JP2003022305A - System and method for providing recipe - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recipe providing system and a recipe providing method which enables both the purchaser and the seller to obtain gains, and also can improve operability. SOLUTION: Merchandise information is read from a purchased objects record 30, such as a receipt and merchandise information is extracted from a database for integrated purchased objects by utilizing the identification information of a customer recorded on a membership card, etc. A foodstuff discriminating part 12 discriminates food information from the merchandise information and outputs the food information to a recipe retrieving part 13. The recipe retrieving part 13 uses the food information at least as a retrieval condition, to retrieve recipe information from a recipe database.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recipe providing system (or recipe providing apparatus) which is arranged in a food section and provides a food purchaser with a recipe for cooking, and a recipe providing method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a food retailer such as a supermarket has prepared a recipe card at a food section as a material for considering a daily menu.

The above-mentioned recipe card is a card explaining a food and a cooking method using the food, that is, a recipe. The food seller prepares, for example, only a special sale product, a recipe card using the food, in particular, an ingredient such as fresh food, in advance, and displays it on the food sales floor. The food purchaser purchases and cooks the foodstuff including the above-mentioned special sale product based on the contents described in this recipe card.

However, the recipe card has a problem that it is complicated to use, especially for the seller side.
That is, it becomes troublesome for the seller to manage the production and distribution of the recipe card such as the number of printed sheets and the place where the recipe card is displayed. Further, since there are large variations in the purchaser's budget, tastes, various conditions regarding cooking, etc., it is preferable that the recipes be diverse in order to meet the needs of the purchaser. Therefore, various types of recipe cards need to be prepared so as to be able to cope with such variations to some extent. However, when a large number of recipe cards are prepared, the management related to the above-mentioned creation and distribution becomes even more complicated.

Therefore, with the conventional recipe card, the seller, that is, the food retailer cannot efficiently connect the promotion of food.

Therefore, as a technique for dealing with the above problem, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-66170 discloses:
A recipe providing system that can avoid the above complexity is disclosed.

In the above technique, the seller inputs the food material information, and the purchaser inputs the menu constraint condition as a search condition into the computer of the system. The computer selects a dish using the above ingredients and its recipe based on these input search conditions. The system is equipped with a display device to display the selected recipe.

According to the above construction, the recipe information having the predetermined contents is not prepared, but the food information and the menu constraint condition are used as the search condition for selecting the recipe. Can be selected each time. Moreover, by using information on sales promotion products such as special sale items as food information, the seller can promote the sale of special sale items and provide various recipes according to the needs of the purchaser. You can Therefore, not only the profit on the seller side is improved, but also the convenience for the purchaser is improved.

Further, by providing the system with a printer or the like, it is possible to issue only the required number of recipe cards at the required time. Therefore, for the seller, it is possible to further avoid the complexity of management and the like related to the creation and distribution of the recipe card.

[0010]

However, in the above-mentioned technique, since the purchaser's menu restrictions and foodstuff information are used as the data used to provide the recipe,
Actually, there is a problem that the recipe providing system is not such that both the purchaser and the seller can benefit.

Specifically, as a constraint condition for menu by the purchaser, for example, any one of budget amount, taste, purpose of cooking, characteristics of person who cooks, or a combination thereof is used. Here, if the above constraint conditions match the foodstuff information by the seller, that is, the information on the special sale item,
Since it is possible to provide a recipe using a sale item, there is a benefit to both the purchaser and the seller.

However, since the menu constraint condition and the food item information of the special sale item are both unilateral conditions of the purchaser or the seller, the constraint condition and the food item information of the special sale item by the seller are usually set. Is more likely not to match.
For example, if the taste of the purchaser does not match the type of sale item, even if a recipe for any dish is searched, this recipe may be a recipe that does not benefit the purchaser at least.

Further, the relation between the price of the special sale item as the food material information and the purchaser's budget amount as the constraint condition, that is, the monetary relation is not always well matched. Particularly, in recent years, the tastes related to consumption have been diversified, so that the possibility that the tastes of the purchaser and the food information of the special sale item are well matched is further reduced.

When the food material information is a special sale item, generally, the type of the special sale item often changes every day. For this reason, if the seller inputs the foodstuff information of the special sale items to the system, the operability of the recipe providing system will be reduced, and the usage rate of the recipe providing system itself may be reduced. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a recipe providing system in which both the purchaser and the seller can benefit and the operability can be improved. It is to provide a recipe providing method.

[0016]

In order to solve the above problems, a recipe providing system according to the present invention stores at least a plurality of dishes and recipe information including the recipes as a recipe database, and a storage means. An information presenting means that can be presented, a recipe searching means for searching recipe information from the recipe database stored in the storing means, and a controlling means for controlling each of these means are provided. In the recipe providing system that controls the presentation of the retrieved recipe information to the information presenting means, the recipe providing system further includes ingredient information determining means that determines ingredient information from the purchased merchandise information and outputs the ingredient information to the recipe searching means. The recipe search means searches the recipe information using at least the food material information as a search condition. It is.

According to the above construction, the recipe information is searched after automatically obtaining the food material information from the purchase record information such as a receipt or the purchase history information stored as a database. Therefore, the purchaser of the product does not need to bother to input the food material information, and the search is hardly burdened on the purchaser side. Moreover,
Since the purchaser searches for the recipe information based on the ingredients purchased by the purchaser, it is possible to search the recipe information more in line with the purchaser's request. In addition, the seller side does not have to enter the information on the special sale item each time, and since the recipe information can be effectively provided according to the special sale item, a recipe providing system that can surely obtain profits for both parties. Can be

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention further comprises an input means for inputting various information, and the control means is the recipe information retrieved by the recipe retrieval means. When a plurality of items are obtained, it is characterized in that control for selecting specific recipe information is performed by inputting the final determination condition from the input means.

According to the above configuration, a plurality of recipe information is usually obtained by the search, but the specific recipe information is finally determined by the input from the input means, so that more reliable recipe information can be obtained. Search and selection can be performed.

The recipe providing system according to the present invention further comprises, in addition to the above configuration, a purchased product reading means capable of reading the purchased product information from the purchased product record obtained by purchasing the product. The food material information discrimination means discriminates food material information from the commodity information read from the purchased commodity reading means.

According to the above configuration, the product information is read from the purchase record such as a receipt, and the food material information is automatically discriminated and used as the search condition, so that the purchaser can more easily input the search condition. Can be converted.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention further comprises, as the input means, identification information input means for inputting identification information for identifying the purchaser, and the storage means. Stores the purchased product information for each piece of identification information as a purchased product database, the food material information determination means determines the food material information from the product information obtained from the purchased product database, and the recipe search means stores the product information. The feature is that the recipe information is searched by using at least the food information and the identification information as a search condition.

According to the above configuration, for example, by using a member's card or the like, the identification information for identifying the customer at the time of purchasing the product is input, and the product information purchased for each customer is stored as the purchased product database. For example, product information can be obtained without using a receipt. Moreover, since the product information is stored after identifying the customer, it is possible to search the recipe information only with the product information that was previously purchased. As a result, there is no need to additionally purchase a new product, and in particular, the customer can make good use of the previously purchased product to cook.

Further, in the above configuration, since the history of purchased items can be used, for example, when purchasing foods for several days at a time at a time, and when purchasing next time, foods purchased last time are also purchased. Even if there is a surplus, the customer
It will be possible to effectively utilize the ingredients purchased previously.
As a result, it is possible to eliminate waste such as rotting the food or discarding it after the expiration date, and it is possible to retrieve more effective recipe information.

In the recipe providing system according to the present invention, in addition to the above configuration, the control means stores the search condition used for searching the recipe information and the finally determined specific recipe information in the storage means as search history information. It is characterized in that it is controlled to be stored.

According to the above configuration, since the history of use of the recipe providing system is stored, particularly when the search history information is stored for each identification information, that is, for each customer, when the recipe information is searched for. In addition, it is possible to reflect the taste of the customer and prevent the recipe information of the similar dishes from being continuously searched.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention includes, in addition to the food name, the food information,
It is characterized in that at least one of the purchase date of the food, the expiration date of the food, and the purchase amount of the food is included.

According to the above configuration, if the food information includes the purchase date, the expiration date, the purchase amount of the food, etc., the customer is
Since it is possible to use old foods for cooking or effectively use surplus foods, it is possible to eliminate waste such as rotting foods or discarding them after their expiration date. Therefore, if the ingredient conditions include the purchase date and the expiration date, it is possible to retrieve more effective recipe information for the customer.

The recipe providing system according to the present invention is characterized in that, in addition to the above configuration, at least one of an image display means and an image forming means is provided as the information presenting means.

According to the above arrangement, the image display means is a means for making a soft copy of the information, and the image forming means is a means for making a hard copy of the information. Therefore, by providing at least either one, preferably both, information can be provided to the user more reliably.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention further stores the advertised product information in the storage means as an advertisement database, and retrieves specific product information from the advertisement database. The advertisement information search means for
It is characterized in that control is performed such that at least one of the product information retrieved from the advertisement information retrieval means and the food material information is transferred to the recipe retrieval means as a retrieval condition.

According to the above configuration, since the advertised product information, that is, the advertisement information is also used as the search condition, it is possible to search the recipe information in which the special price food ingredients are combined. As a result, the purchaser can confirm the advertisement information before and after the search, so that not only the dish can be cooked at a lower price, but also the food item at the special sale price can be prevented from being overlooked. Further, the seller can not only effectively use the sales promotion of the special price foodstuff but also can reliably advertise the specific product before and after the search. As a result, both buyers and sellers can benefit.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention further includes a communication unit that enables transmission and reception of information via a network, and the control unit is searched by the recipe search unit. The recipe information is transmitted to the communication means.

According to the above configuration, the recipe information can be directly transmitted to the specific destination via the network. Therefore, the customer can easily obtain the recipe information without carrying a recipe card or the like on which the recipe information is recorded. Moreover, if the destination is an information home appliance equipped with a microwave oven, a food processor, etc., it is possible to automatically perform cooking based on the received recipe information. Thereby, the convenience for the customer can be further improved.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention is such that at least the control means, the food material information discriminating means and the recipe searching means among the above means are integrated to form a recipe providing apparatus. It has a feature.

According to the above configuration, the system is not constructed by combining various devices and the like, but one completed device is provided from the beginning. Therefore, it is necessary for the seller to construct the system. Beneficial and beneficial. Further, since the means to be integrated into the recipe providing device is at least the control means, the food material information discriminating means and the recipe searching means, the other means are the situation of the user (in this case, the seller), for example, the food section. It is possible to construct a preferable system according to the situation and the like. As a result, the versatility of the present invention can be improved.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the recipe providing method according to the present invention further comprises a recipe providing method including a recipe search step of searching for recipe information including a dish and its recipe from a database using search conditions. And a food material information determination step of determining and reading food material information from purchased product information, wherein the recipe search step uses at least the food material information read in the food material information determination step as a search condition. .

According to the above method, the recipe information is searched after automatically obtaining the food material information. Therefore, it is not necessary for the purchaser of the product to enter the food information,
Searching is rarely a burden on the buyer side. Moreover, since the purchaser searches for the recipe information based on the ingredients purchased by the purchaser, it is possible to search the recipe information more in line with the purchaser's request.
Further, the seller side does not need to input the information of the special sale item each time, and since the recipe information can be effectively provided according to the special sale item, a recipe providing method that can obtain a reliable profit for both parties. Can be

The recipe providing method according to the present invention further comprises a search condition input step of inputting a search condition including food material information, and at least cooking / cooking limited information can be used as the search condition. It is characterized by being.

According to the above method, since the search condition including the food material information can be manually input, more reliable search can be performed, and at least the cooking / cooking limited information can be used. Since the search condition according to the needs of the user can be input, the versatility of the recipe providing method can be further enhanced.

In the recipe providing method according to the present invention, in the above method, further, when a plurality of recipe information is obtained in the recipe searching step, a recipe determining step of selecting specific recipe information by inputting final determination conditions. It is characterized by including.

According to the above method, even if a plurality of recipe information is obtained, the specific recipe information is finally decided by inputting the final decision condition, so that the recipe information can be retrieved more surely and more reliably. Choices can be made.

The recipe providing method according to the present invention is the above method, further comprising a search history storage for storing the search condition used for searching the recipe information and the finally determined specific recipe information in the storage means as search history information. In addition to including steps, the recipe search step uses the search history information as a search condition.

According to the above method, since the history of use of the recipe search is stored, particularly when the search history information is stored for each identification information, that is, for each customer, when the recipe information is searched for. , Reflect customer preferences,
It is possible to prevent subsequent retrieval of recipe information for similar dishes.

The recipe providing method according to the present invention further comprises, in the above method, a food ingredient grouping step of grouping a plurality of food material information read out in the food material information determining step, and in the recipe searching step,
It is characterized in that the recipe information is searched based on the food information divided into the groups.

According to the above method, not only is it possible to search for recipe information that meets the needs of customers by grouping a plurality of foodstuff information, but it is also possible to store it as search history information. The group of food item information purchased in can be used as a search condition in the next search. As a result, the customer can effectively utilize the previously purchased ingredients, and can search for more effective recipe information.

[0047]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION [First Embodiment] The following description will explain a first embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 1 to 15. The present invention is not limited to this.

The recipe providing system and the recipe providing method according to the present invention retrieve the recipe from the database based on the ingredients (foodstuff) of the purchased food by giving the information of the food purchased by the customer as at least the search condition. Then, this is provided to the customer. In addition,
In the present embodiment, an example in which the recipe providing system according to the present invention is installed in a food section of a retailer such as a supermarket will be described.

As an example of the recipe providing system according to the present invention, for example, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a main body section 10, a display device (image display means / information presenting means) 21, an input device (input means). ) 22, purchased product reading unit (purchased product reading unit) 23, printer (image forming unit)
An example of the recipe providing system 101 includes a storage unit 24, a storage unit (storage unit) 25, and a recipe server (not shown). The display device 21, the input device 22,
The purchase item reading unit 23, the printer 24, the storage unit 25, and the recipe server are connected to the main body unit 10 and can transmit and receive information.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a display device 21, an input device 22, a purchase article reading section 23,
The printer 24, the storage unit 25, and the recipe server 26 are all connected to the main body unit 10. Of these, a display device 21, an input device 22, a purchase item reading unit 23, and a printer 24 are provided.
Can operate under the control of the control unit 11. In addition to the control unit 11, the main body unit 10 includes a food material determination unit 12, a recipe search unit 13, a recipe temporary storage unit 14, and the like.

The display device 21 displays an image so that the customer (purchaser) or seller (retailer) can display the image.
For example, a CRT display device, a liquid crystal display device (LCD), or the like can be preferably used as an image display unit that presents information to the user, but is not particularly limited. The printer 24 is an image forming unit that records image information on a recording medium such as a recording sheet, and for example, a laser printer, an inkjet printer, or the like can be preferably used, but the printer 24 is not particularly limited.

The display device 21 and the printer 24 are
Both are information presenting means capable of presenting information to the user. That is, the display device 21 is a means for soft copying information, and the printer 24 is a means for hard copying information. The information presenting means is not limited to these, and may include other devices such as a portable information terminal.

The input device 22 is capable of inputting information to the main body, and may be, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a tablet or the like, but is not particularly limited. According to the present invention, as will be described later, the input device 22 selects specific recipe information when search conditions including foodstuff information, customer identification information described later, and a plurality of recipe information are searched. It is possible to enter the final decision conditions for doing so.

The purchased product reading section 23 is a purchased product reading means capable of reading the purchased product information from the purchased product record 30 obtained by purchasing the product. As the purchase record 30, generally, a receipt showing a breakdown of purchased products can be preferably used as shown in FIG. That is, since the receipt is usually issued by purchasing a product and is very commonly used as the purchase record 30, the receipt can be used very suitably in the present invention.

As a concrete example of the purchase article reading section 23,
It is appropriately selected according to the type of purchase record 30 and is not particularly limited. For example, when a receipt is used as the purchase article record 30, a scanner is used as the purchase article reading unit 23. A specific example of the purchase record 30 will be described later.

In many supermarkets and the like, "members card" or "point card" is issued as a part of customer service. This Member's Card is issued to customers who purchase (or plan to purchase) products quantitatively. By presenting them when purchasing a product, for example, points can be added according to the purchase price. It has become. Depending on the total amount of the points, discounts, gifts, and various other services are provided to the customer.

That is, the member's card is basically presented at the time of purchasing a product, and also functions as an ID card for identifying the purchaser, that is, the customer. Therefore, if the member's card is used in combination with a point-of-sale information management system (POS) to store the product information purchased for each customer in the storage unit 25, which will be described later, as a purchase product database, a receipt can be obtained. It is possible to obtain product information without using it.

Moreover, since the product information is stored after identifying the customer, not only the product information purchased on the day but also the product information purchased before can be stored / stored as a purchase product database for each customer. It is possible to search the recipe information only with the product information. as a result,
There is no need to purchase additional products, and in particular, customers can make good use of previously purchased products for cooking.

The member card is not particularly limited in its specific configuration as long as it can irreversibly record the identification information for specifying the customer (purchaser). When using the members card, the input device 22 includes an identification information input unit for reading the identification information from the members card and inputting the identification information into the recipe providing system.

Further, in the present invention, when the members card is used, it is very preferable to construct a system effectively combined with the POS system. Specifically, in the POS system, when a product is purchased, that is, at the time of payment, a sensor provided in the register reads a code such as a bar code attached to the product or a tag, and at the time of sale, each product unit is read. It is designed to record the sales situation. Therefore, when the above member's card is used to identify the customer at the time of purchasing this product, product information can be stored / stored in real time and easily as a purchased product database.

Moreover, the POS system is a system that manages information at the time of selling a product to immediately grasp a demand trend or a change in the sales situation and uses the trend or the situation in selling the product. Therefore, as will be described later, the recipe providing service implemented in the present invention can be applied to ordering products, managing delivery from a warehouse, and the like. Therefore, customers (purchasers) also include retailers (sellers)
Can also provide profitable services.

The purchased merchandise information may be recorded on the members card itself.

The storage unit 25 is a storage unit capable of storing various kinds of information, and in the present embodiment, the information input from the input device 22, the purchased product reading unit 23, or the like, or selected by the main body unit 10. Information that has been retrieved or searched can be stored. In particular, in the present embodiment, as described above, the product information purchased for each customer (for each identification information) is stored as a purchase product database (purchase history information). The purchased product database stored in the storage unit 25 is abbreviated as a purchased product DB hereinafter.

The specific configuration of the storage unit 25 is as follows.
It is not particularly limited as long as it can record information, and magnetic disk drives such as floppy (registered trademark) disks and hard disks; CD-R, CD-RW,
Examples thereof include optical disk drives such as MO and MD; semiconductor memories such as various RAMs;

The recipe server 26 stores at least a plurality of dishes and recipe information including the recipes as a recipe database. In the present invention, this also serves as a storage means. The specific configuration of the recipe server 26 is not particularly limited, and the same medium as the storage unit 25 can be used. The recipe database stored in the recipe server 26
Hereinafter, it is abbreviated as recipe DB.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 25 and the recipe server 26 are storage means independent of each other, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the storage unit 25 and the recipe server 26 are integrated. It may be integrated as one storage means.

The control section (control means) 11 included in the main body section 10 includes a food material determination section (food material information determination means) 12 and a recipe search section (recipe search means) 13 which are also included in the main body section 10. The operation of the recipe temporary storage unit 14 is controlled, and the operations of the display device 21, the input device 22, the purchased article reading unit 23, and the printer 24 externally attached to the main body unit 10 are controlled. Further, the control unit 11 transfers the information obtained from each of the above means to another means. The term "transfer" in the present invention includes "passing information" and "outputting information".

The food material discriminating unit 12 is a purchased product reading unit 23.
It is a food material information discrimination means for discriminating food material information from the product information read from and outputting it to the recipe search unit 13. Specifically, from the purchased product reading unit 23 and the storage unit 25, information (product information) about the purchased product (purchased product).
However, in the present invention, as will be described later, as a search condition for searching the recipe information,
At least information on purchased foodstuffs, that is, the above-mentioned foodstuff information is used. Therefore, the foodstuff discrimination unit 12 discriminates only foodstuff information that can be used as a search condition from the plurality of product information, and outputs it to the recipe search unit 13.

The recipe retrieval unit 13 is the recipe server 26.
It is a recipe retrieval means for retrieving recipe information from the recipe DB stored in. Specifically, the foodstuff information output from the foodstuff discrimination unit 12 is received, and the recipe information about the dish corresponding to the foodstuff information is searched from the recipe DB using the foodstuff information as a search condition. Has become.

The food material discriminating unit 12 and the recipe searching unit 13 may be independent means or may be integrated with the control unit 11.

The recipe temporary storage unit 14 is a storage means for temporarily storing the recipe information retrieved from the recipe retrieval unit 13, and is further adapted to store the recipe information in the storage unit 25. As its specific configuration,
For example, a volatile memory such as a RAM can be used, but it is not particularly limited.

In the present invention, the search conditions input from the input device 22 and the purchased article reading unit 23, and further the storage unit 25.
The recipe search unit 13 in the main body unit 10 searches the recipe DB of the recipe server 26 for recipe information including the recipe and the recipe, based on the search condition obtained from the purchase item DB stored in. The control unit 11 controls the search operation by the recipe search unit 13 and also controls the information presenting means such as the display device 21 and the printer 24 to present the retrieved recipe information.

Here, in the recipe providing system and the recipe providing method according to the present invention, as described above, at least the food material information is used as the search condition.

Conventionally, as the search condition, the customer, that is, the purchaser of the product, inputs the constraint condition of the menu, and the seller inputs the foodstuff information of the special sale product. In other words, both the purchaser and the seller enter unilateral information into the recipe providing system. Therefore, in order for both parties to be surely profitable, it was necessary to expect an accidental match between the unilaterally input information, and it was not possible to actually provide an effective recipe.

On the other hand, in the present invention, at least the food item information of the special sale item is read from the purchase item record 30 such as a receipt, or the purchase history information (the purchase item) stored in the storage unit 25 using the member's card. The recipe information will be searched after automatically obtaining the ingredient information from the DB). Therefore, the search is hardly burdened on the purchaser side, while the sale item can be effectively sold to the seller side, so that reliable profits can be obtained for both parties.

The foodstuff information included as an essential condition in the search condition used in the present invention includes at least the foodstuff name, preferably the purchase date of the foodstuff, more preferably the expiration date of the foodstuff, It preferably includes the purchase amount of foodstuff.

Even if the food information is only the food name, it can be used as a search condition. However,
If the food information includes the purchase date, the expiration date, the purchase amount of the food, etc., the customer can use the old food for cooking or effectively use the surplus food. It is possible to eliminate waste such as rotting food and discarding it after its expiration date. Therefore, if the ingredient conditions include the purchase date and the expiration date, it is possible to retrieve more effective recipe information for the customer.

Of course, the food material information used in the present invention is not limited to the above configuration example. Further, the food material information is basically obtained from the purchase record 30 or from the purchase history information (purchase DB).
Input (including customers and sellers).

The search conditions used in the present invention include:
Information other than the above food material information may be included. Specifically, for example, first, cooking / cooking limited information can be given. This cooking / cooking limited information can include, for example, the type of cooking, cooking time, and time and effort required for cooking. Of course, this cooking / cooking limitation information is not limited to this, and for example, the total calories of a dish, the role of a dish, and the like can also be suitably used.

The use of the above-mentioned cooking / cooking restriction information as a search condition means that the recipe information stored in the recipe server 26 as a recipe DB includes the above-mentioned cooking / cooking restriction information. It will be configured. When the recipe information includes such cooking / cooking limited information, not only the search becomes easier and more reliable, but also when the recipe is presented to the customer on the display device 21 or the printer 24, the customer does not have to consider You can easily understand the outline of the recipe.

The specific example of the above-mentioned cooking / cooking restriction information, that is, the specific configuration of the recipe DB is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the recipe information table 31 includes a recipe name, that is, a cooking name, a cooking type, a cooking time, a cooking time, a cooking role, and a total of 5 calories / cooking limited information. Examples can be given together.

Specifically, for a specific recipe name,
"Cooking type" (Japanese food, Chinese food, Western European food, etc.), "(Cooking) time" (long, short, medium, etc.),
"(Cooking) time" (somewhat difficult, easy, normal, etc.),
"Role (of cooking)" (main dish, side dish, etc.),
Cooking / cooking limited information such as "(calorie) calories" is collected into one recipe information table 31. Therefore, the recipe information in the present embodiment includes, in addition to the recipe for cooking, the type of cooking, cooking time, cooking time, cooking role, cooking calories, and the like. As a result, each of the above dishes /
The recipe information can be easily searched according to the cooking limitation information.

Here, specific examples of the above-mentioned cooking / cooking restriction information are not limited to the above-mentioned examples. First, as the type of dish, not only the “category of cooking” such as the above Japanese dishes but also “cooking method” can be mentioned. Further, the above-mentioned cooking roles such as main dishes and side dishes can be included in the “cooking category”.

The categories of the above-mentioned dishes are, for example, the above-mentioned Japanese dishes (Japanese dishes), Western European dishes (Western dishes), or Chinese dishes, cultural categories classified by each country, each ethnic group, and each cultural area; The categories of cooking composition (role of cooking) such as vegetables, hors d'oeuvres, and main dishes; categories for purposes such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dinner, and party; Not something.

Examples of the cooking method include grilled food, boiled food, fried food, and other methods, but are not particularly limited. These cooking methods may be presented more specifically. For example, the above-mentioned grilled foods are classified according to how they are grilled, such as skewered grill, grilled grill, hanging grilled, teppanyaki, parcel grilled, and roasted grill (use of oven, etc.); seasonings such as unglazed, salt grilled, teriyaki, tsukeyaki, mackerel And the like; In addition, the above-mentioned boiled foods are classified according to how they are boiled, boiled, simmered, stir-fried, boiled, stewed, simmered, teriyaki, tsukudani; salted, soy sauce, miso, sugared, vinegared, etc. Classification by seasoning; Similarly,
Examples of the above-mentioned fried foods include fried foods, fried foods, etc .; fried foods, tempura, fried foods, fritters, etc.

The above-mentioned other methods include methods that are not classified into the above-mentioned grilled foods, boiled foods, and fried foods, which are the main cooking methods. . Of course, these other cooking methods are not limited to this. The above-mentioned raw food is a term defined in the present embodiment, and refers to a cooking method of eating food without heating the food. Specific examples thereof include salad, sashimi, deer, cold soup, sushi and the like. The above-mentioned pot is a generally known pot dish in general, and examples thereof include yudofu, chiri-pot, chow-pot, sukiyaki, and oden.The rice is a term defined in the present embodiment, and rice. It refers to the cooking method using the cooked rice. Specifically, cooked rice such as red rice, chestnut rice, bamboo shoot rice, wild vegetable rice, matsutake rice, bean rice, chicken rice, etc .; egg bowls, oyakodon, katsudon, beef bowl, etc. Furthermore, sushi contained in raw foods may be included in this. The above noodles are generally known noodle dishes in general,
For example, udon, cold wheat, somen, soba, Chinese noodles,
Examples include rice noodles, fried noodles, spaghetti, and macaroni.

The cooking time may be concrete time information, or may be relative evaluation information such as long / short / ordinary with reference to some working time. Similarly,
The time and effort for cooking may be relative evaluation information such as simple, ordinary, or somewhat difficult, or may be numerical information indicating the difficulty level in points based on a predetermined standard.

The total calories of the above-mentioned dishes may be used as specific numerical information, or may be a relative evaluation standard such as high, low, or normal based on a predetermined standard such as calorie consumption per day. Furthermore, when the calorie differs depending on the type of food, it is more preferable to include the calorie in the recipe information because the variation of the recipe information becomes large.

Further, other search conditions preferably used in the present invention include customer identification information and search history information. This customer identification information is a search condition that can be used when purchasing a product using a members card or when purchasing a product. Specifically, as described above, the customer (purchaser) is identified. It is identification information for specifying.

The storage section 25 stores a purchase item DB which is collected in correspondence with the identification information. Therefore, when purchasing a product using a member's card, or when a product is purchased, by reading the identification number from the member's card in the identification information input section, the product information (that is, foodstuff information) can be easily read from the purchased product DB. Can be obtained. Moreover, since the purchase item DB is also the purchase history information of the customer, it is possible to use the product information (food material information) purchased before as a search condition.

In particular, when food is purchased at a supermarket or the like, there are many cases in which food for several days is purchased at once, but in such an example, the food purchased last time is also purchased at the time of the next purchase. In many cases, there is a surplus. Therefore, if you purchase products using the above member's card, you can purchase not only the items purchased on the day but also the items purchased before.
Can be obtained from As a result, customers will be able to effectively utilize previously purchased ingredients, which will eliminate wasted foods such as perishing them or discarding them when their expiration date expires. Can be searched.

The specific structure of the history information of the purchased items, that is, the specific structure of the purchased item DB is not particularly limited. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the items are grouped by purchase date. Can be mentioned.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the purchase DB in the present embodiment is first classified as purchase information 32 based on the purchase date, and by specifying a specific purchase date, The product information (foodstuff information) purchased on that day can be obtained as the purchased product table 33. In this purchase item table 33, the "quantity" (purchase amount) and the "expiration date" for the "item" (foodstuff name)
(Expiration date) is summarized.

In FIG. 4, when February 18 is designated, for example, a purchase item table 33a in which information on items purchased on February 18 is collected is obtained. Specifically, for example, long green onion 2
Books (expiration date 2/25), 5 carrots (expiration date 2/3)
0), 1/2 mackerel (expiration date 2/20), and so on. Similarly, if February 20 is specified, a purchase item table 33b that summarizes the product information purchased on February 18 is obtained. Specifically, for example, lotus root 100 g (expiration date 2/30), shrimp 400 g (expiration date 2/23)
… And so on.

Further, if the customer identification information is used, the history of the recipe information search performed by the customer, that is, the search history information can also be used as the search condition. Specifically, when the customer uses the recipe providing system according to the present invention, at least the search conditions such as the food material information and the identification information used for the search of the recipe information and the customer finally select ( The specific recipe information (finally determined) is stored in the storage unit 25 as search history information, preferably for each identification information.

In other words, the history of using the recipe providing system is stored in the storage unit 25 as a search history database (search history DB). Therefore, when searching the recipe information, it is possible to reflect the taste of the customer and prevent the recipe information of similar dishes from being continuously searched. Of course, it is not always necessary to store the search history information for each piece of identification information. For example, when it is desired to randomly obtain customer needs trends, the search history information may be stored as it is.

The specific structure of the search history information, that is, the specific structure of the search history DB is not particularly limited, but mainly the above-mentioned cooking / cooking restriction information as shown in FIG. 5, for example. An organized configuration can be mentioned.

Specifically, the search history information in this embodiment is, for example, as shown in FIG.
"Recipe selection", "(Cooking) average time", "(Cooking) effort", "(Cooking) role", "(Cooking) average calorie", "(System) number of uses", "( It is organized as a user selection history information table 37, which is composed of (selection history of recipe).

Explaining each item, first, "family structure"
5 is the number of people who eat the dish, and in the example shown in FIG. 5, this customer has a family structure of 3 adults and 3 children, for a total of 6 customers. The item of “recipe selection” is the number of types of dishes (category) finally selected when the recipe providing system is used in the past, and the recipe of Japanese cuisine is 10 times and the recipe of Chinese cuisine is 3 times. , I have selected 5 Western European recipes. Therefore, it can be seen that this customer often makes the final selection of Japanese food recipes in total.

The item "(cooking) average time" indicates the average cooking time of the finally selected dishes, and in this example, the average time is calculated for each category of dishes. For example, 60 minutes for Japanese food and 3 for Chinese food.
It takes 0 minutes and 45 minutes for Western European cuisine. Therefore, it can be seen that the average cooking time for this customer is 45 minutes. The item “labor of (cooking)” indicates the difficulty level of the finally selected dish, and this item is also classified for each category of the dish. For example, Japanese food is a little difficult, Chinese food is easy, and Western European food is ordinary. Therefore, it can be seen that the total effort of this customer is normal.

The "role of (cooking)" item shows what kind of composition the finally selected food item has in the menu as a whole. This item is also for each food category. It is classified into. For example, a side dish is selected for Japanese cuisine, a side dish is selected for Chinese cuisine, and a main dish is selected for Western European cuisine. Therefore, it can be seen that this customer selects many side dishes in total.

The item "average calorie (of food)" shows the calorie of the finally selected food, and this item is also classified for each food category. For example, it is 300 cal for Japanese food, 550 cal for Chinese food, and 600 cal for Western European food. Therefore, it can be seen that the average calorie of the dish of this customer is 483 cal.

The item "number of times of (system) use" indicates how many times the recipe providing system according to the present invention has been used in the past, and is seven times in this example.
It should be noted that the number of times of the item of “recipe selection” and the item of “the number of times of use” do not always match, because a plurality of pieces of recipe information can be searched even with one use.

The item of "(recipe) selection history" shows a history of specifically what kind of recipe information is finally decided, and at least the time of the final decision is recorded for the recipes A to D. ing.

As described above, if the search history information is composed mainly of the cooking / cooking limited information, the search history information can be effectively and easily used as a search condition. As a result, it becomes possible for the customer to search for more effective recipe information. Also, as shown in the above example, the seller side can collect statistics on customer preferences, etc., and therefore, use the search history information when promoting a particular product. You can also

[0106] In addition, the customer may cook one dish using all the purchased ingredients, but normally, in order to cook a plurality of dishes, the customer may purchase the ingredients for several days all at once. Many. Therefore, in the present invention, it is preferable that the plurality of purchased food material information be divided into groups, and the recipe information can be searched for each group.

For example, if the search history information is classified as the search information 34 as shown in FIG.
When the 18th of the month is designated, it is assumed that the group (A) table 35a in which the food information purchased on the 18th of February is classified into groups 1, 2, 3, ... Then, when each group is designated from the group (A) table 35a, the food material information group table 36 is obtained.

Specifically, if group 1 is designated, the food material information group table 36a is obtained. This food material information group table 36a is a collection of food material information groups including green onion, carrot, raw mackerel, potato, shimeji, and the like. Similarly, if the group 2 is designated, the foodstuff information group table 36b in which the foodstuff information group including onion, spinach, pork, etc. is collected can be obtained. Similarly, if the group 3 is designated, the food material information group table 36c in which the food material information group including eggs, milk, corn flakes and the like is collected can be obtained.

Of course, the food material information collected in the food material information group table 36 is not limited to the purchase product table 33a.
It corresponds to each ingredient information of. Then, the customer can search the recipe information by collectively using the foodstuff information group of each group as a search condition. As a result, it becomes possible to search for recipe information that better matches the needs of the customer.

Similarly, when February 20 is designated from the search information 34, the food information purchased on February 20 is group 1
A group (B) table 35b classified into a plurality of groups is obtained. When the group 1 is designated from the group (B) table 35b, the food material information group table 36d is obtained.
6d includes “group (A) -2” in addition to lotus root and shrimp as food material information. This group (A) -2 corresponds to the group 2 on February 18, which is the previous purchase date.

That is, according to the present invention, not only is it possible to search for recipe information that meets the needs of the customer by grouping a plurality of foodstuff information, but it is also possible to store it as search history information. The group of purchased food material information can be used as a search condition at the next search. As a result, the customer can effectively utilize the previously purchased ingredients, and can search for more effective recipe information.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to input information other than food material information such as the above-mentioned cooking / cooking limited information from the input device 22 and use it as a search condition. The input of such a condition can surely include the customer's needs in the search of the recipe information, but may give a burden to the customer depending on the input method or the like.

Therefore, in the present invention, by displaying a dialog format screen on the display device 21, as shown below,
It will guide you through the search conditions you can enter. As a result, the customer can more easily and easily input the search condition corresponding to the menu constraint condition, and thus the situation where the menu constraint condition is burdened can be suppressed. .

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on the specific operation of the recipe providing system in the present embodiment. In the following example, the product information or the food material information is read from the receipt (purchased product record 30). However, the member's card can be used to obtain the product information or the food product information from the purchased product DB. May be.

For example, in the food and daily necessities section of a supermarket, carrots, onions, potatoes, beech swordfish, green onions, raw mackerel, spinach, eggs, pork, milk, cucumber,
Cauliflower, side dish, snacks, ice cream,
Suppose you have purchased a total of 17 items of tissue paper and detergent. After purchasing these products, the
As shown in, a receipt is issued as a purchase product record in which information of 18 purchase products (product information) is recorded.

In the receipt shown in FIG. 6, first, at the top,
Purchase / settlement date and time are recorded. In FIG.
It is "February 18, 2001". Below that,
A total of 17 items purchased are recorded in each tier, and in the bottom tier, the subtotal of the purchase amount, the consumption tax amount, and the total amount, and the deposit amount and change amount at the time of settlement are recorded.

As for the purchased items in the middle row, P from the left
The product code number for the OS system, the product name, the expiration date, and the unit price of the product are recorded. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the product code number, the product name, the expiration date, and the unit price are read from the purchased product reading unit 23 as product information.

After that, the read 18 pieces of merchandise information are output to the food discriminating section 12 through the transfer by the control section 11, and the food discriminating section 12 discriminates the foodstuff information from the merchandise information. Specifically, first, of the 18 items, tissue paper and detergent are excluded since they do not correspond to food. Also, of the remaining 16 items, prepared foods, snacks, and ice cream are "foods,"
It is excluded because it is not the "ingredient" as the ingredient of the dish or it is not registered as the "ingredient" in the ingredient list. So finally, carrots, onions, potatoes,
Product information on a total of 13 items of beech shimeji, green onion, raw mackerel, spinach, egg, pork, milk, corn flakes, cucumber, and cauliflower is determined as "ingredient information" and output to the recipe search unit 13.

At this time, as shown in FIG.
In 1, the search setting dialog 41 is displayed. In the search setting dialog 41, a "cooking type" setting frame 41a is shown on the upper side, and a "cooking time" setting frame 41b is on the left side below the cooking type
Further, a "cooking time" setting frame 41c and a "ingredient" selection frame 41d corresponding to the above-mentioned food material information are displayed on the right side thereof. At the bottom, the cancel key 41e
A search key 41f and a detailed setting key 41g are displayed. These search conditions can be appropriately changed or newly input by the input device 22.

When any of the setting frames 41a to 41c is selected, settable search conditions are displayed as a pull-down menu. In FIG. 7, as the "type of dish",
Japanese food, Western European food, Chinese food, and all including them can be set, and "Cooking time" can be set to long, medium, short, and all including these. The "time and effort" can be set to simple, normal, slightly difficult, and all including these. Normally, it is preferable to set “all” as an initial setting in each of the setting frames 41a to 41c so that the widest range can be searched.

In the present embodiment, for example, except that "Japanese cuisine" is selected and set as the "type of dish",
An example in which “all” is selected and set for both “cooking time” and “labor for cooking” is given, but not limited thereto.

Here, the user, that is, the customer (purchaser)
May cook one dish using all purchased ingredients displayed in the "ingredients" setting frame 41d.
Usually, foodstuffs are often purchased to cook multiple dishes. Therefore, as described above, if a plurality of ingredients are divided into a group of ingredient information groups (see FIG. 4) and the recipe information is retrieved for each group, the recipe information that further matches the needs of the customer can be retrieved. You can

Specifically, the detail setting key 41 shown in FIG.
By operating g, the detailed setting dialog 42 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, and the detailed setting can be performed. In the detailed setting dialog 42, for example, a “purchased ingredient” selection frame 42a is displayed on the left side, a “group” setting frame 42b is displayed on the upper right side thereof, and a grouping completion ingredient display frame 42c is displayed on the lower right side. In addition, between these, move key 4
2d and a return key 42e are displayed, and a group new creation key 42f is displayed below the grouping completion ingredient display frame 42c. In addition, a cancel key 42g and an OK key 42h are displayed at the bottom.

Grouping of foodstuffs in the detailed setting dialog 42 will be described. First, when the customer selects the "group" setting frame 42b, the settable groups are displayed as a pull-down menu. In FIG. 8, group 1 and group 2 can be set, and group 1 is selected in this embodiment. Next, the "purchased ingredients" selection frame 42a is stroked to select the desired ingredient. For example, in FIG. 8, when Buna-Shimeji is selected, the Buna-Shimeji is surrounded by a one-dot chain line frame in the drawing. Then, by clicking the move key 42d, the beech shimeji is moved and displayed in the grouping completion ingredient display frame 42c. In the example shown in FIG. 8, carrots and potatoes are selected and set as group 1 in advance and displayed.

[0125] Further, once the foods that have been moved to the grouping completed foods display frame 42c are selected, the "purchased ingredients" selection frame 42 is displayed.
It can be returned to a. In this case, after selecting the ingredients displayed in the grouping completion ingredient display frame 42c,
Click the return key 42e. by this,
When returned, the selected food material is deleted from the grouping completed food material display frame 42c and displayed in the "purchased material" selection frame 42a. As a result, the customers can be divided into groups by trial and error, and the versatility of the system according to the present invention can be improved.

In this way, the selection of the ingredients of group 1
When the setting is completed, by operating the OK key 42h,
Returning to the search setting dialog 41 shown in FIG. To cancel grouping, press the cancel key 4
By operating 2g, the screen returns to the search setting dialog 41 shown in FIG. In addition, after the selection and setting of the ingredients of group 1 are completed, the selection of the ingredients of group 2 and subsequent
When setting is performed, the group new creation key 42f is operated. This makes it possible to newly perform the above-mentioned selection / setting for the group 2.

When the group setting of the group 1 is completed by the operation of the OK key 42h, returning to the search setting dialog 41 shown in FIG. 6, the "material" selection frame 4 shown in FIG.
As shown in 1d, each ingredient selected as group 1 (carrot, potato, beech shimeji, green onion, raw mackerel) is checked.

Further, in the present embodiment, in the detailed setting dialog 42, the expiration date of the purchased food material may be used as a criterion for grouping. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, in the detailed setting dialog 42 shown in FIG.
If the "purchased ingredients" selection frame 42a is composed of an "article" display column 42i and a "expiration date" display column 42j, ingredients with a short expiration date that can be used quickly can be classified into group 1, or Ingredients that have a long shelf life and may be used later can be classified into group 2.
In FIG. 9, an example in which raw mackerel with a short shelf life is selected for group 1 is given.

When the search conditions are set as described above, by operating the search key 41f shown in FIG. 7, the recipe search section 13 retrieves recipe information matching the search conditions from the recipe DB in the recipe server 26. Search for. When the customer cancels the search for the recipe information, he or she operates the cancel key 41e to return to the initial state. Then, when at least one recipe information is searched by the recipe search unit 13, the recipe information is stored in the recipe temporary storage unit 14 and displayed on the display device 21 under the control of the control unit 11.

As a result, in the present embodiment, the search result dialog 43 as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display device 21, for example. In this search result dialog 43,
In order from the top left side, from the top, the "Cooking Type" condition frame 43a,
"Cooking time" condition frame 43b, "Cooking time" condition frame 43
While "c" is displayed, a "material" condition frame 43d is displayed on the right side thereof. And these condition frames 43a-
A search result display frame 43e is displayed below 43d, and at least one recipe information obtained as a result of the search is displayed here.
For example, they are displayed together as a table. Further, the display key 43f is provided at the lower right of the search result display frame 43e.
However, a return key 43g is displayed at the bottom of this screen.

In the above-mentioned search conditions, "type of food" is Japanese food, "cooking time" and "labor of cooking" are all, and the five ingredients of group 1 are set as "ingredients". ing. Therefore, in the search result display frame 43e of FIG. 10, recipe information such as "mackerel miso stew", "vegetable stewed food", "mackerel sushi", etc. is searched and displayed as Japanese dishes that match these search conditions. There is. In this search result display frame 43e, for each dish, "type of dish"("classification" in the figure), "cooking time"("time" in the figure), and "labor of cooking"("labor" in the figure) It is also possible to display a summary of the above search conditions. These search conditions can be used as clues when a customer selects specific recipe information from a plurality of searched recipe information.

Specifically, in the search result shown in FIG.
For "Saba miso boiled", the time is "30 minutes" and the time is "normal". For "Vegetable stew", the time is "30 minutes" and the time is "normal".
Is displayed, and for “Saba sushi”, “120 minutes” is displayed as time and “somewhat difficult” is displayed as labor. Here, when the customer selects the recipe information of "Saba sushi", the display device 21 displays the details of the recipe of "Saba sushi" by operating the display key 32f.

If the customer does not like the search result or wants to perform the search again under another search condition, he or she operates the return key 43g to return to the search setting dialog 41 (FIG. 7). .

In the present embodiment, the above-mentioned "Mackerel sushi" recipe is displayed as a recipe display dialog 44 as shown in FIG. 11, for example. This allows the customer to know the details of the recipe information. Specifically, in the recipe display dialog 44, an "explanation mode" selection frame 44a is provided on the upper left side of the upper stage, and a sales floor guidance key 44b is provided on the lower side thereof.
And the tableware information key 44c is displayed on the right side thereof, and an "insufficient material" display frame 44d is displayed. In addition, a recipe display frame 44e is displayed in the lower part of these, and the recipe of "Saba sushi" is displayed at a level according to the explanation mode.

For example, in FIG. 11, by selecting the "description mode" selection frame 44a, selectable explanation levels are displayed as a pull-down menu. Figure 11
In, "normal" and "easy to understand" can be selected. When the customer selects, for example, "normal", the recipe of the normal level is displayed in the recipe display frame 44e in the lower stage. In the recipe display frame 44e of FIG. 11, ingredients are displayed on the left side, a completed photograph (or a completed drawing) is displayed on the upper right side, and a recipe is displayed on the lower right side.

Here, in order to cook "mackerel sushi", if there are insufficient ingredients in the foodstuffs of group 1, they are displayed in the "insufficient ingredients" display frame 44d. Specifically, if there is not enough ginger, "ginger" is displayed here.

In the present embodiment, although not shown, if the customer wants to buy more ginger, he or she operates the sales floor guidance key 44b to display the location of the ginger sales floor on the display device 21. Further, when the customer likes the tableware displayed in the completed photo of the recipe display frame 44e, the tableware information can be displayed on the display device 21 by operating the tableware information key 44c.

As described above, since the recipe display dialog 44 provides the customer with a specific recipe,
By providing additional information keys such as the above-mentioned store guide key 44b and tableware information key 44c that can provide additional information regarding recipe information, more detailed recipe information can be provided to the customer. As a result, not only detailed information can be obtained for the customer, but if there are a plurality of types of additional information keys, it is possible to appropriately select information according to the preference of the customer (purchaser). Will be a great benefit to

On the other hand, since it is possible for the seller to provide recipe information and to sell other products such as the above-mentioned tableware by advertisement, more efficient and reliable product advertisement can be performed. There are also benefits.

The additional information is not particularly limited, but the tableware, seasonings, cooking utensils (exposure,
Wrap, tempura mount, etc.) and the like. In addition, it is preferable to display the additional information as sales floor information such as a food sales floor and a tableware sales floor because the customer can easily purchase the product displayed in the additional information.

Further, in the recipe display frame 44e, it is preferable that a plurality of ways of serving are specifically displayed. In this way, by presenting not only the method of cooking but also the example in which the environment when eating can be changed, a wider variety of recipe information can be provided. Further, there is an advantage that the seller can easily present / advertise related products such as tableware as the additional information by displaying the specific arrangement.

Then, the customer finally makes the above "Saba sushi"
When the recipe is selected, the printer 24 can record the recipe information on a sheet or the like to form a recipe card by giving an instruction from the input device 22, for example. As a result, the customer can take the recipe card home and use it to cook "Saba sushi." As described above, not only the recipe information is soft-copied on the display device 21, but also the printer 24 or the like makes a hard copy on a recording medium such as a sheet, so that the recipe information more easily understandable to the customer can be provided. Further, as described in detail in the third embodiment, it is possible to transmit and receive the above recipe information as electronic information without making a hard copy.

Next, a specific example of the recipe providing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG. 12, in the present embodiment, as step 1 (hereinafter step is abbreviated as S),
Enter (or select) other search conditions other than food information
(See the search setting dialog 41 in FIG. 7, search condition input step). Next, as S2, input of the purchased product, that is, product information and discrimination of the food material information are performed (food material information discrimination step). This may be read from the purchase item record 30 by the purchase item reading unit 23, or may be obtained from the purchase item DB (stored in the storage unit 25) using the member's card. The order of S1 and S2 is not limited to this, and S2 may come first and S1 may come later.

The above S2 will be described in more detail.
As shown in FIG. 13, the above S2 is composed of 12 sub-steps. First, in S201, it is determined whether or not to obtain food ingredient information using the members card. If it is used (YES in the figure), the process proceeds to S202 and the storage unit 25
The product information is obtained from the purchased product DB and the only food material information is read out.

Next, in S203, in addition to the read out food material information, it is determined whether or not the food material which is not the purchased product (food material) purchased on the day is also included in the selection item. When inserting (YE in the figure)
In S), the process proceeds to S204, and it is determined whether or not to select from the previously purchased food material. If you can not enter (NO in the figure) S
Finish 2

When selecting from the previously purchased ingredients in S204 (YES in the figure), the process proceeds to S206, and it is determined whether or not to select depending on the purchase time. On the other hand, if the previously purchased ingredients are not selected (NO in the figure), the process proceeds to S205, the ingredient information is input from the input device 22, and the S2 ends.

In S205, if selection is to be made according to the time of purchase (YES in the figure), the flow proceeds to S208 to select food material information from the purchase item DB according to the time of purchase. On the other hand, when the selection is not made according to the purchase time (NO in the figure), the process proceeds to S207, and the food material information is selected from the purchase item DB according to the expiration date. In any step, if the selection of the food material information is completed, S2 ends.

Further, when the member's card is not used in S201 (NO in the figure), the process proceeds to S209, and it is determined whether or not the merchandise information is read from the receipt. When reading (YES in the figure), the process proceeds to S210, the product information is read by the purchased product reading unit 23, the process proceeds to S211, the food product information is determined by the food product determining unit 12, and S2 ends. Also, when the product information is not read from the receipt (N in the figure
In O), the process proceeds to S212, the food material information is input from the input device 22, and S2 ends.

Next, in S3, the food material information is grouped (the detailed setting dialog 4 in FIG. 8 or 9).
See step 2 for food ingredient grouping step). This S3 will be described in more detail, as shown in FIG. First, in S31, it is determined whether or not to display by food category. If it is to be displayed (YES in the figure), the process proceeds to S32 to display the food material information by food category. When not displaying (NO in the figure), S
Skip 32 and proceed to S33.

In S33, it is determined whether or not the food material information is divided into groups. When not grouping (NO in the figure), the process proceeds to S38, and S3 is ended because the food material information as the search condition is determined, but when grouping (YES in the diagram), the process proceeds to S34. It is determined whether to divide into groups according to the expiration date. When the expiration date is used as a reference in S34 (YES in the figure), the process proceeds to S35 to display the ingredient information for each expiration date. When it is not used as the reference (NO in the figure), S35 is skipped and the process proceeds to S36.

At S36, the displayed food material information is appropriately divided into groups. If the expiration date is displayed in S35, this group is divided into the same group from the earliest expiration date. On the other hand, if the foods are displayed according to the food classification in S32, the foods having the same food classification are equally divided into groups. Once the grouping is complete,
In S37, which group is used for the search is designated. As a result, the process proceeds to S38, and it is determined that the food material information as the search condition is determined, and the S3 ends.

Then, in step S4, the recipe information is searched based on the search conditions set in the above steps, is temporarily stored in the recipe temporary storage unit 14, and the search result is roughly displayed (the search result in FIG. 10). See dialog 43, recipe search step). After that, the recipe information may be displayed in detail (see the recipe display dialog 44 in FIG. 11).

Next, in S5, when a plurality of recipe information is obtained, specific recipe information is selected by inputting the final determination condition from the input device 22 (recipe determining step). At this time, if necessary, the printer 24 may output the recipe card. Finally, as S6,
The search condition used in the series of steps and the specific recipe information finally determined are stored in the storage unit 25 as search history information (search history storage step). At this time, if a member's card is used, it is preferable to store each piece of identification information as search history information because the search history information for each customer can be collected as a search history DB.

In the present embodiment and the second and third embodiments described later, the display device 21, the input device 22, the purchased article reading unit 23, the printer 24 and the like are independent devices with respect to the main body unit 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, the display unit 21a and the input unit 22
a, the purchase item reading unit 23, the printing unit 24a, etc. are the main unit 1
One recipe providing device 10 incorporated into 0 and integrated
It may be the recipe providing system 101a which is a.

In this case, since a single completed device is provided from the beginning rather than configuring the system by combining various devices, the retailer (seller), such as a supermarket, has the special purpose. This is beneficial because it eliminates the need to build a system.

Here, if the means to be integrated into the recipe providing device is at least the control means (control section 11), the food material information discrimination means (foodstuff discrimination section 12) and the recipe retrieval means (recipe retrieval section 13). Good. If a recipe providing apparatus including at least each of these means is provided, the other means are the situation of the user (in this case, the seller),
For example, it is possible to construct a preferable system according to the situation of the food section. As a result, the versatility of the present invention can be improved.

[Second Embodiment] The second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 to 23.
It is as follows. The present invention is not limited to this. Further, for convenience of description, members having the same functions as those used in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the first embodiment, at least the food material information is used as a search condition for searching the recipe information, but in the present embodiment, the advertisement information (advertised product information) is also used. ing.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, the recipe providing system 102 in the present embodiment has the same basic configuration as the recipe providing system 101 in the first embodiment, but the main body section 10 further includes an advertisement information search unit 15, and an advertisement information server 27 is connected to the main body unit 10.

The advertisement information server 27 is also a storage means, and the advertised product information is the advertisement database (advertisement DB).
Is remembered as Of course, this advertisement information server 27
May be an independent storage means, or may be one storage means integrated with the storage unit 25 and the recipe server 26. The advertisement information search unit 15 searches for specific product information (advertisement information) advertised from the advertisement DB, and the control unit 11 also transfers the searched advertisement information to the recipe search unit 13 as a search condition. The recipe search unit 13 uses this advertisement information as at least a search condition to search for desired recipe information from the recipe DB.

The recipe search unit 1 in the present embodiment
An example of retrieval of recipe information according to No. 3 will be described below.

First, the advertisement information is concrete information about, for example, a product at a special sale price (special sale product) advertised by a retailer (seller) such as a supermarket as a newspaper advertisement. Is stored in the advertisement information server 27 as an advertisement DB.

The specific structure of the advertisement DB is not particularly limited. For example, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17, the product advertised specifically for the advertising date. Can be cited as a configuration in which the advertisement information table 38 is summarized as "items".

In this example, on February 18, raw mackerel, salmon, tofu, maitake, etc. are advertised as special sale items, and on February 19, maitake, asparagus, beef, long green onion, etc. are special sale items. Advertised and on February 20th, Japanese radish, chicken,
Broccoli, Maitake and others are advertised as special items.

Then, as shown in FIG. 18, for example,
In the case of February 18, the advertisement information search unit 15 determines the advertisement information of February 18 from the advertisement information table 38 stored in the advertisement information server 27, that is, raw mackerel, salmon, tofu, maitake and other special sale items. The food ingredient information is searched for and output to the recipe search unit 13 as a search condition. Note that FIG.
8, the advertisement information is summarized as a search condition table 361. Although not shown here, it is of course possible to input food information other than advertisement information as a search condition.

Next, the recipe search section 13 searches the recipe server 26 for a recipe based on the advertisement information.
The obtained search results are, for example, the bargain recipe table 3
The search result display frame 43e (see FIG. 10) in the first embodiment may be displayed on the display device 21. The retrieved information is stored in the storage unit 2.
5 can be stored. For example, the bargain recipe table 39 shown in FIG. 18 includes the mackerel sushi, salmon carpaccio, and maitake and carrot white-salted dishes. For each dish, the "type of dish" and "cooking time" are included. , ”“ Labor of cooking ”, etc. are summarized.

Here, in the recipe providing system 102 according to the present embodiment, the control unit 11 causes the display device 21 to display the recipe introduction screen 45 of an individual dish in advance, instead of the sale item recipe table 39. You may control.

For example, in FIG. 19, among the dishes arranged in the sale item recipe table 39, particularly mackerel sushi is displayed as a recipe introduction screen 45 called “Today's Medama Recommended Menu”. This makes it possible to emphasize and appeal to the customer a recipe that uses a food item that the seller wants to sell. As a result, it is possible to further improve the advertising effect of the special sale item.

In the above-described example of the retrieval of the recipe information, the customer (purchaser) can retrieve the recipe information by using the sale item (advertisement information). Therefore, for example, when the customer cannot decide what kind of ingredients to purchase in the food section, the product information of the special sale item can be used as the information for motivating the purchase. therefore,
It becomes easier for customers to use the system according to the present invention.

In addition, in the example of the search of the recipe information described above, in addition to the special sale item, for example, previously purchased food material information or the like may be separately input as a search condition by the input device 22 or the like. Therefore, it is possible to search for recipe information in which the special sale item and the stocked food item are properly combined. Therefore, the versatility of the system according to the present invention can be further improved.

Further, the above-mentioned retrieval of recipe information may be automatically performed. That is, using the special sale item of the day as the search condition, the recommended recipe information is automatically searched, and, for example, while the system according to the present invention is on standby,
The recipe introduction screen 45 is set to be displayed as a standby screen. As a result, the customer can obtain recommended recipe information using the special sale item without re-searching, and the convenience of the customer can be further enhanced.

[0173] Also, although the advertisement information is changed frequently every day, as described above, if the recipe information is automatically searched using the advertisement information, the food item that the seller wants to sell specially is selected. The used recipe information is automatically displayed on the display device 21. Therefore, it is not necessary for the seller to search for the recipe information using the special sale item again, and the special sale item can be emphasized and appealed to the customer via the display device 21. Therefore, it is possible to advertise the special sale product more reliably and efficiently, and for the seller side,
It is possible to save time and effort when carrying out the advertisement.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned retrieval of recipe information,
At a specific time every day, the recipe search unit 13 may automatically search for recipe information using the advertisement information, based on the advertisement information (information on the sale item) of the day. For example, if the time when the number of customers increases in the food section such as the evening is set as the specific time, it is possible to further emphasize the special sale item to the customer through the display device 21. Therefore, the advertisement of the special sale item can be made more effective.

A specific example of the recipe providing method according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, as S41, the advertisement information search unit 15
However, the advertisement information server 27 is searched for a special sale item advertised on that day (today). Next, in S42, the recipe search unit 13 searches the recipe server 26 for recipe information using the special sale item (that is, advertisement information) obtained as a result of the search as a search condition. At this time, although not shown, other foodstuff information may be input from the input device 22 and used as a search condition.

Thereafter, in S43, the search result is stored (saved) in the recipe primary storage unit 14, and in S44, the search result is displayed on the display device 21 as the bargain product recipe table 39 or the recipe introduction screen 45, for example. At this time, the storage of the search history information as described in the first embodiment (see S6 of FIG. 12) may or may not be carried out. This is because, in the above-described search, the search is performed by giving priority to the special sale item instead of giving priority to the customer's preference.

In the above-mentioned example, the recipe information can be automatically searched using the advertisement information without the customer searching, but the present embodiment is not limited to this. . For example, as in the case of the first embodiment, it is possible to carry out an example in which when a customer searches for recipe information using food material information as a search condition, an advertisement about a special sale item is advertised. This example will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 21, first, the recipe temporary storage unit 14 stores the ingredient information as a search condition, which is compiled as the ingredient information group table 36a. This food material information will be described according to the first embodiment. In the list of food materials purchased by the customer, for example, in the search setting dialog 41 (see FIG. 7), the “material” selection frame 41 is displayed.
Each ingredient (carrot, potato, beech shimeji, green onion, raw mackerel) selected as group 1 in d is stored in the recipe temporary storage unit 14 as a search condition.

On the other hand, similarly to the above, the advertisement information retrieving unit 15 uses the advertisement information table 38 stored in the advertisement information server 27 to display the advertisement information of February 18, that is, raw mackerel, salmon, tofu, maitake and others. Search for food information for special items. Here, as shown in FIG. 21, the obtained advertisement information is used as a search condition. In these advertisement information, “recommended recipes” using the ingredients are collected for each ingredient information, It is a search condition auxiliary table 362.

The above "recommended recipe" is the recipe server 2
It may be detailed recipe information stored in No. 6 or information such as a keyword that can be used as a search condition such as a recipe name. The recipe information itself is searched from the recipe server 26 by the recipe search unit 13, and it is not necessary to put it in the advertisement information in advance. Therefore, in the following description, an example using a recipe name will be described. To do.

This "recommended recipe", that is, the specific recipe name, may be gathered together with the food material information in advance. The timing may be, for example, a step of creating the sale item recipe table 39 or a step of creating the advertisement information table 38. Further, the search condition auxiliary table 362 may be stored in the storage unit 25.
The recipe name is information that can be displayed in the advertisement. For example, if you put information about special items on a leaflet,
It is also possible to post dishes that can be made with the sale items as supplementary information on a leaflet. Therefore, the recipe name is also considered as one of the advertisement information.

Next, by the control of the control section 11, it is confirmed whether there is matching food material information between the food material information group table 36a and the search condition auxiliary table 362. That is, it is confirmed whether or not the food item purchased by the customer or the food item designated for the search includes the advertised special sale item. If confirmed, a specific recipe name as the “recommended recipe” corresponding to the food material information is acquired as a search condition from the search condition auxiliary table 362, and is stored in the recipe temporary storage unit 14.

For example, in FIG. 21, as the search condition auxiliary table 362, “mackerel sushi” for raw mackerel, “salmon carpaccio fresh” for salmon, and “maitake and carrot white dressing” for tofu. For Maitake, "Maitake and carrot whitening" is summarized as the "Recommended Recipe" recipe name. Then, before the search by the recipe search unit 13, it is confirmed by the control of the control unit 11 that the raw mackerel in the foodstuff information group table 36a is the same, and “mackerel sushi” is stored in the recipe temporary storage unit 14. Used as a search condition.

The recipe retrieval unit 13 retrieves the recipe information from the recipe server 26 using the ingredient information of the ingredient information group table 36a and the recipe name of the "recommended recipe" as retrieval conditions. The obtained search results are displayed on the display device 21.
Then, the search result display frame 43e in the first embodiment described above.
(See FIG. 10), but at this time, FIG.
As shown in, it is preferable that the “recommended recipe” using the special sale item is displayed more emphasized.

For example, in FIG. 22, "Mackerel sushi" is displayed in the "recommended recipe" display frame 43h provided above the search result display frame 43e. Further, in the search result display frame 43e, "Saba sushi" is arranged at the uppermost position thereof, and a highlighted display such as a star mark is drawn to the side of the name of "Saba sushi", such as a star mark. . This makes it clear to the customer that "Saba sushi" is the recommended recipe using today's special sale items, and can efficiently advertise the special sale items.

The highlighted display is not limited to the above example, and may be any display that can clearly draw the customer's attention. For example, an example is shown in which the parts of mackerel sushi are highlighted and displayed in a color different from other recipe information.

A specific example of the recipe providing method according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, steps S501 to S503 are the same as steps S1 to S3 described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 12 in the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted. Next, in S <b> 504, it is confirmed whether or not the advertised special sale item (advertisement information) is included in the food material information that the customer has cited as a search condition.

When the special sale item is not included (NO in the figure)
In step S505, the recipe search unit 13 searches the recipe information by using only the food material information as the search condition and displays the search result. From step S505 to step S506 and step S506.
Up to 507, the description is omitted because it is substantially the same as S4 to S6 described based on the flowchart of FIG. 12 in the first embodiment.

On the other hand, when a special sale item is included (Y in the figure)
In ES), the process proceeds to S508, and the recipe name of the “recommended recipe” of the special sale item is acquired as a search condition. Next, S5
As 07, the recipe search unit 13 searches the recipe server 26 for recipe information using the food material information and the recipe name of “recommended recipe” as search conditions. After that, S50
8, the search result is displayed in the same manner as in S505, but the "recommended recipe" is particularly highlighted and displayed in S506 and S506.
Proceeding to 507, a series of controls is ended.

As described above, if the advertisement information is also used as the search condition, it is possible to search for the recipe information in which the special price food ingredients are combined. As a result, it becomes possible to cook food at a lower price, and as described in the first embodiment, it is possible to check with the recipe providing system even if there are missing ingredients, etc. It is very easy for a person to use and can obtain high-quality recipe information. Further, since the seller can effectively utilize the sales promotion of the special price food, both the buyer and the seller can profit.

[Third Embodiment] A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 to 30.
It is as follows. The present invention is not limited to this. Further, for convenience of description, members having the same functions as those used in the first or second embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the first or second embodiment, the recipe information includes the soft copy on the display device 21 and the printer 2.
4 was presented to the purchaser as at least one of the hard copies, but in the present embodiment, the recipe providing system according to the present invention is connected to a network such as the Internet to provide recipe information as electronic data. Is possible.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 24, the recipe providing system 103 in the present embodiment has the same basic configuration as the recipe providing system 102 in the second embodiment, but the main body section 10 further includes a communication unit 16, and this communication unit 16 is connected to the communication unit 51 of the information home appliance 60 via the Internet. Therefore, in the recipe providing system 103 according to the present embodiment, the main body unit 10 and the information home appliance 60 are connected via the Internet.

The communication section 16 is capable of transmitting and receiving information via various networks, not limited to the Internet, and a conventionally known network interface can be used. As shown in FIG. 25, the information home electric appliance 60 is, for example, an internet microwave oven 61.
(Displayed as information home appliance 1 in the figure), network microwave oven 62 (also displayed as information home appliance 1 in the figure), network food processor 63 (displayed as information home appliance 2 in the figure), and further connected to these information home appliances 60 The information home appliance control device 64 and the like can be cited. In the following description, for convenience, the Internet microwave oven 61 is abbreviated as the microwave oven 61 as appropriate, and the network microwave oven 62 and the network food processor 63 are used.
Are abbreviated as the microwave oven 62 and the food processor 63, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 24, the information home appliance 60 includes a communication section 51 which is connected to at least a network such as the Internet to enable transmission and reception of information, and a recipe storage section 52 which is connected to the communication section 51. Is equipped with.

Specifically, for example, when the information home appliance 60 is the Internet microwave oven 61, as shown in FIG. 26, the communication unit (information home appliance communication means) 51, the recipe storage unit (information home appliance storage means), as shown in FIG. 52, an operation unit (information home appliance operating means) 53, a display unit (information home appliance display means) 54, a home appliance processing unit (information home appliance processing means) 55a, and a home appliance control unit (information home appliance control means) 56. You can

The operating section 53 is means for operating the microwave oven 61 by the operation of the user (customer in this case). The operation unit 53 may also serve as the input means. The display unit 54 displays information on the operation of the microwave oven 61 and cooking to the user. In addition, this display unit 54
Is the operation unit 5 such as a liquid crystal touch panel.
It may be combined with 3.

In this case, the home electric appliance processing section 55a is a range processing section for executing the microwave oven function. Based on the operation of the operation unit 53, the home appliance control unit 56
It controls the operations of the communication unit 51, the recipe storage unit 52, the display unit 54, and the home appliance processing unit 55a, and transfers the information obtained from each of the above units to another unit.

Further, the information household appliance 60 is the information household appliance control device 6
In the case of 4, as shown in FIG. 27, the communication unit 51,
Recipe storage unit 52, operation unit 53, display unit 54, central control unit (information home appliance system control means / information home appliance control means) 5
7, a recipe processing determination unit 58, and an indoor communication unit 59 may be included. In addition, the information household appliance control device 64 includes other information household appliances 60 such as a microwave oven 62 and a food processor 63 (connected information household appliances 6).
0) is connected.

The operation unit 53 and the display unit 54, like the microwave oven 61, operate the information home appliance control device 64 and display various information, and therefore description thereof will be omitted. However, in the home information appliance control device 64,
By operating the operation unit 53 and displaying various information on the display unit 54, it is possible to operate the connected information home appliance 60 such as the connected microwave oven 62 and food processor 63.

The recipe processing discrimination unit 58 discriminates the execution of various home electric appliance processing by the connected information home electric appliance 60 based on the recipe information obtained through the network. The central control unit 57, based on the operation of the operation unit 53,
The operations of the communication unit 51, the recipe storage unit 52, the display unit 54, the recipe processing determination unit 58, and the indoor communication unit 59 are controlled to transfer the information obtained from each of the above units to another unit, and further, the indoor communication. Various information is transferred to the connected information home appliance 60 via the unit 59.

Therefore, the information household appliance control device 64
Can be regarded as a control type information home appliance 60 that does not have a general home appliance processing function such as a microwave oven function but has only an information processing / control function.

The microwave oven 62 and the food processor 63 have the same basic configuration as that of the microwave oven 61 except that an indoor communication section 59 is provided instead of the communication section 51, and the description thereof will be omitted. The home appliance processing unit 55b in the food processor 63 is a food process unit that executes a food processor function. The indoor communication unit 59 is capable of transmitting and receiving information via various networks, not limited to the Internet, and may have substantially the same configuration as the communication unit 51. Therefore, the internet microwave oven 61 and the network microwave oven 62 may be the same.

The microwave oven 62 and the food processor 6
The connected home information appliances 60 such as 3 can be controlled by the home information appliance control device 64 directly connected to the network. Since the microwave oven 62 and the food processor 63 are individually provided with the operation unit 53 and the display unit 54, they can be independently operated, but they can be collectively operated by the information home appliance control device 64. It may be.

In this embodiment, the first and second embodiments described above are used.
Although the recipe information retrieved in this way can be output as a recipe card by the printer 24, it is further transmitted directly to the information home appliance 60 via the Internet. In the information home appliance 60, the recipe storage unit 5 stores the received recipe information.
Since it is stored in No. 2, the customer can easily obtain the recipe information without having to carry around the recipe card.

Moreover, if the home information appliance 60 has a home appliance processing function such as a microwave oven function or a food processor function, each cooking step is automatically carried out based on the cooking data included in the received recipe information. It also becomes possible. As a result, convenience for the customer can be further improved.

[0209] Note that the information home appliance 60 that receives the recipe information
The specific configuration of is not particularly limited. That is, like the Internet microwave oven 61 (FIG. 26), the information home appliance 60 having the home appliance processing function may directly receive the recipe information from the recipe providing system 103 (this configuration is referred to as a direct type configuration). Name)
Like the information home appliance control device 64 (FIG. 27), a control type information home appliance 60 that does not have a home appliance processing function receives recipe information, and further an information home appliance 6 that has a home appliance processing function.
0 may receive the recipe information via the control type information home appliance 60 (this configuration is referred to as an indirect type configuration).

In the case of the above-mentioned direct type configuration, it is not necessary to provide a control type information home appliance 60 such as the information home appliance control device 64, so that the configuration of the information home appliance 60 connected to the network is simplified. On the other hand, in the case of the indirect type configuration, since a plurality of information home appliances 60 can be collectively controlled as one information home appliance system, it is possible to sufficiently cope with a complicated process included in cooking.

[0211] An example of a process for automatically performing cooking using the information home appliance 60 will be described below when the information home appliance 60 is the Internet microwave oven 61 (in the case of a direct type configuration) and when the information home appliance control device 64 is used. Each case (in the case of the indirect type configuration) will be described.

[Case where Information Appliance 60 Has Direct Type Configuration] For example, the user (customer in this case) uses the recipe providing system 103 to search for “clam and tomato wine steaming” as recipe information, and retrieves this recipe information. It is assumed that the data is transmitted to the microwave oven 61 via the Internet. In the microwave oven 61, the recipe information as electronic data obtained from the communication unit 51 is stored in the recipe storage unit 52.

When the user returns home from a supermarket or the like after operating on the microwave oven 61 after purchasing the ingredients and the like, the microwave oven 61 reads the recipe information from the recipe storage unit 52 under the control of the home appliance control unit 56. . Further, as shown in FIG. 28A, under the control of the home appliance control unit 56, based on the recipe information, for example, on the display unit 54 (such as a liquid crystal touch panel) that also serves as the operation unit 53, first, the recipe name and the cooking time are displayed. -The preparation screen 65a indicating the material (food) is displayed. The user prepares purchased ingredients and already purchased ingredients according to the displayed contents.

Next, when the next display key 66a displayed on the preparation screen 65a is operated, as shown in FIG. 28B, the home electric appliance control section 56 controls the recipe information from the recipe storage section 52 based on the recipe information. Then, the manual work screen 65b is displayed on the display unit 54. This manual work screen 6
In 5b, the preparation method of the method of making "steamed clams and tomato wine" is displayed first. For example,
"(1) Clams are sanded and the shells are rubbed together and washed well. (2) Peel the tomatoes and cut them into cubes. (3) Clams in a pan, tomatoes, garlic and red pepper. Put, cover with olive oil and white wine and cover. "Etc., the detailed method of manual preparation will be displayed. The user prepares the ingredients according to the displayed contents.

Then, when the next display key 66a displayed on the manual work screen 65b is operated, the screen shown in FIG.
As shown in (c), the display unit 5 is controlled by the home appliance control unit 56 based on the recipe information from the recipe storage unit 52.
An automatic function screen 65c is displayed on the screen 4. In the automatic function screen 65c, the home electric appliance processing unit 55 in the microwave oven 61 is included in the method of making “steamed clams and tomato wine”.
The method using the home appliance processing function of a, that is, the microwave oven function is displayed.

On the automatic function screen 65c, the message "(3) is placed on the rotary pan of the range." And the start key 66b are displayed instead of the specific method as in the preparation. . The user
In accordance with the displayed contents, the pan containing the prepared ingredients prepared in (3) above is set in the range and the start key 66b is operated.

Thus, the home electric appliance control unit 56 operates the home electric appliance processing unit 55a to automatically execute the microwave oven function based on the cooking data by the microwave oven function, which is included in the recipe information in advance. In this example, by operating the start key 66b, the pan is heated in the microwave for about 5 minutes. After that, when the heating by the microwave function is completed, all you have to do is to arrange along the continuation of the display contents of the auto function screen 65c (for example, "(5) (4) is taken out of the range and the parsley is scattered.") "Steamed clam and tomato wine" is completed. It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 28C, the auto function screen 65c may display a predicted cooking completion diagram.

[In the case of the indirect type configuration of the information home appliance 60] As in the case of the direct type configuration described above, the user (customer) uses the recipe providing system 103 to search for recipe information of "steamed clams and tomato wine", It is assumed that the information is transmitted to the home information appliance control device 64 via the Internet. The information home appliance control device 64 stores the recipe information as electronic data obtained from the communication unit 51 in the recipe storage unit 52.

When the user returns home and operates the home information appliance control unit 64, the recipe information is read from the recipe storage unit 52 under the control of the central control unit 57 as in the case of the direct type configuration. Further, as shown in FIG. 29A, by the control of the central control unit 57, based on the recipe information,
The preparation screen 65a is displayed on the display unit 54 (liquid crystal touch panel or the like) as in the case of the direct type configuration. The user prepares purchased ingredients and already purchased ingredients according to the displayed contents.

Next, when the next display key 66a is operated, in the home information appliance control device 64, as shown in the left diagram of FIG. 29 (b), the recipe storage unit 52 is controlled by the central control unit 57.
A manual-automatic work screen 65d is displayed on the display unit 54 based on the recipe information from.

Manual-automatic operation screen 65d above
Is a screen for displaying a detailed preparation method of the "steamed clams and tomatoes wine steaming" as in the manual work screen 65b. However,
For example, the food processor 63 can process the preparation of the tomato, "(2) Peel the tomato, remove the seeds and cut into cubes."

Therefore, in the information home appliance control device 64, the recipe processing determination unit 58 determines based on the recipe information that the processing for using the food processor 63 is included. As a result, under the control of the central control unit 57, on the manual-automatic work screen 65d, together with a view showing the food processor 63, a food processor operation key 66 for enabling the operation of the food processor 63 to be started.
c is displayed.

Therefore, the above-mentioned food processor operation key 6
When 6c is operated, the recipe information is transferred to the food processor 63 via each indoor communication section 59 under the control of the central control section 57, as schematically shown by an arrow TR _A in FIG. And the food processor 63
Then, the recipe information is stored in the recipe storage unit 52 under the control of the home appliance control unit 56. At the same time, the food processor 63 uses the home appliance processing function of the home appliance processing unit 55b in the food processor 63, that is, the method using the food processor function, based on the recipe information, as shown in the right diagram of FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 54.

Like the automatic function screen 65c in the Internet microwave oven 61, the automatic function screen 65e does not use a specific method, but simply "(1) Insert tomatoes. (2) Remove tomatoes." Operation message and start key 66d
And are displayed. The user sets a tomato according to the displayed contents and operates the start key 66d. Thereby, based on the cooking data by the food processor function, which is included in the recipe information in advance, the home appliance control unit 56.
Operates the home appliance processing unit 55b to automatically execute the food processor function. In this example, the food processor 6
The home appliance processing unit (food process unit) 55b of 3 operates for about 10 seconds to prepare the tomatoes.

After that, as schematically shown by an arrow TR _B in FIG. 29B, the home electric appliance control section 5 of the food processor 63.
By the control of 6, the control information indicating that the tomato preparation based on the recipe information is completed is transferred from the food processor 63 to the information home appliance control device 64 via the indoor communication unit 59.

Next, the manual-auto work screen 65d
The next display key 66a displayed at is operated. In the information home appliance control device 64, the recipe information from the recipe storage unit 52 and the food processor 6 are controlled by the central control unit 57.
Based on the control information from No. 3, a manual-auto work screen 65f, which is a continuation of the manual-auto work screen 65d, is displayed on the display unit 54 as shown in the left diagram of FIG.

On the manual-automatic work screen 65f, similarly to the manual-automatic work screen 65d, a continuation of how to make "clam and tomato wine steamed" is displayed. For example, a detailed manual preparation method is displayed, such as "(3) Add clams, tomatoes, garlic, red pepper and cover with olive oil and white wine." The user prepares the ingredients according to the displayed contents.

After that, in the information home appliance control device 64, the recipe processing determination unit 58 causes the microwave oven 6 to operate based on the recipe information.
It is determined that a process that can use 2 is included. Therefore, under the control of the central control unit 57, in the manual-auto work screen 65f, the microwave oven 62 is displayed below the display content of (3), together with a diagram showing the microwave oven 62.
Microwave operation key 66 for starting the operation of
e is displayed.

Therefore, when the microwave oven operation key 66e is operated, the recipe information is controlled via the respective indoor communication sections 59 under the control of the central control section 57, as schematically shown by the arrow TR _C in FIG. Are transferred to the microwave oven 62. Then, the microwave oven 62 stores the recipe information in the recipe storage unit 52 under the control of the home appliance control unit 56. At the same time, in the microwave oven 62, as shown in FIG.
As shown in the right diagram of FIG. 1, the home electric appliance processing function of the home electric appliance processing unit 55a in the microwave oven 62 is based on the recipe information.
That is, the automatic function screen 65g showing the method using the microwave oven function is displayed on the display unit 54.

As with the auto function screen 65c, the auto function screen 65g is not a specific method,
The message "(1) Place the pan on the rotating pan of the stove. (2) Take the pan out of the stove." And the start key 66f are displayed. The user sets the pan containing the prepared ingredients prepared in (3) above in the range according to the displayed contents, and operates the start key 66f.

As a result, the home electric appliance control unit 56 operates the home electric appliance processing unit (range processing unit) 55a based on the cooking data by the microwave oven function, which is included in the recipe information in advance, to automatically perform the microwave oven function. Run. In this example, by operating the start key 66f, heating is performed for about 5 minutes at a strong range.

[0232] Then, as schematically shown by the arrow TR _D in Fig. 30 (b), the home electric appliance control unit 56 of the microwave oven 62 controls the home electric appliance control unit 56 to move the information home electric appliance control device from the microwave oven 62 via the indoor communication unit 59. The control information indicating that the heating process based on the recipe information is completed is transferred to 64.

[0233] Then, the manual-auto work screen 65
The next display key 66a displayed in f is operated. In the home information appliance control device 64, as shown in FIG. 30 (b), the manual-auto operation is performed based on the recipe information from the recipe storage unit 52 and the control information from the microwave oven 62 under the control of the central control unit 57. A manual work screen 65h, which is a continuation of the work screen 65f, is displayed on the display unit 54. The user simply completes the "clam and tomato wine steaming" simply by arranging according to the contents displayed on the manual work screen 65h.

The home information appliance control device 64 and the food processor, which are schematically shown by the above-mentioned arrow TR _A , are carried out in the process of displaying the manual-automatic work screen 65d shown in the left diagram of FIG. 29 (b). In communication with 63, for example, recipe information is used according to the following processing data (code). <Recepi><Step Type = "Message" ID = "0"> (1) Clams are sanded and rubbed against the shell to wash well. </ Step><Step Type = "Message" ID = "1"> (2) Peel seeds are removed from tomatoes. </ Step><Step Type = "Send" ID = "2"> Food Processor <Appliance = "FoodProcesser" ID = "2"><Step Type = "Message" ID = "0"> (1) Put tomato . </ Step><Step Type = "Process" ID = "1" Time = "10"> Start </ Step><Step Type = "Message" ID = "2"> (2) Take out the tomato. </ Step></Appliance></Step> Similarly, schematically indicated by the arrow TR _D , which is carried out in the process of displaying the manual-automatic work screen 65f shown in the left diagram of FIG. Further, in communication between the information home appliance control device 64 and the microwave oven 62, for example, recipe information is used according to the following processing data (code).

<Step Type = "Message" ID = "3"> (3) Add a toast, tomato, garlic, and red pepper to a pan, cover with olive oil and white wine, and cover. </ Step><Step Type = "Send" ID = "4"> Microwave <Appliance = "Microwave" ID = "4"><Step Type = "Message" ID = "0"> (1) Range Place on the rotating plate. </ Step><Step Type = "Process" ID = "1" Time = "300"> Start </ Step><Step Type = "Message" ID = "2"> (2) Remove the pan from the stove. </ St ep></Appliance></Step> Therefore, the recipe providing method according to the present invention including the above-described example of the present embodiment may be implemented by a computer program. Therefore, in the present invention, a recipe providing method program including the steps S1 to S6 described in the first embodiment is created,
The recipe providing method according to the present invention can be realized by storing this on a recording medium and then executing the program by the main body 10 including a microprocessor or the like as the control unit 11.

As the recording medium, a memory such as a ROM itself may be a program medium, or a program reading device may be provided as an external recording device with respect to the control device 4 for recording therein. It may be a program medium that can be read by inserting the medium.

In any of the above cases, the stored program may be accessed and executed by the microprocessor. In any case, the program may be read, and the read program may be downloaded to the program storage area of the microprocessor and the program may be executed. It is assumed that this download program is stored in the main body device in advance.

[0238] The program medium is not particularly limited, but may be a recording medium which can be separated from the main body. For example, tape systems such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes; magnetic disks such as floppy disks and hard disks, CD-ROM / MO / M
Disc systems such as optical discs such as D / DVD; card systems such as IC cards (including memory cards) and optical cards;
Examples of the medium include a mask ROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM, a flash ROM and the like, which includes a semiconductor memory, and a medium for fixedly carrying a program.

Further, since the recipe providing system 103 in the present embodiment has a system configuration which can be connected to a communication network including the Internet, a medium for carrying the program fluidly so as to download the program from the communication network. May be When the program is downloaded from the communication network in this way, the download program may be stored in the main body unit 10 in advance, or may be installed from another recording medium. Further, the content stored in the recording medium is not limited to the program and may be data.

Furthermore, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 25, an information terminal connected via a network may be used as the information home appliance 60. As this information terminal, for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assis
tants) 67 (indicated as mobile device 1 in the figure) and mobile phone 6
8 (displayed as mobile device 2 in the figure) or a remote terminal such as a personal computer 69. This can further improve the convenience for the purchaser.

Further, the information terminal can be used as an information presenting means and an inputting means. That is, if it is possible to input various search conditions from each of the above information terminals via the network, or if the recipe information retrieved by each of the above information terminals can be confirmed, the purchaser does not necessarily go to the installation location of the recipe providing system. However, it is possible to use the service using the recipe providing system according to the present invention (referred to as a recipe information search service). Thereby, the convenience of the recipe providing system can be further improved.

[0242]

As described above, the recipe providing system according to the present invention is provided with the food material information discriminating means for discriminating the food material information from the purchased commodity information and outputting it to the recipe searching means. The means is configured to search the recipe information by using at least the food material information as a search condition.

According to the above configuration, the recipe information is searched after automatically obtaining the food material information from the purchase record information such as a receipt or the purchase history information stored as a database. Therefore, there is an effect that the search is hardly burdened on the purchaser side, and the recipe information more suitable for the purchaser's request can be searched. In addition, the seller side does not have to enter the information on the special sale item each time, and since the recipe information can be effectively provided according to the special sale item, a recipe providing system that can surely obtain profits for both parties. It also has the effect of being able to

[0244] The recipe providing system according to the present invention further comprises, in addition to the above configuration, an input means capable of inputting various kinds of information, and the control means has the recipe information retrieved by the recipe retrieval means. When a plurality of is obtained, the control for selecting the specific recipe information is performed by inputting the final determination condition from the input means.

According to the above arrangement, the specific recipe information is finally determined from the plurality of recipe information by the input from the input means, so that more reliable search and selection of the recipe information can be performed. There is an effect that can be done.

[0246] The recipe providing system according to the present invention further comprises, in addition to the above-mentioned configuration, a purchased product reading means capable of reading the purchased product information from the purchased product record obtained by purchasing the product. The food material information discriminating unit is configured to discriminate food material information from the product information read from the purchased product reading unit.

According to the above configuration, the product information is read from the purchase record such as a receipt, and the food material information is automatically discriminated from this to be used as the search condition, so that the purchaser can more easily input the search information. There is an effect that can be realized.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention further comprises, as the input means, identification information input means for inputting identification information for identifying the purchaser, and the storage means. Stores the purchased product information for each piece of identification information as a purchased product database, the food material information determination means determines the food material information from the product information obtained from the purchased product database, and the recipe search means stores the product information. The recipe information is searched using at least the food information and the identification information as search conditions.

According to the above configuration, for example, by using a member's card or the like, the identification information for identifying the customer at the time of purchasing the product can be input, and the product information purchased for each customer can be stored as the purchased product database. For example, product information can be obtained without using a receipt. Moreover, since the product information is stored after identifying the customer, it is possible to search the recipe information only with the product information that was previously purchased. As a result, it is not necessary to additionally purchase a new product, and in particular, for the customer, it is possible to make good use of the previously purchased product to cook.

In addition, in the above configuration, since the history of purchased items can be used, for example, when purchasing foods for several days at a time at a time, and when purchasing next time, foods purchased last time are also purchased. Even if there is a surplus, the customer
It will be possible to effectively utilize the ingredients purchased previously.
As a result, it is possible to eliminate waste such as rotting the food or discarding it after the expiration date, and it is also possible to retrieve more effective recipe information.

In the recipe providing system according to the present invention, in addition to the above configuration, the control means stores the search condition used for searching the recipe information and the finally determined specific recipe information in the storage means as search history information. This is a configuration for performing control to be stored.

According to the above configuration, since the history of use of the recipe providing system is stored, particularly when the search history information is stored for each identification information, that is, for each customer, when the recipe information is searched for. In addition, it is possible to reflect the taste of the customer and prevent the recipe information of similar dishes from being continuously searched.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention includes, in addition to the food name, the food information,
At least one of the purchase date of the food, the expiration date of the food, and the purchase amount of the food is included.

According to the above configuration, if the food information includes the purchase date, the expiration date, the purchase amount of the food, etc., the customer
Since it is possible to use old foods for cooking or effectively use surplus foods, it is possible to eliminate waste such as rotting foods or discarding them after their expiration date. Therefore, if the ingredient conditions include the purchase date and the expiration date, it is possible to retrieve more effective recipe information for the customer.

The recipe providing system according to the present invention has, in addition to the above configuration, at least one of an image display unit and an image forming unit as the information presenting unit.

According to the above arrangement, the image display means is a means for making a soft copy of the information, and the image forming means is a means for making a hard copy of the information. Therefore, by providing at least either one, preferably both, it is possible to more reliably provide information to the user.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention further stores the advertised product information in the storage means as an advertisement database, and retrieves specific product information from the advertisement database. The advertisement information search means for
The configuration is such that control is performed such that at least one of the product information retrieved from the advertisement information retrieval means and the food material information is transferred to the recipe retrieval means as a retrieval condition.

According to the above configuration, since the advertised product information, that is, the advertisement information is also used as the search condition, it is possible to search the recipe information in which the special price food ingredients are combined. As a result, the purchaser can avoid overlooking the special-price foodstuff, and the seller can more reliably advertise the specific product. Therefore, there is an effect that both the purchaser and the seller can make a profit.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention further comprises a communication means capable of transmitting and receiving information via a network, and the control means is searched by the recipe search means. The recipe information is transmitted to the communication means.

According to the above configuration, the recipe information can be directly transmitted to the specific destination via the network. Therefore, there is an effect that the customer can easily obtain the recipe information without carrying a recipe card or the like on which the recipe information is recorded. In addition, if the destination is an information home appliance equipped with a food processor or the like, it is possible to automatically perform cooking based on the received recipe information.

In addition to the above configuration, the recipe providing system according to the present invention has a configuration in which at least the control means, the food material information discriminating means, and the recipe searching means are integrated to form a recipe providing device. is there.

According to the above configuration, the system is not constructed by combining various devices and the like, but one completed device is provided from the beginning. Therefore, it is necessary for the seller to construct the system. There is an effect that it is lost and is beneficial. Further, since the means that should be integrated into the recipe providing device are at least the control means, the food material information determination means, and the recipe search means, for the other means, a preferable system can be appropriately constructed according to the situation of the user. it can. As a result, the versatility of the present invention can be enhanced.

Further, as described above, the recipe providing method according to the present invention includes the food material information determining step of determining and reading out the food material information from the purchased product information, and the recipe searching step includes at least the food material information determining step. This is a method of using the food material information read in step 1 as the search condition.

According to the above method, it is not necessary for the purchaser of the product to input the food material information, and the search is hardly burdened on the purchaser side. Moreover,
Since the purchaser searches the recipe information based on the ingredients purchased by the purchaser, there is an effect that the purchaser can search the recipe information more in line with the request of the purchaser.
Further, the seller side does not need to input the information of the special sale item each time, and since the recipe information can be effectively provided according to the special sale item, a recipe providing method that can obtain a reliable profit for both parties. It also has the effect of being able to

[0265] The recipe providing method according to the present invention further comprises a search condition input step of inputting a search condition including foodstuff information, and at least cooking / cooking limited information can be used as the search condition. There is a method.

According to the above method, since the search condition including the food material information can be manually input, more reliable search can be performed and at least the cooking / cooking limited information can be used. It is also possible to enter search conditions according to the needs of the user. As a result, the versatility of the recipe providing method can be further enhanced.

In the recipe providing method according to the present invention, in the above method, further, when a plurality of recipe information is obtained in the recipe search step, a recipe determination step of selecting specific recipe information by inputting final determination conditions. It is a method including.

According to the above method, even if a plurality of recipe information is obtained, specific recipe information is finally determined by inputting the final determination condition, so that more reliable search and retrieval of the recipe information can be performed. An effect that selection can be performed is exhibited.

The recipe providing method according to the present invention is the above method, further comprising a search history storage for storing the search condition used for the search of the recipe information and the finally determined specific recipe information in the storage means as the search history information. In addition to including steps, the recipe search step also uses the search history information as search conditions.

According to the above method, since the history of use of the recipe search is stored, particularly when the search history information is stored for each identification information, that is, for each customer, when the recipe information is searched for. , Reflect customer preferences,
The effect that the recipe information of similar dishes can be prevented from being continuously searched is produced.

The recipe providing method according to the present invention further comprises, in the above method, a food ingredient grouping step of grouping the plurality of food material information read out in the food material information determining step, and in the recipe searching step,
This is a method for searching recipe information based on the grouped ingredient information.

According to the above method, not only is it possible to search for recipe information that meets the needs of the customer by grouping a plurality of foodstuff information, but it is also possible to store it as search history information. The group of food item information purchased in can be used as a search condition in the next search. As a result, the customer can effectively utilize the previously purchased ingredients, and thus an effect of being able to search for more effective recipe information is exerted.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a recipe providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a specific configuration of the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a configuration of recipe information used in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a purchase history of food material information used in the recipe providing system shown in FIG. 1 and grouping of food material information.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a configuration of search history information used in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

6 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a receipt as a purchased product record used in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a search setting dialog displayed when a search condition is input in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

8 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a detailed setting dialog displayed when grouping food material information in the recipe providing system shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

9 is a plan view showing another example of the detailed setting dialog shown in FIG.

10 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a search result dialog displayed as a result of a search based on a search condition in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

11 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a recipe display dialog displayed when a specific recipe is selected from the search result dialog shown in FIG.

12 is a flowchart showing an example of a recipe providing method according to the present invention, which is implemented in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

13 is a flowchart showing details of step S2 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

14 is a flowchart showing details of step S3 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

15 is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a recipe providing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a configuration of advertisement information used in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

18 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a process of searching recipe information using the advertisement information shown in FIG.

19 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a recipe introduction screen displayed as a result of the search for the recipe information shown in FIG.

20 is a flowchart showing an example of the recipe providing method according to the present invention shown in FIG. 18, which is implemented in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the process of searching the recipe information performed by the recipe providing system shown in FIG. 16.

22 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the search result dialog displayed as a result of the search for the recipe information shown in FIG. 21. FIG.

23 is a flowchart showing another example of the recipe providing method according to the present invention shown in FIG. 21, which is implemented in the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a recipe providing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

25 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a specific configuration of the recipe providing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of an information home appliance included in the recipe providing system shown in FIG. 24.

27 is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of the information home appliance included in the recipe providing system shown in FIG. 24.

28A to 28C are examples of operation screens displayed on the information home appliance based on the received recipe information when the recipe providing system shown in FIG. 24 includes the information home appliance shown in FIG. 26. It is an explanatory view shown.

29A and 29B are examples of operation screens displayed on the information home appliance based on the received recipe information when the recipe providing system shown in FIG. 24 includes the information home appliance shown in FIG. 27. FIG.

30 (a) and (b) are explanatory views showing an example of the operation screen displayed on the information home appliance shown in FIG. 27, which is a continuation of FIG. 29.

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10a Recipe Providing Device 11 Control Unit (Control Unit) 12 Food Material Discrimination Unit (Food Material Information Discrimination Means / Identification Information Input Means) 13 Recipe Search Unit (Recipe Search Means) 15 Advertisement Information Search Unit (Advertisement Information Search Means) 16 Communication Unit ( Communication device 21 Display device (information presenting device / image displaying device) 22 Input device (inputting device) 23 Purchased product reading unit (purchased product reading device) 24 Printer (information presenting device / image forming device) 25 Storage unit (storage device) ) 26 recipe server (storage means) 27 advertisement information server (storage means) 101 recipe providing system 101a recipe providing system 102 recipe providing system 103 recipe providing system

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing recipe information including at least a plurality of dishes and their recipes as a recipe database, an information presenting unit capable of presenting information, and a recipe from the recipe database stored in the storage unit. The recipe providing system is provided with a recipe search means for searching information, and a control means for controlling each of these means, and the control means is a recipe providing system for performing control to present the retrieved recipe information to the information presenting means, Distinguish food information from the purchased product information,
A recipe providing system comprising: food ingredient information determining means for outputting to the recipe searching means, wherein the recipe searching means searches for recipe information using at least the food ingredient information as a search condition. 2. The apparatus further comprises an input means for inputting various kinds of information, and the control means, when a plurality of recipe information retrieved by the recipe retrieval means is obtained, is input from the input means. The recipe providing system according to claim 1, wherein control is performed to select specific recipe information by inputting final determination conditions. 3. A purchase product reading means for reading out the purchased product information from a purchase product record obtained by purchasing the product, wherein the food material information discriminating means is the purchase product reading means. 3. The recipe providing system according to claim 1, wherein the food material information is discriminated from the product information read from the recipe information. 4. Further, as the input means, an identification information input means for inputting identification information for identifying a purchaser is provided, and the storage means purchases product information purchased for each identification information. The food information is stored as a food database, the food material information judging means judges food material information from the product information obtained from the purchased goods database, and the recipe searching means uses the food material information and the identification information as at least search conditions. The recipe providing system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the recipe information is searched. 5. The control means controls to store the search condition used for searching the recipe information and the finally determined specific recipe information in the storage means as search history information. The recipe providing system according to any one of 1 to 4. 6. The food information includes at least one of a food purchase date, a food expiration date, and a food purchase amount in addition to the food name. The recipe providing system according to any one of 1. 7. The recipe providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein at least one of an image display means and an image forming means is provided as the information presenting means. 8. The storage means further stores advertised product information as an advertisement database, and includes an advertisement information search means for searching for specific product information from the advertisement database, and the control means. 8. The control of transferring at least one of the product information retrieved from the advertisement information retrieval means and the foodstuff information to the recipe retrieval means as a retrieval condition is performed. Recipe providing system. 9. A communication means is provided for enabling transmission / reception of information via a network, and the control means causes the communication means to transmit the recipe information retrieved by the recipe retrieval means. The recipe providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. 10. The recipe providing device according to claim 1, wherein at least the control means, the food material information discriminating means, and the recipe searching means are integrated with each other to form a recipe providing device. The recipe providing system described in. 11. A recipe providing method including a recipe search step of searching recipe information including a dish and its recipe from a database using a search condition, further determining food material information from purchased product information and reading out food material information. A recipe providing method, comprising steps, wherein in the recipe searching step, at least the ingredient information read in the ingredient information determining step is used as a search condition. 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising a search condition input step of inputting a search condition including foodstuff information, wherein at least food / cooking limited information can be used as the search condition. Recipe provision method. 13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising a recipe determining step of selecting specific recipe information by inputting final determination conditions when a plurality of recipe information is obtained in the recipe searching step. 12. The recipe providing method described in 12. 14. A search history storing step of storing the search condition used for searching the recipe information and the finally determined specific recipe information in the storage means as search history information, wherein the recipe searching step comprises: 14. The recipe providing method according to claim 11, 12 or 13, wherein the search history information is also used as a search condition. 15. A foodstuff grouping step of grouping a plurality of foodstuff information read out in the foodstuff information determination step, wherein the recipe search step includes recipe information based on the grouped foodstuff information. 15. The recipe providing method according to claim 11, wherein the recipe providing method is searched.