Patent ID: 11915562
Assignee: WEIHAI NEW BEIYANG DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The item dispensing method of the automatic vending machine of claim 1, wherein selecting, by the control apparatus, the item dispensing path having the highest efficiency from all of the item dispensing paths as the target item dispensing path comprises:
calculating, by the control apparatus, delivery time of each of the item dispensing paths and receiving/pickup time of each of the item dispensing paths;
determining, by the control apparatus, item dispensing time of the each of the item dispensing paths according to the delivery time of the each of the item dispensing paths and the receiving/pickup time of the each of the item dispensing paths; and
selecting an item dispensing path having a shortest item dispensing time as the target item dispensing path.