The ice cream machine is one of the most popular self-service vending machines in the unmanned retail system. It is based on the Internet and integrates ice cream machines, robots, and kiosks through advanced technologies such as image recognition, speech recognition, and artificial intelligence to create a new consumption scene, combined with its own features of simple management, and flexible delivery, they are widely used in amusement parks, scenic spots, shopping malls, airports, railway stations, and other crowded public areas.

In the ice cream self-service vending machine, the touch display part is mainly responsible for intelligent management.

For operators, it can meet the needs of fully intelligent system management such as ice cream raw material shortage reminders, self-service cashiers, and operation logs.

For consumers, during the entire purchase operation process, click on the screen at will to enter the matching link, click on the product picture to select the desired flavor, click on the product quantity and click on immediate delivery, and click on confirm to enter WeChat/Alipay for purchase, all are inseparable from the touch display screen.

The most commonly used scene of an ice cream self-service vending machine is in hot summer. In practical application, the problems caused by specific application scenarios need to be considered. For example, in outdoor playgrounds and scenic tourist areas, the machine will be exposed to the sun and suffer harsh weather conditions such as heavy rain, and dust, and the screen is prone to problems such as darkening, damage, and water ingress; and in some other applications, like playgrounds, there are many children (and a majority the ice cream consumers is also children), bumps and impact often occur from time to time.

In terms of functional applications, the touch display is used as an interactive window for information input and output and is connected to the ice cream machine, robot and kiosk. It sends instructions and gets feedback, which is very critical to the operation of the ice cream self-service vending machine. In addition to meeting the needs of order, it can also use the Cloud system to conduct sales data statistics and analyze the ice cream tastes of the audience, so as to optimize the operation plan and provide consumers a better experience.

Faced with these needs, the self-service ice cream machine has put forward requirements for the selection of touch display devices.

Jawest provided its touch display solutions for customers' ice cream self-service vending machine, the customer chose a 10.1-inch embedded Android all-in-one touch screen panel PC. Jawest solves the problem of sudden darkening during operation through the automatic light-sensing function of the screen, and the touch panel PC is designed with a truly flat and IP65 dustproof and waterproof panel, solving the outdoor rain and dust problems.

In terms of the design of the structure, combined with the structural design of the ice cream vending machine itself, the Jawest industrial touch panel PC adopts panel-mount installation, which has sufficient guarantee in terms of applicability and stability; the design of waterproof rubber strips and high efficient heat dissipation prevent the generation of water vapor in the screen.

In terms of configuration, it is equipped with Allwinner A64 Cortex-A53 quad-core 64-bit, main frequency up to 1.5GHz, and the SDK installation package is provided to customers to meet the application upgrade in store terminal system, mobile terminal sales system, and Cloud data system.

As a widely-used industrial touch panel PC, its interface design is expandable, supports HDMI, USB-OTG, USB-HOST, RJ45 Ethernet, serial interface, and so on, to meet the connection needs of different types of equipment, and can be connected to robots, ice cream machines, and kiosks.

The ice cream self-service vending terminal application is an expansion of commercial scenarios. Through flexible operation in multiple scenarios, it reduces employment costs and achieves more benefits. As an auxiliary device for unmanned operation, Jawest touch panel PC needs to meet the practical application requirements in different scenarios and provides support for the flexible management and convenient use of ice cream self-service vending terminals.