Vision-based measurement of bulk and discrete food products
    1.
    发明授权
    Vision-based measurement of bulk and discrete food products 有权
    基于视觉的散装和离散食品测量

    公开(公告)号:US08209219B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-26

    申请号:US11402552

    申请日:2006-04-12

    摘要: In a real time food production management system and method, real time data about consumers inside or in the vicinity of a food outlet and an amount of prepared food available to serve and/or an amount of food being prepared is electronically generated. Based on the real time data, a demand for an amount of food to be ordered by the consumers in a specified interval immediately succeeding the generation of the real time data is electronically predicted. In addition, at least one of the following is electronically determined based on the real time data: a predicted amount of additional food requiring preparation; the time at least one prepared food product has been available; a length of time that a cooked food component has been cooked; and an amount of a food component, a condiment and/or a topping resides in a food product assembly buffer.

    摘要翻译: 在实时的食品生产管理系统和方法中,电子地产生关于食物出口内部或附近的消费者的实时数据和可用于服务的准备食物量和/或一定量的食物。 基于实时数据,电子地预测在紧接在生成实时数据之后的特定间隔内由消费者订购的食物量的需求。 此外,根据实时数据电子地确定以下中的至少一个:需要准备的额外食物的预测量; 至少有一个准备好的食品已经可用; 煮熟的食物组分的一段时间; 并且一定量的食物成分,调味品和/或顶部位于食品组合缓冲液中。

    Real-time prediction and management of food product demand
    2.
    发明授权
    Real-time prediction and management of food product demand 有权
    实时预测和管理食品需求

    公开(公告)号:US06842719B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-11

    申请号:US10374410

    申请日:2003-02-26

    CPC分类号: G06Q10/06 G06Q30/02 G06Q50/12

    摘要: A real-time buffer manager system that calculates optimal food buffer levels, for both completed products and product components, based on real-time counts of restaurant patrons throughout a restaurant's property and the estimated time for them to arrive at a food ordering station. The real-time buffer manager employs a computer vision system, running a series of 2D image processing techniques that detect and track vehicles and people in several camera views. Patron counts are fed from the computer vision system into a queuing model that estimates when each patron will arrive at an ordering station. Thus, instead of analyzing historical sales data, the buffer manager according to the present invention electronically performs direct measurement of probable future demand, and electronically predicts, in real-time, what the future food product demand will be in a predetermined time (e.g., 3-5 minutes) immediately following the direct measurement of the demand.

    摘要翻译: 一个实时的缓冲管理系统,可以根据饭店餐厅餐厅餐厅的实时计数以及预计到达食品订购站的时间,为完成的产品和产品组件计算最佳的食物缓冲液水平。 实时缓冲管理器采用计算机视觉系统,运行一系列2D图像处理技术,可以在几个摄像机视图中检测和跟踪车辆和人员。 赞助人计数从计算机视觉系统馈送到排队模型,估计每个顾客何时到达订购站。 因此,根据本发明的缓冲管理器不是分析历史销售数据,而是电子地执行可能的未来需求的直接测量,并且电子地预测未来食品需求将在预定时间内(例如, 3-5分钟),直接测量需求。