ARTICLE VENDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR AUDITING INVENTORY WHILE ARTICLE VENDING MACHINE REMAINS OPERATIONAL

摘要

An article vending machine capable of performing an inventory audit and automatically pausing the inventory audit in response to a customer transaction request an d method for performing the same are shown. After completing the customer request, the article vending machine resumes the inventory auditing process. The article vending machine thereby remains available for customer use during the inventory auditing process.