JPS63155292A - Payment calculation system for restaurant - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention has a barcode attached to the back side of tableware, reads the barcode attached to the tableware mounted on a transparent tray from the back side of the tray, and reads the barcode from the back side of the tableware. Based on this, the item and unit price are read from the unit price table, and the unit price is totaled for each tray to calculate the price for each user.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a bill calculation system in a restaurant.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of cafeterias and other self-service cafeterias.

In these self-service cafeterias, the calculation of the price for each customer is often done manually, which not only makes calculating the price complicated, but also leads to queues forming and making customers wait. There are some inconveniences such as

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the past, when trying to automate this payment settlement, it was necessary to use advanced technology such as shape recognition to recognize the items selected by the user, making the system extremely expensive and making it difficult to popularize it. was there.

An object of the present invention is to provide a price calculation system for a restaurant that is simple in configuration and inexpensive.

[Means for solving problems]

The price calculation system for a cafeteria of the present invention includes a unit price table storing unit prices and barcodes corresponding to items, tableware with a barcode attached to the back of the bottom, and the tableware mounted in a predetermined position facing a certain direction. If possible, a tray with at least a light-transmissive tableware mounting surface, a barcode reader that reads the barcode of the tableware loaded from the back side of the tray, and a unit price table based on the read barcode. It is characterized by comprising a calculation section that reads out the unit price and adds up the read unit price for each tray.

[For production]

In general, cafeterias specify the types of tableware to be used for each item served or for each item of the same unit price. Therefore, if a certain bar code is attached to the bottom back side of each type of tableware, and the tray or tray on which the tableware is placed is made transparent,
Barcodes can be read from the back of the tray. If the barcode of each tableware can be read in this way, it is very easy to perform desired processing based on this.

〔Example〕

FIGS. 1A and 1B are explanatory diagrams of the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, a tray 2 made of a transparent material with tableware 1 mounted at a predetermined position is guided by a guide 12, It passes over the barcode reader 3.The barcode reader 3 reads the barcode 7 [explained in FIG. 2] attached to the bottom back surface of the tableware 1 through the transparent tray 2. This is performed for all the tableware 1 loaded on the two trays 2.

The calculation unit 4 refers to the unit price table 5, reads out the item and unit price corresponding to each of the read barcodes 7, and adds up the read unit prices for each tray 2.

The unit price table 5 stores all items provided at the restaurant and their unit prices in correspondence with barcodes.

The read items, unit prices, and total amount are sent to the register 6 and printed on the receipt.

FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are a plan view showing the transparent tray 2, a sectional view taken along line B-B, FIGS. 2(c) and 2(d).
) is a front view and a bottom back view of tableware 1.

A bar code 7 is attached to the bottom back surface of the tableware 1. As mentioned above, the tableware 1 is classified by the item provided or by the unit price, and the barcode 7 corresponding to this classification is
Attach it to the back of the bottom. To attach this barcode 7,
It would be simple and practical to print a barcode in advance and paste it.

As mentioned above, since the tray 2 is made of a transparent material, the bar code 7 on the bottom back surface of the tableware 1 mounted on it can be read from the back side. In addition, on the tray 2, there is a fixing part 1 so that the tableware can be mounted at an approximately fixed position.
Set 3. The fixing part 13 has a shape close to a heart shape, for example, and a protrusion 14 having a shape that fits into the fixing part 13 is provided on the bottom of the tableware 1, and the tableware 1 is attached to the tray 2.
When mounting on the tray 2, the protrusion 14 is fitted into the fixing part 13 of the tray 2.

By doing this, it is possible to make the position and direction of the tableware 1 constant on the tray 2, which is impossible.

When the tableware 1 is placed in a fixed position on the tray 2 in this manner, the barcode 7 faces in a fixed direction, making it easier to read the barcode 7 described above.

As described above, according to this embodiment, it becomes easy to calculate the price at the cafeteria.

Furthermore, although not shown, tray 2 is provided with an ID card attachment section, where an ID card issued to each cafeteria user is inserted.
If a TD card reader is provided so that a card is inserted and the ID card is read at the same time when the barcode is read by the barcode reader 3 described above, it is possible to construct an unmanned payment system for restaurant charges.

Note that the shape of the fixing part 13 on the tray 2 and the protrusion 14 of the tableware 1 described above does not have to be approximately heart-shaped as used in the above embodiment, and in short, the orientation and position of the tableware 1 are unique. It is fine as long as it is determined by Also tray 2
It is not necessary that the entire surface is transparent; only the tableware mounting surface may be made of a transparent material, or that portion may have a cutout hole shape.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the bill calculation in the cafeteria becomes easy and accurate, which is convenient for both the users and the cafeteria.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 (al, (bl) is a configuration explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 (a) to (d) are detailed explanatory diagrams of the above embodiment. In the figures, 1 is tableware, 2 is a Tray, 3 is barcode reader, 4 is calculation section, 5 is unit price table, bookcase 5th month - 1
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A unit price table (5) that stores barcodes and unit prices for each item, and tableware (7) with a barcode (7) attached to the back of the bottom.
1), a tray (2) on which the tableware can be mounted at a predetermined position and oriented in a certain direction, and at least the tableware placement surface is configured to be transparent, and the tableware is loaded onto the tray from the back side of the tray. a barcode reader (3) that reads the barcode attached to the barcode, and a calculation unit (3) that reads out the item and unit price corresponding to the read barcode from the unit price table and totals the read unit price for each tray. 4) A bill calculation system in a cafeteria, characterized by comprising: