Mobile Operated Vending Machine
General vending machine is a coin operated machine for selling merchandise. Vending machine dispenses various products such as snacks, beverages, water, tickets, and other products. Vending machine has many benefits such as eliminating the need of a salesman, flexibility in time, and saving of time. The idea of the mobile assisted vending machine is to provide any user with a mobile phone to obtain consumer items without using money physically. The user has the convenience of using his/her mobile phone to pay for the items by his/her credit balance in the mobile connection.
Machine consist three types of parts;
- Mobile Communication part
- Power, user interface and controlling part
- Mechanical part
Features / Specifications
- The method of payment for this vending machine focusing on using credit balance in mobile phone method, not the other methods like using coin and notes or using credit card.
- This vending machine can be accommodated to store multiple items and not restricted to food items.
- System is more secured since it does not use physical transaction