JP2001357463A - Ordering book and order input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize self ordering without arranging a terminal exclusive for self ordering at a guest table in addition to a menu. SOLUTION: An order book 8 having plural merchandise picture display parts is provided with an input means for inputting the ordering quantity of merchandise the picture of which is displayed on each merchandise picture display part. Then, the code and the ordering quantity of the merchandise the ordering quantity of which is inputted by this input means are transmitted to a portable terminal 1 in response to a data collecting command from the terminal 1. The terminal 1 is provided with a command transmission means for transmitting the data collecting command toward the order book. Then, when receiving the code and the ordering quantity of the merchandise from the book 8 with respect to the data collecting command, the code and the ordering quantity of the received merchandise are displayed on a display as merchandise ordering data self-ordered by the book 8. After then, the merchandise ordering data is corrected at need and then given to an order reception processing part 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an order book for restaurants and an order input device using the order book.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a restaurant such as a family restaurant or a pub has a built-in wireless circuit, and when a code, a quantity, etc. of a food and drink menu item ordered by a customer is input via an input unit, the input data is wirelessly transmitted. A plurality of portable terminals for transmitting data, so-called handy terminals, are connected to a wireless unit for receiving data wirelessly transmitted from each handy terminal, and each customer is connected based on the data from the handy terminal received by the wireless unit. Order management device that stores and manages product order data for each customer and notifies the kitchen, and a so-called POS accounting terminal that takes in product order data for each customer from the order management device and processes the customer's account.
An order management system for restaurants using a (Point Of Sales) terminal is used.

In a restaurant using this order management system, when a customer arrives at a restaurant, the customer service representative first guides the customer to a vacant seat, passes the menu, and once leaves the customer seat. Next, when called by the customer, go to the audience with a handy terminal, ask for the goods and quantity ordered by the customer,
Enter the product code and quantity from the handy terminal keyboard. Then, when the input is completed, the input data is confirmed on the display, and if there is no error, the transmission key is pressed to wirelessly transmit the input data.

[0004] Input data wirelessly transmitted from the handy terminal is received by a wireless unit attached to the ceiling of a customer seat or the like, and is taken into an order management device. And
Input data is analyzed in the order management device, stored and managed as customer order data for each customer, and the contents of the order are notified to the kitchen and cooking is started.

[0005]

However, in a restaurant using a conventional order management system of this kind, a customer service representative asks the customer for the goods and quantity ordered by the customer and inputs them to the handy terminal. The order was taking a long time. Such a problem is that when the customer who receives the menu decides the product to order by looking at the menu, the customer implements a self-order in which the customer inputs the product and the quantity by himself. Can be solved by implementing a configuration for notifying the kitchen after confirming the above. However, a configuration in which a terminal dedicated to self-ordering is arranged at the customer seat in addition to the menu is expensive and impractical.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable order book capable of self-ordering in addition to a menu function. Another object of the present invention is to provide an order input device capable of realizing a self-order without arranging a terminal dedicated to the self-order in addition to a menu at a customer seat, and reducing the time required for the order at low cost. It is.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is provided with a plurality of product image display portions for displaying images of various order target products for each product, and provided for each product image display portion. An input unit for inputting the order quantity of the order target product whose image is displayed on the display unit, and a communication unit for transmitting the code and the order quantity of the order target product for which the order quantity has been input by the input unit to an external device. In the order book provided.

[0008] The invention described in claim 2 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
In addition to the plurality of product image display units and the input means in the described invention, a storage means for storing the code and order quantity of the order target product for which the order quantity has been input by the input means, and a data collection command from an external device. The order book includes communication means for transmitting the code of the order target product and the order quantity stored by the storage means in response to the external device.

[0009] The invention according to claim 3 of the present application comprises an order book having a plurality of product image display sections for displaying images of various order target products for each product, and a portable terminal provided with a keyboard, a display, and the like. An order input device, wherein an order book is provided corresponding to each product image display unit, and input means for inputting an order quantity of the order target product for which an image is displayed on the display unit; A storage unit for storing the code and order quantity of the order target product whose quantity has been input, and the code and order quantity of the order target product stored by the storage unit in response to a data collection command from the portable terminal to the portable terminal. A communication means for transmitting the data collection command to the order book; Data receiving means for receiving the code and order quantity of the order target product returned from the order book to the command, and the product of which the order target product code and order quantity received by the data receiving means are self-ordered in the order book. Order display control means for displaying on the display as order data, order correction means for correcting self-ordered product order data by key input on a keyboard, and order notification means for notifying the product order data to the order processing unit. Things.

[0010] The invention described in claim 4 of the present application is the above-described claim 3.
In the invention described in the above, after the order book transmits the code of the order target product and the order quantity to the portable terminal by the communication means, until the commodity order data is notified to the order processing unit by the notification means of the portable terminal. Only the image of the product ordered in the order book is displayed on the product image display section.

[0011] The invention described in claim 5 of the present application is the above-described claim 3.
The portable terminal of the invention described above is provided with command means for instructing the order book to switch the display image, and the product displayed on the product image display unit in the order book of the invention in response to a command from the portable terminal Image switching means for switching the images in a batch.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an order management system for restaurants will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall view of an order management system according to the present embodiment. The order management system includes a plurality of portable terminals having a keyboard, a display, etc. and a built-in wireless circuit, so-called handy terminals 1, and each handy terminal 1. It comprises a wireless unit 2 capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal 1, an order management device 3 as an order processing unit, a kitchen printer 4 as a kitchen terminal, and a POS terminal 5 as an accounting terminal.

The order management device 3 creates and stores and manages an order file 6 for each customer based on product order data transmitted wirelessly from each handy terminal 1 and received by the wireless unit 2. In addition, order slip data is created for each customer based on the data in the order file 6, and the LAN (Local
(Area Network) and the like, and a function to transmit to the kitchen printer 4 via the communication line 7, and similarly, create accounting data for each customer based on the contents of the order file 6 and transmit it to the POS terminal 5 via the communication line 7. Function.

The kitchen printer 4 prints and issues an order slip for each customer based on the order slip data received from the order management device 3, and the person in charge of cooking in the kitchen checks the order issued by the kitchen printer 4. Cook the ordered food and drink menu products according to the slip. POS terminal 5
Is for processing the accounting of the food and drink price for each customer based on the accounting data received from the order management device 3.

The order management system includes a plurality of order books 8 presented to customers as menus. The order book 8 has a booklet format of several pages (in this embodiment, the number of facing pages is one page and the total number of pages is six).
0a and a touch panel sensor 80b. As shown in FIG. 2, the liquid crystal touch panel surface 80 of each page displays images of various food and beverage menu products as the order target products and a plurality of order numbers NN of the products one by one. In the embodiment, the number of items per page is 16). An input for inputting the order quantity of the order target commodities which are provided corresponding to the respective product image displays 81 and displayed on the display 81. [+] Button 82 as a means
And a [-] button 83. The [+] button 82 is a button for increasing the order quantity by one.
The [-] button 83 is a button for decreasing the order quantity by one.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the order book 8. The order book 8 has a CPU.
(Central Processing Unit) 84, ROM (Read Only)
Memory) 85, RAM (Random Access Memory) 86
In addition, a display controller 87 for controlling the liquid crystal display 80a, a touch panel controller 88 for controlling the touch panel sensor 80b, an infrared port 89 for performing infrared communication with an external device, and the like are incorporated. The CPU 84 is connected to the ROM 85, the RAM 86, the display controller 87, the touch panel controller 88, and the infrared communication port 89 by bus lines BL of an address bus and a data bus. Liquid crystal display 80a
And the touch panel sensor 80b are provided for each page of the order book 8. In addition, a battery is mounted as a drive source to make it portable.

The order book 8 having such a configuration stores a menu display control table TB storing image data of food and beverage menu products displayed on each product image display section 81 in the RAM 86.
I remember. This menu display control table TB
Represents the pages (1 to 6) of the order book 8 as shown in FIG.
The menu code and the image data of the food and beverage menu product to be displayed on the product image display unit 81 are stored in correspondence with the address (01 to 16) for specifying each product image display unit 81 formed on the page. When a menu display control table of any one of the patterns is selected, the image data on the table is displayed on the corresponding product image display section 81. ing.

Incidentally, in this embodiment, the pattern N
o.100 of the first menu display control table TB1 (general menu pattern) and the second of the pattern No. 200
Of the menu display control table TB2 (menu pattern for children) and the third menu display control table TB3 (menu pattern for mature) of pattern No. 300
The type is stored. These menu display control tables TB1, TB2, TB3 are downloaded from an external device by infrared
6 is set.

Thus, the order book 8 having such a configuration is used.
Configures a program in the ROM 85 so that the CPU 84 executes the processes shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, a pattern number memory M1 for storing the pattern number of the selected menu display control table TB in the RAM 85 in advance as a memory area necessary for executing this processing, A flag memory M2 for storing a registration flag f set therein and a registration memory M3 as storage means for temporarily storing a menu code and a registration point (order quantity) of a self-ordered food and drink menu product. ing.

That is, the CPU 84 of the order book 8
As shown in FIG. 6, as an initialization process by turning on the power, the registration memory M3 is cleared as ST1. Also,
In ST2, the registration flag of the flag memory M2 is reset to "0". Further, as ST3, the pattern No. preset in the pattern No. memory M1 as an initial value is set in advance.
Is set. Then, as ST4, the menu display control table TB of the pattern No. stored in the pattern No. memory M1 is selected.
The image data stored for each page and each address in B is displayed on the product image display section 81 identified by the corresponding address of the corresponding page of the order book 8.

Thereafter, as ST5, any [+] of the liquid crystal touch panel surface 80 in the order book 8 is read.
The button 82 is touch-input or [-] as ST6.
It waits for a button 83 to be touched or for a command to be sent from an external device by infrared communication at ST7.

When the input of the [+] button 82 is detected in ST5, a menu registration process shown in detail in FIG. 7 is executed. First, at ST11, it is determined whether or not the registration flag f of the flag memory M1 has been set. If not set, the registration memory M3 is cleared in ST12, and the registration flag is set to "1" in ST13. Thereafter, the product image display section 8 corresponding to the [+] button 82 input as ST14.
The menu code of the image data displayed in No. 1 is acquired from the pattern number menu display control table TB stored in the pattern number memory M1. Then, the menu code and the registration point = 1 are stored in the registration memory M3. Further, as ST15, a registration point = 1 is displayed on the product image display section 81 corresponding to the input [+] button 82.

On the other hand, if the registration flag f has been set in ST11, the menu code of the image data displayed on the product image display section 81 corresponding to the [+] button 82 input in ST16 To the pattern N
o. Obtained from the menu display control table TB of the pattern No. stored in the memory M1. Then, the registration memory M3 is searched using the menu code. As a result, ST1
If the corresponding menu code has already been registered in the registration memory M3 as 7, the process adds 1 to the registration point corresponding to the menu code in ST18. In addition, the S
Similarly to the process at T15, the registered points after the addition are displayed on the product image display section 81 corresponding to the input [+] button 82.

On the other hand, as a result of searching the registration memory M3 in ST16, if the corresponding menu code is not registered in the registration memory M3, the above-mentioned ST14, ST1
Similarly to the process of 5, the corresponding menu code and the registration point = 1 are stored in the registration memory M3, and the registration point = 1 is displayed on the product image display section 81 corresponding to the input [+] button 82. As described above, the CPU 84 ends the menu registration processing by the current [+] button input.

In FIG. 6, when the input of the [-] button 83 is detected in ST6, a menu cancellation process shown in detail in FIG. 8 is executed. First, as ST21, the flag memory M
It is determined whether the registration flag f of 1 is set. If it is not set, the input of the [-] button 83 is ignored and the current menu cancellation processing ends.

If the registration flag f is set in ST21, the menu code of the image data displayed on the product image display section 81 corresponding to the [-] button 83 input in ST22 is changed to the pattern No. .Memory M1
Is obtained from the menu display control table TB of the pattern No. stored in. Then, the registration memory M3 is searched using the menu code. As a result, if the corresponding menu code has not been registered in the registration memory M3 as ST23, the input of the [-] button 83 is ignored and the current menu cancellation processing ends.

If the menu code corresponding to the registration memory M3 has been registered in ST23, 1 is subtracted from the registration point corresponding to the menu code in ST24. Then, it is determined whether or not the number of registered points has become 0 as a result of the subtraction in ST25. Here, if the registered point is a value larger than 0, the process proceeds to ST26, where the registered point of the product image display section 81 corresponding to the input [-] button 83 is updated to a value obtained by subtracting one, and The menu cancellation processing ends.

If the registered points have become 0 in ST25, the registered points displayed on the product image display section 81 corresponding to the input [-] button 83 are deleted in ST27. In step ST28, the corresponding menu code and the registration point = 0 are deleted from the registration memory M3. Next, ST
As a result of deleting the corresponding menu code and the registration point = 0 as 29, it is determined whether or not the registration memory M3 is empty. Then, when the registration memory M3 becomes empty,
After resetting the registration flag f to “0” in ST30, the current menu cancellation processing ends. On the other hand, the registration memory M
When 3 becomes empty, the current menu cancellation processing is terminated without resetting the registration flag f.

In FIG. 6, an infrared communication port 8 is set as ST7.
When a command from an external device is received via the interface 9, data processing according to the command is executed. Where ST
If the received command is an order collection command from the handy terminal 1 as 8, the order transmission process shown in FIG. 9 is executed. First, in ST31, it is determined whether or not the registration flag f of the flag memory M1 has been set. If not set, ST
As 32, the NAK response message is transmitted from the infrared communication port 89 to the external device that is the command transmission source, and the current menu cancellation processing ends.

If the registration flag f is set in ST31, an ACK response message is transmitted from the infrared communication port 89 to the external device of the command transmission source in ST33, and then the menu stored in the registration memory M3 is transmitted. The code and the data of the registered points corresponding to the code are transmitted from the infrared communication port 89 to the external device of the command transmission source (communication means).

Next, as ST35, all menu codes other than the menu code stored in the registration memory M3 are extracted from the menu display control table TB of the pattern No. stored in the pattern No. memory M1. Then, all the images of the image data corresponding to the extracted menu code are deleted from the product image display section 81.

Thereafter, in ST36, the process waits for the transmission completion command to be sent within a predetermined time from the external device that has transmitted the order collection command. If the transmission completion command is received via the infrared communication port 89 within a predetermined time in ST37, or if the standby time has timed out in ST38, the registration memory M3 is read in ST39.
Clear the data of. In step ST40, the registration flag of the flag memory M2 is reset to "0". Further, as ST41, a pattern No. set in advance as an initial value in the pattern No. memory M1 is set. Then, as ST42, the menu display control table TB of the pattern No. stored in the pattern No. memory M1 is selected, and the image data stored for each page and for each address in the menu display control table TB is stored in the order book 8. If the product image is displayed on the product image display section 81 identified by the corresponding address of the corresponding page, the current order transmission processing is ended.

In FIG. 6, if the received command is a pattern change command from the handy terminal 1 in ST9, a pattern switching process detailed in FIG. 10 is executed. First, in ST51, it is determined whether or not the registration flag f of the flag memory M1 has been set. If it is not set, a NAK response message is transmitted from the infrared communication port 89 to the external device that is the command transmission source in ST52, and the current menu cancellation processing ends.

If the registration flag f has been set in ST51, an ACK response message is transmitted from the infrared communication port 89 to the external device of the command transmission source in ST53, and then transmitted from the external device of the command transmission source for a predetermined time. Waits for the pattern No. data to be sent. And S
If the pattern No. data is received via the infrared communication port 89 within a predetermined time as T55, the received pattern No. data is overwritten and stored in the pattern No. memory M1 at ST57. Thereafter, as ST58, the menu display control table TB of the pattern No. stored in the pattern No. memory M1 is selected, and the image data stored for each page and for each address is stored in the menu display control table TB. Is displayed on the product image display section 81 identified by the corresponding address of the corresponding page (image switching means), the current pattern switching processing ends. If the pattern No. data cannot be received within a certain period of time and a timeout occurs in ST56, the current pattern switching process is terminated without changing the pattern No.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main part of the handy terminal 1. The handy terminal 1 has a function of modulating transmission data into wireless data and transmitting it from the antenna 14 in addition to the CPU 11, ROM 12, and RAM 13. A wireless circuit 15 having a function of demodulating wireless data received by the antenna 14, a display controller 17 for controlling the driving of a display 16 such as a liquid crystal display to display characters and the like, and corresponding to operation keys from a keyboard 18. It has a keyboard controller 19 for receiving key signals, an infrared port 110 for performing infrared communication with external devices, and the like. Then, the CPU 11, the ROM 12, and the RA
The M13, the wireless circuit 14, the display controller 17, the keyboard controller 19, and the infrared communication port 110 are connected by bus lines BL of an address bus and a data bus.

As shown in FIG. 12, the keyboard 18 has a plurality of menu keys K1 in which menu codes of various food and drink menu products are preset, and a shift key for switching a menu code assigned to each menu key K1. Numeric keys from "0" to "9", up key for "キ ー", down key for "↓", clear key for "C", cancel key, correction key, additional key, table key, data collection key, display change Function key K such as key and send key
2 are arranged.

When the display change key of the keyboard 18 is operated and input, each handy terminal 1
R such that U11 executes the process shown in the flowchart of FIG.
The program of the OM 12 is configured. In addition, as a memory area necessary for executing this process,
15, as shown in FIG. 16, all the menu display control tables TB1, T1 set in each order book 8 are displayed.
A pattern table PT in which pattern numbers and pattern names of B2 and TB3 are set and stored.

That is, the CPU of the handy terminal 1
When detecting the input of the display change key from the key signal input to the keyboard controller 19, the ST 11 transmits a pattern change command from the infrared communication unit 110 to the order book 8 as ST1. After that, the process waits for receiving a response signal from the command book destination order book 8 as ST2.

Here, a response signal is received by the infrared communication unit 110 within a predetermined time as ST3, and if the response signal is an ACK response signal for permitting a pattern change as ST4, a numeric key is used as ST5. Pattern No.
Wait for the input. Then, when the pattern number is input as a number in ST6, it is determined in ST7 whether the input pattern number is a valid pattern existing in the pattern table PT. As a result, in the case of a valid pattern, the pattern No. data of the valid pattern input as the number is inputted as ST8.
10 to the order book 8 (instruction means), and the present display change key input processing is terminated.

In response to the transmission of the pattern change command, a response signal cannot be received within a predetermined time, and the standby time for receiving the response signal times out in ST9, or the response signal is received in ST3, but is received in ST4. If the response signal is a NAK response signal that does not permit the pattern change, the display 16 displays a guidance that the pattern cannot be changed in step ST10. After that, the process waits for the clear key to be input in step ST11. If the clear key is input, the guidance display indicating that the pattern cannot be changed is erased, and the present display change key input process ends.

When a data collection key on the keyboard 18 is operated and input, each handy terminal 1
11 configures the program of the ROM 12 so as to execute the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. In addition,
As a memory area necessary for executing this process, as shown in FIG. 17, a handy memory for temporarily storing the menu codes and the registered points of the food and drink menu items ordered in the order of consecutive point numbers n as shown in FIG. A terminal-side registration memory (hereinafter abbreviated as an HT registration memory) M4 and a point number n which is one or more consecutive numbers
And a pointer memory M5 of a pointer p for counting the number of the pointers.

That is, the CPU of the handy terminal 1
When detecting the input of the data collection key from the key signal input to the keyboard controller 19, the data transmission command is transmitted from the infrared communication unit 110 to the order book 8 as ST1 (command transmission means).

Next, as ST2, the process waits for receiving a response signal from the order book 8 to which the command is sent. In step ST3, a response signal is received by the infrared communication unit 110 within a predetermined time. In step ST4, if the response signal is an ACK response signal from which data can be collected, the order book 8 of the command transmission destination is registered in step ST5. It waits to receive the menu code stored in the memory M3 and the data of the registered points corresponding thereto. And ST6
If the corresponding data has been received, the received data is stored in the HT registration memory M4 (ST7) (data receiving means).

Next, as ST8, the pointer p of the pointer memory M5 is set to the initial value (1). After a while, ST
9, the menu name and the number of registered points corresponding to the menu code of the p-th data of the point number indicated by the pointer p are displayed on the display 16 with reference to the HT registration memory M4 (order display control means).

Next, the process waits for a key input in step ST10. Here, when the input of the down key is detected in ST11, the pointer p is incremented by one. And S
Returning to T9, the menu name and the number of registered points corresponding to the menu code of the p-th data in the HT registration memory M4 are displayed on the display 16 (order display control means). afterwards,
In step ST10, the process waits for the next key input.

In ST10, a key input is detected, and in ST12
When it is detected that the key input is made by the up key, the pointer p is decremented by one.
Then, returning to ST9, the menu name and the number of registered points corresponding to the menu code of the p-th data in the HT registration memory M4 are displayed on the display 16 (order display control means).
After that, the process waits for the next key input as ST10.

In ST10, a key input is detected, and in ST13
When it is detected that the key input is made by the cancel key, the menu code and the registration point of the p-th data are deleted from the HT registration memory M4, and then p + 1
A p-th order canceling process for sequentially shifting data subsequent to the n-th data to a higher order (smaller point number) is executed (order correcting means). Thereafter, the process returns to ST9, where the menu name and the number of registered points corresponding to the menu code of the p-th data in the HT registration memory M4 are displayed on the display 16, and the process waits for the next key input as ST10.

In ST10, a key input is detected, and in ST14
When it is detected that the key input is made by the correction key, the P-th order correction process for changing the number of registration points in the P-th data of the HT registration memory M4 to the data set by the number key is executed. (Order correction means). After that, returning to ST9, p of the HT registration memory M4
After the menu name and the number of registered points corresponding to the menu code of the second data are displayed on the display 16, the process waits for the next key input as ST10.

At ST10, a key input is detected, and at ST15
When it is detected that the key input is made by an additional key, the data subsequent to the p-th data from the HT registration memory M4 are sequentially placed in the lower order (the larger point number)
Then, a new order addition process is executed for storing the menu code input by the menu key and the registration points input by the numeric key in the p-th area of the HT registration memory M4 (order correction means). Then, S
Returning to T9, the menu name and the number of registered points corresponding to the menu code of the p-th data in the HT registration memory M4 are displayed on the display unit 16, and the process waits for the next key input as ST10.

At ST10, key input is detected, and at ST16
If it is detected that the key input is made by the transmission key, the process proceeds to ST17 where the HT registration memory M4
Is transmitted from the antenna 14 as wireless data (order notification means). Then, when the wireless data has been normally transmitted in ST18, a transmission completion command is transmitted from the infrared communication unit 110 to the order book 8 in ST19. After that, the data in the HT registration memory M4 is cleared, and the current data collection key processing ends.

Although not shown, if the data in the HT registration memory M4 was wirelessly transmitted in ST17 but could not be transmitted normally, the wireless transmission was retried a preset number of times, and the transmission was still not possible. In this case, a transmission error message is displayed on the display 16 and the current data collection key processing is terminated.

In response to the transmission of the data collection command, a response signal cannot be received within a predetermined time, and the standby time for receiving the response signal times out in ST21, or the response signal is received in ST3, but the response signal is received in ST4. If the response signal is a NAK response signal from which data cannot be collected,
In step ST22, guidance indicating that data cannot be collected is displayed on the display device 16. Thereafter, the process waits for the clear key to be input in ST23, and if the clear key is input, the guidance display indicating that data collection is not possible is erased, and the current data collection key input processing ends.

The order management system according to the present embodiment comprises the above-structured handy terminal 1 and order book 8.
Are used as order input devices. That is, in the restaurant, each customer service person carries the handy terminal 1. Also, a large number of order books 8 are prepared at the entrance of the store or the like. Then, when the customer comes to the store, the customer service representative guides the customer to the audience with the order book 8 for the number of customers,
Hand out the order book 8 to each customer as a menu.

At this time, the receptionist determines whether the child menu or the mature menu is a suitable customer. When handing over the order book 8 to a customer whose menu for children is appropriate, the handy terminal 1 must first be brought close to the infrared communication port 89 of the order book 8 with the infrared communication port 110 of the handy terminal 1 carried by the user. Then, the user presses the display change key of No. 1 and then inputs the pattern No. = 200 of the child menu with the numeral key. Then, the image of the food and beverage menu product displayed on each product image display section 81 of the order book 8 is
Since the product image is switched to the product image of the child menu at once, the order book 8 is given to a customer who is suitable for the child menu. When handing over the order book 8 to a customer who is suitable for a menu for a mature person, the handy terminal 1 must first be brought close to the infrared communication port 89 of the order book 8 with the infrared communication port 110 of the handy terminal 1 carried by the user. The user presses the display change key of No. 1 and then inputs the pattern No. = 300 of the middle-aged menu with the numeric key. Then, the image of the food and beverage menu product displayed on each product image display section 81 of the order book 8 is switched collectively to the product image of the mature menu, so that the order book 8 is suitable for the customer whose mature menu is appropriate. give. The order book 8 is handed to other customers without operating the display change key. In each product image display section 81 of the order book 8, a menu of pattern No. = 100 which is preset as an initial value, that is, a product image of a general menu is displayed.

When the customer service representative passes the order book 8 to the customer, he or she once leaves the customer seat. On the other hand, the customer who has received the order book 8 looks at the product image displayed on each product image display section 81 and selects a product to order. Then, when the product to be ordered is determined, the [+] button 82 corresponding to the product image display section 81 on which the image of the product is displayed is pressed once. Then, the registration memory M3 of this order book 8
Is stored with the menu code of the order product and the registration point = 1. Further, the registered point = 1 is displayed on the corresponding product image display section 81.

Here, when ordering two or more identical products, the corresponding [+] buttons 82 are pressed by that number. In this way, the registration points corresponding to the menu code of the order product are incremented by one. Also,
When canceling the ordered product, the [-] button 83 corresponding to the product image display section 81 on which the image of the product to be canceled is displayed is pressed once. Then, the registration point corresponding to the menu code of the order product is reduced by one. When the number of registered points becomes 0, the menu code of the order product and the number of registered points = 0 are stored in the registration memory M.
3 is deleted.

Thus, the customer arriving at the customer seat operates the [+] button 82 and the [-] button 83 of the order book 8 to perform a self-order of the food and beverage menu product. When the self-order is completed, the customer service representative is called.

When the customer service representative goes to the customer seat, he or she first sets the table number of the customer seat with the number key of the handy terminal 1 and presses the table key. Next, the customer receives the order book 8 from the customer who has completed the self-order, and presses the data collection key with the infrared communication port 110 of the handy terminal 1 approaching the infrared communication port 89 of the order book 8. Then, a data collection command is transmitted from the handy terminal 1 to the order book 8 by infrared communication, and in response, the self-order data in the registration memory M3 is transmitted from the order book 8 to the handy terminal 1 by infrared communication. Will be replied.

In the handy terminal 1, the received self order data is stored in the HT registration memory M4. The self-order data stored in the HT registration memory M4 can be sequentially displayed on the display 16 by operating the down key and the up key of the handy terminal 1. Also, each product image display section 8 of the order book 8
Are only images of the self-ordered merchandise. Therefore, the customer service clerk checks the contents of the self-order from the data displayed on the display 16. Also,
The customer himself confirms the contents of the self-order from the image displayed on each product image display section 8 of the order book 8.

When the customer requests the cancellation of the self-order data, the user presses the cancel key of the handy terminal 1 while displaying the self-order data to be canceled on the display 16. By doing so, the self-order data is deleted from the HT registration memory M4. When a change in the number of registration points of the self-order data is requested, the correction key of the handy terminal 1 is pressed while the self-order data to be changed is displayed on the display 16, and then the registration after the change is performed. Enter the number of points. By doing so, the registration point of the self order data on the HT registration memory M4 is updated to the changed value. When an order is requested to be added, after pressing an add key of the handy terminal 1, the menu code of the menu to be added and the number of registration points are input from the handy terminal 1. By doing so, the menu code and the registration points of the additional order are added to the HT registration memory M4.

When the receptionist finishes checking the order data, he / she presses the transmission key of the handy terminal 1. Then, the data of the HT registration memory M4 is transmitted from the place by wireless communication, received by the wireless unit 2, and taken into the order management device 3. At this time, the image displayed on each product image display section 8 of the order book 8 is automatically switched to the product image of the general menu.

The customer service representative performs the same operation as described above for each customer who arrives at the same table. And
When all operations are completed, the order book 8 is collected.
In the order management device 3, an order file 6 is created and stored and managed collectively from order data having the same table number. In addition, order slip data is created based on the data in the order file 6, transmitted to the kitchen printer 4, and the order slip is printed and issued. In addition, POS
In the terminal 5, the transaction of the customer is processed based on the data of the order file 6.

As described above, the order book 8 according to the present embodiment is easy to carry, having a self-order function in which a customer can order goods in addition to a function as a menu. Therefore, there is no need to arrange a terminal dedicated to the self-order in addition to the menu at the customer seat, so that the time required for the order can be reduced at low cost.

The order book 8 transmits the self-ordered product code and the number of registration points to the handy terminal 1 by infrared communication, and then transmits the product order data from the handy terminal 1 to the order management device 3. During this period, only the images of the products self-ordered in the order book 8 are displayed on the product image display section 81. Therefore, there is also an advantage that the customer can accurately confirm the self-ordered contents.

Further, by performing a simple operation of merely inputting a pattern number in the handy terminal 1, the images of the products displayed on each product image display section 81 of the order book 8 can be collectively displayed in a desired pattern. Can be easily switched from one order book 8 to a child menu order book or a mature menu order book. Therefore, in the past, if the child menu was forgotten when guiding a guest with children, the child menu had to be obtained after the guidance, but according to the present embodiment, after the guidance, Since there is no need to go to the menu, the burden on the customer service staff can be reduced, and the impression on customers can be improved.

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As described above in detail, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, a portable order book capable of self-ordering in addition to a menu function can be provided. According to the third to fifth aspects of the present invention, self-ordering can be realized without arranging a terminal dedicated to self-ordering at the customer seat in addition to the menu, and the time required for ordering can be reduced at low cost. An order input device that can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a restaurant order management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of an order book according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the order book.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a menu display control table formed in a RAM of the order book.

FIG. 5 is a view showing another main memory area formed in the RAM of the order book.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a main part of a main process executed by a CPU of the order book.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of a menu registration process in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of a menu cancellation process in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of an order transmission process in FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of a display pattern switching process in FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the handy terminal in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an exemplary view showing a keyboard of the handy terminal.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a main part of a display change key process executed by the CPU of the handy terminal.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the first half of data collection key processing executed by the CPU of the handy terminal.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the data collection key processing.

FIG. 16 is a view showing a pattern table used in the display change key processing in FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing main memory areas used in the data collection processing in FIGS. 14 and 15;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Handy terminal (portable terminal) 2 ... Radio | wireless part 3 ... Order management apparatus (order reception processing part) 8 ... Order book 80 ... Liquid crystal touch panel surface 81 ... Product image display part 82 ... [+] button 83 ... [-] button 89, 110 ... infrared communication port TB (TB1, TB2, TB3) ... menu display control table M1 ... pattern No. memory M2 ... flag memory of registration flag M3 ... registration memory M4 ... HT registration memory PT ... pattern table

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of product image display units for displaying images of various order target products for each product, and a plurality of order target products for which images are displayed on the display units, respectively provided for the respective product image display units. An order book comprising: input means for inputting an order quantity; and communication means for transmitting a code of the order target product and the order quantity to which the order quantity has been input by the input means to an external device. 2. A plurality of product image display units for displaying images of various order target products for each product, and a plurality of order target products for which an image is displayed on each of the product image display units. Input means for inputting the order quantity, storage means for storing the code and order quantity of the order target product for which the order quantity has been input by the input means, and storage means for storing the data in accordance with a data collection command from an external device. An order book, comprising: communication means for transmitting a code of an order target product and an order quantity to the external device. 3. An order book having a plurality of product image display sections for displaying images of various order target products for each product,
The order book comprises a portable terminal having a keyboard, a display, etc., and the order book is provided corresponding to each of the product image display sections, and inputs the order quantity of the order target commodities whose images are displayed on the display sections. Input means, storage means for storing the code and order quantity of the order target product for which the order quantity has been input by the input means, and the order target product stored by the storage means in response to a data collection command from the portable terminal Communication means for transmitting the code and the order quantity to the portable terminal, the portable terminal comprising: a command transmission means for transmitting the data collection command to an order book; A data receiving means for receiving the code and order quantity of the order target product returned from the book; Order display control means for displaying, on the display, the code and order quantity of the goods to be ordered received by the receiving means as the goods order data self-ordered in the order book, and a key on the keyboard for displaying the self-ordered goods order data on the keyboard An order input device comprising: an order correcting means for correcting by input; and an order notifying means for notifying the order receiving unit of the commodity order data. 4. The order input device according to claim 3, wherein the order book transmits a code and an order quantity of a commodity to be ordered to a portable terminal by a communication unit, and then transmits the commodity order data by a notifying unit of the portable terminal. An order input device, wherein only an image of a product ordered in the order book is displayed on the product image display unit until is notified to the order processing unit. 5. The order input device according to claim 3, wherein the portable terminal is provided with command means for commanding switching of a display image to the order book, and the order book is configured to respond to a command from the portable terminal. An order input device, comprising: an image switching unit that switches images of respective products to be displayed on a product image display unit in response.