JP2012053731A - Merchandise selection device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress a burden applied to a user in the setting of a display form of a merchandise specific image.SOLUTION: This merchandise selection device of an embodiment includes display form determination means, display control means, and merchandise reception means. The display form determination means combines the display forms of partial areas of the merchandise specific image allocated to each attribute to display the merchandise specific image for specifying merchandise having a plurality of attributes, and determines a display form of the merchandise specific image of the merchandise having the plurality of attributes. The display control means displays the merchandise specific image in an indicator with the display form determined by the determination means. The merchandise reception means receives the specification of the merchandise specific image displayed in the indicator.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a product selection device and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an order receiving apparatus that displays a menu item button that can be touch-designated on a touch panel on a display unit and receives an order for a menu item corresponding to the menu item that has been touch-designated.

  However, in the prior art order receiving device, the color of each menu item button has to be set by the user specifying one by one, which places a heavy burden on the user.

  The product selection device of the embodiment includes a display form determination unit, a display control unit, and a product reception unit. The display form determination means combines the display forms of the partial areas of the product specific images assigned to the attributes for display of product specific images that specify products having a plurality of attributes. The display form of the product specific image of the product having the attribute is determined. The display control means causes the display unit to display the product specific image in the display form determined by the determination means. The product accepting unit accepts designation of the product specific image displayed on the display.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical connection of an order receiving device as a product selection device according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a file structure of a department file according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a file structure of the PLU file according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a table structure of a display form table according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the order receiving device according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an order input screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu assignment screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of PLU file update processing according to the embodiment.

  Embodiments will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present embodiment is an example in which the product selection device is applied to an order receiving device. Therefore, the menu item corresponds to a product.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of the order receiving device of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the order receiving apparatus 100 includes a control unit 101, and the control unit 101 drives and controls each unit. The control unit 101 rewrites various information with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 102 that centrally controls each unit and a ROM (Read Only Memory) 104 that pre-stores fixed information such as control programs via the bus line 103. The computer is configured by being connected to a RAM (Random Access Memory) 105 that freely stores and functions as a work area or the like. Therefore, the control part 101 comprises the information processing part which performs information processing.

  A touch panel controller 106, a display controller 107, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 108, an interface 109, and a communication interface 110 are connected to the control unit 101 via a bus line 103. The touch panel controller 106 takes in an input signal from the touch panel 112 to the control unit 101. The display controller 107 drives and controls a liquid crystal display (LCD) 111 based on the image data, and causes the liquid crystal display 111 to display an image corresponding to the image data. The interface 109 is an interface for connecting a printer, a customer display device, and the like (not shown) to the control unit 101, and is configured by a USB (Universal Serial Bus) or the like. The communication interface 110 is an interface for enabling the control unit 101 to perform data communication with other devices via a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like.

  The HDD 108 stores an OS, a computer program, a department file 301, a PLU file 401, a display form table T, and the like. These OS, computer program, department file 301, PLU file 401, display form table T, etc. are all or partially copied to the RAM 105 and accessed by the CPU 102 when the order receiving apparatus 100 is activated. The CPU 102 executes processing according to the OS and computer program copied in this way.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the file structure of the department file 301 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the department file 301 registers records of a department 301b, a tag position 301c, and a remark 301d in association with a two-digit department number 301a. As an example, the department number 301a is
01: Drink
02: Dessert
03: Wada
04: Japanese and Western food
05: Samurai
06: Hot pot
07: Udon & Soba
08: One dish
09: Registers the department of Kenna and Salad. In the department 301b, the text of the department name defined by the record registered in the department number 301a is registered. The tag position 301c defines the allocation of records of individual departments 301b to the department tag D11 (see FIG. 6) displayed on the order input screen D. A remark 301d is a column in which various information can be written as text for information management, for example.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the file structure of the PLU file 401 of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the PLU file 401 corresponds to the code 401a, and the department 401b, the image link 401c, the menu name 401d, the unit price 401e, the allocation 402f, the hot menu flag 401g, the cold menu flag 401h, and the all-you-can-drink flag 401i. The set menu flag 401j is stored. The department 401b, the image link 401c, the menu name 401d, the unit price 401e, the allocation 402f, the hot menu flag 401g, the cold menu flag 401h, the all-you-can-drink flag 401i, and the set menu flag 401j are product-specific images for accepting orders for menu items. This is definition information that defines a menu button D12a (see FIG. 6) displayed in the menu item column D12 (see FIG. 6). The PLU file 401 is a storage unit that stores the attributes of menu items having a plurality of attributes for each menu item.

  Here, in this embodiment, a hot menu, a cold menu, an all-you-can-drink menu, and a set menu are attributes of a drink menu item. Of these attributes, the hot menu and the cold menu are mutually exclusive attributes. The hot menu, the all-you-can-drink menu, and the set menu are attributes that are not mutually exclusive. The cold menu, the all-you-can-drink menu, and the set menu are also attributes that are not mutually exclusive.

  The record registered in the code 401a is expressed by a 4-digit number. The record registered in the department 401 b represents the department defined in the record registered in the department 301 b in the department file 301. The image link 401c defines a link to image data displayed on the menu button D12a (see FIG. 6) in the menu item column D12 (see FIG. 6). These images are installed in the HDD 108. In the menu name 401d, the text of the name of the menu item defined in the record registered in the code 401a is registered. The unit price 401e defines a unit price record for the menu item defined by the record registered in the code 401a. In the allocation 401f, the allocation position of the menu button D12a (see FIG. 6) in the menu item column D12 defined by the record registered in the code 401a is registered. Note that the menu item of the department 401b defined by the code 401a whose allocation position is not registered in the allocation 401f is not displayed on the menu button D12a (see FIG. 6) of the menu item column D12.

  As can be seen with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 described above, the code “0001” defines “Blend Coffee” in the department “Drink”, and sets a unit price of “¥ 350”. The code “0002” defines “ice coffee” in the section “drink” and sets a unit price of “¥ 350”.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the hot menu flag 401g, the cold menu flag 401h, the all-you-can-drink flag 401i, and the set menu flag 401j are expressed as ON or OFF. ON is expressed by the number 1 for example, and OFF is expressed by the number 0. In the drawing, for convenience of explanation, ON is represented by “◯” and OFF is represented without entry.

  The hot menu flag 401g being ON means that the menu item is a hot menu item. The cold menu flag 401h being ON means that the menu item is a cold menu. If the all-you-can-drink flag 401i is ON, it means that the menu item is an all-you-can-drink menu. The set menu flag 401j being ON means that the menu item is a set menu. The hot menu flag 401g, the cold menu flag 401h, the all-you-can-drink flag 401i, and the set menu flag 401j are information for setting the display form of the menu button D12a.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a table structure of the display form table T of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the display form table T displays the menu button D12a according to the ON / OFF condition of each flag (hot menu flag 401g, cold menu flag 401h, all-you-can-drink flag 401i, and set menu flag 401j). The color that is the form is set.

  Next, processing executed by the CPU 102 of the control unit 101 by the OS and computer program installed in the HDD 108 of the order receiving apparatus 100 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 102 operates as a display control unit 501, a display form determination unit 502, a reception unit 503, an assignment reception unit 504, a position reception unit 505, and the like according to the computer program.

  The display control means 501 causes the liquid crystal display 111 to display an order input screen D as shown in FIG. 6 and a menu assignment screen E as shown in FIG. Below, after first describing the order input screen D, the menu allocation screen E will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6, on the order input screen D, a department tag D11, a menu item column D12, an order list D13, a work designation key D14, a function key D15, and the like are displayed.

  In the department tag D11, a department button D11a on which the text of the department name registered in the department 301b is displayed corresponding to the department number 301a of the department file 301 is displayed as an object that can be touch-designated by the touch panel 112. ing.

  In the initial state, the menu item field D12 has menu buttons assigned according to definition information such as a department 401b, an image link 401c, a menu name 401d, a unit price 401e, and an assignment 401f registered corresponding to the code 401a of the PLU file 401. D12a is displayed as an object that can be touch-designated by the touch panel 112 for each department 301b for which the department button D11a is touch-designated.

  The menu button D12a is a product specifying image for specifying a menu item for receiving an order. The menu button D12a includes a link destination image data defined by the image link 401c, a text of the product name registered in the menu name 401d, and an allocation position D12b to which the menu button D12a defined by the allocation 401f can be allocated. It is a button that is displayed. Specifically, the menu button D12a is formed in a rectangular shape. The menu button D12a has a frame D12c and an in-frame region D12d, which is the entire region in the frame D12c, as partial regions. Further, the in-frame region D12d is divided into a first region D12e and a second region D12f. That is, the menu button D12a further includes a first region D12e in the frame D12c and a second region D12f in the frame D12c different from the first region D12e as partial regions. Details of the display processing of the menu button D12a by the display control means 501 will be described later.

  The order list D13 displays a list of menu items, the number of orders, and the amount of money (unit price × number of orders) that are touch-designated on the order input screen D by the touch panel 112.

  The task designation key D14 includes various tasks such as “accounting” related to execution of accounting processing, “order transmission” related to execution of order transmission, and “other function settings” related to execution of update processing of the PLU file 401. Keys for designating execution are displayed as objects that can be touch-designated by the touch panel 112.

  The function key D15 includes keys for designating execution of various functions of “increase in quantity” related to execution of processing for increasing the number of orders and “decrease in quantity” related to execution of processing for reducing the number of orders. It is displayed as an object that can be touched.

  In such an order input screen D, when inputting a menu item, “drink”, “dessert”, “Japanese candy”, “Japanese / Western food”, “boiled food”, “ A desired department can be selected from “Nabemono”, “Udon & Soba”, “One dish”, and “Kenna and salad”. For example, when the department button D11a “single dish” of the department tag D11 is touch-designated, an order input screen D for “single dish” as illustrated in FIG. 6 is displayed.

  If any one of the menu buttons D12a, which is a product specific image displayed on the order input screen D on the liquid crystal display 111, is touch-designated by the touch panel 112, the accepting unit 503 displays the touch-designated menu button D12a. The order of the corresponding menu item is received, order information including information such as the name of the menu item, the number of orders, and the amount of money is generated, stored in the RAM 105, and transmitted to the host device.

  Next, the menu assignment screen E will be described. The display control unit 501 displays a menu assignment screen E as shown in FIG. 7 on the liquid crystal display 111 when “other function setting” of the job designation key D14 is touch-designated.

  As shown in FIG. 7, on the menu assignment screen E, a department tag D11, a menu item column D12 that is a product column to which a plurality of menu buttons D12a are assigned, and menu items that can be assigned the menu button D12a to the menu item column D12. A list E11 or the like is displayed. Since the department tag D11 and the menu item column D12 are the same as the display on the order input screen D, the description thereof is omitted here. At this time, the display control unit 501 displays the menu button D12a on the menu allocation screen E (the liquid crystal display 111) in the display mode determined by the display mode determination unit 502. The display form of the menu button D12a includes a color.

  In the list E11, a menu that can assign the menu button D12a to the menu item column D12, such as the code 401a of the PLU file 401, the department 401b registered corresponding to the code 401a, the image link 401c, the menu name 401d, and the assignment 401f. For each department 401b that includes the item E11a and whose department button D11a is touch-designated, it is displayed as an object that can be touch-designated by the touch panel 112. In the present embodiment, “already” indicating that the menu button D12a is allocated to the menu item column D12 is displayed in the allocation 401f displayed in the list E11, but the allocation of the PLU file 401 is displayed. A number indicating the allocation position registered in 401f may be displayed.

  The assignment accepting unit 504 accepts designation of the menu item E11a that assigns the menu button D12a to the menu item column D12 among the menu items E11a included in the list E11. Specifically, the assignment receiving means 504 displays the menu item E11a dragged by the touch designation by the touch panel 112 among the menu items E11a included in the list E11, and the menu item for displaying the menu button D12a in the menu item column D12. The designation is accepted as E11a.

  The position accepting unit 505 accepts designation of the position in the menu item column D12 where the menu button D12a of the menu item for which designation is accepted by the assignment accepting unit 504 is assigned. More specifically, the position receiving unit 505 drags the position where the menu item E11a is dropped by the touch designation by the touch panel 112 among the allocation positions D12b to which the menu button D12a can be allocated in the menu item column D12. The designation is accepted as the assigned position D12b of the menu button D12a of E11a.

  In addition, the display control unit 501 causes the liquid crystal display 111 to display the menu button D12a of the menu item that has been designated by the assignment accepting unit 504 at the position at which the designation is accepted by the position accepting unit 505. At this time, the display control unit 501 displays the menu button D12a in the display mode determined by the display mode determination unit 502.

  The display form determining means 502 determines the display form of the menu button D12a that is a product specifying image of a menu item having a plurality of attributes. The display form determination means 502 combines the display forms of the partial areas of the menu button D12a assigned to each attribute for display of the menu button D12a for specifying the menu item having a plurality of attributes, and sets the plurality of attributes. The display form of the menu button D12a of the menu item having is determined. At this time, the display form determination unit 502 determines the display form of the menu button D12a using the attributes of the menu items stored in the PLU file 401 and the information stored in the display form table T.

  Here, as can be seen from FIG. 4, a partial area of the menu button D12a is assigned to each attribute (hot menu, cold menu, all-you-can-drink menu, set menu) of the menu item. Specifically, among the menu item attributes (hot menu, cold menu, all-you-can-drink menu, set menu), at least the first area D12e of the in-frame area D12d of the menu button D12a is assigned to the hot menu and the cold menu. It has been. A frame D12c of the menu button D12a is assigned to the all-you-can-drink menu. A second area 12f of the menu button D12a is assigned to the set menu. More specifically, in the case of a menu item having a set menu as an attribute, the first area D12e is assigned to the hot menu and the cold menu, and the second area D12f is assigned to the set menu. As described above, in this embodiment, the partial areas of the menu button D12a assigned to the mutually exclusive attributes among the plurality of attributes are the same. The first area D12e is assigned to an attribute that is mutually exclusive among a plurality of attributes, and the second area D12f is assigned to an attribute that is not exclusive with the attribute assigned to the first area D12e. Assigned.

  For example, for the menu item “blended coffee”, the display form determining means 502, as shown in FIG. 3, only the hot menu flag 401g is ON, so the menu is displayed from the display form table T in FIG. The in-frame area D12d of the button D12a is set to pink and the frame D12c is set to black.

  For the menu item “ice coffee”, as shown in FIG. 3, the cold menu flag 401h, the all-you-can-drink flag 401i, and the set menu flag 401j among the flags are ON. From the display form table T of No. 4, among the in-frame area D12d of the menu button D12a, the first area D12e is set to blue, the second area D12f is set to red, and the frame D12c is set to yellow.

  Further, for the menu item “lemon tea”, as shown in FIG. 3, since all the flags are OFF, the display form determining means 502 reads the frame of the menu button D12a from the display form table T of FIG. The inner region D12d is set to white and the frame D12c is set to black.

  Next, update processing of the PLU file 401 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of PLU file update processing. When the PLU file 401 is updated, the display control unit 501 waits for the touch designation of “other function settings” of the job designation key D14 (step S801: No). When “other function setting” of the task designation key D14 is touch-designated (step S801: Yes), the display control unit 501 displays the menu assignment screen E on the liquid crystal display 111 (step S802).

  Next, when the menu item E11a included in the list E11 of the menu allocation screen E is dragged and dropped (step S803: Yes), the allocation receiving unit 504 and the position receiving unit 505 display the menu button D12a in the menu item column D12. The designation of the menu item E11a for displaying and the allocation position D12b of the menu button D12a of the menu item E11a is accepted (step S804).

  Then, the display form determining means 502 determines the display form of the menu button D12a of the menu item for which the assignment receiving means 504 has received the designation (step S805), and the display control means 501 is determined by the display form determining means 502. In the display form, the menu button D12a is displayed on the liquid crystal display 111 (step S806). Then, the CPU 102 updates the definition information record registered in the PLU file 401 at the allocation position D12b that has received the designation in step S804 (step S807).

  According to the present embodiment described above, the display form determining means 502 performs the partial area (frame D12c, in-frame area D12d, first area D12e, second area D12f) of the menu button D12a assigned to each attribute of the menu item. ), The display form of the menu button D12a is determined. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to set a color for each menu button D12a, so the burden on the user can be suppressed.

  The program executed by the order receiving device 10 of the above embodiment may be configured to be provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like. The program may be provided by being recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, or a DVD in an installable or executable format file. Good.

  Further, the program may be provided by being stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. Further, the program may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

100 Order acceptance device (product selection device)
501 Display control means 502 Display form determination means 503 Acceptance means 504 Assignment acceptance means 505 Position acceptance means D12 Menu item field D12a Menu button (product specific image)
D12c Frame (partial area)
D12d Frame area (partial area)
D12e first region (partial region)
D12f second region (partial region)
E Menu assignment screen E11 List

JP 2008-299821 A

Claims (6)

Product identification of a product having a plurality of attributes by combining display forms of partial areas of the product identification image assigned to each attribute for display of a product identification image for identifying a product having a plurality of attributes Display form determining means for determining the display form of the image;
Display control means for displaying the product specific image on a display in a display form determined by the determination means;
Product acceptance means for accepting designation of the product specific image displayed on the display;
A product selection device comprising:   The product selection device according to claim 1, wherein the partial areas of the product specific image respectively assigned to the mutually exclusive attributes among the plurality of attributes are the same.   The product selection device according to claim 1, wherein a display form of the product specific image includes a color. The product specific image has a frame, a first region in the frame, and a second region in the frame different from the first region as the partial region,
The first area is assigned to attributes mutually exclusive among the plurality of attributes,
The product selection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the second area is assigned to an attribute that is not mutually exclusive with an attribute assigned to the first area. Assignment acceptance means;
Position receiving means;
With
The display control means causes the display to display a product area to which a plurality of product specific images are allocated, and a list of products to which the product specific images can be allocated to the product column,
The allocation accepting unit accepts designation of a product for allocating the product specific image to the product column among the products included in the list.
The position accepting unit accepts designation of a position in the product column where the product specifying image of the product for which the allocation accepting unit has received designation is assigned,
5. The display control unit according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to display the product specifying image of the product for which the assignment receiving unit has received the designation at a position for which the position receiving unit has received the designation. The product selection device according to item. Computer
Product identification of a product having a plurality of attributes by combining display forms of partial areas of the product identification image assigned to each attribute for display of a product identification image for identifying a product having a plurality of attributes Display form determining means for determining the display form of the image;
Display control means for displaying the product specific image on a display in a display form determined by the determination means;
Product accepting means for accepting designation of the product specific image displayed on the display;
Program to function as.

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