KR20000002097A - Supervising method of menu for electronic cash register - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Conventional electronic cash register (ECR) asks a client his taste every time he visits. But this ECR dose not record clients taste, so its up to waiter and clients will repeat same answer. CONSTITUTION: Supervising method of menu for electronic cash register is modified to provide convenience when a client visits a shop again. A waiter checks the records of the client, then apply data to visiting client easily. Supervising method of menu for electronic cash register is composed of entering clients name step, adding or editing clients data step, writing step, checking registered name step, and registering menu table step.

Description

How to manage the menu of the cash register

The present invention relates to a menu management method of the cash register, and more particularly, to manage the menu ordered by the customer according to the unique tastes of each customer by the customer to prepare a menu desired by the customer without receiving an order one by one It relates to a menu management method of the register.

Generally, a cash register refers to a device used to facilitate information management by processing various data accompanying product sales and informing a user of the results. It ranges from point-of-sale information management system (POS System) that can comprehensively manage the distribution economy such as management of goods, customers, employees, market research, and inventory. Hereinafter, in the present specification, the term Electronic Cash Register (ECR), which means an electronic cash register controlled by a microprocessor, is used as a broad concept including a low-end cash register to a POS system.

Such an ECR is provided in restaurants such as restaurants, fast food stores, and the like, in addition to shops such as department stores, convenience stores, and supermarkets, to perform money registration processing.

People tend to order the same foods depending on their taste and personality. For example, when ordering seafood soup, one person ordered spicy and the other not spicy. When ordering a steak, one ordered something completely cooked and the other ordered it half-cooked. Anchovies seasoned with anchovies can be ordered by others.

Therefore, in restaurants, services such as condiment, modifier, and recipe table are designed to serve each customer's taste and unique taste. Can give That means you can adjust the size (large, regular,…) or cooked (medium, well-done,…), or customize your food to a unique taste with a custom recipe table. As mentioned above, in order to meet the customer's taste, when the customer receives the order, 'how would you like it?', 'How will you learn it?', 'What would you like to have dessert?' ? ' Ask questions like this to suit your taste.

However, in the past, the customer's taste could be promptly tailored by asking the customer at that time, but there was no function of preserving and using it comprehensively. Therefore, in the related art, the waiter remembers the taste of the regular customer one by one or asks the same question every time, so that the customer needs to order a menu of the desired taste.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described inconvenience, the menu of the cash register that allows the customer to prepare the desired menu without receiving orders by managing the menu ordered by the customer according to the unique taste of each customer The purpose is to provide a management method.

The menu management method of the cash register of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: receiving a name of the customer when a menu table according to the taste of the customer is desired in the program mode; Determining whether a menu table for the customer already exists; If the menu table for the customer already exists, the information stored in the menu table is read and added or modified. If the menu table does not exist, the menu preferred by the customer and the modifier of the menu are read. Or receiving a recipe table and storing the recipe table in a corresponding memory area; Determining whether the name of the customer who ordered the food is entered in the registration mode; Determining whether a menu table corresponding to the customer name exists; And when the menu table corresponding to the customer name exists as a result of the determination, selling and registering the corresponding menu in the corresponding menu table.

1 is a system block diagram electrically showing the configuration of a cash register to which the menu management method of the present invention is applied;

2 is a view illustrating an example of a key configuration of a key input unit in FIG. 1;

3 is a diagram showing a menu table applied to the menu management method of the cash register of the present invention by way of example;

4 is a flowchart for explaining a menu management method of the cash register of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

10. central processing unit, 20. key input unit,

21. Mode switch, 23. Function key group,

23a. Menu table key, 25.item key group,

27. Numeric Key Group, 30. Rom,

40. RAM, 50. Display Unit,

60. Printer, 70. Power Supply

Hereinafter, a menu management method of a cash register according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

1 is a system block diagram electrically showing the configuration of a cash register to which the menu management method of the present invention is applied. As shown in this figure, the ECR to which the present invention is applied applies the key input unit 20 and the key input unit 20 for generating a mode designation signal and various key codes for money registration according to the received key code. The central processing unit 10 for specifying the mode of the ECR and performing various functions in the designated mode, the ROM 30 having a program for operating the system, and a program for implementing the menu management method of the present invention, and the money registration operation. RAM 40, which stores various data and menu tables generated in the middle, a display unit 50, and a central processing unit 10 which display various data processing results and system status generated during a cash register operation under the control of the central processing unit 10. Under the control of), power is supplied to the printer 60 and the ECR as a whole, which documents customer receipts, audit papers, and various data processing results, and backs up in case of power failure. It comprises a power supply unit 70 for supplying power by a battery.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a key configuration of a key input unit in FIG. 1. As shown in this figure, the key configuration of the key input unit 20 applied to the present invention is a mode switch 21 used to designate a desired operation mode among various operation modes of the ECR, among various functions provided in the ECR. A group of function keys (23) used to execute a desired function, a group of item keys (25) used to specify a desired item, and a group of numeric keys used to enter prices or corresponding numeric codes of various items ( 27). The function key group 23 described above may further include a 'menu table' key 23a for programming a menu table of each customer.

3 is a diagram illustrating a menu table applied to the menu management method of the cash register of the present invention by way of example. As shown in this figure, the menu table applied to the present invention stores a menu ordered according to the taste of each customer.

4 is a flowchart for explaining a menu management method of the cash register of the present invention. As shown in this figure, first, in step S10, it is determined whether the operation mode of the ECR is a program mode for programming a menu table of individual customers. As a result of the determination in step S10, if the operation mode of the ECR is a program mode, the process proceeds to step S12 to determine whether there is an input of the 'menu table' key 23a for programming the menu table of each individual customer. If there is no input of the 'menu table' key 23a as a result of the determination in step S12, the process proceeds to step S13 to perform a function of the corresponding program mode, and the input of the 'menu table' key 23a is performed. If the process proceeds to step S14 and receives the name of the customer to create the menu table. In the next step S16, it is determined whether a menu table for the customer input in the step S14 already exists. As a result of the determination in step S16, if a menu table for the customer input in step S14 already exists, the process proceeds to step S18 to display the information stored in the menu table for the customer input in step S14. Read and add or modify additional items, and if there is no menu table for the customer input in step (S14) proceeds to step (S20) and the customer's favorite menu input in step (S14) And modifiers, recipe tables, etc. of these menus are received and stored in the corresponding memory area of the menu table. Here, inputs such as modifiers and recipe tables of the customer's preferred menu are inputted in the order of 'steak' key → 'regular' key → 'medium' key when the customer orders a medium-sized grilled steak of regular size. Just do it.

If it is determined in step S10 that the operation mode of the ECR is not the program mode, the process proceeds to step S30 to determine whether the operation mode of the ECR is a registration mode for registering a menu ordered by a customer. As a result of the determination in step S30, if the operation mode of the ECR is not the registration mode, the process proceeds to step S31 to perform a function of the corresponding mode, and if the operation mode of the ECR is the registration mode, the process proceeds to step S32. Enter the name of the customer who ordered the food. In the next step S34, it is determined whether there is a menu table corresponding to the name of the customer input in the step S32. If there is a menu table corresponding to the name of the customer input in step S32 as a result of the determination in step S34, the process proceeds to step S36 to read the menu from the corresponding menu table and registers the sale thereof, step ( If there is no menu table corresponding to the name of the customer inputted in S32), the process proceeds to step S38, notifying that there is no menu table of the customer, and performing a general sales registration operation to register the menu received from the customer. . In this case, when a new menu table is to be created, the menu table is created after switching the operation mode of the ECR to the program mode.

The menu management method of the cash register of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the menu management method of the cash register according to the present invention as described above, it is possible to manage the menu ordered by the customer according to the unique taste of each customer for each customer to order by menu table according to the taste of the customer There is no need to repeat the same question. In addition, there is an effect that the waiters can effectively manage the customer.

Claims (1)

Receiving a name of the customer when a menu table according to the taste of the customer is to be prepared in the program mode; Determining whether a menu table for the customer already exists; If the menu table for the customer already exists, the information stored in the menu table is read and added or modified. If the menu table does not exist, the menu preferred by the customer and the modifier of the menu are read. Or receiving a recipe table and storing the recipe table in a corresponding memory area; Determining whether the name of the customer who ordered the food is entered in the registration mode; Determining whether a menu table corresponding to the customer name exists; And And if the menu table corresponding to the customer name exists as a result of the determination, selling and registering the corresponding menu in the corresponding menu table.