VENDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SWITCHING OF WORKING LANGUAGE OUTPUT OF VENDING MACHINE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine and a method for controlling the working language output of the vending machine, with which it is possible to automatically switch working languages to a desired one that a user uses, without imposing an operation load on the user.SOLUTION: Provided is a vending machine 10 capable of outputting various information that includes commodity guidance information in one or more working languages among a plurality of working languages, the vending machine comprising; an output unit 11 for outputting the various information; a holding unit 16 for holding a plurality of working language information D1-Dn indicated by the plurality of working languages for the various information; a short-range wireless communication unit 15 for acquiring a working language Da used on a portable information terminal 20 via short-range wireless communication with the portable information terminal 20; and a working language output switching unit 14 for outputting from the output unit 11 using the working language information D1-Dn that corresponds to the working language Da acquired by the short-range wireless communication unit 15.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1