JP2020091577A - Health promotion support system and health promotion support method - Google Patents

Abstract

To present a menu of lunch which is suitable for health promotion and consists of food items which can be purchased or provided at stores around a current position of an object user, to the user.SOLUTION: In response to receiving a support request indicative of a current position from a portable communication device 100, a health promotion support device 300A acquires peripheral store assortment-of-products information being assortment-of-products information in stores around the current position of the portable communication device 100, from an assortment-of-products management device 200A. The health promotion support device 300A generates recommended menu information on the basis of registered contents in recommended nutritional component relevant information which is information relevant to nutritional components which an internally registered user is recommended to take at lunch on the day, and the acquired peripheral store assortment-of-products information. Then, the health promotion support device 300A transmits the generated recommended menu information to the portable communication device 100.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a health promotion support system and a health promotion support method, and more particularly, to a health promotion support system and a health promotion support method for presenting a menu for promoting the health of users and maintaining their health.

Health comes from a nutritionally balanced diet. Therefore, conventionally, a technique for presenting a nutritionally balanced menu for the prevention and improvement of lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension has been proposed.

As one of such proposed technologies, there is a technology that supports improvement of eating habits that the target person can easily work on (see Patent Document 1: hereinafter, referred to as “conventional example 1”). In the technique of the first conventional example, the subject's eating habits (including food preference) are specified based on the input result of a plurality of meal menus in a unit period (for example, one day) that is common to the subject. .. Next, the difference between the intake standard amount of each nutritional component determined by the individual's personal health information (age, weight, sex, etc.) in the relevant unit period and the current intake of each nutritional component calculated from the input menu, And an improvement menu is created based on the eating habits of the specified target person. Then, the created improvement menu is provided to the target person.

Further, as another one of the proposed technologies, there is a technology that can continue to carry out eating habits without losing the enjoyment of eating, and as a result, supports achieving a predetermined goal such as prevention of hypertension ( See Patent Document 2: Hereinafter, referred to as "Conventional Example 2"). In the technology of this conventional example 2, the daily intake reference amount of each nutritional component determined by the individual's personal health information (age, weight, sex, etc.) and the current intake of each nutritional component calculated from the input menu A daily menu is created based on the difference from the amount and information that influences the target person's tendency to select foodstuffs and foods, such as the place of origin of the target person and the season on which the menu is prepared. Then, the created improvement menu is provided to the target person.

JP, 2007-133525, A JP 2002-351991 A

In the techniques of Conventional Examples 1 and 2 described above, the foodstuffs used for the menu are determined based on the eating habits (food preferences) of the target person, the season of the menu creation target day, and the like. However, the person who prepares the meal of the target person may not always be able to easily prepare the determined food material. That is, the defined foodstuffs are not always prepared at the time of shopping in a store or the like where a person who prepares meals for the target person usually makes a shopping trip. Therefore, in some cases, a lot of effort must be put in order to realize the menu provided.

Such a situation can occur even for a meal menu. Even more, when the menu for at least one day is provided as in the techniques of Conventional Examples 1 and 2, for example, a plurality of menus for one day's meal (usually, three meals of breakfast, lunch, and dinner) are provided. If a meal menu is provided for each meal, the possibility of this situation occurring will increase.

By the way, those who are interested in promoting their own health (hereinafter also referred to as “target person”) who prepare meals at home on a daily basis (hereinafter referred to as “preparers” (which may be the target persons themselves)) Usually prepares a meal that can be easily realized by taking into consideration the food preference and nutritional balance of the subject. However, for example, when the target person is a worker who commute to a company other than home and relies on lunches and supplements sold at convenience stores, for example, the consideration is sufficient for the lunch. Often not. However, in order for the worker to bring a lunch that has been sufficiently considered, the preparer will be burdened with a considerable burden of preparing the lunch, etc.

In addition, regarding meals that are mainly consumed at home other than lunch on work days, if the average ingested nutritional component amount for one week is used, in recent years when acquisition of nutritional component information for foods has become easier, Can be grasped with high accuracy. In addition, the health information can be acquired in various modes regarding the recommended intake amount of nutritional components according to the personal information (age, weight, sex, etc.) of the target person. Furthermore, it is very rare that the recommended amount of nutrients ingested in one week will be consumed in meals other than lunch on work days, and when relying on foods sold at convenience stores for lunch on work days. Even if it is possible to adjust the amount of nutrients ingested by lunch, the amount of nutrients ingested in one week can be brought close to the recommended amount of nutrients ingested.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is composed of food that is suitable for promoting health and that can be purchased or provided at a store near the user's current location. An object of the present invention is to provide a health promotion support system and a health promotion support method capable of presenting a menu of lunches to the target person.

From a first viewpoint, the present invention relates to a portable communication device operated by a user; an assortment management that manages assortment information of foods sold or provided at a plurality of stores and can communicate with the outside. A health promotion support system comprising: a device; a health promotion support device capable of communicating with the portable communication device and the product lineup management device, wherein the portable communication device detects a current position. And a presentation unit that presents recommended menu information received from the health promotion support device to the user; and the assortment information includes position information of each of the plurality of stores and the plurality of stores. A plurality of foods sold or provided respectively, and a nutritional component of the plurality of foods are included, and the health promotion support device relates to a nutritional component recommended to be ingested by the user for lunch on the day. A storage unit in which information is stored; when a support request specifying the current position is received from the portable communication device, assortment information of stores around the current position of the portable communication device is stored in the assortment. An acquisition unit which is acquired from a management device; generates recommended menu information based on the recommended nutritional component calculated by referring to the related information and the acquired assortment information, and generates the recommended menu information. A health promotion support system comprising: a generation unit that transmits recommended menu information to the portable communication device.

In this health promotion support system, when the acquisition unit of the health promotion support device receives a support request specifying the current position from the portable communication device, assortment information of stores around the current position of the portable communication device. From the assortment management device. Subsequently, the generation unit generates recommended menu information based on the information related to the nutritional components stored in the storage unit, which is recommended to be ingested by the user for lunch on the day, and the acquired assortment information. To do. Then, the generation unit transmits the generated recommended menu information to the portable communication device. As a result, the recommended menu for lunch on the day is presented to the user (target person) by the presentation unit in the portable communication device.

Therefore, according to the health promotion support system of the present invention, it is possible to present the user with a menu of lunches that is suitable for health promotion and that is composed of foods that can be purchased at a store around the user's current position. You can

In the health promotion support system of the present invention, the portable communication device, the user referred to the recommended menu information transmits the food eaten out at lunch of the day to the health promotion support device, the related information, A weekly recommended nutritional component that is determined according to the planned number of days to eat out lunch is planned to be eaten out for lunch in the week including the day, and the generation unit starts from the recommended weekly nutritional component until the day before the day in the week In addition, the recommended nutritional component can be calculated based on the differential nutritional component obtained by subtracting the nutritional component of the food taken by lunch eating out.

In this case, the portable communication device transmits to the health promotion support device information on the food that the user who referred to the recommended menu information eats out at lunch on the day. In addition, the above-mentioned related information includes a recommended weekly nutritional component that is determined according to the planned number of lunch lunch days for which lunch is planned to be eaten out in the week including the current day. Then, the generating unit may be ingested by the lunch of the day based on the differential nutritional component obtained by subtracting the nutritional components of the food ingested by lunch eating out by the day before the day in the week from the above-mentioned recommended weekly nutritional components. Calculate recommended nutritional components. For example, the generation unit may calculate the nutritional component recommended to be ingested for lunch on the current day by dividing the differential nutritional component by the number of remaining days including the current day of the week. Therefore, as described above, during the basic period of the life rhythm of one week, in which the average ingested nutritional component can be easily and relatively accurately grasped, the lunch on the work day is sold at the convenience store. Even when relying on foods or foods provided at restaurants for eating out such as family restaurants, it is possible to appropriately adjust the nutrient components ingested by the lunch.

Here, the generation unit may be configured to transmit the recommended weekly nutritional components and the total nutritional components of foods actually ingested during lunch eating out during the week to the portable communication device. it can. In this case, the user can refer to the presentation unit of the portable communication device to know the recommended weekly nutritional components and the total nutritional components of the food actually consumed by eating out for lunch in the last week. Thus, it is possible to quantitatively grasp the nutritional components that are excessively ingested and the nutritional components that are deficient in the last week.

In the health promotion support system of the present invention, the related information may include the age, weight and sex of the user. In this case, the recommended menu for lunch on the day can be generated according to the user's attributes.

In addition, the relevant information may include the age, weight, and sex of the user, as well as the type of previous medical condition, the result of the medical examination, and the like.

Further, in the health promotion support system of the present invention, the portable communication device transmits information on a store designated by a user to the health promotion support device, and the generation unit sells or sells at the designated store. The recommended menu information may be generated within the range of food provided. In this case, the stores for procuring the food for lunch this time are limited, so that the convenience of the user is improved. For example, when the user specifies one store, recommended menu information is generated within the range of food that can be procured at the store, so that the user realizes the recommended menu without going to multiple stores. You can procure food for it.

Further, in the health promotion support system of the present invention, the portable communication device transmits information on a food service candidate specified by a user to the health promotion support device, and the generation unit causes the specified food service to be eaten. The recommended menu information may be generated by prioritizing candidates. In this case, it is possible to generate recommended menu information that can complement the nutritional components that cannot be ingested by the eating-out food candidate, while respecting the user's preference for food on the day.

Here, the generation unit transmits, to the portable communication device, assortment information of stores around the current position acquired from the assortment management device, and the designation of the food service candidate is transmitted. It can be configured to be performed by the user who referred to the assortment information. In this case, the user can specify the food service candidate without actually going to the store.

Further, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the restaurant food candidate designation is performed in a store visited by the user. In this case, the user can specify the food service candidate after confirming the actual food.

Here, the portable communication device may further include a photographing unit, and the designation of the food service candidate may be performed based on a photographing result by the photographing unit. In this case, it is possible to specify the eating-out food candidate based on the photographed image of the whole image of the eating-out food candidate or the photographed image of the coded display of the food code such as the barcode attached to the eating-out food candidate. Therefore, it is not necessary to manually enter the data such as the food code, so that the eating-out food candidate can be easily specified.

When designating the whole image of the food service candidate by the captured image, the generation unit that receives the data of the captured image may identify the specified food service candidate by using the image recognition method. it can. Further, when designating a captured image such as a barcode, the barcode may be decoded by a portable communication device, or may be performed by a generation unit that receives the captured image such as a barcode. Good.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a portable communication device operated by a user; an assortment that manages assortment information of food items sold or provided at a plurality of stores and can communicate with the outside. A health promotion support method used in a health promotion support system, comprising: a management device; and a health promotion support device capable of communicating with the portable communication device and the assortment management device, the portable communication device From the product assortment management device, the health promotion support device, when receiving a support request specifying the current position from And; the health promotion support device generates recommended menu information based on the acquired assortment information and nutritional components recommended to be ingested on the day, and generates the recommended menu information based on the generated recommended menu information. And a generating step of transmitting to a portable communication device.

In this health promotion support method, in the acquisition process, when the support request specifying the current position is received from the portable communication device, the health promotion support device causes the product lineup of stores around the current position of the portable communication device to be available. The information is acquired from the assortment management device. Subsequently, in the generation process, the health promotion support device generates recommended menu information based on the acquired product lineup information and the nutritional components recommended to be ingested on the day, and generates the recommended menu information. Send to a portable communication device.

Therefore, according to the health promotion support method of the present invention, it is possible to present the user with a menu of lunches that is suitable for promoting health and that is composed of foods that can be purchased at the stores around the user's current position. You can

As described above, according to the health promotion support system and health promotion support method of the present invention, a lunch composed of foods suitable for health promotion and which can be purchased at a store around the user's current position. The effect of being able to present the menu of to the user is produced.

It is a figure which shows roughly the structure of the health promotion support system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the portable communication apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the assortment management apparatus of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the content of the assortment management information of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the health promotion support apparatus of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the content of the recommended nutrition component relevant information of FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a registration process of initial information by the process control unit of FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the registration processing of the first week information by the processing control unit of FIG. 5.

6 is a flowchart for explaining daily processing by the processing control unit of FIG. 5. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the recommended menu preparation process of FIG. 9. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the post-meal update process of FIG. 9. It is a figure for demonstrating the information transmitted/received between the elements of 1st Embodiment at the time of daily processing. It is a figure which shows roughly the structure of the health promotion support system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the portable communication apparatus of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the content of the assortment management information of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the health promotion support apparatus of FIG.

17 is a flowchart for explaining daily processing by the processing control unit of FIG. 16. It is a figure for demonstrating the information transmitted/received between the elements of 2nd Embodiment at the time of daily processing. It is a figure which shows schematically the structure of the health promotion support system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the portable communication apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the health promotion support apparatus of FIG. 22 is a flowchart for explaining a recommended menu preparation process by the process control unit of FIG. 21. It is a figure for demonstrating the information transmitted/received between the elements of 3rd Embodiment at the time of daily processing.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or equivalent elements will be denoted by the same reference symbols, without redundant description.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

<Structure>
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a health promotion support system 600A according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the health promotion support system 600A includes portable communication devices 100A ₁ , 100A ₂ , such as smartphones, an assortment management device 200A, and a health promotion support device 300A. These portable communication devices 100A _j (j=1, 2,...), Assortment management device 200A and health promotion support device 300A are connected to a communication network 500.

In the first embodiment, communication is performed via the communication network 500 between the portable communication device 100A _j and the health promotion support device 300A. Further, communication is performed via the communication network 500 between the product lineup management device 200A and the health promotion support device 300A.

The portable communication device 100A _j is a communication device carried by a user. FIG. 1 is a store SHP _j1 in the peripheral region RG _j of a portable communication device 100A _j, store SHP _j2, examples ... is present is shown. Here, in the first embodiment, the “peripheral region RG _j ”means a region within a predetermined distance (for example, 1 km) from the current position of the portable communication device 100A _j .

A store management device 400 _jk is arranged in the store SHP _jk (k=1, 2,... ). The store management device 400 _jk can communicate with the assortment management device 200A via the communication network 500. Hereinafter, the store SHP _jk is assumed to be a store that sells food such as a convenience store.

The store management device 400 _jk manages the inventory of products in the store SHP _jk . Then, when the inventory quantity of each product changes due to arrival or sale, the changed inventory information is reported to the product lineup management apparatus 200A. As a result, the product lineup management apparatus 200A can grasp and manage the stock of products in each of the stores SHP _jk .

<<Configuration of Portable Communication Device 100A _j >>
As shown in FIG. 2, the portable communication device 100A _j includes a processing control unit 110A and a storage unit 120. In addition, the portable communication device 100A _j includes an input unit 130 and a position detection unit 140. Further, the portable communication device 100A _j includes a sound output unit 160, a display unit 170, and a wireless communication unit 180.

The processing control unit 110A described above integrally controls the entire portable communication device 100A _j . Details of the processing control unit 110A will be described later.

The storage unit 120 includes a non-volatile storage element. The storage unit 120 stores various information data used in the portable communication device 100A _j . The processing control unit 110A can access the storage unit 120.

The input unit 130 includes a key portion as a stroke device, a mouse as a pointing device, and the like. Here, a touch panel provided on the display device of the display unit 170 can be used as the key unit. It should be noted that, instead of or in combination with the configuration having the key portion, it is possible to employ a configuration in which voice recognition technology is used to input by voice. The input result to the input unit 130 is sent to the process control unit 110A as input data.

The user is allowed to make various designations and commands to the processing control unit 110A via the input unit 130.

In the present embodiment, the position detection unit 140 described above performs GPS positioning or the like to detect the current position of the portable communication device 100A _j . The detection result of the position detection unit 140 is sent to the processing control unit 110A.

The sound output unit 160 described above includes a speaker. The sound output unit 160 receives the output sound data sent from the processing control unit 110A. Then, the sound output unit 160 outputs a sound corresponding to the output sound data to the user.

The display unit 170 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display. The display unit 170 receives the display image data sent from the processing control unit 110A. Then, the display unit 170 displays the image corresponding to the display image data.

The wireless communication unit 180 described above communicates with the health promotion support apparatus 300A via the communication network 500 under the control of the processing control unit 110A. That is, the processing control unit 110A can communicate with the health promotion support apparatus 300A by using the wireless communication unit 180.

Next, the above processing control unit 110A will be described. The processing control unit 110A includes a central processing unit (CPU) and its peripheral circuits. By the processing control unit 110A executing various programs, various functions as the portable communication device 100A _j are realized.

When the processing control unit 110A receives the initial setting information sent from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110A sends the initial setting information to the health promotion support apparatus 300A using the wireless communication unit 180. Here, in the initial setting information, the physical information BI _p of the user (user ID #p) of the portable communication device 100A _j described later, weekly ingested nutritional components AN _p excluding lunch on work days, and average weekly lunch outing days AD _p is included.

Further, when the processing control unit 110A receives the first week information transmitted from the input unit 130, the first week information is transmitted to the health promotion support apparatus 300A using the wireless communication unit 180. Here, the first week information includes the scheduled lunch dining days ND _p for this week, which will be described later.

When the processing control unit 110A receives the menu preparation processing start command sent from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110A generates a menu preparation processing start request specifying the current position. Then, the processing control unit 110A transmits the generated menu creation processing start request to the health promotion support apparatus 300A using the wireless communication unit 180.

Further, when the processing control unit 110A receives the peripheral store position information transmitted from the health promotion support device 300A in response to the menu creation process start request via the wireless communication unit 180, the store included in the peripheral store position information. The display image data and the output sound data for presenting the position of (1) to the user are generated. Then, the processing control unit 110A sends the generated display image data to the display unit 170 and sends the generated output sound data to the sound output unit 160. As a result, the position of the store existing in the peripheral area RG _j of the portable communication device 100A _j is presented to the user by the display unit 170 and the sound output unit 160.

When receiving the designation of the store selected by the user from the stores included in the peripheral store position information presented in this way from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110A generates store designation information for designating the store. To do. Then, the processing control unit 110A transmits the generated store designation information to the health promotion support apparatus 300A using the wireless communication unit 180.

Further, when the processing control unit 110A receives the designated store assortment information transmitted from the health promotion support apparatus 300A that has received the store designation information via the wireless communication unit 180, the designation included in the designated store assortment information. Display image data and output sound data for presenting the product assortment of the store to the user are generated. Then, the processing control unit 110A sends the generated display image data to the display unit 170 and sends the generated output sound data to the sound output unit 160. As a result, the assortment of foods (food code (combination of large classification LC _bc and small classification SC _bc,d described later) in the designated store) is used by the display unit 170 and the sound output unit 160. Presented to the person.

When the user receives from the input unit 130 the designation of the food code that the user desires to be preferentially included in the lunch menu for today from the assortment of food items in the designated store presented in this manner, the processing control unit 110A , The designated food code is specified as the priority designated food code. Then, the processing control unit 110A transmits the identified priority food code to the health promotion support apparatus 300A using the wireless communication unit 180. Subsequently, when the priority designation food designation end is received from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110A transmits the fact that the designation of the priority designation food is finished to the health promotion support apparatus 300A using the wireless communication unit 180. Hereinafter, the "priority-designated food code" and the "designation of the priority-designated food is completed" are collectively referred to as "priority-designated food information".

The priority-designated food information may not include the priority-designated food code at all.

Further, when the processing control unit 110A receives the recommended menu information transmitted from the health promotion support apparatus 300A via the wireless communication unit 180, the display image data and the output sound for presenting the recommended menu information to the user. Generate data. Then, the processing control unit 110A sends the generated display image data to the display unit 170 and sends the generated output sound data to the sound output unit 160. As a result, the recommended menu for today's lunch is presented to the user by the display unit 170 and the sound output unit 160.

Further, when the processing control unit 110A receives the information about the food actually ingested and the intake amount of the food in the lunch eating out on the day sent from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110A uses the information as the actually ingested food information and the wireless communication unit. 180 is used to transmit to the health promotion support apparatus 300A.

In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the actual ingested food is mainly a food purchased at a designated store, that is, a food whose individual nutritional component can be grasped based on information on the product lineup of the designated store. If the actual ingested food contains a food that cannot be grasped based on the information on the product lineup of the specified store, the user will be able to specify the reference amount of the nutrients ingested from the food. ing.

Further, when the processing control unit 110A receives the weekly intake nutrition component information transmitted from the health promotion support apparatus 300A via the wireless communication unit 180, the display image for presenting the week intake nutrition component information to the user. Data and output sound data are generated. Note that the weekly ingested nutritional component information includes a recommended weekly nutritional component WN _p and a weekly actual nutritional component CN _p described later.

Subsequently, the processing control unit 110A sends the generated display image data to the display unit 170 and also sends the generated output sound data to the sound output unit 160. As a result, the recommended value and the actual value of the weekly nutritional component regarding lunch eating out in the latest one week are presented to the user.

The communication data transmitted to the health promotion support apparatus 300A by the processing control unit 110A includes the user ID of the user who is using the portable communication apparatus 100A _j .

<<Structure of the assortment management device 200A>>
As shown in FIG. 3, the product lineup management device 200A includes a processing control unit 210A, a storage unit 220, and an external communication unit 230.

The processing control unit 210A described above integrally controls the assortment management apparatus 200A. This processing control unit 210A will be described later.

The storage unit 220 includes a storage device such as a fixed disk device. In this storage unit 220, various information data used in the product assortment management apparatus 200A is recorded. Such information data includes product assortment management information GMI. The processing control unit 210A can access the storage unit 220.

The details of the product lineup management information GMI will be described later.

The external communication unit 230 communicates with the health promotion support apparatus 300A and the store management apparatus 400 _jk via the network 500 under the control of the processing control unit 210A. That is, the processing control unit 210A can communicate with the health promotion support apparatus 300A and the store management apparatus 400 _jk by using the external communication unit 230.

Next, the processing control unit 210A will be described. The processing control unit 210A includes a CPU and its peripheral circuits. By the processing control unit 210A executing various programs, various functions as the assortment management apparatus 200A are realized.

The processing control unit 210A receives the inventory information in the store SHP _jk transmitted from the store management device 400 _jk via the external communication unit 230. Then, the processing control unit 210A updates the assortment management information GMI based on the received inventory information.

Further, the processing control unit 210A receives the product lineup information request transmitted from the health promotion support apparatus 300A via the external communication unit 230. Here, the current position of the portable communication device 100A _j is included in the product lineup information request.

Upon receipt of the assortment information request, the processing control unit 210A refers to the assortment management information GMI based on the current position included in the assortment information request, and refers to the peripheral area of the current position of the portable communication device 100A _j. The store SHP _jk existing in RG _j is extracted. Subsequently, the processing control unit 210A transmits the extracted product lineup information and position in the store SHP _jk to the health promotion support apparatus 300A using the external communication unit 230 as peripheral store product lineup information.

The communication data transmitted to the health promotion support apparatus 300A by the assortment management apparatus 200A includes the user ID of the corresponding user.

(Assortment management information GMI)
Here, the product assortment management information GMI will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the product assortment management information GMI, the store position SPS _a and the product assortment information are registered in association with the store identifier SID _a (a=1, 2,... ). Here, as the assortment information, a combination of a large classification LC _bc (b=1, 2,...; c=1, 2,...) and a small classification SC _bc,d (d=1, 2,...) Is specified. The nutritional component NC _bc,d , the image IM _bc,d of the appearance, and the stock number N _bc,d are registered in association with each of the food items to be stored.

Note that examples of the large classification LC _bc include “bento”, “rice ball”, “bread”, “side dish” and the like. In addition, examples of the small classification SC _bc,d include “salmon”, “hamburger”, and “tonkatsu” when the large classification LC _bc is “bento”.

<<Structure of health promotion support device 300A>>
As shown in FIG. 5, the health promotion support device 300A includes a processing control unit 310A, a storage unit 320, and an external communication unit 330.

The processing control unit 310A described above integrally controls the overall health promotion support apparatus 300A. The processing control unit 310A includes a CPU and peripheral circuits thereof, and executes various programs to perform health promotion support processing for realizing the function of the health promotion support apparatus 300A. There is.

The details of the health promotion support process executed by the process control unit 310A will be described later.

The storage unit 320 described above is configured to include a storage device such as a fixed disk device. Various information data used in the health promotion support apparatus 300A is recorded in the storage unit 320. Such information data includes recommended nutrition component related information NRI. The processing control unit 310A can access the storage unit 320.

The details of the recommended nutrition component related information NRI will be described later.

The external communication unit 330 communicates with the portable communication device 100A _j and the assortment management device 200A via the network 500 under the control of the processing control unit 310A. That is, the processing control unit 310A can communicate with the portable communication device 100A _j and the assortment management device 200A by using the external communication unit 330.

The communication data transmitted from the processing control unit 310A to the assortment management apparatus 200A includes the user ID of the corresponding user.

(Recommended nutrition component information NRI)
Here, the recommended nutrition component related information NRI will be described. The recommended nutrition component related information NRI includes user-specific information and common information, as shown in FIG.

The above-mentioned information for each user includes the information of the user ID #p (p=1, 2,... ). The information of the user ID #p (p=1, 2,...) includes the physical information BI _p , the weekly nutrition component RN _p, and the average weekly nutrition component AN _p excluding lunch eating out (hereinafter, “nutrition component”). (Also referred to as "AN _p ") and the average number of weekly lunch dining days AD _p . In addition, the information of the user ID #p includes the planned lunch eating days ND _p this week, the recommended weekly nutrition component WN _p , the weekly actual nutrition component CN _p, and the number of remaining days of the weekly lunch RD _p (hereinafter, “remaining (Also referred to as the number of days RD _p )).

Here, the physical information BI _p includes the age, weight, and sex of the user with the user ID #p as essential items. In addition, the physical information BI _p can include the type of previous medical condition of the user, the result of health examination, and the like. Such physical information BI _p is provided from the portable communication device 100A _j used by the user as one of the initial information according to the designation of the user.

The weekly nutritional component RN _p is a measure of the amount of the nutritional component required in one week, which is determined according to the content of the physical information BI _p . The weekly nutritional component RN _p is calculated by the processing control unit 310A based on the content of the physical information BI _p .

It should be noted that "one week" means seven days starting from the day of the week determined by the lifestyle of the user (for example, seven days starting from Sunday). The "nutrient component" includes energy (so-called "calorie"), protein, lipid, carbohydrate, salt equivalent, and the like.

The nutritional component AN _p is an average value of the amount of the nutritional component ingested by the diet excluding lunch eating out in one week. The nutrition component AN _p is provided from the portable communication device 100A _j used by the user as another piece of initial information according to the designation of the user.

The average weekly lunch eating-out days AD _p is a measure of the average number of days for which the user eats out lunch in one week determined by the lifestyle of the user. The average weekly lunch eating-out days AD _p is provided from the portable communication device 100A _j used by the user as another piece of initial information according to the designation of the user.

The scheduled number of lunch eating out days ND _p this week is the number of days to have lunch eating out in the next week, and is determined by the number of holidays in the week. The scheduled lunch eating days ND _{p for} this week are provided from the portable communication device 100A _j used by the user as the first week information according to the user's designation.

The weekly recommended nutritional component WN _p is the amount of nutritional component recommended to be ingested by the user in one week including the day of eating out for lunch. The weekly recommended nutrition component WN _p is calculated by the processing control unit 310A based on the weekly nutrition component RN _p , the average weekly lunch dining days AD _p, and the weekly scheduled lunch dining days ND _p .

The weekly actual nutrition component CN _p is the cumulative amount of nutrition components actually ingested by the user in one week including the day of eating out for lunch. The weekly actual nutritional component CN _p is calculated by the processing control unit 310A based on the information of the food actually consumed in the lunch eating out on the day described above, which is transmitted from the portable communication device 100A _j used by the user. It has become so.

The number of remaining days RD _p is the number of days remaining for eating out for lunch in one week including the day of eating out for lunch. The number of remaining days RD _p is calculated by the processing control unit 310A.

The common information includes the weekly nutritional component calculation formula #q (q=1, 2,...) Prepared in advance. The reason why a plurality of calculation formulas are prepared in this manner is to select a calculation formula for calculating an appropriate weekly nutrition component RN _p according to the content of the physical information BI _p . Although not shown, the common information further includes correspondence information between the pattern of the content of the physical information BI _p and the calculation formula to be selected.

<Operation>
Next, the operation of the health promotion support system 600A configured as described above will be described focusing mainly on the health promotion support processing executed by the processing control unit 310A of the health promotion support apparatus 300A. Here, the health promotion support process includes a registration process of initial information for each user, a registration process of first week information, and a daily process. The process control unit 310A is adapted to execute these processes in parallel.

In the following description, it is assumed that the user with the user ID #p uses the portable communication device 100 _j .

<<Initial information registration process>>
First, the initial information registration process executed by the process control unit 310A will be described.

In the initial information registration processing, as shown in FIG. 7, first, in step S11, the processing control unit 310A determines whether or not the physical information BI _p has been received. When the result of the determination in step S11 is negative (step S11:N), the process proceeds to step S13 described later.

If the result of the determination in step S11 is affirmative (step S11: Y), the process proceeds to step S12. In step S12, the processing control unit 310A first updates the registered content of the physical information BI _p in the recommended nutrition component related information NRI in the storage unit 320 to the newly received physical information BI _p .

Subsequently, the processing control unit 310A calculates the weekly nutritional component RN _p . When calculating the weekly nutritional component RN _p , the processing control unit 310A first refers to the above-described corresponding information in the common information in the recommended nutritional component-related information NRI based on the registered content of the physical information BI _p to determine the weekly nutritional value. A calculation formula for calculating the component RN _p is specified. Subsequently, the processing control unit 310A calculates a new weekly nutrition component RN _p using the specified calculation formula based on the registered content in the physical information BI _p .

When the new weekly nutritional component RN _p is calculated in this way, the processing control unit 310A sets the registered content of the weekly nutritional component RN _p in the recommended nutritional component-related information NRI in the storage unit 320 as the new weekly nutritional component RN _p . Update. Then, the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, the processing control unit 310A determines whether or not the nutritional component AN _p has been received. When the result of the determination in step S13 is negative (step S13: N), the process proceeds to step S15 described later.

When the result of the determination in step S13 is affirmative (step S13: Y), the process proceeds to step S14. In step S14, the processing control unit 310A updates the registered content of the nutritional component AN _p in the recommended nutritional component related information NRI in the storage unit 320 to the newly received nutritional component AN _p . Then, the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, the processing control unit 310A determines whether or not the average weekly lunch eating-out days AD _p has been received. When the result of the determination in step S15 is negative (step S15:N), the process returns to step S11.

When the result of the determination in step S15 is affirmative (step S15:Y), the process proceeds to step S16. In this step S16, the processing control unit 310A updates the registered content of the average weekly lunch dining days AD _p in the recommended nutrition component related information NRI in the storage unit 320 to the newly received average weekly lunch dining days AD _p . Then, the process returns to step S11.

After that, the processes of steps S11 to S16 are repeated. As a result, every time the physical information BI _p , the nutritional component AN _p, or the average number of weekly lunch dining days AD _p is received, the initial information registration process, which is a prerequisite for the weekly process described later, is performed.

<<Weekly information registration process>>
Next, the registration processing of the first week information executed by the processing control unit 310A will be described. In addition, in the first embodiment, the registration process of the first week information is normally executed with the registered content of the remaining number of days RD _p in the recommended nutrition component related information NRI in the storage unit 320 being “0”.

In the process of registering the first information of the week, as shown in FIG. 8, first, in step S21, the process control unit 310A determines whether or not the scheduled lunch dining days ND _p is received this week. If the result of the determination in step S21 is negative (step S21:N), the process of step S21 is repeated.

If the scheduled number of lunch eating out days ND _p is received this week and the result of the determination in step S21 is affirmative (step S21: Y), the process proceeds to step S22. In this step S22, the processing control unit 310A updates the registration content of the scheduled lunch eating out days ND _p of this week in the recommended nutrition component related information NRI in the storage unit 320 to the newly received scheduled lunch eating out days ND _p of this week.

Next, in step S23, the processing control unit 310A firstly registers the above-mentioned weekly nutritional components RN _p , nutritional components AN _p , average weekly lunch eating days AD _p and this week's lunch eating scheduled days, which are registered in the storage unit 320. Based on ND _p , the weekly recommended nutrition component WN _p is calculated by the following equation (1).
WN _p =((RN _p −AN _p )/AD _p )·ND _p (1)

Subsequently, the processing control unit 310A updates the registered content of the recommended weekly nutrition component WN _p in the recommended nutrition component related information NRI in the storage unit 320 to the newly calculated weekly recommended nutrition component WN _p .

Next, in step S24, the processing control unit 310A clears the registered content of the weekly actual nutrition component CN _p in the recommended nutrition component related information NRI in the storage unit 320 from “0”. Subsequently, in step S25, the processing control unit 310A is the registered contents of the remaining days RD _p within the recommended nutrients related information NRI in the storage unit 320 is initialized to newly received week lunch eating 3-5 days ND _p.

Then, the process returns to step S21. Then, the processes of steps S21 to S25 described above are repeated. As a result, every time you receive a new this week lunch eating out 3-5 days ND _p, registration process of beginning-of-week information is executed.

<< Daily processing >>
Next, the daily processing executed by the processing control unit 310A will be described.

In the daily processing, as shown in FIG. 9, first, in step S31, the processing control unit 310A determines whether or not a menu preparation processing start request has been received. If the result of the determination in step S31 is negative, the process of step S31 is repeated.

When the menu creation process start request is received and the result of the determination in step S31 is affirmative (step S31:Y), the process proceeds to step S32. In this step S32, the processing control unit 310A generates a product assortment information request specifying the current position information included in the newly received menu creation processing start request. Then, the processing control unit 310A transmits the generated product assortment information request to the product assortment management apparatus 200A.

Upon receiving the product assortment information request, the product assortment management apparatus 200A refers to the product assortment management information GMI based on the current position included in the product assortment information request, as described above. The stores existing in the peripheral region RG are extracted. Then, the product lineup management device 200A transmits the extracted product lineup information and position in the store to the health promotion support device 300A as peripheral store product lineup information.

When the process of step S32 described above ends, the process proceeds to step S33. In this step S33, the processing control unit 310A determines whether or not the peripheral store assortment information has been received. When the result of the determination in step S33 is negative (step S33: N), the process of step S33 is repeated.

When the peripheral store assortment information is received and the result of the determination in step S33 is affirmative (step S33: Y), the process proceeds to step S34. In this step S34, after the processing control unit 310A stores the received peripheral store assortment information in the storage unit 320, the peripheral store position included in the peripheral store assortment information is used as the peripheral store position information to create a menu. The process start request is transmitted to the portable communication device 100A _j that has transmitted the process start request.

Note that, as described above, the portable communication device 100A _{j that} has received the peripheral store position information generates store designation information for designating the store selected by the user who referred to the presentation result of the peripheral store position information. Then, the portable communication device 100A _j transmits the generated store designation information to the health promotion support device 300A.

When the process of step S34 described above ends, the process proceeds to step S35. In this step S35, the processing control unit 310A determines whether or not the store designation information has been received. If the result of the determination in step S35 is negative (step S35: N), the process of step S35 is repeated.

When the store designation information is received and the result of the determination in step S35 is affirmative (step S35:Y), the process proceeds to step S36. In this step S36, after the processing control unit 310A identifies the information on the assortment of the designated store indicated by the received store designation information, the information on the assortment of the identified designated store is set as the designated store assortment information, It is transmitted to the portable communication device 100A _j that has transmitted the store designation information.

Note that, as described above, the portable communication device 100A _{j that} has received the designated store assortment information presents the user with the assortment of designated stores included in the designated store position information. Then, when the user designates the food item that the user desires to be included in the lunch menu for today from the presented assortment of food items at the designated store, the food code of the designated food item is specified. Is specified as the priority designated food code. Then, when the designation of the priority designated food is completed, the portable communication device 100A _j transmits the priority designated food information including the specified priority designated food code to the health promotion support device 300A.

As described above, the priority food information may not include the priority food code at all.

When the process of step S36 ends, the process proceeds to step S37. In step S37, the process control unit 310A executes today's recommended menu creation process. Details of the recommended menu preparation process will be described later.

Next, in step S38, the processing control unit 310A performs post-meal update processing regarding today's lunch eating out. Details of such post-meal update processing will be described later.

When the process of step S38 ends, the process returns to step S31. After that, the processes of steps S31 to S38 are repeated.

(Recommended menu creation process in step S37)
Next, the recommended menu preparation process in step S37 will be described.

In the recommended menu preparation process, as shown in FIG. 10, first, in step S41, the process control unit 310A determines whether or not the priority food information is received. When the result of the determination in step S41 is negative (step S41:N), the process of step S41 is repeated.

When the priority designated food information is received and the result of the determination in step S41 is affirmative (step S41:Y), the process proceeds to step S42. In step S42, the process control unit 310A creates a recommended menu for today's lunch dining out.

In preparing such a recommended menu, the processing control unit 310A firstly sets the reference value TN _p of the nutritional component recommended to be ingested for lunch today by recommending the weekly recommended nutritional component WN registered in the storage unit 320. _{It is} calculated by the following equation (2) based on _p , the weekly actual nutrition component CN _p, and the number of remaining days RD _p .
TN _p =(WN _p −CN _p )/RD _p (2)

Next, the processing control unit 310A identifies the nutritional component of the priority-designated food (when there are a plurality of priority-designated foods, the total of the nutritional components of the plurality of priority-designated foods) PN _p . Subsequently, the processing control unit 310A compares the nutritional component PN _{p of the} specified priority designated food with the calculated reference value TN _p, and the individual nutritional component PN _p in which the nutritional component PN _p is significantly higher than the reference value TN _p is increased. The nutritional component is judged whether there is any component. In the first embodiment, the processing control unit 310A determines, in the nutritional component determination, that the individual nutritional component in the nutritional component PN _p is the predetermined individual nutritional component in the reference value TN _p in advance corresponding to the individual nutritional component. It is determined whether or not there is an excess individual nutritional component that is equal to or more than the predetermined value times the specified value.

When the result of the nutritional component determination is negative, the processing control unit 310A includes the foods for supplementing the individual nutritional components that include the priority-designated foods and are deficient in the nutritional components PN _p as described above. The information of the assortment of the designated store specified in S36 is referred to and selected. Then, the processing control unit 310A creates a recommended menu including the priority-designated food and the selected food.

On the other hand, when the result of the nutrition component determination is affirmative, the processing control unit 310A identifies the food that is the main cause of the excess individual nutrition component. Subsequently, the processing control unit 310A obtains the modified priority designated food in which the specified food is excluded from the priority designated food, and the food for supplementing the individual nutritional component that is deficient in the nutritional component of the modified priority designated food is described above. Select by referring to the information on the product lineup of the specified store. Then, the processing control unit 310A creates a recommended menu consisting of the modified priority designated food and the selected food.

Next, in step S43, the processing control unit 310A generates recommended menu information including the created recommended menu, and transmits the generated recommended menu information to the portable communication device 100A _j that has transmitted the priority food information. .. When the transmission of the recommended menu information is completed, the recommended menu preparation process in step S37 is completed. Then, the process proceeds to step S38 of FIG. 9 described above.

When the portable communication device 100A _j receives the recommended menu information, the recommended menu is presented to the user as described above.

(Post-meal update process in step S38)
Next, the post-meal update process in step S38 will be described.

As described above, in the portable communication device 100A _j , when the user specifies a food item that is actually ingested during lunch eating out on the day, the information on the food item is used as the actually ingested food information and the health promotion support device is used. Send to 300A.

In the post-meal update process, as shown in FIG. 11, first, in step S51, the process control unit 310A determines whether or not the actual ingested food information is received. When the result of the determination in step S51 is negative (step S51:N), the process of step S51 is repeated.

When the actually ingested food information is received and the result of the determination in step S51 is affirmative (step S51:Y), the process proceeds to step S52. In this step S52, the process control unit 310A updates the weekly actual nutrition component CN _p and the number of remaining days RD _p in the storage unit 320.

At the time of this update, the processing control unit 310 first calculates the total amount DAN _p of the nutritional components of the received actual food information while referring to the product lineup of the designated store. Subsequently, the processing control unit 310 calculates and stores a new weekly actual nutrition component CN _p by the following equation (3) based on the calculated total amount DAN _p and the weekly actual nutrition component CN _p in the storage unit 320. The weekly actual nutritional component CN _p in the unit 320 is updated to the calculated new weekly actual nutritional component CN _p .
CN _p ← CN _p + DAN _p (3)

Next, the processing control unit 310 subtracts “1” from the number of remaining days RD _p in the storage unit 320 to calculate a new number of remaining days RD _p . Then, the processing control unit 310 updates the remaining number of days RD _p in the storage unit 320 to the calculated new number of remaining days RD _p .

Next, in step S53, the processing control unit 310 determines whether or not the remaining number of days RD _p registered in the storage unit 320 is “0”. If the result of the determination in step S53 is negative (step S53: N), the post-meal updating process of step S38 ends. Then, the process returns to step S31 of FIG. 9 described above.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S53 is affirmative (step S53:Y), the process proceeds to step S54. In this step S54, the processing control unit 310A generates weekly intake nutrition component information including the weekly actual nutrition component CN _p and the recommended weekly nutrition component WN _p registered in the storage unit 320. Then, the processing control unit 310A transmits the generated weekly intake nutrition component information to the portable communication device 100A _j that has transmitted the actual intake food information.

When the process of step S54 ends in this way, the post-meal update process of step S38 ends. Then, the process returns to step S31 of FIG. 9 described above.

When the weekly intake nutrition component information is received, the portable communication device 100A _j presents the weekly intake nutrition component information to the user.

In addition, in FIG. 12, during the daily processing in the health promotion support apparatus 300A, between the health promotion support apparatus 300A and the portable communication device 100A _j, and between the health promotion support apparatus 300A and the assortment management apparatus 200A. A sequence of information data exchanged between the two is shown.

As described above, in the health promotion support system 600A of the first embodiment, the processing control unit 310A of the health promotion support apparatus 300A specifies the current position from the portable communication apparatus 100A _j via the external communication unit 330. When the menu preparation processing start request is received, the peripheral communication assortment information, which is the assortment information of the stores around the current position of the portable communication device 100A _j , is acquired by using the external communication unit 330. Obtained from 200A. Then, the processing control unit 310A acquires the registration content in the recommended nutrition component related information NRI, which is the information stored in the storage unit 320 and related to the nutrition component recommended to be ingested by the user for lunch on the day, and the acquisition. Recommended menu information is generated based on the selected peripheral store assortment information. Then, the processing control unit 310A transmits the generated recommended menu information to the portable communication device 100A _j . As a result, the recommended menu for lunch on the day is presented to the user by the sound output unit 160 and the display unit 170 in the portable communication device 100A _j .

Therefore, according to the health promotion support system 600A of the first embodiment, the user can receive a lunch menu composed of foods that are suitable for health promotion and that can be purchased at stores around the user's current position. Can be presented.

Further, in the health promotion support system 600A, the portable communication device 100A _j transmits to the health promotion support device 300A the food that the user who referred to the recommended menu information eats out at lunch on the day. In addition, the recommended nutrition component related information NRI includes a weekly recommended nutrition component WN _{p which} is determined according to the scheduled lunch eating days ND _p of this week, which is scheduled to be eaten out for lunch in the week including the current day. Then, the processing control unit 310A is a weekly recommended nutrients WN _p, the difference nutrients minus a nutritional component amount of ingested food weekly performance nutrients CN _p by lunch eating out the day before the day in the week Based on this, the standard value TN _p of the nutritional components recommended to be ingested by lunch eating out on the day is calculated. For this reason, during the basic period of the daily rhythm of 1 week, in which the average weekly nutritional component RN _p can be easily and relatively accurately grasped, lunch such as work days is changed to food sold at convenience stores. Even in the case of relying on it, it is possible to appropriately adjust the amount of nutrient components ingested by the lunch.

Further, the health promotion support apparatus 300A transmits the recommended weekly nutritional component WN _p and the total nutritional component actually ingested during lunch eating out in one week to the portable communication device 100A _j . Therefore, the user can quantitatively understand the nutrient components that are excessively ingested and the nutrient components that are deficient in the latest one week.

In addition, the physical information BI _p of the recommended nutrition component related information NRI in the health promotion support apparatus 300A includes the age, weight, and sex of the user as essential elements, and includes the type of past illness, the result of physical examination, and the like. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to create a recommended menu for lunch on the day according to the physical attributes of the user.

In addition, the portable communication device 100A _j transmits the information of the store designated by the user to the health promotion support device 300A, and the health promotion support device 300A is within the range of the food sold at the designated store. , Generate recommended menu information. For this reason, the stores for procuring the food for lunch this time are limited, so that the convenience of the user is improved.

In addition, the portable communication device 100A _j transmits the information of the food service candidate designated by the user to the health promotion support device 300A. Then, the health promotion support apparatus 300A creates a recommended menu by giving priority to the designated food service candidate. In this case, it is possible to create a recommended menu that can complement the nutritional ingredients that cannot be fully consumed by the eating-out food candidate while respecting the user's preference for food on the day.

Further, the health promotion support device 300A transmits the specified store assortment information to the portable communication device 100A _j . The designation of the food service candidate is performed by the user who referred to the designated store assortment information. Therefore, the user can specify the food service candidate without actually going to the store.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.

<Structure>
FIG. 13 shows a schematic configuration of a health promotion support system 600B according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 13, the health promotion support system 600B includes portable communication devices 100B ₁ , 100B ₂ ,..., An assortment management device 200B, and a health promotion support device 300B. These portable communication devices 100B _j (j=1, 2,...), Assortment management device 200B and health promotion support device 300B are connected to a communication network 500.

In the second embodiment, the portable communication device 100B _j is configured to perform an operation for health promotion support in the visited store (visit store) SHP _j .

"Configuration of a portable communication device 100B _j"
As shown in FIG. 14, the portable communication device 100B _j described above further includes a photographing unit 150, as compared with the portable communication device 100A _j described above, and a processing control unit instead of the processing control unit 110A. The difference is that it includes 110B. Hereinafter, description will be given mainly focusing on the difference.

The photographing unit 150 described above performs photographing under the control of the processing control unit 110B. The image captured by the image capturing unit 150 is sent to the processing control unit 110B.

The processing control unit 110B described above includes a central processing unit (CPU) and its peripheral circuits. The processing control unit 110A executes various programs to realize various functions as the portable communication device 100B.

When the processing control unit 110B receives the initial setting information sent from the input unit 130, as in the case of the processing control unit 110A, the initial setting information is sent to the health promotion support apparatus 300B by using the wireless communication unit 180. Send. Further, when the processing control unit 110B receives the first week information sent from the input unit 130, as in the case of the first processing control unit 110A, the first week information is sent to the health promotion support apparatus using the wireless communication unit 180. Send to 300B. Further, when the processing control unit 110B receives the menu preparation processing start command sent from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110B generates a menu preparation processing start request specifying the current position, as in the case of the processing control unit 110A, and is generated. The menu preparation processing start request is transmitted to the health promotion support apparatus 300B by using the wireless communication unit 180.

Further, the processing control unit 110B, in the visited store, according to the instruction of the user, a bar code or the like showing the food code of the food item that the user desires to be included in the lunch menu of today preferentially, The photographing unit 150 is caused to photograph. When the processing control unit 110B receives the image including the barcode captured in this manner, the processing control unit 110B analyzes the image and uses the food code represented by the barcode or the like, that is, the priority food code, by using the wireless communication unit 180. Then, the information is transmitted to the health promotion support device 300B. Subsequently, when the priority designation food designation end is received from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110B uses the wireless communication unit 180 to notify that the designation of the priority designation food is finished, as in the case of the processing control unit 110A. It transmits to the health promotion support apparatus 300B.

Further, when the processing control unit 110B receives the recommended menu information transmitted from the health promotion support apparatus 300B via the wireless communication unit 180, the recommended menu is presented to the user as in the case of the processing control unit 110A. Let Further, when the processing control unit 110B receives the information on the food actually ingested during the lunch eating out on the day and the intake amount of the food sent from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110B outputs the information as in the case of the processing control unit 110A. The information about the actual food intake is transmitted to the health promotion support apparatus 300B by using the wireless communication unit 180. Further, when the processing control unit 110B receives the weekly intake nutrition component information transmitted from the health promotion support device 300B via the wireless communication unit 180, the processing control unit 110B outputs the weekly intake nutrition component as in the case of the processing control unit 110A. Present to the user.

<<Structure of assortment management device 200B>>
As shown in FIG. 15, the product lineup management device 200B is different from the product lineup management device 200A described above in that a process control unit 210B is provided instead of the process control unit 210A. Hereinafter, description will be given mainly focusing on the difference.

The processing control unit 210B described above includes a CPU and its peripheral circuits. By the processing control unit 210B executing various programs, various functions as the assortment management apparatus 200B are realized.

The processing control unit 210B receives the inventory information at the store SHP _j transmitted from the store management device 400 _j via the external communication unit 230. Then, the processing control unit 210B updates the assortment management information GMI based on the received inventory information, as in the case of the processing control unit 110A.

Further, the processing control unit 210B receives, via the external communication unit 230, the product lineup information request transmitted from the health promotion support apparatus 300B. The processing control unit 210B refers to the assortment management information GMI based on the current position included in the assortment information request, and extracts the store _j corresponding to the current position of the portable communication device 100B _j . Subsequently, the process control unit 210B transmits the extracted product lineup information in the store SHP _j to the health promotion support apparatus 300B as the visited store lineup information by using the external communication unit 230.

<<Structure of health promotion support device 300B>>
As shown in FIG. 16, the above-described health promotion support device 300B is different from the above-described health promotion support device 300A in that a process control unit 310B is provided instead of the process control unit 310A. Hereinafter, description will be given mainly focusing on the difference.

The processing control unit 310B described above includes a CPU and its peripheral circuits. By the processing control unit 310B executing various programs, various functions as the health promotion support apparatus 300B are realized.

The details of the health promotion support process executed by the process control unit 310B will be described later.

<Operation>
Next, the operation of the health promotion support system 600B configured as described above will be described focusing mainly on the health promotion support processing executed by the processing control unit 310B of the health promotion support apparatus 300B. Here, the health promotion support processing includes the registration processing of the initial information for each user, the registration processing of the beginning of week information, and the daily processing, as in the case of the first embodiment. The process control unit 310B is adapted to execute these processes in parallel.

<<Initial information registration process>>
In the initial information registration processing, the processing control unit 310B executes the same processing as in the processing control unit 310A. That is, in the initial information registration processing, the processing control unit 310B executes the processing of steps S11 to S16 in FIG. 7 described above.

<<Weekly information registration process>>
In the process of registering the first information of the week, the processing control unit 310B executes the same processing as that of the processing control unit 310A. That is, in the initial information registration processing, the processing control unit 310B executes the processing of steps S21 to S25 in FIG. 8 described above.

<< Daily processing >>
Next, the registration processing of the first week information executed by the processing control unit 310B will be described.

In the daily processing, as shown in FIG. 17, first, in step S61, the processing control unit 310B determines whether or not a menu preparation processing start request has been received. When the result of the determination in step S61 is negative (step S61:N), the process of step S61 is repeated.

When the menu creation process start request is received and the result of the determination in step S61 is affirmative (step S61:Y), the process proceeds to step S62. In step S62, the process control unit 310B generates a product assortment information request specifying the current position information included in the newly received menu creation process start request. Then, the processing control unit 310B transmits the generated product lineup information request to the product lineup management device 200B.

When the product assortment information request is received, the product assortment management apparatus 200B refers to the product assortment management information GMI on the basis of the current position included in the product assortment information request and sets the current position as described above. Identify the corresponding store (visit store). Then, the product lineup management device 200B transmits the product lineup information in the specified store to the health promotion support device 300B as visiting store product lineup information.

When the process of step S62 described above ends, the process proceeds to step S63. In this step S63, the processing control unit 310B determines whether or not the visiting store assortment information has been received. When the result of the determination in step S63 is negative (step S63:N), the process of step S63 is repeated.

When the visited store assortment information is received and the result of the determination in step S63 is affirmative (step S63:Y), the process proceeds to step S64B. In this step S64B, the process control unit 310B performs the same process as in the case of step S37 in FIG. 9 described above, stores the visited store assortment information in the storage unit 320, and then the recommended menu creation process for today ( (See FIG. 10).

Note that the priority designated food information for determining whether or not the processing control unit 310B has received the recommended menu creation process in step S64B includes the priority specified by the image analysis (decoding) result such as the barcode as described above. The food code of the designated food is included.

Next, in step S65, the process control unit 310B performs the same process as in step S38 in FIG. 9 to perform the post-meal update process regarding today's lunch eating out. When the process of step S65 ends, the process returns to step S61. After that, the processes of steps S61 to S65 are repeated.

In addition, in FIG. 18, during the daily processing in the health promotion support apparatus 300B, between the health promotion support apparatus 300B and the portable communication device 100B _j, and between the health promotion support apparatus 300B and the assortment management apparatus 200B. A sequence of information data exchanged between the two is shown.

As described above, in the health promotion support system 600B of the second embodiment, the processing control unit 310B of the health promotion support device 300B specifies the current position from the portable communication device 100B _j via the external communication unit 330. When the support request is received, the external communication unit 330 is used, and the visiting store item is the assortment information of the store (the visiting store in the second embodiment) around the current position of the portable communication device 100B _j. The alignment information is acquired from the product alignment management device 200B. Then, the processing control unit 310B acquires the registration content in the recommended nutrition component related information NRI, which is the information stored in the storage unit 320 and related to the nutrition component recommended to be ingested by the user for lunch on the day, and the acquisition. The recommended menu information is generated based on the visited store assortment information. Then, the processing control unit 310B transmits the generated recommended menu information to the portable communication device 100B _j . As a result, the recommended menu for lunch on the day is presented to the user by the sound output unit 160 and the display unit 170 in the portable communication device 100B _j .

Therefore, according to the health promotion support system 600B of the second embodiment, the lunch menu is provided to the user, which is suitable for health promotion and which is composed of foods that can be purchased at the store around the user's current position. Can be presented.

In the health promotion support system 600B, the portable communication device 100B _j transmits to the health promotion support device 300B the food that the user who referred to the recommended menu information eats out at lunch on the day. In addition, the recommended nutrition component related information NRI includes a weekly recommended nutrition component WN _{p which} is determined according to the scheduled lunch eating days ND _p of this week, which is scheduled to be eaten out for lunch in the week including the current day. Then, the processing control unit 310B is the weekly recommended nutrients WN _p, the difference nutrients minus a nutritional component amount of ingested food weekly performance nutrients CN _p by lunch eating out the day before the day in the week Based on this, the standard value TN _p of the nutritional components recommended to be ingested by lunch eating out on the day is calculated. For this reason, during the basic period of the daily rhythm of 1 week, in which the average weekly nutritional component RN _p can be easily and relatively accurately grasped, lunch such as work days is changed to food sold at convenience stores. Even in the case of relying on it, it is possible to appropriately adjust the amount of nutrient components ingested by the lunch.

In addition, the health promotion support device 300B transmits the recommended weekly nutritional component WN _p and the total nutritional components actually ingested during lunch eating out in one week to the portable communication device 100B _j . Therefore, the user can quantitatively understand the nutrient components that are excessively ingested and the nutrient components that are deficient in the latest one week.

In addition, the physical information BI _p of the recommended nutrition component related information NRI in the health promotion support device 300B includes the age, weight and sex of the user as essential elements, and includes the type of anamnestic disease, the result of physical examination and the like. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to create a recommended menu for lunch on the day according to the physical attributes of the user.

In addition, the portable communication device 100B _j performs image analysis after capturing the bar code or the like attached to the food service candidate according to the user's instruction, and specifies the food code of the food service candidate. Subsequently, the portable communication device 100B _j transmits the information of the food and food candidate including the specified food code to the health promotion support device 300B. Then, the health promotion support device 300B creates a recommended menu by giving priority to the designated food service candidate. In this case, it is possible to create a recommended menu that can complement the nutritional ingredients that cannot be fully consumed by the eating-out food candidate while respecting the user's preference for food on the day.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.

<Structure>
FIG. 19 shows a schematic configuration of a health promotion support system 600C according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 19, the health promotion support system 600C is different from the health promotion support system 600B described above in that it replaces the portable communication devices 100B ₁ , 100B ₂ ,... With portable communication devices 100C ₁ , 100C ₂ ,. ... and a point that a health promotion support device 300C is provided instead of the health promotion support device 300B. Hereinafter, description will be made focusing on these differences.

"Configuration of a portable communication device 100C _j"
As shown in FIG. 20, the portable communication device 100C _j described above is different from the above-described portable communication device 100B _{j in} that a process control unit 110C is provided instead of the process control unit 110B.

The processing control unit 110C is configured to include a central processing unit (CPU) and its peripheral circuits. The processing control unit 110C executes various programs to realize various functions as the portable communication device 100C _j .

The process executed by the process control unit 110C differs from the process executed by the process control unit 110B only in the process related to the priority food information. In processing the priority-designated food information, the processing control unit 110C, in the visiting store, follows the user's instruction and takes an external view of the food that the user desires to be preferentially included in the lunch menu of the day. Have 150 shoot. When receiving the image including the appearance image captured in this manner, the processing control unit 110C transmits the image as it is to the health promotion support device 300C using the wireless communication unit 180. Then, when the priority designation food designation end is received from the input unit 130, the processing control unit 110C transmits the fact that the designation of the priority designation food is finished to the health promotion support device 300C using the wireless communication unit 180. In the third embodiment, the “appearance image of the priority-designated food” and the “indication of the designation of the priority-designated food” are collectively referred to as “priority-designated food information”.

<<Structure of health promotion support device 300C>>
As shown in FIG. 21, the above-described health promotion support device 300C is different from the above-described health promotion support device 300B in that a process control unit 310C is provided instead of the process control unit 310B.

The processing control unit 310C described above includes a CPU and its peripheral circuits. The processing control unit 310C executes various programs to realize various functions as the health promotion support apparatus 300C.

The details of the health promotion support process executed by the process control unit 310C will be described later.

<Operation>
Next, the operation of the health promotion support system 600C configured as described above will be described focusing mainly on the health promotion support processing executed by the processing control unit 310C of the health promotion support apparatus 300C. Here, the health promotion support process includes a registration process of initial information for each user, a registration process of week-first information, and a daily process, as in the case of the second embodiment.

In addition, in the registration processing of the initial information and the registration processing of the initial information of the week, the processing control unit 310C executes the same processing as that of the processing control unit 310B described above.

<< Daily processing >>
Next, the registration processing of the first week information executed by the processing control unit 310C will be described.

In the daily processing, the processing control unit 310C, in comparison with the processing control unit 310B, replaces the recommended menu creation processing of step S64B in the daily processing of FIG. 17 described above with the recommended menu preparation of step S64C shown in FIG. The only difference is that the processing is executed.

In the recommended menu preparation process in step S64C, as shown in FIG. 22, first, in step S71, the process control unit 310C determines whether or not priority food information has been received. If the result of the determination in step S71 is negative (step S71:N), the process of step S71 is repeated.

When the priority designated food information is received and the result of the determination in step S71 is affirmative (step S71:Y), the process proceeds to step S72. In this step S72, the processing control unit 310C performs image analysis such as comparing the image of the priority-specified food contained in the priority-specified food information with the food image included in the specified store assortment information, and the priority-specified food. Identify the food code for.

Next, in steps S73 and S74, the same processing as steps S42 and S43 in FIG. 10 described above is performed to create a recommended menu for today's lunch eating out (step S73), and then the created recommended menu information. Using the external communication unit 330, the recommended menu information is transmitted to the portable communication device 100C _j that has transmitted the preferential food information (step S74). When the process of step S74 ends in this way, the process of step S64C ends.

As described above, according to the health promotion support system 600C of the third embodiment, the effects of the health promotion support system 600B described above can be obtained.

[Modification of Embodiment]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various modifications can be made.

For example, in the above-mentioned first embodiment, it is assumed that the user who has been presented with the recommended menu visits the designated store and purchases food for lunch. On the other hand, when the home delivery service of the purchased product is available, the size of the peripheral area can be enlarged to specify the store, and then the purchased food can be delivered.

In addition, in the above-described first to third embodiments, it is assumed that the lunch eating-out is ingested for the scheduled number of lunch eating-out days this week registered by the registration processing of the weekly initial information. On the other hand, if the scheduled lunchtime for lunch this week is changed after registration due to the registration processing of the first week information, the user notifies the health promotion support device from the portable communication device to that effect. The health promotion support device that has received the notification may change the registered content of the recommended weekly nutrition component, the weekly actual nutrition component, and the remaining days according to the content of the notification.

Further, in the above-described first to third embodiments, the store is a store that sells food, but it may be a store such as Family Lentran where food providing services are performed.

As described above, the health promotion support system of the present invention can be applied to support the health promotion of individual users.

100A to 100C ... Portable communication devices 110A to 110C ... Processing control unit 120 ... Storage unit 130 ... Input unit 140 ... Position detection unit (position detection unit)
150... Shooting unit (shooting unit)
160... Sound output unit (part of the presentation unit)
170... Display output unit (part of the presentation unit)
180... Wireless communication unit 200A, 200B... Assortment management device 210A, 210B... Process control unit 220... Storage unit 230... External communication unit 300A-300C... Health promotion support device 310A-310C... Process control unit (part of acquisition unit) , Generator)
320... Storage unit (storage unit)
330... External communication unit (part of acquisition unit)
400 ... Store management device GMI ... Assortment management information NRI ... Recommended nutrition component related information RG ... Peripheral area SHP ... Store

Claims (10)

A portable communication device operated by a user;
An assortment management device capable of managing assortment information of foods sold or provided to users at a plurality of stores and communicating with the outside;
A health promotion support system comprising: a portable communication device and a health promotion support device capable of communicating with the assortment management device;
The portable communication device,
A position detector for detecting the current position;
A presentation unit for presenting recommended menu information received from the health promotion support device to the user;
The assortment information includes respective position information of the plurality of stores, a plurality of foods sold or provided at each of the plurality of stores, and nutritional components of the plurality of foods,
The health promotion support device,
A storage unit that stores information related to nutritional components that the user is recommended to take during lunch on the day;
An acquisition unit that, when receiving a support request specifying the current position from the portable communication device, acquires the product assortment information of the stores around the current position of the portable communication device from the product assortment management device;
Recommended menu information is generated based on the recommended nutritional component calculated with reference to the related information and the acquired product assortment information, and the generated recommended menu information is stored in the portable communication device. And a generation unit for transmitting to
A health promotion support system characterized by that. The portable communication device, the user referring to the recommended menu information transmits the food eaten out at lunch of the day to the health promotion support device,
The related information includes a recommended weekly nutritional component that is determined according to the planned number of days to eat out lunch, which is planned to be eaten out for lunch in the week including the day,
The generating unit calculates the recommended nutritional component based on the differential nutritional component obtained by subtracting the nutritional component of the food taken by lunch eating out by the day before the day from the recommended weekly nutritional component. ,
The health promotion support system according to claim 1, wherein: The said production|generation part transmits to the said portable communication apparatus the total of the nutrition component of the foodstuff actually ingested by the said 1st week recommended nutrient component and the said 1 week lunch eating out. The health promotion support system described. The health promotion support system according to claim 1, wherein the related information includes a user's age, weight, and sex. The portable communication device transmits information on a store designated by the user to the health promotion support device,
The generation unit, within the range of food sold or provided at the designated store, generates the recommended menu information,
The health promotion support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The portable communication device transmits information of a food service candidate specified by the user to the health promotion support device,
The generation unit gives priority to the designated restaurant food candidate and generates the recommended menu information,
The health promotion support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The generation unit, assortment information of stores around the current position acquired from the assortment management device, transmits to the portable communication device,
The designation of the food service candidate is performed by the user who refers to the transmitted assortment information,
The health promotion support system according to claim 6, wherein The health promotion support system according to claim 6, wherein the designation of the food service candidate is performed in a store visited by the user. The portable communication device further includes a photographing unit,
The designation of the food service candidate is performed based on the shooting result by the shooting unit,
The health promotion support system according to claim 8, wherein A portable communication device operated by a user; an assortment management device capable of managing assortment information of food items sold or provided at a plurality of stores and communicating with the outside; the portable communication device and the item A health promotion support method used in a health promotion support system, comprising: a health promotion support apparatus capable of communicating with an alignment management apparatus;
When the support request specifying the current position is received from the portable communication device, the health promotion support device provides the product assortment information of stores around the current position of the portable communication device to the product assortment management device. An acquisition process acquired from;
The health promotion support device generates recommended menu information based on the acquired assortment information and nutritional components recommended to be ingested on the day, and the generated recommended menu information is the portable type. A generation step of transmitting to a communication device;
A health promotion support method characterized by the following.

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