JPS61217865A - Restaurant system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain an automatic restaurant system by supplying the eating data to an IC card containing a personal register number in an eating mode and then collecting en bloc the eating data of each person by an IC card reader/ writer at another time point. CONSTITUTION:A personal register number is stored previously in an IC card 1. Then each person puts his/her card 1 into an IC card reader/writer 6 set at each food counter to supply the food quantity data by himself/herself. Then the restaurant user puts the card 1 into another IC card reader/writer unified with a time recorder when he/she goes out of his/her office. Thus the eating data per day are collected for the corresponding user.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Each individual self-reports data such as the type and quantity of food they eat using an IC card reader/writer and inputs the data into their own IC card, and records the data at another time. This is a method to collect all data at once.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a cafeteria system, and more specifically, to a cafeteria system that processes eating data using an IC card and a card reader/writer when a cafeteria is used by a specific group such as a factory.

Conventionally, as an unmanned management method for cafeterias, the eating data of each cafeteria user is automatically aggregated using a personal identification card, the so-called 10 card, issued to cafeteria users upon registration in advance, and a terminal device installed at the food sales counter. It is being tried. 1
The 0 card has the same functionality as a cash card used for automatic withdrawal of bank deposits, and the terminal device can be used to automate the cafeteria system by storing user eating data in a data concentrator device via the card league. It was designed so that it could be carried out.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 is a front view of a conventional ID card.

The IC card 7 has a magnetic stripe 8 that can be magnetically rewritten.
It is equipped with a memory having a memory, in which the registration number of each user is stored.

Collecting eating data of each person using the 10 cards 7 is performed by a terminal device and a data concentrating device arranged as shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a system configuration in which a user's registration number is read through a terminal device 4 (card league) installed at a plurality of food sales counters, and individual eating data is collected by a data collection device 5. It is a diagram.

The card league 4 reads the registration number in the magnetic stripe of the inserted card 7 and notifies the data concentrator 5 of this. More specifically, a card league 4 is placed at each food counter.

When a person who has taken out a food item inserts his or her card 7 into the card league 4, information on who took out what is sent to the data concentrator 5.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The conventional cafeteria system configuration using such 10 cards requires collecting data on cafeteria users outside of meal times, such as coffee, etc., and as a result, the system has to be powered on at all times for operation. There is a problem in that the cable length between the terminal device 4 and the data concentrator 5 is limited to about 50 meters, which limits the installation position of the card league. Furthermore, 1
The storage capacity of the 0 card is only 72 digits, and there is also the problem that it cannot store more data than that.

The present invention was created in view of the above points, and it is possible to reduce the distance between the long standby 4119 due to the terminal device in the cafeteria system being always operated online, and the distance between the CP[I and the card league operated online. The purpose of this project is to solve data collection problems such as data limitations and realize a simple and economically superior cafeteria system.

[Means for solving problems]

In the present invention, an IC card 1 shown in FIG. 2 is equipped with an IC memory for storing a personal registration number and eating data.
The IC card reader/writer 6 shown in FIG.
Eating data for each individual registration number is written in the cafeteria and collected in bulk at different times.

[Effect]

The present invention makes use of a relatively large storage capacity of 2 bits or more and arithmetic processing functions provided in an IC memory card. This is done by the card itself, and such data is collected at a separate time to allow individual management of eating data.

Accordingly, the above-mentioned problems in the conventional online system configuration are solved, and a cafeteria system capable of automatic processing is created.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a card reader/writer 6, and FIG. 2 is a front view of this type of IC memory card (IC card) l.

The IC card 1 is an electrically rewritable memory device EP-ROM (Erasable and Prog.
rammable ROM) and a semiconductor chip 2 incorporating a processor capable of various arithmetic functions.

The BP-ROM includes a memory area for storing each user's registration number as well as eating data of the user, such as food types and quantities. A contact electrode 3 in the plane of the semiconductor chip 2 is an electrode for connecting an external power source to drive the chip.

The IC memory card 1 is inserted into the IC card reader/writer 6 shown in FIG. 1 placed at each food counter, and the owner of the IC card inputs the quantity (data) of the food taken out in a self-reporting manner. Accordingly, the data is recorded in the card's internal memory, and the personal registration number and one day's worth of data on the meals eaten by the user are read out at different times for data collection. For this purpose, the IC card reader/writer 6 shall have a built-in memory for storing the registration number of each cafeteria user and the aggregation calculations for each food category or the results of the above calculations. , one day's worth of cafeteria usage data can be processed for each person at a time different from when they use the cafeteria.

11;i; As an example of the use of the system of the present invention, if an IC card reader/writer is integrated into a time recorder that is used by employees when leaving the office, the registration numbers of cafeteria users can be read all at once when they leave the office. The convenience of use is also improved because dispatch data and eating data are collected. For example, the magnetic stripe 8 shown in FIG. 3 is added to the IC card shown in FIG. After insertion, if the food data described above is read by making contact with the lead electrode 3, there is an advantage that each person's attendance data and eating data can be read at the same location.

In this way, not only is the conventional problem of distance constraints between the online data concentrator and the terminal device (card league) in the system configuration eliminated, but a variety of applications become possible.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, cafeteria users' IC
Bulk collection and management of eating data using a memory card has been implemented while solving the conventional problems, and has also been implemented with a large memory capacity.
The use of C cards has the advantage that more foods can be processed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the card league, Figure 2 is a front view of an IC memory card, Figure 3 is a diagram of the principle of a conventional data collection system, and Figure 4 is a front view of a conventional IC card. . In Figures 1 to 4, 1 is an IC memory card (IC card), 2 is a memory chip, 3 is a lead electrode, 4 is a card league, 5 is a data concentrator, 6 is an IC card reader/writer, 7 is an IC card, and 8 is a magnetic stripe. Figure 1 ICX' Seven Rika Tapping Masashi, ii Shin 9 Figure cedar east 4i'J Theta transformation Shakumanste ^ffi Figure 3 h-)-"Front view Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] Eating data for each personal registration number is provided by an IC card 1 that stores a personal registration number and eating data, and an IC card reader/writer 6 that inputs data into the IC card 1 and reads out the data. A cafeteria system characterized by collecting all at once at different points in time.