Control device and a method for sending and receiving information in a vending machine and the like apparatus
First Claim
1. A control device in a vending machine and the like apparatus including a first control section for performing control functions relating to receiving and paying out of coins and a second control section for performing control functions relating to selection and vending of an article, said first and second control sections utilizing predetermined information generated by each other control section characterized in that the control device comprises:
- first means in which said second control section exclusively generates a demand signal requiring that predetermined information be delivered from said first control section to said second control section or, concersely, that said first control section receive predetermined information from said second control section; and
second means which, reponsive to said demand signal, brings one of said first and second control sections into a state in which it can deliver out the predetermined information and the other control section into a state in which it can receiving the information;
whereby sending and receiving of the information between said two control sections are performed under the supervision of said second control section in response to said generated demand signals from said second control section.
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Accused Products
Abstract
Sending and receiving of information between a coinmech control section performing controls relating to receiving and paying out of coins and a vendor control section performing controls relating to selection and vending of an article are made under the leadership of the vendor control section. Multiple kinds of information to be sent and received are previously classified into a plurality of modes and a mode including necessary information to be sent and received is designated on the side of the vendor control section by a mode selection code. Responsive to contents of the mode selection code, one of the coinmech control section and the vendor control section is brought into an information sending state and the other into an information receiving state whereby a group of information for this mode is sent and received.
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10 Claims
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1. A control device in a vending machine and the like apparatus including a first control section for performing control functions relating to receiving and paying out of coins and a second control section for performing control functions relating to selection and vending of an article, said first and second control sections utilizing predetermined information generated by each other control section characterized in that the control device comprises:
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first means in which said second control section exclusively generates a demand signal requiring that predetermined information be delivered from said first control section to said second control section or, concersely, that said first control section receive predetermined information from said second control section; and second means which, reponsive to said demand signal, brings one of said first and second control sections into a state in which it can deliver out the predetermined information and the other control section into a state in which it can receiving the information; whereby sending and receiving of the information between said two control sections are performed under the supervision of said second control section in response to said generated demand signals from said second control section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for sending and receiving information between control sections in a control device for a vending machine and the like apparatus including a first control section performing control functions relating to receiving and paying out of coins and a second control section performing control functions relating to selection and vending of an article and other special functions characterized in that the method comprises:
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classifying mutiple kinds of information to be sent and received into a plurality of modes; designating from said second control section one of said modes including necessary information to be sent and received by means of a mode selection code; and performing sending and receiving of all information included in said one mode from said first control section to said second control section or from said second control section to said first control section in accordance with said one mode designaged by the mode selection code. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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