JP3516485B2 - Order management device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an order management apparatus for sequentially erasing cooked products for data on a display device in which products ordered by a customer are sequentially displayed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of order management apparatus is used in restaurants such as restaurants, and a handy terminal for inputting customer order data taken by a clerk and a display for sequentially displaying the input data. It is composed of a terminal installed in the kitchen, which is equipped with a display unit and an input unit for erasing the data displayed on the display unit, and a controller for controlling the entire apparatus.

The operation of the thus configured order management system will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. First, a store clerk takes an order from a customer and inputs the order data (table No., product code, quantity, etc.) from the handy terminal (step S1). When this input is made, the order data (menu) is displayed on the display in the kitchen (step S2). FIG. 5 (a) shows an example of the display. In Table No. 15, “curry and rice” is 3
In Table No. 17, "Katsudon" was ordered in 2 and in Table No. 20, "Omelet Rice" was ordered in 1 order.

The cooking worker in the kitchen cooks according to the displayed data (step S3). The menu of cooked data is sequentially erased by operating the input unit of the terminal (step S4). Figure 5
In (b), the cooked "curry and rice" has been erased, and fried rice is now 4 at Table No. 21.
It indicates that there was an order for Ko.

[0005]

The conventional order management device is configured as described above, and when the order data for each customer is treated as one menu and the work of erasing is performed when one menu is completed, Since the following menu is displayed overwritten, there is a problem that the menu that has been erased once (“curry rice” in the above example) cannot be displayed again. When you want to check the erased menu, the dump list of the menu processed by the controller is always output.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an order management device capable of re-displaying data erased on a display.

[0007]

An order management apparatus according to the present invention stores a first input means for inputting data of an item ordered by a customer and an order item data input by the first input means. Of the display means for displaying, the storage means for storing the data of the ordered product input by the first input means, and the data of the ordered product displayed on the display means, the display is erased for the cooked product. Second input means each having an erasing key for operating and a re-display key for re-displaying the erased order item data; and the order item data input by the first input means. In addition to displaying the data on the display means, the same data is stored in the storage means, and by operating the delete key of the second input means, the data of the ordered product which is displayed on the display means and which has been completely cooked is displayed. To erase the data, and is obtained by a configuration in which a control means for displaying again on the display means retrieves the orders data said erasing from the storage means by the operation of the re-display keys.

[0008]

In the order management apparatus according to the present invention, the ordered product data input from the first input means is displayed on the display means and stored in the storage means. By operating the delete key of the input means, it is deleted from the display means. Here, by operating the redisplay key of the second input means, the order data which has already been cooked and erased from the display means is redisplayed.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an order management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
(1) is a handy terminal, (2) is a controller,
(3) is a terminal installed in the kitchen.

The handy terminal (1) is a communication terminal composed of an input unit, a display unit, a control unit, and a communication unit, which are first input means, and is a customer order data input from the input unit by a clerk ( The menu) is output to the display unit and also to the controller (2) via the communication unit.

The terminal (3) comprises an input means (4) which is a second input means and a display means (5). The input means (4) is composed of a keyboard, and for the order data (menu) for which cooking has been completed, a delete key for deleting the data displayed on the display means (5) and the deleted order data (menu) Each has a redisplay key for redisplaying. Also, input means (4)
Is equipped with a menu selection key for inputting a table number and a menu number for specifying the data when the order data (menu) is erased and displayed again. The signals input from the various keys are converted by the input means (4) into signals that can be handled by the control means (9) described later. The display means (5) is composed of a display with a built-in display memory (V-RAM), and outputs order data (table number, menu number, product name, quantity) sent from the controller (2) to the display. Convert to a signal that can.

The controller (2) includes communication means (6),
Storage means (7), output means (8) and control means (9)
And controls the entire device. The communication means (6) is composed of a communication IC or the like, converts the data sent from the handy terminal (1) into a signal that can be handled by the control means (9), and transfers the signal to the control means (9).

The storage means (7) is composed of a floppy disk, a RAM, etc., and stores a program for controlling the entire controller (2) and order data sent from the handy terminal (1). The storage capacity of the storage means (7) is large enough to store all order data generated in one day. The stored order data is retained while the controller (2) is powered on, and can be retrieved at any time according to the redisplay instruction from the control means (9).

The output means (8) is composed of a printer or the like and converts the order data sent from the control means (9) into a signal that can be output.

The control means (9) is composed of a microprocessor or the like, and the data input from the communication means (6),
Based on the data input from the input means (4), reference and update of the storage means (7) and output to the display means (5) and the output means (8) are controlled. Further, the control means (9)
The timing of access to the storage means (7), the output timing of the output means (8), and the signal pressed by the input means (4) are scanned and fetched.

Next, the operation of the order management device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, in step S11, if the redisplay key of the input means (4) in the kitchen is not pressed and the order data is input by the handy terminal (1) in step S12, the data is stored. It is stored in the means (7) and displayed on the display means (5) in the kitchen (step S13).

The cooking worker in the kitchen cooks according to the displayed data (menu) (step S1).
4) When the cooking of the data is completed, the delete key and the menu selection key of the input means (4) are pressed to sequentially delete the corresponding data (step S15).
The display method of the order data and the display method at the time of erasing are the same as those of the conventional example shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if the redisplay key of the input means (4) is pressed in step S11, the menu selection key is pressed to specify the menu to be redisplayed (step S16), and cooking is already completed. The completed data is displayed again (step S17). Figure 3 (a) shows
This is a display example at this time, and is when the table number and the menu number are not specified (when the menu selection key is not input). Here, the upper part of the screen is new data and the lower part is old data. Also, the order data that can be displayed on one screen is limited (here, four).
Therefore, when it is desired to see the old data before the displayed data, the redisplay key is pressed again to display the next old data at the bottom of the screen in the figure.
FIG. 3B shows a case where the table number and the menu number are designated. Then, FIG. 3 (a) and FIG.
(B) In either case, when the clear key is pressed (step S18), the screen display before the re-display is returned (step S).
19).

The above-described redisplay operation can also be applied to the case of redisplaying data erased by an erroneous operation. In the above embodiment, the storage means (7) stores 1
Although a storage area for storing all order data generated every day is provided, a memory having this storage area may be provided separately from the storage means (7).

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the order data (menu) erased at the time of completion of cooking or the order data (menu) erased by an erroneous operation or the like.
However, since it can be displayed again at any time by a simple key operation, there is an effect that the work can be facilitated and an order management device capable of reliable data management can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an order management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the order management device in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of redisplay of the order management device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of a conventional order management device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a conventional order management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Handy terminal 2 controller 3 terminals 4 input means 5 Display means 6 Communication means 7 storage means 8 output means 9 Control means

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first input means for inputting data of a product ordered by a customer, a display means for displaying data of an ordered product input by the first input means, and the first input means. A storage means for storing the input ordered product data, an erase key for erasing the display of the completed ordered food among the ordered product data displayed on the display means, and the erased ordered product Second input means each having a redisplay key for redisplaying the data, and the display means for displaying the data of the ordered product input by the first input means, and storing the same data in the storage means. Stored in the second input means, the erase key of the second input means is operated to erase the data of the cooked ordered product displayed on the display means, and the erase key is operated by the redisplay key. An order management apparatus comprising: a control unit that retrieves the left-over ordered product data from the storage unit and redisplays it on the display unit. 2. The order management according to claim 1, wherein the control means is configured to re-display in order from the most recent data erased on the display means based on the operation of the re-display key. apparatus.