An automatic vending machine includes: a belt conveyor constituting a part of a column configured to store a product, the belt conveyor being able to convey the stored product along the column, and a controller configured to control an operation of the belt conveyor. The controller acquires an amount of movement of a belt of the belt conveyor moving to convey the product. The controller calculates the number of products stored in the column, based on the acquired amount of movement of the belt.
G07F 11/58 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the articles being supported on or by endless belts or like conveyors
G07F 11/72 - Auxiliary equipments, e.g. for lighting cigars, opening bottles
G07F 9/00 - Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
Provided are a product vending device and a product vending method that make efficient use possible even when vending of a product is not being performed. The present invention comprises: a mining process unit that performs a mining process for establishing transactions of cryptocurrency substituted for legal currency between any devices; and a vending unit that vends products by payment having been performed via legal currency and/or cryptocurrency, wherein this mining process unit performs a mining process when in a state where the vending of products by the vending unit is not being performed, a mining reward obtained by the mining process is stored in the storage unit, and the vending unit enables the vending of products on the basis of vending information relating to vending of products determined in accordance with the mining reward stored in the storage unit.
G07F 9/00 - Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
G06Q 20/36 - Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices using electronic wallets or electronic money safes
G06Q 30/06 - Buying, selling or leasing transactions
An objective of the present invention is to provide a merchandise sales system with which a payment can be made in a desired type of currency regardless of the type of currency accepted when the merchandise is purchased. Provided is a merchandise sales system comprising: a merchandise sales device for selling merchandise; and a management device for managing an exchange rate between legal tender to be used in the sale of the merchandise and a cryptocurrency to be used in place of the legal tender. The merchandise sales device comprises: a sales part for carrying out the sale of the merchandise by a transaction being carried out in the legal tender and/or the cryptocurrency; an identification part for identifying a consumer of the merchandise; an acquisition part for acquiring the exchange rate from the management device; and a value exchange part for exchanging the legal tender and the cryptocurrency on the basis of the exchange rate. If the cryptocurrency is used in the sale of the merchandise, the sales part carries out a transaction using the cryptocurrency for the consumer having been identified by the identification part and sells the merchandise. If the legal tender is used, the sales part carries out a transaction using the cryptocurrency after the value exchange part exchanges said legal tender for the cryptocurrency on the basis of the exchange rate having been acquired by the acquisition part and sells the merchandise.
G07F 7/08 - Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card
G07F 9/00 - Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
A delivery system includes: a delivery vehicle which can carry a delivery box; and a carrier vehicle which can carry the delivery vehicle thereon, the carrier vehicle including a storage container which can store delivery boxes, the carrier vehicle including a conveyance control mechanism which performs conveyance control to convey the delivery box located at a predetermined storage location in the storage container to a storage location different from the predetermined storage location, the conveyance control mechanism performing the conveyance control to convey the delivery box to a receipt location at which the delivery vehicle can receive the delivery box, the delivery vehicle including a carrying control mechanism which performs carrying control to receive the delivery box from the carrier vehicle at the receipt location and to carry the received delivery box thereon, wherein the delivery vehicle deliveries to the delivery destination the delivery box carried on the delivery vehicle.
G06Q 50/28 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading, distribution or shipping
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
Provided is a store in which it is possible to realize commercial transactions by a simple configuration, the commercial transactions being highly safe and smooth for both a store side and a user side. The store has a sales device for displaying commodity information and selling a commodity to a user who has come to the store, and an automated warehouse for storing the commodity sold by the sales device and conveying the commodity to the sales device. The automated warehouse is provided with: a shelf in which a shelf board where commodities are stored is configured from a belt conveyor, the belt conveyor being provided in multiple stages; an elevator that moves up and down between the plurality of belt conveyors provided in multiple stages and loads the commodity conveyed by the belt conveyor; and a delivery mechanism for carrying the commodity loaded in the elevator out of the elevator and moving the commodity toward an outlet for the commodity that is provided to the sales device.
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
G07F 7/08 - Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card
G07F 9/00 - Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
Provided is a store in which it is possible to realize commercial transactions by a simple configuration, the commercial transactions being highly safe and smooth for both a store side and a user side. The store has a sales device for displaying commodity information and selling a commodity to a user who has come to the store, and an automated warehouse for storing the commodity sold by the sales device and conveying the commodity to an outlet for the commodity that is provided to the sales device. The automated warehouse is provided with: a shelf in which a shelf board is configured from a belt conveyor, the belt conveyor being provided in multiple stages; and an elevator in which the commodity conveyed by the belt conveyor is mounted. An ejection opening of the shelf, through which the commodity is ejected from the shelf, is provided on the elevator side of the shelf, and a loading opening, through which the commodity is loaded onto the shelf, is provided on the side of the shelf opposite the elevator side. The belt conveyor causes a belt to move toward the ejection opening when the commodity is loaded.
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
G07F 7/08 - Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card
G07F 9/00 - Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
G07F 9/02 - Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when emptyAdvertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus
Provided is an unstaffed store system capable of implementing business transactions that are safe and smooth for both stores and users. The unstaffed store system comprises: a selling device for selling a product to a visiting user; an automatic warehouse for storing the product to be sold by the selling device; and a management server for managing the product. The selling device displays product information on the product and a code image including a payment request for requesting payment on the product in association with each other. When the payment in response to the payment request included in the code image has been made, the management server transmits a transport instruction for transporting the product to the selling device to the automatic warehouse. The automatic warehouse transports the product to the selling device on the basis of the transport instruction.
The present invention addresses the problem of achieving, with a simple and easy configuration, a vending machine in which the degree of freedom in the layout of products is high, and the number of inventory products can be measured accurately. The vending machine is provided with: a belt conveyor which constitutes a portion of a column for storing products and can transport the stored products along the column; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the belt conveyor, wherein the control unit acquires a movement amount of a belt of the belt conveyor and calculates the number of the products stored in the column on the basis of the acquired movement amount of the belt, which moves when the products are transported.
G07F 9/00 - Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
G07F 5/22 - Coin-actuated mechanismsInterlocks specially adapted for registering coins as credit, e.g. mechanically actuated electrically actuated
G07F 11/58 - Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from movable storage containers or supports the articles being supported on or by endless belts or like conveyors
A delivery system comprises a delivery vehicle configured to carry a delivery box to be delivered to a delivery destination thereon; and a carrier vehicle configured to carry the delivery vehicle thereon. The carrier vehicle performs exit control to get the delivery car carrying the delivery box to be delivered to the delivery destination out of the carrier vehicle at a relay point on a traveling route to the delivery destination, and the delivery vehicle performs traveling control on the traveling route from the relay point to the delivery destination, and fixes the delivery box to a delivery box fixture located at the delivery destination.
G06Q 50/28 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading, distribution or shipping
B65G 61/00 - Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
A47G 29/14 - Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milkSimilar receptacles for large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles
Provided is a delivery system that enables efficient delivery of a package. This delivery system comprises: a delivery vehicle that can be loaded with a delivery box to be delivered to a delivery destination; and a parent vehicle that can carry the delivery vehicle and has a storage area capable of storing one or a plurality of the delivery boxes. The parent vehicle includes a conveyance control mechanism that controls the conveyance of the delivery box placed in a prescribed storage position within the storage area to another storage position different from the prescribed storage position. The delivery vehicle includes a loading control mechanism that controls the reception and loading of the delivery box from the parent vehicle, the delivery box having been conveyed by the conveyance control mechanism to a receiving storage position, which is one among the storage positions, from which the delivery box can be received. The delivery box, which is loaded onto the delivery vehicle as a result of having been conveyed by the conveyance control mechanism to the receiving storage position and loaded by the loading control mechanism, is delivered to the delivery destination.
The present invention provides a delivery system that enables efficient delivery of packages. The present invention has: a delivery vehicle which carries thereon a delivery box to be delivered to a delivery destination; and a mother vehicle on which the delivery vehicle is carried, wherein when the delivery vehicle carrying the delivery box to be delivered to the delivery destination is unloaded from the mother vehicle at a relay point on a route to the delivery destination to which the delivery box is to be delivered, the delivery vehicle performs control on its own locomotion on the route from the relay point to the delivery destination, and fixes the delivery box to a delivery box fixing implement provided at the delivery destination.
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