JP6901375B2 - Menu recipe creation control device and menu recipe creation system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a menu recipe creation control device and a menu recipe creation system.

With the diversification of lifestyles, the way of eating and the contents of meals are also different for each individual. If you are busy and use the delivery service to eat, you may end up buying ready-made meals.

In addition to this, there is also a method of cooking using at least a part of the ingredients (foods) that have already been purchased and stocked. In some cases, it is cooked only with the ingredients in stock, and in other cases, it is cooked using the newly purchased ingredients together with the stocked ingredients.

In any case, it is necessary to consider a menu recipe using the ingredients in stock, and in many cases, the menu recipe will be created depending on the taste of the cook and the specialty dish. ..

In addition, many menu recipes thought by others have been published on the website by the information society in recent years, and with reference to this information, menu recipes using stocked ingredients will be considered or imitated. ..

JP-A-2007-272379

The above-mentioned Patent Document 1 discloses that when a difference from the taste of a target cooked food occurs, it is possible to detect this and provide cooking information for making the target cooked food. Has been done.

That is, in Patent Document 1, while making the ingredients similar to the target cooked food, it suppresses the preparation of the cooked food having new ingredients.

An object of the present invention is to provide a menu recipe creation control device and a menu recipe creation system capable of creating an optimum menu recipe according to a user's request.

In order to achieve the above object, the menu recipe creation control device according to claim 1 of the present invention provides users who can use a predetermined service with registration points registered by using the predetermined service. The user information storage means for storing the associated user information and the creation points necessary for creating the menu recipe based on the optimum menu recipe creation conditions according to the user's request are the use. When the point determination means for determining whether or not the registered points registered for the user are satisfied by the person information storage means and the point determination means for determining that the created points satisfy the registration points, It is characterized by comprising a menu recipe creating means for creating a menu recipe based on the preparation conditions.

Further, the menu recipe creation control device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the menu according to the creation condition identification means for identifying the creation condition and the preparation condition identified by the creation condition identification means in claim 1. When it is deemed necessary to specify the ingredients to be used when creating the recipe, the food ingredient designation receiving means for receiving the designation of the ingredient information related to the ingredients is further provided, and the menu recipe creating means is the foodstuff designation receiving means. By designating the foodstuff, at least a part of the foodstuff is used to prepare a menu recipe based on the preparation condition.

Further, in the menu recipe creation control device according to claim 3 of the present invention, in claim 2, the foodstuff designation receiving means includes an image recognition means that recognizes a target image based on the input image data. Based on the target image recognized by the image recognition means, the foodstuff specifying means for specifying the foodstuff contained in the image data is provided.

In addition, the menu recipe creation control device according to claim 4 of the present invention specifies a point that specifies a creation point based on the menu recipe creation conditions specified by the user in any one of claims 1 to 3. The point determination means further comprises means, and the point determination means determines whether or not the creation point specified by the point identification means satisfies the registration point registered for the user by the user information storage means. It is characterized by that.

Further, the menu recipe creation system according to claim 5 of the present invention includes a menu recipe creation device that creates a menu recipe based on the menu recipe creation conditions specified by the user, and the menu recipe creation device. A management control device that performs management control related to the creation of a menu recipe is provided, and the management control device stores user information associated with registration points registered by using a predetermined service for the user. The user information storage means to be used and the creation points required for creating the menu recipe based on the creation conditions specified by the user are stored in the user information storage means for the user. It is further provided with a point determination means for determining whether or not the registration points are satisfied, and it is said that it is necessary to specify the ingredients to be used when creating the menu recipe according to the preparation conditions, and the ingredients are specified. Therefore, the foodstuff information related to the foodstuff is output to the menu recipe creation device together with the preparation condition to make the menu recipe creation request, and the menu recipe creation device receives the foodstuff information based on the menu recipe creation request. It is characterized in that a menu recipe based on the above-mentioned preparation conditions is prepared using at least a part of the ingredients.

Further, in the menu recipe creation system according to claim 6 of the present invention, in claim 5, the user information is specified as a user type in which the user is a user of the predetermined service. In addition to the creation conditions and the food ingredient information, the management control device also outputs information on the predetermined service identified by the user type of the user to the menu recipe creation device, and outputs the menu recipe. The creating apparatus is characterized in that a menu recipe based on the creating conditions is created by using the predetermined service using at least a part of the ingredients of the ingredient information.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that an optimum menu recipe can be created according to a user's request.

The figure which shows the outline of the menu recipe creation control device and menu recipe creation system in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the user information table used in the menu recipe creation system in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the ingredient information table used in the menu recipe making system in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the recipe creation condition combination management table used in the menu recipe creation system in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the recipe creation necessary point table used in the menu recipe creation system in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the recipe making condition table used in the menu recipe making system in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the screen which is displayed on the user terminal which comprises the menu recipe creation system in embodiment of this invention. Another diagram showing a screen displayed on a user terminal constituting the menu recipe creation system according to the embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart which shows the flow of the recipe creation request processing performed by the management server which comprises the menu recipe creation system in embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the flow of the recipe creation response processing performed by the management server which comprises the menu recipe creation system in embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the flow of the recipe creation process performed by the recipe creation server which comprises the menu recipe creation system in embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the menu recipe creation control device and the menu recipe creation system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a menu recipe creation control device and a menu recipe creation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the menu recipe creation system includes a management server 100, a user terminal 200, a recipe creation server 300, a recipe providing site 400, and a service server 500, each of which is connected by a communication line (including wired and wireless). ing. The management server 100 and the recipe creation server 300 at this time may be configured by a single device (referred to as a “menu recipe creation control device”).

At least the user management DB 110, the food information management DB 120, and the recipe management DB 130 are connected to the management server 100, and the big data providing server 310 is connected to each of the management server 100 and the recipe creation server 300. There is. Further, a plurality of service servers 500 can be provided according to the service to be provided. For example, each of "service 1", "service 2" and "service 3", which are examples of predetermined services, can be provided as a service 1 server. It may be provided by 510, service 2 server 520 and service 3 server 530. The details of the predetermined service will be described later.

The user management DB 110 manages and stores user information related to the user, and this user information is used (contracted) by the user (user ID). ) Information associated with a predetermined service (service identification information) and additional information registered by using the service (registration points, ranks determined based on acquired products and registration points, etc.) (Fig.) See 2).

Further, the food material information management DB 120 manages and stores the food material information associated with the food material information registered in advance by the user (user ID) (see FIG. 3). .. Further, the recipe management DB 130 manages and stores the menu recipe created by the recipe creation server 300.

The management server 100 is also referred to as a “management device” or a “management control device”, and is a device that performs management control processing related to the menu recipe creation process performed by the recipe creation server 300. The recipe creation server 300 is also referred to as a "menu recipe creation device", and is a device that creates a menu recipe based on the menu recipe creation conditions specified from the user terminal 200 operated by the user. .. Further, the user terminal 200, which is also called a "terminal" or a "requesting device", is composed of a notebook PC, a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a tablet, a desktop PC, or the like, and is equipped with a camera having an imaging function. ing. In addition, the user terminal 200 can perform predetermined operations (keyboard operation, touch panel operation, etc.) by the user, and the user can specify the menu creation conditions and request the menu recipe. is there.

The menu recipe shows the ingredients necessary for cooking the dish, and also shows the cooking procedure using the ingredients. That is, by using the menu recipe, the user or another person can recognize the cooking procedure to be prepared and the ingredients necessary for the cooking.

The menu recipe creation conditions (also referred to as "recipe creation conditions") that can be specified by the user using the user terminal 200 are those used by the recipe creation server 300 to create the menu recipe. , It is an item for embodying the dish desired by the user.

The menu creation condition table is stored in the storage area (not shown) of the management server 100 as a recipe creation condition table, and an example of this recipe creation condition table is shown in FIG.

The recipe creation condition table shown in FIG. 6 is composed of at least a [condition number] item, a [condition name] item, and a [food specification necessity / non-necessity] item. The [Condition number] item is number information for identifying the recipe creation condition, the [Condition name] item indicates the name of the recipe creation condition, and the [Ingredient specification necessity] item is the specification of the ingredient for each recipe creation condition. Indicates whether or not it is necessary to do. Note that, in FIG. 6, a [Remarks] item is provided, and as a remark, information for embodying the menu recipe stored in the management server 100 is shown.

In the [Condition name] item of the recipe creation condition table shown in FIG. 6, all five recipe creation conditions are shown, and as the first creation condition, "nutrition-balanced menu" is shown, and the second As a creation condition, "a menu for utilizing leftovers in a refrigerator, etc." is shown, as a third creation condition, "health and diet menu" is shown, and as a fourth creation condition, "low budget menu" is shown. 5 As a preparation condition, "easy cooking menu" is shown. In addition, in the [Ingredient specification required / not required] item, one of "Specified required", "Specifiable possible", and "Not specified" is set as the required or not required to specify the ingredient for each creation condition. If "" is set, it means that it is necessary to specify the ingredients, and if "possible" is set, it means that the ingredients can be specified, and "cannot be specified" is set. If so, it indicates that the ingredients cannot be specified.

In other words, depending on this [Ingredient designation necessity] item, the case where it is necessary to specify the ingredients to be used when creating the menu recipe and the case where it is not always necessary are separated for each creation condition. is there.

By designating at least one recipe creation condition among these recipe creation conditions, a menu recipe capable of embodying a dish based on the recipe creation condition is created. Preferably, by designating the two recipe creation conditions, a plurality of menu recipes that meet the recipe creation conditions specified by the user and can be selected are created.

The recipe providing site 400 is a site that provides an existing recipe based on the request in response to a request from the management server 100, and a plurality of existing recipes are stored. In this recipe providing site 400, by specifying ingredients or by specifying a meal genre (Japanese style, Western style, Chinese food, etc.), existing recipes according to the specified contents are specified and provided. Can be done.

In the menu recipe creation system having such a configuration, the recipe creation request processing is performed on the management server 100 by the user performing an operation of specifying the menu recipe creation conditions using the user terminal 200. ..

It is possible to specify the ingredients depending on the creation conditions of the specified menu recipe, and as a method of specifying the ingredients at this time, for example, a method of performing through a screen transition as shown in FIG. 7 using a user terminal. There is. Specifically, using a method in which the user specifies information about the foodstuff (foodstuff name, quantity, expiration date, etc.) from the screen of the user terminal 200, or an imaging function of a camera or the like mounted on the user terminal 200. There is a method of imaging and specifying the ingredients.

Then, when the management server 100 receives a recipe creation request in which the menu creation conditions and ingredients are specified from the user terminal 200, the management server 100 authenticates the user based on the user information stored in the user management DB 110. Perform processing. In this authentication process, it is possible to create a menu recipe based on the user information for the user identification information (user ID) that identifies the user, which is defined in the user information table as shown in FIG. This is a process for determining (determining) whether or not a user is a user. The user identification information (user ID) at this time can be configured by, for example, the identification information specified by the user, the terminal identification number (terminal ID) of the user terminal 200, or the like.

The user information table shown in FIG. 2 is composed of at least a [user ID] item, a [user name] item, a [user type] item, an [acquired points] item, and a [user registration service] item. There is. The [User ID] item indicates the identification information for identifying the user, the [User name] item indicates the name of the user, and the [User type] item indicates the type of the user. The [Acquired points] item indicates the points possessed by the user, and the [Usage registration service] item indicates the contract status of the predetermined service.

The user type shown in the [User type] item indicates the level determined according to the usage status and contract status of a predetermined service. The higher the number of registrations of the usage registration service, the higher the level indicated by this user type is set.

In addition, the points shown in the [Acquired points] item are additional information used when creating the menu recipe, and are the services (service 1, service 2, etc.) for which the usage contract is shown in the [Usage registration service] item. Registration points that can be earned by using service 3). In other words, in order to create a menu recipe, it is premised on the use of other services, and it is possible to create a menu recipe by linking with other services.

As a predetermined service indicated by the [Usage registration service] item at this time, for example, there is "Service 1: Use of electricity, gas, water, etc.", "Service 2: Delivery of video contents", and "Service 3". : Introduction of specific equipment (purchase of specific products) ”, points for each service according to the usage amount of each of these services (service amount of service 1:“ 20pt ”for 100 yen, service 2 and service 3 Usage amount: "10pt" etc. for every 1000 yen) will be registered.

Therefore, as an example of the authentication process for authenticating the creation of the menu recipe by the user, the creation points (points required for creation) that are predetermined to be necessary for creating the menu recipe are associated and registered as user information. There is a process of authenticating by determining whether or not the registered points (user points) are satisfied (whether or not the registered points are equal to or higher than the created points). That is, the creation points according to the creation conditions of the menu recipe are the creation points defined in advance.

In addition, it may be possible to simply determine (determine) whether or not the user is registered in the user information table as shown in FIG. 2, and authenticate the user by being registered. An example of other authentication processing will be described later.

Then, when it is determined by such an authentication process that the user information satisfies the additional information (points, etc.) necessary for creating the menu recipe, the management server 100 is designated together with the creation condition and the creation condition. Recipe creation that can include at least information on ingredients, and also information on ingredients such as ingredients and equipment (cooking utensils such as kitchenware and cutting boards, cooking equipment) stored in advance in the ingredient information management DB 120. The request is output (sent) to the recipe creation server 300.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the food material stored in advance in the food material information management DB 120 at this time. The food material information table shown in FIG. 3 is in a state in which the foodstuffs registered using the screens shown in FIG. 7 (particularly FIGS. 7B to 7e) are registered for each user. It is composed of [User ID] item, [Ingredient information] item, and [Expiration date] item. In addition, the quantity may be registered for each ingredient. Further, the foodstuffs registered in the foodstuff information table are preferably foodstuffs that can be used for a long period of time (foodstuffs with a long expiration date) and the like.

The [User ID] item corresponds to the [User ID] item in the user information table shown in FIG. 2, and indicates the identification information for identifying the user, and the [Ingredient information] item is registered. It is information about ingredients and is composed of "ingredient name" and "ingredient type", and the [expiration date] item indicates the expiration date for each ingredient. The types of foodstuffs at this time indicate types such as "instant foods" that are processed foods that can be eaten by simple cooking, "retort foods" that are foods that have been sterilized by pressure heating and packaged, and others. There is.

Then, the recipe creation request output (transmitted) by the management server 100 to the recipe creation server 300 may include an existing menu recipe acquired from the recipe providing site 400 by the management server 100. In this case, the recipe creation server 300 can create a new menu recipe different from the existing menu recipe based on the existing menu recipe. In addition, as a method of acquiring an existing menu recipe from the recipe providing site 400, the management server 100 includes food information specified together with the menu recipe creation conditions, food information stored in advance in the food information management DB 120, and the like. You can get an existing recipe using.

Here, another example of the authentication process for authenticating the creation of the menu recipe by the user shown above is shown. In the storage area of the management server, a recipe creation condition combination management table as shown in FIG. 4 and a recipe creation necessary point table as shown in FIG. 5 are stored.

The recipe creation condition combination management table shown in FIG. 4 is a "required point rank (any of all four types A to D)" for each recipe creation condition combination when two types of recipe creation conditions are specified. Is shown. In FIG. 4, "necessary point ranks" are set for all combinations of two types of all five types of recipe creation conditions shown above. By using the recipe creation condition combination management table of FIG. 4 and the recipe creation necessary point table of FIG. 5 to be described later, it is possible to specify the creation points based on the menu creation condition creation conditions specified by the user. Become.

In the recipe creation required point table shown in FIG. 5, the required points required for menu creation creation (necessary for authentication) are set according to the user type for the "required point rank" shown in FIG. ing. The required points at this time are set to be less as the level of the user type becomes higher. In other words, the more contracts the predetermined service to be linked with, the higher the level of each user type, and the less necessary points are required to create the menu recipe.

That is, as another example of the authentication process for authenticating the creation of the menu recipe by the user, the creation points (points required for creation) according to the menu recipe creation conditions are registered in association with the user information. There is a process of authenticating by determining whether or not the points (user points) are satisfied (whether or not the registered points are equal to or more than the created points). In other words, the creation points required to create a menu recipe correspond to the menu creation conditions.

Subsequently, the recipe creation server 300 is also referred to as a “menu recipe creation device”, and a menu recipe creation process for creating a menu recipe based on a recipe creation request from the management server 100 is performed.

This menu recipe creation process is a process of creating a new menu recipe using the menu recipe creation conditions, the designated ingredient information, the ingredient information stored in advance in the ingredient information management DB 120, and the like. In this menu recipe creation process, the process may be performed using the data (also referred to as “big data”) provided by the big data providing server 310.

The big data providing server 310 is a server capable of storing and providing a large amount of various data (big data) used in the menu recipe creating process performed in the recipe creating server 300. In addition, the big data at this time is data used for deriving findings useful for creating menu recipes.

This big data includes, for example, family information, recent eating and drinking conditions, popular meals, popular menus, effects (ingredients) obtained from ingredients, newly developed recipes, etc. Have.

In the menu recipe creation process on the recipe creation server 300, the recipe creation conditions, the designated ingredient information, the ingredient information stored in advance in the ingredient information management DB 120, and the above-mentioned big data are used as the basis for the menu recipe creation process. Select the data required to create the menu recipe, determine the priority of each data, and select the information used to create the menu recipe. As a result, in the menu recipe creation process, the tendency (Western style, Japanese style, stir-fried food, raw food, etc.) and characteristics (focusing on a specific ingredient) of the newly created menu recipe from the selected information may occur. Create a menu recipe by setting (such as using seasonings).

The processing performed in the recipe creation server 300 will be specifically described. In the recipe creation server 300, a plurality of setting information (first setting information (first parameter), second setting information (second parameter), etc.) are set as setting information used for creating the menu recipe.

As the first setting information, information on the range of use of ingredients is set. Specifically, "It is not necessary to confirm that all the ingredients necessary for cooking are available, and the main ingredients or their dishes are not required. Either "Create a recipe that can be cooked if there are more than half of all the ingredients required for cooking" or "Create a recipe that can be cooked using at least some of the confirmed ingredients" is set. .. This first setting information can be changed by the user.

Further, as the second setting information, a menu recipe creation method that satisfies the menu creation conditions is set for each menu recipe creation condition. In the following, a method for creating a menu recipe for each of the five creation conditions of the first creation condition to the fifth creation condition shown above will be described.

Specifically, for the first preparation condition, "nutrition-balanced menu,""(A) use of materials containing energy and necessary nutrients, (B) other items" is set as the preparation method. Has been
In contrast to the second creation condition, "Menu for utilizing leftovers in refrigerators, etc.", as a creation method, "(A) preferentially use ingredients with a short expiration date, (B) use a mixture of selected ingredients. Is set,
In contrast to the third preparation condition, "health and diet menu," as a preparation method, "(A) priority use of foods that are slowly digested, (B) priority of foods with high dietary fiber and mineral content. Use, (C) Priority use of low-calorie foods "is set.
In contrast to the fourth preparation condition, "low budget menu," as a preparation method, "(A) use of ingredients with low cost for quantity, (B) priority use of buckwheat, tofu, chicken, okara, bean sprouts, and eggs. Is set,
For the fifth preparation condition, "easy cooking menu", "(A) preferential use of ingredients with few cooking processes (including no cooking process)" is set as a preparation method.

For example, when the first creation condition and the second creation condition are specified by the user as the "menu creation condition" and "noodles, tofu, onion, tomato, lemon" are specified as the ingredients, the recipe creation server 300 Then, from the big data providing server 310, for example, as data necessary for creating a menu recipe, family information, recent eating and drinking conditions, spicy meals, popular menus, effects (ingredients) obtained from ingredients, etc. are selected and these are selected. As the priority of the data of, for example, it is decided to give priority to "family information" and "popular menu".

As a result, the recipe creation server 300 determines the tendency of the menu recipe (for example, Chinese food) based on this information, and as a feature, for example, mainly "noodles", and "lemon" as an ingredient to accompany this. And set to create a menu recipe using "leeks". Then, the recipe creation server 300 creates a new menu recipe according to the popular menu using these ingredients.

In this way, when a new menu recipe is created in the recipe creation server 300, it responds to the management server 100. At this time, the management server 100 responds to the user terminal 200 with the created menu recipe and saves it in the recipe management DB 130. In addition, the management server 100 may provide a new menu recipe to the recipe providing site 400.

7 and 8 are views showing a screen displayed on a user terminal constituting the menu recipe creation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown above, the user terminal 200 is composed of a notebook PC, a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or tablet (including a mobile phone equipped with a portable OS), a desktop PC, or the like. FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen on a mobile phone.

FIG. 7A is a screen showing a menu selection screen on the top page, and on this screen, five menus, which are creation conditions for creating a menu recipe, are displayed. The screen shown in FIG. 7A shows a state in which a “nutrition-balanced menu” and a “menu utilizing leftovers such as in a refrigerator” are selected.

When one or more menus are selected on the menu selection screen of FIG. 7 (a) and the OK button is pressed, the food ingredient registration screen as shown in FIG. 7 (b) is subsequently displayed. The foodstuff registration screen as shown in FIG. 7 (b) is a screen displayed when a menu other than the "easy cooking menu" is selected in the screen shown in FIG. 7 (a). , When only this "easy cooking menu" is selected, the foodstuff registration screen as shown in FIG. 7B is not displayed, and there are few cooking processes using instant foods, retort foods, etc., or cooking. A screen displaying recipes without a process will be displayed. This screen transition is performed based on the information set in the [Ingredient designation necessity] item of the recipe creation condition table shown in FIG. That is, when "x (cannot be specified)" is set in the [Ingredient specification necessity] item, the ingredient registration screen as shown in FIG. 7 (b) is not displayed.

The ingredient registration screen of FIG. 7B is a screen for selecting an ingredient registration method, and is a "ingredient registration button" for newly registering ingredients when creating a menu recipe and a "ingredient registration button" for confirming the registered ingredients. There is a "food confirmation button". When the "foodstuff registration button" is pressed, the foodstuff registration method selection screen as shown in FIG. 7 (c) is displayed, and when the "foodstuff confirmation button" is pressed, the foodstuff confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 7 (f) is displayed. Is displayed.

In addition, in FIG. 7B, it is possible to display a "recipe creation button", and this "recipe creation button" is the ingredient when the creation condition that requires registration of the ingredient is selected. This button is displayed after the registration of the ingredients is completed, or is a valid button, and is not displayed or is grayed out until the registration of the ingredients is completed. In addition, this "recipe creation button" is shown when the creation condition that requires registration of ingredients is not selected (that is, when registration of ingredients is not mandatory and an optional creation condition is selected). It is displayed or valid on the foodstuff registration screen in 7 (b).

The foodstuff registration method selection screen shown in FIG. 7C is a screen for selecting a method for registering foodstuffs, such as a "manual input button" for manually registering foodstuffs, a camera mounted on a mobile phone, and the like. It is possible to select one of "foodstuff photography" in which registration is performed by imaging (shooting) the foodstuff with the image pickup function of. When the "manual input button" is pressed by the user, the food material information input screen (manual input) as shown in FIG. 7D is displayed.

The food material information input screen (manual input) of FIG. 7 (d) is a screen on which the food material name, the quantity (quantity) of the food material, and the expiration date can be input, and the "next food material button" is pressed. This makes it possible to input other ingredients. Further, when the input of all the ingredients is completed by pressing the "completion button", the ingredient information input completion screen as shown in FIG. 7 (e) is displayed. The food material information input completion screen of FIG. 7 (e) shows the number of types of food materials that have been input and registered.

Subsequently, in FIG. 7 (f), the screen transitions from the food material registration screen as shown in FIG. 7 (b) or the food material information input completion screen as shown in FIG. 7 (e), and the registered food material is registered. It is a foodstuff confirmation screen to confirm. On the foodstuff confirmation screen shown in FIG. 7 (f), at least the foodstuff name, quantity, and expiration date are displayed. When the "Add" button is pressed in FIG. 7 (f), the screen transitions to the food ingredient registration method selection screen as shown in FIG. 7 (c), and other ingredients can be selected. Further, when the "completion button" is pressed on the foodstuff registration method selection screen shown in FIG. 7C, the foodstuff registration screen as shown in FIG. 7B is displayed. At this time, on the foodstuff registration screen as shown in FIG. 7B, the "recipe creation button" is displayed and can be pressed.

Subsequently, the screen shown in FIG. 8 (g) can be imaged by activating an imaging function such as a camera when the "food shooting button" is pressed on the food material registration method selection screen shown in FIG. 7 (c). It shows the state. In FIG. 8 (g), the tofu placed on the colander was taken as an imaging target. In FIG. 8 (g), when the “shooting button” is pressed, the image data obtained by capturing the image of the food material as an imaging target is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 8 (h).

The user terminal 200 performs an image recognition process of the target image from the captured (input) image data, and performs a process of identifying the target food material. That is, in the image recognition process, the range of the food material to be the target image is specified from the entire image data, and the food material is recognized from the target image. As another image recognition process, the image data captured by the user terminal 200 is transmitted to the management server 100, and the management server 100 that receives the image data performs the image recognition process of the target image from the image data. Then, the management server 100 may specify the foodstuff from the recognized target image and respond to the user terminal 200 with information about the specified foodstuff (“tofu” in the example shown in FIG. 8 (g)). .. That is, this image recognition process may be performed by any device.

FIG. 8H shows a state in which three kinds of ingredients are registered. In the example shown in FIG. 8 (h), a state specified as "tofu" as a target food material is shown from the target image captured in FIG. 8 (g). Then, when the completion button provided in FIG. 8 (h) is pressed, the screen transitions to the food information input completion screen shown in FIG. 7 (e). From this, it is possible to register a plurality of ingredients by "manual input" and "imaging".

FIG. 8 (i) is a screen displayed by pressing the "recipe creation button" on the foodstuff registration screen shown in FIG. 7 (b), and by pressing this "recipe creation button", The recipe creation server 300 shows a state in which the menu recipe creation process is performed and the list of the created menu recipes is displayed.

Using the screens shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the operation related to the creation of the menu recipe will be performed.

Subsequently, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of recipe creation request processing performed by the management server constituting the menu recipe creation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The management server 100 starts processing when it receives a recipe creation request including a menu recipe including a "user ID", a "menu recipe creation condition", and "information about a designated ingredient" from the user terminal 200. The management server 100 performs user information identification processing based on the user ID (S901). By this process, various information included in the user information managed by the user management DB 110 is identified for the user ID. Of course, in this user information identification process, a process of determining whether or not the user ID is registered in the user management DB 110 is also performed, and if the user ID is not registered, the process in this flowchart ends. To do.

Subsequently, the management server 100 identifies the “menu recipe creation condition” specified by using the user terminal 200 (S902). That is, which (one or more) of the recipe creation conditions shown in the recipe creation condition table shown in FIG. 6 is identified. After identifying this "menu recipe creation condition", subsequently, on the management server 100, the registration points registered as user information are required to create the menu recipe based on the menu recipe creation condition. It is determined whether or not the creation point is satisfied (S903).

When it is determined that the registration points registered as user information do not meet the creation points required for creating the menu recipe based on the menu recipe creation conditions (NO in S903), the management server 100 registers. Since the points do not satisfy the creation points, an error notification indicating that the recipe does not have points for creating the recipe is given (S904), and the process ends. On the contrary, when it is determined that the registration points registered as the user information satisfy the creation points required for creating the menu recipe based on the menu recipe creation conditions (YES in S903), the management server 100 determines. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the identified "recipe creation condition" is the one in which the designation of the ingredients is indispensable (S905).

If the recipe creation condition that is set to require the specification of ingredients is not specified (NO in S905), the management server 100 makes a recipe creation request including "user information" and "recipe creation condition". Output (send) to the recipe creation server 300 (S913).

If the recipe creation condition that is set to require the specification of ingredients is specified (YES in S905), the management server 100 subsequently acquires information on the ingredients that must be specified. (S906). When it is determined that the information about the food material is acquired (YES in S906), the management server 100 performs the confirmation process of the designated food material (S909). This confirmation process of the food material is a process of confirming the food material that can be used by the user from the designated food material and the food material stored in advance.

Subsequently, the management server 100 registers the confirmed foodstuff in the foodstuff management DB 120 (S910). Then, based on the confirmed ingredients, an existing recipe that can be created is acquired from the recipe management DB 130 (S911). This existing recipe is an existing menu recipe that can be created using the confirmed ingredients, and is either a menu recipe created in the past or an existing menu recipe obtained from the recipe providing site 400. Is.

Then, the management server 100 outputs a recipe creation request including "designated ingredient information" and "existing recipe" using the ingredient in addition to "user information" and "recipe creation condition" to the recipe creation server 300. (Transmit) (S912).

Further, in the above-mentioned S906, in the "process for determining whether or not the information on the foodstuffs that must be specified is acquired", when the information on the foodstuffs that must be specified is not acquired (NO in S906), The management server 100 transmits a food ingredient designation request to the user terminal 200 (S907). It is conceivable that the information on the foodstuffs for which the designation is essential has not been acquired, the user terminal 200 has specified the information but has not received the information due to an error related to communication or the like. Then, it is determined whether or not the information on the essential ingredients has been acquired (S908), and if the information on the ingredients has not been acquired (NO in S908), this flowchart ends. On the other hand, if the information about this food material is acquired (YES in S908), the management server 100 performs the above-mentioned processing after S909.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of recipe creation response processing performed by the management server constituting the menu recipe creation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

When the management server 100 receives a response corresponding to the recipe creation process from the recipe creation server 300, the process is started, and whether or not the menu recipe information (simply also referred to as “recipe information”) created from the recipe creation server 300 is received. Is determined (S1001).

Then, when the recipe information is received (YES in S1001), the management server 100 responds to the created recipe information to the user terminal 200 which is the request source (S1002). Further, the management server 100 registers the recipe information created by the recipe creation server 300 in the recipe management DB 130 (S1003).

On the other hand, if the menu recipe information created from the recipe creation server 300 is not received and the recipe creation server 300 cannot create the menu recipe based on the creation conditions (NO in S1001), the management server 100 , The cause information that the menu recipe could not be created is responded to the user terminal 200 that is the request source (S1004). Then, the management server 100 stores the "cause information" and the "recipe creation condition", the "foodstuff information", etc. for the "cause information" in the storage area as history information in association with each other (S1005).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of the recipe creation process performed by the recipe creation server constituting the menu recipe creation system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

When the recipe creation server 300 receives the recipe creation request from the management server 100, the process is started, and first, the process is performed to confirm the information included in the recipe creation request (S1101). In this confirmation process, "user information", "recipe creation conditions", "ingredient information", etc. are confirmed.

Subsequently, the recipe creation server 300 acquires data used for deriving knowledge useful for creating a menu recipe from the big data providing server 310 based on the "user information" (S1102). Then, the recipe creation server 300 uses the above data, recipe creation conditions, and ingredient information, and in particular, uses at least a part of the ingredients specified in the ingredient information to create a new recipe that is different from the existing recipe. Alternatively, create a plurality (S1103).

Then, the recipe information regarding the created menu recipe is responded to the management server 100 which is the request source (S1104).

The embodiment shown above is an embodiment of the present invention, and is not limited to these examples, and can be appropriately modified and implemented without changing the gist thereof.

100 Management server 110 User information management DB
120 Ingredient information management DB
130 Recipe management DB
200 User terminal 300 Recipe creation server 310 Big data providing server 400 Recipe providing site 500 Service server

Claims (5)

A user information storage means for storing user information associated with registration points registered by using a predetermined service for a user who can use the predetermined service.
Registration that the creation points necessary for creating the menu recipe based on the optimum menu recipe creation conditions according to the user's request are registered for the user by the user information storage means. A point determination means for determining whether or not a point is satisfied, and a point determination means
A menu recipe creation control device comprising: a menu recipe creation means for creating a menu recipe based on the creation condition when the creation point is determined to satisfy the registration point by the point determination means. A creation condition identification means for identifying the creation condition and
When it is required to specify the ingredients to be used when creating the menu recipe according to the creation conditions identified by the preparation condition identification means, the food designation receiving means for accepting the designation of the food information regarding the foodstuff is further provided. And
The menu recipe creation means is
The menu recipe creation control device according to claim 1, wherein when the foodstuff is designated by the foodstuff designation receiving means, a menu recipe based on the preparation condition is created using at least a part of the foodstuff. The foodstuff designation reception means is
An image recognition means that recognizes the target image based on the input image data,
The menu recipe creation control device according to claim 2, further comprising a food ingredient specifying means for specifying the foodstuff contained in the image data based on the target image recognized by the image recognition means. Further provided with a point identification means for specifying a creation point based on the creation conditions of the menu recipe specified by the user.
The point determination means is
Claims 1 to 3 characterized in that it is determined whether or not the created points specified by the point specifying means satisfy the registration points registered for the user by the user information storage means. Menu recipe creation control device described in any of. A menu recipe creation device that creates menu recipes based on the menu recipe creation conditions specified by the user, and
It is equipped with a management control device that performs management control related to the creation of the menu recipe by the menu recipe creation device.
The management control device is
A user information storage means for storing user information associated with a registration point registered by using a predetermined service for the user, and a user information storage means.
Whether or not the creation points required for creating the menu recipe based on the creation conditions specified by the user satisfy the registration points for the user stored in the user information storage means. Further equipped with a point discriminating means for discriminating,
It is said that it is necessary to specify the ingredients to be used when creating the menu recipe according to the preparation conditions, and by designating the ingredients, the ingredient information related to the ingredients is output to the menu recipe creation device together with the preparation conditions. Then make a request to create the menu recipe,
The menu recipe creation device is
A menu recipe creation system characterized in that a menu recipe based on the preparation conditions is created by using at least a part of the ingredients of the ingredient information based on the menu recipe creation request.

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