JPS6146870B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a cafeteria management system that is controlled by a central processing unit in a cafeteria, etc., and manages items to be inputted separately for each department. In addition, the present invention relates to a monitor device that can arbitrarily read and display data from other departments.

Traditionally, in cafeterias, food tickets are issued at the food ticket issuing register for items ordered by customers, and when the customer is seated at a table, the server receives the meal ticket stub from the customer and presents the stub to the kitchen. Then, when the food ticket issuance register clerk issues the food ticket, the person at the food ticket issuing register informs the kitchen of the name of the ordered item and the number of items ordered through the intercom, and then the kitchen starts cooking. On the other hand, when servers received meal ticket stubs from customers, each server memorized the customer's table number, or used a pen to memorize the customer's table number on the meal ticket stub they had received. . However, if there are multiple servers serving the meals, or if there are many types of items ordered or the number of items ordered, it is difficult to accurately determine the number of items to be prepared in the kitchen.
There have been various problems with the servers, such as misremembering the customer's table number and serving the customer to the wrong table, or not being served for a long time.

On the other hand, by adopting a cafeteria management system controlled by a central processing unit, items ordered by customers are processed and managed from cooking to serving by issuing meal tickets as follows. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the cafeteria management system. In the figure, 1 is a food ticket issuing register, which issues food tickets (with receipt numbers) based on orders, stores money, stores data on ordered items in the device, and sends the data to the central processing unit. Transmit via data line.
2 is a central processing unit that controls data transmission;
It processes the data transmitted from the food ticket issuing register 1 and also exchanges data with other terminal devices. 3 is a data line, which transmits data under the control of the central processing unit 2; 4 is a serving instruction device, which inputs the receipt number of the meal ticket issued at the meal ticket issuing register 1 and the customer's table number;
The data is transmitted via data line 3 to central processing unit 2 . Reference numeral 5 denotes a kitchen display device, which is provided in a plurality for each department, and which processes data transmitted from the meal ticket issuing register 1 when a meal ticket is issued by the food ticket issuing register 1 and stores it in a display register. The received data is read out and received via data line 3. The received data is processed in the kitchen display device, and the display section displays the name of the ordered item, the order quantity mark, and the total number of items to be cooked, and also displays the receipt number of the meal ticket and the customer on the serving instruction device 4. When the table number is input, the order quantity mark is changed to the number of the table number and displayed. These displays classify and display ordered items by department. Then, when the cooking is finished in the kitchen and the food is served to the customer, the corresponding table number on the display screen is erased by operating the item name key and the serving end key on the input section of the kitchen display device. . At the same time, the display changes to the total number of pieces that is obtained by subtracting the number of pieces served from the total number of pieces to be cooked. 6 is a terminator, which merely maintains the best data transmission conditions on data line 3;

In such a cafeteria management system, when a wide variety of items are handled, it is desirable to manage the items by dividing them into departments, such as a Japanese food department, a food and drink (cafe) department, a Western food department, and the like. especially,
This is even more the case when each department has its own kitchen. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the kitchen display device 5 is connected to the Japanese food kitchen device 5-1,
The display device 5-2 for the beverage kitchen, the display device 5-3 for the Western food kitchen, etc. are divided into multiple units, and management data corresponding to each department (data consisting of ordered item name, quantity, customer table number, etc.) Configure to display on screen.

In the configuration of such a system, for example,
When a customer orders multiple items across multiple departments, the question of whether they should be prepared and served at the same time or at staggered times may vary, especially if the cooking is done in different kitchens. There are problems. For example, if you order "fried shrimp" and "rice" and then "lemon tay", normally after eating "fried shrimp" and "rice", you will receive "lemon tay".
It is thought that drinking Therefore, it is generally desirable to be able to cook and serve "fried shrimp" and "rice" first, and then serve "lemon tea" toward the end of the meal. However, for each kitchen, only the management data applicable to that kitchen is displayed, and the management data regarding other kitchens is not displayed. Therefore, "fried shrimp" and "rice" are displayed on the Japanese food kitchen display device 5-1, but "lemon tea" is not displayed. Similarly, "lemon tea" is displayed on the beverage kitchen display device 5-2, but "fried shrimp" and "rice" are not displayed. In this way, if different kitchens are in charge of cooking depending on the item, management data from other departments will be required to provide the above-mentioned service.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a screen switching device that can easily call up and display management data of other departments.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a kitchen display device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of the kitchen display device and central processing unit. In the figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a display device for the kitchen, which has an item name key 7, a serving end key 8, a department selection switch key 9, and a display section 10 made of a cathode ray tube or the like.

Next, the operation of the screen switching device according to the present invention will be explained. Now, an example will be described in which management data for the beverage department is displayed on the Japanese food kitchen display device 5-1. Management data in the Japanese food department as shown in FIG. 4a is displayed on the display section 10 of the Japanese food kitchen display device 5-1. Therefore,
On the display surface 31 of the display unit 10, the item name "Curry and rice" 32, the table number "05" 33 where the ordered item is served, the order mark "0" 34 whose table number is still undetermined, and the total number "15" are displayed. 35 is displayed in one line, and multiple lines are displayed as shown in the figure. To switch such a screen display to the management data of the beverage department, input section 1 of Japanese food kitchen display device 5-1 is required.
1. Operate the department selection switch key 9, the beverage department key. In response to this key operation of the beverage department key, the input control section 12 outputs a command signal to the communication control section 13 to read out the management data of the beverage department from the central processing unit. In response to this command signal, the communication control unit 13 outputs a command signal to the central processing unit 2 via the transmission/reception unit 17 and the data line 3 to output the management data of the beverage department.

On the other hand, the central processing unit 2 has a food ticket issuing register 1.
Data (item name, quantity, etc.) is transmitted and input each time a meal ticket is issued. This input data is classified by each department in the order item data classification section 27,
Departmental display register writing section 28-1, 28-
2, . . . 28-n, and is written to the corresponding department display register 26-1, 26-2, . These departmental display registers 26-1, 26-2,...
26-n has a data storage area for each item name as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 41 denotes an area for storing item names, and for example, "lemon tea" is stored as the item name. 42 is data for storing individual data for each ordered item.
Each data cell 42 has a storage area 45 for receipt numbers, a storage area 46 for customer table numbers, and a time counter storage area 47 for storing elapsed time. 44 is a data area for storing the total number of ordered items.
A plurality of data cells 42 are prepared, and each time an order for the same item occurs and a food ticket is issued, the data cells 42 are sequentially stored.

The display contents of the management data displayed on the kitchen display device 5 are a plurality of data cells such as the data cells 43 located in the storage areas "B" to "C" in the figure, and the data cells 43 from "A" to The data cells in the "B" area are data that has already been cooked and served and does not need to be managed. Therefore, when the ordered items corresponding to the data stored in the data cells 43 etc. from "B" to "C" are cooked and served, the item name/key 7 on the kitchen display device 5 and the end of serving are displayed. - By operating the key 8, the area displayed on the screen from "B" to "C" is shifted to the area from "A" to "B", and therefore disappears from the screen display surface. In this way, the displayed management data always displays only those items that have been ordered and have not yet been cooked and served. Further, the data cell area prepared to the right of "C" is a data cell area prepared for storing individual data for receiving orders from now on.

Then, a command signal from the communication control unit 13 is transmitted to the transmitter/receiver unit 2 of the central processing unit 2 via the data line 3.
1, the command signal is sent to the communication control unit 22.
and outputs a control signal to the readout department command section 23 and the register readout department selection section 24, and the register readout department selection section 24 displays the beverage department display register via the readout section 25-2 of the instructed beverage department. The data corresponding to the screen display area stored in the storage section 26-2 is read out and the data is output to the communication control section 22 via the register reading section selection section 24. The data then passes through the transmitting/receiving section 21 and then via the data line 3 to the Japanese food kitchen display device 5-1.
It is received by the transmitting/receiving section 17 of.

The data received by the transmitter/receiver 17 is sent to the communication controller 1
3 and added to the screen control section 14. This screen control unit 14 applies the added data to the storage unit 16 and rewrites the data previously stored in the storage unit 16 with the newly applied data. This means that the management data of the beverage department has been memorized. The new storage data in the storage unit 16 is stored in the screen control unit 1.
4, processed by the screen control unit 14, and displayed on the screen display unit 15 as management data for the beverage department.
Display as shown in Figure b. FIG. 4b shows the management data of the beverage department, and the display screen 31 shows the item name "Lemon Tee" 36, the customer's table number "12" 37, the table number undetermined order mark "0" 38, and the total number of items to be prepared. "4" 39 is displayed on one line, and consists of multiple lines.

In this way, by operating the department selection switch key on the kitchen display device 5, management data of other departments can be easily displayed and monitored. When displaying the management data of the own department, the user operates the own department of the department selection switch key to display the management data of the own department through the same process as described above.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the cafeteria management system. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the kitchen display device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of the kitchen display device and central processing unit. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of display by the kitchen display device, and Fig. 4a shows an example of management data for the Japanese food department;
Figure b is an example of management data for the beverage department. Fifth
The figure is a storage area diagram of the display register of the central processing unit in the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a food ticket issuing register, 2 is a central processing unit, 3 is a data line, 4 is a serving instruction device, and 5
is a kitchen display device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A food ticket issuing register that issues the required food ticket based on input data and transmits the required data to the central processing unit, and a food ticket issuing register that receives and processes the data, stores it in a predetermined storage area, and transmits the required data to the monitor. and a monitor that receives and stores data from the central processing unit and outputs and displays the data, a data classification unit that divides the data from the food ticket issuing register into each set department, A data writing section that writes data to a storage area designated for each department, a storage section for each department that stores data from the writing section, and a read command that specifies the department specifies the storage section of the corresponding department. a central processing unit comprising a reading section selection section, a reading section for reading out data from a specified storage section under control of the reading section selection section; an input section for specifying and inputting data of the section to be displayed; An input control unit that outputs a signal for specifying and reading a storage unit that stores data to be processed and displayed; a communication control unit that controls the transmission of a read command signal from the input control unit; It consists of a transmitter/receiver unit that exchanges data with the central processing unit under the control of the central processing unit, and a monitor that receives required read data from the central processing unit, stores it in the storage unit via the communication control unit, and outputs and displays the required data. A screen switching device for a monitor characterized by: