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Title:
VENDING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007226676
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To prevent setting of correspondence between commodity selection buttons and commodity columns from being changed permanently by a third party.

A vending machine includes: a plurality of commodity selection buttons, a plurality of commodity columns; a judgement part for judging whether a first password code (A) is correct or erroneous; a setting part for associating the plurality of commodity selection buttons with the plurality of commodity columns; a control part for permitting correspondence in the setting part in the case that the code (A) is judged to be correct; a first storage part wherein first information indicating the correspondence in the setting part is stored; and a vending part for vending commodities in the plurality of commodity columns corresponding to the plurality of commodity selection buttons on the basis of the first information. A second storage part where second information indicating correspondence between a plurality of lasting periods of availability and a plurality of second password codes (B) is stored, is also included. the judgement part judges the code A to be correct or erroneous, in accordance with the code A and a code B corresponding to a period of availability including an input time of the code A, and the control part inhibits the correspondence in the setting part in case that the code is judged to be erroneous.

COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT


Inventors:
TOGASHI MASARU
TAJIMA KATSUYOSHI
TANIMURA AKIYUKI
TERAMAE YASUHIRO
Application Number:
JP2006049097A
Publication Date:
September 06, 2007
Filing Date:
February 24, 2006
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Assignee:
FUJI ELECTRIC RETAIL SYSTEMS
International Classes:
G07F9/00; G07F5/22
Domestic Patent References:
JPH09185754A1997-07-15
JP2002236967A2002-08-23
JP2002298203A2002-10-11
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Isshiki International Patent Service Corporation