Patent ID: 8978867
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for setting a price for a multi-vending machine, the apparatus comprising: a price setting unit for inputting a price setting function, selecting a price setting column and inputting price information about the selected column; a control unit for controlling a price display of the selected column when the column is selected and the price information is input through the price setting unit; a price display unit for displaying prices of products exhibited in a column according to a price display control of the control unit; a speaker configured to make a warning sound when the selected column does not exist; and a shelf detecting unit for detecting a shelf provided in the multi-vending machine, wherein the control unit stores information about the shelf and the column detected by the shelf detecting unit in a memory, and wherein the shelf detecting unit detects the shelf by using one of an optical sensor, a contact sensor and a distance sensor, and transmits information about the shelf to the control unit through communication.