JPS6325797A - Wireless ordering system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to fast food restaurants, large-scale restaurants,
The present invention relates to a wireless ordering system in which a waitress or waiter at a restaurant such as a coffee shop wirelessly transmits orders from customers to a sales registration processing device using a portable ordering terminal.

[Prior Art] In recent years, in restaurants such as fast food restaurants, each waitress or waiter has a dedicated mobile ordering terminal equipped with a wireless circuit, and these mobile ordering terminals and counters are connected to each other. By connecting installed sales registration processing devices such as electronic cash registers via wireless lines,
Each waitress or waiter receives an order from a customer outside the counter and inputs it into each mobile order terminal, and the order data generated at each mobile order terminal is directly sent to the electronic cash register for registration processing. Some companies are using wireless ordering systems.

In this way, by providing each waitress or waiter with a mobile order terminal, the waitress or waiter can take orders from customers away from the counter without having to go to the electronic cash register and register. There's no need. Furthermore, if the electronic cash register and the kitchen are connected, there is no need for the waitress or waiter to transmit the order to the kitchen.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, as mentioned above, there is a system in which order data is transmitted directly from a mobile order terminal carried by a waitress or waiter to a sales registration processing device such as an electronic cash register via a wireless line. There were also the following problems. In other words, since the sales registration processing device is generally installed inside the counter at fast food restaurants, etc., obstacles such as screens are likely to exist between the sales registration processing device and each mobile order terminal. There was a risk that objects could interfere with the transmission and reception of radio waves.

For this reason, the sales registration processing device must be installed in a location where stable wireless communication with each mobile order terminal is possible and where there is no problem with operation, and the installation location is limited.
This resulted in a decrease in operability.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to enable the installation location of the sales registration processing device to be set at the location where it is easiest to operate, and to enable orders to be processed from each mobile order terminal. To provide a wireless ordering system in which data can be reliably registered in a sales registration processing device, and service and reliability for customers can be improved.

[Means for solving the problems] In order to solve the above problems and achieve the purpose, the present invention has the following features:
A plurality of mobile order terminals that display each customer's order data keyed in from a keyboard on the display and output it wirelessly via a transmission circuit, and a transmitter/receiver that transmits and receives data signals to and from each of these mobile order terminals wirelessly. and a sales registration processing device that registers and processes each order data from each mobile order terminal received by the transmission and reception section, and the sales registration processing device has a device body and the transmission and reception section. The above-mentioned transmitting/receiving section is arranged at a position suitable for transmitting and receiving wireless data signals with each of the above-mentioned portable ordering terminals, and is connected to the main body of the apparatus by wire.

[Effects] By taking such measures, even if the transmitter/receiver is placed in the optimal location for wireless transmission and reception with the mobile order terminal, and the sales registration processing device is installed in the optimal location for operation, Order data generated by each portable order terminal is stably received by the transmitter/receiver section, and is sent to the sales registration processing device via wire for reliable registration processing.

[Example] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the system of the present invention. In this embodiment, there are N mobile order terminals 1 assigned terminal numbers from 1 to N owned by each waitress or waiter, and each mobile order terminal 1 has a A keyboard 2 for key-inputting customer order data and a display section 3 formed of a liquid crystal display element or the like for displaying the key-input order data are provided.

Reference numeral 4 in the figure is an electronic cash register as a sales registration processing device, and the electronic cash register 4 includes a register main body 5 equipped with a keyboard, a display section, etc. and installed at a location where it is most convenient for the operator to operate the register, and It consists of a transmitting/receiving unit 6 disposed at an optimal position for transmitting and receiving wireless data with each mobile order terminal 1, and a register main body 5.
and the transmitting/receiving section 6 are connected by a wired cable 7.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the electronic cash register 4. As shown in FIG. The register main body 5 is equipped with a CPU (central processing unit) 11, and this CPU II connects a ROM 13 that stores each gII program via a path line 12 consisting of an address bus and a data bus.
．． RAM 1 having a reception buffer for temporarily storing the terminal number and order data received from each mobile order terminal 1
4. A printer control unit 16 that drives and controls the printer 15; a keyboard input unit 181 that sends key inputs from the keyboard 17 to the CPU II; a display control unit 20 that controls the display of the display unit 19; and a communication control circuit 26 and wired cable 7, which will be described later. Serial I10 port 2 connected to
1 is controlled. Further, 22 is a power supply section of the register main body 5, and this power supply section 22 is connected to the transmitter/receiver section 6 via a power supply line 23 to supply power.

On the other hand, the transmitting/receiving unit 6 includes a transmitting circuit 24 that constantly outputs a polling signal specifying the reception timing and transmission timing of numbers 1 to N to each mobile order terminal 1 with terminal numbers 1 to N, and A receiving circuit 25 receives the terminal number and order data wirelessly transmitted from the mobile order terminal 1 at designated timings, and a communication control circuit 2 controls the transmitting circuit 24 and receiving path 25.
It consists of 6.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of each of the portable order terminals 1. As shown in FIG. In the figure, the CPU 31 connects to the RO, which stores various control programs, via a pass line 32.
M33. Stores own terminal number and keyboard 2
A RAM 34 having a transmission buffer for temporarily storing order data keyed in. A display control section 35 that controls the display of the display section 3. It controls a keyboard input circuit 36 that transmits key inputs from the keyboard 2 to the CPU 31, an I10 port 37, and the like. Here, the above I
The 10 port 37 receives the polling signal from the transmitting/receiving unit 6, and transmits it to the transmitting/receiving circuit 38, which wirelessly outputs its own terminal number and the order data temporarily stored in the receiving buffer at the timing specified by the polling signal. It outputs data.

In the wireless ordering system configured in this way, when a waitress or waiter sequentially enters the item name (code number) and order quantity ordered by a customer as order data, the data is sequentially stored in the transmission buffer of the RAM 34 and displayed on the display. 3 will be displayed sequentially. Thereafter, when the order data is confirmed and the send key on the keyboard 2 is operated, the order data cumulatively stored in the send buffer can be wirelessly transmitted to the transmitter/receiver section 6 via the transmitter/receiver circuit 38 along with the terminal number.

On the other hand, the CPU II on the side of the register body 5 controls the serial I10 port 21 and controls the communication control circuit 26 at any time.
Switch between sending and receiving. Communication control circuit 26
Then, during the transmission operation, a polling signal is sent to a predetermined mobile order terminal 1 via the transmitter circuit 24, and the system enters a state of waiting to receive data from the mobile order terminal 1.

The order data and terminal number from each mobile order terminal 1 received by the reception circuit 25 are then given to the CPUI 1 via the wired cable 7, and a predetermined registration process is executed.

According to the wireless ordering system of this embodiment configured in this way, the electronic cash register 4 can be arranged as shown in FIG. That is, the register main body 5 can be placed on a desk 42, for example, in a position where the operator 41 in the operation room 40 can most easily operate the register main body 5, and the transmitting/receiving section 6 connected to the register main body 5 by a wire cable 7, The transmitting/receiving antenna 43 of the transmitting/receiving section 6 and the transmitting/receiving antenna 44 of each mobile ordering terminal 1 are located at optimal positions for wireless data transmission and reception, where there is no risk of similar obstacles intervening, for example, the operation room 40 and the mobile ordering terminal 1. It can be attached to the ceiling 47 above an obstacle 46 such as a screen that is interposed between the customer seat side 45 where the waitress or waiter is located. Therefore, the register main body 5 can perform stable wireless data transmission and reception with each portable wireless terminal 1 while avoiding the obstacles 46, and the operability of the register main body 5 is very excellent. As a result, accurate registration processing is quickly performed, so that it is possible to sufficiently improve service and reliability for customers.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
Of course, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is possible to set the installation location of the sales registration processing device at the location where it is easiest to operate, and to ensure that the order data from each mobile order terminal is sold. It is possible to provide a wireless ordering system that can perform registration processing using a registration processing device and can improve service and reliability for customers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the present system;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the specific configuration of the electronic cash register, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the specific configuration of the mobile order terminal, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the system. . DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Mobile order terminal, 4...Electronic cash register, 5...Register main body, 6...Transmission/reception unit, 7.
・・Wired cable, 11.31-・・CPU, 13.3
3...ROM, 14.34...RAM, 21.
...Serial I10 boat, 24...Transmission circuit, 25
...Receiving circuit, 26...Communication control circuit, 37...
I10 boat, 38...transmission/reception circuit. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of mobile order terminals that display each customer's order data keyed in from a keyboard on the display and output it wirelessly via a transmission circuit, and a transmitter/receiver that transmits and receives data signals to and from each of these mobile order terminals wirelessly. and a sales registration processing device that registers and processes each order data from each mobile order terminal received by the transmission and reception section, and the sales registration processing device has a device body and the transmission and reception section. A wireless ordering system characterized in that the transmitter/receiver is divided into parts, and the transmitter/receiver is disposed at a position suitable for transmitting and receiving wireless data signals with each of the mobile order terminals, and is connected to the main body of the device by wire.