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The restaurant starts with a TV camera

11.03.2005

The client is just approaching the restaurant and does not know what he will choose from the menu, and his order is already being prepared in the kitchen. Is it possible? Maybe if "Bob" works in the restaurant.

"Bob" is the name of a computer system for roadside fast food restaurants created in Pennsylvania (USA). There are video cameras on the roof of the restaurant that feed the image of the cars arriving and the hungry customers exiting them to a computer running image recognition software. To find out what the visitor will order, two parameters are used - the type of car and the height of the visitor.

Statistics say that arriving in a truck or a hefty jeep most often takes an extra large hamburger and coffee. A large "family" car drove up - expect to order chicken pieces in batter, fried potatoes and Pepsi or cola. Large people coming to the door of the restaurant are likely to order hamburgers, and small people, that is, children, need to prepare children's favorite dishes.

The number of cars arriving and exiting customers is also counted, which allows you to estimate the size of the order. Chefs can prepare a dish without waiting for the customer to enter the restaurant. This saves waiting time and ensures that the dish is hot.

There, in Pennsylvania, a more advanced program is being developed that will also determine the age and gender of visitors by their faces. Salads and chicken are more popular with women, while hamburgers are more popular with men.

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