JPH10162253A - Pos system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manage the period of use of food materials, specially, food materials whose period management from its unsealing is necessary by making good use of the POS system. SOLUTION: An input device 11 is provided with a mode for specifying food materials, and a storage device 17 is stored with period management information corresponding to food material names. An output device 13 is provided with a buzzer 20. A controller 12 has a timer part 18 and specifies the time when a food material name is specified. Further, the controller 12 reads out period management information corresponding to a specified food material name and determines alarm time, and a buzzer 20 sounds at the alarm time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a POS system, and more particularly, to a POS system used in a restaurant such as a restaurant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art POS conventionally used in restaurants, etc.
(Point of sale) The system consists of a portable or stationary input device that specifies the name of the food (dish name) ordered from the menu, and an output device that displays or prints out the food name specified by the input device. And information corresponding to each food included in the menu (for example,
A storage device for storing the food name specified by the input device while storing the price), a control device for storing the food name specified by the input device in the storage device and outputting the output to the output device, and a control device. Connected to
And a POS register that performs accounting based on information from the control device.

[0003] The food name specified by the input device is transferred to the control device as order information via a wireless or wired communication line. The control device assigns an order number to the transferred order information and stores the order information in the storage device. Further, the control device processes (deploys and edits) the transferred order information as necessary, and displays or prints out the output information on the output device. The output device is disposed in a cooking room, a serving room, or the like, and the output result of the output device is:
Used for cooking and serving.

On the other hand, when an order number is input from a POS register, the input order number is supplied to a control device. The control device reads the order information corresponding to the supplied order number and the information corresponding to the food name indicated by the order information from the storage device, and reads the PO information.
Transfer to S register. The POS register performs an accounting process based on the transferred information.

[0005] As described above, the conventional POS system is used for smoothly performing processing from reception of an order from a customer to cooking, serving, and accounting.

[0006]

In a restaurant, the expiration date of food is managed in order to maintain the quality of the food to be provided. Among the foodstuffs whose expiration date is managed, the processed foodstuff has an expiration date determined from the date of manufacture and the date and time of opening, and in fact, the expiration date can be specified only when the foodstuff is opened. That is, it is not possible to manage the expiration date of these ingredients only by checking the expiration date at the time of purchase or regularly. For this reason, conventionally, with respect to foods that require expiration date management based on the opening date and time, the opening date and time are written in the container of the food at the time of opening, and the propriety of use is determined by looking at the opening date and time.

However, in the conventional method, the expiration date is not always monitored, so that the user often notices the expiration of the expiration date, and wastes the food. Therefore, it is desired to develop a system that reliably manages the expiration date of these ingredients and issues a warning before the expiration date.

[0008] However, even if a system only for managing the time limit is developed, the effect obtained for the cost is small.

[0009] Therefore, the present invention provides a system capable of managing the expiration date of foodstuffs, particularly foodstuffs that need to be managed from the time of opening, using a POS system widely used in restaurants. The purpose is to do.

[0010] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2540922 discloses an inventory control device using an electronic cash register. Each time the electronic cash register performs an accounting process, the inventory management device obtains the consumption of each food, further obtains the remaining amount of each food, and uses the food that the user wants to consume quickly according to the obtained remaining amount. The menu is selected and displayed. However, this inventory management device uses a numerical value of a use priority coefficient to select a menu so that perishable ingredients are used as preferentially as possible, but is not an apparatus for managing the expiration date of each ingredient. .

[0011]

According to the present invention, an input device for designating a specific food name from a plurality of food names, and storage for storing predetermined information corresponding to each of the plurality of food names. Device, an output device for outputting the specific food name,
In a POS system having the storage device and a control device for controlling the output device, the input device is provided with means for designating a specific food name from a plurality of food names, and the storage device is provided with each of the plurality of food names. A means for storing time limit management information corresponding to is provided, a notifying means is provided in the output device, a clock means in the control device, and when the specific food name is designated, the input time is referred to by referring to the clock means. Means for specifying, means for reading the time limit management information corresponding to the specific food name from the storage device to determine the notification time, and monitoring the clock means to notify the notification unit when the notification time is reached. A POS system characterized by comprising a driving means is provided.

[0012]

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

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. The POS system includes an input device 11 for designating an ordered food name from among a plurality of food names included in a menu, a control device 12 connected to the input device 11 wirelessly or by a wire, and a control device 12. And an output device 13 for displaying or printing out the food name specified by the input device 11 and a PO connected to the control device 12.
And an S register 14.

An input device 11 includes a switch for switching between an order input mode and a food management mode, and a keyboard (or a touch panel or the like) for specifying a food name in response to an order and specifying a food name for food management. And a display unit 16 for displaying a food name, a food name, and other necessary information designated by the input unit 15. Further, the input device 11 includes the input unit 1.
5, a wireless transmission unit (not shown) for transferring order information indicating the food name and the food material name designated to the control device 12, or an information transmission device (wireless or wired to the control device 12) (Not shown). Although FIG. 1 shows the portable input device 11, it may be a stationary input device.

The control device 12 relates to predetermined information corresponding to all the foods included in the menu, and to the foods used in the foods included in the menu, in particular, each of the foods whose expiration date has been set since opening. It has a storage device 17 for storing predetermined information. The predetermined information on the food includes price and the like, and the predetermined information on the food includes expiration date after opening. Further, the control device 12 includes a clock unit 18 and a CPU 19 that controls the operation of the entire POS system (excluding the input device 11).

The output device 13 generates an alarm sound in accordance with a command from the control device 12 in addition to an output portion for displaying or printing out information including a food name and a food material name in accordance with a command from the control device 12. The buzzer 20 is provided.

Next, the operation of the POS system of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In the following explanation, the price of each food, the expiration date from the opening of each food, etc.
It is assumed that necessary information is already stored in the storage device 17.

First, when accepting an order, the input device 11 is set to an order input mode,
Specify the name of the ordered food using. Information on the designated food name is sequentially stored as order information in an internal storage unit in the input device 11. When the reception of the order is completed, the order information stored in the internal storage unit is transmitted from the transmission unit to the control device 12 by pressing a transfer key of the input unit 15 or the like.

In the control device 12, step S21 of FIG.
When a transmission signal from the input device 11 is received, the CPU
19 determines in step S22 whether the received information is order information (whether it is food management information). In this case, since the received information is determined to be order information, the CPU 19 stores the received order information in the storage device 17 in step S23. At this time, an order number is assigned to the order information, and
Is stored in Subsequently, the CPU 19 proceeds to step S24.
Then, the information is transferred to the output device 13. In addition, CPU
19 processes (deploys and edits) the received order information as necessary, stores it in the storage device 17, and outputs the
Output to Thereafter, the control device 12 proceeds to step S21.
Return to

The output device 13 prints out the order information transmitted from the control device 12.

Next, a case of managing the expiration date of the food will be described. Here, a case will be described in which a foodstuff whose expiration date is specified from the opening date and time is managed.
First, the input device is switched to the food management mode, and the input unit 1
Use 5 to specify the name of the opened food. The designated food name is stored as food management information in an internal storage unit in the input device 11. When the transfer key of the input unit 15 is pressed, the food management information stored in the internal storage unit is stored in the control device 1.
2 is sent.

The control device 12 receives the transmission signal from the input device 11 in step S21, and in step S22,
If it is determined that the received information is the food management information, the expiration date of the food indicated by the food management information is set in step S25. More specifically, the CPU 19 reads out the current date and time from the clock unit 18 when the received information is determined to be the food management information. This is the opening time of the ingredients.
Then, information relating to the food, that is, information indicating the expiration date from the time of opening, is read from the storage device 17, and the date and time when the expiration date of the food is specified. CPU1
9 specifies a warning date and time that is a predetermined time before the expiration date and time (for example, 6 hours or 30 minutes before). Here, when there are a plurality of ingredients indicated by the ingredient management information, the expiration date and the warning date and time are specified for all the ingredients. This is because the expiration date differs for each food material. The warning date and time
All the ingredients may be set to be the same time before the expiration date and time, or may be set to be different times for each of the ingredients. Further, when the warning before the expiration date is not required, such a setting can be made. In any case, the presence / absence of a warning and how far before the expiration date / time the warning date / time is determined based on the information on the foodstuffs stored in the storage device 17. The expiration date and time and the warning date and time thus determined are registered in the management table in association with each food. At this time, if the name of the person in charge is included in the received signal, the name of the person in charge may also be registered. This management table is provided in the storage unit 17.

The control device 12 can also transfer information stored in the storage device 17 such as the determined expiration date and time, the opening time, and the designated storage temperature to the output device 13 for printing out. In this case, the printed information can be used, such as attaching it to a container for each foodstuff.

If the CPU 19 determines in step S26 that any of the set times registered in the management table matches the current time from the clock unit 18, the process proceeds to step S2.
In step 7, the corresponding food ingredient name and information indicating whether the warning date and time or the expiration date and time have been reached are notified to the output device 13 and a notification by the buzzer 20 is issued. Thereafter, the CPU 19 of the control device 12 returns to Step S21. Also, in step S26, when it is determined that neither the expiration date nor the warning date has been reached for any of the ingredients, the process returns to step S21.

The output device 13 makes a buzzer sound according to the notification from the control device, and prints out the information indicating the corresponding food name and whether the expiration date and time or the warning date and time has been reached. Here, the notification by the buzzer 20 may generate different sounds depending on the expiration date and time and the warning date and time.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the warning is issued before the expiration date of the food, so that the food can be used up by the expiration date.
Also, the user does not notice after the expiration date has passed.

The POS register 14 transmits an order number to the control device 12 when an accounting process is to be performed.

The control device 12 determines in step S28 that the PO
Upon receiving the order number from the S register 14, in step S29, the order information corresponding to the received order number is read from the order information stored in the storage device 17, and in step S30, the order information is stored in the POS register. Transfer to 14.

The POS register 14 performs a transaction based on the order information transferred from the control device 12.

When there is neither an input from the input device 11 nor a data transfer request from the POS register 14, the control device 12 determines in step S31 whether or not the expiration date of the food is managed. If the management of the food expiration date is not performed, the process returns to step S21, and the input device 11
For the next input from the POS register 14 and the next request from the POS register 14. Conversely, if the management of the food use expiration date is being performed, the process returns to step S26 to determine whether the current time has reached any of the set times. The rest is as described above.

As described above, in this embodiment, the management of the expiration date of the food material can be easily performed by using the POS system.

[0032]

According to the present invention, the expiration date management of foodstuffs is performed using the POS system, so that the expiration date management of foodstuffs can be surely performed without a large capital investment.

Further, since the warning is issued before the expiration date, it is possible to suppress food waste.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of a CPU 19 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 11 input device 12 control device 13 output device 14 POS register 15 input unit 16 display unit 17 storage device 18 clock unit 19 CPU 20 buzzer

Claims (3)

[Claims] An input device for designating a specific food name from a plurality of food names, a storage device for storing predetermined information corresponding to each of the plurality of food names, and outputting the specific food name A POS system having an output device that controls the storage device and a control device that controls the output device.
A means for designating a specific food name from a plurality of food names in the input device; a means for storing time limit management information corresponding to each of the plurality of food names in the storage device; and a notifying means in the output device. Clock means in the control device,
Means for specifying the input time by referring to the clock means when the specific food name is designated; and means for reading the time limit management information corresponding to the specific food name from the storage device to determine the notification time And a means for monitoring the clock means and driving the notification unit when the notification time is reached. 2. The controller according to claim 2, wherein the specific food name is
2. The POS system according to claim 1, further comprising means for outputting the notification time corresponding to the specific food name to the output device. 3. The POS system according to claim 1, wherein the notification time is an expiration time and a warning time a predetermined time before the expiration time.