Implementation of Smart Restaurant With E-Menu Card: Mayur D. Jakhete Piyush C. Mankar
Implementation of Smart Restaurant With E-Menu Card: Mayur D. Jakhete Piyush C. Mankar
Implementation of Smart Restaurant With E-Menu Card: Mayur D. Jakhete Piyush C. Mankar
ABSTRACT of tools that have been built from the ground up alongside the
Today’s era is said to be the world of technology. So many platform providing developers with high productivity and
efforts have been taken by restaurants owners also to adopt deep insight into their applications.
information and communication technologies such as PDA,
wireless LAN, costly multi-touch screens etc. to enhance The project mainly aims in designing completely automated
dining experience. This paper highlights some of the menu in restaurants with the help of Android mobile phone
limitations of the conventional paper based and PDA-based using Wi-Fi module and a LCD to provide a user-friendly
food ordering system and proposed the low cost touch screen environment. There is no need of a person to take the order
based Restaurant Management System using an android from the table. The menu will be displayed automatically on
Smartphone or tablet as a solution. The system consists of a the customer mobile application using wireless Wi-Fi
Smartphone/tablet at the customer table contains the android connectivity and we can directly order the menu with the help
application with all the menu details. The customer tablet, of press on the menu.
kitchen display connects directly with each other through Wi-
Fi. Orders made by the customers will be instantly reach the 2. LITERATURE REVIEW
kitchen module. This wireless application is user-friendly, The journey for getting up to the peak of joy and facilities that
improves efficiency and accuracy for restaurants by saving we are presently experiencing started with initial footstep of a
time, reduces human errors and provides customer feedback. wireless technology. The introduction of basic proposed
This system successfully overcomes the drawbacks in earlier systems and consequent developments are been mentioned
automated food ordering systems and is less expensive as it here
requires a one-time investment for gadgets.
Khairunnisa K. proposed the application of wireless food
Keywords ordering system. This work presented in-depth on the
Smartphone; automated; Wi-Fi; E-menu; android application; technical operation of PDA[1] based Wireless Ordering
intelligent; ordering System (WOS) including systems architecture, function,
limitations and recommendations.
1. INTRODUCTION N. M. Z. Hashim presented an approach to develop a system
The advancement of Information and Communication by introducing the integration of Bluetooth technology[2] as
Technology has led to an increasing number of industries to the communication medium and Peripheral Interface
use electronic media and corresponding application for Controller (PIC) as the hardware which implemented faster
information exchange. In the restaurant sector, Modern ordering system.
wireless device such as Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) has
been adopted into restaurant system to replace the S. R. Patil, Snehal Salunkhe highlighted the limitations of the
conventional way of taking orders using pen and paper. existing technologies and proposed the advanced system,
However, the PDA-based food ordering system has known which focuses on low cost touch-screen[3] development to
limitations such as the requirement of training of attendants, enhance the dining experience.
the need of having attendants to operate, the inefficiency
during peak hours and small screen size and the K. A. Wadile developed a control system for autonomous
Multitouchable restaurant Management System has mobile robots[4] used in Hotel management. Mobile robot
limitations such as touch screens used are of mostly capacitive having minimal centralized control was developed. The work
type or resistive type which are costly. Hence by introducing focused on the development of two basic motion control
an application loaded in an android Smartphone or tablet algorithms, namely a GOTO algorithm and a FOLLOW
containing the menu details these limitations can be algorithm, for use in a master–slave system. These robot
overcome. motion control algorithms would have wide applicability in
hotel operations.
Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes
an operating system, middleware and key applications. Ashwini Bankar, Mamta Mahajan later on took one step
Android boasts a healthy array of connectivity options, ahead. They further exended the service with Paypal[5].
including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and wireless data over a cellular Technologies were used innovatively in a modern restaurant
connection (for example, GPRS, EDGE (Enhanced Data rates such as multi-touch LCD with Arduino mega, RF module,
for GSM Evolution), and 3G). Android provides access to a database & line following Robot to enhance quality of
wide range of useful libraries and tools that can be used to services and to enrich customers’ dining experience.
build rich applications. In addition, Android includes a full set
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M. Firdouse Ali Khan and V. Swapna later on added facility The LPC 2148 board readily offers crystal oscillator
like speech commands and wireless technology like Zigbee with 60 Mhz frequency which leads to excellent system
for data transmission from input section i.e. customer to performance. The LEDs are used for indication purpose. Wi-
kitchen section[10]. The system would automatically Fi module shows connectivity with Smartphone through small
complete data receiving, storage, display, and analysis. It was LED on it
provided with many advantages as great flexibility, portability
Wi-Fi is a wireless technology that uses radio
3. PROPOSED WORK frequency to transmit data through the air. Wi-Fi has initial
We propose this integration of touch technology in restaurants speeds of 1mbps to 2mbps. Wi-Fi transmits data in the
based on android technology. It is a wireless food ordering frequency band of 2.4 GHz. It implements the concept of
system using android devices. Android devices, in the past frequency division multiplexing technology. Range of Wi-Fi
few years, have reached the pinnacle of popularity and have technology is 40-300 feet.
revolutionized the use of mobile technology in the automation
of routine task in wireless environment. A liquid crystal display (LCD) is a thin, flat
electronic visual display that uses the light modulating
properties of liquid crystals. Liquid crystal display is very
3.1 System block diagram important device in embedded system. It offers high
The system block diagram of Touch and Order in restaurants flexibility to user as he can display the required data on it.
is shown in figure. The android application on tablets at the
tables. The tablets will be provided to customers, at their Here we have used it for displaying the order at kitchen
tables, allowing them to directly view the menu card and
section.
order immediately from their respective tablets. The tablets
are the property of the establishment and are kept at each
table. A buzzer or beeper is an audio signaling device, which may
be mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic. It will sound
This system, however, is confined within the restaurant for indicating that a new order is been received at kitchen
section.
vicinity only.
Fig. shown below is the actual circuit diagram for our system:
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3.5. Assumptions
The success of the proposed system is based on the
assumptions that:
6. REFERENCES
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