AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE, AND SALES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD

• Main Authors: IMAFUKU TOMONORI, YUYAMA SHIGEO, KAJI TAKASHI, HIGUCHI KATSUNORI, ONO TAKAHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.06.2006
• Subjects: CHECKING-DEVICES; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; PHYSICS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine, a sales information management device, a sales information management system, and a sales information management method, capable of distinguishing items of amount of money put into the automatic vending machine and having a high security level permitting only a manager to confirm sales information. SOLUTION: This sales information management system 100 comprises the automatic vending machine 1A capable of distinguishing the amount of money paid related to the sales of target articles and the amount of money paid other than the sales of the target articles and of presenting the counted amount of money paid as the sales information of sales information of the articles for confirmation by the manager; the sales information management device 2 that manages the sales information of the automatic vending machine 1A; and an authentication medium 4A being held by the manager A and storing authentication information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI