JP2010067120A - Menu terminal, ordering system and display control method for menu terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a menu terminal, an ordering system and a display control method of a menu terminal for easily selecting dish desired by a user even when the user goes abroad. <P>SOLUTION: This menu terminal is provided with a dish name database 31 for storing dish names noticed in a plurality of languages according to one dish; a dish image database 32 for storing one or more dish images according to each of dishes stored in the dish name database 31; a touch sensor 12 for inputting a dish name by handwriting in optional language; a character recognition engine 13 for recognizing the input handwritten character; and a CPU 17 for specifying the input language equivalent to the optional language and the dish by referring to the dish name database 31 on the basis of the recognition result of the handwritten character, and for reading one or more dish images corresponding to the predetermined dish from the dish image database 32, and for making a liquid crystal display 11 display the dish image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a menu terminal for displaying a dish name and a dish image, an ordering system, and a display control method for the menu terminal.

Conventionally, a display unit for displaying a dish image, a selection unit for selecting a desired dish by touching the displayed dish image, and the selected dish (order information) are transmitted to the store central device (order receiving terminal). There is known a menu terminal including a data transmission unit (for example, Patent Document 1). This type of menu terminal has not only a menu display function but also an order function, so there is no need to wait until the customer servicer picks up an order and the customer can easily place an order. There is. In addition, the burden on the customer service can be reduced, which is convenient for the restaurant side.
JP-A-8-287141

  By the way, when a traveler who understands only Japanese goes abroad and enters a restaurant where the menu is shown only in letters, the menu is naturally written in the language of the country, so the desired dish I don't know where it is written. Further, even when not only the dish name but also the dish image is displayed on the menu, it is impossible to fully understand what kind of dish the dish is if the dish name is not known. Therefore, even though the order function is installed, you have to call the customer service and ask what kind of food is on the menu and what kind of food it is, There was a problem that the menu terminal could not be fully used.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a menu terminal, an ordering system, and a display control method for a menu terminal that allow a user to easily select a desired dish even when going abroad. For the purpose.

  The menu terminal of the present invention corresponds to one dish, a dish name database that stores dish names written in a plurality of languages, and one or more dishes corresponding to each dish stored in the dish name database. Based on a dish image database for storing images, an input unit for handwriting a dish name in any language, a character recognition unit for recognizing handwritten characters input by the input unit, and a recognition result of handwritten characters Then, referring to the dish name database, an identification language that identifies an input language corresponding to an arbitrary language and a dish, and one or more dish images corresponding to the dish identified by the identifying part are retrieved from the dish image database. And a display unit for reading and displaying.

  The display control method of the menu terminal of the present invention corresponds to one dish, a dish name database for storing dish names written in a plurality of languages, and each dish stored in the dish name database, A menu terminal display control method comprising: a dish image database storing one or more dish images, the step of recognizing handwritten characters in which a dish name is input by hand, and the recognition result of handwritten characters, Referring to the dish name database, executing a step of specifying a handwritten character input language and a dish, and a step of reading out and displaying one or more dish images corresponding to the identified dish from the dish image database It is characterized by doing.

  According to these configurations, the user (customer) recognizes the name of the dish entered by handwriting in an arbitrary language, and displays one or more dish images corresponding to the dish name. The desired dish can be easily selected. For example, when handwritten as “Ramen” in Japanese, a dish image of a dish corresponding to the ramen (or a dish considered to be the closest to the ramen in the country) is displayed. The user knows that at least they are noodles (a dish close to ramen) by inputting “ramen”, and then can select a favorite dish from the dish image, and therefore relies on the customer service. There is no need. In addition, because the name of the dish can be entered by hand, there is no need to install many controls (buttons, etc.) corresponding to the number of dishes on the menu terminal, and it is easy to change and increase / decrease the menu. be able to.

  In the menu terminal described above, the dish image database further stores dish images of predetermined recommended dishes, and the display unit recommends together with one or more dish images corresponding to the specified dish. It is preferable to display a dish image of the dish.

  According to this configuration, the restaurant side can present recommended dishes to the customer. As a result, even a country-specific dish (a dish in which a nearby dish does not exist in another country) can be introduced to the customer.

  In the menu terminal described above, the dish image database stores a plurality of dish images of recommended dishes, and is stored in the dish image database based on the input language and / or dish name specified by the specifying unit. A recommended dish determining unit that determines a dish image of one recommended dish from a plurality of recommended dish images, and the display unit includes one or more dish images corresponding to the identified dish, It is preferable to display a dish image of one recommended dish determined by the recommended dish determining unit.

  According to this configuration, a dish suitable for the input language input by the customer (for example, a dish popular with people in the country) or a dish similar to the dish name input by the customer (or as a side menu of the input dish) Appropriate dishes) can be determined as recommended dishes and presented to customers.

  In the menu terminal described above, the dish name database further stores food names and / or dish characteristic names written in a plurality of languages corresponding to one dish, and an arbitrary language is input by the input unit. When the ingredient name and / or the dish characteristic name are input in, the specific unit refers to the dish name database, the input language corresponding to an arbitrary language, the dish corresponding to the ingredient name and / or the dish characteristic name, Is preferably specified.

According to this configuration, the corresponding dish image can be displayed not by the dish name but by the name of the ingredient and the name of the dish characteristic. For example, when “noodle” is entered in Japanese as the ingredient name, a dish image of a dish using “noodle” is displayed. Further, when “Chinese cuisine”, “Soup (soup)”, or the like is input as the cooking characteristic name, the corresponding cooking images are displayed. Thereby, the customer can select a desired dish (for example, “ramen”) from the menu candidates.
A plurality of food ingredient names and dish characteristic names can be input as OR conditions and AND conditions. In addition, the names of food characteristics include characteristics related to taste (such as “spicy”), characteristics related to texture (such as “soft”), characteristics related to menu composition (such as “course meal”), and characteristics related to cooking classification (such as “dessert”). ) Name can be entered.

  In the menu terminal described above, a selection unit that selects a dish image to be ordered from one or more dish images displayed on the display unit, and a selection result of the selection unit is output to an external device as order information It is preferable to further include an output unit.

  According to this configuration, since the customer can place an order using the menu terminal, there is no need to wait until the customer servicer picks up the order, and the burden on the customer servicer can be reduced.

  In the menu terminal described above, it is preferable that the input unit and the selection unit are configured by touch sensors that are superimposed on the display unit.

  According to this configuration, since the input unit and the selection unit are configured by a touch sensor, it is not necessary to mount an operator other than the touch sensor. In addition, since the touch sensor is overlaid on the display portion, the device configuration can be reduced.

  The ordering system of the present invention comprises the menu terminal described above and an order receiving terminal that functions as an external device.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to construct an ordering system that allows a user to easily select a desired dish even when going abroad.

  Hereinafter, a menu terminal, an ordering system, and a menu terminal display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a simplified configuration diagram of the ordering system SY. As shown in the figure, the ordering system SY includes one or more menu terminals 10 (three are shown in the figure) having an order function, and an order receiving terminal 20 that receives orders from the one or more menu terminals 10. The access point 30 for performing long-distance wireless communication between the one or more menu terminals 10 and the order receiving terminal 20 is provided.

  The menu terminal 10 is installed at each table in the restaurant, displays various menus (cooking images), and selects several menus from them to perform self-ordering (a function in which a customer orders themselves). It has become. In addition, it is good also as what is distributed by the customer service staff (store clerk) as a menu book instead of a table installation type. Each menu terminal 10 is equipped with a touch panel TP, and a menu (cooking image) is displayed on the touch panel TP. The touch panel TP is also used when a customer searches for or orders a desired menu. Details will be described later.

  The order reception terminal 20 is disposed in a backyard in the store, and manages the one or more menu terminals 10 and performs cooperation processing with various information terminals in the store. Specifically, a function for receiving order information from an order terminal (not shown) possessed by the customer service, a function for integrating order information from the order terminal and order information from the menu terminal 10, and received order information And a function of transmitting to a kitchen printer (not shown) installed in the kitchen, and a function of generating accounting information based on the integrated order information and transmitting it to a POS terminal (not shown).

  The access point 30 is installed on the ceiling in the store and functions as a relay device between the various information terminals. In order to reduce the number of access points 30 installed, when the order receiving terminal 20 communicates with each menu terminal 10, it is preferable to transmit information in a relay format between the menu terminals 10. According to this configuration, the number of access points 30 can be reduced, and a wireless communication standard with a short transfer distance can be adopted in each menu terminal 10, so that the ordering system SY can be constructed at a low cost.

  Next, the control configuration of the menu terminal 10 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The menu terminal 10 includes a liquid crystal display 11 (hereinafter referred to as “LCD”), a touch sensor 12, a character recognition engine 13, a wireless communication unit 14, an antenna 15, a power supply unit 16, a CPU 17 (Central Processing Unit), ROM 18 (Read Only Memory), RAM 19 (Random Access Memory), dish name database 31 (hereinafter referred to as “dishes name DB”), dish image database 32 (hereinafter referred to as “dishes image DB”), and various parts A connection bus 22 is provided.

  The LCD 11 and the touch sensor 12 are superposed and constitute a touch panel TP. The menu terminal 10 of the present embodiment displays a list of dish images corresponding to the “cooking name” on the touch panel TP when the customer manually inputs “cooking name” on the touch panel TP. The customer can select a dish image to be ordered on the touch panel TP from the displayed list of dish images and can order the dish. That is, the LCD 11 is used for displaying (displaying) a handwriting input result and a dish image list. The touch sensor 12 is used for handwriting input (input unit) and selection of a dish image to be ordered (selection unit).

  The character recognition engine 13 performs pattern matching with a character database 35 of a plurality of languages in accordance with a recognition algorithm and converts the signal obtained from an input locus by a finger or a pen to the touch sensor 12 to convert the signal into text information (character recognition unit). .

  The wireless communication unit 14 is for performing long-distance wireless communication with the order receiving terminal 20 via the antenna 15 and the access point 30 (see FIG. 1). The power supply unit 16 supplies power to the menu terminal 10.

  The CPU 17 is a central processing unit and performs various arithmetic processes. The ROM 18 stores a control program for the CPU 17 to perform various arithmetic processes, and the RAM 19 is used as a work area when the CPU 17 performs various arithmetic processes.

  The dish name DB 31 stores dish names written in a plurality of languages corresponding to one dish. FIG. 3A shows a part of the dish name DB 31. As shown in the figure, the dish name DB 31 associates “dishes names” written in the languages (Japanese, English, German, Chinese) of each country with respect to each dish. In addition, as the “cooking name”, when a plurality of notation methods can be considered in each language, the “cooking name” by the plurality of notation is stored. In the figure, “ramen” and “coffee” are listed as “cooking names”, but “cooking” in the present embodiment does not matter whether cooking is performed or not. Therefore, the menu terminal 10 can also search for menus such as “water” and “beer” that do not require cooking.

  On the other hand, the dish image DB 32 stores one or more dish images corresponding to each dish stored in the dish name DB 31. The dish image DB 32 also stores a plurality of dish images of recommended dishes recommended by restaurants. FIG. 3B shows a part of the dish image DB 32. As shown in the figure, the dish image DB 32 associates one or more “dish images” with each dish. Further, one or more “cooking images (cooking images of recommended dishes)” are associated with each language. For example, if “Cooking Name: Ramen” is entered in Japanese by hand, the cooking image corresponding to the “Cooking Name” (“Image R001” and “Image R002”) is displayed in Japanese. This means that a dish image of recommended dishes (“image OS01” and “image OS02”) is displayed.

  The “recommended dishes corresponding to Japanese” may be, for example, dishes that are popular with people in that country, or dishes that originated in that country (in Japan, “sushi”, “tempura”). Etc.). Further, the recommended dish image corresponding to each language may not necessarily be a different dish. For example, a dish name or dish description of the same dish written in the language of each country may be stored in the dish image DB 32 as different dish images.

  With the above configuration, the CPU 17 refers to the dish name DB 31 based on the recognition result of handwritten characters by the character recognition engine 13 and identifies the dish corresponding to the dish name input by handwriting and the input language (specification). Part). Moreover, based on the specific result of cooking, one or more cooking images corresponding to the cooking are read from the cooking image DB 32. Further, based on the result of specifying the input language, a recommended dish corresponding to the input language is determined (recommended dish determination unit), and the dish image is also read from the dish image DB 32. Thereafter, the read one or more cooking images are displayed on the LCD 11.

  If the handwritten character cannot be recognized, the CPU 17 causes the LCD 11 to display a message to that effect and to input again. At this time, if the input language can be recognized, it is preferable to display the message in that language. Further, even when there is no dish image corresponding to the handwritten dish name, it is preferable to display a message to that effect (“Menu does not exist” or the like) on the LCD 11.

  Next, a specific display example of the touch panel TP (LCD 11) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4A shows an example of the handwritten character input screen D1, and FIG. 4B shows an example of the search result display screen D2. Here, the menu terminal 10 used in the English-speaking area is illustrated, and the input language is “Japanese”.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the handwritten character input screen D1 has an input explanation 41 (such as “Please enter a dish name”) and “erase” for erasing the handwritten input content. A button 42 and a “search” button 43 for starting a menu search are displayed. These notations are all “English”. In the example of the figure, almost the entire area of the touch panel TP is a handwriting input area, and the customer inputs a desired dish name (for example, “ramen”) using a pen or the like. Note that it is possible to input a plurality of cooking names in the handwriting input area. In this case, a plurality of dish names are regarded as OR conditions, and dish images corresponding to the respective dish names are displayed on the search result display screen D2.

  FIG. 4B shows a display example of the search result display screen D2 when the handwritten character “ramen” is input in Japanese on the handwritten character input screen D1 shown in FIG. It is. As shown in the figure, the search result display screen D2 is for switching the screen between the recognition result of handwritten characters and the number of hits 45, the explanation 46 for menu selection (such as “Please select a menu”), and the like. Switching icon 47, dish image areas 51 and 55 indicating dish images corresponding to the dish name “ramen”, operation button groups 52, 53, 56 and 57 used for the order, and order number display indicating the number of orders. Columns 54 and 58, a “cancel” button 61 for canceling all the order contents, an “continue order” button 62 for continuing the order, and an “order completion” button 63 pressed when the order is completed. indicate. These notations are all “Japanese”. That is, the notation of the search result display screen D2 is determined based on the input language input on the handwritten character input screen D1.

  The recognition result of handwritten characters and the number of hits 45 are a search hit of “cooking image” corresponding to the recognition result of one or more handwritten characters input on the handwritten character input screen D1 and the name of the dish input by handwriting. Shows the number. Therefore, the hit number 45 does not include the number of recommended dish images. The dish image areas 51 and 55 display a dish photo (or illustration), a dish name, a price, and a dish description. Among these, at least a dish name and a dish description are written in “Japanese”. In addition, the dish image of the recommended dish indicates that it is a recommended dish.

  The operation button groups 52, 53, 56, 57 include “order” buttons 52, 56 and “delete” buttons 53, 57, and the number of orders based on the number of times the “order” buttons 52, 56 are pressed. To decide. When the “delete” buttons 53 and 57 are pressed, the number of orders is reset.

  When the “Cancel” button 61 is pressed among the three buttons provided at the bottom of the screen, all the order contents up to that point are reset and the screen transitions to the handwritten character input screen D1. Further, when the “continue order” button 62 is pressed, the screen transitions to the handwritten character input screen D 1 while the contents of the order up to that point are held in the RAM 19. Further, when the “Order Complete” button 63 is pressed, the screen changes to an order content confirmation screen (not shown), and order information is transmitted to the order receiving terminal 20 by an operation such as an “Order Confirm” button (not shown). The

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, “cooking name” input in handwriting in any language is recognized, and one or more cooking images corresponding to the cooking name are displayed. Even in cases where the language of the country is not good, a desired dish can be easily selected from them. In addition, since the name of the dish can be entered by hand, there is no need to install a number of controls (buttons, etc.) corresponding to the number of dishes on the menu terminal 10, and it is easy to change and increase / decrease the menu. can do.

  In addition to the dish image corresponding to the “dishes name” entered in handwriting, the restaurant image of the recommended dish of the restaurant side is displayed. You can also order food that does not exist. Further, since each dish image includes a dish name and a dish description written in the input language, the customer can know specific information about the dish.

  In the above embodiment, the dish image corresponding to the input language is determined as the dish image of the recommended dish. However, the dish image corresponding to the “dishes name” input by handwriting is determined. May be. For example, a dish image such as a dish that resembles the “dish name” entered by the customer, a dish that is suitable as a side menu for the entered “dish name” dish, or a course dish that includes the entered “dish name” dish is determined. You may make it do. In addition, corresponding to one recommended dish, prepare a number of dishes with names and explanations of dishes in the languages of each country, and use the dish image written in the input language as the dish image of the recommended dish. It is preferable to determine. That is, it is preferable to determine an optimum dish image from a plurality of prepared dish images of recommended dishes according to the “dishes name” input by handwriting and its input language, and present it to the customer.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the above embodiment, when a menu search is performed, “Cooking name” is input by hand, but in this embodiment, “Ingredient name” and / or “Cooking characteristic name” are input by hand. It is different in point. Only differences from the first embodiment will be described below.

  In the present embodiment, the dish name DB 31 stores “food name” and “cook characteristic name” written in a plurality of languages corresponding to one dish. That is, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the menu terminal 10 supports four languages (Japanese, English, German, Chinese), the name of the ingredient corresponding to the dish “ramen” (“Noodles”, “Chashishu”, “Moyashi”, “Menma”, etc.) written in the language of each country and their cooking characteristics (“Noodles”, “Soup”, “Shoyu”, “Chinese” etc. ) Is associated with what is written in the language of each country. The same applies to the dish “coffee”.

  When “Food material name” and / or “Cooking characteristic name” are input to the touch panel TP in an arbitrary language, the CPU 17 refers to the cooking name DB 31 and inputs an input language corresponding to the arbitrary language and “Food material name”. And / or a dish (a dish including the ingredients, a dish corresponding to the dish characteristic name) associated with the “dish characteristic name” (identification unit). Then, one or more dish images corresponding to the identified dish are displayed on the search result display screen D2. In this case, the dish image is preferably displayed including the “dishes name” and “dishes description” written in the input language. In addition, as a recognition result of handwriting input (see 45 in FIG. 4B), “food material name” and / or “dish characteristic name” are displayed.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 5, the handwritten character input screen D1 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated. On the handwritten character input screen D1 of the present embodiment, an input explanation 65 (such as “Please enter a keyword”), an “AND” button 66 for inputting an AND condition, and an OR condition are input. An “OR” button 67 for erasing, a “delete” button 68 for erasing the handwritten input content, and a “search” button 69 for starting a menu search are displayed. These notations are “English” as in the first embodiment.

  The customer inputs a keyword indicating “food name” or “dish characteristic name” on the touch panel TP. In the figure, “Men” is entered, but when the “AND” button 66 is pressed thereafter, the character (“Men”) entered by handwriting from the handwriting entry area is erased (in the RAM 19). ), And you can continue to enter keywords. In order to make the operation easy to understand, the “OR” button 67 may not be displayed when the “AND” button 66 is pressed once to erase the screen.

  Thus, the customer can search for a desired dish by inputting a plurality of keywords. Each time a keyword is input (each time the “AND” button 66 or the “OR” button 67 is pressed), the corresponding dish is searched. If there is no corresponding dish, the search result display screen D2 It is preferable to display a message to that effect.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the corresponding dish image can be displayed with the ingredient name and the dish characteristic name. Therefore, even when the “dishes name” does not come to mind or when it is desired to know a menu including a specific food, it is possible to easily search for a desired dish.

  As the “food material name”, a seasoning name or the like may be input in addition to the raw material name. In addition, as “Cooking Characteristic Names”, “Spicy”, “Soft”, “Course Cooking”, “Desert”, etc., “Taste”, “Texture”, “Menu Configuration”, “Cooking Classification” characteristic names Input may be possible.

  As mentioned above, although two embodiment was shown, each embodiment does not necessarily need to be an independent structure, and it is good also as a combined structure. For example, in the second embodiment, “dishes name” may be input as “keyword”.

  In the above embodiment, the input language can be specified from the recognition result of the handwritten input character. However, after the customer first selects (inputs) the input language in order to improve the accuracy of character recognition. Or a keyword (such as “dishes name”) may be input.

  In addition, the recommended dish may not be presented together with the dish specified from the handwriting input result, but may be displayed only when there is no dish specified from the handwriting input result.

  In the above embodiment, the dish image of the dish specified from the dish image handwriting input result and the dish image of the recommended dish are displayed on the menu terminal 10, but only a part of these menus is displayed. Instead, all menus may be displayed on the menu terminal 10 so that some menus can be distinguished from other menus. For example, changing the color of the background image of some menu food images, flashing some menu food images, displaying some menu food images at the top of the menu (priority display), A display method such as In this case, it is also preferable that the dish image of the dish specified from the handwriting input result and the dish image of the recommended dish are displayed so as to be distinguishable from each other. According to this configuration, the customer can confirm a desired dish and a recommended dish while confirming other menus.

  Moreover, although the menu terminal 10 of said embodiment shall have an order function, it is good also as a structure which does not have an order function. In other words, the wireless communication unit 14 and the antenna 15 may be omitted from the configuration illustrated in FIG. 2 and may be used simply as a substitute for a menu book. According to this configuration, the cost of the menu terminal 10 can be reduced.

  In addition, it is possible to provide each component in the menu terminal 10 shown in said embodiment as a program. Further, the program can be provided by being stored in a recording medium (not shown). That is, a program for causing a computer to function as each component of the menu terminal 10 and a recording medium on which the program is recorded are also included in the scope of the right of the present invention. Other modifications can be made as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention.

It is a simple block diagram of an ordering system. It is a control block diagram of a menu terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of a dish name database and a dish image database. It is a figure which shows an example of a handwritten character input screen and a search result display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the handwritten character input screen which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Menu terminal 11 ... Liquid crystal display 12 ... Touch sensor 13 ... Character recognition engine 14 ... Wireless communication part 15 ... Antenna 16 ... Power supply part 17 ... CPU 18 ... ROM 19 ... RAM 20 ... Order reception terminal 30 ... Access point 31 ... Cooking Name database 32 ... Cooking image database D1 ... Handwritten character input screen D2 ... Search result display screen SY ... Ordering system TP ... Touch panel

Claims (8)

A dish name database that stores dish names written in multiple languages corresponding to one dish,
A dish image database for storing one or more dish images corresponding to each dish stored in the dish name database;
In any language, an input unit for handwritten input of the dish name;
A character recognition unit for recognizing handwritten characters input by the input unit;
Based on the recognition result of the handwritten character, referring to the dish name database, an input language corresponding to the arbitrary language, and a specifying unit for specifying the dish,
A menu terminal comprising: a display unit that reads out and displays one or more dish images corresponding to the dish specified by the specifying unit from the dish image database. The dish image database further stores dish images of predetermined recommended dishes,
The menu terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a dish image of the recommended dish together with one or more dish images corresponding to the identified dish. The dish image database stores a plurality of dish images of the recommended dish,
Based on the input language and / or the dish name specified by the specifying unit, a dish image of one recommended dish is selected from the plurality of recommended dish images stored in the dish image database. The recommended dish decision part to decide
The display unit displays a dish image of one recommended dish determined by the recommended dish determination unit together with one or more dish images corresponding to the identified dish. Menu terminal as described. The dish name database further stores food names and / or dish characteristic names written in the plurality of languages corresponding to one dish,
When the ingredient name and / or the cooking characteristic name is input in an arbitrary language by the input unit,
The identification unit refers to the dish name database and identifies an input language corresponding to the arbitrary language and a dish corresponding to the ingredient name and / or the dish characteristic name. The menu terminal according to any one of 1 to 3. A selection unit for selecting a dish image to be ordered from one or more dish images displayed on the display unit;
The menu terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: an output unit that outputs a selection result of the selection unit to an external device as order information.   The menu terminal according to claim 5, wherein the input unit and the selection unit are configured by touch sensors superimposed on the display unit.   An ordering system comprising the menu terminal according to claim 5 and an order receiving terminal functioning as the external device. A dish name database that stores dish names written in multiple languages corresponding to one dish,
A menu terminal display control method comprising: a dish image database storing one or more dish images corresponding to each dish stored in the dish name database,
Recognizing handwritten characters in which the dish name is handwritten,
Based on the recognition result of the handwritten character, referring to the dish name database, and specifying the input language of the handwritten character and the dish;
And a step of reading out and displaying one or more dish images corresponding to the identified dish from the dish image database.

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