JP2013050810A - Meal serving cart and meal serving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to correctly and easily distribute meal serving trays.SOLUTION: A meal serving cart comprises a cart, detection means, extraction means, and control means. The cart includes a cart body for storing meal serving trays, a reading part provided onto each storage location of the meal serving tray which reads tray information identifying the meal serving tray from a tag mounted on the meal serving tray, and a light emitting part provided onto each storage location for emitting light. The detection means detects a movement location of the cart. The extraction means extracts the tray information stored in association with the detected movement location from a storage part where the movement location and the tray information are stored in association with each other. The control means causes the light emitting part on the storage location having the reading part which has read tray information identical with the extracted tray information among the read tray information to emit light.

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a catering cart and a catering system.

  In hospitals, etc., a serving cart containing a serving tray on which meals to be provided to hospitalized patients are placed is moved to the room where the patient is hospitalized, and a serving tray on which meals are placed from the serving cart. And the removed tray for tray is distributed to the patient.

  By the way, since the meal provided to a patient admitted to a hospital or the like varies from patient to patient depending on the condition of the patient, it is necessary to perform the distribution of the distribution tray taken out from the distribution cart without mistake. Therefore, traditionally, nurses who work at hospitals check for patients who are admitted to the room where the serving cart is moved, and then for meals on which food tags with the names of the confirmed patients are placed There is a problem that the tray must be taken out from the distribution cart and the distribution tray must be distributed, which places a heavy burden on nurses and the like.

  The catering cart of the embodiment includes a cart, detection means, extraction means, and control means. The cart includes a main body that accommodates a tray for distribution, a reading unit that reads tray information that identifies the layout tray from a tag that is provided for each position of the layout tray and is mounted on the tray. And a light emitting unit that emits light at each housing position. The detection means detects a movement position of the cart. The extraction unit extracts the tray information stored in association with the detected movement position from a storage unit that stores the movement position and the tray information in association with each other. The control means causes the light emitting unit at the accommodation position where the reading unit that has read the tray information that matches the extracted tray information among the read tray information to emit light.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of the serving support system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the serving cart according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a food bill placed on a serving tray accommodated in the serving cart according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the management PC. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of data items constituting the patient DB. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of data items constituting the meal tag DB. FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the serving cart. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of data items constituting the reading unit DB. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the layout cart according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the serving cart. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of data items constituting the reading unit DB. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the layout cart according to the present embodiment.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of the serving support system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the layout support system 100 includes a management PC (Personal Computer) 10, an access point 20, and a layout cart 30. Here, the management PC 10, the access point 20, and the distribution cart 30 are provided in a hospital or the like, and are communicably connected via a network N such as a wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network).

  The management PC 10 is a server device and includes a patient DB 16 (see FIG. 4) and a meal tag DB 17 (see FIG. 4), which will be described later, and is stored in the patient DB 16 or the meal tag DB 17 in response to a request from the distribution cart 30. Data is transmitted to each of the serving carts 30.

  In addition, the management PC 10 is a server device that detects a room that is the current movement position of the layout cart 30 in the store, and each of the layout carts 30 corresponding to a room number (room information) that identifies the detected room. Send to. The position detection method of the layout cart 30 is not particularly limited, and a publicly known / public technique relating to position detection can be used.

  For example, the position of the serving cart 30 may be detected using indoor GPS technology. Further, when a plurality of access points 20 are arranged in various places (rooms) in the hospital, the arrangement position of each access point 20 is detected as the current movement position of the serving cart 30 that has accessed the access point 20. It is good also as a form. In addition, an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag is added to the distribution cart 30, and a network device (not shown) having a tag reader function is arranged at various locations in the hospital so that the RFID tag of the distribution cart 30 is read. It is good also as a form which detects the arrangement position of an apparatus as the present movement position of the said layout cart 30. FIG.

  The access point 20 is a wireless network device for connecting the network N and the serving cart 30. The number of access points 20 provided in the hospital is not particularly limited. For example, when the movement position of each serving cart 30 is detected using the arrangement position of the access point 20, it is a key point for position detection. Assume that an access point 20 is provided in each room in the hospital. 1 shows an example in which one distribution cart 30 is connected to one access point 20, but the number of distribution carts 30 connected to the access point 20 is not particularly limited.

  The serving cart 30 is used when serving a serving tray on which a meal to be provided to a patient is placed in a hospital. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the serving cart according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a food bill placed on a serving tray accommodated in the serving cart according to the present embodiment. The serving cart 30 includes a main body 27 that houses a serving tray 23 on which a meal to be provided to a patient is placed. The main body 27 has a mounting shelf 21 for mounting the layout tray 23 accommodated in the main body 27. The placement shelves 21 are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction of the accommodation chamber 28 in which the layout tray 23 is accommodated in the main body 27 to partition the accommodation chamber 28.

  On the distribution tray 23, a bill 25 having an IC tag 29 (see FIG. 3) for storing a tray ID, which is tray information for specifying the distribution tray 23, is placed. In this embodiment, the IC tag 29 is placed on the serving tray 23 as a meal tag 25, but the IC tag 29 is not limited to this as long as it is mounted on the serving tray 23. For example, the IC tag 29 may be embedded in the bottom portion of the tray for tray 23 or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the IC tag 29 mounted on the meal tag 25 reads an IC chip 29A for storing a tray ID for specifying the serving tray 23 and a tray ID stored in the IC chip 29A. And an antenna 29B to be used. That is, the IC tag 29 is an RFID tag that can write or read various information such as a tray ID by wireless communication.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the mounting shelf 21 is partially exposed on the mounting surface 26 on which the layout tray 23 is mounted, facing the position where the layout tray 23 is mounted. The IC tag reading unit 22 embedded in the state is included. In the present embodiment, the layout cart 30 embeds the IC tag reading unit 22 facing the position where the layout tray 23 is placed on the placement shelf 21, but the layout tray 23 in the main body 27. If the IC tag reading part 22 is provided for every accommodation position, it will not be limited to this. For example, the layout cart 30 may be provided with the IC tag reading unit 22 on the placement surface 26 at a position close to the position on which the layout tray 23 is placed.

  The IC tag reading unit 22 is stored in the IC tag 29 by performing short-range communication by wireless communication with the IC tag 29 included in the meal tag 25 placed on the serving tray 23 placed on the placement shelf 21. This is a communication interface for reading a tray ID and the like. In the present embodiment, the IC tag reading unit 22 performs radio communication with the IC chip 29A of the IC tag 29 via radio waves via the antenna 29B of the IC tag 29 of the meal tag 25, thereby allowing the IC chip 29A to communicate with the IC chip 29A. An RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader / writer that reads a stored tray ID or the like is used.

  In this embodiment, since the RFID reader / writer is used for the IC tag reading unit 22, the radio wave emitted by the RFID reader / writer embedded in the mounting shelf 21 penetrates the mounting shelf 21, and other mountings are made. There is a possibility that the tray ID may be read from the IC tag 29 of the meal tag 25 placed on the serving tray 23 placed on the shelf 21. For this reason, in the present embodiment, a radio wave shielding member that shields radio waves emitted from an RFID reader / writer, such as metal, is used for the mounting shelf 21. Thereby, the radio wave emitted from the RFID reader / writer embedded in one placement shelf 21 penetrates the one placement shelf 21 and is placed on the serving tray 23 placed on the other placement shelf 21. The tray ID is prevented from being read from the IC tag 29 of the received bill 25.

  Further, the layout cart 30 is provided on the surface opposite to the placement surface 26 of the placement shelf 21 other than the placement shelf 21 provided at the lowest position among the plurality of placement shelves 21 and on the upper surface of the storage chamber 28. The light-emitting unit 24 is provided so as to face the position where the tray for placement 23 is placed. In this embodiment, the layout cart 30 is provided with the light emitting unit 24 facing the position where the layout tray 23 is placed above the position where the layout tray 23 is placed. If the light emission part 24 is provided for every 23 accommodation positions, it will not be limited to this. For example, the layout cart 30 may be provided with the light emitting unit 24 on the placement surface 26 in the vicinity of the position where the layout tray 23 is placed.

  The light emitting unit 24 emits light toward the position where the layout tray 23 is placed. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a light emitting unit 24 having a high directivity such as an LED (Light Emitting Diode) is used.

  Next, the configuration of the management PC 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the management PC. As shown in FIG. 4, the management PC 10 includes a control unit 11, an input unit 12, a display unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a communication unit 15.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and by executing various programs stored in the ROM or the storage unit 14 described later, The operation of the management PC 10 is comprehensively controlled.

  The input unit 12 is an input device such as a keyboard or a pointing device, and notifies the control unit 11 of the operation content of the user. The display unit 13 is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and displays various types of information in accordance with instructions from the control unit 11.

  The storage unit 14 is a storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a flash memory, and stores various programs executed by the control unit 11 and various files. Further, the storage unit 14 includes a patient database (DB) 16 and a meal tag database (DB) 17.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of data items constituting the patient DB. As shown in FIG. 5, the patient DB 16 identifies a room number (room information) that identifies a room that is the moving position of the serving cart 30 and a patient ID that identifies a patient who is hospitalized in the room identified by the room number. (Person information) is stored in association with each other.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of data items constituting the meal tag DB. As shown in FIG. 6, the meal tag DB 17 associates a patient ID with a tray ID (tray information) that specifies a serving tray on which food to be provided to the patient specified by the patient ID is placed. It is something to remember. That is, in this embodiment, patient DB16 and meal tag DB17 comprise the memory | storage part which matches and memorize | stores the movement position of the distribution cart 30, and tray ID.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the communication unit 15 is a communication interface for performing data communication with the layout cart 30 connected to the network N via the access point 20.

  Next, the configuration of the serving cart 30 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the serving cart. As shown in FIG. 7, the serving cart 30 includes a control unit 31, a battery 32, a storage unit 33, a position detection unit 34, a communication unit 35, an IC tag reading unit 22, and a light emitting unit 24. I have.

  The control unit 31 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and executes various programs stored in the ROM or a storage unit 33 to be described later. The operation of the cart 30 is comprehensively controlled. The battery 32 is a rechargeable battery that supplies power to each unit included in the distribution cart 30.

  The storage unit 33 is a storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a flash memory, and stores various programs executed by the control unit 31 and various files. The storage unit 33 stores a reading unit database (DB) 38 and the like.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of data items constituting the reading unit DB. As shown in FIG. 8, the reading unit DB 38 is specified by a reading unit ID that specifies the IC tag reading unit 22 provided for each position (accommodating position) on which the layout tray 23 is placed, and the reading unit ID. The light emitting unit ID that identifies the light emitting unit 24 provided at the housing position where the IC tag reading unit 22 is provided corresponds to the tray ID that is read by the IC tag reading unit 22 that is identified by the reading unit ID. Attached and memorized. Each time the IC tag reading unit 22 reads the tray ID from the IC tag 29, the control unit 31 is stored in the reading unit DB 38 in association with the reading unit ID of the IC tag reading unit 22 that has read the tray ID. Assume that the tray ID is updated.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the communication unit 35 is a communication interface for performing data communication with the management PC 10 connected to the network N via the access point 20.

  The position detection unit 34 is a functional unit that detects a room number as a movement position of the serving cart 30 by cooperating with the management PC 10. Specifically, the position detection unit 34 accesses the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35, and acquires (receives) from the management PC 10 the current movement position of the serving cart 30 detected by the management PC 10 as a room number. .

  In the present embodiment, the position information is acquired by cooperating with the management PC 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any environment can be used as long as the layout cart 30 can detect the movement position of the layout cart 30 alone. The management PC 10 may be unnecessary. For example, in the case where an RFID tag storing a room number indicating the position is arranged in each place in a hospital and a reader device capable of reading the RFID tag is provided as the position detection unit 34, the room number read from the RFID tag is set. By using it, the management PC 10 can be dispensed with.

  Next, the functional configuration of the serving cart 30 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 31 (CPU) of the layout cart 30 realizes the extraction unit 36 and the light emission control unit 37 in cooperation with a program stored in a ROM (not shown) or the storage unit 33.

  The extraction unit 36 accesses the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35 and associates it with the room number detected by the position detection unit 34 from the storage unit 14 of the management PC 10 (that is, the current movement position of the serving cart 30). The tray ID stored in this way is extracted.

  The light emission control unit 37 has a storage position (that is, an arrangement) in which the IC tag reading unit 22 that reads the tray ID that matches the tray ID extracted by the extraction unit 36 among the tray IDs read by the IC tag reading unit 22 is provided. The light emitting section 24 at the position where the tray 23 is placed is caused to emit light.

  Next, the flow of operation of the layout cart 30 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the layout cart according to the present embodiment.

  The extraction unit 36 waits for the room number to be detected by the position detection unit 34 while the nurse or the like is moving the serving cart 30 (step S901: No).

  When the room number is detected by the position detection unit 34 (step S901: Yes), the extraction unit 36 accesses the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35, and the position detection unit 34 accesses the management PC 10 from the storage unit 14. The tray ID stored in association with the detected room number is extracted (step S902). Specifically, when the room number is detected by the position detection unit 34, the extraction unit 36 transmits the detected room number to the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35, thereby detecting the detected room number. Requesting extraction of the tray ID stored in association with. In addition, when the control unit 11 of the management PC 10 receives a room number from the serving cart 30, first, the patient ID stored in association with the received room number is read from the patient DB 16, and the reading is performed from the meal tag DB 17. The tray ID stored in association with the patient ID is read. Then, the control unit 11 of the management PC 10 returns the read tray ID to the serving cart 30. The extraction unit 36 receives the tray ID returned from the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35. Thereby, the extraction unit 36 extracts the tray ID stored in association with the room number detected by the position detection unit 34 from the storage unit 14 of the management PC 10.

  When the tray ID is extracted by the extraction unit 36, the light emission control unit 37 reads the tray ID that matches the tray ID extracted by the extraction unit 36 among the tray IDs stored in the reading unit DB 38. The light emitting section 24 at the position where the 22 is provided is caused to emit light (step S903). Specifically, the light emission control unit 37 first matches the tray ID extracted by the extraction unit 36 among the tray IDs read by the IC tag reading unit 22 (that is, the tray IDs stored in the reading unit DB 38). Specify the tray ID. Next, the light emission control unit 37 reads the light emitting unit ID associated with the identified tray ID from the reading unit DB 38 stored in the storage unit 33. Then, the light emission control unit 37 emits light from the light emitting unit 24 specified by the read light emitting unit ID.

  As described above, according to the layout support system 100 according to the present embodiment, the main body 27 that stores the layout tray 23 and the IC tag 29 that is provided for each storage position of the layout tray 23 and is mounted on the layout tray 23. A layout cart 30 having an IC tag reading unit 22 that reads a tray ID that identifies the layout tray 23, a light emitting unit 24 that is provided for each storage position, and a moving position of the layout cart 30 is detected. An IC that extracts the tray ID stored in association with the detected movement position from the storage unit that stores the tray information in association with each other, and reads the tray ID that matches the extracted tray ID in the read tray ID. A patient who is hospitalized in the room when arranging the tray for arranging 23 by causing the light emitting unit 24 at the housing position where the tag reading unit 22 is provided to emit light. It is only necessary to arrange the serving tray 23 accommodated in the accommodating position where the light emitting unit 24 emits light without confirming the meal tag 25 placed on the serving tray 23, so that the arrangement of the serving tray 23 can be accurately performed. And it can be done easily.

(Second Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, the IC tag of the meal tag placed on the tray for distribution accommodated in the distribution cart stores the patient ID that identifies the patient, detects the room number that is the movement position of the distribution cart, and the patient DB An IC tag reading unit that extracts a patient ID stored in association with the detected room number and reads a patient ID that matches the extracted patient ID among the patient IDs read by the IC tag reading unit. The light emitting portion at the specified position emits light. In the following description, description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment will be omitted, and a configuration different from that of the first embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the serving cart. In addition, about the structure of the layout cart 1000 similar to 1st Embodiment, the same code | symbol as the layout cart 30 concerning 1st Embodiment is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The IC tag 1001 stores a patient ID (personal information) that identifies a patient or the like (person) who provides a meal on a serving tray on which a meal tag on which the IC tag 1001 is mounted is placed. The other configuration of the IC tag 1001 is the same as that of the IC tag 29 according to the first embodiment.

  The IC tag reading unit 1002 is stored in the IC tag 1001 by performing short-range communication by wireless communication with the IC tag 1001 included in the meal tag 25 placed on the serving tray 23 placed on the placement shelf 21. This is a communication interface for reading a patient ID and the like. The other configuration of the IC tag reading unit 1002 is the same as that of the IC tag reading unit 22 according to the first embodiment.

  The storage unit 33 includes a reading unit database (DB) 1003 and the like. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of data items constituting the reading unit DB. As shown in FIG. 11, the reading unit DB 1003 is specified by a reading unit ID that specifies an IC tag reading unit 1002 provided for each position (accommodating position) on which the layout tray 23 is placed, and the reading unit ID. The light emitting unit ID that identifies the light emitting unit 24 provided at the housing position where the IC tag reading unit 1002 is provided corresponds to the patient ID that is read by the IC tag reading unit 1002 that is identified by the reading unit ID. Attached and memorized. In addition, whenever the IC tag reading unit 1002 reads the patient ID from the IC tag 1001, the control unit 31 is stored in the reading unit DB 1003 in association with the reading unit ID of the IC tag reading unit 1002 that has read the patient ID. The patient ID shall be updated.

  Returning to FIG. 10, the extraction unit 1004 accesses the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35, and the room number detected by the position detection unit 34 from the storage unit 14 of the management PC 10 (that is, the current movement of the serving cart 30). The patient ID stored in association with the position is extracted.

  The light emission control unit 1005 is a storage position (that is, a serving location) where the IC tag reading unit 1002 that reads the patient ID that matches the patient ID extracted by the extraction unit 1004 among the patient IDs read by the IC tag reading unit 1002 is provided. The light emitting section 24 at the position where the tray 23 is placed is caused to emit light.

  Next, the flow of operation of the layout cart 1000 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the layout cart according to the present embodiment.

  The extraction unit 1004 waits for the room number to be detected by the position detection unit 34 while the nurse or the like is moving the serving cart 1000 (step S1201: No).

  When the room number is detected by the position detection unit 34 (step S1201: Yes), the extraction unit 1004 accesses the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35, and from the storage unit 14 of the management PC 10 by the position detection unit 34. The patient ID stored in association with the detected room number is extracted (step S1202). Specifically, when the position detection unit 34 detects the room number, the extraction unit 1004 transmits the detected room number to the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35, thereby detecting the detected room number. And requesting reading of the patient ID stored in association with. When the control unit 11 of the management PC 10 receives a room number from the serving cart 1000, the control unit 11 first reads a patient ID stored in association with the received room number from the patient DB 16. Then, the control unit 11 of the management PC 10 returns the read patient ID to the serving cart 1000. The extraction unit 1004 receives the patient ID returned from the management PC 10 via the communication unit 35. Thereby, the extraction unit 1004 extracts the patient ID stored in association with the room number detected by the position detection unit 34 from the storage unit 14 of the management PC 10.

  When the patient ID is extracted by the extraction unit 1004, the light emission control unit 1005 reads the patient ID that matches the patient ID extracted by the extraction unit 1004 among the patient IDs stored in the reading unit DB 1003. The light emitting unit 24 at the position where the line 1002 is provided is caused to emit light (step S1203). Specifically, the light emission control unit 1005 first matches the patient ID extracted by the extraction unit 1004 out of the patient ID read by the IC tag reading unit 1002 (that is, the patient ID stored in the reading unit DB 1003). Identify the patient ID. Next, the light emission control unit 1005 reads the light emitting unit ID associated with the identified patient ID from the reading unit DB 1003 stored in the storage unit 33. Then, the light emission control unit 1005 emits light from the light emitting unit 24 specified by the read light emitting unit ID.

  As described above, according to the serving support system 100 according to the present embodiment, the IC tag 1001 included in the meal tag 25 placed on the serving tray 23 accommodated in the serving cart 1000 stores the patient ID for identifying the patient, The room number which is the moving position of the serving cart 1000 is detected, the patient ID stored in association with the detected room number is extracted from the patient DB 16, and the extraction is performed among the patient IDs read by the IC tag reading unit 1002. When the distribution tray 23 is arranged by emitting the light emitting unit 24 at the position where the IC tag reading unit 1002 that has read the patient ID that matches the patient ID is provided, The tray for tray 23 accommodated in the accommodation position where the light emitting part 24 emits light is arranged without confirming the meal tag 25 placed on the tray 23 for use. Since it Re, it is possible to perform the serving of serving trays 23 accurately and easily.

  As described above, according to the first to second embodiments, the layout of the layout tray 23 can be performed accurately and easily.

  Note that the program executed by the management PC and the distribution cart of the present embodiment is provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like, but is not limited to this. The program executed by the management PC and the distribution cart of this embodiment is an installable or executable file, such as a CD-ROM, flexible disk (FD), CD-R, DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), etc. You may comprise so that it may record and provide on a computer-readable recording medium.

  Furthermore, the program executed by the management PC and the distribution cart according to the present embodiment may be provided by being stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. The program executed by the management PC and the distribution cart of this embodiment may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  The program executed by the management PC and the distribution cart according to the present embodiment has a module configuration including the above-described units (extraction unit, light emission control unit). As actual hardware, a CPU (processor) is loaded from the ROM. By reading and executing the program, the above-described units are loaded on the main storage device, and an extraction unit and a light emission control unit are generated on the main storage device.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

100 Catering support system 10 Management PC
11,31 Control unit 14,33 Storage unit 15,35 Communication unit 16 Patient DB
17 Meal bill DB
20 access point 22,1002 IC tag reading unit 23 tray for distribution 24 light emitting unit 25 food bill 27 main body 29,1001 IC tag 29A IC chip 29B antenna 30,1000 distribution cart 34 position detection unit 36,1004 extraction unit 37,1005 light emission Control unit 38,1003 Reading unit DB

JP 2005-267519 A

Claims (6)

A main body that accommodates the tray for distribution, a reading unit that is provided for each accommodation position of the layout tray and that reads the tray information that identifies the layout tray from a tag mounted on the tray for distribution, and for each of the accommodation positions A cart having a light emitting unit that emits light;
Detecting means for detecting a moving position of the cart;
Extraction means for extracting the tray information stored in association with the detected movement position from a storage unit that stores the movement position and the tray information in association with each other;
Control means for emitting light from the light emitting unit at the accommodation position provided with the reading unit that has read the tray information that matches the extracted tray information among the read tray information;
A catering cart equipped with. The detection means detects room information indicating a room where the tray for serving is arranged as the moving position,
The extraction means extracts the tray information stored in association with the detected room information from the storage unit that stores the room information as the movement position in association with the tray information. A catering cart as described in. A main body that accommodates a serving tray on which a meal is placed, and a person who provides a meal placed on the serving tray from the tag that is provided for each position of the serving tray and is mounted on the serving tray. A cart having a reading unit that reads human information to be identified, and a light emitting unit that is provided at each of the storage positions and emits light;
Detecting means for detecting a moving position of the cart;
Extraction means for extracting the stored human information in association with the detected moving position from a storage unit that stores the moving position and the human information in association with each other;
Control means for emitting light from the light emitting unit at the accommodation position provided with the reading unit that reads the human information that matches the extracted human information among the read human information;
A catering cart equipped with. The detection means detects room information indicating a room where the tray for serving is arranged as the moving position,
The extraction unit extracts the person information stored in association with the detected room information from the storage unit that stores the room information as the movement position in association with the person information. A catering cart as described in. A main body that accommodates the tray for distribution, a reading unit that is provided for each accommodation position of the layout tray and that reads the tray information that identifies the layout tray from a tag mounted on the tray for distribution, and for each of the accommodation positions A cart having a light emitting unit that emits light;
Detecting means for detecting a moving position of the cart;
Extraction means for extracting the tray information stored in association with the detected movement position from a storage unit that stores the movement position and the tray information in association with each other;
Control means for emitting light from the light emitting unit at the accommodation position provided with the reading unit that has read the tray information that matches the extracted tray information among the read tray information;
A catering system equipped with The detection means detects room information indicating a room where the tray for serving is arranged as the moving position,
The extraction means extracts the tray information stored in association with the detected room information from the storage unit that stores the room information as the movement position in association with the tray information. The catering system described in 1.

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