JP3036207U - Order system equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an order system device capable of transmitting an order from a customer to a kitchen more quickly and accurately, particularly in a restaurant where frequent additional orders are made. SOLUTION: An order panel 10 is provided corresponding to a predetermined customer, and the customer can directly place an order through the order panel 10, and the contents thereof are displayed in the kitchen 1. In particular, even in a store where many additional orders are placed, the customer can place an order at a desired time without waiting, and the store side can efficiently provide the ordered item to the customer.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to an order system device that can receive orders from customers through an order panel at restaurants and the like, and can automatically instruct the received orders to the cooks in the kitchen.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, this type of order system device is used, for example, in restaurants, etc., and an order received by a store clerk from a customer, the number of the customer, and a table are stored in a handy terminal (terminal device) held by each store clerk. When a number etc. is entered, the order details will be sent wirelessly to the reception device installed in or near the kitchen, and the contents transmitted from this reception device to the output device will be output to the slip etc. There are things that have become.

[0003] Since this system can quickly and accurately transmit the contents of an order received from a customer to the kitchen, it is not necessary for a store clerk or the like to go to the kitchen, and one store clerk receives a larger number of customers. It is possible to receive orders efficiently.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such an ordering system device, since the store clerk basically receives the order, not only the customer who has the order at a busy time may not be able to catch the store clerk, but especially the izakaya or the sushi bar. In restaurants such as restaurants where frequent additional orders are received from customers, the number of orders received by customers increases, which makes it more difficult for customers to catch them. However, there was a problem that it became difficult to do it.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and particularly in a restaurant where frequent additional orders are made, it is possible to more quickly and accurately transmit orders from customers to the kitchen. It is intended to provide an ordering system device.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the ordering system device of the present invention includes a plurality of ordering panels arranged in front of or near a customer of a counter or a table, and installed in a kitchen or a predetermined place in the vicinity thereof. The display panel receives information from a plurality of order panels, and at least the order details transmitted from the order panels by appropriately operating the order panels and the ID number of each order panel are displayed on the display panel. It is characterized by being displayed. According to this feature, the order panel is provided for a predetermined customer, and the customer can directly place an order through the order panel, and the contents are displayed in the kitchen. In particular, even in a store where many additional orders are placed, the customer can place an order at a desired time without waiting, and the store side can efficiently provide the ordered item to the customer.

The ordering system device of the present invention has a conveyor device capable of transporting dishes on which dishes are placed, and a plurality of counters are installed in the kitchen or in the vicinity thereof so as to surround the inside of the kitchen. An order panel is provided, and a display panel for receiving information from each of the plurality of order panels is provided at a predetermined position in the kitchen or in the kitchen in the counter, and at least the conveyor device is stopped. At this time, the order contents are displayed on the display panel by appropriately operating the order panel. According to this feature, it is not necessary to constantly convey the cooked food by the conveyor device, especially in the off hours of the store, so that the cooked food is not excessively provided and wasted. Therefore, it is possible to always provide customers with fresh food according to their orders, regardless of the time of the store being off-peak or busy.

In the order system device of the present invention, the order contents are displayed in the order panel, and the order contents are displayed at least until the ordered product is provided. preferable. By doing this, the customer can understand what he / she ordered, and can easily confirm an order error or an unordered item.

In the ordering system device of the present invention, it is preferable that a sounding device that emits a voice or a buzzer when the order contents are displayed on the display panel is provided on or near the display panel of the kitchen. By doing this, it is possible to inform the cook more quickly that the customer has directly ordered the food while the food is mainly provided by the conveyor device.

In the ordering system device of the present invention, the ordering panel and the display panel are connected via the host computer, and the order contents transmitted from an arbitrary ordering panel are distributed by the host computer to the desired order. It is preferable to be able to display on the display panel. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the orders from concentrating only on a predetermined display panel, so that it is possible to average all the ordered products and efficiently provide them.

In the ordering system device of the present invention described above, it is preferable that the orderable items are displayed in the ordering panel by characters or pictures and pictures. By doing so, a menu or the like becomes unnecessary.

In the ordering system device of the present invention, the ordering panel is preferably connected to the POS register via the host computer. By doing this, it becomes possible to automatically calculate the settlement for each order panel and the total sales of the store for one day, thus reducing the management burden on the store side.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 shows a part of the inside of a sushi restaurant called "Kaiten Sushi". ing. A kitchen 2 with a chef who holds sushi enters the center of the store, and a substantially rectangular counter 2 is fixed around the kitchen 1, and a plurality of chairs 4 serving as seats 3 are arranged around the counter 2. It is set up. A seat number is assigned to each of these chairs 4.

Inside the counter 2, there is formed a conveyor device 6 for simultaneously rotating and moving a plurality of dishes 5 on which various sushi is placed around the counter 2. When the normal store is busy, the sushi grasped in the kitchen 1 is distributed one after another on the conveyor device 6 via the plate 5, and the customer can freely take the sushi around the conveyor device 6. It is like this.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a shelf plate arranged above the conveyor device 6 via a column 8, and various items such as a net and a replenishing plate 9 can be arranged side by side.

On the outer peripheral side of the conveyor device 6, an order panel 10 is arranged corresponding to each chair 4 of the passenger seat 3, and at a predetermined position on the inner side of the shelf board 7 in the kitchen 1, A display panel 11 for displaying the ordered items from the order panel 10 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2 in particular, the order panel 10 has a plurality of selection buttons 12 arranged in a row for each price area E. On the selection buttons 12, for example, “tuna” and Various information is displayed like "uni". Reference numeral 13 is a display lamp, which is turned on when the selection button 12 is pressed.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a quantity button, which allows the quantity of the ordered product selected by the selection button 12 to be selected. Further, 15 below the order button 15 is an order button for transmitting an order to the cook in the kitchen 1 for the selected ordered product after the operation of the selection button 12 and the quantity button 14 is completed.

Here, the selection button 12 may transmit the order contents by pressing the order button 15 each time one is selected, or a plurality of selection buttons 12 may be selected before the order button 15 is pressed. It is also possible to do so. Then, if the display lamp 13 of the selected selection button 12 is kept displayed until the ordered product is provided (until the completion button 17 of the display panel 11 which will be described later is pressed), the customer places an order. The contents can be grasped, and it is possible to easily confirm order mistakes and ordered items that are not provided.

On the front surface of the display panel 11, a display unit 16 for displaying the ordered product 16a ordered by the arbitrary order panel 10, the quantity 16b thereof, and the seat number 16c of the customer who ordered the ordered product. There are three columns, and it is possible to display up to three types of ordered items ordered by any customer at the same time.

A completion button 17 is arranged on the right side of the display section 16 so that the cook in the kitchen 1 finishes gripping the ordered items displayed on the display section 16 at the same time and hands them to each ordering customer. When the completion button 17 is pressed at the end of the process, the next waiting order product can be displayed. The number of displays may be three or more.

As shown in FIG. 4, the order panel 10 and the display panel 11 are connected to each other via a host computer 18 installed at a predetermined place in the store, so the order contents of each customer are first ordered. The data is transmitted from the panel 10 to the host computer 18, and then transmitted from the host computer 18 to the display panel 11.

The order panel 10 and the display panel 11 in the present embodiment are arranged in the counter 2 and the kitchen 1 in the counter 2 as shown in FIG. 5, for example. At the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line, the kitchen, counter 2, and seats 3 are divided into three areas A, B, and C, and orders from customers in the seats 3 within these areas are placed in the kitchen 1. The three chefs 24 are sharing the charge. Therefore, normally, for example, orders from customers in the area A are displayed on the display panel 11a in the area A, and orders in the areas B and C are displayed on the display panel 11b and the display panel 11c, respectively.

However, if the whole area is divided into areas A, B, C, etc. in this way, the order for a certain area may be significantly increased, or conversely reduced. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, in the above-mentioned host computer 18, the display screen 18a shows the order status of each display panel 11a, display panel 11b, and display panel 11c in all areas A, B, and C. , In addition to being displayed in a list, the ordered items in the area where the orders are concentrated can be distributed and displayed on the display panel 11 in other areas through the operation function. There is.

In FIG. 6, the ordered products displayed on the display panel 11 are displayed in the upper three rows in the ruled line frame of each area A, B, and C, and the waiting ordered products are displayed below the ordered products. It is supposed to be displayed. Further, numeral 19 is a scroll button of the display screen 18a, and various other information can be displayed.

In the ordering system device of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the ordering panel is provided corresponding to a predetermined customer, and the customer directly receives the ordering panel. You can place an order, and the contents are displayed in the kitchen, so even at a store with many additional orders, customers can place an order at a desired time without waiting, and the store side can order it. On the other hand, it becomes possible to efficiently provide the ordered products to the customers.

This ordering system device is used mainly when there is a lot of wasted work, such as when the store is off-hours, but it is used in combination with the conveyor device especially during busy times. You may do it. In such a case, since nothing is usually displayed on the display panel, a sounding device, etc. for notifying the cook that something is displayed on the display panel is usually placed on the display panel or in the vicinity thereof. It is preferable to provide it.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the order panel 10. In this way, it is possible to directly display a photograph or a picture of each ordered product in the selection button 22 of the order panel 10 and use the order panel 10 itself as a menu.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, if the above-mentioned host computer 18 is connected to the POS register 23 or the like, various settlements for each order panel 10 and total daily sales of all order panels 10 can be performed. It is also possible to automate the information in.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and there are changes and additions within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Also included in the present invention.

For example, the display form of the order panel 10 and the display panel 11 is arbitrary, and the transmission means from the order panel 10 to the host computer 18 can be performed by various methods such as wired or wireless.

Further, although the ordering system in the conveyor belt sushi restaurant has been described in the present embodiment, it goes without saying that it can also be used in a normal sushi restaurant or another restaurant.

[0033]

[Effect of the invention]

 According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(A) According to the invention of claim 1, the order panel is provided corresponding to a predetermined customer, and the customer can directly place an order through the order panel, and the contents are displayed in the kitchen. As a result, customers can place an order at a desired time without waiting, especially in a store where many additional orders are placed, and the store side efficiently orders the customer with respect to the order. It becomes possible to provide.

(B) According to the invention of claim 2, it is not necessary to convey the food by the conveyor device at all times, especially in the off-hours of the store, so that the food is provided in excess and is wasted. There is nothing to do. Therefore, it is possible to always provide customers with fresh food upon request, regardless of the time when the restaurant is not busy or busy.

(C) According to the invention of claim 3, the customer can understand the contents of his / her order, and can easily confirm the order miss and the ordered product not provided.

(D) According to the invention of claim 4, while the food is provided mainly by the conveyor device, the cook can be informed earlier that the customer has directly ordered.

(E) According to the invention of claim 5, it is possible to prevent the concentration of orders only on a predetermined display panel, so that it is possible to average all ordered products and efficiently provide them.

(F) According to the invention of claim 6, a menu or the like is unnecessary.

(G) According to the invention of claim 7, it becomes possible to automatically calculate the settlement for each order panel and the total sales of the shop for one day, thereby reducing the management burden on the shop side. .

[0041]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a counter of a store to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an ordered product.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a display panel.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the system of the present invention.

5 is a plan view of the counter of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of contents displayed on a display screen of a host computer.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part showing another embodiment of the order panel.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of another system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Kitchen 2 Counter 3 Seat 4 Chair 5 Plate 6 Conveyor device 7 Shelf 8 Pillar 9 Replenishing plate 10 Order panel 11 Display panel 12, 22 Select button 13 Display lamp 14 Quantity button 15 Order button 16 Display section 17 Finish button 18 Host computer 18a Display screen 19 Scroll button 23 POS register 24 Cook

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] November 5, 1996

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Brief description of drawings

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a counter of a store to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an ordered product.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a display panel.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the system of the present invention.

5 is a plan view of the counter of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of contents displayed on a display screen of a host computer.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part showing another embodiment of the order panel.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of another system of the present invention.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Kitchen 2 Counter 3 Seat 4 Chair 5 Plate 6 Conveyor device 7 Shelf 8 Pillar 9 Replenishing plate 10 Ordering panel 11 Display panel 12, 22 Selection button 13 Display lamp 14 Quantity button 15 Ordering button 16 Display section 17 Finish button 18 Host computer 18a Display screen 19 Scroll button 23 POS register 24 Cook

Claims (7)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A plurality of ordering panels arranged in front of or near a customer at a counter or a table, and a display panel installed at a kitchen or at a predetermined place in the vicinity thereof to receive information from each of the plurality of ordering panels. The display panel is configured to display at least the order details transmitted from the order panel and the ID number of each order panel by appropriately operating the order panel. Order system equipment. 2. A plurality of ordering panels are arranged in front of or near a customer of a counter arranged so as to surround the inside of the kitchen, which has a conveyor device capable of carrying dishes on which dishes are placed. At the same time, a display panel for receiving information from each of the plurality of order panels is provided at a kitchen or a predetermined place in the vicinity of the counter, and the order panel is appropriately operated at least when the conveyor device is stopped. Accordingly, the order system device is characterized in that the order details are displayed on the display panel. 3. The order contents are displayed in the order panel, and the order contents are displayed at least until the ordered product is provided.
The ordering system device described in. 4. The ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a sounding device that emits a sound or a buzzer when the order contents are displayed on the display panel is provided on or near the display panel of the kitchen. apparatus. 5. An order panel and a display panel are connected to each other via a host computer, and order contents transmitted from an arbitrary order panel can be sorted by the host computer and displayed on a desired display panel. Item 5. The ordering system device according to any one of items 1 to 4. 6. The ordering system device according to claim 1, wherein the orderable items are displayed in the ordering panel by characters, pictures, photographs and the like. 7. The order system device according to claim 1, wherein the order panel is connected to a POS register via a host computer.