KR20120051873A - Order system for using touch pannel - Google Patents

Abstract

An ordering system using a touch panel is disclosed. The ordering system using the touch panel of the present invention simply provides detailed menu information to a user using a restaurant such as a user interface of the touch panel, so that the user can easily order through a touch panel without having to place an order directly with a guide. The waiting time for ordering can be shortened. In addition, the payment amount can be calculated according to the transmitted order information, and the calculated amount can be settled by the payment method selected by the user. Payment can be made using a variety of payment means.

Description

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The present invention relates to an ordering system using a touch panel, and more particularly, to a system and a method for easily providing a user with menu information and ordering a selected menu in a restaurant.

In general, when using a restaurant, when a customer enters a restaurant, he or she is guided by a receptionist, receives a menu, selects a dish, places an order, eats the dish, and then uses the restaurant.

At present, these processes are performed through conversations with guides for each process, causing inconvenience to customers using restaurants.

First, it is difficult for the customer to obtain information on the food handled in the restaurant. Most menus contain images only for the name of the dish, price, brief description, and representative dish, and this information alone will make it difficult for the first-time customers to choose the dish that best suits their taste. .

In addition, there is a problem that the waiting time until the order is entered after the customer selects a dish or the waiting time is long in the calculation. The customer calls the receptionist for the order, and the receptionist must come to the customer to place an order. However, if the number of guides is small compared to the size of the restaurant or is busy during business hours, the waiting time for the receptionist to come after the call or the waiting time in the calculation becomes longer.

In addition, there is a problem that the customer does not know the progress after the cooking order. The customer never knows what is going on, whether the dish the customer ordered has been cooked, what dish is being cooked, and how long is the estimated total time to cook.

In addition, there is a problem that there is a shortage of services provided to the customer while the customer waits for cooking. If a customer has a long time from ordering a dish to serving a dish, or a customer without a companion, or a customer who is in a hurry even if there is a companion, it can be boring.

In addition, there is a problem that the restaurant owner is difficult to manage the customer efficiently. It is almost impossible for a restaurant owner to remember customers who use a restaurant, and to remember all of the food ordered by the restaurant owner. You may have difficulty managing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to easily provide menu information on a touch panel to a user who uses a restaurant and to easily order.

An ordering system using a touch panel according to the present invention for solving the above problems includes a touch panel and an ordering unit.

The user interface unit provides a user interface (UI) on the surface of the touch panel, receives a touch signal from the user, and when the order unit receives an order signal as a touch signal, transmits the order information to the manager terminal.

Due to this configuration, the user can easily order detailed menu information through a user interface using a user interface, so that the user can easily place an order through the touch panel without having to place an order directly with a receptionist, thereby reducing the waiting time for the order. have.

In addition, the order system using the touch panel according to the present invention may further include an amount calculation unit for calculating a payment amount according to the transmitted order information.

This allows the user to select a menu that suits his budget.

In addition, the order system using the touch panel according to the present invention may further include an amount payment unit for paying the calculated amount by the payment means selected by the user.

As a result, the user can make payments using various payment methods such as mobile phone payment, in addition to cash, card, and point payment, which are existing payment methods in restaurants, and can shorten waiting time for payment.

In addition, when the menu information request signal is input as a touch signal, the order system using the touch panel according to the present invention provides menu information on the surface of the touch panel and provides detailed menu information corresponding to the position of the touch signal input from the user. It may further include a menu information providing unit.

Accordingly, the user can easily provide more detailed information for each menu than the menu board provided by the existing restaurant.

In addition, the ordering system using the touch panel according to the present invention may further include a product code recognition unit for recognizing a code of a product registered in advance, and provides corresponding product information.

Thus, when a user wants to know detailed information of a product sold in a restaurant, the user can easily receive product information by recognizing a code attached to the product without having to find it directly in the product guide.

In addition, the order system using the touch panel according to the present invention may further include an order state providing unit for providing a progress state of an ordered menu when an order state request signal is input from a user.

Because of this, the user can be notified immediately of the progress after the menu order, so that it is easy to understand why the menu is delayed even if it takes a long time after the menu order, or if a menu of another user who has been ordered late is provided first. .

In addition, the order system using the touch panel according to the present invention may further include an order information management unit for storing the user's order information corresponding to the user.

Therefore, when the user revisits the restaurant later, the user may recommend a menu suitable for the user's preference or provide various benefits according to the amount of use or the number of visits.

In addition, the ordering system using the touch panel according to the present invention may further include a game content providing unit that provides game content when a game request signal is input as a touch signal.

This allows the user to play the game during the waiting time before the menu is provided after the order, so that the waiting time is not bored.

In addition, the touch panel may be implemented in a form mounted on a table.

As a result, the user can perform menu search, menu order, progress check, game execution, as well as placing the provided menu on the spot without eating.

In addition, the touch panel may be a multi-touch panel that separates and recognizes touch signals input simultaneously from a plurality of users.

As a result, each user may be simultaneously provided with the desired information or function in one touch panel.

The user interface unit may include a touch coordinate recognition unit, a group generator, a movement detector, and a group function execution unit.

The touch coordinate recognizer may recognize a plurality of input touch signal coordinates, and the group generator may generate touch coordinates having a pattern corresponding to a preset condition as a group by analyzing a pattern of touch coordinates.

In addition, the movement detector may detect movement of touch coordinates in the group, and the group function execution unit may execute a function corresponding to the sensed movement.

According to the present invention, by simply providing detailed menu information to a user using a restaurant by using a touch panel user interface, the user can easily order through a touch panel without having to place an order directly with a guide, thereby reducing the waiting time for the user. can do.

In addition, since the payment amount can be calculated according to the order information transmitted by the present invention, and the calculated amount can be paid by the payment means selected by the user, the user can select a menu according to his / her budget, In addition to the existing payment methods such as cash, card, point payment, payment can be made using various payment methods such as mobile phone payment.

In addition, according to the present invention, the user can provide detailed information of a selected menu among menu information on the surface of the touch panel, or provide detailed information of a corresponding product by recognizing a code of a product registered in advance. Or you can easily get detailed information of the product.

In addition, since the progress of the menu ordered by the present invention can be provided, even if it takes a long time after the menu order or the menu of another user who ordered late is provided first, the user can easily understand why the menu is delayed. Can be.

In addition, since the present invention can store the user's order information corresponding to the user, when the user later visits the restaurant, the user recommends a menu suitable for the preference, or provides various benefits according to the amount of use or the number of visits. Can provide.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing an embodiment of an order system configuration using a touch panel according to the present invention;
2 illustrates an embodiment in which a touch panel is mounted on a table.
3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a product code recognition unit recognizes a code of a product.
4 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an embodiment of a user interface unit configuration.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to more clearly understand the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in different drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an embodiment of a configuration of an ordering system 100 using a touch panel according to the present invention.

The ordering system 100 using the touch panel includes a user interface unit 110, an ordering unit 120, an amount calculating unit 130, an amount payment unit 140, a menu information providing unit 150, and a product code recognition unit ( 160, an order status providing unit 170, an order information managing unit 180, and a game content providing unit 190.

The user interface unit 110 provides a user interface (UI) on the surface of the touch panel and receives a touch signal from a user. The touch panel is a multi-touch panel that separates and recognizes a touch signal simultaneously input from a plurality of users. Can be.

Since the multiple touch panels applicable to the touch panel of the present invention can recognize up to 20 touch signals simultaneously, multiple users can simultaneously receive information or functions desired by each user from one touch panel.

In addition, since the touch panel may be implemented in a form of being mounted on a table by widening the range of the PC monitor (FIG. 2), the user may not only execute various contents provided, but also use a table on which a cooked menu is placed without additional movement. Can also be used.

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a touch panel is mounted on a table.

Referring back to FIG. 1, when the order signal is input as a touch signal through the user interface 110, the order unit 120 transmits order information to an external manager terminal 200.

The order information may include information such as a touch panel identification number, an order time, an order menu, and quantity, and the manager terminal 200 may sequentially prepare a menu corresponding to the received order information according to the order time.

Due to the configuration of the user interface 110 and the ordering unit 120, menu information can be easily provided to a user who uses a restaurant by using a user interface, so that the user does not have to place an order directly with a guide. It can be easily ordered, reducing the waiting time for orders.

In addition, the amount calculation unit 130 may calculate the payment amount according to the order information sent to the manager terminal 200, the amount payment unit 140 selects the amount calculated by the amount calculation unit 130 from the user You can pay by means of payment.

In other words, when a user selects an order and selects a menu, the sum of the selected order menus is summed to calculate the total payment amount, and the user pays the amount of the payment in addition to cash, card, and point payment, which are existing payment methods used in most restaurants. Payment can be made using various payment methods such as mobile phone payment.

In addition, by using such a payment method, it is possible to prevent the situation in which a large number of users who finish the meal waiting to receive a payment directly from the manager terminal 200, and can shorten the time required for payment.

In addition, when the menu information request signal is input as a touch signal through the user interface unit 110, the menu information providing unit 150 provides menu information on the surface of the touch panel and corresponds to the position of the touch signal input from the user. Detailed menu information can be provided.

The menu information request signal may be input to the menu information provider 150 when each menu section of the user interface displayed on the screen of the touch panel is touched.

In addition, the product code recognition unit 160 may recognize a code of a product registered in advance, and may provide corresponding product information.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a product code recognition unit 160 recognizes a code of a product.

That is, the detailed information of the product sold in the restaurant using the system 100 of the present embodiment is stored in advance in the product code recognition unit 160, and the code attached to the product is connected to the product code recognition unit 160 Recognizing through the RFID reader 300 which is present, it can provide the corresponding product information.

Therefore, when a user wants to know detailed information of a product sold in a restaurant, the user can easily receive the product information only by recognizing a code attached to the product, without having to find it directly in the product guide or menu information provided.

In addition, according to a touch signal input to the user interface unit 110 from the user who has received the corresponding product information in the product code recognition unit 160, the ordering unit 120 receives the order information of the corresponding product from the external manager terminal 200. ), The amount calculator 130 may calculate a payment amount according to the order information of the corresponding product transmitted to the manager terminal 200, and the amount payment unit 140 selects the calculated amount from the user. Payment can be made by a payment method.

In addition, the order status providing unit 170 may provide a progress state of an ordered menu when an order status request signal is input as a touch signal from the user through the user interface unit 110.

The progress of the ordered menu refers to the overall progress of the cooking process such as how many menus ordered by the user are to be cooked, what menu is being cooked, and how long the cooking time takes.

When the manager inputs the progress state of the menu in real time to the manager terminal 200 in real time the progress state of the cooking process, and transmits to the order state providing unit 170, the user wants to know the progress state after the menu order, Since it is possible to know the progress in real time, even if it takes a long time after the menu order or the menu of another user who ordered late is provided first, the user can easily understand why the menu is delayed.

In addition, the order information management unit 180 may store the user's order information corresponding to the user, so, when the user later visits the restaurant, the user recommends a menu suitable for the user's preference using the stored order information. Alternatively, the user may provide various benefits such as a beverage service or a discounted payment amount according to the accumulated use amount or the number of visits of the user.

In addition, when the game request signal is input as a touch signal from the user through the user interface unit 110, the game content provider 190 may provide the game content stored in advance. During the waiting time, the user can use the game content, so that the waiting time is not bored.

The game content may be game content that can be used by two or more users in addition to one person. In the case of game content that can be used by two or more users, multiple touch signals are simultaneously input from a plurality of users. The signal controller 112 separates and recognizes multiple touch signals input to the user interface unit 110, so that two or more users can simultaneously play a game on one touch panel.

In addition, the ordering system 100 using the touch panel according to the present invention has the same purpose as the game content providing unit 190, so that the user does not get bored during the waiting time until the menu is provided after the order, video, audio It can also provide multimedia files such as images, flashes, and text.

4 is a block diagram schematically showing an embodiment of a user interface unit 110 configuration. The user interface unit 110 includes a touch coordinate recognition unit 112, a group generation unit 114, a movement detection unit 116, And a group function execution unit 118.

The touch coordinate recognition unit 112 may recognize the coordinates of the plurality of touch signals input from the user.

That is, when the user interface is displayed on the screen of the touch panel, one or more users touch the screen corresponding to the content to be executed, and the touch coordinate recognition unit 114 simultaneously or sequentially inputs the coordinates of the touch signals. Can be recognized.

The group generator 114 may analyze the pattern of the touch coordinates and generate the group of touch coordinates of a pattern corresponding to a preset condition in a predetermined pattern.

The group generator 114 may include a coordinate map manager, a pattern analyzer, a pattern extractor, and a group setter. In detail, a process of grouping touch coordinates is performed by matching the touch coordinates with the touch panel in the coordinate map manager. After adding to the coordinate data map, the pattern analyzer may analyze the pattern by extracting coordinates located within a preset range from the coordinates added to the coordinate data map.

At this time, extraction of coordinates for pattern analysis is performed between a preset number (for example, 2 to 5) and preset coordinates among coordinates positioned within a preset range according to the configuration of a user interface provided on the screen of the touch panel. Only touch coordinates corresponding to a distance may be extracted.

It is preferable that a function corresponding to the touch coordinates is executed immediately without generating the touch coordinates that do not correspond to the preset number as a group.

In addition, the pattern analysis of the extracted touch coordinates may analyze the number of coordinates, the shape of the touch coordinates, the distance between the correct coordinates, and the like.

Next, the pattern extractor extracts the patterns included in the preset similarity condition by comparing the analyzed pattern with the stored patterns, and the group setter extracts similarity between the analyzed pattern and the preset reference value among the extracted patterns. If there is a similar pattern having, the touch coordinates constituting the analyzed pattern may be grouped.

In this case, the similarity more than a preset value means an allowable error of each pattern analysis result.

That is, if there is a pattern (similar pattern) having the same pattern analysis result as the analyzed pattern among the extracted patterns (error is 0), the touch coordinates constituting the analyzed pattern may be grouped.

In addition, when there is a pattern (similar pattern) having a pattern analysis result having a fine error with the analyzed pattern among the extracted patterns (errors allowable error), the touch coordinates constituting the analyzed pattern may be grouped.

A center axis (a center axis formed by touch coordinates in the group) is generated in the set group, and the group generator 114 may store the group in the group function execution unit 118 in association with the most similar pattern (the most similar pattern). have.

Due to the configurations of the group generator 114, the touch coordinates distributed to the touch panel may be classified into meaningful groups, so that a corresponding function for each group may be simultaneously performed on one touch panel.

The movement detector 116 may detect movement of touch coordinates in the group, and may include a movement analyzer and a function execution request unit. Looking at this in detail, the movement analyzer determines movement of the touch coordinates in the group. After the analysis, it may be checked whether the detected movement is included among the preset movements in the highest similar pattern.

That is, the movement analyzer analyzes the movement of all touch coordinates in the group when the movement is detected with respect to at least one touch coordinate among the touch coordinates of the group or the addition or decrease of the touch coordinates in the group. Or move in the opposite direction, in the same direction, the direction of movement is outward, inward, etc.).

If the two diagonal touch coordinates are moved several times shortly in opposite directions to the outside, it is checked whether the most similar pattern includes the same movement among the preset possible movements. For example, the movements and functions that are possible for each pattern may be set in advance.

Then, the movement analyzer checks whether the best-like pattern includes the same movement as the detected movement among the preset possible movements, and the function execution requesting unit determines if the detected movement is included in the preset movements. The group function execution unit 118 may be requested to execute the corresponding specific function.

Due to the configuration of the movement detecting unit 116, in addition to the function that can be performed by moving one touch coordinate, all the functions that can be performed by moving a plurality of touch coordinates can be performed. You can do

The group function execution unit 118 may execute a function corresponding to the sensed movement requested to be executed on the screen of the touch panel.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

Ordering system using 100 touch panel
110 User Interface
112 touch coordinate recognition unit
114 Group Generator
116 Movement detector
118 Group Function Execution Unit
120 orders
130 amount of money calculation department
140 amount of payment
150 Menu information provider
160 product code recognition unit
170 Order Status Provider
180 Order Information Management Department
190 game content provider
200 manager terminal
300 RFID Reader

Claims (11)

A user interface unit providing a user interface (UI) on a surface of the touch panel and receiving a touch signal from a user; And
An order unit which transmits order information to a manager terminal when an order signal is input as the touch signal; Ordering system using a touch panel comprising a. The method of claim 1,
An amount calculator configured to calculate a payment amount according to the transmitted order information; Ordering system using a touch panel further comprising a. The method of claim 2,
An amount payment unit which pays the calculated amount by a payment means selected from a user; Ordering system using a touch panel further comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein
A menu information providing unit providing menu information on a surface of the touch panel when the menu information request signal is input as the touch signal and providing detailed menu information corresponding to a position of a touch signal input from a user; Ordering system using a touch panel further comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein
A product code recognition unit recognizing a code of a product registered in advance and providing corresponding product information; Ordering system using a touch panel further comprising a. The method according to claim 4 or 5,
An order status providing unit providing a progress status of an ordered menu when an order status request signal is input from a user; Ordering system using a touch panel further comprising a. The method according to claim 6,
An order information manager to store the order information of the user corresponding to the user; Ordering system using a touch panel further comprising a The method of claim 7, wherein
A game content provider configured to provide game content when a game request signal is input as the touch signal; Ordering system using a touch panel further comprising a. The method of claim 8,
The touch panel includes:
Ordering system using a touch panel, characterized in that implemented in the form mounted on the table. The method of claim 9,
The touch panel includes:
Ordering system using a touch panel, characterized in that the multi-touch panel for separating and recognizing touch signals input simultaneously from a plurality of users. The method of claim 10,
The user interface unit,
A touch coordinate recognition unit recognizing a plurality of input touch signal coordinates;
A group generator for analyzing the patterns of the touch coordinates and generating touch coordinates of a pattern meeting a preset condition as a group;
A movement detector for detecting movement of touch coordinates in the group; And
A group function execution unit executing a function corresponding to the sensed movement; Ordering system using a touch panel comprising a.

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