Patent Application
20180158153
This application claims priority to Turkish application No. TR 2016/18011 filed on Dec. 7, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The invention subject to the application is related to a device which may contain an optional autonomous driving characteristic which enables to fully automatically prepare pizza and other similar pastry products in order for them to be freshly and crisply delivered to the customers.
The consumers, who order food to be delivered home, want their food to be delivered as fast as possible before the food gets cold. For this reason, food delivery vehicles, comprise ovens which enable the food to be heated or insulating containers which retain the temperature of the food. Besides these, distribution methods in which the food is prepared inside the vehicles are also known.
Vehicles in which products such as pizza are prepared during distribution are also known. As the cooking time of products such as pizza is between 3-5 minutes it is not a problem for such products to be cooked during their delivery. Examples in which products such as pizza are prepared during delivery with ingredients that have been stored beforehand in the vehicle are known in the state of the art.
The patent document with the number US2002048624A1 can be given as reference regarding this issue. Said document is related to a pizza preparation and delivery method comprising a freezer and oven which enables to cook pizzas during delivery thereof. In order to prepare pizza during delivery one more person is required besides the driver.
The patent document with the number JP2005309977(A) can be given as reference regarding this issue. Said document is related to a method which calculates the arrival time according to traffic in delivery vehicles and adjusts the starting time of the cooking process according to the information obtained. Accordingly, the control computer creates route according to the delivery vehicle information, and the arrival time is calculated according to the traffic information along said route. The starting time of the cooking process is submitted to the delivery vehicle for the product to be cooked inside the oven. Said prior art comprises a control computer, a freezer inside the delivery vehicle, an oven, a GPS, temperature sensors and a system by means of which customers can track down their orders. The pizza dough and ingredients are readily loaded onto the vehicle.
The patent document with the number US 2016/0162833 A1 can be given as reference regarding this issue. Said prior art, is related to a system which enables the automatic preparation of the pizzas during delivery. The system calculates the delivery time of the vehicle to the customer and enables the pizza inside the vehicle to be prepared autonomously in accordance with the preferences of the customer. The frozen pizza dough and pizza ingredients are loaded into the vehicle.
The invention subject to the application is related to a system in a pizza delivery vehicle which enables fully automatic preparation of pizza during delivery in order to deliver crisp pizza and other similar pastry products fresh out of the oven to the customers.
The system aims for products such as pizza, flatbread and lahmacun (Turkish flatbread with mince-meat) that are selected by the user, to be prepared automatically and to deliver said products fresh out of the oven to the customers.
The present invention aims to carry out the objects according to the aforementioned information and detailed descriptions below is related to a pizza delivery vehicle having an optional autonomous driving characteristic which enables to autonomously prepare the orders while the delivery vehicle is en route to the delivery destination. Said invention comprises a mobile terminal which enables for orders to be submitted to the dynamic pizza delivery vehicle, a payment terminal comprising a POS device which enables payment upon delivery and/or for payments to be collected online during the placement of an order, a dynamic pizza delivery vehicle which enables for the pizza to be prepared, cooked and delivered autonomously, a back office and management application which enables to control the pizza delivery process and operates the dynamic pizza delivery algorithm, a mobile application which enables the customers to place orders from portable devices, and a web application which enables customers to place orders via the internet.
The invention is different to the prior art, in that it enables to ferment the pizza dough and to cook and package the pizzas inside vehicle. By means of the optional autonomous driving characteristic, delivery is performed without a driver. In the prior art, the ready to cook pizza dough were loaded into the vehicle and were stored in the freezer. Moreover, the pizzas that are cooked inside the pizza vehicles having electric or gas ovens according to the prior art, do not provide the same taste as the pizzas cooked in restaurants. The invention comprises a mobile stone oven or a special IR oven which can provide stone oven taste.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the system comprises a dynamic pizza delivery algorithm which calculates the estimated delivery time of the dynamic pizza delivery vehicle to the destination and carries out the pizza preparation and cooking procedures autonomously and controls the preparation, cooking and packaging process.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the dynamic pizza delivery vehicle comprises a section into which dough ingredients are placed, located at the rear section of the vehicle which enables to prepare, cook and pack pizza without man power, a dough mixing mixer which mixes the dough, a fermentation area in which the dough is fermented, a cooling storage area in which ingredients are stored, conveyor bands which enable the delivery of the product between devices, a dough spreading device which shapes the dough, a saucing machine which enables to add sauce to the dough to spread said sauce, a garnishing machine which garnishes the ingredients selected by the customer when they were placing the order, a stone oven or a mobile oven having equivalent characteristics to the stone oven which carries out the cooking procedure, a packaging and presentation machine which enables to package the final product and to serve it out of the system, an online system and/or a credit card slot enabling to receive payment, and an information screen positioned next to the credit card slot.
The preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that it can autonomously carry out the preparation and cooking process of products (lahmacun, flatbread etc.) having similar preparation techniques as pizza, by the dynamic pizza delivery vehicle without the need to use manpower. The automatic driving characteristic is provided optionally in the vehicle. By means of this characteristic, products such as lahmacun and flatbread are prepared using a technique similar to pizza preparation, automatically and are delivered autonomously to the destination without the need for a driver.
The figures prepared in order to further describe the system which enables fully automatic preparation of pizza during delivery in order to deliver crisp pizza fresh out of the oven to the customers have been explained below.
The aspects, sections and parts shown in the figures which have been prepared in order to further describe the system which enables fully automatic preparation of pizza during delivery in order to deliver crisp pizza fresh out of the oven to the customers have each been numbered and the references of each number has been provided below.
The invention subject to the application is related to a system in a vehicle which enables fully automatic preparation of pizza during delivery in order to deliver crisp pizza fresh out of the oven to the customers.
The system aims to deliver pizzas that have been freshly cooked, and that are hot and crisp to customers in a short period of time. In order for tasty pizzas to be prepared with high quality, the pizzas are cooked in a stone oven or in an IR oven which can provide the same taste as the stone oven and the cooking time ends when the delivery vehicle reaches the customer.
The fully automatic pizza delivery system shown in
All the necessary steps for pizza production are carried out during the delivery process of the dynamic pizza delivery vehicle (110). As it has been shown in
The mobile terminal (105) is an interface with which orders are taken and confirmed. The mobile terminal is used in order to obtain location information via the modem and global positioning system (GPS) located therein. The mobile terminal connects to the smart phones and enables audio feedback.
The payments can be carried out with two options, such as upon, delivery and online (digital payment such as credit card, apply pay, pay pal etc.) during the placement of an order, A payment terminal (109) is provided which comprises a POS device that enables payment upon delivery following the delivery of the pizzas to customers. Payment can be carried out using a credit card. The payment information is transferred to the back office and management application via the mobile terminal.
The back office and management application (103) optimizes the delivery time, using past and real time data by means of the dynamic pizza delivery algorithm (21). The component calculates with high precision the arrival time (10) including alternative routes (11) online via the Internet, using data such as date (2), time (3), traffic and statistics (4), traffic flow rate and statistics (5) activity schedule en-route (6), Socioeconomic data of the region (7), road works en-route (8) and flow statistics of traffic according to time (9) The component uses the positions and statistics (12) of present vehicles, the number of free vehicles (13) the present condition of vehicles (14) (free, being loaded, at the delivery stage), the estimated arrival time (15) as log-in information (1). The log-in information package (1) obtained, is passed through the geographical information system (16) and the information is then submitted to the pizza delivery algorithm analysis and statistics section (17). The fastest delivery routes (18) obtained by the information that is evaluated via artificial intelligence are delivered to dynamic pizza delivery vehicles (110). The information submitted to dynamic pizza delivery vehicles and the real situation is continuously compared and as a result performance evaluation data (19) is obtained Within this scope, continuous information updating and corrections (20) are carried out and the information is re-submitted to the pizza distribution algorithm analysis and statistics section (17) and therefore a cycle is created.
The pizza orders are given via the web page using smart phone applications. Mobile application order flow schedule is described in
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/18011 | Dec 2016 | TR | national |
