Electronic paper restaurant system and equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic paper display, in particular to an electronic paper restaurant system and equipment. An electronic paper menu label; a restaurant control terminal; an ordering input member; the server is configured to acquire first dish selection information of the ordering input piece, match corresponding first dish display information according to the first dish selection information and send the first dish display information to the electronic paper menu label, and the server is configured to acquire second dish selection information of the restaurant control terminal and send the second dish selection information to the restaurant control terminal. The corresponding second dish display information is matched according to the second dish selection information, the second dish display information is sent to the electronic paper advertising board or the electronic paper menu label, the operation cost of a restaurant is reduced, and the dining experience of customers is considered.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of electronic paper display technology, and in particular to an electronic paper restaurant system and equipment. Background Art

[0002] In the current restaurant environment, people have an increasing demand for dining experience, and customers want faster, more convenient, and more personalized services. However, in traditional restaurants, paper menus or paper billboards are usually used to display dishes and promotional information, which has some shortcomings. For example, using paper menus to order food during the ordering process requires a lot of manpower to place orders, and customers cannot obtain order status information in a timely manner; when displaying food, billboards cannot quickly and timely change display content as needed, etc.

[0003] In response to the problems caused by traditional paper products, the existing technology usually sets up several ordering devices to solve the problem of labor-intensive ordering, and replaces paper billboards with screens to display dishes. The above methods all have the problem of high installation costs, and since separate equipment or billboards need to continuously consume a large amount of electricity during use, the operating costs of the restaurant are increased. The above problems need to be solved. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to reduce the operating costs of the restaurant and take into account the dining experience of customers, this application provides an electronic paper restaurant system and equipment, which adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] In a first aspect, the present application provides an electronic paper restaurant system, comprising:

[0006] Electronic paper billboards;

[0007] electronic paper menu signs;

[0008] Restaurant control terminal;

[0009] Order input; and

[0010] The server is configured to obtain first dish selection information of the order input component, match the first dish display information corresponding to the first dish selection information, and send the first dish display information to the electronic paper menu sign,

[0011] The server is configured to obtain the second dish selection information from the restaurant control terminal, match the corresponding second dish display information according to the second dish selection information, and send the second dish display information to the electronic paper billboard or the electronic paper menu sign.

[0012] Preferably, the electronic paper menu sign is configured to obtain the first dish display information, obtain the second dish display information when displaying the first display screen, process the second dish display information to obtain the second display screen, and replace the first display screen with the second display screen.

[0013] Preferably, the electronic paper menu sign is configured to display the dish name, dish image, quantity and price when obtaining the first dish display information or the second dish display information.

[0014] Preferably, the electronic paper billboard is configured to display the advertisement image to be delivered when acquiring the second dish display information.

[0015] Preferably, the ordering input component is configured to provide link information for connecting to a server to the customer's mobile terminal.

[0016] In a second aspect, the present application provides an electronic paper menu sign, comprising:

[0017] An image processing module, used for acquiring first dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the first dish display information, and obtaining first image information to be driven;

[0018] The driving module is used to obtain the compatibility information, perform compatibility matching according to the compatibility information, and output the first image information to be driven.

[0019] Preferably, the compatibility information includes electronic paper hardware compatibility information and program compatibility.

[0020] Preferably, the image processing module further includes, for acquiring second dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the second dish display information, and obtaining second image information to be driven;

[0021] The driving module also includes a device for outputting second image information to be driven.

[0022] In a third aspect, the present application provides an electronic paper billboard, comprising:

[0023] An image processing module, used for acquiring second dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the second dish display information, and obtaining second image information to be driven;

[0024] The driving module is used to obtain the compatibility information, perform compatibility matching according to the compatibility information, and output the second image information to be driven.

[0025] In summary, compared with the prior art, the technical solution provided by this application has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0026] The present application connects the customer's mobile terminal outside the system and the server of the system through an ordering input component, so that the server obtains the first dish selection information required by the customer, and the server obtains the first dish display information according to the first dish selection information, and then sends it to the electronic paper menu sign for display. The electronic paper menu displays the corresponding dish screen for the customer who has completed the execution action operation, thereby reducing the manpower and cost of manual ordering. The restaurant staff updates the information of the electronic paper menu sign and transmits the display screen of the electronic paper billboard through the restaurant control terminal. The restaurant control terminal sends the second dish selection information to the server, and the server obtains the second dish display information according to the second dish selection information, and sends the second dish display information to the corresponding electronic paper billboard or electronic paper menu sign for display, thereby solving the problem that traditional paper advertisements are not convenient to replace, thereby reducing the restaurant's operating costs and improving the customer's dining experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] Figure 1 This is a module diagram of an electronic paper restaurant system described in an embodiment of the present application.

[0028] Figure 2 This is a module schematic diagram of an electronic paper menu sign described in an embodiment of the present application.

[0029] Description of reference numerals:

[0030] 1. Electronic paper billboard; 2. Electronic paper menu sign; 3. Restaurant control terminal; 4. Order input; 5. Server. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The following combination Figure 1-Figure 2 The present application is described in further detail. The terms used in the embodiments of the present application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to be limiting.

[0032] Reference Figure 1 , the electronic paper restaurant system involved in this application specifically includes:

[0033] Electronic paper billboards;

[0034] electronic paper menu signs;

[0035] Restaurant control terminal;

[0036] Order input; and

[0037] The server is configured to obtain first dish selection information of the order input component, match the first dish display information corresponding to the first dish selection information, and send the first dish display information to the electronic paper menu sign,

[0038] The server is configured to obtain the second dish selection information from the restaurant control terminal, match the corresponding second dish display information according to the second dish selection information, and send the second dish display information to the electronic paper billboard or the electronic paper menu sign.

[0039] Specifically, the electronic paper restaurant system involved in the present application is used in a restaurant. During the ordering process, the customer's mobile terminal outside the system is connected to the system's server through the ordering input component. The customer connects to the server after using the customer's mobile terminal to identify the ordering input component, so that the server obtains the first dish selection information required by the customer. The server matches the first dish selection information to obtain the first dish display information, and then sends it to the electronic paper menu sign for display. The electronic paper menu displays the corresponding dish screen for the customer who has completed the action operation, reducing the manpower and cost of manual ordering, reducing the cost of paper menu signs, and allowing customers to intuitively observe which dishes they have ordered and understand information related to the ordered dishes, thereby improving the user experience.

[0040] The restaurant staff updates the information on the electronic paper menu sign and transmits the display screen of the electronic paper billboard through the restaurant control terminal. The restaurant control terminal sends the second dish selection information to the server. The server obtains the second dish display information according to the second dish selection information and sends the second dish display information to the corresponding electronic paper billboard or electronic paper menu sign for display, thereby solving the problem that traditional paper advertisements are not convenient to replace, thereby reducing the restaurant's operating costs and improving the customer's dining experience.

[0041] Among them, the customer's mobile terminal is wirelessly connected to the server through the order input component, so that the information input from the customer's mobile terminal can be transmitted to the server through the order input component, and then the server obtains the first dish selection information.

[0042] As one implementation mode, the order input component is configured to provide the customer's mobile terminal with link information for connecting to the server.

[0043] Specifically, the embodiment of the present application sets the order input as a QR code on each table. When the customer's mobile terminal, that is, the mobile phone, scans the QR code to jump to the order page, it involves the connection between the mobile phone and the server. After the mobile phone scans the QR code, it will parse the link information in the QR code and establish a connection with the corresponding server through a network, usually the Internet. The server receives the request from the mobile phone and sends the data of the order page to the mobile phone. The mobile phone then renders the received data into a user-visible order page through the browser, thereby realizing access to and display of the order page, reducing the setting of the ordering equipment, reducing the cost of building the restaurant system, and reducing operating costs.

[0044] As one implementation manner, the electronic paper menu sign is configured to display the dish name, dish image, quantity and price when obtaining the first dish display information or the second dish display information.

[0045] Specifically, the first dish selection information usually includes the dish and quantity selected by the customer. The quantity corresponding to the dish in the first dish selection information of the present application is greater than or equal to one, indicating that the customer has selected the dish. The first dish selection information may have multiple dishes, which are sent to the server as the first dish selection information for information matching after the selection is completed.

[0046] In addition to storing the execution method, the server also stores the image corresponding to the dish and the corresponding price database. After obtaining the first dish selection information, the server matches the corresponding information in the database according to the first dish selection information. The matching process includes but is not limited to: searching the database for relevant information content according to the dish name, obtaining the dish image, price and arrangement scheme recorded in the database for the dish name, and the price at this time usually refers to the unit price. After obtaining the dish name, dish image, quantity and price, the total price of the dish is calculated according to the quantity and price, and the total price of this consumption is calculated according to the total price of multiple dishes. The arrangement scheme is obtained from the database according to the current number of dishes and the order quantity of each dish. The database pre-stores several arrangement scheme templates formulated for the number of different current dishes and the order quantity of each dish. After obtaining the dish name, dish image, quantity and calculated price, several dishes are arranged according to the arrangement scheme template, and the name, price and order quantity of each dish are placed in the picture. There are restrictions on where the customer can intuitively view the content of his order.

[0047] When the server obtains the first dish selection information, it also obtains the current time node, and stores the current time node as the order time in the first dish display information and sends it to the electronic paper menu sign, and arranges it according to the arrangement plan, so that customers can obtain the time information of their own order.

[0048] As one implementation method, the electronic paper menu sign is configured to obtain first dish display information, process it to obtain a first display screen for display, obtain second dish display information, process the second dish display information to obtain a second display screen, and replace the first display screen with the second display screen.

[0049] Specifically, the second dish selection information is input by the restaurant control terminal. The second dish selection information includes the dish name and the type of information receiving terminal. When the server receives the second dish selection information, it is necessary to analyze the second dish selection information and determine, based on the type of information receiving terminal, whether the second dish display information that matches the second dish selection information needs to be sent to an electronic paper billboard or an electronic paper menu sign.

[0050] When the type of information receiving end is an electronic paper menu sign, the server obtains the display image of the corresponding electronic paper menu sign in the database according to the dish name selected by the restaurant control terminal, and sends the display image to the electronic paper menu sign for display. When the electronic paper menu sign obtains the display image, it directly replaces the original image to enhance the customer's dining experience.

[0051] As another implementation, when the electronic paper menu sign already displays the content of the customer's order and the type of information receiving end is an electronic paper menu sign, the electronic paper menu sign displays the processing status of each dish. The server matches the processing flow information of the dish in the database according to the status adjustment information selected by the restaurant control terminal. Each time the status adjustment information is obtained, a change action is performed, and changes are made in sequence according to the current processing status and processing flow information until the last state of the processing flow information is reached. The electronic paper menu sign will replace the corresponding image for each updated processing status, so that customers can quickly and intuitively observe the status of the dish.

[0052] As one implementation manner, the electronic paper billboard is configured to display the advertisement image to be delivered when the second dish display information is obtained.

[0053] Specifically, the second dish selection information is input by the restaurant control terminal. The second dish selection information includes the name of the dish and the type of information receiving terminal. When the server receives the second dish selection information, it needs to analyze the second dish selection information, and judge according to the type of information receiving terminal whether the second dish display information matched by the second dish selection information needs to be sent to an electronic paper billboard or an electronic paper menu sign. When the type of information receiving terminal is an electronic paper billboard, the server obtains the advertising image of the corresponding electronic paper billboard in the database according to the selected dish name, obtains the second dish display information containing the advertising image, and sends the second dish display information to the electronic paper billboard for display. Using electronic paper to replace traditional paper billboards improves the convenience of restaurant operations, and electronic paper only consumes a certain amount of electricity when changing the screen, which can save energy consumption, thereby reducing the restaurant's operating costs and improving customers' dining experience.

[0054] Reference Figure 2, an electronic paper menu sign is provided for an embodiment of the present application, the system comprising:

[0055] An image processing module, used for acquiring first dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the first dish display information, and obtaining first image information to be driven;

[0056] The driving module is used to obtain the compatibility information, perform compatibility matching according to the compatibility information, and output the first image information to be driven.

[0057] Specifically, the electronic paper menu sign of the embodiment of the present application obtains the first dish display information sent by the server through the image processing module of the electronic paper menu sign, performs color mapping and jitter processing on the first dish display information after receiving the first dish display information, and outputs the first image information to be driven to the electronic paper of the electronic paper menu sign for display when compatible matching is performed with the compatible electronic paper according to the compatible information. Since the electronic paper consumes electricity only when it is powered on for screen adjustment, it can directly reduce energy consumption and reduce operating costs.

[0058] Color mapping is a technology for converting or mapping colors in different color spaces, and is used to adjust the colors in an image or video to make it more in line with specific needs or goals. In the embodiment of the present application, color mapping converts an image from one color space to another. Electronic paper is a display technology that can simulate text and images on paper. Its most notable features are low power consumption and flicker-free. Traditional electronic paper technology can usually only display black and white or grayscale images, and cannot directly present color images. Color mapping is used to simulate the display of color images. One method is to use jitter processing technology to convert color images into black and white or grayscale images. Through color mapping technology, different gray levels in black and white or grayscale images are mapped to a limited number of colors supported by the electronic paper display device. The colors are realized through the palette or color adjustment function on the electronic paper display device.

[0059] As one implementation manner, the compatibility information includes electronic paper hardware compatibility information and program compatibility.

[0060] Specifically, the electronic paper hardware compatibility information involves enabling the software or content to be displayed and run normally on electronic paper devices of different models and specifications, including compatibility with display technology, size and shape, input and output interfaces, etc. Program compatibility involves enabling the software or application to run correctly on the operating system of the target device and to fully utilize the functions and characteristics of the device, including compatibility in resource utilization and optimization, user interface adaptation, etc., so that the first image information to be driven can be adapted to the electronic paper of the electronic paper menu sign.

[0061] The image processing module also includes a module for acquiring second dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the second dish display information, and obtaining second image information to be driven; the driving module also includes a module for outputting the second image information to be driven.

[0062] Specifically, after the electronic paper menu sign obtains the second dish display information and processes it to obtain the second image information to be driven, the original electronic paper display content is modified according to the second image information to be driven to reduce power consumption.

[0063] The present application embodiment provides an electronic paper billboard, the system comprising:

[0064] An image processing module, used for acquiring second dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the second dish display information, and obtaining second image information to be driven;

[0065] The driving module is used to obtain the compatibility information, perform compatibility matching according to the compatibility information, and output the second image information to be driven.

[0066] Specifically, the compatibility information of the embodiment of the present application includes electronic paper hardware compatibility information and program compatibility, so that the image information to be driven can adapt to the electronic paper of the electronic paper billboard.

[0067] Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working process of the above-described device and product can refer to the corresponding process in the aforementioned method embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

[0068] In several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed methods, systems, devices and program products may be implemented in other ways.

[0069] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional units.

[0070] As described above, the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, rather than to limit them. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or make equivalent replacements for some of the technical features therein. However, these modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. An electronic paper restaurant system, characterized in that: include: Electronic paper billboards; electronic paper menu signs; Restaurant control terminal; Order input; as well as The server is configured to obtain first dish selection information of the order input component, match the first dish display information corresponding to the first dish selection information, and send the first dish display information to the electronic paper menu sign, The server is configured to obtain the second dish selection information from the restaurant control terminal, match the corresponding second dish display information according to the second dish selection information, and send the second dish display information to the electronic paper billboard or the electronic paper menu sign.

2. The electronic paper restaurant system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The electronic paper menu sign is configured to obtain first dish display information, process it to obtain a first display screen for display, obtain second dish display information, process the second dish display information to obtain a second display screen, and replace the first display screen with the second display screen.

3. The electronic paper restaurant system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The electronic paper menu sign is configured to display the dish name, dish image, quantity and price when acquiring the first dish display information or the second dish display information.

4. The electronic paper restaurant system according to claim 3, characterized in that: The electronic paper billboard is configured to display the advertisement image to be delivered when the second dish display information is acquired.

5. The electronic paper restaurant system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The order input component is configured to provide the customer's mobile terminal with link information for connecting to the server.

6. An electronic paper menu sign, characterized in that: include: An image processing module, used for acquiring first dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the first dish display information, and obtaining first image information to be driven; The driving module is used to obtain the compatibility information, perform compatibility matching according to the compatibility information, and output the first image information to be driven.

7. The electronic paper menu sign according to claim 6, characterized in that: The compatibility information includes electronic paper hardware compatibility information and program compatibility.

8. The electronic paper menu sign according to claim 6, characterized in that: The image processing module also includes a module for acquiring second dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the second dish display information, and obtaining second image information to be driven; The driving module also includes a device for outputting second image information to be driven.

9. An electronic paper billboard, characterized in that: include: An image processing module, used for acquiring second dish display information, performing color mapping and jitter processing on the second dish display information, and obtaining second image information to be driven; The driving module is used to obtain the compatibility information, perform compatibility matching according to the compatibility information, and output the second image information to be driven.

10. The electronic paper billboard according to claim 9, characterized in that: The compatibility information includes electronic paper hardware compatibility information and program compatibility.

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