KR20190057764A - System for smart menu book - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a technology which can produce a menu by accessing a web server and can receive a food order by using the produced menu. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the smart menu system comprises a web server, a plurality of smart terminals, and a POS payment terminal. The web server accesses a smart terminal in which a client application is installed so as to provide a UI capable of writing a menu page in a web application form. At least one smart terminal is used to install and execute a client application for producing the menu and using the menu. The POS payment terminal links to the smart terminal to receive order information and links to a payment server based on the order information to process a payment.

Description

Smart Menu System {SYSTEM FOR SMART MENU BOOK}

The present invention relates to an electronic menu plate service, and more particularly, to an electronic menu plate service in which a user creates a menu plate through a menu plate editor provided by a web server, displays a menu plate page produced by connecting the terminal to a web server, The invention is disclosed.

Generally, restaurants provide customers with printed menu plates, receive orders, enter orders into POS terminals, and process orders. There is a problem in that when a change such as adding a new food menu or the like occurs, a printed menu sheet must be newly produced and printed.

In addition, there is a problem in that it is not possible to deliver accurate food information to foreign tourists due to the use of ununified food names, especially foreign language names, which are manufactured separately for each restaurant.

In order to eliminate such inconvenience, a menu plate is created by connecting to a server providing a menu plate producing means capable of producing a menu plate through a PC or the like, and a menu program of an application type is driven in a smart terminal including a tablet PC Menu plate service is emerging.

However, in the case of such an electronic menu plate, the user can not directly construct the menu plate by providing a template.

The object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a menu plate that delivers accurate food information to customers using a uniform food name and a food ingredient name.

The present invention also provides a method for translating a prepared menu to various languages.

The present invention also provides a method of utilizing the food information contents created and stored by the users during the production of the menu plate, or utilizing the average data of the food ingredients and the seasoning usage.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a smart menu system includes a web server, a smart terminal, and a POS (Point of Sales) payment terminal.

The web server retrieves food information contents including a food name created by a third person, a food ingredient name, a usage amount of a food ingredient, a name of a spice, a usage amount of a spice, a cooking form and a taste for a food menu, reuses the retrieved information, And a menu plate editing unit for providing a means for changing the manufactured menu plate.

The smart terminal is installed and executed by accessing a web server in a manager mode to create or change a menu board, and a client application for accessing a web server in a user mode and ordering food through a received menu board, and at least one smart terminal Is used.

The POS payment terminal receives the order information in cooperation with the smart terminal.

According to another aspect of the proposed invention for solving the problems, the web server includes a food information DB and a menu plate information DB.

The food information DB stores the food information contents inputted when making or changing the menu board, and the menu board information DB stores the manufactured menu board information for each store.

After storing the food information contents, the web server calculates the average consumption amount of the food and the average consumption amount of the seasoning for the food, and separately stores them.

According to another aspect of the proposed invention for solving the problem, the web server further includes a dictionary DB.

Dictionary DB is a database for translating food names, food names, spice names, cooking forms and tastes into various languages.

The web server requests the operator to register in the dictionary DB when entering a new food name, a food name, a spice name, a cooking form, or a taste that is not in the dictionary DB at the time of manufacturing the menu plate through the menu plate editing unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention for solving the problems, a menu plate edition unit of a web server displays a menu of food information contents created by a third person, and a user can control the usage amount of the ingredients and the usage amount of the spice, And means for adding spices.

According to another aspect of the present invention for solving the problems, a menu plate editing unit of a web server includes a relocatable menu configuration template for making a menu plate, a list of food ingredients for the inputted food name, an average usage amount of the ingredients, And basic food information contents in which the average usage amount of the spice, the cooking form and the taste are inputted.

The user can adjust the amount of food provided by the menu edition editor using the means to control the usage of the ingredients and the seasoning, the means to add the ingredients and the means to add seasonings.

According to another aspect of the present invention for solving the problems, the menu information of the menu displayed in the user mode of the client application of the smart terminal includes food used and the food calculated from the consumption of the food and spice consumption of the food Of the calorie information.

According to another aspect of the present invention for solving the problem, when one of the translitable foreign language lists is selected in the menu displayed in the user mode of the client application, the smart terminal receives the translated menu from the web server, Can be displayed.

According to another aspect of the present invention for solving the problems, the menu plate edition unit of the web server searches the food information contents created by others with respect to the side dishes provided with the food menu to be sold, reuses the retrieved information, Can be added or changed.

According to another aspect of the present invention for solving the problems, the menu plate editing unit of the web server can provide preview means for identifying the menu plate being produced or changed.

The proposed invention can produce a menu plate that delivers accurate food information to customers using a uniform food name and a food ingredient name.

In addition, the proposed invention can translate the produced menu plate into various languages and provide it.

In addition, the proposed invention can utilize the food information contents created and accumulated by the users in the production of the menu plate, or utilize the average data of the food ingredients and the seasoning use amount thereof.

1 is a conceptual block diagram of a smart menu plate system according to an embodiment.
2 is a diagram of an embodiment of a UI using accumulated food information contents provided by a menu edition editing unit.
3 is a diagram of an embodiment of a UI for adding a configuration of a food menu in a menu edition editor.
4 is an example of a screen displayed on the client application by the menu plate produced in the smart menu plate system.

The foregoing and further aspects are embodied through the embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the components of each embodiment are capable of various combinations within an embodiment as long as no other mention or mutual contradiction exists. Each block of the block diagram may represent a physical part in any case, but in other cases it may be a logical representation of a function over a part or a plurality of physical parts of one physical part. Sometimes the entity of a block or part thereof may be a set of program instructions. These blocks may be implemented in whole or in part by hardware, software, or a combination thereof.

1 is a conceptual block diagram of a smart menu plate system according to an embodiment. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a smart menu system includes a web server, a plurality of smart terminals, and a POS settlement terminal.

According to one embodiment, the web server provides a UI for accessing from a smart terminal in which a client application is installed to create a menu page in the form of a web-based web application.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a menu page generated in the form of a web application can be produced in the form of a single page application including JavaScript, but is not limited thereto.

The web server includes a menu plate editing unit, and the menu plate editing unit provides means (UI) for the user to easily create his or her own menu plate. In particular, the UI provides a means for creating a menu plate by utilizing contents of food information already created by another user, and the corresponding means, that is, the UI, searches for food information contents created by other people on the food menu, The information can be reused to produce a menu plate or to change a manufactured menu plate.

By utilizing the food information contents created by others, an effect of using a uniform food name is generated. If you try to search for a food name that is not unified, you can check the typographer, search it with the correct name, and let it know that it is typographical.

The food information contents at this time include the name of the food, the name of the food and the amount of the food, the name of the spice, the usage amount of the spice, and the shape and taste of the food.

The name of the food is the name of the food menu to be sold at the restaurant. The name of the food is the name of the food materials needed to cook the food corresponding to the food name. It is not necessary to add all of the ingredients for the food, and it is advisable to add only ingredients that can be provided as information on what ingredients are used in the menu. The amount of food used is used to calculate the calories that will be described later, and it is also used to tell the customer how much of the quantity is used.

The name of the spice is the name of the basic spice which is mainly used and the amount of the spice is used to inform the customer how much amount is used.

The cooking form is a basic cooking method and it is used for information about how it is cooked, expressed by boiling, hot water, roasting, stew, etc. and the taste is expressed by spicy taste, sweet taste, salty taste, etc., To provide information so that you can guess.

The food information contents may further include information other than the name of the food, the name of the food and the amount of the food, the name of the spice, the amount of the spice, the form and taste of the food.

2 is a diagram of an embodiment of a UI using accumulated food information contents provided by a menu edition editing unit. The example of the UI using the accumulated food information contents provided by the menu plate editing unit is not limited to the example shown in Fig. 2, but may include a part other than the part indicating the search word input part, the search result, And their arrangement may be different. The UI can be configured in various ways as long as it includes a part for searching and a part for displaying search results.

2 will be described. In the UI shown in Fig. 2, a food name to be searched is entered in a searched word input field that can be searched for a food name. For example, " kimchi sake " This example shows a list corresponding to the search result. When a specific result is clicked on the list, detailed information of the result is displayed, and after confirming the information, the user moves to the food menu addition UI to which the search result value to be used for creating the menu plate is inputted.

According to an exemplary embodiment, at least one smart terminal is used, and a client application for creating a menu and using a menu is installed and executed.

A smart terminal can be a tablet PC or a smart phone in consideration of portability and mobility. The OS (Operating System) installed in the smart terminal is not limited. However, according to the aspect of the invention, it may be a Linux-based harmonica OS which is an open type open OS.

The client application is a web browser-type program that interacts with a web server and can be executed in two modes: an administrator mode and a user mode.

When the client application is running in the administrator mode, it connects to the web server to create or change its own menu board.

When the client application is executed in the user mode, the user can access the web server, receive the already prepared menu page, and confirm the food to be ordered and order food from the received menu page.

According to one embodiment, the POS settlement terminal inputs order information in cooperation with a smart terminal, and processes settlement in cooperation with a settlement server based on the received order information. The POS payment terminal can be used by adding a smart terminal interface only to a commonly used POS payment terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the web server may include a food information DB and a menu information DB. In addition, it may further include a member management DB for managing members using the service, and may further include a template DB storing a template for basic menu configuration.

The food information DB and the menu information DB may be located on separate servers that are separated by hardware. In this case, however, the user can only directly access the Web server as a client application, and each DB is not directly accessible.

The food information DB stores the food information contents inputted when the menu board is produced or changed through the menu edition editing unit. Even if the same food menu is used, different users are stored separately. That is, the name of the restaurant and the name of the food are stored in the DB as a key for distinguishing the table.

The inputted food information contents includes the name of the food, the name of the food, the amount of the food, the name of the spice, the amount of the spice, the shape and taste of the food.

The name of the food is the name of the food menu to be sold at the restaurant. The name of the food is the name of the food materials needed to cook the food corresponding to the food name. It is not necessary to add all of the ingredients for the food, and it is advisable to add only ingredients that can be provided as information on what ingredients are used in the menu. The amount of food used is used to calculate the calories that will be described later, and it is also used to tell the customer how much of the quantity is used.

The name of the spice is the name of the basic spice which is mainly used and the amount of the spice is used to inform the customer how much amount is used.

The cooking form is a basic cooking method and it is used for information about how it is cooked, expressed by boiling, hot water, roasting, stew, etc. and the taste is expressed by spicy taste, sweet taste, salty taste, etc., To provide information so that you can guess.

The food information contents may further include information other than the name of the food, the name of the food and the amount of the food, the name of the spice, the amount of the spice, the form and taste of the food.

After storing the food information contents in the food information DB, the average consumption amount of the used food and the average consumption amount of the spice are calculated and stored for the food.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the food information contents for the food can be stored in the food information DB by using the virtual food restaurants and the food name as the key, using only the amount of the food materials and the amount of the seasonings as the average value. If it is already stored, it is possible to change the usage amount of the food and the usage amount of the seasonings to the changed average value by storing the virtual restaurant name and the food name as keys.

The average value of the use amount of the ingredients and the average value of the use amount of the spices are the information to be used as the usage amount value by default when the menu is created by utilizing the food information contents provided basically without searching and utilizing the food information contents created by others.

The food name retrieved from the UI using the accumulated food information contents provided by the menu plate editing unit is used as a retrieval key of the food information contents stored in the food information DB.

The menu plate information DB stores menu plate information created by the user through the menu plate editing section for each store. That is, the information constituting the menu plate produced for each store is stored. According to an aspect of the invention, information including a reciprocal of a restaurant, a theme selected from the provided menu plate theme, menu plate component placement information, a food menu to be provided, and the like are stored.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the web server further comprises a dictionary DB. The Smart Menu Version system provides a service for translating menu pages in various languages. It is not necessary to create a foreign language menu in each language in advance and to make a Korean menu board and then to translate the translated page from the web server according to the request of the customer using the menu if necessary Method.

The foreign languages providing the translation are Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Thai, Russian, Indonesian and so on.

Dictionary DB is a dictionary database in various languages for food names, food names, spice names, cooking forms and tastes. According to an aspect of the invention, a Korean word and a country name or a predefined country code can be retrieved from the DB using a key.

The web server finds a corresponding translated word for all the words included in the translated menu page in the client application, composes the translated menu page, and transmits the page to the requested client application.

However, in the case of inputting a new word which is not stored in the dictionary DB when the menu plate is produced through the menu plate editing unit, that is, the name of the food, the name of the food or the name of the spice or the type or taste of the cooking, And requests the operator to register in the dictionary DB without inputting them. At this time, the request method can transmit a text message to the registered number and transmit the request e-mail to the registered e-mail address. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the menu plate edition unit of the web server may include means for adjusting the usage amount of the food ingredients and the usage amount of the seasonings, that is, the UI and the food ingredient That is, it is possible to provide means for adding UI and seasoning, that is, a UI.

The menu edition editing unit can retrieve the food information contents for the food menu created by the other person through the search provided to utilize the food information contents created by the other person.

A UI for displaying the information of the food information contents of the searched third person and adjusting the usage amount of the ingredients and the usage amount of the seasoning. Accordingly, the user can create a menu that adjusts the amount of usage according to the user through the UI.

The menu edition editing unit may further provide a means for adding a food ingredient to the information of the retrieved food information contents of other people, that is, a UI. Accordingly, the user can configure the food information according to his / her food menu through the corresponding UI.

The menu plate editing unit can provide means for adding seasoning to the information of the retrieved food information contents of other people, that is, a UI. Accordingly, the user can configure the food information according to his / her food menu through the corresponding UI.

3 is a diagram of an embodiment of a UI for adding a configuration of a food menu in a menu plate editor of a smart menu plate system. Referring to FIG. 3, the screen of FIG. 3 may be an example of a UI displayed when a specific food information content is selected from the list of search results of FIG. Therefore, it is possible to add the ingredients or adjust the amount of the used ingredients according to the user's menu through the UI provided based on the food information contents created by others. In addition, the spices can be adjusted in the same manner for their own menus.

When the adjustment is completed, the user can register the food information contents by clicking the registration button, and the registered list can be displayed on the corresponding UI screen. According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a means for previewing a menu plate configuration screen including currently registered food.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the menu plate edition unit of the web server may provide the menu configuration template and the basic food information content. The menu configuration template is a template provided to easily and conveniently configure the menu plate. However, each component of the template provided for increasing the degree of freedom of the menu plate configuration can be provided in a form that can be rearranged.

The menu configuration template is provided in the form of a UI, that is, a means for selecting the theme information of the menu plate, a component to be displayed, and component placement information, and the component placement information includes a position Changes and changes together.

The basic food information contents are food information contents provided so as to constitute a food menu when the food name is inputted.

A list of food ingredients for the inputted food names, an average usage amount of the ingredients, a list of spices, an average usage amount of the spices, basic cooking information contents in which the cooking form and taste are inputted. The food information contents may further include information other than the name of the food, the name of the food and the amount of the food, the name of the spice, the amount of the spice, the form and taste of the food.

The amount of food ingredients and the amount of spices used in the food information contents are provided by inputting the average consumption amount of the stored ingredients and the average consumption amount of the seasonings.

The menu edition editor displays the information of the basic food information contents, and then provides the user with a means for adjusting the usage amount of the ingredients and the usage amount of the seasonings, that is, the UI. Accordingly, the user can create a menu that adjusts the amount of usage according to the user through the UI.

The menu plate editing unit may further provide a means for adding the ingredients to the information of the basic food information contents, that is, a UI. Accordingly, the user can configure the food information according to his / her food menu through the corresponding UI.

The menu edition editing unit can provide a means for adding seasoning to the information of basic food information contents, that is, a UI. Accordingly, the user can configure the food information according to his / her food menu through the corresponding UI.

Referring to FIG. 3, the screen of FIG. 3 may be an example of a UI for displaying food information contents for a food menu provided as basic food information contents to add food information contents. Accordingly, it is possible to add the ingredients or adjust the amount of the used food according to the user's menu through the UI provided based on the provided basic food information contents. In addition, the spices can be adjusted in the same manner for their own menus.

When the adjustment is completed, the user can register the food information contents by clicking the registration button, and the registered list can be displayed on the corresponding UI screen. According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a means for previewing a menu plate configuration screen including currently registered food.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the food information displayed in the client application of the smart terminal may include caloric information calculated from the amount of food and seasoning used.

The client application of the smart terminal may be executed in a user mode in which the customer can order food. The menu information of the menu displayed on the client application execution screen of the user mode may include information on the calories of the food, which is calculated from the used food and spices, the food use amount of the food, and the seasoning usage.

Rather than providing uniformized calorie information for the food menu, calories from the ingredients and spices used to enhance the accuracy of the calorie information are calculated and displayed.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the menu displayed on the client application of the smart terminal may include an area for displaying a foreign language list for translation.

4 is an example of a screen displayed on the client application by the menu plate produced in the smart menu plate system. Referring to FIG. 4, a food menu provided by a restaurant can be confirmed through a client application. The customer can check the food information contents provided by selecting the food menu list provided in the menu displayed on the client application operating in the user mode, and order the food. Also, in the case of foreign tourists, a menu can be displayed in a language selected from a translation list provided so that the user can understand the translated menu.

Referring to FIG. 4, a translitable foreign language list is provided as a UI in the form of a button on the upper right of the screen of FIG. When a specific foreign language button is selected from the translational foreign language list provided by the client application of the smart terminal, the client application can download the translated menu page from the web server and display the menu page in the corresponding language. That is, when one of the translations of the foreign language list selected in the menu displayed in the user mode of the client application is selected, the client application can receive the translated menu from the web server and display it on the screen.

According to the aspect of the invention, there are a variety of foreign languages that can be translated. For foreign tourists, Chinese, Japanese, English, Arabic, Thai, Russian, Indonesian, etc. can be provided as translational foreign languages.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the menu plate edition of the web server may provide a means to add food information content for side dishes. The smart menu version does not require a printing process, so even if the side dishes provided daily are changed a little, the food information on the side dishes can be easily modified and provided to the customer.

According to another aspect of the invention, the menu edition editor can retrieve the food information contents created by the other person with respect to the side dishes provided with the food menu to be sold, reuse the retrieved information, and add or change the menu information.

Referring to the example shown in FIG. 2, the UI inputs a food name for a side dish to be searched in a search word input field that can be searched for a food name, inputs, for example, "kimchi" A list corresponding to the result is displayed. If you click on a specific result in the list, detailed information of the result is displayed. After confirming the information, it is decided whether to utilize it in creating a menu plate, and if a selection is made, a UI for adding food information for the side dish Move.

The menu edition editor can retrieve the food information contents for the side dishes created by the other person through the search provided to utilize the food information contents for the side dishes created by the other person.

After displaying the information of the food information contents for the side dishes of the searched others, the user further provides a means for controlling the usage amount of the ingredients and the usage amount of the seasonings, that is, a UI. Accordingly, the user can create a menu that adjusts the amount of usage according to the user through the UI.

The menu plate edition unit may further provide a means for adding a food ingredient to the information of the food information contents for the side dishes of the searched third person, that is, a UI. Accordingly, the user can configure the food information according to the side dishes he / she provides through the UI.

The menu plate edition unit can provide a means for adding seasoning to the information of the food information contents for the side dishes of the searched others, that is, a UI. Accordingly, the user can configure the food information according to the side dishes he / she provides through the UI.

Referring to FIG. 3, the screen of FIG. 3 may be an example of a UI displayed when a specific food information content is selected from a list of search results of food information contents for a side dish created by another person. Therefore, it is possible to add the ingredients or adjust the amount of the used ingredients according to the user's menu through the UI provided based on the food information contents for the side dishes created by the others. In addition, the spices can be adjusted in the same manner for their own menus.

When the adjustment is completed, the user can register the food information contents by clicking the registration button, and the registered list can be displayed on the corresponding UI screen. According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a means for previewing a menu plate configuration screen including currently registered food.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the menu plate edition unit of the web server may further provide preview means.

The menu plate editor can provide a preview means for identifying menu plates being produced or changed. Make sure that the information entered by the user during the production or change of the menu plate is displayed to the customer in advance, and make or change the menu plate.

When a customer orders food through a smart menu, the order entry can be entered directly into the POS payment terminal used at the restaurant. According to the aspect of the invention, the employee can check the food order selected by the customer in the smart menu and input the order details to the POS payment terminal.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and similarities that may occur to those skilled in the art. The claims are intended to cover such modifications.

100: Web server
200: smart terminal
300: POS payment terminal

Claims (9)

A web server for browsing food information contents created by others with respect to the food menu and reusing the retrieved information to produce a menu board or a means for changing the prepared menu board;
At least one smart terminal in which a client application for accessing a web server in an administrator mode to create or change a menu and accessing a web server in a user mode and ordering food received from the received menu is installed and executed; And
A POS (Point of Sales) payment terminal for receiving order information in cooperation with a smart terminal;
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The food information content includes a name of a food, a name of the food, a usage amount of the food, a name of the spice, a usage amount of the spice, a cooking form, and a taste.
The method according to claim 1,
The web server includes a food information DB in which food information contents inputted when making or changing a menu plate through a menu plate editing unit and a menu plate information DB in which the manufactured menu plate information is stored for each store, And then calculates and saves the average consumption of the ingredients and spices in the food.
3. The method of claim 2,
The web server further includes a dictionary DB for translating food names, food names, season names, cooking forms and tastes into various languages,
A smart menu plate system that requests an operator to register in a dictionary DB when entering a new food name, a food ingredient name, a spice name, a cooking form, or a taste that is not in the dictionary DB when the menu plate is produced through the menu plate editor.
The method according to claim 1,
The menu edition editing unit provides a means for the user to adjust the usage amount of the ingredients and the usage amount of the seasonings, the means for adding the ingredients and the means for adding the seasonings on the screen displaying the food information contents created by the others.
3. The method of claim 2,
The menu editor compiles a menu structure template that can be rearranged for the menu plate, a list of ingredients for the name of the food, an average usage of the ingredients, a list of spices, an average usage of the spices, Provide,
A smart menu plate system that provides a means for the user to adjust the amount of food used and the amount of spice used, the means to add ingredients and the means to add spice.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the menu information of the menu displayed in the user mode of the client application of the smart terminal includes calorie information of the food calculated from the consumed food and spices and the consumed food and spice consumption of the food.
The method according to claim 1,
The client application of the smart terminal displays a menu plate translated from the selected language in the user menu and displayed on the screen from the web server when one of the translated foreign language lists is selected.
The method according to claim 1,
The menu plate edition unit provides a means for searching for food information contents created by others with respect to the side dishes provided with the food menu to be sold and adding or changing the retrieved information to the menu plate.
The method according to claim 1,
The menu plate editor provides a preview means for identifying menu plates being produced or changed.

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