JP2010012153A - Restaurant system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a customer to see foods to choose a desirable one and to produce no waste resulting from deterioration through circulation. <P>SOLUTION: The restaurant room is divided by a partitive wall 12 into a bringing-in room 10 and seats 11. The room 10 is provided with a cooling means 13, a constant-temperature high-humidity refrigerator 14, a table 15 and a camera 16. A manipulator means 17 is disposed in a space between the refrigerator 14 and the table 15. The cooling means 13 cools down the room 10. When a plate dished with meat outside is set in the refrigerator 14 in the room 10 cooled, the manipulator means 17 grips the plate to transfer it to the table 15. The camera 16 photographs it to display it on a liquid crystal display device 35 on the seat 11. When the meat is chosen by looking at the display, the plate dished with the meat chosen is transferred from the room 10 via a conveying line 18 to the seat 11. Thereby, the customer can choose the meat by looking at it. Concurrently, meat other than the meat transferred is kept cool, producing no waste resulting from the deterioration through the circulation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an environment-friendly restaurant system that can reduce the amount of food waste.

  Since fresh food is a living thing, its quality and taste will vary from individual to individual. However, it is common for restaurants to order by looking at the menu without looking directly at the ingredients. For this reason, there are many cases where orders are lost or things that are different from what was imagined are carried.

As one method for solving such a problem, (Patent Document 1) includes a belt conveyor for conveyance along a counter, and food such as meat is arranged and circulated on tableware on the conveyor. Are listed. By doing so, the customer (orderer) of the counter can check the dish of the food that he / she wants to eat according to the situation and take it by hand and cook it with the IH cooker incorporated in the counter. For this reason, there is no chance that the order will be missed or something that was different from what was imagined will not be carried. Moreover, in this product, a cooling sheet is laid on the tableware to keep the food at a low temperature, and a lid is covered with a transparent acrylic cover to prevent adhesion of dust and the like.
JP 2001-340202 A

  However, those that are not chosen by customers will continue to circulate on the conveyor. The only thing that circulates in this way is that the customer who chooses this food is not in the store, and the timing of delivery is different. However, once the conveyor is circulated, even if a cooling sheet is laid on the plate or an acrylic cover is placed on the plate, it deteriorates and must be discarded.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to allow customers to look at foods and choose their favorite ones, and to avoid waste due to deterioration due to circulation.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention comprises a carry-in chamber and a passenger seat, and the carry-in chamber is partly or entirely partitioned from the guest seat via a transparent partition, and is divided into the carry-in chamber partitioned by the partition. A cooling unit for refrigeration is provided, and a constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator provided with a storage shelf, a photographing table and a camera are provided in the carry-in chamber, and can be swung vertically and horizontally between the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator and the table. A manipulator means is provided, and a conveying path that penetrates the partition wall from the carry-in chamber toward the passenger seat is provided in a swivelable range of the manipulator means, while the passenger seat is provided with a plurality of seats equipped with heating cooking means, and the seat The transport path is extended along the transport path, and unloading means for unloading the dishes from the extended transport path to each seat is provided. Each seat is provided with a display means and an input means. Ingredients are loaded in and placed on the storage shelf of the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator, the manipulator means grips the set dishes and moves them appropriately to the table for shooting according to the set number of dishes. Ingredients are sequentially photographed with a camera and displayed on the display means of each seat of the passenger seat. On the other hand, when any one of the images displayed one after another on the seat display means is designated by the input means, the dish of the designated image is displayed. The manipulator means grips and moves to the conveyance path, and when the transferred plate moves on the conveyance path and reaches the seat designated by the image, the unloading means sends the dish from the conveyance path to the seat, so that the delivered food This is a configuration in which the food is cooked by the heating cooking means of the seat.

  By adopting such a configuration, when the seat display means is selected for selection, the selected one of the images taken in the carry-in room is carried to the seat through the conveyance path. At this time, a part or all of the partition walls are made transparent so that the inside of the carry-in room can be seen from the passenger seat, so that it is possible to ensure the validity of the image taken in the carry-in room. For this reason, customers can get their favorite choices. On the other hand, since what was not selected by the customer at this time is refrigerated and stored in the carry-in room or the constant-temperature and high-humidity refrigerator in the carry-in room, deterioration can be minimized. As a result, the number of discarded items can be extremely small, and waste can be saved.

  Also, at this time, the camera is a camera for moving image shooting, and an IC tag reader for detecting the information of the IC tag is provided in the transport path while registering information for attaching the IC tag to the dish and distinguishing the dish. On the other hand, using the touch panel type liquid crystal display as the display means and the input means for the passenger seat and the cooking device for the seat as a heating cooker, the dish placed on the table by the manipulator means is photographed from the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator. When the food displayed on the plate is displayed one after another on the liquid crystal display of the seat and specified by touching the moving image displayed on the screen, the manipulator means selects the plate in the loading room corresponding to the specified moving image. The IC tag reader detects that the transferred dish has moved to the conveyance path and moved on the conveyance path to reach the seat where the image is designated. If that, by the pan out means sends out the transport path to the seat, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the received foodstuffs to be cooked in the cooker of the seat.

  By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to see the freshness of food in a realistic manner, like a live broadcast on a television, by watching a video taken with a camera. In addition, you can order your favorite items simply by looking at the display and touching them. Further, since the dish can be delivered based on the information of the IC tag, the requested dish can be surely delivered to the target seat. Furthermore, by using an IH cooker as a heating cooker during cooking, it can be performed safely and cleanly without deteriorating the surrounding environment due to the loss caused by the flame during cooking or the steam or radiant heat from the red hot part. Therefore, for example, the temperature of the passenger seat does not rise and the efficiency of air conditioning can be improved.

  Also, at this time, when meat is served in an external kitchen, the individual identification number of the cow is registered and loaded on the dish tag, and the loaded dish is gripped by the manipulator means and appropriately moved to the table for photographing. Thus, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the traceability information based on the individual identification number is displayed on the display means when the meat on the plate is photographed one after another by the camera and displayed on the display means of each seat of the passenger seat. .

  By adopting such a configuration, safety can be ensured by displaying traceability information based on the individual identification number registered in the IC tag.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, the customer can select what he / she likes. At the same time, waste can be prevented.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an application of the restaurant system of the present application to a yakiniku restaurant. This yakiniku restaurant is composed of a carry-in room 10 and a guest seat 11, and has a configuration in which, for example, a conventional kitchen equipped with a sink, a storage shelf for tableware, and the like is eliminated. Therefore, there is an advantage that the seat 11 can be enlarged by the space required for the sink and the cupboard (note that the used tableware is not required if it is returned to an external kitchen described later. , Kitchen center etc.)

  As shown in FIG. 2, the carry-in chamber 10 has a sealed structure by partitioning two directions with a transparent partition wall 12 made of glass (transparent or acrylic) as shown in FIG. Is not shown). Thus, by making the carrying-in chamber 10 into a sealed structure, the temperature of the carrying-in chamber 10 is prevented from rising, and bacteria from entering the carrying-in chamber 10 are prevented, and the inside of the carrying-in chamber 10 can be seen from the passenger seat. Thus, the legitimacy of the processing in the carry-in room is ensured. In this embodiment, the entire surface of the partition wall 12 is made of glass, but is not limited thereto. For example, even if the upper half of the partition wall 12 is made of glass and made transparent, it does not matter as long as the legitimacy can be ensured.

  The carry-in chamber 10 is provided with a cooling means 13, and the carrying-in room 10 provided with the cooling means 13 is provided with a constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14, a table 15, a camera 16, a manipulator means 17 and a conveyance path 18. It has become.

  The cooling means 13 is for keeping the room temperature of the carry-in chamber 10 in a refrigerated state. Thus, by keeping the room temperature of the carry-in chamber 10 at the same low temperature as that of the refrigerator, as described later, It is intended to prevent the deterioration of.

  The constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 keeps the inside of the cabinet in a windless state and uniformly cools, thereby reducing the fluctuation range of the air temperature in the warehouse and reducing the temperature unevenness. Further, at that time, the humidity in the storage can be kept high (for example, 90% or more), and the deterioration of the fresh food in the storage can be prevented for a long time. This constant-temperature high-humidity refrigerator 14 includes a storage shelf 19 so that a large number of meat dishes 24 carried in can be stored as will be described later.

  The table 15 is used for photographing, and in this embodiment, a plurality of turntables 20 are provided on the top plate as shown in FIG. The turntable 20 is for rotating a plate 24 with meat, which will be described later, and is connected to a motor M and controlled to rotate slowly as shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, the camera 16 is provided for each turntable 20 and is connected to a server 23 via a controller 22 such as a client computer as shown in FIG. Further, each camera 16 is provided, for example, obliquely above the turntable 20 and rotates the turntable 20 so as to photograph the back side (the other side) of the meat placed on the plate 24 (on the turntable). It has become. Therefore, here, the camera 16 is used for moving images. Any camera 16 can be used as long as it is a small and light video camera that can be easily installed. For example, it can be used from a portable high-definition camera to a web (net) camera in accordance with a request for resolution and the like. If still images are acceptable, a digital still camera can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the manipulator means 17 is a robot arm in which a gripper 21 is attached to an arm end (a tip of an arm) so that the dish 24 can be gripped. It arrange | positions between the constant temperature high humidity refrigerator 14 and the table 15, and is connected with the server 23 via the controllers 22, such as a client computer, as shown in FIG. By arranging in this way, the dish (meats) 24 can be moved between the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 and the table 15. An IC tag reader 25 is attached to the gripper 21 so that a specific plate 24 can be taken out by reading data from an IC tag 34 provided on the plate 24 as will be described later. Since the manipulator means 17 handles food unlike industrial products, it can be of a human type (robot type) so as not to cause a sense of incongruity when viewed from the audience seat.

  In this embodiment, the constant-temperature and high-humidity refrigerator 14 and the table 15 are disposed to face each other, but the present invention is not limited to this arrangement. For example, even if the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 and the table 15 are arranged in a V shape, an L shape, or the like, the manipulator means 17 may be disposed between them. That is, it is sufficient that the dish 24 can be moved by disposing the manipulator means 17 between the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 and the table 15 without facing each other.

  The conveyance path 18 is of a conveyor type, and is arranged so that one end portion 26 of the conveyor is positioned inside the rotatable range A of the manipulator means 17 (see FIG. 1). By arranging in this way, the plate 24 can be moved from the table 15 to the transport path 18. Further, the transport path 18 passes through the partition wall 12 and is provided on the passenger seat 11 side.

  On the other hand, the passenger seat 11 has a configuration in which a plurality of seats 30 are provided on both sides of the extended conveyance path 18 as shown in FIG. The transport path 18 on the passenger seat 11 side has, for example, a tunnel structure in which an elongated counter stand 28 as shown in FIG. 2 is hollow along the longitudinal direction, and a transport conveyor is provided in the hollow. On the other hand, the seats 30 are horizontal seats (bench seats) provided laterally with respect to the counter table 28, and are provided face-to-face with the grilled meat table 31 in between. Then, the plate 24 that has moved along the transport path 18 approaches the counter table 28 next to the seat 30.

  That is, on the conveyance path 18, for each seat 30, for example, an unloading unit including a sorter 29 and a lifting device 33 as shown in FIG. 5 is provided. The sorter 29 is for changing the moving direction of the tray 24 to the left and right with respect to the transport path 18, and moves the tray 24 being transported to a carry-out path 32 provided beside the transport path 18. On the other hand, the lifting / lowering device 33 is provided in the carry-out path 32 so that the plate 24 moved to the carry-out path 32 is pushed out onto the counter table 28 (the counter table 28 is provided with an opening / closing door). . By doing so, the meat can be transported through the tunnel and sent out to the seat 30 while being kept clean. In this embodiment, since the transport path 18 has a tunnel structure, the sorter 29 and the lifting device 33 are employed as the unloading means. However, when the transport path 18 is different from the tunnel structure, the transport path 18 is appropriately selected according to the structure of the transport path 18. It is possible.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, an IC tag reader 25 is provided in the vicinity of the conveyance path 18 of each seat 30 and connected to the server 23 (for example, through a controller 22 such as a client computer is natural). In addition, an IC tag 34 is attached to the plate 24 on which meat is placed, and codes that can be distinguished are registered. By doing so, the server 23 can grasp the position of the tray 24 on the transport path 18 and control the sorter 29 so that the determined tray 24 can be transported to the determined seat 30. In addition, other information such as the individual identification number of the processed beef cow, the processed part, the number of grams, the cooking date and time, and the cooking place are also registered in the IC tag 34. For example, if an individual identification number is registered, traceability information can be obtained from a database or the like based on the registered individual identification number, so that they can be displayed on a liquid crystal display 35 provided as a display means on the seat 30.

  The liquid crystal display 35 is of a touch panel type that serves as both a display means and an input means. The liquid crystal display 35 is provided for each seat 30 and is connected to the server 23 via the controller 22 and transmitted from the server 23 as shown in FIG. By touching the display screen, you can input intuitively.

  Moreover, the grilled meat table 31 of the seat 30 uses a grilled meat plate 36 by an IH heater (IH cooker) as a heating cooker, and deteriorates the surrounding environment due to loss due to heat or radiant heat from the flame or red hot part. The cooking is safe and clean.

  This configuration is configured as described above. In this system, for example, meat is sliced in advance in an external kitchen (for example, a kitchen center, etc.) that is strictly temperature-controlled, and placed on a plate 24, and then left as it is. , Make it available to customers. At that time, a unique identification code is assigned to each dish, and the assigned code is registered in the IC tag 34 of the dish 24 together with the date and time of processing. At the same time, the individual identification number of the processed cow is also registered and delivered to the yakiniku restaurant together with vegetables and other garnish.

  In the delivered store, the dish 24 with meat is immediately stored in the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 of the carry-in chamber 10. The storage at this time may be performed in the order in which the manipulator means 17 can be easily taken out, such as by meat part, by individual identification number, and by date. At that time, for example, the carry-in chamber 10 is kept at 1 degree or less, and the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 is kept at 2 degrees or less so that the temperature in the cabinet does not rise with the door of the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 opened. . By doing so, the meat is prevented from being deteriorated and can be freely taken in and out of the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14. Thus, the effect of the constant temperature high humidity refrigerator 14 is heightened by making the carrying-in room 10 into a substantially double refrigerator. And, it is designed so that it can be finely managed by the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 which is hard to change such as drying.

  When such preparation is completed, it is not necessary to enter or exit the carry-in chamber 10, and the room temperature can be kept constant.

  Now, when the preparation is completed and the preparation is completed, the manipulator means 17 turns to grab and take out the plate (meat on which the meat is placed) 24 from the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 and turn it over, as shown in FIG. On the turntable 20. At this time, a series of operations are executed by reading the registration data from the IC tag 34 of the plate 24 and transmitting it to the server 23. When the plate 24 is placed on the turntable 20, the turntable 20 is slowly rotated and photographed by the camera 16. The captured moving image is sent to the server 23 and displayed on the liquid crystal display 35 on the passenger seat 11 side in a one-to-one correspondence with the registration data. This operation is repeated until, for example, the turntable 20 is full. In FIG. 1, since there are five turntables, they are placed on all turntables 20.

  At this time, since the image displayed on the liquid crystal display 35 on the passenger seat 11 side is a live-action image, the freshness of the meat can be read realistically (compared to a still image). Further, the photographing state can be confirmed from the passenger seat through the glass (partition 12), and the validity can be confirmed. For example, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the rotating image 40 of the plate 24 is moved (scrolled) in the horizontal direction like a moving image and repeatedly displayed. By doing so, it is possible to provide a chance for a customer who has been replaced after a predetermined time has passed to avoid being wasted. At this time, since the meat only moves back and forth between the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 and the table 15 in the carry-in chamber 10 kept at a constant temperature, deterioration due to temperature change does not occur. Moreover, since the carrying-in room 10 is a closed space, there is no invasion of unwanted germs, and breeding of germs does not occur because a person in the store does not enter and is kept at a low temperature. For example, when a preset display time has elapsed, the manipulator means 17 sequentially grabs and picks up the dishes 24 whose display time has elapsed from the turntable 20, and reverses them to return to the shelf 19 of the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14. . The returned plate 24 is placed on the turntable 20 again after a predetermined time and is photographed and displayed by the camera 16.

  By the way, at this time, if the items in stock are displayed at a higher frequency, the chances of selection are increased, so that waste can be reduced.

  On the other hand, on the passenger seat 11 side, the user sees an image displayed on the liquid crystal display 35 of the seat 30 and touches a moving image on the display 35 when a favorite one is found. At this time, as described above, since the detailed screen 41 can be displayed from the data of the IC tag 34 as shown in FIG. 9, the displayed meat information (traceability) can be confirmed to ensure safety. Further, since the selection signal is transmitted to the server 23, the server 23 that has received the selection signal operates the manipulator means 17 to move the corresponding plate 24 from the turntable 20 as shown in FIG. Grab it, turn it and place it on one end 26 of the conveyor in the transport path 18. As described above, when the tray 24 is placed on the end portion 26 of the transport path 18, the conveyor is operated and the tray 24 is sent from the carry-in chamber 10 to the passenger seat 11 side. At this time, when the tray 24 being transported approaches the seat 30, information on the IC tag 34 is read by the IC tag reader 25. Therefore, the server 23 can grasp the current position of the plate 24 from the read code number and the location of the IC tag reader 25 that has read the code number. As a result, when the tray 24 reaches the selected seat 30, the sorter 29 can be operated to move the tray 14 to the carry-out path 32. Is sent out onto the counter stand 28. Thus, by using the IC tag 34, the dish 24 can be delivered to the selected seat 30 without a doubt. The seat 30 may be used to pick up the ordered product and burn it on the grilled meat table 31. Since the order is managed by the server 23, settlement can be performed in a lump.

  Further, since the grilled meat table 31 provided with the grilled meat plate 36 in the IH heater is used for this cooking, the surrounding environment is not deteriorated due to the loss due to the heat or radiant heat from the flame or the red hot part. Therefore, cooking can be performed safely and cleanly. Accordingly, it is possible to keep the inside of the store centered on the guest seats clean. Moreover, since the temperature of the passenger seat does not rise, the efficiency of air conditioning can be improved.

  In this way, only the selected meat is carried out from the carry-in chamber 10, and the other meat can be stored at a constant temperature. For this reason, since deterioration of meat other than the selected one can be prevented, waste due to deterioration can be minimized and waste can be eliminated.

  When the store is closed, if the manipulator means 17 grasps the plate 24 of the turntable 20 and stores it in the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 and closes the door, the meat can be preserved in a fresh state. Moreover, since the carrying-in chamber 10 can also be cleaned by storing in the constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator 14 in this way, the carrying-in chamber 10 can be kept clean.

  In this way, by building a system where food is placed on the plate 24 and delivered to the customer, the labor of cooking in the store is eliminated, and no cooking place is required. You can also.

  In this embodiment, the IH heater is used as the cooking device for the seat as the cooking device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In addition to this, any heating means such as one using a nichrome wire heater or a sheathed heater or a gas roaster may be used.

  Moreover, although this form described what cooks food as grilled meat, it is not limited to this. Other than this, for example, meat, vegetables, and fish can be applied if they are cooked using an iron plate, a net, a pan, or the like.

  Moreover, in this form, although the conveyor type thing was used for the conveyance path, it is not limited to this. Other than this, for example, a lift type that hangs by attaching a rail to the ceiling may be used.

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Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Carrying-in room 11 Passenger seat 12 Bulkhead 13 Cooling means 14 Constant temperature high humidity refrigerator 15 Table 16 Camera 17 Manipulator means 18 Conveyance path 20 Turntable 21 Gripper 24 Dish 25 IC tag reader 26 One end part 29 Sorter 30 Seat 31 Roasted meat table 32 Unloading path 33 Elevation Mechanism 34 IC tag 35 Liquid crystal display 36 Grilled meat plate

Claims (3)

It consists of a carry-in room and seats,
The carry-in chamber is partly or entirely partitioned from the passenger seat through a transparent partition, and the carry-in chamber partitioned by the partition includes cooling means for refrigeration, and the carry-in chamber includes a storage shelf. A constant-temperature high-humidity refrigerator, a table for photography, and a camera are provided, and manipulator means that can be swung up and down and left and right is provided between the constant-temperature and high-humidity refrigerator and the table. Providing a transport path that penetrates the partition wall,
On the other hand, the passenger seat is provided with a plurality of seats provided with heating cooking means, provided with unloading means for extending the conveying path along the seat, and unloading the dish from the extended conveying path to each seat, Each seat has display means and input means,
When food is placed on a dish in an external kitchen and loaded into the loading room and set on a storage shelf of a constant temperature and high humidity refrigerator, the set dish is gripped by a manipulator and appropriately placed in a table for photographing according to the set number. The ingredients on the plate moved to the table are photographed in order with the camera and displayed on the display means of each seat of the passenger seat.
On the other hand, in the passenger seat, when any one of the images displayed one after another on the seat display means is designated by the input means, the manipulator means grasps the designated image dish and moves it to the conveyance path, and the transferred dish moves on the conveyance path. A restaurant system in which when the food is moved and reaches the seat where the image is designated, the dish is sent out from the conveyance path to the seat by the carry-out means, so that the delivered food is cooked by the heating cooking means of the seat. The camera is a camera for video recording, and an IC tag reader for detecting the information of the IC tag is registered in the conveyance path while registering information for attaching the IC tag to the plate and distinguishing the plate. The display means and the input means are a touch panel type liquid crystal display, and the heating cooking means of the seat is a heating cooker,
Take a picture of a dish placed on a table from a constant-temperature, high-humidity refrigerator by manipulator means, display the ingredients placed on the photographed dish one after another on the liquid crystal display on the seat, and touch the moving image displayed on the screen. When specified, the IC tag reader confirms that the manipulator means grips the tray in the loading chamber corresponding to the specified moving image and moves it to the transport path, and the transferred tray moves on the transport path and reaches the seat where the image is specified. The restaurant system according to claim 1, wherein when detected, the delivery means sends out the dish from the conveyance path to the seat so that the delivered food is cooked by the heating cooker of the seat.   When the meat is placed in the external dish in the dish tag, the individual identification number of the cow is registered and loaded. The loaded dish is gripped by the manipulator means and moved to the table for photographing as appropriate. The restaurant system according to claim 2, wherein traceability information based on the individual identification number is displayed when images are taken one after another and displayed on a liquid crystal display of each seat of the passenger seat.

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