JPH06236477A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a person who is limited or inhibited from purchasing a specific article such as a cigarette or alcoholic drink from purchasing it even when the person operates an automatic vending machine which sells the specific article. CONSTITUTION:A data reading part 8 reads the age data of an IC card 6, a CPU 1 discriminates whether or not the age data are less than 20 years old by comparing the age data with today's date obtained from a comparison data generating part 10, and a driving part 5 is made inoperative when the age data are less than 20 years old. Thus, the article of the automatic vending machine can be not be conveyed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine, and more particularly, to an automatic vending machine in which predetermined articles are stored and desired articles are carried out by inserting money or a member equivalent to money. Therefore, the present invention relates to a vending machine apparatus equipped with a vending machine sales control system that sells an article after determining the purchaser's purchase qualification.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic vending machine has the convenience of being able to operate unattended without the need for human labor when it comes to selling merchandise and reducing the management cost, and the convenience of allowing the user to easily purchase the desired merchandise. In Japan, millions of vending machines have become widespread, and according to this, anyone can freely use a vending machine to smoke cigarettes, soft drinks, or alcohol. Can be purchased.

When purchasing these items in a vending machine, first insert money (coins or bills) or something equivalent to money, such as a prepaid card, into or into a money insertion section provided in the vending machine, and then make a purchase. By selecting the article, the desired article is carried out to the outside and can be purchased. No human hands participate in this purchase operation, and the so-called unmanned operation is labor-saving. It is very convenient in terms of conversion.

[0004]

Since the conventional vending machine device has the above-described structure, even a minor can automatically sell cigarettes and alcoholic beverages if he / she has money. You can freely buy cigarettes and alcoholic beverages by operating the machine, and this convenience also causes the underage to be attracted to cigarettes and alcohol.

[0005] Further, even if the person is restricted from drinking alcohol, such as a diabetic patient, or the person is restricted or prohibited from smoking, such as a person with lung disease, the alcohol vending machine can be used. You can buy cigarettes. Therefore, there is a risk that these patients may lose their temptation to drink or smoke, delay recovery or worsen their medical condition, which is a problem in health management.

Therefore, the present invention determines whether or not a person is qualified to purchase by checking the age at least when purchasing a particular article such as cigarettes or alcoholic beverages, and for those who are restricted or prohibited from purchasing the article. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine device that does not sell the specific article.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention automatically inserts a purchase price and the like and automatically records a recording medium on which personal identification information including at least age information is recorded. The vending machine is read to read the predetermined information, and the read data is compared with the purchase qualification data stored in advance in the vending machine to determine the presence or absence of the purchase qualification. Is a vending machine device equipped with a sales control system that sells an item only when there is a purchase qualification, and a predetermined item that is a product is stored and desired by inserting money or a member equivalent to money. An automatic vending machine device having an automatic vending machine for carrying out an article, the recording medium having predetermined recognition data such as history of age and illness recorded thereon, and the recognition data recorded on the recording medium. The present invention is characterized in that it is configured to be provided with a discharging means, a judging means for judging the recognition data read by the reading means, and a control means for controlling an article carrying-out operation of the vending machine device based on a result of the judging means. It is what

[0008]

According to the present invention, the predetermined recognition data recorded on the recording medium is read by the reading means, the recognition data is discriminated by the discrimination means, and based on the result, the control means carries out the article unloading operation of the vending machine device. To control. For example, if the age is recorded as the recognition data on the recording medium, the discriminating means discriminates from the recognition data whether the age is less than 20 years old, and if so, it is discriminated to be a minor and the money or money is determined. The control means is controlled so that the article is not carried out from the vending machine device even if a corresponding member is inserted.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a money insertion unit for inserting money, 2 is a counter unit for calculating the amount of money inserted into the money insertion unit 1, and 3 is a plurality of types of articles stored in a vending machine. A selection button 4 for selecting a desired article from the inside, a carry-out section for carrying out the stored article to the outside,
Reference numeral 5 is a drive unit for driving the carry-out unit 4, 6 is at least information recording personal identification information such as date of birth or age, specifically a license, and further predetermined recognition data such as history of illness An IC card as a recording medium such as a medical examination ticket or a health insurance card in which is recorded, 7 is an IC card insertion portion for inserting the IC card, and 8 is a reading means for reading the recognition data recorded in the IC card 6. A data reading unit, a display unit 9 for displaying operation guidance to the user of the vending machine, a display for inadequate use, and the like, and a reference data generating unit 10 for generating comparison data to be compared with the recognition data. Reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU to which the counter unit 2, the selection button 3, the data reading unit 8, the display unit 9, the driving unit 5, and the comparison data generating unit 10 are connected, and functions as a determining unit and a control unit. In addition, in the vending machine, the money insertion portion 1 to the drive portion 5, the IC card insertion portion 7 to the CPU
11 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the IC card stores identification data indicating the type of card, as well as name, sex, address, and date of birth data. These data are, for example, a driver's license and jurisdiction. It is set based on the resident's card stored in the government office of the government, and by submitting it to the manufacturer who sells these driver's licenses and vending machines, the government office of the jurisdiction, etc. More IC
Cards are issued. Alternatively, if the driver's license, resident card, etc. are in the form of IC cards, these can be used directly.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the IC card.
As shown in, various data such as name, sex, address, date of birth, department receiving medical treatment (internal medicine and surgery, etc.), doctor in charge, disease name, medical history together with hospital name identification data based on the medical certificate of the hospital It is recorded and the IC card is issued from the hospital. If the medical examination ticket is an IC card and the various items are recorded on the IC card, it can be used.

The processing performed by the CPU 11 when the IC card 6 shown in FIG. 2 is used will be described below with the follow chart shown in FIG. The comparison data generation unit 10 is a ROM in which a program for calculating today's date is built in, and the CPU 11 calculates today's date by executing the program and stores it in the internal storage area of the CPU 11. The date of today is stored. Further, when the vending machine is not operating, the display unit 9 displays that the IC card 6 owned by the user is to be inserted into the IC card insertion unit 7.

In such an initial state, when the IC card 6 is inserted into the IC card insertion section 7, the data reading section 8
Reads the identification data recorded on the IC card 6,
In step S1, the identification data is input to the CPU 11.
Next, in step S2, the validity of the identification data input in step S1 is judged whether it can be used in the vending machine. If the identification data cannot be used, the process branches to step S12 to display the data. This IC card 6 in part 9
Then, after displaying that the vending machine cannot be used, the processing ends.

On the other hand, the I inserted in step S2
When it is determined that the C card 6 is valid, the process proceeds to step S3, the reading unit 8 is instructed to read the date of birth data recorded in the IC card 6, and the CPU 11 receives the date of birth data. input. Next, in step S4, the CPU
The present date stored in the internal storage area 11 is transferred to the arithmetic processing unit of the CPU 11 as comparison data.

Next, in step S5, step S
3. The date of birth data read from the IC card 6 in 3 is compared with the comparison data in step S4 (date of today),
(Today's date-date of birth data) is calculated, and it is determined whether or not the calculation result is 20 years.

If it is not less than 20 years, the CPU 11 determines that the person who possesses the IC card 6 is over 20 years old and is not a minor, and the process proceeds to step S6 and the money insertion unit is displayed on the display unit 9. 1 is instructed to display an instruction to insert money, and when a predetermined amount of money is inserted into the money insertion unit 1, the counter unit 2 calculates the amount of money, and the calculated amount is calculated in step S7. The money amount data is input to the CPU 11.

Next, it is determined whether or not the amount of money inserted in step S8 is greater than or equal to the amount of stored articles,
If so, the process proceeds to step S9, and the display unit 9 is instructed to display an instruction to select the desired article from the selection button 3.

Next, in step S10, it is determined whether or not the selection button 3 has been operated. If the selection button 3 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S11, the drive unit 5 is driven, and the selected article is carried out of the carry-out unit 4 to the outside. Control to do. This allows the user to purchase the desired item.

If it is less than 20 years in step S5, the CPU 11 determines that the age of the person who possesses the IC card 6 is a minor under 20 years old, and the step S5
In step 13, the display unit 9 is instructed to display that the vending machine cannot be used because it is a minor, and the process ends.

After this, even if money is inserted, the CP
U11 does not accept this and returns the money so that the drive unit 5 does not operate and the article is not carried out to the outside.

In the above embodiment, age data may be recorded in the IC card 6 instead of the date of birth. In that case, the numerical value 20 is set as the comparative data in the comparative data generating unit 10, and in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the age data is read in step S3, the numerical value 20 is transferred in step S4, and then the age data in step S4. And the numerical value 20 are compared to determine whether or not the person is a minor.

Next, the processing performed by the CPU 11 when the IC card 6 shown in FIG. 3 is used will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In such an embodiment,
The comparison data generator 10 is composed of a RAM and a ROM,
The names of the diseases or the medical history (for example, diabetes and lung diseases) in which the article of the vending machine should not be purchased are stored in the RAM and the ROM. Then, the disease name or the medical history is stored in the internal storage area of the CPU 11.

The steps different from those in the flowchart of FIG. 4 will be described below. Step S3: Instruct the reading unit 8 to read the disease name or the medical history data recorded in the IC card 6,
The disease name or medical history data is input to the CPU 11.

Step S4: The disease name or medical history stored in the internal storage area of the CPU 11 is transferred to the arithmetic processing unit of the CPU 11 as comparison data.

Step S5: The disease name or medical history data read from the IC card 6 in step S3 and step S5.
4 is compared with the comparison data (disease name or history data) to determine whether or not the disease name or history of the IC card 6 matches the disease name or history data of the comparison data.

Step S13: A predetermined illness is displayed on the display unit 9,
The processing is ended by instructing to display that the vending machine cannot be used due to a disease. After that, even if the money is inserted, the CPU 11 does not accept the money and returns the money so that the drive unit 5 does not operate and the article is not carried out to the outside.

In each of the above embodiments, another recording medium may be used in place of the IC card 6, and if the simplest implementation is possible, the age may be selected from the items described in the current driver's license. After reading the information (date of birth) and determining the purchaser's age, the goods can be supplied only to qualified persons.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Persons who are restricted or prohibited from purchasing certain items such as cigarettes and alcoholic beverages are equipped with a system that cannot be purchased even by operating the vending machine that sells the certain items. Since the goods are sold after the purchaser's eligibility is judged, it is possible to obstruct the purchase of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes by minors, prevent delinquency due to alcoholic beverages, and prevent illness from illness. It is possible to prevent delay in recovery and worsening of illness, which is beneficial for health management.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing recorded contents of the IC card of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another recorded content of the IC card of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents processed by the CPU of FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing another content processed by the CPU of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Money Insertion Section 2 Counter Section 3 Selection Button 4 Outgoing Section 5 Drive Section 6 IC Card 7 IC Card Insertion Section 8 Data Reading Section 9 Display Section 10 Comparison Data Generation Section 11 CPU

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine device reads a recording medium on which personal identification information including at least age information is read at the same time as the purchase price is input, and the predetermined information is read, and the read data is used. Sales control of vending machine equipment that judges the existence of purchase qualification by comparing with purchase qualification data etc. stored in advance in the vending machine equipment side and sells goods only when there is qualification of purchase Vending machine equipment equipped with a system. 2. In a vending machine device in which predetermined articles are stored and desired articles are carried out by inserting money or a member equivalent to money, predetermined recognition data such as at least an age of an individual. A recording medium on which is recorded, a reading means for reading the recognition data recorded on the recording medium, a discrimination means for discriminating the recognition data read by the reading means, and the automatic sales based on the result of the discrimination means. An automatic vending machine apparatus, comprising: a control unit that controls an article unloading operation of the machine apparatus.