• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.24 no.62
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• pp.69-77
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• 2001

A current design trend of a vending machine is pursuing easy manufacturing and large capacity of holding cans. Therefore this study aims to ergonomically redesign vending machine and to analyze the motion of awkward posture to take out cans. Using Vision 3000 system, after investigating which motion can affect users, a new ergonomically designed vending machine, which was based on anthropometric data and guideline for control panel and exit of cans. New design shows a significantly improved usability and less stress. With new ergonomically designed vending machine at figure 3 can give a benefit for both users and manufactures.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.121-126
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• 2019

Recently IoT named Internet of Things technology is widely used throughout the industry. In this paper, a smart vending machine system is proposed to solve inconvenience of vending machine which is commonly seen. This allows users to purchase goods without cash and saves management costs by allowing vending machine managers to stock and sell conveniently. For the production of this smart vending machine, Analysis example using UML which is object-oriented analysis method and flowchart and screen design applying it are presented. Also this presented method is shown to being applied usefully for a guideline of building smart vending machine commercialization system based on IoT.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.152-161
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• 2011

The operation of vending machine system presents a decision-making problem which consists of determining the product allocation to vending-machine storage compartments, replenishment intervals of vending machines, and vehicle routes, all of which have critical effects on system profit. Especially, it becomes more difficult to determine the operation variables optimally when demand for a product that is out-of-stock spills over to another product or is lost. In this paper, we propose a heuristic for solving the operation problem of the vending machine system and evaluate it by comparing with Yang's algorithm on various test problems with respect to system profit via a computer simulation. The results of computational experiments show a substantial profit increase of the proposed heuristic over Yang's algorithm. Sensitivity analysis indicates that some input variables impact the profit increase significantly.

• IE interfaces
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.338-346
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• 2012

Regarding the green environment, it is important to boost the spread of environmentally friendly vending machines and to operate the vehicles for their inventory replenishments while minimizing emissions of greenhouse gases. In general, the vending machine management company lacks capability to operate the supply chain effectively in an integrated way under the dynamic, complex, and stochastic environment. This paper presents a decision support system, termed DSSVM, for the operations of the general and smart vending machine supply chains with stock-out-based, one stage item substitution in a green logistics environment. The DSSVM supports the estimation of item demand and substitution probabilities, determination of operation parameters, supply chain analysis, what-if analysis, and $CO_2$ analysis for which various analytical models are employed.

• Vending industry
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• v.6 no.1 s.16
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• pp.36-37
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• 2006

중국의 자판기 시장은 여전히 가능성의 영역이다. 2008년 북경 올림픽 개최를 계기로 자판기 시장의 큰 성장이 예상되고 있는 반면 자국내 산업 인프라는 제대로 갖추어져 있지 못한 상황이다. 이렇다보니 많은 자판기 관련 해외업체들이 이 시장에 관심을 가지고 시장 진출을 추진하거나 눈독을 들이고 있다. 올 7월 20일부터 22일까지 개최되는 Automatic Vending System & Equipment Exhibition 2006 전시회는 중국시장 진출에 관심을 가지고 있는 업체들에 있어 구미가 당기는 전시회이다. 전시회 참가를 통해 해당회사와 제품에 대한 현지의 반응을 살펴볼 수 있을뿐더러 전반적인 현지 시장조사도 알차게 진행을 할 수 있다. 중국시장 진출을 위한 교두보로 국내 업체도 관심을 가질 필요성이 큰 이번 전시회의 면면을 살펴보기로 하자

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.1148-1154
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• 2011

Vending machines to release single-use RF(Radio Frequency) transport cards at Seoul Metro stations are operated under unmanned facility and have release & charge function. This Paper introduces function, configuration of vending machine to release single-use RF transport cards, the basic concepts & overview about vending machine's operating system. And suggests programming procedure to develop OS image of Windows Embedded operating system which is onboard the main board's electronic circuitry.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.247-260
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• 2022

This paper investigates plans to expand distribution channels for books by installing a book vending machine at convenience stories for the vitalization of the publishing culture and industry. After establishing the meaning of convenience stories and the concept of a book vending machine, the researcher identified a need for the installation and management of a book vending machine at convenience stories. This plan will promote fairness and transparency in book sales through the convenience store system and push forward outsourcing between the publishing industry and the convenience store industry, the expansion of omnichannel service for consumers, and experiential values for clients to increase their customer satisfaction. The composition of the book vending machine will take the smart library form for its management with a universal design applied to a kiosk program. In the study, the researcher schematized this process and conducted a survey with 310 adults to search for practical management plans for a book vending machine. In the future, more research on the diversification of sales and distribution channels for publications such as the installation of a book vending machine at convenience stores will hopefully contribute to the growing amount of reading per capita and promotion of a reading environment for people according to the vitalization of the publishing culture and industry.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.1744-1751
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• 2017

We are striving to strengthen environmental regulations and reduce household waste in all countries around the world. Korea is also striving for the circulation of energy resources by enacting laws to promote resource saving and recycling. The government has implemented an empty bottle deposit system for the recycling of empty bottles, but there is a limit to the collection through manpower and the reverse vending machine is not localized. In this paper, we propose a recyclable bottle recognition and classification algorithm which is essential in the reverser vending machine to promote energy resource circulation. The proposed algorithm is a complex identification algorithm using OpenCV and CNN(Convolution Neural Network). In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, we implement a classification system that operates in an reverse vending machine, so that it can easily acquire information about bottles and reverse vending machine in various devices.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1908-1912
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• 2007

The metropolitan area needs to control the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) and transportation card system in order to implement an efficient railway and subway. This paper introduces a suitable analysis to take advantage of the systematic method of the AFC and transportation card. These systems should consider the fare system, transportation pass and AFC equipment, which are organized with the Automatic Ticket Vending Machine, the Ticket Office Machine and the Card System of Radio Frequency (RF). However, the organization includes the fact the Automatic Ticket Vending Machine has a problem with the proceeding speed of passengers and inconvenience. Second, the majority of passengers have not utilized the Ticket Office Machine. Also, it should consider whether the transportation card is the proper system in the metropolitan area. Based on the analysis of national and international cases, it suggests that the AFC should make more improvements in the metropolitan area railway and subway.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.537-540
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• 2001

As giving IP on electric home appliance like as TV, Air-conditioner, etc., with the development of electric products and home networking, it has been possible to communicate through the Internet. In this paper, we proposed and developed the system which is possible to control the commercial vending machine using embeded internet card through internet. We implemented the basic circuit and application program for TCP/IP communication program by Java applet.