JPH06332922A - Ordering data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display ordering data in a easy-to-see form even when there are a lot of ordering data and to simultaneously cook dishes by calculating cooking time based on the ordering data and outputting the ordering data by time zones based on this cooking time. CONSTITUTION:When the ordering data are inputted from a hall terminal equipment in a restaurant system, the hall terminal equipment transmits the ordering data to a kitchen terminal equipment for each item. A time calculating means 2 reads required time corresponding to the relevant item by retrieving a time storage means 1 based on the inputted ordering data and calculates the cooking time based on this required time and the present time. Based on the cooking time calculated by this means, the ordering data are displayed by time zones or outputted by any printing means, etc., under the control of an output control means 3. Therefore, the ordering data can be outputted to the kitchen terminal or the like by time zones in which orders are received, and the orders of the same item belonging to the same time zone can be simultaneously processed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an order data processing device in a restaurant system or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a restaurant system includes a hall terminal device for inputting order data and a kitchen terminal device installed in a kitchen, and order data input from the hall terminal device is transmitted to the kitchen terminal device. . Here, in the kitchen terminal device, the cooked time obtained by adding the time required for cooking and the current time for each item is sequentially displayed and output in association with the order data.

[0003]

However, the order data is stored in the order in which the order is made together with the time when the dish is completed.
When the number of orders increases, displaying and outputting the individual products becomes complicated and difficult to see. On the other hand, cooking the items one by one while checking the displayed contents is inefficient in working and makes the customer wait for a long time. An object of the present invention is to be able to output order data to a kitchen terminal or the like for each time zone in which an order is received, and to collectively process orders for the same item belonging to the same time zone.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. The time storage means 1 (see the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) stores the time required for cooking for each item. The time calculation means 2 searches the time storage means 1 based on the input order data, reads the required time corresponding to the item, and calculates the cooking time based on the required time and the current time. The cooking time is a cooking start time or a cooking completion time. Output control means 3
Outputs the order data for each time zone based on the cooking time calculated by the time calculating means 2.

[0005]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. Now, for example, in a restaurant system, when order data is input from the hall terminal device, the hall terminal device transmits the order data to the kitchen terminal device for each item. Then, the time calculation means 2 searches the time storage means 1 based on the input order data, reads the required time corresponding to the item, and calculates the cooking time based on the required time and the current time. Based on the cooking time calculated by this, the output control means 3 causes the order data to be output by means such as displaying or printing for each time zone. Therefore,
Order data can be output to a kitchen terminal or the like for each time zone in which an order is received, and orders for the same item belonging to the same time zone can be collectively processed.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing a restaurant system. The hall terminal device 11 is a terminal device for inputting order data, which is a table of the input order data.
It is transmitted to the kitchen terminal device 12 through the private line on the premises together with No, the order reception time, and the like. The kitchen terminal device 12 is installed in the kitchen, and when the order data is received from the hall terminal device 11, the order data is printed out or displayed and output. At that time, the order data corresponding to a plurality of table Nos. Are collectively displayed and output for each time zone.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the hall terminal device 11. The CPU 11-1 operates the hall terminal device 11 according to various programs stored in the ROM 11-2.
The order data input from the input unit 11-3 is displayed and output from the display unit 11-4 or the print unit 11-5.
Registered in 1-6.

The RAM 11-6 has a PLU (price look-up) file 11-6A, and the PLU file 11-6A has item codes, classification codes, characters, unit prices, sales quantity, In addition to the sales amount, a transmission flag indicating whether or not the order data of the corresponding item is transmitted to the kitchen terminal device 12 is stored. The type code is the type of item, for example, aperitif, appetizer,
Indicates soup, main dish, etc. Where, for example,
Since it is not necessary to cook for aperitif such as wine,
The transmission flag corresponding to this type of item is set to "0" to indicate no transmission.

Referring to this PLU file 11-6A,
The CPU 11-1 determines whether or not to transmit the input order data to the kitchen terminal device 12, and when the order data for one table includes an item with transmission, the transmission data is generated. FIG. 5 shows transmission data in this case. First, the transmission data is followed by the transmission control data, the table number for specifying the ordered table, and the current time (order reception time) read from the clock unit 11-7 when the order is received. Further, the specific contents of the order data for each item, that is, the type code read from the PLU file 11-6A corresponding to the item for which an order is placed, the order data (item code and number) of the item, ... The transmission data is arranged at the end, and the transmission control data is arranged at the end.
It is transmitted from -8 to the kitchen terminal device 12.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the kitchen terminal device 12. CPU 12-1 is ROM 12-2
The CPU 12-1 controls the overall operation of the kitchen terminal device 12 according to various programs in the CPU 12-1.
Is a peripheral device such as an input unit 12-3 and a display unit 1.
2-4, the printing unit 12-5, the clock unit 12-6, and the in-line control unit 12-7 are connected to control the input / output operations of them. Here, when the transmission data is received from the hall terminal device 11 via the inline control unit 12-7, C
The PU 12-1 refers to the cooking serve time table 12-8 and the cooking required time table 12-9 on the basis of this transmission data, and after performing various kinds of arithmetic processing, stores the order data for each item in the cooking schedule memory 12-10. Write in.

Here, the cooking serve time table 12-8
Is configured as shown in FIG. 7, and stores the type code for each type of dish and the serving time (in minutes) for presenting the dish in association with each other. For example, when receiving an order for "appetizer" It is shown to be put out after 20 minutes from
It is shown that "soup" is served after 30 minutes and "main dish" is served after 40 minutes. The CPU 12-1 refers to the dish serve time table 12-8, reads out the serve time corresponding to the type code in the transmission data, adds the order reception time in the transmission data and this serve time, and cooks the dish. Find the serve time. The cooking time table 12-9 is configured as shown in FIG. 8 and stores the time required for cooking (in minutes) for each item. The item code, the item character indicating the item name, and the cooking time are stored. It has a configuration in which it is associated with the required time. For example, "tomato soup" is 1 minute, "sirloin steak"
5 minutes, “pizza” 5 minutes, and cooking is shown. The CPU 12-1 is the cooking required time table 12
Referring to -9, the cooking start time is obtained by subtracting the required cooking time from the cooking save time. The cooking schedule memory 12-10 is configured as shown in FIG. 9, and is configured to store the cooking start time, the table No, the item character, and the number of items for each item, and the contents of the cooking schedule memory 12-10 start from the top record. Display 12
-4 records corresponding to the display size are read and displayed. In this case, the CPU 12-1 has the clock unit 12-
Based on the present time read from 6, the time zone is calculated every 10 minutes, and the contents of the cooking schedule memory 12-10 are displayed and output for each time zone. The display unit 12
-4 is a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying, for example, data for 10 records in the row direction.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 shows an order input screen when the order data is input on the hall terminal device 11. When the order data is input for each table for each table and the table No., the input data is displayed in characters for each type. . In this case, the order reception screen also displays the order reception time. When a plurality of the same items are input, the number of items is displayed before the item character of the item. When the order data for one table is input in this way, transmission data having the format structure shown in FIG. 5 is generated based on the input order data and transmitted to the kitchen terminal device 12. Now, it is assumed that before the order data shown in FIG. 10 is transmitted to the kitchen terminal device 12, the kitchen terminal device 12 displays and outputs the data as shown in FIG.

Here, the kitchen terminal device 12 is shown in FIG.
The operation according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 15 is executed. First, it is checked whether or not the transmission data from the hall terminal device 11 is received by the inline control unit 12-7 (step S1). Now, when the transmission data from the hall terminal device 11 is received, the first type code included in this transmission data is extracted, and the cooking serve time table 12-8 is searched based on this type code (step S2), the serve time corresponding to this type code is read from the cook serve time table 12-8, and this serve time and the order reception time in the transmission data are added to obtain the food save time (step S3). Next, the item code in the transmission data following the first type code is extracted, and the cooking required time table 12-9 is based on this item code.
(Step S4), the required time corresponding to this item code is read from the required cooking time table 12-9, this required time is subtracted from the cooking save time obtained at step S3, and the cooking start time is obtained (step S
5). Then, the cooking required time table 12 corresponding to the cooking start time, the table No. in the transmission data, and the item code.
The display data including the item character in -9 and the number in the transmission data is generated, and the cooking schedule memory 1
2-10 is written (step S6).

When the display data for one item is generated in this manner, whether the next order data is included in the transmission data, that is, the display data corresponding to all items in the transmission data is generated and the cooking schedule memory 12- It is checked whether or not the process of writing in 10 is completed (step S7), and if not completed, the process returns to step S2, and the above operation is repeated for all items. When this detects the end of all items,
All the records in the cooking schedule memory 12-10 are sorted in ascending order based on the cooking start time (step S
8). Next, the CPU 12-1 reads the current time from the clock unit 12-6, calculates the time zone for each 10 minutes from the current time (step S9), and the cooking schedule memory 12
The contents of -10 are read out by the time zone from the beginning for the display area size and displayed and output (step S10).

As a result, the kitchen screen after the order is input changes from the state shown in FIG. 11 to the state shown in FIG. That is, the kitchen screen before the order data shown in FIG. 10 is input (see FIG. 11) is changed to the kitchen screen shown in FIG. 12 by the input of the order data shown in FIG. In this way, as for the display contents of the kitchen screen, order data for a plurality of tables are collected and displayed for each time zone.

Next, in step S11, the current time is compared with the cooking start time in the cooking schedule memory 12-10, and it is checked whether or not the current time exceeds the cooking start time. An identification symbol (double circle) indicating that the time has expired is displayed before the display data of (1) to warn that (step S12). FIG. 13 shows the display state in this case, and when 34 minutes have passed from the time of “PM 8:00” shown in FIG. 12, the cooking start time of the first record and the second record has passed, so that an identification mark Warn by. Even if the third record and subsequent records belong to the same time zone, the cooking start time has not passed, so this warning is not displayed.

On the other hand, in the next step S13, the input unit 12
Check whether the cooked key (not shown) on -3 has been operated. Here, check the contents displayed on the kitchen screen, and when cooking is completed according to the schedule contents,
Operate the cooked key. Here, when all the items displayed on the kitchen screen are cooked, only the cooked key is operated, but when the cooking of only a certain item is completed,
After operating the cooked key, its display position is visually read from the display screen, and its position number is set by the numeric keypad. Here, if the cooked key is operated, the process proceeds to step S14, and the presence / absence of a set number is checked.
The record corresponding to this number is deleted from the cooking schedule memory 12-10 (step S15), but when no number is detected, all the displayed records are deleted from the cooking schedule memory 12-10 ( Step S16). In this way cooking schedule memory 1
When the contents of 2-10 are erased, the contents of the cooking schedule memory 12-10 are shifted accordingly toward the beginning thereof (step S17). Then, returning to step S1, the presence or absence of order reception is checked. Here, if no reception is detected, the process proceeds to step S8, and thereafter, a display process on the kitchen screen is performed.

In the above embodiment, the cooking serve time table 12-8 is provided, and the serving time in the cooking serve time table 12-8 is added to the current time to obtain the time to serve the food. It is applicable even if it does not have the time table 12-8. In this case, the cooked time may be obtained by adding the required time in the required cooking time table 12-9 to the order reception time. Further, in the above embodiment, the order data is displayed on the kitchen screen for a plurality of time zones,
You may make it display only the order data corresponding to one time zone.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the order data can be output to the kitchen terminal or the like according to the time zone when the order is received, and
Orders of the same item belonging to the same time zone can be processed collectively, so that, for example, when displaying and outputting order data on a kitchen terminal device in a restaurant system, it is possible to display and output the order data in a format that is easy to see even if there are many order data. In addition to being able to effectively prevent mistakes and oversights, it is possible to cook dishes in a batch and greatly improve work efficiency, which is extremely practical.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing a restaurant system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a hall terminal device 11.

FIG. 4 is a file configuration diagram showing a PLU file in the hall terminal device 11.

FIG. 5: Hall terminal device 11 to kitchen terminal device 12
The figure which showed the transmission data transmitted to.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a kitchen terminal device 12.

FIG. 7 is a table configuration diagram showing a cooking serve time table 12-8 in the kitchen terminal device 12.

FIG. 8 is a table configuration diagram showing a cooking required time table 12-9 in the kitchen terminal device 12.

9 is a memory configuration diagram showing a cooking schedule memory 12-10 in the kitchen terminal device 12. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an order input screen on the hall terminal device 11.

11 is a diagram showing a kitchen screen before inputting the order data shown in FIG.

12 is a diagram showing a kitchen screen after the order data shown in FIG. 10 is input from the kitchen screen of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a kitchen screen when there is a record whose cooking start time has passed.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the kitchen terminal device 12.

15 is a flowchart showing the operation of the kitchen terminal device 12 following FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Hall terminal device 12 Kitchen terminal device 12-1 CPU 12-2 ROM 12-3 Input part 12-4 Display part 12-6 Clock part 12-7 In-line control part 12-8 Cooking serve time table 12-9 Cooking time Table 12-10 Cooking schedule memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A time storage means for storing the time required for cooking for each item, and a search for the time storage means based on the input order data to read the time required for the item, and the required time And a current time and a time calculating means for calculating the cooking time, and an output control means for outputting the order data for each time zone based on the cooking time calculated by the time calculating means. Order data processing device.