CN101520816A - Table partner and information system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a table partner and an information system thereof. The information system comprises a communication network, an operation server, the table partner, a server controller, a kitchen system and a monitoring system. The table partner integrates functions of various devices, is operated completely by a remote controller, solves the problems of ordering dishes on a conventional touch screen, and the like, and finally achieves the effect of improving dining experience of customers.

Description

Table companion and infosystem thereof

Technical field

The invention belongs to the IT product that is used for the dining room, particularly a kind of table companion and infosystem thereof.

Background technology

Along with the arrival of digital Age, the various digital information technical products that are used for the dining room have appearred, as wireless dish-order device, touch-screen dishes ordering device, electronic cookbook, service call device, private room VOD (video request program) system, or the like.

Adopt after the wireless dish-ordering system, the waiter in dining room or client can order dishes on various dishes ordering devices, by wireless network dishes ordering information are directly sent to the kitchen and print then and give the cook, thereby improved the efficiency of operation in dining room.

The product of Chu Xianing is the miniature hand-held dishes ordering device (often being called " treasured of ordering dishes ") that is used by waiter the earliest.Owing to when needing client to order dishes waiter's post is aside arranged, makes the dining room often more busy in the peak period.In addition, the inconvenience of papery menu is revised, the printing cost height, and depreciation also is potential problems soon.

At this problem, touch-screen dishes ordering device (perhaps being called electronic cookbook) has appearred, and this product can allow client oneself directly order dishes on touch-screen, need not waiter's post, and can change the menu content at any time, need not republish menu.This product is more attractive with regard to its function, but present product has a plurality of open questions, makes it to be difficult to promote.

Touch-screen dishes ordering device on the market generally has three kinds now.First kind is adopted the touch-screen more than 15 inches, uses Alternating Current Power Supply, fixes on the wall or the ground.Second kind is the portable device of ordering dishes (powered battery) that adopts the small-sized touch-screen of 7-12 inch, and client can two hand-held sets, perhaps product are stood on the dining table and use.The third product then directly is installed in touch-screen on the dining table, and uses Alternating Current Power Supply.

First kind of product needed Alternating Current Power Supply can't move, and all not have AC power in the hall in most of dining rooms, so applicable surface is very narrow, can only use in the private room in dining room.In addition, every of needs are equipped with one, unit is with high costs also is its problem.

Second kind of cost of products is lower, but because volume is little, so stolen (some product is for antitheft and fastened on dining table by cable, and this has obviously limited client's use degree of freedom) easily; Since be to hand or be placed on the dining table to use, thus be easy to break on the ground, and taken bigger tables' area, also easily drinks are sprinkled upon on the product when having a meal.Also having serious problems is exactly that screen size is too little, therefore can't replace the existing magnificent large format papery menu in dining room substantially.If this product screen size surpasses 12 inches, then owing to take up an area of too greatly, too heavyly be difficult to use, and easier breaking into pieces, thereby can only be the small size display screen.

Therefore the third product needed alternating current, needs repacking dining table also are difficult to be extensive use of.

First kind of product needs lifting arm when in use always and touch, and be more tired, and only be sitting in the touch-screen bystander and could operate.Second kind little owing to size, must be placed at the moment and operate, and therefore can only one to two people operate, and everybody need order dishes in turn, and efficiency ratio is lower.

In addition, the large scale touch-screen is with high costs.Touch-screen is covered with the layer of transparent touch layer and makes on panel display screen.For the touch-screen more than 15 inches, the cost of its touch layer closely near or surpassed panel display screen itself.

Owing to above-mentioned some reasons, can bring a lot of benefits though allow client oneself order dishes, there is not product to be widely used so far yet.

Summary of the invention

The author has applied for two patents with regard to this paper content, and wherein one is utility model, and its claim has comprised the requirement to product configurations; Another part application is invention (being the application), and its claim has comprised the requirement to correlation technique and system.In order to carry out complete explanation, the instructions of these two applications is identical.Therefore, partial content herein (mainly being the product configurations aspect) is not mentioned in claims.

This section mainly is divided into three parts: main technical schemes general introduction, dining room operation information system, table companion.

At first summarize the present invention below for solving the main technical schemes that existing issue proposed.

A kind of employing large scale (generally being the 15-30 inch) panel display screen (generally being LCDs at present) has been proposed among the present invention, fully with telepilot operation, the product that supports by floor stand movably.This product is used for satisfying the dining room client when having dinner orders dishes, service, amusement needs, therefore is called " table companion ".Client can operate with telepilot, the very light comings and goings of cosily finishing.

When using table companion, it is stood in a limit.Because screen size is very big, thereby the people on the same table can come together to watch.Owing to use a teleswitch rather than touch-screen, any one client on the same tables can operate, and everybody can come together to order dishes, and has thoroughly changed the form that people of an existing people orders dishes in turn, has improved the speed and the enjoyment of ordering dishes.In addition, table companion can also be furnished with a plurality of telepilots, and everybody can come together to play games.

Because the heaviest part (panel display screen and supply module) is all supported by support, client need not lifting arm and goes to touch, and also need not both hands and is lifting fuselage.Because support has battery and can move (frame bottom of being everlasting adds universal wheel), in the hall in dining room, can share a table companion for adjacent many, which needs order dishes just put which front, and this has reduced the cost of investment in dining room.Client also can go up the table companion pendulum in place according to the needs of oneself.

In addition, telepilot is very light, and is simple in structure, generally can not break.Client only contacts telepilot and does not contact display screen in the time of actual the use, has reduced the probability that damages expensive display screen.Telepilot is very little, cleans easily, even can get up Remote controller sleeve with transparent bag, all more renew bag after each client takes a seat, thereby client need not to contact again and antihygienic papery menu or hand-held touch-screen.Compare with hand-held touch-screen, the telepilot cost is very low, even damage or go adrift, the loss in dining room is also very little, so the dining room can relievedly be used.

Generally there is not the alternating current supply in the hall in dining room, table companion is built-in high capacity rechargeable battery thereby can be used for any tables in dining room.Battery is placed on the bottom of support, has played the effect of stable center of gravity simultaneously again.Battery can be pulled down the charging of making a return journey after stopping doing business in the dining room, also can be installed in table companion inside to charger, and direct like this that table companion is shifted onto the place of alternating current is promptly chargeable.As seen, table companion provides multiple power supply mode, can fully satisfy ambulant needs.

The another one advantage of table companion is exactly to have merged multiple product in the past, and menu is browsed, wireless dish-order, call service person, see TV, see video, play games, surf the Net, play Karaoka, and can realize in table companion.Only need to buy a kind of product, therefore needed repertoire when just having realized that client has dinner has reduced cost of investment.Simultaneously, client need not to use simultaneously plurality of devices, has simplified operation.

In the peak period, very busy noisy in the hall in dining room, a waiter needs again to be responsible for many, and the management of telepilot at this moment just becomes major issue.If telepilot is placed near certain cupboard, then each client takes a seat and needs to go earlier to allow client wait for by telepilot, has reduced excellent service standard.If it is telepilot is placed directly on the table, then stolen easily.In the present invention, not the time spent, just telepilot is placed on the table companion, and and then table companion moves everywhere.Simultaneously, be furnished with lock or take off detection agency, thereby realized antitheft.

Therefore telepilot in particular cases can be interfered at some based on wireless transmission.Suppose to cause telepilot to lose efficacy owing to disturbing, client can't order dishes, and then can have a strong impact on the business in dining room.For this reason, the present invention has also added standby input media when adopting the telepilot operation, used when losing efficacy in order to telepilot temporarily.And can when losing efficacy, telepilot notify client to use standby input media automatically.

The existing touch-screen product of ordering dishes, computer desktop style or web page style are often adopted in the interface, and allowing the user feel is to use computer, rather than browses menu.A kind of " double mode " menu browser interface that proposed of the present invention makes client can browse the magnificent emulation menu of setting type, and also can find needed vegetable rapidly under list mode, perhaps vegetable is carried out various orderings.

In the past through regular meeting because client lacks the experience of ordering dishes, meat and vegetables degree of saltiness mismatch, and cause dining room vegetable satisfaction not high.The present invention is directed to this problem, propose " food guide " and " analysis of ordering dishes " function.

Be provided with " food guide " interface on the table companion specially, many covers dish that the dining room matches in advance for client has been showed in the inside, and client can directly select for use or order dishes based on this.Existing touch-screen formula order dishes system generally also provides " recommendation today " column, has enumerated some vegetables, but the vegetable that does not match.

In " dining table " interface of table companion, client can see orderring the analysis and suggestion of vegetable, perhaps vegetable recommendation information.These information can generate automatically, perhaps send message by the gourmet and obtain to table companion.Like this, client feels to have seemingly a gourmet to accompany equally at one's side, and is very warm.

Existing various wireless dish-ordering system generally can write down client's dishes ordering information, analyzes for the dining room.But what these products all can't write down client selects the dish process, can only write down the vegetable that finally sends to the kitchen.For example client may select 10 courses earlier in choosing the dish process, has finally removed 6 roads.Product had only write down 4 remaining road vegetables in the past.The present invention then writes down order dishes whole in the process of client and selects dish information (comprise and finally removing).These information has been arranged, and client's consumer behavior is analyzed in the Room of can serving the meals more meticulously, thereby adopts more suitably marketing strategy and vegetable configuration.

Dining room tables' calling set product has been arranged at present, generally is the micro radio transmitter of pendulum on tables, and waiter wears a wireless receiver, and client is as long as the button of pressing on the transmitter can call service person.The problem of this product is: stolen easily, often need charging.Waiter does not know what service of customer need yet in the request of receiving.In addition, this product is because the degree of intelligence deficiency, only can call service person, and the service detail records that request that client can't be proposed and waiter provide is got off, and can't provide reference for the dining room.

" service " interface is provided on the table companion, and client can select the service of needs here.In a single day waiter receives services request, and which kind of service what just can directly see customer need is, need not to go to ask client again.In addition, services request that all clients propose and waiter's action are all by detail record, whether can serve the meals Room Analysis Service person's quantity and position of these data be reasonable afterwards, and evaluation services person's work achievement, it is not high to have solved some table steward's enthusiasm, even the request of putting client is in the phenomenon of ignoring.

Member card is provided to client sometimes in order to maintain client in the dining room.When client goes to the dining room next time, usually leave behind member card, this has just caused waste.The present invention has realized Customer Relationship Management based on table companion.Client can finish registration and login on table companion, need not member card.And, after client's login, can also see the history of in the past having dinner of oneself, the vegetable of once selecting before also can directly selecting.

Existing wireless dish-ordering system generally adopts wifi or ISM band wireless data sending to realize radio communication.The present invention has introduced the pattern of " dual network operates simultaneously ".The data high to reliability requirement such as the ISM band wireless data sending is used for transmitting and orders dishes, service message, other requires the data of transmission fast wifi transmitting multimedia etc.ISM band was wireless when number lost efficacy, and ordered dishes, service message can transmit by wifi automatically.

About above-mentioned and of the present invention other various technical schemes, hereinafter have more specific description.

The following describes dining room operation information system.

Table companion is the part of dining room operation information system (hereinafter abbreviating infosystem as).Infosystem is made up of communication network, Operation Server, table companion, waiter's controller, kitchen system and supervisory system.

Communication network can adopt the various communication technologys or its combination.Comprise Ethernet, wifi (WLAN), ISM band wireless data sending, or the like.All component in the infosystem all is interconnective by communication network, thereby can send data mutually.Hereinafter this data are called " message ".

Operation Server is the master control center of infosystem, and it manages the realtime running in whole dining room.Operation Server also provides various databases such as dining room Customer Information.

Table companion is the part that allows client use in the infosystem.It helps client to finish the miscellaneous service in dining room effectively, and for example menu is browsed, ordered dishes, service call, Customer Information registration and login.It also provides complete amusement function, makes client increase a enjoyment again in the process waiting dish and have dinner, and has realized that finally the integral body of restaurant service level promotes.

Waiter's controller is a kind of waiter of being worn on micro radio terminal that has display screen on one's body, is mainly used in to allow waiter receive services request and go to finish corresponding task.It is made up of display screen, single-chip microcomputer, radio communication circuit, shell, battery, button.Button comprises " task is finished " key at least.

Kitchen system comprises printer, progress feedback machine and kitchen video camera.Printer is used to print vegetable and makes list, and this vegetable is made the Dan Zaicong vegetable and is required to be fabricated in the process of finally serving tables, and unique identification a vegetable, is equivalent to " I.D. " of vegetable, generally is printed on bar code above.Progress feedback machine is used for vegetable making process is fed back.Progress feedback machine can be used computer realization, also can realize (be similar to the POS machine, cost is lower) with the micro radio terminal of special exploitation.Can the connection strap code scanner on the progress feedback machine, so direct scanning just can know it is which vegetable.A kitchen video camera has all been installed on each cook's next door, and this video camera is used to take the real-time pictures that the cook makes vegetable, and this picture sends table companion to by communication network, finally is presented on the table companion.

Supervisory system is made up of multiple pc machine (being called monitor terminal), is all moving certain application software module on each monitor terminal.The dining room managerial personnel can see the operation situation in whole dining room here.Monitor terminal can read various information from Operation Server, is shown to the supvr in patterned mode then.For example, each tables's the situation of ordering dishes, whether settle accounts, quantity that each waiter finishes the work etc.The supvr also can come each assembly in the system is controlled by monitor terminal.For example, can send a piece of news to Operation Server by monitor terminal, illustrate that certain dish can't make, server will send this message to each table companion afterwards, client just can learn that when ordering dishes vegetable can't make, anti-stop dish situation about can't make again.Supervisory system also is used for functions such as tables subscribe, charge checkout, generation financial statement, supply chain management, customer relation management.

After client chooses vegetable with table companion, can select " sending to the kitchen " operation, thereby send " making request message " by wireless network to Operation Server, this message has comprised information such as tables number and each vegetable title, quantity, making requirement.Operation Server can print vegetable making single (needing usually confirm earlier) in supervisory system on the printer in kitchen afterwards, and the cook can manufacture vegetable on request then.Kitchen personnel can be at any time on progress feedback machine each vegetable of input the making progress (for example, do not make as yet, make, make finish), this progress can send to Operation Server by wireless network, then send to pairing table companion, thereby client can see the making progress of each vegetable on table companion, and managerial personnel also can see the making progress of all vegetables of any one tables on monitor terminal.When the vegetable making finishes, when preparation is served, kitchen personnel also can be sent " will a serve " message by progress feedback machine, will eject a cartoon figure and a literal and be furnished with sound on the pairing tables' of vegetable this moment the table companion screen, tells client will go up so-and-so dish at once.

Whenever choosing a new vegetable, client (just chooses, but also do not have to send to the kitchen) or when deleting a vegetable, table companion can send " selecting dish message " (comprising tables number, vegetable title, selected still deletion) to Operation Server, thereby preserved each tables's the process of ordering dishes on the Operation Server, in supervisory system, can see these information.Like this, the dining room can be equipped with a gourmet, and he, also can carry out vegetable and promote at any time for client proposes the valuable suggestion of ordering dishes according to client's the process of ordering dishes.He only need import suggestion on supervisory control comuter, it can be mail to certain table companion, and client just can see this suggestion afterwards.The process of ordering dishes of preserving on the Operation Server, for example which dish client has selected earlier, has finally selected which dish, client's behavior is analyzed the vegetable configuration of optimizing the dining room thereby can also be used for the dining room.

Client waiter if desired provides service, then can on table companion, select required service (for example going up tea, checkout), and then send one " service request information " (comprise tables number, required service content) to Operation Server, Operation Server will mail to this message on waiter's controller that waiter wore of being responsible for this after a while, go to provide service before notifying this waiter.After waiter finishes service, then by by " task the is finished " key on waiter's controller, send message and inform that the Operation Server current task finishes, at this moment Operation Server can send next service request information (if any) to this waiter.Simultaneously, Operation Server also can be on record client's request and waiter's response record, uses for the dining room supvr.

In above-mentioned infosystem, some are existing technology, can be with reference to relevant product and patent file.

The following describes table companion.

The assembly of table companion comprises support, panel display screen, loudspeaker, standby input media, movement module, supply module and telepilot.

Support is used to support the other parts of table companion; Panel display screen is used to show human-computer interaction interface; Loudspeaker makes table companion to sound; Can finish whole operations with telepilot to table companion; Standby input media is used for operation table companion when telepilot lost efficacy.

Panel display screen, loudspeaker and supply module are all set up with the movement module and are electrically connected.

Support stands on the ground and can move, and can be the form of go-cart for example, makes table companion can be moved to other position in dining room at any time as required.This has not only made things convenient for many to share a table companion, also can put the place of oneself feeling suitable to it when client uses table companion.

Support can be designed to the form of an ornament, as metal handicrafts, sculpture, and perhaps cartoon figure, robot image, thus can very incorporate the environment in dining room naturally.For another example, can a platform be set in frame bottom, ornament commonly used in the past such as flowers and plants, potted landscape, fish jar is put in this platform Room of can serving the meals, and has played the effect of stable center of gravity simultaneously again.

Table companion is by using removable floor stand, solved hand-held dishes ordering device heavy, drop on ground easily, occupy the problem of a large amount of dining table areas.In addition, the other parts of whole table companion all link together with support, and integral body has formed very big article, so the client in dining room may take it out of dining room hardly, and this has solved antitheft problem again effectively.

Certainly, as degradation of the present invention is realized that support also can be fixed, thereby table companion can't move.For example, support can be fixed on ground, dining table side or the wall.

Panel display screen and loudspeaker can be made into an independent module, have the shell of oneself, hereinafter are called " display module ".Display module can be installed on the support and can rotate and VTOL (vertical take off and landing) relative to support level, and this makes the user can adjust the height and the angle of display screen according to the needs of oneself.For more complicated design, display module also can vertically rotate, thereby can laterally use, and also can vertically use.For easy implementation pattern, can remove rotation and elevating function.

Panel display screen and loudspeaker also can be directly installed on the support.The effect that this moment, support also served as shell simultaneously.Then there be not " display module " in this case.

The movement module has comprised CPU, nonvolatile memory (generally being flash memory or hard disk), RAM (generally being SDRAM), image output circuit, audio output circuit, telecommunication circuit and other accessory circuit.Wherein telecommunication circuit comprises " control wireless communication circuit ", " broadband wireless network telecommunication circuit " and " telepilot radio communication circuit ".The telepilot radio communication circuit is used for communicating by letter with telepilot.

The movement module can be installed in display module (if display module is arranged) inside, also can be installed in internal stent.The movement module is exported to panel display screen and loudspeaker respectively with picture signal, sound signal.

Also have expansion interface on the movement module.Expansion interface can be various computing machine external interfaces, for example USB interface, various memory card interface, various audio frequency and video interfaces or the like.After adding expansion interface, just can do expansion arbitrarily in the future.For example can by connect USB flash disk, portable hard drive increases data storage capacity; TV rod by USB interface adds the Digital Television receiving function; Bluetooth module by USB interface adds the bluetooth linkage function; Connect outside high power acoustics or microphone (thereby realizing Karaoke) by the audio frequency expansion interface; Arrive TV or projector by video expansion interface (VGA, DVI, S-Video, HDMI etc.) output display frame.Some radio communication circuits in the above-mentioned movement module in fact also can be realized by the form of expansion module.For example, the wifi module card by USB interface adds the wifi linkage function.In this case, can save these telecommunication circuits in the movement module.

Expansion interface is finally drawn from support or display module.The expansion interface of table companion is drawn the position can be provided with a lid, cover at ordinary times and locked, thereby the dining room client can't touch widening parts (can prevent to steal external extension).Have only the waiter in dining room to unblank and to uncap.Video output and audio frequency IO interface then need not to be covered.

General one of the following two kinds of wireless technologys that adopt of existing wireless dish-ordering system.

First kind is wifi.Wifi is that the transmission for wideband data designs, and its target is high-throughput rather than high reliability, descends because of signal intensity sometimes or channel is crowded lost efficacy.And the wifi network in the dining room generally also will be used for operations such as client surfs the Net, thereby has potential uncertain and disturb.If the operation data (wireless dish-order, service call etc.) with wifi transmits the dining room then is difficult to guarantee reliability.

Second kind is " proprietary radio ", normally the wireless data sending of ISM band (for example, the wireless data sending of 433MHz or 2.4GHz).This wireless data sending adopts the independently developed proprietary communication protocol of wireless dish-order manufacturer, and its channel is specifically designed to the dining room business, thereby the reliability height, but data transmission is slow (mostly less than 100Kbps, and wifi can reach 150Mbps), only be suitable for transmitting small amount of data.

" control wireless communication circuit " in the table companion is exactly " proprietary radio ", is mainly used in transmission and the relevant data of dining room operation, for example wireless dish-order message, service call message.These data characteristic are data volume very little (several bytes), but requirement must be transmitted quickly and accurately and puts in place.For example, the dining room can not put up with to order dishes and asks to be lost or incur loss through delay, and perhaps services request does not pass to waiter rapidly.The control wireless network is specifically designed to the transmission operation data, thereby much less is wanted in potential interference.

" broadband wireless network telecommunication circuit " (adopting wifi at present) in the table companion is mainly used in the chunk data that transmits other, for example, and the renewal of wireless Internet access, video request program (ordering server is set in inside, dining room), menu data, or the like.These data demand high-speed transfer, even but temporarily can't transmit also not seriously, for example,, can also play games if client finds to can not enter net.

In addition, under special circumstances, the control wireless network also may go wrong, and at this moment table companion can adopt broadband wireless network temporarily to replace the control wireless network automatically, thereby has promoted reliability greatly.

The assembly of telepilot comprises shell, button, single-chip microcomputer and telecommunication circuit.Telecommunication circuit is identical with " telepilot radio communication circuit " in the movement module, adopts the short range wireless transmission technology, as infrared, ISM band wireless data sending, bluetooth etc.For traditional remote controller one-way transmission infrared technique commonly used, because uncontrollable potential collision problem generally is only applicable to use in the parlor, and only can be equipped with a telepilot.

The present invention is provided with " telepilot berth " for solving the problem of management of telepilot on support or display module.Telepilot can be kept on the telepilot berth, and move with table companion.After the dining room client took a seat, waiter only need take off telepilot can give client, need not reach to other places again and allowed client wait for.One table platform companion can have a plurality of telepilots, during actual enforcement, can be provided with a plurality of telepilots berth, and each places a telepilot.

For antitheft, locking remote controller perhaps can be able to be surveyed the action of taking off of telepilot.Enumerate several implementation methods below.

The telepilot berth can be preserved case and realizes by a telepilot is set at support or display module back, at ordinary times telepilot is placed on and preserves in the case and lock, and just takes out when needing.

Another implementation method in telepilot berth is that a slot that has electronic lock is set on support or display module back, and the movement module can be controlled the switching of electronic lock.At ordinary times, telepilot just can be inserted in the groove, and locked (the visible embodiment part of specific design method).When telepilot was inserted in the groove, the one side that has button was exposed, even telepilot is locked like this, and also can remote controller.After the dining room client took a seat, waiter only need input password on telepilot, and the movement module receives correct password, can unblank, and gives client thereby take off telepilot.This mode need not telepilot and preserves case, and product appearance can be more succinct.In addition, can also send one " thoroughly locking telecontroller message " to table companion from supervisory system, after table companion receives this message, then enter " thoroughly locking " state, even input this moment password also can't be unblanked, this is mainly used in the dining room and stops doing business the later time.Accordingly, also can allow table companion enter can unlocked conditions.

Can not lock in the telepilot berth yet, but have one " taking off detection agency ", generally can realize with detector switch.Detector switch links to each other with the movement module, and when telepilot was removed, detector switch detected This move, thereby the movement module can allow loudspeaker send certain sound automatically, thereby near the waiter causing notes.

The action of taking off that detects telepilot also has other method.For example, can be by acceleration transducer being set in telepilot inside.In case be removed, telepilot oneself can perceive, and issues packet of movement module then and can allow the table companion sounding.

Also can monitor taking off of telepilot by wireless signal strength.Telepilot regularly sends a probe data packet to the movement module, the power that the movement module can detection signal.If die down then illustrate that telepilot is removed.

The repertoire of table companion is all operated by telepilot, and therefore, in case telepilot is interfered owing to wireless signal and can't uses, then client can't order dishes, and this will have a strong impact on the dining room business.Therefore, table companion also is being equipped with " standby input media ".Standby input media is input mode arbitrarily, for example simple and easy keyboard or mouse, touch-screen (, then having lost cost advantage of the present invention) or the like if use touch-screen, in addition also be telepilot (for example, the telepilot of the wireless wave band of another one), wherein simple and easy keyboard is a preferred version.

If the employing keyboard, similar on button setting on this keyboard and the telepilot.Owing to have only and just use standby keyboard under special circumstances, can remove some button that is of little use (simultaneously, some function also can't be operated).If use mouse and touch-screen, then on screen, show virtual key, similar on the setting of these buttons and the telepilot.

When the movement module finds that telepilot lost efficacy, can on screen, show a piece of news automatically, inform that client's telepilot lost efficacy, please use standby input media (if standby input media is mouse or touch-screen, then also show virtual key automatically, virtual key is hidden at ordinary times), need not waiter like this and get involved, can direct customers use standby input media under special circumstances instead.Simultaneously, also send a piece of news, make the dining room arouse attention to supervisory system.Equally, when finding that telepilot recovers just often, also points out client can continue to have used a teleswitch, and informs that the supervisory system telepilot has recovered normal.

Whether the movement module to survey telepilot effective if can ining all sorts of ways.For example, can be regardless of client's remote controller whether, telepilot all regularly (for example 1 second) send a probe data packet to the movement module.If the movement module does not all receive this packet within a certain period of time, then can judge telepilot lost efficacy (may since wireless signal be interfered, perhaps client with the telepilot band from tables).If received again afterwards, then the decidable telepilot has recovered normal.

Supply module is installed in frame bottom, is used to whole table companion power supply.Supply module comprises battery at least.Also can have charger simultaneously.

In frame bottom a battery case with lock is set, during use, battery is put in and connects, close upper chamber door then and lock, after stopping doing business in the dining room, then can take out charging to battery.Also can dispose charger simultaneously, after stop doing business in the dining room like this, can go charging to the place that table companion is shifted AC socket onto, need not to take off battery.The charger here can also be the table companion power supply to battery charge simultaneously, i.e. table companion also can move (as notebook computer) in the time of charging.

Obviously, if there is the alternating current supply place to use of table companion, then can remove battery (answering built-in charger this moment).Just as notebook computer can battery remove in the same old way by Alternating Current Power Supply normal use the same.The invention provides power supply mode very flexibly, the dining room can dispose arbitrarily according to the actual needs of oneself.

Table companion also has another form, is called " set-top box pattern ", is exactly only organic core module, supply module, standby input equipment and telepilot, and has removed other parts (thereby having reduced cost).The movement module directly outputs to audio-video signal on external display, televisor or the projector by external interface, is similar to set-top box.Can effectively utilize the existing TV in the private room of dining room like this.At this moment, fully can be supply module (this moment generally be the AC-to DC converter) thus being put into the movement inside modules becomes as a whole.

Under the set-top box pattern, main innovation of the present invention is telepilot, man-machine interface and other peculiar function, rather than the structure of product.

In general, the product of support pattern is used in the dining room in the hall when using table companion, owing to can move, can every joins one, also can many shares one.In parlor, can adopt the support pattern, also can adopt the product of set-top box pattern, directly output to display frame on the TV, thereby can enjoy larger sized demonstration and experience (the display screen that table companion carries, generally can not surpass 30 inches, and TV or projector can reach more than 100 inches) and reduced cost.

The following describes the remote controller key layout and the man-machine interface design of table companion.No matter be support pattern or set-top box pattern, its telepilot and man-machine interface all are identical.

Telepilot is designed to be similar to the form of game pad, bimanualness.Telepilot and man-machine interface make client only need a light and handy telepilot through special design, just can finish whole operations.

" upwards, downwards, left, to the right " 4 buttons are set on the telepilot left side.These four buttons are mainly used in the different project of browsing, and perhaps carry out move operation in recreation.The user can operate these buttons with the left hand thumb.Hereinafter these 4 keys are called navigation key.

Be provided with on the right of telepilot " page up, down one page, determine/selection, cancellation/deletion, menu, details " 6 buttons.The user can operate these buttons with right hand thumb." page up, following one page " is mainly used in menu carried out page turning." definite/as to select, cancellation/deletion " then is general major key.If press Menu key, then can eject context menu (is similar to and uses the menu that ejects when clicking project by mouse right button in PC, context-sensitive when this contents of menus and operation), this moment, client can pass through the different menu item of key selection up and down, and carried out this project by definite key.If by " details " key, then can eject the details window, its content is also and context-sensitive.

Also have some function keys on the telepilot, be used for directly entering interface commonly used.Function key comprises " menu, dining table, food guide, service, amusement " 5 keys.Client then enters the function corresponding interface at any time by any one function key, has made things convenient for client's use to greatest extent at once.

Also have some character entry keys on the telepilot, be used for input digit and letter etc.Often need input digit in the environment of dining room, but the chance of input alphabet is smaller, the keyboard that therefore is similar to mobile phone is a preferred version, promptly form by 10-12 key, and direct input digit, but input alphabet need be by repeatedly.

Function key and character entry key all are positioned at the central authorities of telepilot, and the user can operate with left hand or hand thumb.

The human-computer interaction interface of table companion comprises the interface of ordering dishes, dining table interface, food guide interface, service interface and amusement interface.Also have sub-interface under some interface.These interfaces all are presented on the panel display screen on the display module, perhaps, are presented on the external display device.

The following describes the interface of ordering dishes.At any time press " menu " key on the telepilot, can enter the interface of ordering dishes once more.

The man-machine interface of touch-screen dishes ordering device in the past shows all vegetable classification often earlier, after clicking certain classification, can show the tabulation of all vegetables under this classification, and then click certain vegetable, thereby see the details of this vegetable, for example picture and introduction.It is to use computer rather than menu that this man-machine interface allows client feel, the experience of ordering dishes is bad, uses also not directly perceived.

Table companion provides " emulation menu pattern " and " list mode " two kinds of menu display modes, thereby combines the magnificent and flexible and changeable advantage of infotech of traditionally on paper menu composing.Under " emulation menu pattern ", menu shifts to an earlier date typesetted, thereby the space of a whole page is in picturesque disorder, but the space of a whole page fixes, and can't carry out operations such as vegetable ordering.Under " list mode ", all vegetables all are presented in the zone of identical shaped and size, thereby its sequencing can change at any time, also can only show qualified part vegetable.

Under " emulation menu pattern ", what show on the screen is exactly page by page the menu page, and its type-setting mode is similar to papery menu in the past, and vegetable picture and recommended information are in picturesque disorder, very beautiful nature.These menu pages all are that editing and composing well is sent to (can pass through wireless network or USB flash disk) in the table companion then on computers.Client can finish page turn over operation with " page up, down one page " button, and sensation is exactly in that to browse traditional papery menu the same.When browsing menu, every page all has a plurality of vegetables, and wherein having one is " current vegetable ".This vegetable is labeled, for example can be with icon that flashes or wire frame etc.Client can change current vegetable with navigation key.If client clicks " determining/select " key, then current vegetable can be joined in the tabulation of selecting dish, can in the dining table interface, see afterwards.

Under " emulation menu pattern ", the menu item of pressing the context menu that ejects " menu " back comprises: switch to list mode; Current vegetable is added dining table (being equivalent to " determining/select " key); Watch the details (being equivalent to " details " key) of current vegetable.Except that above-mentioned project, menu item also comprises the title (the corresponding menu item of each classification) of all the vegetable classification in the menu.After client selected certain classification, then automatic page turning was to the first page number of this classification.

Under " list mode ", each vegetable all occupies a zone that shape and size are identical, therefore is called " tabulation ".Each vegetable all shows information such as its title, picture, price, popularity, taste, manufacturing materials and introduction.Wherein " popularity " of vegetable can and send table companion to by the supervisory system typing, also can obtain and send to table companion according to the situation of ordering dishes in the past by Operation Server.General all vegetables that can't show the dining room in one page, client still can come page turning with " page up, following one page ".The characteristics of this pattern are that the vegetable of every page of demonstration is a lot, make things convenient for customers and look for dish.Client can change the size in the shared zone of vegetable, and this zone is big more, and then the vegetable number of every page of demonstration is few more.Client can perhaps add it by " determining/select " key and select in the dish tabulation as change current vegetable with navigation key in emulation menu pattern.

Under " list mode ", also provide the ranking function of vegetable.So-called ordering is exactly according to the sequencing of certain condition changing vegetable in tabulation.At first, vegetable sorts according to classification, can not upset the order between the classification, and this meets the general custom of ordering dishes.For example cold dish, Hot dishes, seafood, staple food, drinks etc., ordering is a null(NUL) between classification.Client can select to allow vegetable sort respectively in each classification inside according to parameters such as price, popularity, titles.For example, made things convenient for client to find more cheap or expensive vegetable by the price ordering; Allow the client can be by popularity ordering with reference to the attention rate of other client to vegetable; (English alphabet or the Chinese phonetic alphabet) ordering can allow client find fast oneself to have known the vegetable of title by name.

Under " list mode ", menu item by the context menu that ejects behind " menu " key is similar down to " emulation menu pattern ", just " switching to list mode " changes into " switching to emulation menu pattern ", added ordering projects such as " sorting by name ", " by price ordering ", " by the popularity ordering " simultaneously, and projects such as " amplification ", " dwindling ", " the vegetable display condition is set ".Wherein amplify and dwindle the vegetable number that is used to adjust every page of demonstration, select " amplifications " then to become big in the shared zone of each dish, the vegetable number of while every page of demonstration tails off.If select " the vegetable display condition is set ", then eject the vegetable display condition and set window, client can set various conditions, for example " not peppery ", " price is less than 50 yuan ", " Shanghai dishes " or the like.After setting display condition, then no longer show ineligible vegetable, thereby the vegetable in the tabulation has tailed off, and has also made things convenient for client to search vegetable.

Under the interface of ordering dishes (no matter being which kind of pattern), if client by " details " key, then ejects the details window of current vegetable.The large scale picture of current vegetable, more detailed recommended information and video window have been comprised in the details window.The cook who plays this dining room in the video window makes the video of this vegetable process.This video can be taken in advance and be stored in table companion inside (nonvolatile memory) or the external memorizer, also can obtain from video server by the wifi wireless network.

The following describes the dining table interface.At any time can enter the dining table interface by " dining table " key on the telepilot.

All vegetables that client has selected and current consumption total value have been shown in the dining table interface.One " current vegetable " also arranged in the dining table interface, can change current vegetable by navigation key.

In the dining table interface, the menu item of pressing the context menu that ejects behind " menu " key comprises: delete current vegetable; Current vegetable quantity is set; The making requirement of current vegetable is set; The order of serving of current vegetable is set; Current vegetable is sent to the kitchen; All vegetables are sent to the kitchen; Client's login; Client's registration; Check the history of having dinner; The input satisfaction; Change tables.

Here the title, picture, quantity, making requirement, state and the sequence number of serving that have shown each vegetable.State can be " selecting ", " having sent to the kitchen ", " having begun to make ", " making finishes, and is about to serve ", " serving " etc.Wherein the change of state can be caused by two kinds of incidents: client's operation and from the progress in kitchen feedback.After for example client sent to the kitchen with vegetable, then state became " having sent to the kitchen ".If the kitchen has begun to make this vegetable, then inform table companion by progress feedback machine, state just becomes " having begun to make " afterwards.The sequence number of serving is used to the precedence relationship of serving that shows that client wishes, and the vegetable that sequence number is little will preferentially be served.

Client can here compare the vegetable of having selected, and deletes unwanted vegetable.The quantity of each vegetable also can be set and make requirement.Can all or part of kitchen that sends to of vegetable will be order.The order (by importing its sequence number of serving) of serving of each vegetable can be set.If select " input satisfaction ", then pop-up window allows client select satisfaction to current vegetable, can also import information such as suggestion, and these information all can be sent to Operation Server, finally see in supervisory system.

Made when finishing when certain vegetable that client selected, can demonstrate a piece of news (even also can Pop-up message under the dining table interface) on the display screen of table companion, notify the next dish of client will go up at once.Can adopt and jump out a little cartoon figure, and display text and the form of sounding.Soon afterwards, waiter just serves the vegetable end, and this makes client feel very warm.The implementation method of this function is, makes when finishing when certain dish, passes the dish staff of portion and just uses the message that the tables of progress feedback machine under this dish send out one " will go up so-and-so dish ".

Also show current suggestion of orderring the taste collocation of vegetable in the dining table interface to client.This suggestion can (this taste be stored in the table companion by the dining room according to the taste of each vegetable that client selected by table companion, for example peppery degree) analysis (for example obtains, peppery degree to all vegetables is averaged, obtain whole peppery degree), also can send to table companion from supervisory system and order dishes advice message and obtain by the gourmet.The gourmet can see every the process of ordering dishes on monitor terminal, and proposes valuable suggestion for them at any time.This advice message can send on the table companion of appointment, and is presented in the dining table interface.

Client can register and login in the dining table interface.Client only need input login name and password, just can log on the Operation Server in dining room by wireless network, thereby according in the past integration, obtain preferential.After the login, client can see consumption history in the past, can add the vegetable support of once orderring to have selected the dish tabulation.New client then can enter register interface and finish registration process.After adopting this mode, table companion can effectively help the dining room to carry out Customer Relationship Management, and the dining room need not to provide the member card of losing easily again.

In addition, if many are shared a table platform companion, then need to be provided with current any table that is used for of table companion.Waiter can be provided with its corresponding tables with " changing tables ".This operation generally requires the input manager password earlier.

In the dining table interface, if by " details " key then eject the details window.The large scale picture and the more detailed recommended information that have shown current vegetable in the details window are as manufacturing materials, healthy characteristics etc.If current vegetable is made, then in the details window, also have a video subwindow, shown in this window that the kitchen makes the real-time pictures of this vegetable, this picture comes from the kitchen video camera.

The following describes the food guide interface.At any time can enter the food guide interface by " food guide " key on the telepilot.

The food guide interface is mainly used in the dining room and shows oneself recommendation vegetable to client, as speciality, special price dish.Client can also see the cuisines collocation of recommending in multiple dining room here, thereby prevents the vegetable mismatch to a certain extent.Client can select the vegetable collocation like with navigation key, and builds it is directly joined by " determining/select " and selected the dish tabulation.

The following describes service interface.At any time can enter service interface by " service " key on the telepilot.

Service interface is mainly used in and carries out service call.In service interface, enumerated multiple service item, for example go up tea, checkout, client is as long as select the service that needs and then press definite key by navigation key, services request (comprise tables number and required service content) can be sent to Operation Server, then send on waiter's controller that waiter wore of being responsible for this (, then that message is temporary on Operation Server) if this waiter does not also finish current task.Waiter can go to provide service after seeing the service request content that shows on its waiter's controller.Finish after the service then by " task the is finished " key on waiter's controller, send " acknowledge message " to Operation Server, this moment, Operation Server can send to next services request this waiter (if any).Simultaneously, store all service request information and acknowledge message on the Operation Server for the dining room reference.

In addition, Operation Server can also carry out waiter's scheduling.For example, at this moment the waiter who is responsible for certain just can give contiguous idle waiter some service assignment automatically owing to service too much makes a lot of clients' services request in time not to be met.

The following describes the amusement interface.At any time can enter the amusement interface by " amusement " key on the telepilot.

The amusement interface mainly provides various entertainment selections to client.In the past, do not come on the client Chang Yinwei vegetable and worried, adopt table companion after, multiple entertainment selection has been arranged, can effectively wear down the time of waiting dish, thereby make client's the experience of having dinner that the lifting of a matter arranged.

Entertainment selection generally comprises cook's elegance, video playback, TV watching, recreation, online, e-book, Karaoke etc.The all corresponding sub-interface of each project, client can enter corresponding sub-interface according to the needs of oneself.

The various video program can be stored in the dining room in table companion.Client can select the program viewing oneself liked in the sub-interface of video playback.In addition, video frequency program also can be stored on the video server in the dining room, thereby can watch program (coming transmission of video by wifi) by video request program.

In cook's elegance interface, client can select to watch the picture from certain kitchen video camera.

Karaoke then need connect sound equipment and microphone on expansion interface.

In each above-mentioned interface, can come display ads with the part at interface, thereby for having brought another add on yield in the dining room.Also can show the help information that client may need at any time, will use table companion thereby make client need not study with the part at interface.

In the process of using table companion, each operation that client carries out and the moment thereof, all can be noted one by one by table companion.For example page turning, enter the amusement interface, the vegetable taste is set, or the like.Because client is ceaselessly operating table companion, so the data volume that generates is bigger, in order to reduce bandwidth occupancy, these data not real-time Transmission are given Operation Server, but are temporarily stored in earlier in the storer of table companion self.After stopping doing business in the dining room, managerial personnel then can be with these data transmission to monitor terminal, and according to these data analyses client's behavior.

A status lamp (generally using light emitting diode) can be set on display module or support, and this lamp is used for representing whether this table settles accounts.After client took a seat, total platform sent " taking a seat " message by supervisory system to this table companion, and status lamp is bright, shows that client has begun to have a dinner, but does not also have checkout; When checkout finished, the cashier can send " settling accounts " message to this table companion by supervisory system, and status lamp goes out.Like this, waiter directly just can judge by status lamp whether each tables has settled accounts, and effectively prevents to escape single phenomenon.

When client does not use table companion, table companion can show the video of some natural views automatically, also can generate the effect of virtual fish jar, thereby replace some dining room in order to promote the fish jar of having dinner environment and putting on the dining table next door by video or 3D animation.

The invention provides multiple amusement function, this might influence the dining room client has dinner or prolongs time for eating meals, therefore uses when of the present invention, can send a piece of news to certain table platform companion from supervisory system, make it on screen, to show " woulding you please have a dinner ", close amusement function simultaneously.Also can after finishing on certain the vegetable, send this message (software on the monitor terminal can obtain each tables's the progress of serving from Operation Server) automatically.

After adopting table companion, a lot of table platform companions generally can be used in the dining room.By communication network, the dining room can effectively be managed all table companions.The dining room can be seen every table platform companion's status information at any time on monitor terminal, for example battery dump energy (send " inquiry electric weight " message to table companion earlier, table companion can be replied " dump energy " message to supervisory system then).Menu and video data in all table companions also can directly be upgraded by wireless network in the dining room.The order that also can directly start shooting or shut down to all table companion issues in the dining room.

For large data such as videos, slow with the speed of wireless renewal, also can upgrade by the mode of removable storage this moment.Method be with the renewal data storage in can moving storer (as USB flash disk, portable hard drive), be connected on the expansion interface of table companion, table companion will therefrom read more new data automatically, and upgrades.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing 1 is the overall schematic of an embodiment of table companion.

Accompanying drawing 2 is display module back synoptic diagram of embodiment.

Accompanying drawing 3 is display module side views of embodiment.

Accompanying drawing 4 is telepilot keyboard schematic layout patterns of table companion.

Embodiment

Whole infosystem is made up of communication network, Operation Server, table companion, waiter's controller, kitchen system and supervisory system.

Except that table companion and waiter's controller, the other parts in the system all are PC (notebook/desktop computers/server), can realize its function as long as write corresponding software module, and wherein much all are prior art.

The kitchen video camera gets final product with common web camera, and these video cameras are access network based on ethernet or wifi network directly.

Kitchen progress feedback machine can be equipped with bar-code scanner by PC and realize.In the kitchen a plurality of progress feedback machines can be set, each staff promptly informs progress feedback machine " work that belongs to me of this vegetable has been finished " as long as the scanning vegetable is made list on bar-code scanner.

Waiter's controller is a kind of micro terminal, is made up of display screen, single-chip microcomputer, radio communication circuit, button, shell.It can be made the wrist-watch form, treat on waiter's wrist, also can make the form of mobile phone, hang on waiter's neck.

The following describes the embodiment of table companion, provide the embodiment of go-cart pattern herein.

Accompanying drawing 1 is the overall schematic of this enforcement.Comprise panel display screen (2), loudspeaker (3), standby keyboard (4), go-cart (5), go-cart chassis (6), go-cart wheel (7), go-cart pole (8), cart handle (9), battery case (10), battery (11).Wherein panel display screen (2), loudspeaker (3), standby keyboard (4) are mixed a shell and have been formed display module (1)." the standby input media " of present embodiment is exactly standby keyboard (4).Battery is placed on battery case inside.Do not mark assemblies such as movement module, telepilot for a kind at accompanying drawing.A kind of relatively go-cart of concision style has been adopted in this enforcement, mainly is made up of a circular base plate and a curved metallic struts.Connecting portion at go-cart pole (8) and display module (1) is provided with an axle, can realize horizontally rotating of display module.The movement module of this enforcement is placed in the display module, therefore, need draw one power lead to display module (1) inside from battery (11).This cable passes in go-cart pole (8) inside, and this pole is the metal tube of a curve form.

Accompanying drawing 2 is display module back synoptic diagram of this enforcement.Comprise display module (1), telepilot berth (12), lock (13), telepilot (14), external interface lid (15), 4 external interfaces (16) (tegmentum is below lid), movement module (17).Wherein the movement module is in display module inside, parallel placement with panel display screen.Electronic lock (electronic lock is seen Fig. 3 in inside) is adopted in the telepilot berth, external interface lid mechanical lock.

Accompanying drawing 3 is side views of display module.Comprise display module (1), telepilot (14), remote controller key (40), telepilot berth (12), bayonet catch (18), insert detector switch (19).A sunk part is arranged on the telepilot, behind the telepilot insertion groove, insert detector switch and pressed by telepilot, thereby table companion is learnt telepilot and is inserted, meeting this moment actuating motor, thus the sunk part that is inserted telepilot by electric motor driven bayonet catch made, and with locking remote controller.When unblanking, by telepilot input password, then table companion can be extracted bayonet catch, thereby telepilot can take off.

Accompanying drawing 4 is telepilot keyboard schematic layout patterns of table companion.Comprise upwards (20), (21), (22), (23), 12 character entry keys (24), menu (25), dining table (26), food guide (27), service (28), amusement (29) to the right left downwards, determine/select (30), cancellation/deletion (31), menu (32), details (33), page up (34), following one page (35).

Claims (3)

1, table companion and infosystem thereof is characterized in that:

The assembly of infosystem comprises communication network, Operation Server, table companion, waiter's controller, kitchen system and supervisory system; All component in the infosystem can pass through the communication network mutual data transmission; Communication network can adopt the multiple communication technology simultaneously;

The assembly of waiter's controller comprises single-chip microcomputer, display screen, battery, button and radio communication circuit; Button comprises " task is finished " key at least; Waiter's controller is worn on one's body the waiter, is used to receive services request and the affirmation task is finished;

The assembly of kitchen system comprises printer, feedback of status machine and kitchen video camera;

The human-computer interaction interface of table companion comprises the interface of ordering dishes, dining table interface, food guide interface, service interface and amusement interface; Operate everyone machine interactive interface with telepilot; Telepilot has 4 navigation keys " upwards,, left, to the right " downwards; Telepilot have button " page up, down one page, determine/selection, cancellation/deletion, menu, details "; Telepilot has some function keys, comprises " menu, dining table, food guide, service, amusement ";

Then enter the interface of ordering dishes by the menu key; The interface of ordering dishes provides emulation menu pattern and two kinds of browsing modes of list mode;

Under emulation menu pattern, show the menu page through the design of setting type; Can come page turning with " page up " and " following one page " key; Comprise the title that all vegetables in " switching to list mode " and the menu are classified by the context menu item that ejects behind " menu " key, the corresponding menu item of each classification; After selecting certain classification, then directly the first page number of this classification is arrived in page turning;

Under list mode, enumerate out all vegetables in dining room with identical shaped and zone size, if one page can't be enumerated all vegetables then divide multipage to enumerate; The information that each vegetable shows comprises title, picture, price, popularity, taste, manufacturing materials; Can change the size in zone; Can carry out the vegetable ordering; Order standard comprises price, popularity and title; During ordering, at first according to classification and ordination, ordering respectively in each classification afterwards; Comprise by the context menu item that ejects behind " menu " key: the title of all the vegetable classification in " switching to emulation menu pattern ", " the vegetable display condition is set ", " sorting by name ", " by the popularity ordering ", " by the price ordering ", " amplification ", " dwindling " and the menu, the corresponding menu item of each classification; After selecting certain classification, then directly the first page number of this classification is arrived in page turning; If select " the vegetable display condition is set ", then eject the vegetable display condition and set window, after imposing a condition, then only show qualified vegetable; If select " amplification " or " dwindling " then the size in each shared zone of vegetable of corresponding adjustment and the vegetable number of every page of demonstration;

In the interface of ordering dishes, it is current vegetable that a vegetable is arranged, and this vegetable is labeled, and can change current vegetable with navigation key; By determining/options button, then current vegetable is joined to select in the dish tabulation; By the details key, then eject the details window, this window content displayed comprises the large scale picture of current vegetable and the video of manufacturing process;

Then enter the dining table interface by the dining table key; Comprise by the context menu item that ejects behind " menu " key: " deleting current vegetable ", " current vegetable quantity is set ", " the making requirement of current vegetable is set ", " order of serving of current vegetable is set ", " current vegetable is sent to the kitchen ", " all vegetables are sent to the kitchen ", " client's login ", " client's registration ", " watching the history of having dinner ", " input satisfaction ", " changing tables ";

In the dining table interface, shown all vegetable and current consumption total values selected, comprise picture, title, quantity, making requirement, state and the sequence number of serving of each vegetable; One " current vegetable " arranged in the dining table interface, can change current vegetable by navigation key; State comprises " selecting ", " having sent to the kitchen ", " having begun to make ", " making finishes, and is about to serve ", " serving "; Can delete unwanted vegetable, the quantity of each vegetable is set and makes requirement; Certain vegetable or whole vegetable can be sent to the kitchen; The order of serving of each vegetable can be set; Can import the satisfaction of each vegetable;

Select dish tabulation or delete one when having selected vegetable whenever a new vegetable is joined, table companion just selects dish message to one of Operation Server transmission; Operation Server store all select dish message for the dining room to customer consumption behavior analyze; Can be in supervisory system a real time inspection table companion select the dish state;

Evaluation and recommendations have also been shown in the dining table interface to the current vegetable collocation of client, these evaluation and recommendations can select to calculate generation according to the taste information of typing in advance and client's vegetable by table companion, also can send message by supervisory system to table companion by the gourmet and obtain;

Can in the dining table interface, carry out client's registration and login; After the login, can see consumption history in the past, can directly the vegetable of in the past being order be added and select the dish tabulation;

In the dining table interface, then eject the details window by " details " key; The displaying contents of details window comprises the large scale picture of current vegetable; If current vegetable is made, then also comprise a video subwindow at the details window, shown in this window that the kitchen makes the real-time pictures of this vegetable;

Then enter the food guide interface by food guide's key; Enumerated the information of the vegetable collocation recommended in the dining room and special price dish, speciality in the food guide interface; Can and determine with navigation key/options button browses different vegetable collocation and it joined and select in the dish tabulation;

Then enter service interface by services key; In service interface, enumerated various restaurant service projects, can select needed service with navigation key and definite/options button; After selecting service, table companion sends a service request information to Operation Server, and this message is sent to waiter's controller that this waiter wears and is presented on its screen after the waiter who is responsible for this finishes existing task; After waiter finishes service, by sending acknowledge message to Operation Server by " task the is finished " key on waiter's controller; Operation Server is stored all service request information and acknowledge message, estimates waiter's achievement and analyzes customer behavior for the dining room;

Then enter the amusement interface by the amusement key; In the amusement interface, can enter the sub-interface of needed amusement with navigation key and definite/options button; Sub-interface comprises cook's elegance, video playback, TV watching, recreation, online, e-book, Karaoke;

In each interface, can come display ads or help information with the part at interface;

In each interface, to have made when finishing when certain vegetable that client selected, kitchen system sends one " being about to the message of serving " to table companion, and table companion shows on screen and is about to the message of serving;

The action and the time of whole operations of table companion storage client, these data can be transferred in the supervisory system, are used to analyze customer behavior;

Can send " forbidding amusement message " to table companion by supervisory system, after table companion received this message, then display message " woulded you please have a dinner " on screen, closes the amusement interface simultaneously;

When table companion is idle, can show natural land video or virtual fish jar;

Can check the dump energy of each table companion by supervisory system, each table companion is carried out the switching on and shutting down operation, upgrade the data of each table companion.

2, table companion according to claim 1 and infosystem thereof is characterized in that: the telecommunication circuit in the movement module comprises " control wireless communication circuit ", " broadband wireless network telecommunication circuit " and " telepilot radio communication circuit "; Wherein the part telecommunication circuit also can realize by expansion module; Control wireless communication circuit is used to transmit dining room operation business datum, and these data comprise wireless dish-order message and service message related to calls; The fast wireless network telecommunication circuit is used for transmitting multimedia data, comprises Internet data, video data; When control wireless communication circuit malfunction, adopt the broadband wireless network telecommunication circuit to transmit dining room operation business datum automatically.

3, table companion according to claim 1 and infosystem thereof is characterized in that: the movement module of table companion is monitored the connection status of telepilot at any time; When finding that telepilot lost efficacy, display message on screen points out the user to use standby input media automatically, sends prompting message to supervisory system simultaneously; When finding that telepilot is resumed work, display message on screen points out the user to use a teleswitch automatically.

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