Apparatus for setting price for multi-vending machine and method thereof
AssigneeLotte Aluminium Co., Ltd.
InventorSamuel KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus for setting a price for a multi-vending machine and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a price setting unit for inputting a price setting function, selecting a price setting column and inputting price information about the selected column; a control unit for controlling a price display of the selected column when the column is selected and the price information is input through the price setting unit; and a price display unit for displaying prices of products exhibited in a column according to a price display control of the control unit.
Claims7
An apparatus for setting a price for a multi-vending machine, the apparatus comprising:
- a price setting unit for inputting a price setting function, selecting a price setting column and inputting price information about the selected column;
- a control unit for controlling a price display of the selected column when the column is selected and the price information is input through the price setting unit;
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- a price display unit for displaying prices of products exhibited in a column according to a price display control of the control unit.
A method of automatically setting a price by a price setting apparatus of a multi-vending machine, the method comprising:
- a) when the multi-vending machine is powered on, detecting a shelf through a shelf detecting unit to store information about the shelf and a column based on a detection result in a memory;
- b) identifying whether a price setting is requested, and receiving column selecting information and price information through a price setting unit when the price setting is requested;
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- c) determining whether a column selected in step b) exists, transmitting set price information based on the received price information to a price display unit to automatically set a price of a product for sale when the column selected in step b) exists.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.