Information processing device
AssigneeRealize Company Inc.
InventorYosuke Imafuku
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Abstract
The disclosure may address the problem of providing food and beverages at an appropriate price in accordance with the quality. A circulation count detection unit may detect the number of times a sushi dish has circulated on a conveyor from data obtained by a detection sensor. A price calculation unit may calculate the price of sushi placed on the sushi dish in accordance with the number of circulations of the sushi dish as detected by the circulation count detection unit. A container format conversion unit may execute a control for converting the format of the sushi dish in accordance with the price of the sushi changed by the price calculation unit. Thus, a consumer may be able to purchase sushi easily at an appropriate price in accordance with the quality.
Claims5
An information processing device comprising:
- a lap count detector that detects a lap count,
- wherein the lap count corresponds to a number of times a container has travelled around a conveyor,
- wherein the conveyor forms a closed loop for a customer, and
- wherein the conveyor includes a diversion path that allows the container to leave the closed loop;
- an abnormality detector that automatically detects an abnormality in food or drink that is provided by the container, wherein the abnormality is used as an indicator of one or more qualities of the food or the drink on or in the container;
- a price calculator that changes a price of the food or the drink on or in the container according to the lap count of the container by the lap count detector and a detection of the abnormality of the food or the drink by the abnormality detector;
- a container appearance changer that changes an appearance of the container according to the price changed;
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- a diverter that moves the container to the diversion path in response to the diverter determining that the price of the food or the drink is less than a predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.