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Maintenance monitoring apparatus, system, method, and program

US11263859B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 2017
Grant dateMar 1, 2022
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2037

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  • 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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