G - Physics – 07 – F
Patent
G - Physics
07
F
G07F 17/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2549901
A method of controlling a vending machine, the vending machine having at least two operating modes including a normal operating mode in which items to be vended are maintained at or near a desired vend temperature and an energy saving mode (48) in which items to be vended are allowed to be at a temperature other than the desired vend temperature, the method includes collecting historical operational data about the vending machine; predicting, based at least in part on the collected historical data, at least one period of potential vend activity (46); and putting the vending machine into normal operating mode prior to any predicted period of potential vend activity (42).
L'invention porte sur un procédé de gestion d'un distributeur automatique à au moins deux modes de fonctionnement dont un normal où les articles à vendre sont maintenus à, ou au voisinage de, la température désirée de vente, et un mode d'économie d'énergie où les articles à vendre restent à une température différente de la température désirée de vente. Ledit procédé consiste: à recueillir les données relatives aux ventes passées du distributeur; à prévoir en se basant au moins en partie sur lesdites données les périodes de vente potentielles; et à placer le distributeur en mode de fonctionnement normal avant les périodes d'activité potentielles prévues.
Automated Merchandising Systems Inc.
Hicks & Associates
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