SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES OF A RESTAURANT OR CONVENIENCE STORE

Abstract

System (1) for monitoring the equipment of a restaurant (6) or convenience store (7) including: sensors (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65) for various parameters located in at least one piece of equipment (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25) of the restaurant (6) or convenience store (7), a control unit (11) located in the restaurant (6) or convenience store (7) and linked to the sensors (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65), at least a first link (12) for internet access (18) associated with the control unit (11) for the exchange of commands and data, at least one user terminal (13) provided with a second link (14) to the internet (18) for the exchange of commands and data with the control unit (11).

Claims

1. System for monitoring the equipment of a restaurant or convenience store characterised by including: sensors for various parameters located in at least one piece of equipment of the restaurant or convenience store, a control unit located in the restaurant or convenience store and linked to the sensors, at least a first link for internet access associated with the control unit for the exchange of commands and data, at least one user terminal provided with a second link to the internet for the exchange of commands and data with the control unit through the internet and the first link.

2. System for monitoring equipment in a restaurant or convenience store according to claim 1 characterised by the control unit including at least a first recorder of data from the sensors.

3. System for monitoring equipment in a restaurant or convenience store according to claim 2 characterised by the first data recorder including at least one data logger.

4. System for monitoring equipment in a restaurant or convenience store according to claim 1 characterised by the user terminal including a second data recorder for storing the data and commands from the readings of the sensors and operational management.

5. System for monitoring equipment in a restaurant or convenience store according to claim 1 characterised by the user terminal including a screen associated with a graphic manager.

6. System for monitoring equipment in a restaurant or convenience store according to claim 1 characterised by the sensors being selected from: first sensors to monitor lighting switching on and off, second sensors to monitor the extractor hood switching on and off, third sensors to monitor ventilation switching on and off, fourth sensors to monitor air conditioning equipment switching on and off, fifth sensors to monitor refrigeration equipment switching on and off, sixth sensors to monitor defrosting switching on and off in refrigeration equipment and cold stores, seventh sensors to monitor the setpoint of air conditioning equipment, refrigeration equipment and cold stores, eighth sensors to monitor the opening of the cold store door, ninth sensors to monitor temperature and tenth sensors to monitor humidity, inside and outside the restaurant or convenience store, eleventh sensors to monitor the air supply and return temperature in the air conditioning equipment, twelfth sensors to monitor temperature in the refrigeration equipment, thirteenth sensors to monitor the temperature in the cold stores, fourteenth sensors to monitor electricity consumption in real time in all the equipment (refrigeration (24), air conditioning (23), cold rooms (25), lighting (20), etc.).

7. System for monitoring equipment in a restaurant or convenience store according to claim 6 characterised by it including timers associated with one or more of the switching on and off monitoring sensors.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of the system of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF A PRACTICAL EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

[0013] The system (1) of the invention for monitoring the equipment of a restaurant (6) or convenience store (7) includes: [0014] sensors (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65) for various parameters located in at least one piece of equipment (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25) of the restaurant (6) or convenience store (7), [0015] a control unit (11) located in the restaurant (6) or convenience store (7) and linked to the sensors (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65), [0016] at least a first link (12) for internet access (18) associated with the control unit (11) for the exchange of commands and data, [0017] at least one user terminal (13) provided with a second link (14) to the internet (18) for the exchange of commands and data with the control unit (11) through the first link (12) over the internet (18).

[0018] Preferably, the control unit (11) includes at least a first recorder (11a) for data from the sensors (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65) for later retrieval if there is no live connection.

[0019] The first data recorder (11) includes at least one data logger since the data can then be stored autonomously.

[0020] For its part, the user terminal (13) ideally includes a second data recorder (30) to store the data and commands from the sensor readings and from the operational management for analysis immediately or later. Furthermore, it is preferred that the user terminal (13) includes a screen (31) associated with a graphics manager (32) to display the data and commands from the sensor readings and from the operational management as diagrams, to have an analysis capacity based on these graphs.

[0021] As for the sensors, they can be, for example: [0022] first sensors (50) to monitor lighting (20) switching on and off, [0023] second sensors (51) to monitor the extractor hood (21) switching on and off, [0024] third sensors (52) to monitor ventilation (22) switching on and off, [0025] fourth sensors (53) to monitor air conditioning equipment (23) switching on and off (air conditioning and heating), [0026] fifth sensors (54) to monitor refrigeration equipment (24) switching on and off, [0027] sixth sensors (55) to monitor defrosting switching on and off in refrigeration equipment (24) and cold stores (25), [0028] seventh sensors (56) to monitor the setpoint of air conditioning equipment (23), refrigeration equipment (24) and cold stores (25), [0029] eighth sensors (57) to monitor the opening of the cold store door (25), [0030] ninth sensors (58) to monitor temperature and tenth sensors (59) to monitor humidity, inside and outside the restaurant (6) or convenience store (7), (necessary for air conditioning in some systems) [0031] eleventh sensors (60) to monitor the air supply (61) and return (62) temperature in the air conditioning equipment (23), [0032] twelfth sensors (63) to monitor temperature in the refrigeration equipment (24), [0033] thirteenth sensors (64) to monitor the temperature in the cold stores (25), [0034] fourteenth sensors (65) to monitor electricity consumption in real time in all the equipment (refrigeration (24), air conditioning (23), cold rooms (25), lighting (20), etc.).

[0035] In addition, timers, not shown, can be used, associated with one or more of the switching on and off monitoring sensors (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55) to be able to schedule their switching on and off.

[0036] Having sufficiently described the nature of the invention, as well as the way in which it is implemented in practice, it should be noted that the provisions indicated above and represented in the attached drawings may be subject to detailed modifications as long as they do not alter the fundamental principle.