CN115251732A

CN115251732A - Intelligent meal furnace, intelligent meal selection system and meal selection settlement method

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Publication number: CN115251732A
Application number: CN202210906065.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 董佳尉
Original assignee: Hangzhou Sovell Technology Development Co ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Sovell Technology Development Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-29
Filing date: 2022-07-29
Publication date: 2022-11-01

Abstract

The application relates to an intelligent meal furnace, an intelligent meal selecting system and a meal selecting and settling method, wherein the intelligent meal furnace comprises a meal furnace body, and the meal furnace body is used for accommodating dishes; the intelligent meal furnace also comprises an identification module and a control module, wherein the identification module is arranged on the meal furnace body and is connected with the control module, and the identification module is used for matching with an identification chip within a preset distance, acquiring target information corresponding to the identification chip and sending the target information to the control module; the control module is arranged on the meal furnace body and used for acquiring meal taking information within preset time and associating the meal taking information with the target information, and the meal taking information comprises the dish variation of the meal furnace body. By the method and the device, the problem that buffet dinner settlement is low in efficiency is solved, and buffet dinner settlement is efficient.

Description

Intelligent meal furnace, intelligent meal selection system and meal selection settlement method

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of self-service intelligent equipment, in particular to an intelligent meal furnace, an intelligent meal selection system and a meal selection settlement method.

Background

Buffet dinner, also called as snack or sometimes called as cold meal, is a dining mode which is popular among people. Under the buffet dinner scene, the customer can freely select the type and the quantity of dishes when having a dinner, and the merchant saves the labor cost brought by the service at the desk of the customer. However, with the rapid development and wide application of intelligent payment, no mature settlement system can be well applied to the settlement of buffet meals, so that the current buffet meals often need to wait for a long time during settlement. After seeing a long team, diners may choose other places to eat, which leads to loss of customers of merchants, so an intelligent settlement system is urgently needed to solve the problem of slow settlement of self-service meals.

With the development of radio frequency technology, the prior art adopts a scheme of combining a dinner plate packaged with an electronic tag and a reader to take meals and settle accounts. However, the existing scheme requires that the user places the dinner plate in the designated reading and writing area provided with the reader when taking the dinner, the dinner taking process is complicated, great inconvenience is brought to the user for taking the dinner, the efficiency of taking the dinner and settling the dinner by the user is reduced, and the settlement efficiency of the buffet dinner is low.

Aiming at the problem of low efficiency of buffet settlement in the related technology, no effective solution is provided at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment provides an intelligent meal furnace, an intelligent meal selecting system and a meal selecting and settling method, and aims to solve the problem that the efficiency of self-selection and settling is low in the related technology.

In a first aspect, the present embodiment provides an intelligent meal furnace, which includes a meal furnace body for accommodating dishes; the intelligent meal furnace also comprises an identification module and a control module, wherein,

the identification module is arranged on the meal furnace body, is connected with the control module and is used for pairing with an identification chip within a preset distance, acquiring target information corresponding to the identification chip and sending the target information to the control module;

the control module is arranged on the meal furnace body and used for acquiring meal taking information within preset time and associating the meal taking information with the target information, and the meal taking information comprises the dish variation of the meal furnace body.

In one embodiment, the identification module is an RFID reader, and the RFID reader is arranged on the meal furnace body; the RFID reader is used for identifying an RFID electronic chip within a preset distance, and after the RFID identifies the RFID electronic chip, the target information in the RFID electronic chip is obtained and sent to the control module.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a weighing module, the weighing module is arranged on the meal furnace body, and the weighing module is connected with the control module; the weighing module is used for periodically acquiring the weight of the dishes and sending the weight of the dishes to the control module; and the control module determines the variable quantity of the dishes according to the weight difference value of the dishes in each period.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a display module, and the display module is connected with the control module; the display module is used for acquiring the dish information and the target information sent by the control module, the dish information comprises the dish type, the dish taking weight and the dish unit price, and the target information comprises user identity information and user account information.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises an alarm module, and the alarm module is connected with the control module; if the control module does not acquire the target information and acquires the meal taking information, generating an alarm signal and sending the alarm signal to the alarm module; and the alarm module alarms according to the alarm signal.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a read-through prevention module, and the read-through prevention module is connected with the identification module; the anti-channeling module is used for configuring a signal sending interval of the identification module, and the signal sending interval is larger than a preset threshold value; the identification module is used for sending identification signals according to the signal sending intervals and is matched with the identification chips within a preset distance.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a heat preservation module, and the heat preservation module is arranged on the meal furnace body and used for heating dishes.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a protective cover, wherein the protective cover is arranged on the meal furnace body and used for exposing or covering dishes through rotation.

In a second aspect, in the present embodiment, an intelligent meal selection system is provided, which includes a meal taking tray and a meal furnace; the meal taking tray is packaged with an identity recognition chip and is used for supporting dishes when a user takes meals; the meal stove adopts the above-mentioned first aspect intelligence meal stove for through identification module transmission identification signal, pair with the identification chip in the preset distance, acquire the target information that the identification chip corresponds, the meal stove is still used for acquireing the meal information of getting in the preset time and will get meal information with the target information is relevant, it includes to get meal information the dish variable quantity of meal stove body.

In a third aspect, in this embodiment, a method for selecting a meal for settlement is provided, including: detecting a meal taking target within a preset distance of a meal furnace, and determining target information according to the meal taking target; periodically acquiring dish information in the dining oven, and determining meal taking settlement information according to the dish information; and carrying out the settlement of the meal fee according to the target information and the meal taking settlement information.

Compared with the related art, the intelligent meal furnace, the intelligent meal selecting system and the meal selecting settlement method provided by the embodiment have the advantages that the meal furnace body is provided with the identification module, the identification module is connected with the control module, and the identification module is used for being paired with the identification chip within the preset distance, acquiring the target information corresponding to the identification chip and sending the target information to the control module; the control module is arranged on the meal furnace body and used for acquiring meal taking information within preset time and associating the meal taking information with the target information, the meal taking information comprises the dish variation of the meal furnace body, the problem of low buffet meal settlement efficiency is solved, and the high-efficiency settlement of buffet meals is realized.

The details of one or more embodiments of the application are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below to provide a more thorough understanding of the application.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an intelligent meal furnace according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a schematic diagram of an intelligent meal furnace according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a side view of a schematic diagram of a smart meal furnace according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a selected meal settlement method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

For a clearer understanding of the objects, aspects and advantages of the present application, reference is made to the following description and accompanying drawings.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the same general meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The use of the terms "a" and "an" and "the" and similar referents in the context of describing the invention (including a reference to the context of the specification and claims) are to be construed to cover both the singular and the plural, as well as the singular and plural. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "has," "having" and any variations thereof, as referred to in this application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions; for example, a process, method, and system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or modules (elements) is not limited to the listed steps or modules, but may include other steps or modules (elements) not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Reference throughout this application to "connected," "coupled," and the like is not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. Reference to "a plurality" in this application means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated object, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, "a and/or B" may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In general, the character "/" indicates a relationship in which the objects associated before and after are an "or". The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in this application are used for distinguishing between similar items and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.

Diet is an essential important aspect in people's life, especially in the time of having a dinner, the catering trade is fairly busy, and the efficiency of settling accounts also becomes the important demand that trade company promoted quality of service. At present, most of settlement modes in the catering industry adopt a manual settlement mode, dishes are judged and priced manually and then input into a computer for operation, the settlement method is time-consuming and labor-consuming, errors are caused by objective factors frequently, especially in the peak of people flow in the fast catering industry, a cashier needs to make a quick response in a short time and perform a large amount of information processing, the time of a customer can be delayed, and further, the loss of customers is caused by shops. In short, the settlement method has the problems of high settlement cost, low settlement efficiency and low settlement accuracy.

With the development of rfid technology, some suppliers pre-load dishes in their dishes and trade the dishes as standard items, such as a cup of yogurt, a dish of cold dish, a banana, etc. The trade company is according to predetermined weight with the dish splendid attire in the dinner plate to write in the electronic tags who encapsulates in the dinner plate with the dish price, the user removes the dinner plate of selecting to settlement platform appointed region, reads the price in the electronic tags through the reader, and calculates the meal expense through the treater. The settlement mode enables the user to go to the settlement table again for queuing and settlement after queuing for taking food, although the dish identification accuracy is improved compared with a manual settlement mode, the time for cashiers to input settlement information is shortened, the settlement of the meal fee cannot be achieved in real time, the user also needs to move the dinner plate to a specified position, and the condition that the user queues at the settlement table is still difficult to avoid.

In addition, the meal selection scheme of the standard product enables the user to have low freedom for selecting the serving size when selecting the dish. Most merchants are provided with a single-part standard, and some merchants provide two different parts of the standard, namely a small part and a large part, or three parts of the standard, namely a small part, a medium part and a large part. Therefore, under the current self-service meal selection scene, most dishes are stored in the meal furnace, and a user can freely clamp dishes of any quantity into the meal plate according to personal preferences. The common meal furnace is mainly a stainless steel meal furnace, also called Bu Fei furnace, and comprises three types of single-tray, double-tray and multi-tray. Most present buffy stoves only possess and hold dishes and heat retaining function, and during a present meal expense settlement scheme, all set up an electronic tags ware before every meal stove, the user gets behind the dinner plate of having capsulated electronic tags, need place the dinner plate earlier and discern in the appointed region before the meal stove, then take up the dinner plate and get meal and settle accounts. Because the buffet meal is got the meal kind many, the user all need place the dinner plate in appointed region before getting the meal at every turn, and this regional accuracy requirement to the dinner plate is high, and the user also need put down and take up the dinner plate many times before different meal stoves when getting the meal, and complex operation, the efficiency that the user got the meal and settled accounts is all lower. The low efficiency of the payment settlement of the buffet dinner is still a big problem troubling the user.

In the present embodiment, an intelligent meal furnace is provided, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an intelligent meal furnace according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the intelligent meal furnace includes a meal furnace body, and the meal furnace body is used for accommodating dishes; the intelligent meal furnace further comprises an identification module 101 and a control module 102, wherein the identification module 101 is arranged on the meal furnace body, the identification module 101 is connected with the control module 102, and the identification module 101 is used for pairing with an identification chip within a preset distance, acquiring target information corresponding to the identification chip and sending the target information to the control module 102; the control module 102 is arranged on the meal furnace body, the control module 102 is used for acquiring meal taking information within preset time and associating the meal taking information with the target information, and the meal taking information comprises the dish variation of the meal furnace body.

Specifically, the identification module is a device capable of identifying an object that enters within a certain range of the surroundings. Such as RFID readers, face recognition devices, NFC devices, etc. The identification module can determine the target information within the preset distance of the current meal furnace by reading the corresponding meal taking target. The target information is identification data used for determining whether a meal fetching person exists in a meal fetching range of the current meal furnace. The identification data may be user information of the person itself or information of an identification chip held by the user. Taking the identification module as an RFID reader as an example, the identification module is integrated on the meal furnace body, and performs target detection in a preset range around the meal furnace in real time, and when a user carries a corresponding RFID tag to enter the preset range, for example, within 30 cm or within 50 cm in front of the meal furnace, the RFID reader can read target information in the RFID tag, for example, unique coded data of the current RFID tag. Meanwhile, the control module can acquire the meal taking information of the user. The control module determines the meal taking condition of the user by detecting the dish type in the meal furnace, the weight change condition of the dishes and the like, the control module can write the meal taking information of the user into the RFID electronic tag, the binding of the target information of the current user and the meal taking information is completed, then the meal taking condition of the user is counted and recorded, finally, the meal taking information recorded in the RFID electronic tag is read, and the full-automatic settlement of the dishes can be realized by combining the price of the relevant dishes.

Compared with the prior art, the intelligent meal furnace provided by the embodiment of the application has the advantages that the recognition module is arranged in the meal furnace body, the meal taking flow that a user needs to place a dinner plate at an appointed position before taking meal in the prior art is changed, the tedious process that the user places the dinner plate repeatedly is eliminated, and the meal taking efficiency of the user is improved. And in the process of taking the meal, the dinner plate does not need to be placed in a designated area all the time in order to keep the reader readable, the phenomenon that part of dishes are missed when the meal is taken is avoided, and the sanitary safety condition of the dining table is improved. In addition, the target information is associated with the meal taking information, so that the meal fee of the user can be directly calculated according to the price and the quality of the dishes taken by the user, and the meal fee settlement efficiency of the user is improved.

In addition, compare in prior art and need the user to place the dinner plate and get the meal process on the assigned position, in this embodiment, through with identification module setting and meal stove inside, identification module's identification range has been adjusted, the user only needs to get meal in-process the dinner plate and be close to meal stove and can realize user information's discernment, it is unified with user information identification process to get meal process with the user, the noninductive settlement of meal fee has been realized, the user's of getting meal habit of laminating more has greatly promoted user experience.

In one embodiment, the identification module is an RFID reader, and the RFID reader is arranged on the meal furnace body; the RFID reader is used for identifying an RFID electronic chip within a preset distance, and after the RFID identifies the RFID electronic chip, the user information in the RFID electronic chip is acquired and the target information is sent to the control module.

Specifically, the identification module can realize the user identification within a certain range, but considering the requirements of convenience, accuracy and the like of identification, preferably, the RFID reader is adopted as the identification module, and correspondingly, the RFID electronic tag is selected as the food taking target to be identified. When the face recognition device performs face recognition, a user needs to perform face image acquisition on the lens, and higher requirements are provided for position selection of the recognition module. Furthermore, some users may not accept this way of identification due to the protection of personal privacy. As a near field identification technology, the distance that can be identified by the NFC device is limited. The two-dimensional code scanning mode also needs the user to carry out more scanning operation, leads to getting the meal process loaded down with trivial details, gets meal efficiency lower. The RFID technology, that is, the radio frequency identification technology, has a long identification distance, and the RFID tag has uniqueness, and can accurately identify the user identity, and therefore, it is preferable to use the RFID technology for user identification.

The Radio Frequency Identification technology, which is abbreviated as RFID and is an automatic Identification technology, performs non-contact bidirectional data communication in a Radio Frequency manner, and reads and writes a recording medium such as an electronic tag or a Radio Frequency card in the Radio Frequency manner, thereby achieving the purposes of identifying a target and exchanging data. The reader is a device that reads information from the tag or writes information to be stored in the tag into the tag. Depending on the configuration and technology used, the reader may be a read/write device, an RFID system information control and processing center. In operation of an RFID system, a reader transmits radio frequency energy in an area to form an electromagnetic field, the size of the area depending on the transmitted power. Tags within the coverage area of the reader are triggered to transmit data stored therein or to modify data stored therein in accordance with the reader's instructions and can communicate with a computer network via an interface. The basic structure of the reader generally comprises a transceiving antenna, a frequency generator, a phase-locked loop, a modulation circuit, a microprocessor, a memory, a demodulation circuit and an external interface. The electronic tag is composed of a transmitting-receiving antenna, an AC/DC circuit, a demodulation circuit, a logic control circuit, a memory and a modulation circuit. The transceiving antenna is used for receiving signals from the reader and sending required data back to the reader. AC/DC circuit: the electromagnetic field capability emitted by the reader is utilized, and the stable power supply is provided for other circuits through the output of the voltage stabilizing circuit. The demodulation circuit is used for removing the carrier wave from the received signal and demodulating the original signal. The logic control circuit is used for decoding the signal from the reader and sending back the signal according to the requirement of the reader. The memory serves as a location for system operation and storing identification data. A modulation circuit: and the data sent by the logic control circuit is modulated and loaded to the antenna to be sent to the reader.

The radio frequency identification antenna can be arranged inside or on the surface of the meal furnace, and in the embodiment, the radio frequency identification antenna is arranged on the side surface of the meal furnace in a surrounding arrangement mode, preferably on the side of the meal furnace facing a user, so that the user who gets meals before the meal furnace can be conveniently identified. The radio frequency identification antenna takes an RFID electronic chip carried by a user as an identification target. The RFID electronic chip is also called an RFID electronic tag, and stores electronic information written in advance therein, and can associate user identity information, account information, and the like with the RFID electronic chip. When the radio frequency identification antenna periodically sends an identification signal outwards, and a user enters a preset range in front of the dining oven, the identification module detects the RFID electronic chip and determines user information according to electronic information stored by the RFID electronic chip.

In one embodiment, the RFID electronic chip may be packaged in an electronic bracelet or dinner tray. The user wears the electronic bracelet or holds the dinner plate to reach the position near the meal furnace, and the meal furnace can be identified by the identification module on the meal furnace. Before a user takes a meal, a process of binding personal information with the RFID electronic chip is needed. The user can input personal information into the information binding equipment and receive the corresponding electronic bracelet or dinner plate through modes of face recognition, code scanning, card swiping, manual input and the like at the information binding equipment. Preferably, the dinner plate packaged with the RFID electronic chip is taken as a meal taking target, a wearing process of a user is omitted, the user can be closer to a meal furnace when the user holds the dinner plate to take meals, the identification distance is shortened, the identification effect is improved, the non-inductive identification of the user is realized, and better user experience is brought.

In one embodiment, the target information is a unique identification of the RFID tag. In this embodiment, the RFID tags are disposed inside the dinner plate, and each RFID tag stores a unique identification of the tag, such as a digital code. After being used for getting into the dining room, choose arbitrary dinner plate to get the meal, after the handheld dinner plate of user is close to the dinner stove, the only identity of electronic tags in the current dinner plate can be discerned to the identification module in the dinner stove, then acquire user's meal information of getting, should get meal information and include the current vegetable weight of choosing of user, vegetable kind and vegetable price etc. control module and the identification module in the dinner stove should be can with getting in the RFID electronic tags that meal information write in the dinner plate. After a user holds the dinner plate by hand and takes meals through each meal furnace, the RFID electronic tag in the dinner plate records the meal taking record of the dinner plate; after the user finishes taking the meal or finishes eating, the user carries the meal plate to a settlement table to read the meal taking record corresponding to the meal plate, and the meal selecting settlement can be finished. Through writing into corresponding dinner plate with user's meal information of getting, realize getting the full record of meal process to the user, removed the user and carried out the process that the identity binds earlier stage from, can choose arbitrary dinner plate and get the meal, saved the time of getting the entrance of meal earlier stage, can promote the dining room passenger flow volume, with the help of the uniqueness of the RFID electronic tags in the dinner plate, realize that the user gets the record of meal information and select the meal settlement, improved user's meal expense settlement efficiency.

In one embodiment, the target information is identity information of the user. In this embodiment, before the user selects a meal, the user information and the tray information can be bound through the tray machine. The tray machine is packed into the tray by the staff before using, specifically, the staff smoothly packs into the tray moving platform of tray machine box inside with the tray. After a user enters a restaurant, the user identity identification is input into a system database in modes of swiping a meal card, face recognition, fingerprint recognition and the like, the tray machine verifies the legality of the personnel on line and obtains user information through the query system database, and then the tray is moved into the tray moving platform through the suction head of the adsorption mechanical arm device to be taken by the personnel having meals. The system sends a control instruction to the RFID read-write equipment in real time, and when the user takes the tray away, the user information is bound with the RFID information of the tray. The tray machine can automatically lift and supplement the reduced trays, and timely supplement the trays.

After the user information and the tray are bound, the tray machine can communicate with a control module in the dining oven through the cloud, relevant dish information and the corresponding relation between the user information and the RFID electronic chip are stored and communicated through the cloud in real time, and real-time updating of data is achieved. For example: based on the account information of the user, the payment settlement is carried out in real time according to the account balance of the user after the user takes the meal each time, the payment settlement of the current meal is finished after the user takes the meal once, and the user does not need to finally go to a settlement table to carry out the payment settlement of all the meals taken, so that the payment settlement efficiency of the meals of the user is improved. In addition, with the help of the high dilatation nature characteristics of high in the clouds storage, can record and make statistics of user's information of having dinner, habit of having dinner, combine healthy diet knowledge to provide the suggestion of having dinner for the user through media such as public number, APP, supplementary user healthy diet.

In the prior art, the identification module mostly adopts a fixed position for identification. The user need put the dinner plate in the assigned position, reads the electronic tags information of encapsulation in the dinner plate by the reader, discerns the user, and the accuracy requirement of placing the position to the user is very high, and near some reading device can set up the camera even and place the region and detect to the dinner plate to remind the user to adjust the locating place. The process of placing the tray by the user also reduces the meal taking efficiency of the user. In the embodiment, the reader is arranged on the side face of the meal furnace, so that a user does not need to place the meal plate at an appointed position, only needs to reach the position near the meal furnace, can identify the current user and acquire the current user information. The non-inductive meal taking of the user is achieved, user experience is greatly improved, in addition, a reading area is arranged in front of each meal furnace for reading electronic tag information of an existing meal selecting platform, a large space is occupied, the radio frequency identification antenna in the embodiment integrates a reading device of the electronic tag on the side face of the meal furnace, the integration level of equipment is improved, the space utilization rate is optimized, and meanwhile, better experience is brought for the customer to select dishes.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal stove further comprises a signal enhancement module, and the signal enhancement module comprises a relay coil. The relay coil is arranged below the identification module of the intelligent meal furnace, so that the reading range of the identification module can be effectively enlarged. After the relay coil is added, the reading range of the identification module is an ellipsoid area which takes the central point of the relay coil as a Z axis and takes 9 centimeters above the central point of the relay coil as an original point, and the ellipsoid equation is as follows:

the size of the relay coil is 15cm × 23cm. The traditional wireless power transmission system based on magnetic resonance coupling and composed of the transmitting-receiving coil resonators can only transmit energy in a short distance, so that the relay coil is arranged below the identification module in the embodiment, the transmission distance of wireless transmission can be effectively increased, and the technical effect of enhancing the identification range of the identification module is realized.

In one embodiment, the relay coil is a flexible FPC antenna. The thickness of the flexible FPC antenna is about 0.15 mm, the coil size is about 180 x 150 mm, and the tuning circuit is about 2 mm and is fixed through sealing glue. The flexible FPC antenna has good performance and lower cost, and can reduce the manufacturing cost of products on the premise of ensuring the performance.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a weighing module, the weighing module is arranged on the meal furnace body, and the weighing module is connected with the control module; the weighing module is used for periodically acquiring the weight of the dishes and sending the weight of the dishes to the control module; and the control module determines the variation of the dishes according to the weight difference of the dishes in each period.

Particularly, inside intelligent meal stove, with the dish container continuous, the container below is provided with the sensor for acquire user's the condition of getting meal. In one embodiment, the sensor is a pressure sensor, and the scheme can be applied to a multi-plate dining stove, wherein each small plate contains pre-packaged dishes, namely, the dishes of each plate are used as standard articles for a user to select. After the user takes away the dishes, the pressure of the sensor below the sub-plate is reduced, and then the current user takes away one dish is recorded. In order to highlight the freedom of selecting and taking meals in the self-service scene, many meal furnaces are single-split-tray meal furnaces, so that in one embodiment, the weight of dishes in the meal furnaces can be detected in real time by a weight sensor. Specifically, a detection period of the weight of the dish may be set, for example, the weight of the dish is collected once every second, the weight of the dish is fed back to the control module, the control module records and stores the real-time weight of the dish, the weight of the dish collected at the end of the current period is different from the weight of the dish collected at the end of the previous period, and an obtained weight difference of the dish is used as the quantity of the dishes taken by the user. And when the change of the weight of the dishes is detected, generating dish settlement information of the user for taking the dishes on the basis of the weight difference of the dishes in the previous and subsequent periods and the price of the dishes, wherein the dish settlement information is the meal taking cost of the current meal taking user.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a display module, and the display module is connected with the control module; the display module is used for acquiring the dish information and the user information sent by the control module, the dish information comprises the dish type, the dish taking weight and the dish unit price, and the user information comprises identity information and account information.

Specifically, the display module may adopt an LED screen or an OLED screen, and the like, and is configured to display the information of the dishes in the current oven, including the name of the dish, the category of the dish, the weight of the dish in the current oven, the unit price of the dish, and the like. After the control module determines the user information of the current meal taking, the user information can be displayed on the display module, and the user information comprises but is not limited to user identity information, user account information, member information and the like. By displaying the dish information, the user can more intuitively and definitely determine the relevant information of the dishes in the current meal furnace, and the user is assisted in making a meal selection decision. In addition, the user information can assist the user in confirming the meal taking, so that the problems of machine faults and user identification errors are avoided. In addition, the account information of the user is displayed, so that the user can make sure the balance of the personal account and remind the user of charging in time. And displaying the member information, combining the member information with the promotion information, and providing corresponding discount information for part of member users during meal taking and settlement.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises an alarm module, and the alarm module is connected with the control module; if the control module does not acquire target information and acquires meal taking information, generating an alarm signal and sending the alarm signal to the alarm module; and the alarm module alarms according to the alarm signal. Specifically, the control module further has an alarm function, if the quality of the meal is detected to be changed but the meal taking user is not detected, the situation that the meal furnace is in fault or the identity of the user is not identified is indicated, and an alarm signal is sent to remind the user of adjusting the position of the meal plate so as to provide user information.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a read-through prevention module, and the read-through prevention module is connected with the identification module; the anti-channeling module is used for configuring a signal sending interval of the identification module, and the signal sending interval is larger than a preset threshold value; the identification module is used for sending identification signals according to the signal sending intervals and is matched with the identification chips within a preset distance. Specifically, the read-through prevention module is further configured to regulate an interval, preferably not shorter than 50 milliseconds, at which the identification antenna transmits the identification command, so as to reduce interference between adjacent antennas. In addition, can also select the sheet metal component for use through adjusting the metallic environment impedance near identification module, for example with the heat insulating board of meal stove to increase the red face of sheet metal component and identification module's interval, reduce the electromagnetic interference that identification module received. Through setting up the anti-channeling module of reading, can effectively reduce the electromagnetic interference that the identification module received, improve the system operation stability of intelligent meal stove.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a heat preservation module, and the heat preservation module is arranged on the meal furnace body and used for heating dishes. Specifically, this heat preservation module setting is inside the meal stove, and preferred, the heat preservation module be the air heater device, and managers can adjust the temperature by oneself, adopts the inner loop wind-heat system to carry out the constant temperature heating to the vegetable, realizes the heat preservation and handles.

In one embodiment, the heat preservation module further comprises a temperature control knob and a temperature display unit, the temperature control knob is used for facilitating management personnel to adjust the internal temperature of the dining stove, and the temperature display unit is used for displaying the real-time temperature in the dining stove.

In one embodiment, the intelligent meal furnace further comprises a protective cover, wherein the protective cover is arranged on the meal furnace body and used for exposing or covering dishes through rotation. Specifically, a transparent protective cover is arranged above the meal furnace, and the transparent protective cover can be opened and closed through manual or electric control and is used for dust prevention, heat preservation and the like of dishes.

In one embodiment, fig. 2 is a front view of a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent meal furnace according to another embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, the intelligent meal furnace comprises a protective cover 201, a display panel 202, a surrounding antenna 203, a heat preservation module 204 and a weighing module 205, wherein the protective cover 201 is used for dust prevention and heat preservation of dishes; the display panel 202 includes a touch button and a display screen, the touch button is used for facilitating the adjustment of display contents by a manager, the display screen is used for displaying current dish information, user information, meal fetching information and the like, and the display screen can be one or more, and can be an android screen or a serial port screen; the surrounding antenna 203 is used for identifying the RFID electronic tag entering a preset range near the meal furnace and carrying out target identification; the heat preservation module 204 comprises an air heater device, a temperature control knob and a temperature display screen, wherein the temperature control knob is connected with the air heater device and is used for adjusting the temperature in the dining oven, and the temperature display screen is used for displaying the temperature in the dining oven in real time; the weighing module 205 is a weighing scale and is used for detecting the weight change of the dishes in the oven. Fig. 3 is a side view of a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent meal furnace according to another embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, the wrap-around antenna forms an angle of 40 ° with the horizontal, and the display panel forms an angle of 105 ° with the horizontal, so as to facilitate the user to view the display panel.

In one embodiment of the intelligent meal selecting table, the intelligent meal selecting table is used for arranging the intelligent meal furnace in the embodiment, and a wiring board protective cover are arranged on the table top of the meal selecting table. Among the prior art, select the dining table not to set up the wiring mouth, for being connected to the corresponding interface with various power cords and the data line of meal stove, need punch on selecting the dining table mesa to make things convenient for the circuit to lay, this both influences the desktop pleasing to the eye, also does not benefit to the clean maintenance of selecting the dining table. The meal selecting table in the embodiment can avoid punching processing of the table top by presetting the wiring board, and is favorable for improving the moving convenience of the meal furnace and the safety of circuit access. The patch board protection cover can play dustproof and waterproof effect, and the circuit safety is improved.

The above modules may be functional modules or program modules, and may be implemented by software or hardware. For a module implemented by hardware, the modules may be located in the same processor; or the modules may be located in different processors in any combination.

In this embodiment, an intelligent meal selection system is further provided, and the intelligent meal selection system includes a meal taking tray and a meal furnace; the meal taking tray is packaged with an identity recognition chip and is used for supporting dishes when a user takes meals; the meal stove adopts the intelligent meal stove of any one of the above embodiments.

Specifically, this dinner plate bottom integral type shaping has the base, and the base is for having open-ended cylindrical structure, and the base open position department spiral embedding of this base is connected with the screw connection seat, be equipped with the RFID chip in the screw connection seat.

In one embodiment of the intelligent food selection system, the intelligent food selection system further comprises a tray machine, the tray machine is used for storing the food taking tray and associating the food taking tray with a user based on a trigger instruction of the user, specifically, the tray machine comprises a storage tray, and the equipment is used for verifying the validity of people on line by swiping a tray with a food card, face recognition and fingerprint recognition by a diner. The user can obtain the tray through authentication. The tray machine mechanically moves the tray for diner to take out, and meanwhile, the personnel information and the tray RFID electronic tag are bound.

In this embodiment, a method for selecting a meal for settlement is further provided, and fig. 4 is a flowchart of the method for selecting a meal for settlement according to the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 4, the method for selecting a meal for settlement includes the following steps:

and S401, detecting a meal taking target within a preset distance of the meal furnace, and determining user information according to the meal taking target.

And S402, periodically acquiring dish information in the dining oven, and determining meal taking settlement information according to the dish information.

And step S403, performing food selection settlement according to the user information and the food taking settlement information.

It should be noted that the steps illustrated in the above-described flow diagrams or in the flow diagrams of the figures may be performed in a computer system, such as a set of computer-executable instructions, and that, although a logical order is illustrated in the flow diagrams, in some cases, the steps illustrated or described may be performed in an order different than here.

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of this application and are not intended to be limiting. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the examples provided herein without any inventive step, shall fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

It is obvious that the drawings are only examples or embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present application can be applied to other similar cases according to the drawings without creative efforts. Moreover, it should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another.

It should be noted that, the user information (including but not limited to user device information, user personal information, etc.) and data (including but not limited to data for analysis, stored data, presented data, etc.) referred to in the present application are information and data authorized by the user or sufficiently authorized by each party.

The term "embodiment" is used herein to mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is to be expressly or implicitly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described in this application may be combined with other embodiments without conflict.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the patent protection. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, and these are all within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. An intelligent meal furnace comprises a meal furnace body, wherein the meal furnace body is used for accommodating dishes; it is characterized in that the intelligent meal furnace also comprises an identification module and a control module, wherein,

2. The intelligent meal furnace of claim 1, wherein the identification module is an RFID reader disposed on the meal furnace body;

the RFID reader is used for identifying an RFID electronic chip within a preset distance, and after the RFID reader identifies the RFID electronic chip, the target information in the RFID electronic chip is obtained and sent to the control module.

3. The intelligent meal furnace of claim 1, further comprising a weighing module disposed on the meal furnace body, the weighing module being connected to the control module;

the weighing module is used for periodically acquiring the weight of the dishes and sending the weight of the dishes to the control module;

and the control module determines the variable quantity of the dishes according to the weight difference value of the dishes in each period.

4. The intelligent meal furnace of claim 3, further comprising a display module, wherein the display module is connected with the control module;

the display module is used for acquiring the dish information and the target information sent by the control module, the dish information comprises the dish type, the dish taking weight and the dish unit price, and the target information comprises user identity information and user account information.

5. The intelligent meal furnace of claim 3, further comprising an alarm module, wherein the alarm module is connected with the control module;

if the control module does not acquire the target information and acquires the meal taking information, generating an alarm signal and sending the alarm signal to the alarm module;

and the alarm module alarms according to the alarm signal.

6. The intelligent meal furnace of claim 1, further comprising a read-through prevention module, wherein the read-through prevention module is connected with the identification module;

the anti-channeling module is used for configuring a signal sending interval of the identification module, wherein the signal sending interval is greater than a preset threshold value;

the identification module is used for sending identification signals according to the signal sending intervals and is matched with the identification chips within a preset distance.

7. The intelligent meal furnace of claim 1, further comprising a heat preservation module, wherein the heat preservation module is arranged on the meal furnace body and used for heating dishes.

8. The intelligent meal furnace of claim 1, further comprising a protective cover disposed on the meal furnace body for exposing or covering dishes by rotation.

9. An intelligent food selection system is characterized by comprising a food taking tray and a food furnace;

the meal taking tray is used for supporting dishes, an identification chip is packaged in the meal taking tray, and the identification chip is used for being paired with an identification module of the meal furnace and sending user information;

the meal stove is the intelligent meal stove of any one of claims 1 to 8, and is used for transmitting an identification signal through an identification module, pairing the identification signal with an identification chip within a preset distance, and acquiring target information corresponding to the identification chip, and is also used for acquiring meal taking information within a preset time and associating the meal taking information with the target information, wherein the meal taking information includes the dish variation of the meal stove body.

10. A meal selection settlement method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

detecting a meal taking target within a preset distance of the meal furnace, and determining target information according to the meal taking target;

periodically acquiring dish information in the dining oven, and determining meal taking settlement information according to the dish information;

and carrying out the settlement of the meal fee according to the target information and the meal taking settlement information.