is exchanged with an arrangement position of a product having a maximum sales amount in accordance with the product information, or based on at least one of the sales information and the display interface, Eta The arrangement position of the volume a preset reference value or less smart item vending machine apparatus including the preferred position and an exchange control section for.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the input unit and the display unit are constituted by a single touch screen unit receiving a user's touch input through a display.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit displays advertisement information or event information on the display unit instead of the display interface when the payment procedure is completed or there is no user input for a preset time, And stops outputting the advertisement information or event information when an object judged as a person is detected in the information, and displays the display interface through the display unit.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a communication unit for connecting to a communication network,
Wherein the control unit transmits the updated product information according to the sales volume to the management server previously specified through the communication unit.
The method of claim 4,
Wherein the control unit cumulatively stores the settlement result information in the storage unit, generates sales information by collecting the settlement result information accumulated in the storage unit, and transmits the generated sales information to the management server.
The method of claim 4,
The control unit identifies the type of the payment means in cooperation with the payment unit, and when the payment means is a credit card, transmits the payment information to a predetermined payment server that provides a payment process for the credit card through the communication unit And performs a payment process.
The method of claim 4,
Further comprising a sensing unit for providing sensing information that senses whether the vending machine is malfunctioning or whether the remaining balance is stored in the vending machine,
Wherein the controller generates the failure detail information or the balance information based on the sensing information of the sensing unit and transmits the failure detail information or the balance information to the management server via the communication unit.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the display information includes information on a name, an image, and a price of a sales product.
And a display interface including the display information is displayed on the display unit by extracting some information from the product information of each sales product stored in advance in the vending machine and generating display information, Collecting the purchase quantity for each product, processing payment according to the selected purchase quantity per selected product collected by the user upon completion of purchase of the product, generating payment result information, continuously discharging all the selected products according to the payment result information, A smart bending machine device for measuring the sales volume based on the result information, updating the product information corresponding to each selected product according to the sales volume, and transmitting the product information for each sales product in real time or periodically via a communication network; And
The method comprising the steps of: receiving merchandise information for each sales product from the smart bending machine device and determining an inventory quantity of each merchandise on the basis of the information; and, when there is one or more merchandise items And a management server for transmitting notification information including information to a preset administrator terminal,
The smart bending machine apparatus includes:
The manager information received through the input unit included in the smart bending machine device is compared with preset manager information to change the arrangement position of at least one shelf information included in the display interface according to the setting of the manager A placement position of a product whose sales amount according to the product information is equal to or smaller than a preset reference value in the display interface based on the sales information measured based on at least one of the sales information and the display interface generated by collecting the payment result information, The product information is exchanged with an arrangement position of a product having a maximum sales amount in accordance with the product information, or based on at least one of the sales information and the display interface, According smart vending machine management system for sales are the preferred position and the exchanging positions of the predetermined reference value or less product.
The method of claim 9,
The management server transmits control information for varying the arrangement pattern of the shelf information included in the display interface to the smart bending machine device,
Wherein the smart bending machine device receives the control information and generates a shelf interface in which the shelf information is arranged according to an arrangement pattern according to the control information, and displays the shelf interface through the display unit.

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