Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Weihai New Beiyang Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

Liangliang Chang

Tianxin Jiang

Zhigang Xu

Yue Wang

Xiangwei Chen

Xuqiang Dong

Provided are a method for detecting quantity of items and a vending machine. The vending machine includes: an item column configured to temporarily store items, where the item column includes an outlet; a shielding member configured to shield or open the outlet of the item column; and a driving device configured to drive the items in the item column to move toward the outlet of the item column. The method includes: controlling the shielding member to shield the outlet of the item column; driving the items in the item column to move until the items in the item column abut against each other; detecting a total length of all items in the item column; and calculating the quantity of items in the item column according to the total length of the all items and a length of a single item in the item column.

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Shandong, China

Liangliang Chang