Maintenance monitoring apparatus, system, method, and program
US11263859B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 2, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F13/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A maintenance monitoring apparatus includes: a maintenance management part that manages, based on a monitoring result of a current or power of a vending machine that provides a beverage by extracting the beverage from a raw material, whether an operation performed on the vending machine is a predetermined maintenance operation and whether the maintenance has been executed at an appropriate time interval and as many times as necessary; and a notification part that notifies that a maintenance has been executed or not.
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