JP2009230633A - Rfid order processing system and rfid order processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an RFID order processing system and an RFID order processing method, simplifying customer's input operation for order contents in purchasing commodity, especially ordering dishes. <P>SOLUTION: In an restaurant, imitations of various kinds of dishes, the lower parts of which are fitted with RFID tags, are arranged on a commodity shelf. When a customer takes out an imitation of a dish to have and places it on a reader part of an order terminal, information such as a charge, a calorie or nutrient or allergic component, and further total of charges and total calorie amount by each dish name of the placed dish is displayed on a display part of the order terminal. These pieces of information are the information resulting from transferring the information of the RFID tag read through a reader part by the order terminal to a POS server through a shop LAN and processing that information based on the information of the RFID tag by the POS server. The ordered dish is determined by pressing an order button provided in the operation part of the order terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides an order system in which a customer orders food at a restaurant or the like, in particular, a dish imitation with RFID and an order terminal with a reader function are prepared, and the dish imitation that the customer wants to eat is placed on the order terminal. The present invention relates to an RFID order processing system and an RFID order processing method for ordering food by pressing an equipped order button.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a food order processing system that electronically processes a customer's food order has become widespread in restaurants and the like.

  The reason why such cooking order processing systems have become widespread is because of the development of information processing technology itself such as electronic computers, but it is possible to rationalize the ordering work by the store clerk for customer orders. At the same time, if linked with the POS system, the sales process can be rationalized.

  As a prior art of such a cooking order processing system, a store clerk goes to the customer seat while carrying the order terminal, where the order data is input to the order terminal while confirming the order contents of the customer, and the order data is input from the order terminal. There is an order processing system in which an order is received by transferring to an in-store server. In addition, in this processing system, in order to receive an order, the clerk must go back and forth to the passenger seat. To improve this, each table is made an order terminal with a touch panel, and the customer inputs the order details. There is also an order processing system (Patent Document 1) for receiving an order.

  Specifically, the order processing system of Patent Literature 1 includes a food ordering device and a food ordering device for ordering food, and the food ordering device displays a food ordering character and a color or monochrome image. A menu display unit, a touch panel for selecting and inputting a custom dish according to the display, a data file unit for storing character and image data for ordering food, and a touch panel to select data. An image processing unit for displaying a natural image of a dish extracted from the file unit on the cooking menu display unit, a communication unit for communicating order data to the outside by operating a touch panel on the cooking menu display unit, And a control unit that controls and executes the operation, and the dish ordering device receives the order data from the dish ordering device and displays the order details Is that that.

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  According to the method of Patent Document 1, since it is possible to eliminate the round trip to the audience seat by the clerk when receiving a food order, it is possible to improve the efficiency of order receiving work, but the customer operates the touch panel. The customer has to order the food he wants to eat, so there is a problem that the customer who is unfamiliar with such an operation just brings trouble.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a first object of the present invention is to provide an RFID order processing system and an RFID order processing method in which a customer can easily input an order content when purchasing a product. The second purpose is to provide an RFID order that does not require a round trip to the clerk's seat when ordering food in a restaurant or the like, but also allows the customer to input the order details. A processing system and an RFID order processing method are provided.

  In order to solve the above problems, an RFID order processing system according to the present invention is connected to a product sample to which an RFID tag storing a product ID is added, an order terminal corresponding to a customer, and the order terminal via an in-store LAN. An RFID order processing system including a POS server, wherein the order terminal stores the RFID tag when the reader of the order terminal detects the approach of the RFID tag added to the product sample. The product ID is read out and transmitted to the POS server via the in-store LAN, and display information including product information corresponding to the product ID is received from the POS server, and is displayed on the display unit of the order terminal. The POS server displays the product ID transmitted from the order terminal via the in-store LAN. It acquires the product information, and creates the display information including the product information, and transmits to the order terminal (claim 1).

  The product sample is a food sample, and the product ID is a food ID (claim 2).

  In addition, the product information includes information on a dish name, unit price, calories, nutrients, and allergic ingredients of the dish, and the display information is the dish of the dish sample placed on the reader unit of the order terminal. It includes information on the name of the dish, unit price, calories, nutrients and allergic ingredients, and the sum of the price and calories (Claim 3).

  In addition, the display information further includes information on the dish name, price, calories, nutrients, and allergic components of the side dish that matches the set of dishes of the dish sample placed on the reader unit of the order terminal. (Claim 4).

  The order terminal further includes an order button for determining a food order, and when the order button is pressed, the order terminal transmits order information to the POS server via the in-store LAN. (Claim 5).

  Further, when the order information is received from the order terminal via the in-store LAN, the POS server transmits the display information to the POS register, and the dish of the order for which the order has been determined. The inventory information of the dish is updated based on the ID (claim 6).

  Further, the order terminal is arranged on a customer table, tray or basket of a restaurant (claim 7).

  In order to solve the above problems, the RFID order processing method of the present invention includes a product sample to which an RFID tag storing a product ID is added, an order terminal corresponding to a customer, and the order terminal via an in-store LAN. An RFID order processing method in an RFID order processing system including a connected POS server, wherein the order terminal detects the approach of the RFID tag added to the product sample by a reader unit of the order terminal. A product ID reading step for reading the product ID stored in the RFID tag, a product ID transmission step for transmitting the product ID read in the product ID reading step to the POS server via the in-store LAN, and the product ID Display information including product information corresponding to the POS server via the LAN The display information receiving step received from the display information and the placed product display step of displaying the display information received in the display information receiving step on the display unit of the order terminal, the POS server, A product ID receiving step for receiving a product ID from the order terminal via the in-store LAN, a product information acquiring step for acquiring the product information based on the product ID received in the product ID receiving step, and the product A display information creating step for creating the display information including the product information obtained in the information obtaining step; and the display information created in the display information creating step is transmitted to the order terminal via the in-store LAN. The first display information transmission step is performed. (Claim 8)

  Further, the product sample is a food sample, and the product ID is a food ID (claim 9).

  In addition, the product information includes information on a dish name, unit price, calories, nutrients, and allergic ingredients of the dish, and the display information is the dish of the dish sample placed on the reader unit of the order terminal. It includes information on the name of the dish, unit price, calories, nutrients and allergic ingredients, and the sum of the price and calories (claim 10).

  In addition, the display information further includes information on the dish name, price, calories, nutrients, and allergic components of the side dish that matches the set of dishes of the dish sample placed on the reader unit of the order terminal. (Claim 11).

  In addition, the order terminal, when an order button for determining a food order provided in the order terminal is pressed, an order information transmission step of transmitting order information to the POS server via the in-store LAN. Further, it is executed (claim 12).

  In addition, when the POS server receives the order information from the order terminal via the in-store LAN, a second display information transmission step of transmitting the display information to a POS register; An inventory information update step of updating inventory information of the dish is further executed based on the determined dish ID of the dish (claim 13).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily construct an RFID order processing system that allows a customer to easily input an order content when purchasing a product.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when ordering a dish in a restaurant such as a restaurant, the RFID does not require a round trip to the customer seat of the store clerk, but also allows the customer to easily input the order details. An order processing system can be easily constructed. In particular, in the case of a family restaurant, since the product sample is visual and easy to understand for the customer, it is possible to enjoy the ordering time by arranging the product sample of what they want to eat while the family is talking.

  Further, according to the invention according to claim 3, since the total calories, nutrients, and allergic components are also displayed in addition to the fee, the customer can place a product sample on the order terminal while considering the wallet and health, or from the order terminal. You can put it out.

  Further, according to the invention according to claim 4, since the side dish can be proposed according to the customer's selection, it is easy to devise to increase the customer unit price.

  Further, according to the invention according to claim 5, since the food order is not made unless the order button is pressed, the customer can put the product sample on the order terminal or take it out from the order terminal without particular attention. Can do.

  Moreover, according to the invention which concerns on Claim 6, the cooking order by a customer can be linked with a POS system.

  Moreover, according to the invention which concerns on Claim 7, an order terminal can be arrange | positioned easily. In particular, when the order terminal is arranged on a portable tray or basket, the customer does not need to reciprocate between the customer table and the product shelf each time a dish is selected.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily construct an RFID order processing method that allows a customer to input an order content when purchasing a product.

  Since the inventions according to claims 9 to 13 are apparent from the effects described above, description of the effects is omitted.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, the embodiment described below is merely for the purpose of explanation, and does not limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, those skilled in the art can employ embodiments in which each element or all elements of this embodiment are replaced with equivalent ones, and these embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[RFID]
First, RFID will be briefly described.

<Definition of RFID>
RFID is an abbreviation for “Radio Frequency Identification” and is an authentication technology that uses radio waves. Recently, the combination of contactless communication using radio waves and authentication using IC chips is becoming the mainstream of RF. , “Contactless authentication technology using an IC chip”.

<RFID components>
Actually, there is no single device or technology called RFID. To realize and use RFID, an RFID tag with a built-in IC chip that is directly subject to authentication and a reader that reads information held by the RFID tag (actually, The reader / writer needs to be a reader / writer, but since the present invention does not intend to write to the RFID tag, only “reader” will be described in this specification.), And the information read by the reader is processed. Three components of the host system are required.

<RFID communication principle>
Next, what kind of communication is performed between the components of the RFID will be briefly described.

  When the RFID tag is brought close to the reader, a radio wave including a control signal is transmitted from the antenna on the reader side, and this radio wave is received by the antenna on the RFID tag side. As a result, the antenna on the RFID side resonates and an electromotive force is generated. The RFID tag activates a built-in circuit by the generated electromotive force to perform necessary processing, and transmits the result of this processing on a modulated carrier wave and transmits it from an antenna on the RFID side. This radio wave is received by the antenna on the reader side and decoded by the processing unit of the reader. The reader transmits the result of the decoding process to the higher system. The host system that has received the result of the decoding process performs necessary data processing.

[RFID order processing system concept]
Next, the concept of the RFID order processing system of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG. Here, a family restaurant will be described as an example.

  In this family restaurant, imitations of various dishes with RFID tags attached at the bottom are arranged on a product shelf. When a customer takes out an imitation of the food he wants to eat from the product shelf and places it on the reader part of the order terminal, the display part of the order terminal displays the price, calorie, nutrients and allergies for each dish name of the dish. Information such as the components, and the total fee and total calorie content is displayed. These pieces of information are information obtained by transferring the RFID tag information read by the order terminal by the reader unit to the POS server via the in-store LAN, and processing the POS server based on the RFID tag information. The order is not confirmed unless you press the order button provided on the operation unit of the order terminal, so customers can enjoy the order time by arranging food imitations of what they want to eat while talking with their family. In addition, it is possible to carry out an order simulation in consideration of the wallet and health while placing it on the leader part of the order terminal or taking it out. In addition, if it is possible to propose a side dish or the like according to the customer's selection on the display unit of the order terminal, it is easy to devise to increase the customer unit price.

[Overall configuration of RFID order processing system]
Next, the overall configuration of the RFID order processing system of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 2, reference numerals 1 to 5 denote a POS server, a POS register, an order terminal, an in-store LAN, and a product shelf installed or deployed in the store, respectively. The POS server 1, the POS register 2 and the order terminal 3 are interconnected by an in-store LAN 4. On the product shelf 5, imitations of various dishes are arranged.

  The order terminal is typically provided on the passenger seat table, but may be provided on a tray or basket that can be carried by the customer. By placing the order terminal on a portable tray or basket, customers do not have to carry the cooking imitation from the product shelf to the customer seating table. It is. When the order terminal is arranged on a portable tray or basket, the in-store LAN 4 is preferably a wireless system.

[Hardware configuration]
Next, the hardware configuration of the POS server 1 and the order terminal 3 will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the POS register 2 itself is not the gist of the present invention, so the description thereof is omitted, and the RFID tag is as described later.

<Hardware configuration of POS server>
First, the hardware configuration of the POS server 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 3, reference numerals 11 to 18 denote a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a keyboard, a display, a printer, a transmission / reception device, a main storage device, an external storage device, and an internal bus of the computer, respectively. The CPU 11, keyboard 12, display 13, printer 14, transmission / reception device 15, main storage device 16, and external storage device 17 are interconnected by an internal bus 18 of the computer.

  The main storage device 16 is provided with an OS resident area, a POS system construction program area, an RFID order system construction program area, various work areas, and the like, and the external storage device 17 includes various program files, product / stock information files. A sales information file, a side dish information file, and the like are stored. As shown in FIG. 5A, the product record in the product / inventory information file includes a “cooking ID” item, a “cooking name” item, a “unit price” item, a “calorie” item, and a “nutrient” as main keys. “Item”, “allergy component” item, “stock quantity” item, and the like.

  The CPU 11 executes a POS system construction program and an RFID order system construction program loaded from the external storage device 17 to the main storage device 16 to realize various functional means described later. The transmission / reception apparatus transmits / receives signals between the POS server 1 and the POS register 2 or the order terminal 3. Since the keyboard 12, the display 13 and the printer 14 are normally provided in this kind of POS server, they are not specifically described here.

<Hardware configuration of order terminal>
Next, the hardware configuration of the order terminal 3 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 4, reference numerals 31 to 38 denote a CPU (Central Processing Unit), operation buttons, a display, an RFID tag detection device, a transmission / reception device, a ROM, a RAM, and an internal bus, respectively. The CPU 31, operation buttons 32, display 33, ID tag detection device 34, transmission / reception device 35, ROM 36 and RAM 37 are interconnected by an internal bus 38.

  Both the ROM 36 and the RAM 37 are in the address space of the CPU 31. The ROM 36 stores an order terminal construction program and various constants, and the RAM 37 stores transmission / reception information and processing result information. The CPU 31 executes an order terminal construction program stored in the ROM 35, and realizes various functional means described later.

  The operation button 32 is an input device for the customer to order food or to determine the necessity / unnecessity of the side dish provided from the store, and the display 33 is the food placed on the lead device of the order terminal 3 by the customer. It is a display device for displaying price, calories, nutrients, allergic ingredients, information such as the total price and total calorie, side dishes presented by the store, etc. for each dish name. An example of the arrangement of the operation buttons 32 and a display example of the display are shown in FIGS. 5B and 5C, respectively.

  The RFID tag detection device 34 is a device for detecting the approach or separation of the RFID tag. The transmission / reception device 35 is a device that transmits / receives a signal to / from the POS server 1 or the RFID tag, and an antenna for transmitting / receiving a signal to / from the RFID tag is provided.

<Hardware configuration of RFID tag>
In the present invention, a very well-known RFID tag is used. Since the use of the RFID tag is the gist of the present invention, its hardware configuration will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  In the figure, “i” to “ni” denote an IC chip transmission / reception circuit, a read control circuit, an ID storage circuit, and a power source, respectively. The transmission / reception circuit A is a circuit that receives power from the order terminal 3 and transmits the dish ID to the order terminal 3. The reading control circuit B receives the dish ID from the ID storage circuit C in response to a read command from the order terminal 3. The ID storage circuit C is a circuit for reading the dish ID, and the power source D is a circuit for accumulating electric power from the order terminal 3 through the transmission / reception circuit A and supplying power to each circuit. The transmission / reception circuit a is provided with an antenna that receives a radio wave from the order terminal 3 and transmits a dish ID to the order terminal 3.

[Processing flow in POS server]
Next, the processing flow in the POS server 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Note that POS system business processing such as sales processing and business management processing by the POS server 1 is not the gist of the present invention, and therefore only the processing flow in the RFID order processing will be described below.

<Cooking ID reception process>
First, it is determined whether or not a dish ID has been received from the order terminal 3 (step S1). If not received (step S1 = no), step S1 is repeatedly executed and received (step S1 = If yes, it is determined whether the dish ID is a new dish ID or a dish ID to be canceled (step S2).

  In the case of a new dish ID (step S2 = new), the terminal ID and the new dish ID are fetched (step S3), and based on the dish ID, the product / inventory information file stored in the external storage device 17 is used. In the case of the product ID corresponding to the new dish ID, that is, the dish ID for which the information of “cooking name”, “unit price”, “calorie”, “nutrient” and “allergic ingredients” is extracted and canceled (step S2 = no) takes in the terminal ID and the dish ID to be canceled (step S5).

  Next, for one order terminal 3, the dish ID of the side dish is extracted from the side dish information file stored in the external storage device 17 on the basis of the information of the set of dish IDs, and the external ID is determined based on the dish ID. The product information of the side dish is extracted from the product / stock information file stored in the storage device 17.

<Display Information Creation / Transmission Processing 1>
Next, based on the extracted product information, information to be displayed on the display 33 of the order terminal 3, that is, display information is displayed so that the information shown in FIG. 5C is displayed on the display 33 of the order terminal 3. Based on the order terminal ID that has been created and taken in first, it is transmitted to the corresponding order terminal 3.

<Order processing>
When the transmission processing of the display information to the order terminal 3 in step S8 is completed, it is determined again whether or not the dish ID has been received from the order terminal 3 (step S9). If not received (step S9 = no) ), The process proceeds to a process of determining whether or not order information has been received from the order terminal 3 (step S10), and if received (step S9 = yes), it is a new dish ID or a dish ID to be canceled. The process returns to the determination process (step S2).

<Display information creation / transmission process 2>
If order information is received from the order terminal 3 (step S10), it is determined whether or not a side dish is necessary (step S11). If necessary (step S11 = necessary), the side dish is ordered by the customer. If the display information is not necessary (step S11 = unnecessary), the display information including no side dish is generated. In addition to the “order” itself, the order information includes the necessity / unnecessity of the side dish and the terminal ID of the ordered order terminal 3.

  When the display information creation processing in step S12 or S13 is completed, the created display information is transmitted to the corresponding order terminal 3, and is also transmitted to the POS register 2 and the kitchen. The reason why the display information after order determination is transmitted to the POS register 2 in addition to the cooking place is to be used for sales processing at the time of payment. When the display information is transmitted to the POS register 2 and the cooking place, the terminal ID of the ordered order terminal is transmitted, and the format of the display information is information for sales processing at the time of payment and information that is easy for the cook to view. Arrange to become.

  Regarding the payment of the fee, if a terminal ID tag or the like is provided in the order terminal 3 and the customer brings this terminal ID tag to the POS register 2 at the time of payment, the slip can be omitted. Of course, the separately issued slip may be given to the customer when the store clerk brings the food to the customer table.

  When the display information transmission processing in steps S14 to S16 is completed, the inventory information of the corresponding product is updated based on the customer's order details. The stock information update process is performed by updating the product / stock information file stored in the external storage device 17.

<End processing>
When the stock information update process in step S17 is completed, it is determined whether or not to end the system (step S18). If the system is to be ended (step S18 = yes), the end process is performed. In S18 = no), the process returns to the determination process (step S1) as to whether or not there is a request for inputting dish ID information from the order terminal 3. The reason for terminating the system or the content of the termination process is not related to the gist of the present invention, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

[Processing flow in order terminal]
Next, the processing flow in the order terminal 3 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

<Cooking ID transmission process>
First, it is determined whether or not the RFID tag has approached (step S21). If the RFID tag has not approached (step S21 = no), step S21 is repeatedly executed, and if it has approached (step S21 = yes). Transmits a signal including an ID read command to the RFID tag (step S22). Thereby, the RFID tag attached to the lower part of the dish imitation is supplied with power and transmits the dish ID to the order terminal 3.

  When the power supply / read command transmission process in step 2 is completed, it is determined whether or not a dish ID is received from the RFID tag (step S23). If not received (step S23 = no), step 3 is repeated. If it is executed and received (step S23 = yes), the received dish ID is transmitted to the POS server 1 together with the terminal ID (step S24).

<Display process 1>
When the dish ID transmission process to the POS server 1 in step S24 is completed, it is determined whether or not display information is received from the POS server 1 (step S25), and if not received (step S25 = no). When step S25 is repeatedly executed and received (step S25 = yes), the received display information is displayed on the display 33 of the order terminal 3 (step S26).

<Order request processing>
When the display display process in step S26 is completed, it is determined whether or not the order button has been pressed by the customer (step S27). If the order button has not been pressed (step S27 = no), the dish is added or the dish is canceled. The process proceeds to the determination process (steps S28 to S29), and if there is no change in the dish (step S28 = no & step S29 = no), the process returns to the order button press determination process (step S27), and if pressed (step S27 = yes), the “order” is transmitted to the POS server 1 together with the side dish required / unnecessary and the terminal ID (step S30).

<Display process 2>
When the order information transmission processing to the POS server 1 in step 10 is completed, it is determined whether or not display information has been received from the POS server 1 (step S31). If not received (step S31 = no). When step S31 is repeatedly executed and received (step S31 = yes), the received display information is displayed on the display 33 of the order terminal 3 (step S32).

[Functional means]
Finally, various means realized by the CPU 11 executing the RFID order system construction program and various means realized by the order terminal construction program being executed by the CPU 31 are information between these means. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

<Functional means of POS server>
First, functional means of the POS server 1 will be described.

  The ID receiving means ms1 is means for executing steps S1 to S3, S5 and S9 of FIG. 7, and means for receiving a new dish ID, a dish ID to be canceled and a terminal ID transmitted from the order terminal 3. It is.

  The display information transmitting unit ms2 is a unit for executing steps S8 and S14 to S16 of FIG. 7, and transmits the display information created by the display information creating unit ms6 to the corresponding order terminal 3, It is also a means for transmitting to the POS register and the kitchen.

  The order information receiving means ms3 is means for executing step S10 of FIG. 7, and is means for receiving the order information transmitted from the order terminal 3.

  The merchandise information extracting means ms4 is means for executing step S4 of FIG. 7, and based on the new dish ID and the dish ID of the side dish transferred from the ID receiving means ms1 and the side dish ID extracting means, This is means for extracting corresponding product information from the product / stock information file stored in the storage device 17.

  The side dish ID extraction unit ms5 is a unit for executing step S6 of FIG. 7, and the corresponding dish ID is obtained from the side dish information file stored in the external storage device 17 on the basis of the information on the set of dish IDs. It is a means to take out.

  The display information creation means ms6 is means for executing steps S7 and S12 to S13 of FIG. 7, and the product information transferred from the product information extraction means ms4 and the dish for canceling transferred from the ID reception means ms1. Based on the order information transferred from the ID and the order information receiving means ms3, it is means for creating display information corresponding to the situation.

  The inventory information update unit ms7 is a unit for executing step S17 in FIG. 7, and the correspondence in the product / inventory information file stored in the external storage device 17 based on an instruction from the order information receiving unit ms3. This is a means for updating the number of inventory of product records to be updated.

<Functional means of order terminal>
Next, functional means of the order terminal 3 will be described.

  The power transmission means mo1 and the ID read command transmission means mo2 are means for executing step S22 of FIG. 8, and supply power to the RFID tag when the ID tag detection device 34 detects the approach of the RFID tag. A means for transmitting a dish ID read command.

  The new ID transmission means mo3 is a means for executing steps S23 to S24 in FIG. 8, and receives the dish ID from the RFID tag. If the dish ID is a new dish ID, the dish ID together with the terminal ID is POS. It is means for transmitting to the server 1.

  Cancellation ID transmission means mo4 is a means for executing steps S23 to S24 of FIG. 8, and receives a dish ID from the RFID tag, and if a dish ID to be canceled is found, the dish ID is together with the terminal ID. It is means for transmitting to the POS server 1.

  The display information receiving means mo5 is a means for executing steps S25 to S26 and S32 of FIG. 8, and is a means for displaying the display information received from the POS server 1 on a display.

  The order information transmitting means mo6 is a means for executing steps S27 and S30 of FIG. 8, and when the order button is pressed by the customer, the POS server 1 displays “order” and side dish required / unnecessary together with the terminal ID. It is a means to transmit to.

  The RFID order processing system and the RFID order processing method of the present invention are not limited to the types of products to be sold, and therefore can be applied not only to the restaurant serving dishes described above but also to stores that sell various products.

It is a figure which shows the concept of the RFID order processing system of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the whole structure of the RFID order processing system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of a POS server typically. It is a figure which shows typically the hardware constitutions of an order terminal. (A) is a figure which shows the example of the product record in a goods / stock information file, (b) is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the operation button of an order terminal, (c) is a figure of an order terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a display. It is a figure which shows typically the hardware constitutions of a RFID tag. It is a figure which shows the processing flow in a POS server. It is a figure which shows the processing flow in an order terminal. It is a figure which shows the functional means of this invention with the flow relationship of data.

Explanation of symbols

1: Order terminal cancellation ID transmission means, mo5: Order terminal display information reception means, mo6: Order end order information transmission means

Claims (13)

An RFID order processing system comprising a product sample to which an RFID tag storing a product ID is added, an order terminal corresponding to a customer, and a POS server connected to the order terminal via an in-store LAN,
When the order terminal detects the approach of the RFID tag added to the product sample by the reader unit of the order terminal, the order terminal reads the product ID stored in the RFID tag and transmits the product ID via the in-store LAN. Transmitting to the POS server, receiving display information including product information corresponding to the product ID from the POS server, and displaying it on the display unit of the order terminal;
The POS server acquires the product information based on the product ID transmitted from the order terminal via the in-store LAN, creates the display information including the product information, and generates the order information. An RFID order processing system, which transmits to a terminal.   2. The RFID order processing system according to claim 1, wherein the product sample is a food sample, and the product ID is a food ID.   The product information includes information on a dish name, unit price, calories, nutrients, and allergic ingredients of the dish, and the display information is the dish name of the dish of the dish sample placed on the reader unit of the order terminal. The RFID order processing system according to claim 2, further comprising: information on unit price, calories, nutrients and allergic components, and a total of price and calories.   The information for display further includes information on a dish name, price, calories, nutrients, and allergic components of a side dish that matches the set of dishes of the dish sample placed on the reader unit of the order terminal. The RFID order processing system according to any one of claims 2 and 3.   The order terminal further includes an order button for determining a food order, and transmits the order information to the POS server via the in-store LAN when the order button is pressed. Item 5. The RFID order processing system according to any one of Items 2 to 4.   When the POS server receives the order information from the order terminal via the in-store LAN, the POS server transmits the display information to the POS register and also sets the dish ID of the dish for which the order has been determined. 6. The RFID order processing system according to claim 2, wherein inventory information of the dish is updated based on the information.   The RFID order processing system according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the order terminal is arranged on a customer table, a tray, or a basket of a restaurant. An RFID order processing method in an RFID order processing system comprising a product sample to which an RFID tag storing a product ID is added, an order terminal corresponding to a customer, and a POS server connected to the order terminal via an in-store LAN. And
The order terminal is
A product ID reading step of reading the product ID stored in the RFID tag when the reader unit of the order terminal detects the approach of the RFID tag added to the product sample;
A product ID transmitting step of transmitting the product ID read in the product ID reading step to the POS server via the in-store LAN;
A display information receiving step of receiving display information including product information corresponding to the product ID from the POS server via the LAN;
Executing the placed product display step of displaying the display information received in the display information receiving step on the display unit of the order terminal;
The POS server
A product ID receiving step of receiving the product ID from the order terminal via the in-store LAN;
A product information obtaining step for obtaining the product information based on the product ID received in the product ID receiving step;
A display information creation step for creating the display information including the product information acquired in the product information acquisition step;
An RFID order processing method comprising: performing a first display information transmission step of transmitting the display information created in the display information creation step to the order terminal via the in-store LAN.   9. The RFID order processing method according to claim 8, wherein the product sample is a food sample, and the product ID is a food ID.   The product information includes information on a dish name, unit price, calories, nutrients, and allergic ingredients of the dish, and the display information is the dish name of the dish of the dish sample placed on the reader unit of the order terminal. The RFID order processing method according to claim 9, further comprising: information on unit price, calories, nutrients and allergic components, and a total price and calories.   The information for display further includes information on a dish name, price, calories, nutrients, and allergic components of a side dish that matches the set of dishes of the dish sample placed on the reader unit of the order terminal. The RFID order processing method according to any one of claims 9 and 10.   The order terminal further executes an order information transmission step of transmitting order information to the POS server via the in-store LAN when an order button for determining a food order provided in the order terminal is pressed. The RFID order processing method according to claim 9, wherein the RFID order processing method is performed.   When the POS server receives the order information from the order terminal via the in-store LAN, a second display information transmission step for transmitting the display information to a POS register and the order is determined. 13. The RFID order processing method according to claim 12, further comprising a stock information update step of updating stock information of the dish based on the dish ID of the dish.

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