JP2012174225A - Order input terminal, order input system, order input method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability when selecting an order item that is input in the past again.SOLUTION: An order input terminal includes a display part for displaying information, and an order information storage part for storing order information showing order items that are input. The order input terminal changes a display mode for order items shown by the order information stored in the order information storage part from a display mode for order items that are not stored in the order information storage part and displays the items on the display part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for inputting customer orders at restaurants and the like.

In restaurants and the like where floor staff (waiters / waitres) receive orders from customers and provide food, handy terminals, which are order input terminals for inputting customer orders, are used. For example, in such an order input system using a handy terminal, when a floor staff asks a customer about the order contents, enters the order contents into the handy terminal and presses a send button, the controller or controller is a management device. Order information is transmitted to the printer and stored. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen of such a handy terminal. For example, in the initial screen, order item categories such as “sashimi”, “one dish”, and “beer” are displayed. When “beer” is selected from this category, a screen showing specific order items as shown in the figure is displayed. Is done. Since a plurality of order items cannot be displayed on the screen at a time, it is common to sort the order items in advance for each category in this way and display them in a hierarchical structure.
Here, for example, particularly in pubs and the like, customers often order the same product as a substitute. Therefore, in Patent Document 1, a “replacement” key is provided in the order input terminal, and when this key is pressed, a list of order items input in the past in the order input terminal is displayed. The technology to place an order is described.

Japanese Patent No. 4125640

However, in the above-described technology, for example, when there are a large number of order items input at a large party, all the large number of order items are displayed in a list. It may be buried inside and harder to find.
In addition, even when trying to input according to the hierarchical structure, there is a problem that it is difficult to find a target menu because similar menus are arranged in the same category.
On the other hand, if the customer does not use the self-terminal that inputs the order by himself and the floor staff places an additional order at the handy terminal, the customer additionally orders the same item, without saying the menu name of the order content, for example, , I often point to a vacant glass and make an order such as “the same thing”. When such an order is received, there are multiple similar menus in the same category, so it is not possible to immediately determine which menu the floor staff is based on the shape of tableware such as glasses, and a different menu for the customer There was a risk of returning the name and reducing the customer's image of the store. In any case, it is desirable that such order reception be performed efficiently and quickly and accurately.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and provides an order input terminal, an order input system, and an order input method that improve operability when an order item input in the past is selected again.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is an order input terminal that includes a display unit that displays information and generates order information based on an order item that is input in response to a customer order. An order item storage unit that stores order items that can be received, an order information storage unit that stores order information including the input order items, and an order item input upon receipt of a customer order A display control unit that reads out the order item from the order item storage unit and displays it on the display unit as an order item input screen. The display control unit includes an order information storage unit among the order items displayed on the order item input screen. The display mode of the order item included in the order information stored in is changed from the display mode of the order item not stored in the order information storage unit and is displayed on the display unit.

  Further, the present invention is an order input terminal in an order input system, wherein the order input terminal includes a plurality of order input terminals and a management device connected to the plurality of order input terminals, and is input to the management device. A transmission unit that transmits order information generated based on the ordered items, a reception unit that receives order information input to another order input terminal from the management device, and an order information that stores the order information received by the reception unit And an order information registration unit to be stored in the unit.

  Further, the present invention accepts an input of an instruction to display an order item included in the order information stored in the order information storage unit so as to be distinguishable from other order items for the order item displayed on the order item input screen. The display control unit includes an input unit, and when an instruction is input to the input unit, among the order items to be displayed on the order item input screen, an order item included in the order information stored in the order information storage unit is displayed. The display form is changed from the display form of the order items not stored in the order information storage unit and displayed on the display unit.

  In addition, the present invention includes a display unit for displaying information, and is connected to a plurality of order input terminals that generate order information based on an order item input in response to a customer order, and the plurality of order input terminals An order input system comprising a management device, wherein an order input terminal stores an order item storage unit storing order items that can be ordered, and order information including the input order items. A first order information storage unit, a transmission unit for transmitting order information generated based on the input order item to the management device, and an order information request unit for transmitting an order information request to the management device A receiving unit that receives the order information that is transmitted from the management device in response to the order information request transmitted by the order information request unit and that is input to another order input terminal; Store in the order information storage unit Order information registration unit, and a display control unit that reads out the order item from the order item storage unit and displays it on the display unit as an order item input screen for receiving the customer's order and inputting the order item. Is stored in the first order information storage unit, the order item display form included in the order information stored in the first order information storage unit among the order items displayed on the order item input screen. The management apparatus displays a second order information storage unit storing order information transmitted from the order input terminal and an order transmitted from the order input terminal. A transmission unit that reads and transmits the order information stored in the second order information storage unit in response to the information request.

  The present invention also includes a display unit for displaying information, an order item storage unit for storing order items that can be ordered, and order information indicating order items that are input in response to customer orders. An order input terminal having a stored order information storage unit reads an order item from the order item storage unit and displays it on the display unit as an order item input screen in order to input an order item upon receiving a customer's order. And the order item display form included in the order information stored in the order information storage unit among the order items displayed on the order item input screen, display of the order items not stored in the order information storage unit An order input method comprising: changing from a form to displaying on a display unit.

  As described above, according to the present invention, an order input terminal including a display unit that displays information and an order information storage unit that stores order information indicating an input order item is stored in the order information storage. Since the display form of the order item indicated by the order information stored in the part is changed from the display form of the order item not stored in the order information storage part and displayed on the display part, it has been input in the past. It is possible to provide an order input terminal, an order input system, and an order input method that improve operability when selecting an order item again.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the order management system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the external appearance of the order management system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen of the handy terminal by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the order management system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen of the handy terminal by a prior art.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an order management system 1 according to the present embodiment. The order management system 1 includes a computer device including a controller 10 and a handy terminal 20.
FIG. 2 is an external view showing the external appearance of such an order management system 1. Here, the printer 30 is shown in addition to the controller 10 and the handy terminal 20. The handy terminal 20 is an order input terminal carried by a floor staff who receives orders from customers in restaurants such as restaurants. Here, although one handy terminal 20 is shown and described, the order management system 1 can include a plurality of handy terminals 20. The handy terminal 20 has a function of performing wireless communication with the controller 10 or the printer 30. The controller 10 and the printer 30 each have a function of performing wireless or wired communication.

  Here, the controller 10 installed in the store and having the function as the management apparatus and the printing function enabled, and the printer 30 in which only the printing function is enabled while waiting for the function as the management apparatus are provided. Although shown, an arbitrary number of printers 30 can be installed according to the size of the store, the number of staff, and the like. Here, the controller 10 is installed at the front in the store, stores and manages order information transmitted from the handy terminal 20, creates an order (cooking) slip or accounting slip based on the order information, and stores slip information. Send to the outside. The printer 30 is installed near the kitchen in the store, and instructs the cooking staff to cook by printing and outputting the order slip acquired from the controller 10.

Returning to FIG. 1, the controller 10 is a computer device that stores order information transmitted from a plurality of handy terminals 20, and includes an order information storage unit 11 and a transmission / reception unit 12.
The order information storage unit 11 stores order information transmitted from the handy terminal 20. The order information includes, for example, a table number for identifying a table on which the customer is seated, a date and time when the order is input, an order item indicating the order item ordered by the customer who is seated on the table, and the order item. Information indicating the quantity ordered is included. Further, the controller 10 issues a slip number for the order information when new order information is received, and stores the slip number in the order information storage unit 11 together with the order information. This slip number is a number for identifying a visitor, like the table number.

The transmission / reception unit 12 transmits and receives information to and from the handy terminal 20 by radio. For example, the transmission / reception unit 12 receives order information transmitted from the handy terminal 20 and stores the order information in the order information storage unit 11. Further, when receiving the order information request from the handy terminal 20, the transmission / reception unit 12 reads the order information corresponding to the received order information request from the order information storage unit 11, and transmits it to the handy terminal 20 that is the transmission source of the order information request. To do.
Here, the order information request received by the transmission / reception unit 12 includes, for example, a table number. The transmission / reception unit 12 reads the order information corresponding to the table number from the order information storage unit 11 and transmits it to the handy terminal 20. To do. In this way, even when a plurality of handy terminals 20 are used by a plurality of floor staff in the store and orders from customers at one table are received by different handy terminals 20, the order information is sent to the controller 10. Can be aggregated. As a result, when the floor staff using the handy terminal 20 receives an order of “replacement”, an order received by another handy terminal 20 different from the handy terminal 20 is also recognized as an order input in the past. be able to.
Further, wireless transmission of information related to the order slip to the printer 30 can also be performed from the transmission / reception unit 12.

The handy terminal 20 includes an order item storage unit 21, an order information storage unit 22, a transmission / reception unit 23, an order information registration unit 24, a display control unit 25, an input unit 26, and a display unit 27. .
The order item storage unit 21 stores in advance order items that can be ordered. Specifically, order items that are determined in advance according to the items provided in the store are stored in association with each category. For example, the category of “alcohol” includes “large bottle of beer”, “bottle beer”, “beer (pitcher)”, “draft beer (large)”, “draft beer (medium)”, “draft beer (small)”, Order items such as “draft beer set” are stored in association with each other.

  The order information storage unit 22 stores order information including the input order item. Here, in the order information storage unit 22, the order information corresponding to the order item input to the input unit 26 included in the own handy terminal 20 and the other handy terminal 20 transmitted from the controller 10 are input. The order information of the same table number is stored.

  The transmission / reception unit 23 transmits / receives information to / from the controller 10 wirelessly. For example, the transmission / reception unit 23 transmits order information generated based on the order item input to the input unit 26 to the controller 10. Further, the transmission / reception unit 23 transmits an order information request to the controller 10 and receives order information transmitted from the controller 10 in response to the transmitted order information request. The order information transmitted from the controller 10 includes order information input to another handy terminal 20.

  The order information registration unit 24 generates order information based on the order item input to the input unit 26 and stores the order information in the order information storage unit 22. Further, the order information registration unit 24 stores the order information received by the transmission / reception unit 23 in the order information storage unit 22. Thus, the order information storage unit 22 stores the order information input to the plurality of handy terminals 20 in association with the same table number. That is, all the order information received by the handy terminal 20 of different floor staff from the same customer is stored in the order information storage unit 22.

The display control unit 25 causes the display unit 27 to display information. For example, the display control unit 25 reads an order item from the order item storage unit 21 and displays it on the display unit 27 as an order item input screen in order to input an order item upon receiving a customer order. The display control unit 25 stores the order item display form indicated by the order information stored in the order information storage unit 22 among the order items displayed on the order item input screen in the order information storage unit 22. The display unit 27 is changed from the display form of the unordered item and displayed.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 27 by the display control unit 25. Here, indexes indicating categories of “alcohol”, “one dish”, “sashimi”, “skewer”, and “vegetables” are displayed on the display unit 27 indicated by the symbol a. A display example when “Sake” is selected is shown, and each order item whose category is “Sake” is displayed on the screen. Here, the order items ordered in the past and the category including the order items are displayed by changing the display form by hatching with hatching. The categories “alcohol” and “kushi” are displayed with the display format changed, and for beer items with the category “alcohol”, “beer (medium)” is displayed with the display format changed. Has been. In this way, the floor staff can recognize at a glance which order item in which category has been ordered in the past, and responded to the order of “replacement” that is the order of the same item. Order items can be found and input efficiently and quickly. In addition, here, as an example of changing the display form, an example in which shading is applied is shown, but the color or font of the order item is changed, or the background color of the section where the order item is displayed is changed. Can be. Alternatively, a symbol indicating that the order has been completed may be displayed, or the ordered quantity may be displayed. Alternatively, such a change in the display form may be provided with, for example, a “replacement” button, and the display form may be changed when this button is pressed.

The input unit 26 receives input from the floor staff. As the input unit 26, for example, a membrane key or a touch panel that also functions as the display unit 27 can be applied. Here, the input unit 26 instructs the order item displayed on the order item input screen to display the order item included in the order information stored in the order information storage unit 22 so as to be distinguishable from other order items. An input may be accepted. In this case, after the instruction is input to the input unit 26, the display control unit 25 performs a process of changing the display mode of the order item as described above.
The display unit 27 is a display that displays information. For example, a liquid crystal display can be applied as the display. Here, the display unit 27 will be described as a touch panel that also serves as the input unit 26.

Next, an operation example of the order management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation example in which the order management system 1 inputs an order.
First, when the floor staff is called by a customer and the handy terminal 20 is activated, the handy terminal 20 starts to input an additional order (order) (step S1). Then, the handy terminal 20 receives an input of a key code (for example, a table number, a slip number, etc.) for identifying the customer (step S2). Here, the key code is a table number. Then, the handy terminal 20 transmits an order information request including the input table number to the controller 10 (step S3).

When the transmission / reception unit 12 of the controller 10 receives the order information request transmitted from the handy terminal 20, the order information storage unit displays the order information associated with the same table number as the table number included in the received order information request. 11 is retrieved and read (step S4). The transmission / reception unit 12 transmits the read order information to the handy terminal 20 (step S5).
When the transmission / reception unit 23 of the handy terminal 20 receives the order information transmitted from the controller 10, the order information registration unit 24 stores the order information received by the transmission / reception unit 23 in the order information storage unit 22. And the display control part 25 reads the order item memorize | stored in the order item memory | storage part 21, and the order information memorize | stored in the order information memory | storage part 22, The past order information is read out among the read order items. The display form of the included order items and their categories is changed to a display form of the order items and their categories not included in the past order information and displayed on the display unit 27 (step S6).

  The input unit 26 receives an input corresponding to the screen displayed on the display unit 27, and when the order is confirmed, the order information registration unit 24 generates order information based on the input order item (step S7). ). If there is further order item input, the process returns to step S6 and the input process is performed again. The transmission / reception unit 23 transmits the order information generated by the order information registration unit 24 to the controller 10 (steps S8, 9). When receiving the order information transmitted from the controller 10, the transmission / reception unit 12 of the controller 10 stores the order information in the order information storage unit 11 (step S10).

  In the present embodiment, the handy terminal 20 communicates with the controller 10 in order to obtain order information from the same store customer input to the other handy terminals 20 among the plurality of handy terminals 20. Although an example of acquiring information has been shown, for example, an IC tag having an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip having a storage function or an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag is installed in each table. You may make it memorize. For example, the handy terminal 20 is provided with a reader / writer function for communicating with the IC tag, and when order information is input to the handy terminal 20, the order information is written and stored in the IC tag. When a floor staff member having another handy terminal 20 accepts an additional order, the order information stored in the IC tag installed on the table is read out to the handy terminal 20 and the order information storage unit 22 of its own. Remember me. In this way, it is possible to acquire order information indicating the order items input to the other handy terminals 20 without communicating with the controller 10.

As described above, according to the present invention, in the order management system 1 including a plurality of handy terminals 20 and the controller 10 connected wirelessly, the order information input to the handy terminal 20 is stored in the controller 10. I made it. When an additional order is input to the handy terminal 20, the handy terminal 20 transmits a key code (table number or slip number) for identifying the customer to the controller 10, and the customer's order on the day. Get information. In the order item selection screen, for the order items that have been ordered in the past, the display form of the button for selecting the order item and the display form of the hierarchical button (category) that is the upper hierarchy including the order item are displayed. , By making the display form different from other order items (which have not received orders from the customer in the past), display is possible.
Moreover, although the order input terminal of this embodiment showed the example which is the handy terminal 20 which a floor staff carries, the order input terminal for the self-order installed in each table is provided with the same function. Can be. That is, in the order input terminal for self-order that the customer visits himself / herself, when he / she tries to input an additional order, the order item that the customer has ordered so far and the information in the higher hierarchy of the order item are: It can be displayed in a display form different from other information.

Thus, for example, when accepting an additional order at a tavern or the like, if the order is “same as this” pointing to a vacant glass, the floor staff places an order in the past by looking at the handy terminal 20 In addition, since the order item in which the order has been placed is displayed in a distinguishable manner, the order item can be easily identified on the screen.
In particular, when there are many similar categories such as A wine, B wine, C wine, D wine, etc., when an addition is instructed by pointing to an empty glass, It was difficult to identify the category, and many floor staff were confused about entering additional orders. However, according to the present invention, it becomes easy to specify the category of the order item at the time of the additional order, so that errors in the input operation of the additional order are reduced.
In addition, the order entry screen displayed here is a screen in which there are different order items and categories, but the display position of the order items and categories in the screen, the screen layout, etc. are normal. This is the same as the order entry screen. Therefore, since the input operation is the same as a normal order input operation, the floor staff does not need to learn a special operation and can be operated easily.
Further, even when the order input from the customer in the past is not performed by the handy terminal 20, the order information input to the other handy terminal 20 is acquired from other than the handy terminal 20 such as the controller 10. Therefore, anyone of the floor staff can efficiently input the same product order to any customer.

  It should be noted that a program for realizing the function of the processing unit in the present invention is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed to input an order. May be. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer system” includes a WWW system having a homepage providing environment (or display environment). The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those holding programs for a certain period of time are also included.

  The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Order management system 10 Controller 11 Order information storage part 12 Transmission / reception part 20 Handy terminal 21 Order item storage part 22 Order information storage part 23 Transmission / reception part 24 Order information registration part 25 Display control part 26 Input part 27 Display part 30 Printer

Claims (5)

An order input terminal that includes a display unit that displays information and generates order information based on an order item input in response to a customer order,
An order item storage unit in which order items that can be ordered are stored;
An order information storage unit in which order information including the input order items is stored;
A display control unit that reads out the order item from the order item storage unit and displays it on the display unit as an order item input screen in order to receive the customer's order and input the order item;
The display control unit stores, in the order information storage unit, a display form of order items included in the order information stored in the order information storage unit among the order items displayed on the order item input screen. An order entry terminal, wherein the order is changed from a display form of unordered items and displayed on the display unit. The order input terminal is the order input terminal in an order input system comprising a plurality of the order input terminals and a management device connected to the plurality of order input terminals,
A transmitter for transmitting the order information generated based on the input order item to the management device;
A receiving unit that receives the order information input to the other order input terminal from the management device;
An order information registration unit for storing the order information received by the receiving unit in the order information storage unit;
The order input terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: An input unit that receives an input of an instruction to display the order items included in the order information stored in the order information storage unit so as to be distinguishable from other order items for the order items displayed on the order item input screen. Prepared,
The display control unit includes an order item included in the order information stored in the order information storage unit among order items to be displayed on the order item input screen when the instruction is input to the input unit. The order input terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display form is changed from a display form of order items not stored in the order information storage unit and displayed on the display unit. A display unit that displays information, and a plurality of order input terminals that generate order information based on an order item that is input in response to a customer order; and a management device that is connected to the plurality of order input terminals An order entry system,
The order input terminal is
An order item storage unit in which order items that can be ordered are stored;
A first order information storage unit in which order information including the input order item is stored;
A transmitter for transmitting the order information generated based on the input order item to the management device;
An order information requesting unit for transmitting an order information request to the management device;
A receiving unit that receives the order information input to the other order input terminal, transmitted from the management device in response to the order information request transmitted by the order information requesting unit;
An order information registration unit for storing the order information received by the receiving unit in the first order information storage unit;
A display control unit that reads out the order item from the order item storage unit and displays it on the display unit as an order item input screen in order to receive the customer's order and input the order item;
The display control unit displays a display form of the order items included in the order information stored in the first order information storage unit among the order items to be displayed on the order item input screen. Change from the display form of the order items not stored in the information storage unit to display on the display unit,
The management device
A second order information storage unit for storing the order information transmitted from the order input terminal;
In response to the order information request transmitted from the order input terminal, a transmission unit that reads and transmits the order information stored in the second order information storage unit;
An order input system comprising: Order information storing a display section for displaying information, an order item storage section storing order items that can be ordered, and order information indicating an order item input in response to a customer order An order input terminal equipped with a storage unit
In order to receive the customer's order and input an order item, the order item is read from the order item storage unit and displayed on the display unit as an order item input screen;
Among the order items to be displayed on the order item input screen, the display mode of the order items included in the order information stored in the order information storage unit is displayed for the order items not stored in the order information storage unit. An order input method comprising: changing from a form and displaying on the display unit.

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