Wireless electronic menu device and ordering system containing the same device

Abstract

The present invention discloses a wireless electronic menu device, which comprises a menu body and a menu base, wherein a plurality of menus is placed on the menu body; a photo-sensor is used to automatically detect the menu the customer is reading; an induction stylus is pointed to the menu and emits a signal to indicate the coordinates of the position it is pointed to; the menu body collects the related data and transfers the data to the menu base with a wired communication device or a wireless communication device; the menu base retrieves the data corresponding to the coordinates, such as voice, audio, text, image and video data, from its storage device or an external storage device; the menu base presents the multimedia data to aid the customers to acquire meal information and order meals. The present invention also discloses an ordering system containing the abovementioned wireless electronic menu device. The present invention can provide more detailed and consistent meal information for customers to help customers order meals by themselves. Thereby, the present invention can reduce the manpower cost of the food-service industry.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a wireless electronic menu device and an ordering system containing the same device. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] With the population of wireless networks, all the various professions zealously utilize information technology and wireless communication to reduce manpower cost and promote customers' satisfaction. [0005] In the food-service industry, the general e-business solution is that a waitperson takes a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), which is cooperated with a computer management system, to order meals for customers; thereby, the time of waiting for meals to be served is shortened, and the utilization rate of dining tables is increased. [0006] However, such a solution has the following problems: [0007] 1. As PDA has a small screen, a complicated operating steps and a high price and is easy to drop, wireless PDA meal-ordering devices are not operated by custo...

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Benefits of technology

[0025] In further another embodiment of the wireless electronic menu device of the present invention, the material of the menus allows the electromagnetic induction panel to sense the signal emitted by the induction stylus.

[0038] In further another embodiment of the ordering system of the present invention, the material of the menus allows the electromagnetic induction panel to sense the signal emitted by the induction stylus.

[0046] 5. The menu of the present invention may have a format for customers' satisfaction investigation to improve skills of the restaurant management.

Problems solved by technology

However, such a solution has the following problems: 1.

As PDA has a small screen, a complicated operating steps and a high price and is easy to drop, wireless PDA meal-ordering devices are not operated by customers but by waitpersons.

Consequently, the objective of reducing manpower cost is not achieved in the solution.

Thus, customers' satisfaction is not effectively promoted in the solution.

As a matter of fact, the employees of the food-service industry are usually part-time workers and have a high labor turnover rate.

They are hard to effectively accumulate the professional knowledge of food and drink.

As PDA's do not stay with customers, the incidental services during dining, such as cutleries, paper towels, seasonings, or free beverages, usually cannot be timely served.

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