JPH04111198A - Data management device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the input operation of input data and to efficiently execute the management of input/output data by taking in the data of the plural automatic vending machines to be stored and displayed with the aid of a portable system. CONSTITUTION:In a data processor, an IC card 16 is inserted, and a main control part 10 gives a reading command to an IC card reader/writer 11. By this command, the input/output data stored in the card 16 is read. When respective input data of each automatic vending machine is key-inputted, the main control part 10 transmits respective data to the IC card reader/writer 11. The received data is stored in the IC card 16. When the storage is terminated, the card 16 is extracted from the device to be inserted into a data reader/writer 32. This device 32 reads and sets data on one's automatic vending machine 30 from among data stored in the card.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a data management device for a vending machine that manages data of the vending machine.

(Prior art) Vending machines output data such as total sales of products, sales for each column of product storage columns, number of products to be supplied, etc.
Input data such as the price of each product is stored and set. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a vending machine, in which the vending machine main body 1
The main door 2 is shown in an open state. The vending machine main body 1 is provided with a product storage column 3, and the back side of the main door 2 is provided with a controller 4 and a sales outlet 5. The controller 4 is equipped with keys 6 and a liquid crystal display 7 for inputting input data.

When setting input data in such vending machines,
The operator goes to the installation location of the vending machine, and at that location, the operator operates the controller 4 and enters input data manually. If there are multiple vending machines, the operator goes to the installation location of each vending machine and inputs the manual data.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in setting the input data, an operator must go to the installation location of each vending machine and manually operate the input data using keys. In this case, if the area around the controller 4 is dark, it will be difficult to operate the keys 6. Further, since a controller 4 is provided for each vending machine, the cost becomes high. Also, among the input data, sales data etc. use katakana and numbers, so
Management becomes complicated. For example, if the area around the controller 4 is dark as described above, it will be difficult to operate the keys 6 and it will be difficult to see the display on the liquid crystal display 7.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a data management device for a vending machine that facilitates manual manipulation of human data and efficiently manages human output data.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has a function of capturing pigs from a plurality of portable vending machines, storing these data in a storage medium, and displaying these data on a display. This is a data management device for a vending machine that attempts to achieve the above objective by utilizing a data processing device.

Further, the present invention reads and sets vending machine data stored in a storage medium provided in each vending machine, and writes each data changed by the vending operation of each vending machine to the storage medium. Equipped with a functional data reading/writing device and a mechanism that connects directly to the portable vending machine reading/writing device, it captures each data of each vending machine and stores these data on a storage medium. This is a data management device for a vending machine that attempts to achieve the above object by including a data processing device having a function of displaying information on a display.

(Function) By providing such a means, the portable data processing device captures each pig from a plurality of vending machines, stores the data in the storage medium, and displays the data on the display.

Furthermore, by providing the above means, the portable data processing device captures each data of a plurality of vending machines, stores these data in a storage medium, and displays these data on a display.

On the other hand, the vending machine data stored in the storage medium is read and set by the data processing device in the data reading/writing device provided in each vending machine, and is changed according to the vending operation of each vending machine. Each piece of data is written to a storage medium.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a data processing device constituting a data management device of a vending machine, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the device. A main control section 10 is provided, and this main control section 10 has an I
A C card reader/writer 11, a liquid crystal display driver 12, an input section 13, a television driver 14, and a vending machine connection harness mechanism 15 are connected. The IC card reader/writer 11 has a structure that can be inserted into and removed from the IC card 16, and has a function of writing and reading data to and from the IC card 16. LCD display driver 1
2 is connected to a liquid crystal display 17. Also, input section 1
3 is connected to a keyboard 18 and a mouse 19. The keyboard 18 has keys rONJ as shown in FIG.
roPP J and key rOJ "1" to "9""mu"
It also has keys for total product sales, sales for each column in the product storage column, and the number of products supplied.

Note that the input section 13 is equipped with a mouse connection harness mechanism 20. The television driver 14 has a function of converting the data obtained by the main control section 10 into a high frequency signal. In addition, this television driver 14
may have a function of converting the data obtained by the main control unit 10 into a video signal. A television 21 is connected to this television driver 14. In this case, if the television driver 14 outputs a high frequency signal, the television driver 14
is connected to the antenna terminal of the television 2], and if the television driver 4 outputs a video signal, the television driver 14 is connected to the video terminal of the television 21.

The main control section 10 has the function of taking in input data from a plurality of vending machines from the keyboard 18, storing these human input data in the IC cart 16, and displaying these input data on the television 21. The main control unit 10 has a function of graphing each data, for example, by total sales of products, sales by each column of product storage columns, and number of supplies of products. The main control section 10 is also equipped with four arithmetic operations functions.

Note that the data processing device is provided with a television output terminal 22 and a power supply charging input terminal 23.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a data reading/writing device 32 is provided on the back side of the main door 3 of each vending machine 30. This data reading/writing device 32 is removably inserted into the IC cart 16, reads input data to the vending machine 30 stored in the IC card 6, performs settings, and performs settings according to the vending operation of each vending machine. It has a function of writing each changed input data etc. to the IC card 16. Further, this data reading/writing device 32 has a function of electrically connecting with the vending machine connection harness mechanism 15 of the data processing device to exchange data.

Next, the operation of the apparatus configured as described above will be explained.

The data processing device has an IC card 16 as shown in FIG.
is inserted. In this state, the main control unit 1 of the data processing device
0 issues a read command to the IC card reader/writer 11. In response to this command, the IC card reader/writer 11 reads the human output data stored in the IC card 16, and the main control unit 10 reads this input/output data, such as the total sales of products, the sales of each column in the product storage column, and the Graph the number of supplies and send it to Television Dry No. 14. As a result, the television driver] 4 displays the total sales of the products graphed, the sales for each column of the product storage column, the number of products supplied, and the like.

Further, when the keys on the keyboard 18 are operated and each input data of each vending machine is entered manually, the main control section 10 sends each input data entered manually to the liquid crystal display driver 12 and the television driver 14. As a result, each input data entered manually is displayed on the liquid crystal display 17 and the television 21. In this case, the sales data etc. are displayed on the television 21 using katakana characters and numbers. At the same time, the main control unit 10 inputs each data entered manually using the keys.
It is sent to the C card reader/writer 11.

This IC card reader/writer 11 stores each received data in the IC card 16. However, keyboard 1
Data can be changed, rewritten, added, etc. by key operation 8.

When data has been stored in the IC cart 16, the IC card 16 is removed from the data processing device and inserted into a data reading/writing device 32 provided in the vending machine 30. This data reading/writing device 32 is the IC card 1
Of each data stored in 6, own vending machine 30
Read and configure data related to. Further, the data reading/writing device 32 writes, to the IC card 16, total sales data of products resulting from sales operations up to the present time, sales data for each column of the product storage column, and the like.

Next, the IC card 16 is extracted from the data reading/writing device 32 and inserted into the data reading/writing device 32 of another vending machine. As a result, data is set in the vending machine in the same manner as described above, and the total sales data of the products resulting from the sales operation, the sales data for each column of the product storage column, etc. are written into the IC card 16.

Next, when the data settings for each vending machine are completed, the IC
Cart 16 is reinserted into the data processing device. As a result, the data processing device issues a reading command to the IC card read/write writer 11 to read the total sales of products of each vending machine up to the present time stored in the IC card 16 and the sales of each column of the product storage column. The receiver takes the data, graphs it, and sends it to Television Drino\14. As a result, the total sales of the products graphed, the sales for each column of the product storage columns, etc. are displayed on the Television Trino Co. 4.

Note that data may be input to the data processing device using the mouse 19, and data may be transferred to and from the data reading/writing device 32 by direct data reading/writing via the vending machine connection/disconnection mechanism 15. It may also be performed by connecting to the device 32.

In this way, in the above-mentioned embodiment, data from a plurality of vending machines are taken in by a portable data processing device, these data are stored in the IC card roller, and these data are displayed on the television 21. Therefore, each data of each vending machine can be displayed on the television 21 and checked, making it possible to manage the data reliably and easily.

In addition, the data reading/writing device 32 reads and sets the data of each vending machine stored in the IC cart 16 by the pig processing device, and also transfers each sales data etc. from the vending operation of each vending machine to the IC cart] 6. Since the data can be written, data can be set in each vending machine by simply inserting the IC cart 16. In this case, since each data set in each vending machine is displayed on the television 21 and confirmed, erroneous data settings can be reduced, and the data can be easily viewed and confirmed.

Furthermore, since the operator only needs to have one data processing device, the cost is low.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and may be modified without departing from the spirit thereof. For example, each data may be printed out by connecting a printer to the data processing device.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a data management device for a vending machine that facilitates the input operation of input data and efficiently manages input and output data.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIGS. 1 to 3 are diagrams for explaining one embodiment of a data management device for a vending machine according to the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the data processing device, FIG. 2 is an external view of the device, FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation, and FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the prior art. 5... Sales outlet, 10... Main control unit, 11... IC card reader/writer, 12... Liquid crystal display driver, 13
...input section, 14...television driver, 15
... Vending machine connection harness, 16... IC card, 17... Liquid crystal display, 18... Keyboard, 19
... Mouse, 20 ... Mouse connection harness, 21.
...Television, 22...TV output terminal, 23.
...Power supply charging input terminal, 30...Vending machine, 31...
・Main door, 32...Data reading/writing device. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A vending machine data management device comprising a portable data processing device that captures data from multiple vending machines, stores this data in a storage medium, and displays this data on a display. . (2) Read and set the vending machine data stored in a storage medium provided in each vending machine, and write data changed by the vending operation of each vending machine to the storage medium. a data reading/writing device having a function of reading the data, and a portable mechanism directly connected to the data reading/writing device, which reads data from each of the vending machines, stores the data in the storage medium, and stores the data in the storage medium; 1. A data management device for a vending machine, comprising: a data processing device having a function of displaying data on a display.