Article supply apparatus and article supply system
AssigneeBandai Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroki KOBAYASHI, Hajime KONDO
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Abstract
An article supply apparatus comprises a main body, an accommodation unit, which is configured to be attached to the main body and to store a first article, a supply unit, which is configured to supply the first article stored in the accommodation unit, an acquisition unit, which is configured to acquire information related to at least one of second articles provided separately from the main body, wherein the supply unit is configured to supply the first article on a first condition that the information related to the at least one of the second articles is acquired by the acquisition unit.
Claims20
An article supply apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- an accommodation unit, which is configured to be attached to the main body and to store a first article;
- a supply unit, which is configured to supply the first article stored in the accommodation unit;
- and
- an acquisition unit, which is configured to acquire information related to at least one of second articles provided separately from the main body;
- wherein the supply unit is configured to supply the first article on a condition that the information related to the at least one of the second articles is acquired by the acquisition unit.
An article dispensing system, comprising:
- an article supply apparatus configured to supply a first article;
- a second article installed at a first location;
- another second article installed at a location different from the first location;
- and
- a user terminal,
- wherein the article supply apparatus includes
- a main body,
- an accommodation unit which is configured to be attached to the main body and store a first article,
- a supply unit configured to supply the first article stored in the accommodation unit, and
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to the second article,
- wherein the user terminal is configured to acquire information based on at least first information related to one of the second articles installed at a first location and another information related to another one of the second articles installed at another other location, and
- the supply unit is configured to supply the first article on condition that the acquisition unit acquires the information from the user terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.