BEVERAGE VENDING SYSTEM USING SMART CUP

摘要

PURPOSE: A beverage vending machine system which uses a smart cup is provided to control the use of a disposable product and to save resources and energy. CONSTITUTION: A beverage vending machine system is composed of a smart cup, a beverage vending machine(20), and a payment server(40). The smart cup forms an information tag in which amount information and user cognition information are recorded. The beverage vending machine leads the information tag of the smart cup and compares remaining money amount with beverage sale price. The beverage vending machine controls beverage sale available/impossible state according to the comparison result. The beverage vending machine controls a payment request according to the selection of a user through a communications network. The payment server determines whether the payment is approved or not based on disposable amount when receives payment request data from the beverage vending machine.