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US 2021/0174630 A1Published application
Automatic vending machine
AssigneeV-Sync Co., Ltd.
InventorsTAKAYA IBE, TAKASHI HASHIMOTO
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Abstract
An automatic vending machine includes: a belt conveyor constituting a part of a column configured to store a product, the belt conveyor being able to convey the stored product along the column, and a controller configured to control an operation of the belt conveyor. The controller acquires an amount of movement of a belt of the belt conveyor moving to convey the product. The controller calculates the number of products stored in the column, based on the acquired amount of movement of the belt.
Claims15
An automatic vending machine comprising:
- a belt conveyor constituting a part of a column configured to store a product, the belt conveyor being able to convey the stored product along the column;
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- a controller configured to control an operation of the belt conveyor, wherein:
- the controller acquires an amount of movement of a belt of the belt conveyor moving to convey the product;
- and
- the controller calculates the number of the product stored in the column, based on the acquired amount of movement of the belt.
3 more elements
An automatic vending machine comprising:
- a plurality of belt conveyors each of which constitutes a column configured to store a product, the belt conveyor being able to convey the stored product along the column;
- partition plates each of which is removably disposed between the plurality of columns to separate between the plurality of columns according to kinds of products;
- a communication unit configured to receive product information on the product stored in the plurality of columns from an external device;
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- a controller configured to control operations of the plurality of belt conveyors, wherein:
- the product information is accompanied by supplementary information which allows a layout of the product for the plurality of columns to be specified;
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- the controller controls the operations of the plurality of belt conveyors, based on presence or absence of a partition plate and the supplementary information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.