KR20040006928A - Auto store system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An automatic store system is provided to sale various products synthetically. CONSTITUTION: An automatic store system includes a hanger(10), a purchaser interface, a two dimensional transformer, a products drawing head(50) and a controller. The hanger(10) is provided with a shelf(14) for mounting various products. The purchaser interface is provided with a products selection key module for selecting the various products and a fee reception module. The two dimensional transformer transfers the products drawing head(50) to the coordinate of the assigned gate with reference to the gate map table. The products drawing head(50) transfers the drawn products the products guiding room through the conveyor and the products discharging tube. The controller makes the gate map table by scanning the product mount area during the initialization, controls the two dimensional transformer so as to transfer the drawing head to the gate mounting thereon the corresponding products. And, the controller draws the products by controlling the transferred drawing head and controls so that the drawn products are guided to the purchaser with counting the number of the drawn products.

Description

Automatic store system {AUTO STORE SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an automated shop system designed to sell a variety of goods unattended.

A conventional vending machine is composed of a product mounting unit, a product discharge unit, a buyer interface, a payment settlement unit, a control unit, etc., the package mounting portion and the discharge portion of the product is designed according to the physical properties and size or packaging type of the product, the buyer interface is Inform the buyer of the mounted goods by type and price so that the product can be selected, and the payment settlement unit inputs the sales price of the product as coins and banknotes before selecting the product, and selects the product so that the change can be returned. The control unit was configured to monitor a product mounting unit, a product discharge unit, a buyer interface, a payment settlement unit and the like and generate control signals necessary for controlling them.

The conventional vending machine as described above is a product type exclusive vending machine that varies the organization, configuration and control of the vending machine according to the packaging and properties of the sold product, such as a cigarette vending machine, a coffee vending machine, a snack food vending machine, a newspaper vending machine, a can drink vending machine, and the like. Since these product type vending machines can not be sold other than the standard product, it was necessary to purchase, install, and manage several vending machines according to their type.

Meanwhile, Patent Application No. 2001-0022902 and Credit Model Registration No. 240218 implemented by the same inventor implement a complete unmanned store system including a bucket control system for delivery of goods.

The present invention has an object of providing an automatic store system suitable for installation and operation in a small place than the preceding automatic store system in providing an automatic store system that enables the comprehensive sale of multiple products.

The present invention is to install a shelf inside the system as in the above-mentioned automatic store system to mount a variety of goods, the shelf is able to change the vertical installation interval according to the type, packaging state, size of the product The product withdrawal machine can be arranged on the shelf to arrange the product withdrawal gates.The product withdrawal machine can change the installation interval randomly according to the type, packaging state and size of the product. Scan to create and manage the gate map table,

The delivery of goods sends a product withdrawal machine mounted on the product dispenser to the corresponding gate in order to continuously withdraw one or more products mounted on the shelf from the control unit referring to the gate map table, and the withdrawn product receives the product discharge conveyor mounted on the product dispenser. It is to propose an automatic store system that can be released to be sold to the buyer to sell the goods.

1 is a front view of a gate arrangement of the system of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the system of the present invention

Figure 3 is a right side view of the system of the present invention (shown in the upper and lower, respectively, the X-axis rail belonging to the actual product ejector for understanding)

Figure 4 is a left side view of the present invention

5 is a front view of the present invention two-dimensional feeder

6 is a plan view of the product ejector belonging to the two-dimensional feeder

7 is a left side detail view of a product ejector including a product withdrawal head;

8 is an operation state diagram of the product withdrawal head

9 is a right side detail view of the product ejector

10 is a right side view of the mounting state of the product ejector

11 is a plan view and a longitudinal sectional view of the product dispenser

12 is a detailed front view of the dispenser

13 is a layout view of a product discharge pipe, a product discharge gate, and a product delivery room;

14 is a control block diagram of the present invention.

15 is a main control flowchart of the present invention.

16 is a flow chart of controlling the product release

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10 hangers 11 cabinets 12 sections 13 gates 14 shelves 15 covers 16 drawers 17 brackets 18 frames 18a guides 18b rails 19 support rolls 20 wheels 21 wheels 22,22a Pleated 23 is driven belt 23a jig 24 is interlocked gear 25 support pin 26 is clutch 26a is jig 27 is sloped 30 is 2D conveyor 31 is X-axis rail 32 is belt 33 is pleated 35 is carrier 36 is drive wheel 40 Silver product ejector 41 is Y-axis rail 42 is belt 43 is pleated 44 is driving wheel 45 is carrier 4s1 is gate mark detection line 4s2, 4s3, 4s4 is product detection sensor 50 is withdrawal head 51 is groove 52 is drive gear 53 is The product discharge pipe 54 The product discharge gate 57 The product delivery room 60 The conveyor 61 The conveyor belt 62 The conveyor drive roll 63 The conveyor support roll 70 The buyer interface 71 The bill acceptor 72 The purchase button 90 The microcomputer 91 is memory 91t is map table 92 is product selection key module 93 is price storing module 94 is lighting control module 95 is control key module 100 is control unit Xs1, Xs2, Ys1, Ys2 is limit switch, Xmd, Ymd, Cmd is motor driven The drivers Xm, Ym, and Cm are geared motors Xe and Ye, and the distance detector xp is the perforation plate for distance detection.

The present invention allows the mounting of a variety of products by installing a shelf inside the system, the shelf allows to adjust the installation interval according to the type, packaging state, size of the product, and the product withdrawal by installing a product dispenser on the shelf The goods extractor configured to arrange the gates comprises: a hanger device 10 configured to mount various kinds of goods by allowing the installation interval to be arbitrarily changed according to the kind, packaging state, and size of the goods;

Scan the product mounting area during initialization, detect the gate mark during scanning, allow the controller to create the gate map table, and move the product by referring to the retained gate map table when the product withdrawal control including the product code is executed in the controller. A two-dimensional conveyor 30 configured to drive a product dispenser by sending a product extracting head included in the product ejector to the coordinates of the gate designated by the code, and configured to eject the extracted product as a product discharge conveyor;

When the product is in the standby state before the operation and the product delivery control is executed, the draw head is moved to the designated gate in the set of the two-dimensional goods mounting zone, and at the moved position, the output of the draw head is connected to the dispenser to draw out one or more goods. Moving goods dispenser until the goods are delivered to the discharge conveyor at the designated gate, driving the goods discharge conveyor until the goods delivered to the discharge gate, and returning to the home after the goods are discharged 40 )Wow;

A buyer interface 70 including a product selection key module and a payment storage module for selecting various products;

When initializing, create and retain a gate map table by scanning the product mounting area.If one or more product purchase signals are given in the buyer interface along with the product code, the product withdrawal head of the moving product dispenser is transferred to the gate on which the product is mounted. Control the dimensional feeder, control the conveyed goods withdrawal head to control one or more goods withdrawal, and when goods are withdrawn, control the goods discharge conveyor to release the goods to the discharge gate, and after the goods are discharged, return the moving goods dispenser to the home Control unit 100 for controlling the two-dimensional feeder to be;

It was configured as.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The hanger device (10) comprises a cabinet (11) for receiving one or more multi-product mounting zones (12), for example, a short product in the upper section and a tall product in the lower section; Multiple product mounting shelves 14 assembled by varying the height h of the gate 13 in accordance with the size of the goods in the zone 12; The gate 13 is mounted on the shelf 14 to vary the width w of the gate 13 according to the size of the product, and the product code (number) and the price are displayed on the gate 13 so that the buyer can see it. Is provided with a gate mark 15 at the distal end so as to be detected by the conveying device, and discharges one packaged product to the product discharging conveyor 60 by the driving force of the withdrawal head 50 when connected to the product dispensing head 50. A product dispenser 16 to be used; Configured as

In addition, the cabinet 11 is provided with a transparent window for viewing the product display state, product code and price, and at the same time the first door (11a) to open and close the product mounting unit; A second door 11b which opens and closes the product delivery unit 12a and installs the product delivery room 57; It was configured as.

The gate 13 of the present invention is a product discharge area given by arranging a product dispenser by selecting a product mounting interval on a shelf of which height is selected.

The two-dimensional conveyor 30 is installed on the left and right of the cabinet 11, the Y-axis rail 41, the X-axis moving goods on the carrier 45, the traveling wheel 44 is coupled to the Y-axis rail 41 The ejector 40 is installed to configure the X-axis product ejector 40 to move up and down within the Y-axis stroke section according to the drive of the Y-axis drive system. The X-axis rail 31 is installed on the X-axis moving product ejector 40 included in the two-dimensional feeder 30, and the extraction head 50 is installed on the X-axis rail 31 to drive the X-axis drive system. The product withdrawal head 50 is configured to move left and right within the X-axis stroke. The goods discharge conveyor 60 is installed in the goods discharger 40 to cover the entire section of the goods discharger so that the goods discharged from the gate 13 are delivered on the conveyor belt, and the goods delivered to the conveyor 60 are conveyed. To the product discharge gate 54 on the end cabinet 11 side. In the present invention, when purchasing a plurality of the same product is connected to the product withdrawal head 50 on the product dispenser 40 to the product dispenser 16 of the designated gate 13 and then continuously discharge a plurality of products, the conveyor is one or more The discharged goods are returned to the discharge gate 54 to be continuously discharged.

In addition, the two-dimensional feeder 30 scans the entire product mounting zone 12 in the space portion of the product mounting zone 12 as the withdrawal head 50 at the time of initialization, and is mounted on the head 50 during the scanning. The gate 13 mark 15 is detected as (4s1) so that the controller 100 can create the gate map table 91t in the memory 91, and the controller 100 includes the product code and the product quantity. When the product withdrawal signal is given, the gate map table 91t to be held is referred to, and the two-dimensional feeder 30 is controlled to quickly move the product takeout head 50 waiting in the groove 51 to the coordinate of the designated gate. To be able to drive the product dispenser.

The product withdrawal head 50 mounted on the product ejector 40 is in the standby state in the groove 51 before operation, and when the product withdrawal signal is given together with the product code, the conveyer 30 is withdrawn as described above. The product 50 is moved to a gate on which the product is mounted, and the product extraction device 16 is connected, and the withdrawal head 50 drives the product extraction machine 16 in response to a control signal, and the withdrawal head 50 for a predetermined time. If the withdrawn product is not detected in the control unit 100, the microcomputer 90 considers that the product is sold out, sets the sold flag in the corresponding gate field of the gate map table 91t, and then moves the withdrawal head 50 to the groove ( 51), and when the withdrawal of one or more goods as the purchase quantity is confirmed, it is configured to drive the discharge conveyor 60 and then move to the groove 51 until the release of the specified quantity of goods is confirmed.

The purchaser interface 70 includes a first door 11a installed to cover the entire product mounting unit of the cabinet 11 and to display a display product, a product code, and a product price; A second door 11b covering the product lead portion 12a and provided with a product delivery room 57; Purchase buttons 72 installed in the second door 11b and allowing product codes and quantities to be specified; A price receiving device 71; A commodity discharge tube 53 connecting the commodity discharge gate 54 and the commodity delivery chamber 57; Product delivery room 57; It was configured as.

The control unit 100 includes a microcomputer 90 for mounting and executing a product selection control program; A gate map table 91t which the microcomputer sets in the memory 91; A product selection key module 92 for selecting a product code and a purchase quantity indicated on the gate map as devices for connecting to the microcomputer 90; A money storage module 93 for storing the money as bills and coins, providing the amount to the display unit and the control unit, and returning change according to the settlement control of the control unit; An illumination control module 94 for managing lamps arranged on the doors 11a and 11b; A control key module 95; X-axis position detection switches (Xs1, Xs2) provided on the X-axis rail; An X-axis drive geared motor Xm connected to the Y-axis position detection switches Ys1 and Ys2 provided on the Y-axis rail and the X-axis driver Xmd; An X-axis distance detector Xe; A Y-axis drive geared motor Ym connected through a Y-axis driver Ymd; A Y-axis distance detector Ye; Conveyor drive geared motor Cm connected via the driver Cmd; The product delivery sensor 4s4 installed in the product delivery room 57 was installed.

Detailed configurations of the hanger device 10, the two-dimensional feeder 30, the product ejector 40, the buyer interface 70, and the control unit 100 employed in the embodiment are as follows.

The arrangement and use of the zone of the hanger device 10 to be installed in the cabinet 11 is shown in Table 1, and the size of the zone is shown in Table 2. The arrangement height of the shelf 14, that is, the height h of the gate 13 is set to an integral multiple of a height of unit height, for example, 5 cm, in order to increase the scanning speed at initialization. In Table 2, there are nine steps for the proper shelf installation, in which case the width between the upper and lower shelves is 15 cm. In the embodiment, the recommended minimum height of the shelf is 10 cm and the maximum height is 40 cm. Table plane dimensions of the shelves belonging to the embodiment of Table 2 are shown in Table 3. The assembly of the shelves consists of prefabricated shelves that can be installed by moving the shelves at every unit height.

Table 1: (Specifications of the Zone Examples and Uses)

1) number of zones

2) Small Samcheong Mount

3) Mounting of Tall Goods in Zone 2

Table 2: (Content of Area)

1) Height 150cm, Width 80cm, Depth 60cm

2) Shelf height adjustment 5cm

3) 30 levels of adjustment of shelves

3) 9 recommended steps for shelves per zone

Table 3: (Standards of shelves according to Table 2)

1) Thickness 3cm, Width 80cm, Width 60cm

The setting interval of the product dispenser 16 arrangement intervals, that is, the width of the gate 13 is determined according to the size of the product p, and the product withdrawal gate 13 is arranged by arranging one or more product dispensers 16 on each shelf. To make up. In other words, the space between the take-out machines 13 installed in one or more becomes the product mounting space, and the front of the product mounting space becomes the product discharge gate 13. Table 4 shows the arrangement of shelves according to the embodiment of Table 3.

Table 4: (Installation Standard of Product Drawer in accordance with Table 3)

1) 9 recommended installations

2) In case of 1), the average effective space used in one gate is 8cm wide

The product dispenser 16 divides the width of the shelf into a plurality of gates 13 widths w and is linked to the withdrawal head 50 to push the product to the gate 13. Same as

A product dispenser 16 frame 18 which is attached to an arbitrary position on the shelf 14 as a bracket and partitions the product mounting surface space of the shelf with the gate 13 and incorporates devices for driving the mill 21; ; The support roll 19 is supported on the upper and lower guide surfaces 18a of the frame 18, and the driving wheels 20 are supported on the guide rails 18b to mount the goods mounted in the partitioned space on the shelf 14 toward the gate. A pushing plate 21 installed to be movable; A drive belt 23 supported on the pleats 22, 22a provided on both inner ends of the frame 18; An interlocking gear 24 connected to the outer driving pleats 22 to be coupled to the driving gear 52 on the extraction head 50 side to transfer the belt driving force when the drawing head 50 approaches; It is attached to the side plate with the support pin 25, and the jig | tool 26a is connected to the inner surface jig 23a of the drive belt 23, and the plate 21 is advanced and retracted within the length of the frame 18 by the driving force of the belt 23. And when the close plate 21 approaches the gate 13, the inclined surface 27 is in contact with the safety pin 29 to separate the jig (26a) from the jig (23a) and the clutch 26 to block the transmission of the driving force; A gate mark 15 attached to a distal end of the frame 18 to provide the position of the gate 13 with respect to the sensor 4s1 on the extraction head 50 side; It was configured as.

The gate sign of the above embodiment employs a light reflecting film.

Referring to the operation of the product dispenser as follows.

The goods are mounted in the area of the gate 13 on the shelf 14 divided by the frame 18. The product implementation arranges a line of goods per gate. The goods mounted on the shelves are connected to the plate 21 so that when the plate 21 moves toward the gate 13, one of the products at the tip is discharged out of the gate 13 and transferred to the conveyor 60.

In the product withdrawal operation, when the product extraction head 50 is connected to the gate to drive the interlocking gear 24, a driving force is transmitted to the belt 23 to move the plate 21. The movement of the close plate 21 moves the goods train toward the gate so that the mounted goods are separated from the shelf 14 through the gate 13 one by one. The controller 100 detects the goods drawn out from the gate 13 to the upper portion of the conveyor 60, and stops the driving of the belt 23 when the detected goods reach a specified quantity. However, if no merchandise is mounted on the shelf, or if all the mounted merchandise is discharged, the mill 21 approaches the gate 13 to bring the safety pin 29 into contact with the inclined surface 27. As a result, even if the extraction head 50 drives the belt 23, the belt 23 and the plate 21 are separated to stop the progress of the plate 21. In this case, the controller 100 monitors the sensor of the extraction head 50 for a predetermined time, and if there is no detection of the goods delivered to the conveyor, the controller 100 considers that the goods of the corresponding gate are sold out and stores the sold out information in the gate map table 91t. To take into account further control.

The two-dimensional feeder 30 is mounted on the Y-axis rail 41 by mounting the Y-axis timing fleece 43 in which the timing belt 42 is installed at both ends of the cabinet 11 left and right Y-axis rails 41. It is mounted to track the running wheels 44 of the product ejector 40, the ejector 40 is attached to the Y-axis timing belt 42, and one side fleece is connected to the output of the geared motor Ym, The Y-axis distance detector Ye is mounted on the drive system of the geared motor Ym, and the Y-coordinate detection limit switches Ys1, Ys2 are mounted on the Y-axis rail 41 at both ends of the set of zones 12, and Ys2. Is a limit switch for detecting the Y coordinate of the groove 51, and the drive driver Ymd, the distance detector Ye and the limit switches Ys1 and Ys2 of the motor Ym are connected to the microcomputer 90 to connect the Y axis. Installed the coordinate drive system,

The X-axis timing fleece 33 having the timing belt 32 installed on both ends of the X-axis rail 31 on the emitter 40 mounted on the Y-axis rail is mounted, and the withdrawal head 50 is mounted on the X-axis rail 31. ) Is mounted to orbit the traveling wheel 36 of the mounting carrier 35, the carrier 35 is attached to the X-axis timing belt 32, and one side fleece 33 is connected to the output of the geared motor Xm. Connecting and driving, attaching the distance detecting aperture plate (xp) to the X-axis rail 31, mounting the X-axis distance detector Xe to the carrier 35, and the zone 12 on the X-axis rail 31 Equipped with limit switches (Xs1, Xs2) for detecting X coordinates at both ends of the set, the motor (Xm) drive driver (Xmd), distance detector (Xe), and switches (Xs1, Xs2) are connected to the microcomputer (90) Installed the coordinate drive system,

A marker 15 for detecting the position of the gate 13 is attached to the tip of the dispenser 16 as the sensor 4s1 at the extraction head 50, and the sensor 4s1 attaches the gate marker 15, which is a light reflection marker. The extraction head 50 is attached to the marker 15 at a distance suitable for detection, and the sensor 4s1 is connected to the microcomputer 90 for configuration.

The sensor 4s1 of the embodiment is a combination sensor of the light emitting diode and the photodetecting transistor, and when the light of the label 15 is detected by the photodetecting transistor, the gate 13 is considered to have been detected.

In the initialization, the gate map table 91t which the microcomputer 90 of the control unit 100 drives the two-dimensional conveyor 30 to create on the memory 91 is shown in Table 5.

TABLE 5

Gate map table example

Gate number 00 is assigned to the coordinates of the groove (value is one embodiment)

Gate number X coordinate Y coordinate Sold out flag 00 120 250 0 01 10 10 0 02 20 10 0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

The driving of the two-dimensional feeder 30 is performed by the microcomputer 90 driving the geared motors Xm and Ym in the forward or reverse direction through the drivers Xmd and Ymd, respectively. ) Is moved to the two-dimensional plane arbitrary coordinates of the set of zones 12 and the groove 51.

Specifically, the Y-axis coordinate system motor Ym drives the belt 42 to move the product ejector 40 on the rail 41 in the Y-axis orbit, and the X-axis coordinate system motor Xm drives the belt 32 to draw out. The carrier 35 on which the head 50 is mounted is moved on the rail 31 in the X axis trajectory. The product ejector 40 opens and closes the switches Ys1 and Ys2 while moving on the Y-axis rail 41, and the carrier 35 opens and closes the switches Xs1 and Xs2 while moving on the X-axis rail 31. 90 enables tracking of the position of the head 40.

The microcomputer 90 drives the Y-coordinate drive system and the X-coordinate drive system in sequence in the first step of initializing, respectively, and preserves the detection position of the switch (Ys1, Ys2) signals and the value of the distance detector Ye when the switch signal is detected. The distance detector Xe which obtains the Y coordinate values of the start point and the end point (home) of the Y coordinate of the zone set, counts the detection position of the switch (Xs1, Xs2) signals and the number of punctures of the perforation plate (xp) when the switch signal is detected. ), The distance detection value is read, and the value of the X coordinate of the start point (home) and the end point of the X coordinate of the zone set is obtained and the value is referred to the control. The setting of the coordinate values sets the distance detector Xe and the distance detector Ye at the time of contact of the start point switches Xs1 and Ys1 of the X, Y coordinate drive system to 0, respectively, and the contact points of the end point switches Xs2, Ys2. The values of the distance detector Xe and the distance detector Ye are obtained and managed as the X coordinate end point value and the Y coordinate end point value of the zone set, and the positions of the switches Xs1 and (Ys2) are used as the coordinate values of the groove 51. Manage.

The microcomputer creates and manages the gate map table shown in Table 5 in the second step of initialization. The first coordinate of the gate map contains the two-dimensional coordinates of the groove.

In the first step, the extraction head 50 is moved to the detection coordinates of the first switches Xs1 and Ys1 to initialize the values of the distance detectors Xe and Ye to 0 and 0, respectively.

In the second step, the Y-axis is moved at the shelf height adjustment interval (5 cm in Table 2), and then the gate mark 15 is detected through the sensor 4s1 while moving to the coordinate of the second switch Xs2. When the gate mark 15 is detected, gate numbers are sequentially assigned from 1, and at the same time, the values of the distance detectors Xe and Ye are read at the same position, and the read distance values are stored in the gate map table as coordinate values of the corresponding gates. do.

When the contact signal of the zone end switch (Xs2) is detected in the X-axis drive system, the withdrawal head 50 is moved to the coordinate of X coordinate 0, and the height adjustment interval of the shelf is moved by the Y-axis in the Y-axis drive system. Scan X axis through

By repeating the X-axis scanning to the coordinates of the zone end point switch (Ys2) of the Y-axis drive system, all the gates arranged by arranging the shelves 14 at arbitrary heights and installing the product dispenser 16 at arbitrary positions of the shelves ( 13) Coordinate information is recorded in the gate map table 91t. (The same rules apply for assigning gate numbers when mounting products)

When the gate map table 91t is created in the memory 91 as described above, the control unit 100 and the microcomputer 90 drive control the X-axis drive system and the Y-axis drive system with the coordinate values of the gate designated when the goods are taken out. The withdrawal head 50 mounted in the can be moved to the designated gate, and on the contrary, the withdrawal head 50 can be returned to the groove 51 at the designated gate.

The sold out flag of the gate map is set to '0' upon initialization, and when the sold out of the product is detected, the microcomputer 90 substitutes '1' as the sold flag of the corresponding code so that the buyer can request the sold out of the sold out product. In this case, the microcomputer 90 may directly process the sold out product without performing the selling operation.

The initialization operation is performed when the physical location of the gate is changed so that the administrator executes the initialization in the control key module 95 or when the automatic execution condition is set in the controller 100 and the execution condition occurs.

The drive heads associated with the drawer head 50 and associated with the drawer 16 will be described with reference to Figs.

The geared motor Pm is installed on the frame 55 of the drawing head 50 mounted on the moving carrier 35, and the electric gear 56a and the clutch gear 56 are connected to the output pinion P1 of the geared motor. Connect. The electric gear 56a is supported on the frame 55 as the support shaft 56b, and the output clutch gear 56 is a constant drive pressure (gear of the gear 56) with the friction support shaft 56d at the tip of the clutch arm 56c. At 200g), and at the same time, engages the electric gear 56a. A stopper 56e is provided on one side of the drive angle θ of the arm 56c, and a position detection limit switch 56s connected to the arm is provided on the other side of the arm 56c to connect to the microcomputer 90. When the motor Pm rotates in one direction, the arm 56c moves toward the stopper 56e on one side of the driving angle θ by the interlocking resistance of the gear 56, thereby interlocking the clutch gear 56 to the extractor 16 side. Prior to the operation of connecting to the gear 24 and then driving the drawer 16, if the motor (Pm) rotates in the other direction, the arm (56c) of the drive angle (θ) by the interlocking resistance of the gear 56 The other side is moved in the direction of the switch 56s and separated from the dispenser 16, and then the switch is operated so that the microcomputer 90 can grasp the completion state of the clutch gear 56.

The product discharge conveyor 60 mounted on the product discharger 40 and receiving the product discharged from the product dispenser 16 includes a geared motor Cm and a conveyor belt 61 driven by a control unit through a drive driver Cmd. ), The conveyor belt drive roll 62, and the conveyor belt support roll 63, the length of the conveyor belt 61 is installed so as to cover the entire X-axis gate 13, the belt 61 of the conveyor Is set to receive the goods discharged from the gate 13 to be transported to the discharge gate 54, the outer end of the conveyor to correspond to the discharge to the goods discharge gate (54).

As the sensors for controlling the product release, the extraction product detection sensor 4s2 and the product discharge gate installed on the take-out head 50 divided by the conveyor left and right in order to detect the goods delivered from the dispenser 16 on the conveyor belt. A delivery product detection sensor 4s3 disposed at the end of the product discharge path for detecting the product discharged to the product 54) and a delivery room for detecting the product delivered into the product delivery room 57 through the product discharge pipe 53; The product delivery detection sensor 4s4 installed in the 57 is provided, and the sensors 4s2, 4s3, and 4s4 are mounted on both sides of the light receiving element Lm and the light detecting element on both sides of the product receiving or passing space, and the sensor ( The light receiving signals of 4s2, 4s3, and 4s4 are connected to the microcomputer 90 so that the controller 100 can detect the withdrawal of goods and the presence or absence of the withdrawn goods.

The driving of the product withdrawal head 50 is as follows.

In the moving operation of the drawing head 50 mounted on the moving carrier, when the drawing head 50 approaches the gate 13 and the control unit microcomputer 90 detects the gate mark 15 by the gate detection sensor 4s1, the control unit The moving operation is stopped and the geared motor Pm is driven to carry out the product withdrawal.

The conveyor 60 driving geared motor Cm is driven simultaneously when the motor Pm is driven, and stops driving when the goods delivery is completed.

In the product withdrawal operation, the one-way driving force of the motor Pm is transmitted to the electric gear 56a through the output pinion P1, and the electric gear 56a transmits the driving force to the output clutch gear 56. At this time, the driving force first moves the clutch arm 56c in the direction of the stopper 56e within the driving angle θ before driving the output clutch gear 56 having the linkage resistance, and the gear 56 is applied to the gear 24. When connected and the movement of the arm 56c is stopped, the driving force overcomes the interlocking resistance and rotates the gear 24 to drive the product dispenser 16. The control unit detects the withdrawal of the specified quantity of goods at the sensor 4s2 after driving the dispenser, and continuously drives the conveyor 60 to discharge the goods to the delivery gate. When the discharge of goods is finished and the control is changed and the motor Pm is driven in the other direction, the driving force of the electric gear moves the arm 56c in the direction of the switch 56s by the interlocking resistance of the clutch gear 56, so that the gear 56 ) Is removed from gear 24 and arm 56c then operates switch 56s. When the microcomputer 90 detects the switch 56s signal, the product withdrawal operation is stopped and the withdrawal head 50 is moved to return.

If there is no product detected by the sensor 4s2 during the product withdrawal process, the microcomputer considers that the product of the corresponding gate 13 is sold out and performs the sold out product process.

The sold out product process sets the sold out flag '1' in the corresponding gate map table of the designated code, outputs a necessary message, and returns the stored price by controlling the price storing module 93.

The microcomputer 90 is discharged from the gate 13 one by one until the number of goods mounted on the shelf 14 as a purchase signal through the above process is delivered to the conveyor 60, the goods released to the conveyor of the sensor The product detected at 4s2 and counted at the microcomputer and delivered to the conveyor 60 is conveyed from the conveyor 60 to be discharged to the gate 54, and the product discharged to the gate 54 is the product discharge pipe 53. In the process of being delivered to the delivery room 57 through the sensor 4s3 is counted in the microcomputer, and then the merchandise reaching the delivery room 57 is detected by the sensor (4s4) to confirm the completion of delivery of the goods in the microcomputer It will be possible.

In the present invention, if the quantity of goods counted by the sensor 4s2 is less than the quantity specified by the purchase signal, the control unit microcomputer 90 calculates the shortage of delivered goods and returns the goods price for the shortage, and counted by the sensor 4s3. If the quantity coincides with the purchase quantity, the product discharge is regarded as completed and the driving of the conveyor 60 is stopped.

When the discharge of the quantity of goods designated as a purchase signal is completed through the above process, the microcomputer returns the product ejector to the home and waits for new product sales.

However, if the product remains in the product delivery room after the product is released, Micom outputs a product delivery guidance message for the buyer to recognize.

The error processing displays the error occurrence state on the vending machine, controls the price receiving module 93 to return the price stored, and waits for the error condition to be removed.

The buyer interface 70 is installed in a door type to open and close the entire product mounting unit of the cabinet 11, and arranges the product selection key 72 belonging to the product selection key module 92. The product selection key 72 is arranged according to the type of the product name mounting product, and a lamp is attached to the product display which can be sold to light. Sold out products will turn off the lamp.

In the embodiment, the product code generated by the product selection key corresponds to the gate number recorded in the product mounting gate map table 91t.

In addition, in the embodiment, the sold out product processing routine sets the sold out flag on the gate map table and turns off the sold product display lamp.

The overall control operation of the controller 100 is as follows.

The microcomputer 90 scans the entire product mounting area at the time of initialization, creates a gate map table 91t in the memory 91, and performs product sales control in a loop.

First, the microcomputer 90 controls the price receiving module 92, and if there is a payment receipt, the microcomputer 90 moves to the next step while referring to the payment amount and returns to the loop.

In the shifted step, the product selection key module 92 is controlled to shift to the next step if there is a product selection, and the flow returns to the loop.

If the goods are sold out by checking the gate map table at the transition step, the bill storage module 93 is controlled to return the deposited money, or the flow proceeds to the next step.

The amount of change calculated at the transition stage is transferred to the cash storage module 93 to control and return the change and proceed to the next stage.

At the transition stage, the product release routine is executed.

The control of the product release routine is as follows.

First, the product selected by the product selection key module 92 is found in the gate map. In this case, if the arrangement number of the gate map and the product selection code match, the product selection code is the number of the gate map. The product selection key module 92 holds a product code in addition to a scan code. When the gate coordinate value of the corresponding product is obtained from the gate map, the microcomputer 90 controls the feeder 30 to transfer the withdrawal head 50 waiting in the home to the coordinate and proceeds to the next step.

In the shifted stage, the microcomputer 90 drives the conveyor 60 and the withdrawal head 50 to prepare for the withdrawal of goods and proceed to the next stage.

In the transitioned stage, the microcomputer detects and counts the discharged goods through the sensors 4s2, 4s3, and 4s4, and if the goods are not detected for a predetermined time (5 seconds in the embodiment), the conveyor 60 and the withdrawal head 50 After the drive is stopped, the product is sold out on the buyer interface, the sold flag of the product is set in the gate map table, the sold out product is processed, and the bucket is moved to the home and returned. To fulfill.

When the microcomputer detects the specified quantity of discharged goods, the driving of the conveyor 60 is stopped, the product discharger is returned to the home, and when the delivery of the goods is detected, the product release completion processing is performed. Returns.

As described above, the present invention provides an automatic store system that enables a comprehensive sale of multiple types of goods, and the present invention enables mounting of multiple types of goods by installing a shelf inside the system as in a traditional store, and shelf Allows the installation interval to be adjusted according to the type, packing state, and size of the product, and allows the arrangement of the product withdrawal gates by installing the product dispenser on the shelf. The installation interval can be changed randomly, and the control unit scans the randomly arranged commodity withdrawal gates to initialize and manage the gate map table, and the delivery of the commodities is performed by the control unit referring to the gate map table. One or more goods withdrawn and one or more withdrawn The will to transfer to India Gate, and provides auto shop system that allows you to sell the product variety by allowing you to transfer to the buyer at the India Gate.

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The shelf can be installed inside the system to mount various types of goods.The shelf allows the installation interval to be adjusted according to the type, packing state and size of the product. The product drawer is configured to hanger device to mount various kinds of goods by allowing the installation interval to be changed arbitrarily according to the kind, packing state, and size of the product. Scan the product mounting area by the 2D conveyor at the initialization, detect the gate mark at the time of scanning and allow the controller to create the gate map table, In the case of having a buyer interface including a product selection key module and a payment storage module to select a variety of products, When the controller receives the product withdrawal signal including the product code and the quantity, the product withdrawal head waiting in the home is transferred to the coordinates of the gate designated by the code with reference to the gate map table that is held, and when the product is discharged from the gate, the withdrawal product A two-dimensional feeder returning to the groove after being delivered to the delivery gate through the discharge gate, It is mounted on the moving carrier and moved to the gate in the set of two-dimensional goods mounting zone, it is in the standby state before the operation, and when the withdrawal head is connected to the goods dispenser, the machine is driven to take out one or more goods continuously, A product withdrawal head which is delivered to a product delivery room through a conveyor and a product discharge pipe; When initializing, scan and install the gate map table by scanning the product mounting area, and control the 2D feeder to transfer the withdrawal head to the gate where the product is loaded when the product purchase signal is received along with the product code in the buyer interface. An automatic store system configured to control a withdrawal head, and to take out goods, and to control the delivery of the withdrawn goods to the buyer when one or more goods are withdrawn. The method of claim 1, The hanger device 10 includes a cabinet 11 for installing one or more multi-product mounting zones 12 in the front opening portion; A multi-layer product mounting shelf 14 assembled by setting the gate 13 height in accordance with the size of the product in the region 12; It is mounted on the shelf to set the width of the gate 13 in accordance with the size of the product, and the gate mark 15 is provided at the front end so that the set gate 13 can be detected by the transfer device, and is connected to the withdrawal head 50. And a product dispenser 16 for releasing one or more mounted goods to the conveyor by the driving force of the withdrawal head 50, The two-dimensional feeder 30 has a Y-axis rail (41) to the left and right of the cabinet (11); A moving product ejector 40 installed on the Y-axis rail 41 and vertically driven under the control of the Y-axis drive system; An X-axis rail 31 mounted on the product ejector 40; A moving goods extraction head 50 mounted on the X-axis rail 31 and moved under the control of the X-axis drive system to continuously draw one or more goods; One or more goods installed in the product ejector 40 and withdrawn are configured as a product discharge conveyor 60 to be delivered to the product delivery room 57 through the discharge gate 54, The withdrawal head 50 is mounted on the moving head 40 and stands by in the groove 51 before operation, and when the product withdrawal signal is given together with the product code and the quantity to be purchased, the product withdraws from the gate on which the product is mounted. Connected to the controller (16) and drives the product dispenser 16 in response to the control signal, and if the product withdrawn from the bucket is not detected for a predetermined time, the control unit 100 and the microcomputer 90 assume that the product is sold out. After the sold flag is set in the corresponding gate field of the gate map table 91t, it is configured to return to the groove 51. The control unit 100 includes a micom 90 mounted with a product selection control program to be executed, a gate map table 91t set by the micom in the memory 91, and devices connected to the micom 90 to the gate map. A product selection key module 92 which allows the user to select a product by correspondingly displaying a product name and a price, and accepts the money as bills and coins, provides the amount to the display and the control unit, and returns the change according to the settlement control of the control unit. X-axis position detection switches Xs1 and Xs2 provided on the storage module 93, the outer door 75 drive module 96, and the X-axis rail, and Y-axis position detection switch Ys1 provided on the Y-axis rail. , Ys2), X-axis drive geared motor (Xm) and distance detector (Xe) connected via X-axis driver (Xmd), Y-axis drive geared motor (Ym) connected via Y-axis driver (Ymd), and Conveyor drive connected via distance detector Ye and driver Cmd Automatically store the system is configured to include a geared motor (Cm) and a driver (Pmd) product dispenser drive geared motor (Pm) of the bucket for connection through. According to claim 1, the control unit (100) the microcomputer (90) scans the entire product mounting area during initialization to create a gate map table (91t) in the memory 91, performs a merchandise sales control in a loop, The microcomputer 90 controls the price storing module 92 and, if there is payment, refers to the deposit amount, proceeds to the next step, and returns to the loop, In the shifted step, the product selection key module 92 is controlled to move to the next step if there is a product selection, and the flow returns to the loop, If the goods are sold out by inspecting the gate map table at the transition step, control the payment collection module 93 to return the deposited money or proceed to the next step, Transfer the amount of change calculated in the step of transferring to the cash storage module 93 to return the change and then proceed to the next step, In the fulfilled stage, run the appropriate commodity release routine, In the commodity discharge routine, the commodity selected by the commodity selection key module 92 is first searched in the gate map, the gate coordinate value of the commodity is obtained, and the feeder 30 is controlled by the feeder 30. After transferring to the coordinates, proceed to the next step, In the transitioned step, the microcomputer 90 drives the conveyor 60 and proceeds to the next step after the product withdrawal operation for driving the product dispenser 16 through the withdrawal head 50, In the implemented stage, the microcomputer detects the withdrawal product through the sensor 4s2, and if the product is not detected for a certain time, stops the product discharge operation and then controls the display of the product on the buyer interface and the corresponding product in the gate map table. Set the sold out flag of In the transitioned stage, move the withdrawal head to the home and proceed to the next stage, Automatic store system to stop the product release operation when the product of the withdrawal purchase quantity is detected through the sensor (4s2), and to return after the completion of the product release process is detected when the delivery of goods is detected.