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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1983
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., both of, JP;
Tokyo Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., both of, JP;
Abstract
At least two microcomputers are provided for the controlling operation of an automatic vending machine, which are connected by signal wires of a number selected from one to four with respect to each other. One of the microcomputers is a main microcomputer, while the other thereof is a submicrocomputer. The submicrocomputer performs the controlling operation on the restricted block functions of the automatic vending machine, while the main microcomputer transmits control codes to the submicrocomputer through the signal wire to control the operation thereof, and controls the automatic vending operation while serially transmitting or receiving the necessary data.