Merchandise Management System for Merchandise Discharge Device

• US 20080133382A1
• Filed: 12/21/2005
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yujin Co. Ltd. (TOMY Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Yujin Co. Ltd. (TOMY Company Limited)
• Inventors: Atsuta, Junichi, Fukumoto, Tomochika
• Application Number:
  US11/793,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20080133382A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/44 in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/026 for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty

Abstract

A merchandise discharge device body has a detection means for directly or indirectly detecting discharge of merchandise and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), where the merchandise discharge device body transmits power of an operation member operated by a user to a discharge member, operating the discharge member to discharge the merchandise. The number of pieces of merchandise to be discharged, which number is obtained by the result of detection by the detection means, is stored in a semiconductor memory of the RFID. Merchandise management is performed by reading the merchandise data, stored in the semiconductor memory, by an external reader.

Claims

1. A merchandise management system for merchandise discharge device, comprising:

a merchandise discharge device main body to discharge a merchandise by operating a discharging member according to transmission to the discharging member, of power of an operation member which is operated by a user;

a detection unit to detect discharge of a merchandise directly or indirectly; and

an RFID including a semiconductor memory to store merchandise data obtained on the basis of a detection result of the detection unit,

wherein merchandise management is conducted by reading the merchandise data stored in the semiconductor memory, by an external reader.

2. The merchandise management system for merchandise discharge device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects a movement of the operation member or the discharging member.

3. The merchandise management system for merchandise discharge device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects a movement of a member which transmits the power from the operation member to the discharging member.

4. The merchandise management system for merchandise discharge device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation member is a rotational handle and the discharging member is a rotational drum.

5. The merchandise management system for merchandise discharge device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the operation member is a rotational handle and the discharging member is a rotational drum.

6. The merchandise management system for merchandise discharge device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the operation member is a rotational handle and the discharging member is a rotational drum.