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 - Appareils déclenchés par des pièces de monnaie pour distribuer ou délivrer d'une façon analogue, des articles d'une façon discontinue sortant de récipients ou de supports de stockage mobiles les articles étant posés sur ou supportés par des bandes sans fin ou des transporteurs analogues
G07F 11/72 - Équipement auxiliaire, p. ex. allume-cigares, ouvre-bouteilles
G07F 9/00 - Parties constitutives autres que celles particulières à des genres ou types particuliers d'appareils
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 - Parties constitutives autres que celles particulières à des genres ou types particuliers d'appareils
G06Q 20/36 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des portefeuilles électroniques ou coffres-forts électroniques
G06Q 30/06 - Transactions d’achat, de vente ou de crédit-bail
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.
G06Q 20/18 - Architectures de paiement impliquant des terminaux en libre-service, des distributeurs automatiques, des bornes ou des terminaux multimédia
G07F 7/08 - Mécanismes actionnés par des objets autres que des pièces de monnaie pour déclencher ou actionner des appareils de vente, de location, de distribution de pièces de monnaie ou de papier-monnaie, ou de remboursement par carte d'identité codée ou carte de crédit codée
G07F 9/00 - Parties constitutives autres que celles particulières à des genres ou types particuliers d'appareils
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.
G05D 1/00 - Commande de la position, du cap, de l'altitude ou de l'attitude des véhicules terrestres, aquatiques, aériens ou spatiaux, p. ex. utilisant des pilotes automatiques
G01C 21/20 - Instruments pour effectuer des calculs de navigation
G05D 1/02 - Commande de la position ou du cap par référence à un système à deux dimensions
G01C 21/34 - Recherche d'itinéraireGuidage en matière d'itinéraire
G06Q 50/28 - Logistique, p.ex. stockage, chargement, distribution ou expédition
G06Q 10/04 - Prévision ou optimisation spécialement adaptées à des fins administratives ou de gestion, p. ex. programmation linéaire ou "problème d’optimisation des stocks"
B60P 3/00 - Véhicules adaptés pour transporter, porter ou comporter des charges ou des objets spéciaux
B65G 61/00 - Utilisation d'appareils de prise ou de transfert, ou de manipulateurs, pour empiler ou désempiler des objets, non prévus ailleurs
B65G 1/06 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des moyens pour que les objets se présentent à l'enlèvement dans des positions ou à des niveaux prédéterminés
G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p. ex. entreposage, chargement ou distributionGestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
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 - Logistique, p. ex. entreposage, chargement ou distributionGestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
G07F 7/08 - Mécanismes actionnés par des objets autres que des pièces de monnaie pour déclencher ou actionner des appareils de vente, de location, de distribution de pièces de monnaie ou de papier-monnaie, ou de remboursement par carte d'identité codée ou carte de crédit codée
G07F 9/00 - Parties constitutives autres que celles particulières à des genres ou types particuliers d'appareils
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 - Logistique, p. ex. entreposage, chargement ou distributionGestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
G07F 7/08 - Mécanismes actionnés par des objets autres que des pièces de monnaie pour déclencher ou actionner des appareils de vente, de location, de distribution de pièces de monnaie ou de papier-monnaie, ou de remboursement par carte d'identité codée ou carte de crédit codée
G07F 9/00 - Parties constitutives autres que celles particulières à des genres ou types particuliers d'appareils
G07F 9/02 - Dispositifs pour donner l'alarme ou une indication, p. ex. quand l'appareil est videAménagements publicitaires des appareils déclenchés par des pièces de monnaie
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 - Parties constitutives autres que celles particulières à des genres ou types particuliers d'appareils
G07F 5/22 - Mécanismes actionnés par des pièces de monnaieVerrouillages spécialement adaptés pour enregistrer des pièces de monnaie en crédit, p. ex. actionnés mécaniquement actionnés électriquement
G07F 11/58 - Appareils déclenchés par des pièces de monnaie pour distribuer ou délivrer d'une façon analogue, des articles d'une façon discontinue sortant de récipients ou de supports de stockage mobiles les articles étant posés sur ou supportés par des bandes sans fin ou des transporteurs analogues
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 - Logistique, p.ex. stockage, chargement, distribution ou expédition
B65G 61/00 - Utilisation d'appareils de prise ou de transfert, ou de manipulateurs, pour empiler ou désempiler des objets, non prévus ailleurs
G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p. ex. entreposage, chargement ou distributionGestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
A47G 29/14 - Récipients pour déposer des aliments, p. ex. petit déjeuner, laitRécipients similaires pour colis avec accessoires pour éviter que les articles déposés ne soient indûment retirés
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.
B65G 1/06 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des moyens pour que les objets se présentent à l'enlèvement dans des positions ou à des niveaux prédéterminés
G06Q 50/28 - Logistique, p.ex. stockage, chargement, distribution ou expédition
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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