Self-help vending method and vending machine

Abstract

A self-help vending method comprises the steps that customers apply to operators for qualifications of purchase on a vending machine before shopping and go to the front of the vending machine for identity recognition after obtaining the qualifications of purchase, wherein qualification recognition can be fingerprints, images and purchase cards; after success of identity recognition, a computer instructs the vending machine to open a vending door and calls out accounts of the customers so that the customers can choose required goods on a goods shelf type electronic scale in a vending cabinet; the computer performs calculation according to data sent back by a sensor of the electronic scale when the goods are taken away from the goods shelves by the customers: (total goods weight before shopping of customers-total goods weight after shopping=actual shopping weight*goods unit price=goods values), the computer deducts the corresponding amount of the goods values on the customer accounts synchronously, the customers are required to close the shopping door when completing shopping, and the shopping door has a delay and automatic closing function. By the aid of the method, a convenient shopping environment is provided for customers, and cost is reduced for commodity circulation.

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Technical field: [0001] The invention relates to a method and a device for selling commodities and agricultural by-products. Background technique: [0002] The automatic vending machine and the method disclosed in the current patent literature are that after the customer selects a commodity and then inserts a coin or swipes a card, the automatic vending machine automatically delivers a commodity. The disadvantage of this automatic vending method is that it is troublesome to operate. The requirements for the size and specifications of the commodities sold are single, and the design of the vending machine itself is complicated; in order to solve this problem, I provide the following invention: Invention content: [0003] One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a method for selling commodities and agricultural by-products: it can make customers as free as shopping in a mall, and it is more convenient and safer than a mall. [0004] Realize the technical sc...

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[0002] The automatic vending machine and the method disclosed in the current patent literature are that after the customer selects a commodity and then inserts a coin or swipes a card, the automatic vending machine automatically delivers a commodity. The disadvantage of this automatic vending method is that it is troublesome to operate. The requirements for the size and specifications of the commodities sold are single, and the design of the vending machine itself is complicated; in order to solve this problem, I provide the following invention:

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