JPH11250356A - Method and device for commodity sales management for rotary food and drink table - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodity sales management method and its device that can easily manage commodity sales in real time without keeping a customer waiting for a long time at a register and that is extremely effective for introduction of a system for adjusting the price of a commodity that is first eaten. SOLUTION: In a rotary food and drink table in upper part of which a crescent chain 18 is provided, plural material plates 16 are piled up on a material plate base 24 to which an ID medium 22 and the crescent chain 18 are set, the number of supplied ID media 22 and the material plates 16 is recorded by way of the first sensor 26 by the side of supplier. Then, on the side of a collector, the second sensor 34 counts the number of collected ID media 22 and the material plates 16, the computer collates to both data, records and displays counting of the kinds and number of the eaten material,. plates 16, calculation of the price, and sales of a commodity 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automatically calculating and managing the sales of spoilers eaten by customers in a shop where a rotating dining table is installed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a store where a rotating eating and drinking table is installed, when calculating the sales of a spoiler dish eaten by a customer, it is placed on a dish of different color or pattern according to the type of product (sushi, spoiler). By supplying the food on the rotating dining table, the employees can check the colors or patterns of the food plates eaten by the customers stacked on the counter, manually calculate them, and calculate the fee manually with a receipt (slip) etc. The customer pays the fee, and the customer pays the fee, and counts the fee paid by the customer at a cash register (accounting), thereby managing product sales.

[0003] In addition, this type of restaurant in which a rotary eating table is installed is placed on a commodity dish that is conveyed on a series of crescent chains while a customer is seated around the rotating dining table. The selected product was taken on a counter with a product dish, and after eating and drinking, it was settled at a cash register.

[0004]

Conventionally, as described above, after a fee is collected from a customer, the sales at that time are recorded at a cash register, and after the business hours of one day are over, the collected fee of that day is totaled at the cash register. Was possible to calculate the total sales amount, but if you want to summarize the sales by product type,
At the time of collecting the fee from the customer, the type of the product must be input each time, and there is a problem that the customer has to wait for a long time at the cash register.

If the type of product is not entered at the cash register, receipts presented to the customer must be totaled one by one.
It was not possible to manage sales for each product type, and this task was very troublesome.

[0006] In addition, since the customer sits and eats around the rotating dining table, the area of the counter provided around the rotating dining table is required to be large, which not only increases the size of the apparatus but also increases the size of the device for lunch and dinner. At the time of congestion, the space to eat is limited, and customers waiting for their turn are standing behind the seating position, and there is a problem that it is difficult to eat with ease.

[0007] In recent years, the customer first places an order for a desired product in the store, completes payment in exchange for the product, places the product on a tray, and sits on a seat at a desired place in the store to freely use the product. Fast food restaurants that can eat are becoming popular among younger generations, and there is a strong demand for the introduction of this system in Japanese restaurants that provide sushi and the like and Chinese restaurants that provide dim sum and the like.

According to the present invention, in order to cope with this demand, it is possible to easily manage the sales of goods in real time without making the customer wait for a long time at a cash register, and to settle the charge of the goods to be eaten first. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for managing sales of goods in a rotating dining table, which are extremely effective for introducing a system.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a rotary eating and drinking table provided with a crescent chain for circulating and transporting goods above a base, wherein an ID medium fixed on the crescent chain is additionally provided. A plurality of spatter dishes of the same type are stacked on the spatter dish base, and the number of sputter dish base medium and spatter dishes supplied is measured in advance by the first sensor at the spatter dish supply side, and all of the types are read by the computer. After the recording, the spatter dish-based ID medium data and the number of spatter dishes collected by the second sensor that is connected to the computer on the spatter dish collection side and that measures the number of spatter dish-based ID media and spatter dishes collected The computer compares the data and both pre-recorded data with each other, measures the type and number of eaten dishes, calculates the fee, and calculates the product type. Those characterized by separately recording and displaying sales, or the first and second sensors,
It is characterized by comprising a scanner for reading an ID medium on a story plate base, and a reading sensor for reading the number of story plates stacked on the story plate base.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, a merchandise sales management apparatus for a rotary dining table according to the present invention has the following configuration.

The rotary dining table used in the present invention includes a base 12
A crescent chain 18 for circulating and transporting a commodity 14, in this example, a sushi plate 16 on which sushi is placed, is provided above the base 12, and a counter 20 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the base 12.

In this embodiment, the material dish 16 has the same structure as a conventional sushi tub with a mounting portion formed inside a cylindrical body formed of a paper material having excellent water resistance, and is stacked in a plurality of stages. It is possible.

The ID medium 2 is placed on the crescent chain 18.
2 are attached, and a large number of material dish bases 24 are fixed.

In the present embodiment, the ID medium 22 is a two-dimensional bar code, and is mounted on the side of the material dish base 24.

A spatter plate base 2 is provided on the spatter plate supply side of the base 12.
4 is a first sensor 26 for measuring the number of ID media 22 and the number of spatter dishes 16 stacked on the spatter dish base 24.
Are arranged.

In the present embodiment, the first sensor 26 is a scanner 28 for reading the ID medium 22 on the story plate base 24.
And a reading sensor 30 for reading the supply number of the spatter plates 16 stacked on the spatter plate base 24, and the arrangement position of the first sensor 26 is determined by the It is above one side of one of the bases 12 in the kitchen 32 that supplies the dishes 16.

A spatter plate base 2 is provided on the spatter plate collecting side of the base 12.
No. 4 ID medium 22 and a second sensor 34 for counting the number of collected spatter dishes 16 stacked on the spatter dish base 24
Are arranged.

In this embodiment, the second sensor 34 is connected to the first sensor 34.
The structure is the same as that of the sensor 26, and the arrangement position is as shown in FIG.
As shown by the symbol Y in the kitchen 32,
The upper side of the other base 12 is located on one side.

The ID medium data of the spatter plate base 24 measured by the first sensor 26 and the supply number data of the spatter plate 16, and the ID medium data of the spatter plate base 24 measured by the second sensor 34 and the number of collected spatter plates 16 Data and
A computer 36 is installed at a cash register (accounting), which measures the type and number of the eaten dish 16 by comparing the numbers, calculates the fee, and manages sales for each type of product.

In this embodiment, the computer 36 is a personal computer.

The computer 36 and the first sensor 26
And the second sensor 34 are connected to each other.

As shown in FIG. 6, the driving mechanism of the crescent chain 18 of this embodiment is provided with a driving sprocket 38 at one corner of the crescent chain 18, and a driving shaft 40 of the driving sprocket 38 includes a speed reducer 42 and a transmission Chain 4
4, and is connected to a motor 46.

When the motor 46 is driven, the drive shaft 40 passes through the transmission chain 44 and the speed reducer 42.
Is driven, and then the crescent chain 18 is driven and circulates.

In the drawing, reference numeral 48 denotes the crescent chain 18.
Plate, 50, Nigiri Sushi Robot, 5
2 is a warship rolled robot, 54 is a rolled sushi robot, 56
Indicates a hall, and 58 indicates a cash register installed inside the rotary dining table.

The method of using the present apparatus to manage the sales of commodities of the spoiled dishes 16 of a plurality of spatters 16 stacked on each of the spatter plates 24 of the rotating dining table will be described in detail below.

First, on the material dish supply side, the data of the ID medium 22 of the material dish base 24 and the number of the material dishes 16 supplied are measured in advance via the first sensor 26, and the computer 36 sends all the data for each material dish 16 type. After recording, a plurality of the same type of dish 16 are stacked on each of the dish bases 24, and are sequentially supplied onto the crescent chain 18.

At this time, since the spatter plates 16 are stacked on a plurality of stages of the same type and supplied onto the crescent chain 18, the spatter plates 16 are supplied one by one as in the prior art. A plurality of dishes 16 are supplied three-dimensionally,
More spatter dishes 16 (products) can be provided at one time.

Next, the customer takes a favorite dish 16 from the crescent chain 18 and pays at the cash register 58, and then freely eats and drinks on a table (not shown) at a favorite place in the hall.

Next, on the material dish collecting side, the data of the ID medium 22 of the material dish base 24 and the data obtained by measuring the number of collected material dishes 16 stacked on the material dish base 24 are obtained by the second sensor 34. The data is transmitted to the computer 36.

Next, the computer 36 collates the transmitted ID medium data and the collected number data of the dish 16 with the pre-recorded ID medium data and the supplied number data of the dish 16, and checks the crescent chain 18. It measures the type and number of spoilers 16 eaten during the round transport, calculates the fee, and manages the sales of the goods in real time.

First sensor 26 and second sensor 34
Is basically measured every cycle of the crescent chain 18, but it can also be measured every 2 to 10 times.

Further, since the sales status of the goods can be confirmed in real time, the kind of the missing material dish 16 can be grasped,
You can tell the cook and replenish the shortage,
It is possible to instantly determine measures such as providing half-price of unsold products, changing to take-out, etc., drastically reducing purchase losses and improving sales efficiency.

Also, at the cash register 58, by installing a plurality of items inside the rotating dining table, it is not necessary to settle the fee while inputting the type of product, and the customer does not have to wait for the completion of the ordered product. Since the customer can take a desired product from the crescent chain 18 and present it to the employee of the cash register 58 and make a payment for each of the provided products, the customer does not have to wait a long time at the cash register.

In this embodiment, the ID medium 22 attached to the material dish base 24 is a two-dimensional bar code.
A normal barcode may be used.

The first sensor 26 and the second sensor 34 of the present invention include the scanner 28 and the reading sensor 3.
However, it is obvious that any other configuration can be used as long as it can measure the ID medium data and the number of stacks of the spatter plates 16.

[0036]

According to the method and the apparatus for managing sales of goods in a rotary dining table according to the present invention, the type and the number of the dishes to be supplied onto the crescent chain of the rotary dining table are determined by the first method.
By pre-recording all the data on the computer via sensors and measuring the food dishes that the customer has not eaten (collected), the sales of each type of food dish that is eaten via the computer can be managed in real time. be able to.

Further, at the time of checking out the customer, there is no work for the employee to record while checking for each product type at the cash register (accounting) to confirm the sales of each product, and the customer may have to wait for a long time. Absent.

Further, by adopting the merchandise sales management method and apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to easily introduce a system for checking out merchandise in advance at a cash register. Since it is possible to sit and eat in a seat, it is possible to eat and drink comfortably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part showing a first sensor of a device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part showing a second sensor.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a store where the apparatus according to the present invention is installed.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary front view showing a display screen of a computer showing a sales situation;

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing a connection state between the first and second sensors and a computer.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a driving mechanism of the crescent chain.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 base 14 commodity 16 spatter dish 18 crescent chain 22 ID medium 24 spatter dish base 26 first sensor 34 second sensor 36 computer

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rotary eating and drinking table provided with a crescent chain (18) for circulating and transporting a product (14) above a base (12), wherein an ID medium fixed on the crescent chain (18) is provided. twenty two)
On the dish plate base (24) with
A plurality of (16) are stacked, and the number of supply of the ID medium (22) and the material dish (16) of the material dish base (24) is measured by the first sensor (26) in advance on the material dish supply side, and the computer (36)
After the spatter dishes (16) supplied to the spatter tray (16) are all recorded by type, the spatter dish collecting side is connected to the computer (36), and the ID medium (22) of the spatter dish base (24) and the spatter dish (16) are Net dish base measured by the second sensor (34) that measures the number of collections
The data of the ID medium of (24) and the data of the number of collected dishes (16) and
6) is a revolving eating and drinking table characterized by measuring the type and number of spoiled dishes (16) collated, calculating the fee, and recording and displaying sales for each type of product (14) Product sales management method in. 2. The first and second sensors (26) and (34)
Scanner that reads the ID medium (22) of the dish base (24)
(28), and the dishes (16) stacked on the dish base (24)
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: a reading sensor for reading the number of items. 3. A rotary eating and drinking table provided with a crescent chain (18) for circulating and transporting a product (14) above a base (12), wherein the rotating table is provided on the crescent chain (18) and has an ID medium ( A material plate base (24) with an attached material plate, and a material plate base disposed on the material plate supply side of the base (12).
The first sensor (2) for measuring the number of ID media (22) of (24) and the number of spatter plates (16) stacked on the spatter plate base (24).
6), and a base plate (12)
The second sensor (3) for measuring the number of collected ID plates (26) stacked on the ID medium (22) and the plate base (24) of (24).
4), the ID medium data of the spatter base (24) measured by the first sensor (26) and the supply quantity data of the spatter dish (16), and the spatter base (24) measured by the second sensor (34) A computer that measures the type and number of the eaten dish (16) by comparing the ID medium data and the collected quantity data of the dish (16), calculates the fee, records and displays the sales ( Three
6) and a product sales management device for a rotary dining table comprising: 4. The first and second sensors (26), (34)
Scanner that reads the ID medium (22) of the dish base (24)
(28), and the dishes (16) stacked on the dish base (24)
4. A merchandise sales management device for a rotary dining table according to claim 3, wherein said reading sensor reads a number of said products.