JPH0540767A - Menu ordering terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To apply persons in a restaurant to cooking and service of ordered dishes by ordering contents of a menu without requiring human intervention of a waiter, a waitress, or the like and enabling customers including blind men to determine, confirm, and order dishes even in the busy time. CONSTITUTION:When a waiter or a waitress discriminates the condition of a customer to insert a table card 13 into a menu ordering terminal, a table of ordering is determined. Photographs, prices, etc., are entered in menus A to G on a menu display part 14 of an operation part as conventional and dishes are selected with order buttons A to G of an order button 15. Selected contents are displayed on a liquid crystal display part 17 and can be confirmed by the customer. When he confirms them, a transfer button 16 is depressed to transfer them by radio.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless data transfer device, and more particularly to point-of-sale management (Point Of Sales).
The present invention relates to a wireless data transfer device for transferring an order menu in a system (hereinafter abbreviated as POS).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional menu ordering method in a large-scale restaurant such as a restaurant, a waiter / waitress receives an order from a customer and transfers the order content of the customer using a handy terminal. Waiters / waitress verbally receive orders from customers.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional menu ordering method, labor saving is introduced in the ordering method by using the handy terminal, but the order is received from the customer verbally, and the ordering is done manually. Therefore, there is a drawback that order taking and serving are concentrated during busy hours, which makes it difficult to deal with customers.

An object of the present invention is to install an order button on each menu, display or voice output a signal by pressing the order button, and store the contents in a memory to wirelessly communicate the contents of the memory. It eliminates the above drawbacks,
Customers can order the contents of the menu without human intervention such as waiters / waitress, and even when they are busy, customers including blind people can decide and confirm the ordered items and place an order. Is to provide a menu ordering terminal that can direct personnel to cooking and serving ordered items.

[0005]

A menu ordering terminal according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an operation section for installing an order button corresponding to a menu to be ordered and outputting an output signal by pressing the order button, and an operation section from the operation section. A memory that inputs the output signal of and stores the input signal,
And a wireless transfer unit for wirelessly communicating the contents of the memory.

A menu ordering terminal according to a second aspect of the present invention is the menu ordering terminal according to the first aspect of the present invention, which has a display section for displaying an output signal by pressing an order button.

A menu ordering terminal according to a third aspect of the invention is the menu ordering terminal according to the second aspect of the invention, wherein a voice processing unit for voice-processing an output signal generated by pressing an order button and a voice booster for amplifying a voice from the voice processing unit. And a section.

A menu ordering terminal according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the menu ordering terminal according to the third aspect of the invention, in which a menu is displayed in braille in the vicinity of each menu to be ordered, and a braille display / operation unit for inputting the displayed braille menu. have.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an operating portion of a menu ordering terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of the menu ordering terminal according to the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, the operation unit of the menu ordering terminal of this embodiment is attached to the upper surface of the menu ordering terminal main body 11, and the antenna 12 of the wireless transfer unit, the table card 13, and the menus A to G are installed. The menu display portion 14 to be displayed, the order button 15 for pressing the order buttons A to G, and the transfer button 1
6 and a liquid crystal display unit 17, and the menu A is provided in the vicinity of each of the menus A to G of the menu display unit 14.
Braille display / operation units a to g are installed corresponding to G.

Further, referring to FIG. 2, the menu ordering terminal of this embodiment includes a CPU 21 and an antenna 1.
2, the wireless transfer unit 22 attached with the ROM 2, the ROM 23 for storing the control program, and the RAM 24 for storing the transfer data.
A display control unit 25, a liquid crystal panel 26 having a liquid crystal display unit 17, an I / O control unit 27, an audio processing unit 28,
Voice booster 29, order button 15, and transfer button 1
6 and 6.

Here, the waiter / waitress determines the customer's situation and inserts the table card 13 into the menu ordering terminal to determine the table to be ordered.

The menus A to G of the menu display unit 14 on the operation unit include the contents of the menu (photographs, prices, etc.) as in the conventional case.
Select using ~ G. The selected content is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 17 and can be confirmed by the customer. And
When the customer's confirmation is obtained, the transfer button 16 is pressed to wirelessly transfer.

Next, the internal operation of the menu ordering terminal of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2, when the waiter / waitress receives an order from a customer and presses the order button 15, for example, the menu C of the order button 5, the CPU
The I / O control unit 27 operates the control program of the ROM 23 in response to the command 21 and the display control unit 25 displays the menu C of the menu display unit 14 on the liquid crystal display unit 17 of the liquid crystal panel 26, and at the same time, the menu C is stored in the RAM 24.
To store.

The menu C displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 17 is shown to the customer, and when the customer's confirmation is obtained, the waiter / waitress presses the transfer button 16. As a result, the I / O control unit 27 reads the menu C from the RAM 24, sends it to the wireless transfer unit 22, and wirelessly transfers the menu C from the antenna 12 to the kitchen.

Further, in the above, if it is desired to inform the customer of the menu ordered by the voice, the menu processed by the voice processing unit 28 is processed by the voice speaker 29, for example,
Inform the customer, "Your current order is Menu C."

When the blind person places an order directly, the Braille display / operation section a ~ corresponding to the menus A ~ G in the vicinity of the menus A ~ G of the menu display section 14, respectively.
Select each g and press the selected order button to place an order.

In the above, normally, the waiter / waitress hears the order from the customer and presses the order button to place the order, but in some cases, the customer directly presses the order button to place the order. For example, the menu ordering terminal of this embodiment is installed on each table, and when the customer selects a table, the customer inserts the table card 13 into the menu ordering terminal at the table to set a table, for example, a table number, Order the menu and order directly.

[0021]

As described above, in the menu ordering terminal of the present invention, an order button is installed in each menu, and a signal by pressing the order button is displayed or output as voice, and is stored in the memory and stored in the memory. By wirelessly communicating the contents of the menu, the contents of the menu can be ordered without human intervention such as waiters / waitress. Even during the busy season, customers including blind people can decide and confirm the ordered items. There is an effect that the order can be ordered and the shop staff can also devote the staff to cooking and serving the ordered product.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an operation unit of a menu ordering terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of a menu ordering terminal of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Menu Ordering Terminal Main Unit 12 Antenna 13 Table Card 14 Menu Display Section 15 Order Button 16 Transfer Button 17 Liquid Crystal Display Section 21 CPU 22 Wireless Transfer Section 23 ROM 24 RAM 25 Display Control Section 26 Liquid Crystal Panel 27 I / O Control Section 28 Voice Processing Part 29 Voice loudspeaker A to G menu a to g Braille display / operation part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An operating section for installing an order button corresponding to a menu to be ordered and outputting an output signal by pressing the order button, and inputting the output signal from the operating section and accumulating the input signal. And a wireless transfer unit for wirelessly communicating the contents of the memory, the menu ordering terminal. 2. The menu ordering terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying an output signal by pressing the order button. 3. The menu ordering terminal according to claim 2, further comprising: an audio processing unit for audio-processing an output signal generated by pressing the order button, and an audio amplification unit for expanding the audio from the audio processing unit. Characteristic menu ordering terminal. 4. The menu ordering terminal according to claim 3, wherein a menu is displayed in Braille in the vicinity of each menu to be ordered, and a Braille display / operation unit for inputting the displayed Braille menu is provided. Menu ordering terminal.