KR19990045109A - Order data management system - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an order data management system for use in management relating to an order in a restaurant or the like. The system has a simple configuration and can simplify member management and radio traffic for an order. In wireless communication on three floors 'A', 'B', and 'C', different wireless ID codes ID1, ID2, ID3, and ID4 are used. The order data input from the portable unit 1 is transmitted wirelessly and received by the radio control apparatuses 3, 4, 5 having the same radio ID, and via the transmission cable 10, the general-purpose data control apparatus 11. Is sent to. The cooking instruction data and the cooking provision instruction data are transmitted to the printer 2 having the same wireless ID via the radio controllers 3, 4, 5 that have received the order data from the data controller 11. At this time, a guest slip instructing to serve the dish is printed by the printer. At the same time, the kitchen printer prints a cooking instruction slip for instructing cooking. Based on the data control device 11, the time from the order generation to the completion of cooking and the completion of cooking provision is unified.

Description

Order data management system

The present invention relates to an order data management system for use in the management of orders received from guests in restaurants, pubs, hotels and the like.

Conventionally, the order data management system has been used in restaurants, pubs, hotels and the like for managing the cooking state, the dressing state, etc. of the dishes ordered by the guests. Hereinafter, an outline of a conventional order data management system will be described. Upon receipt of an order for a dish from a customer, the employee enters each menu order item with a table number and the like into a portable unit operating as an input terminal. The entered order data is transmitted from the portable unit wirelessly. Order data transmitted wirelessly is received by a wireless control device disposed at each corner in the store, and then output to a data control device that processes various data types and performs one-way management work. The data controller stores the time at which the order data was received and the order data, and outputs cooking instruction data and cooking provision instruction data for instructing cooking and providing cooking, respectively. Cooking instruction data is received by a printer placed in the kitchen via a wireless control and assigned a specific device number in the system. The printer prints out an order slip to instruct the cook to cook the ordered dish. Similarly, a printer with a device number different from the printer described above outputs a guest slip to instruct the employee to serve the guest.

On the other hand, when all the order items of each order slip are cooked, the cook inputs the cooking completion data to the data controller using the key input device connected to the printer to report that the order items have been cooked. Similarly, the employee outputs cooking completion data to report that all dishes in each order slip have been served. The above-described data control apparatus stores the cooking completion data reception time or the cooking provision completion data reception time in the storage unit in association with each number of the order slip.

The data controller calculates the time required from the cooking order to the completion of cooking and / or the completion of cooking for each order slip based on each time when the order data, the cooking completion data, and the cooking completion data are received. do. At this time, the data control device outputs the calculation result for display on the display unit or the like. This allows for monitoring of the status of how the order is processed, thereby making it possible to analyze and control the time for cooking completion and cooking completion.

In the conventional order data management system described above, the portable unit and the printer are configured such that they perform wireless communication with the radio controller, to allow portability of the portable unit, and in wiring the store using a signal transmission cable. Eliminate difficulties. In this environment, the system is protected from errors due to signals sent from facilities outside the system by using unique identification codes (wireless IDs) throughout the system for wireless communication. Thus, with the use of a large number of portable units and printers in a multi-storey store having divided stores of department stores and multi-storey buildings, wireless transactions are greatly increased and the efficiency of wireless communications is reduced. One way to solve this problem is to divide the entire system into sections or subsystems and use a unique radio ID for each subsystem. However, this causes other problems that make uniform management of orders difficult and increase the cost of implementing this system. Moreover, in the case of introducing the above-described method in a store of multiple floors, the kitchen must install a printer for printing an order slip for each floor, which causes another problem of the expansion of the system.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The figure which shows the hardware structure of the order data management system which is embodiment of this invention.

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1: portable unit 2: printer

3, 4, 5: Radio controller 11: Data controller

An object of the present invention is to provide an order data management system that uses an order input terminal and an order output terminal having a wireless communication function, has a simple configuration, alleviates radio communication and enables unity management of order data.

According to the present invention, a plurality of input terminals for wirelessly transmitting order data relating to an order received from a guest, a work completion data input device for inputting work completion data, and a wireless control device for wirelessly receiving order data transmitted from the input terminal. And receiving the work completion data, receiving order data from the radio controller and transmitting instruction data through the radio controller, to provide cooking time from cooking order to completion of cooking and completion of cooking provision. An ordering data management system for unified management of cooking and cooking of an on-demand dish having a data control device for calculating time and an output terminal for wirelessly receiving the instruction data and outputting an instruction slip, the input terminal and wireless Controls and output terminals are installed per area, Radio signal transmitted / received in the area is characterized by including the unique ID code assigned to each area.

Hereinafter, the objects and other objects, features and embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a bar implemented according to the present invention, showing an embodiment of the present invention is used in a multi-storey restaurant divided into three floors. Referring to FIG. 1, the floor 'A' is equipped with a plurality of portable units 1 serving as input terminals, a radio controller 3 and a printer 2 used for wireless communication with the portable units 1. It is. The portable unit 1 is always carried by the employee and is used for inputting order data such as an order for cooking in a menu, a table number, an order slip number, and the like. This portable unit comprises a key input unit and a display unit in front of them. The printer 2 is installed at a predetermined position in the floor 'A' to output a guest slip to instruct the employee to serve the dish. Each portable unit 1 is assigned a 'wireless ID2' which is an identification code for wireless communication, while each printer 2 is given a 'wireless ID1' which is different from the wireless ID2. The radio controller 3 has a function for the use of the radio ID2 for communicating with each portable unit 1 and a function for the use of the radio ID1 for communicating with each printer 2.

Similar to floor 'A', floor 'B' is also equipped with a number of portable units 1, a number of printers 2 and a radio controller 4. Unlike on floor 'A', however, on floor 'B' 'wireless ID3' is used for wireless communication with any of the sieves 1, 2 and 4. Similar to floor 'B', floor 'C' is also equipped with a number of portable units 1, a printer 2 and a radio controller 5. However, each device on floor 'C' differs from floor 'B' in that each device is given a 'wireless ID4'. Each radio controller 3, 4, 5 is individually connected to a transmission cable 10 via connectors 6, 7, 8, and a shared data controller 11 via a connector 9 Is connected to. Although not shown, a kitchen printer is arranged in the kitchen to print a cooking instruction slip that gives instructions for cooking. In addition, a device number unique to this system is assigned to each device.

This data control device 11 has registered radio identifiers ID1, ID2, ID3 and ID4. When the radio controllers 3, 4 and 5 are turned on, the radio IDs registered in the data controller 11 are automatically transmitted to the radio controllers 3, 4 and 5 individually, and then stored separately. On the other hand, the set-up of wireless IDs to each printer 2 is manually operated. Preparation of the wireless IDs to the portable unit 1 is completed by connecting the wireless ID registration device to each printer 2. At this time, the program of the portable unit 1 is downloaded into its storage unit. Upon receiving the signal, each device refers to the radio ID prepared in advance, and determines whether the signal is own. Signal communication between the portable unit 1, the printer 2, and the radio controllers 3, 4, and 5 is performed by achieving a handshake (communication method of confirming whether the communication is normally completed).

Next, the operation of the order data management system will be described. In floor 'A', when order data is sent from any of the portable units 1, the radio controller 3 first identifies 'wireless ID1' and 'wireless ID2'. At this time, a handshake is secured so as to receive the order data with the radio controller 3 and a signal is sent to the data controller 11 via the transmission cable 10. This data control device 11 provides cooking instruction data for giving instructions for cooking. This cooking instruction data is output to a kitchen printer via a radio controller (not shown) so as to print a cooking instruction slip. At the same time, the data control apparatus 11 sends out cooking provision instruction data which gives an instruction for providing a dish. This dish provision instruction data is output to the employee printer 2 via the wireless control apparatus 3 in the floor "A" whose wireless ID is wireless ID1, and a customer slip is printed. As mentioned above, on floor 'A', orders for dishes are cooked and provided for guests. At the completion of cooking and completion of cooking, the cooking completion data and cooking completion data are transmitted from the work completion data input terminal (not shown) to the data control device 11 via the kitchen printer 2 and the employee printer 2. Is sent to. Therefore, in this time period, the completion of the cooking provision can be managed in the data control device 11.

In the floor 'B', an operation similar to the above is performed. However, in floor 'B', the radio communication is performed using the radio ID3, and the portable unit 1 is different in that it employs the same radio ID3 for radio communication with the radio controller 4. Also, on floor 'C', almost the same operation is performed except that wireless ID4 is employed for communication.

As described above, the floors 'A' in which all stores are three areas, that is, areas in which two types of wireless IDs (wireless ID1 and wireless ID2) are used; Floor 'B', which is an area where a single radio ID or radio ID3 is used; It is partitioned into a floor 'C' which is an area where a single radio ID or radio ID4 is used. This cooking provision instruction data is output via the radio | wireless control apparatus 3 to the printer 2 for the employee of floor "A" whose radio ID is radio ID1, and a customer slip is printed. As mentioned above, on floor 'A', a cooking order is cooked and provided to the customer. At the completion of cooking and at the completion of cooking, the cooking completion data and the cooking completion data are transmitted from the work completion data input terminal (not shown), through the kitchen printer 2 and the employee printer 2, respectively. 11). Thus, the time from the order to the completion of the cooking time and the time to complete the cooking can be managed by the data control device 11.

An operation similar to the above is performed on the floor 'B'. However, the floor 'B' differs in that wireless communication is performed using the wireless ID3, and the portable unit 1 and the employee printer wirelessly communicate with the wireless control device 4 using the same wireless ID3. In the floor 'C', the same operation is performed except that the communication is performed using the wireless ID4.

As described above, the entire store is divided into three areas, that is, floor 'A' is an area using two types of wireless ID1 and ID2, and floor 'B' is an area using a single radio ID or wireless ID3. The floor 'C' is an area using a single radio ID or ID4. This is to avoid mutual interference of communication in the area. Thus, compared with the embodiment in which one radio ID is used throughout the system, radio communication of such a radio controller can be alleviated. Since the data control apparatus 11 is shared to all areas, unit management of order data becomes possible. In addition, the system can be miniaturized because it is not necessary to install a dedicated printer for each floor in the kitchen.

According to the present invention, it is possible to mitigate an increase in radio communication and to prevent communication failures and responsiveness. In addition, the present invention enables unified management of order data. The kitchen does not require a dedicated printer for each floor, and the entire system can be effectively miniaturized.

While the present invention has been described with respect to specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but may include all possible embodiments within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (2)

A plurality of input terminals for wirelessly transmitting order data about an order received from a customer, a work completion data input device for inputting work completion data, a wireless control device for wirelessly receiving order data transmitted from the input terminal, and the work completion data Data for calculating the cooking time from the cooking order to the completion of cooking and the cooking provision time from the completion of cooking, by receiving the data, receiving the order data from the radio controller and transmitting the instruction data through the radio controller. 1. An order data management system for unified management of cooking and cooking of an ordered dish having a control device and an output terminal for wirelessly receiving the instruction data and outputting an instruction slip. And the input terminal, the radio control device, and the output terminal are provided for each area, and the wireless signal transmitted / received in each area includes a unique ID code assigned to each area. 2. The order data management system according to claim 1, wherein the input terminal and the output terminal used in the same area communicate wirelessly with the radio controller using different ID codes.