Vending machine and article sale method for vending machine

• US 20050261802A1
• Filed: 05/19/2005
• Published: 11/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanden Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sanden Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ishizaki, Isao, Akuzawa, Takayuki
• Application Number:
  US11/132,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20050261802A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/232
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/065 for drink preparation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/023 Arrangements for display, data presentation or advertising

Abstract

A vending machine comprises a first memory device storing a article choice information including a plurality of item data capable of displaying in at least two languages; an image display device for displaying at least one item in a predetermined language; a language changing-over item for outputting a changing-over signal of a displaying language; and a control device for changing over the predetermined language of the at least one item displayed on the image display device to another language on the basis of selecting the selector switch matching the language changing-over item.

Claims

1. A vending machine comprising:

a first memory device storing a first article choice information including a plurality of item data capable of displaying in at least two languages;

an image display device for displaying at least one item in a predetermined language;

language changing-over means for outputting a changing-over signal of a displaying language; and

first control means for changing over the predetermined language of the at least one item displayed on the image display device to another language in response to the changing-over signal.

2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein:

the item data of the first article choice information corresponds to at least one of types of articles, taste-adjustments of the articles, and prices of the articles.

3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein:

the first memory device is a memory card.

4. The vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second memory device storing a second article choice information including a plurality of item data capable of displaying in at least one different language from the at least two languages; and

second control means for changing over the predetermined language of the at least one item displayed on the image display device to another language different from the at least two language in response to the changing-over signal.

5. The vending machine according to claim 4, wherein:

the item data of the second article choice information corresponds to at least one of types of articles, taste-adjustments of the articles, and prices of the articles.

6. The vending machine according to claim 4, wherein:

the second memory device is a memory card.

7. An article sale method for a vending machine, comprising the steps of:

displaying at least one item chosen from an article choice information on an image display device in a predetermined language;

implementing a predetermined selling sequence in response to a selecting operation according to at least one item displayed on the image display device; and

cutting any unnecessary step of the predetermined selling sequence according to contents of the selecting operation when implementing the predetermined selling sequence.

8. The vending machine according to claim 7, wherein:

the article choice information includes a plurality of item data corresponding to at least one of types of articles, taste-adjustments of the articles, and prices of the articles.