SALES APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A sales apparatus, comprising:
- a receptacle;
a column that houses a plurality of goods to be sold and transports the plurality of goods to the receptacle;
a memory in which inventory information indicating an inventory status of the column of the plurality of goods is stored; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;
update the inventory information each time the plurality of goods are transported from the column to the receptacle, andwhen referencing the inventory information and detecting that, among a plurality of specific goods in inventory among the plurality of goods, a plurality of target goods to be subject to selling processing at a first selling price are out of inventory, suppress transportation processing of the plurality of specific goods from the column to the receptacle even when the plurality of specific goods in inventory remain.
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Abstract
A sales apparatus includes a receptacle; a column that houses a plurality of goods to be sold and transports the plurality of goods to the receptacle; a memory in which inventory information indicating an inventory status of the column of the plurality of goods is stored; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: update the inventory information each time the plurality of goods are transported from the column to the receptacle, and when referencing the inventory information and detecting that, out of a plurality of specific goods in inventory among the plurality of goods, a plurality of target goods to be subject to selling processing at a first selling price are out of inventory, suppress transportation processing of the plurality of specific goods from the column to the receptacle even when the plurality of specific goods in inventory remain.
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14 Claims
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1. A sales apparatus, comprising:
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a receptacle; a column that houses a plurality of goods to be sold and transports the plurality of goods to the receptacle; a memory in which inventory information indicating an inventory status of the column of the plurality of goods is stored; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to; update the inventory information each time the plurality of goods are transported from the column to the receptacle, and when referencing the inventory information and detecting that, among a plurality of specific goods in inventory among the plurality of goods, a plurality of target goods to be subject to selling processing at a first selling price are out of inventory, suppress transportation processing of the plurality of specific goods from the column to the receptacle even when the plurality of specific goods in inventory remain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A control method executed by a processor included in a sales apparatus that sells a plurality of goods to be sold, the sales apparatus including a receptacle, a column that houses the plurality of goods and transports the plurality of goods to the receptacle, and a memory in which inventory information indicating an inventory status in the column of the plurality of goods is stored, the control method comprising:
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updating the inventory information each time the plurality of goods are transported from the column to the receptacle; and when referencing the inventory information and detecting that, among a plurality of specific goods in inventory among the plurality of goods, a plurality of target goods to be subject to selling processing at a first selling price are out of inventory, suppress transportation processing of the plurality of specific goods from the column to the receptacle even when the plurality of specific goods in inventory remain. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a processor included in a sales apparatus that sells a plurality of goods to be sold to execute a process, the sales apparatus including a receptacle, a column that houses the plurality of goods and transports the plurality of goods to the receptacle, and a memory in which inventory information indicating an inventory status in the column of the plurality of goods is stored, the process comprising:
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updating the inventory information each time the plurality of goods are transported from the column to the receptacle; and when referencing the inventory information and detecting that, among a plurality of specific goods in inventory among the plurality of goods, the plurality of target goods to be subject to selling processing at a first selling price are out of inventory, suppress transportation processing of the plurality of specific goods from the column to the receptacle even when the plurality of specific goods in inventory remain.
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