JPH08123856A - Health management on restaurant meal and information collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To ensure the health management with the eating-out and to show the necessary information on the health management by offering the data on the nutrition contained in the meals of the restaurants to the diner-outs together with their desired information. CONSTITUTION: A recording means 1 records the data on the meal contents and the data on the individual physiques, etc., and a reading means 21 of a terminal equipment 2 reads the data out of the means 1 and stores them in a terminal storage means 22. Then an arithmetic means 23 applies various operations to those stored data in terms of the types and amounts of nutritive elements contained in the meals. The results of these operations and the data are shown on a display means 24. Each of these data is sent to a management device 4 by a terminal transmission means 25 via a communication circuit 3 and stored in a management storage means 43. Then a management arithmetic means calculates the statistic value concerning the nutrition for each individual based on the data stored in the means 43.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is intended for individuals who eat at restaurants to obtain data on nutrition contained in meals, data on proper dietary guidance based on individual differences such as age and physique, and individuals. The present invention relates to a dietary health management and information collection system provided in a restaurant, which provides information in various fields and can collect information that the restaurant side wants to obtain.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, an increasing number of people have been actively managing their health by noticing their nutritional balance and eating and playing various sports. In addition, a number of specialized books on food nutrition and adult diseases have been published to reflect such a health boom. On the other hand, with the advent of the age of satiety and gastronomy, it is also a fact that many people prefer umami and ignore nutritional balance. Also, once a week, there are more and more opportunities to eat out, such as having dinner outside with the family and using the restaurant as a place to interact. On the other hand, a restaurant may conduct a questionnaire survey in order to collect information such as customer satisfaction as part of marketing. As a method of having the visitor write a questionnaire, there are means such as providing a gift to the person who answered the questionnaire, and exchanging it with a lottery for a trip or a cash voucher by lottery.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, although many people are conscious of managing their own health,
Since the technical book is difficult to understand and is troublesome to read, it is only read by a few people. On the other hand, the menu of eating out has its own menu and cooking method, and there are many things that home cooking does not have, so it is often impossible to grasp the nutrition content with ordinary knowledge, so at home meal nutrition balance Even if you are able to eat, eating out will upset the balance.

On the other hand, the questionnaire survey conducted by the restaurant side for marketing is one-sided convenience of the store side, which imposes a burden on the customer to fill out the questionnaire, and therefore cannot be accepted. In addition, questionnaire surveys that provide crude goods or exchange lottery tickets for lottery tickets and cash vouchers are expensive, and due to ruling, there is a limit to the collection rate of questionnaires. As described above, since any of these means imposes a burden on the customer, the image of the restaurant may be deteriorated and the collection rate is poor.

Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to prevent the nutritional balance from being out of order by providing data on nutrition contained in meals at restaurants and data on health based on individual differences. It is in. And the second purpose is to provide information on various fields that the person who ate the meal wants to obtain immediately, together with the above-mentioned respective data, so that the questionnaire survey is not one-sided for the restaurant side but for the visitor. The purpose of the questionnaire survey is to make it easier for customers to accept the questionnaire survey. Furthermore, the third purpose is to focus on the part of the questionnaire that benefits the customers, and to make the questionnaire on the information that the restaurant wants to obtain secondary to remove the bad preconceptions about the questionnaire and collect the questionnaire. To increase the rate and meet the information gathering needs of restaurants and, by extension, companies.

[0006]

The structure for achieving the above object of the present invention is (A) a terminal device installed in a restaurant and a management device installed in a center are connected by a communication line, B) recording means for recording meal data, personal data, information request data, and restaurant side request data, (C) the terminal device, (a) reading means for reading the data recorded in the recording means, and (b) (B) a terminal side transmitting means for transmitting the data read by the reading means to the management device, (c) a terminal side receiving means for receiving the data transmitted from the management device, and (d) the reading means. Terminal-side storage means for storing the read data and the data transmitted from the management device; and (e) terminal-side display means for displaying the data stored in the storage means,
(F) A terminal-side arithmetic means for performing a predetermined arithmetic operation based on the data stored in the storage means is provided, and (d) the management device (a) management for receiving the data transmitted from the terminal device. A device side receiving means, (b) a management device side storing means for storing data received by the managing device side receiving means, and information data corresponding to the information request data, and (c) stored in the storing means. The management device side transmitting means for transmitting the stored data to the terminal device, (d) the management device side display means for displaying the data stored in the management device side storage means, and (e) the management device side storage means. A management device-side arithmetic means for performing a predetermined arithmetic operation based on the stored data is provided, and (E) nutrition data and nutrition excess / deficiency data included in the meal are calculated based on the meal data and personal data. And nutrition data calculator, and a health data calculation means for calculating the health data based on the meal data and personal data provided to the terminal side operation means,
(F) An information file for storing the information data transmitted from the management device is provided in the terminal side storage means, and (G) the information data reading means for reading the information data corresponding to the information request data from the information file. The management device-side calculation means is provided with (H) a statistical data calculation means for calculating statistical data of nutrition data for each individual based on the meal data and the personal data.

[0007] Further, the terminal side computing means is provided with a recipe creating means for creating a recipe based on the statistical data of the nutrition data for each individual calculated by the statistical data computing means.

[0008]

[Function] Meal data relating to the content of meals taken in a restaurant, personal data relating to an individual's age, physique, etc., information request data indicating that an individual wants to obtain information, and restaurant request data indicating the information that the restaurant wants to obtain Is recorded by the recording means of the terminal device installed in the restaurant, and each of the recorded data is read by the reading means of the terminal device. Then, each of the read data is stored in the terminal side storage means of the terminal device, transmitted to the management device of the center by the terminal side transmission means, and stored in the management side storage means. On the other hand, the nutrition data calculation means of the terminal-side calculation means calculates nutrition data and nutrition excess / deficiency data relating to the type and amount of nutrients contained in the meal based on the stored meal data and personal data. In addition, the health data calculation means calculates health data relating to individual health based on the stored meal data and personal data. Further, the information data reading means of the terminal device reads the information data corresponding to the read information request data from the information file of the terminal side storage means. Then, these nutrition data, nutritional excess / deficiency data, health data and information data are displayed on the terminal side display means.

On the other hand, with respect to each data stored in the management-side storage means, the statistical data calculation means of the management-side calculation means calculates the statistical value of each data, which is stored in the management-side storage means and displayed on the management side. Displayed on the means. Further, the information data and the statistical data of the management side storage means are transmitted to the terminal device by the management side transmission means, the statistical data is stored in the terminal side storage means, and the information data is stored in the information file of the terminal side storage means.

Further, by providing the terminal side computing means with the recipe creating means, it is possible to create a recipe having a balanced nutrition for each individual based on the statistical data transmitted from the management device.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a meal health management and information collection system (hereinafter abbreviated as system) provided in a restaurant according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the system, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a recording unit and a restaurant side terminal device (hereinafter abbreviated as terminal device), and FIG. 3 is a center side management device (hereinafter management device). Is a block diagram showing a configuration). The terminal device (2) is connected to the management device (4) by the communication line (3). The terminal device (2) is provided with a reading means (21) for reading the data recorded in the recording means (1), and the reading means (21) has a terminal side storage means (22) for storing the read data. It is connected. Terminal side storage means
(22) is connected to a terminal-side calculation means (23) for performing various calculations to be described later based on the stored data, and a terminal-side display means (24) for displaying the stored data and calculation results. . Further, the terminal-side storage means (22), the terminal-side transmission means (25) for transmitting the stored data to the management device (4),
The terminal side receiving means (26) for receiving the data transmitted from the management device (4) is connected.

On the other hand, the management device (4) has a terminal side transmitting means.
A management side receiving means (41) is provided which is connected to the communication device (25) by a communication line (3) and receives the data transmitted from the terminal device (2). The management side storage means (43) for storing the received data is connected to the management side reception means (41), and the later-described calculation is performed based on the data stored in the management side storage means (43). The management side calculation means (44) and the management side display means (45) for displaying the stored data and the calculation result are connected.

Next, the recording means, the terminal device and the management device will be described in detail. FIG. 2 shows a recording means (1) and a terminal device (2)
FIG. 3 is a detailed explanatory view of the management device (4). The recording means (1) is, as shown in FIG. 2, the content of the meal provided in the restaurant, that is, the meal data (1a) indicating the order number, the personal data such as the age, sex, height and weight of the person who eats. (1b), information request data (1c) that records items related to information that the person who wants to eat and restaurant-side request data (1d) that records items related to information that the restaurant wants to acquire can be recorded. Has been done. An information file in which information on various fields that a person who eats wants to store is stored in the terminal-side storage means (22).
(22a) is provided and is read by the information data reading means (27). In the terminal side computing means (23),
A nutrition data calculation means (23a) for calculating the type and amount of nutrients contained in a meal based on the read meal data (1a) and personal data (1b), and an excess or deficiency of nutrients, and the meal data (1a ) And health data calculation means (23b) for creating data such as health advice on health, diet advice, recommended menu and shop advertisement based on personal data (1b). On the other hand, the management side storage means (43) of the management device (4) has information data (43a) for providing information to the information file (22a) of the terminal device (2).
Is remembered. In addition, the management side calculation means (44) calculates statistical data of nutrition data for each individual based on the meal data (1a) and personal data (1b) transmitted from the terminal device (2). Arithmetic means (44a) is provided.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the terminal device (2), and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the management device (4).
The reading of the data recorded in the recording means is performed by a card reader (21a) which is an example of the reading means. In addition, the nutrition data calculating means (23
Each calculation of a) and health data calculation means (23b) is shown in FIG.
The terminal computer (5) shown in FIG. 2 displays each data and the printer (24a) which is an example of the display means (24).
And CRT (24b). The I / O interface (5a) of the terminal computer (5) has a CPU (5
b), ROM (5c), (5d), RAM (5e) to (5g) are connected. The ROM (5c) stores data relating to the types and amounts of nutrients contained in each menu and the standard required amount of nutrition to be ingested in one day, and the ROM (5d) stores health data relating to health. Regarding health data, data on health advice such as what kind of effect each nutrient has, data on diet advice such as standard weight and cause of weight gain, data on recommended menu (recommended menu) and advertisement of shops Data etc. are included. RAM (5e) ~ (5g) CPU (5
Each data read by b) is temporarily stored.

On the other hand, the calculation of the statistical data calculating means (44a) of the management device (4) is performed by the management side computer (7) shown in FIG. I / O interface
In the external storage device (43) connected to (7a), the statistical data calculated by the statistical data calculation means (44a) and nutrients, healthy topics, health, sports, music, movies, entertainment, political economy, etc. The information data (43a), which is the latest information on each field, is stored. Further, the I / O interface (7a) of the management side computer (7) has an input device (6) such as a keyboard and a printer which is an example of display means.
(45a) and CRT (45b), a receiving device (41) which is an example of receiving means, and a transmitting device (42) which is an example of transmitting means are connected. The communication line (3) connecting the terminal device (2) and the management device (3) may be a telephone line, a computer dedicated line, or the like.

Next, a case where this system is actually used will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The terminal device (2) is installed in a plurality of restaurants as shown in FIG. 7, and each terminal device (2) is connected to the management device (4) via a communication line (3). First, ask the person who eats to fill in the necessary items on the nutrition and health check card (8), which is an example of the recording means shown in FIG. 9 (step (S)).
1). In FIG. 9, the data described in the columns regarding "name, address, telephone number, date of birth, height and working status" are the personal data (1b) and "Order No." (the number of the menu at which you ate). The data listed in the column are meal data (1
Corresponding to a), the data described in the columns "What nutrients do you want to know?", "Health topics you want to know?" and "What information do you want to know?""How do you think your health will look like?", "Do you need your survey for the restaurant?" And "How much do you think the survey will cost?" The generated data correspond to the restaurant request data (1d). Personal data (1b)
Name and address fields are written in katakana, and zip code and telephone number fields are entered in numbers, and the date of birth, height, and labor status fields are filled in with the appropriate numbers with a pencil. ing. Also, in the meal data (1a) column, fill in the numbers corresponding to the number of the ordered menu, and in the information request data (1c) and restaurant side request data (1d) columns, fill the numbers of the selected items with pencils, respectively. It is supposed to be filled out. Enter the number in the "How much do you think the cost will be for the questionnaire?" Of the restaurant request data (1d). Here, "Order No. 102 (Edomae and Tempura Gozen)" and "Order No. 211 (Coffee)" are used as meal data (1a).
As personal data (1b), "age 27, male, height 170c
Enter "m" and specify "2: Vitamin A, 3: Vitamin C" as the "nutrient you want to know" in the information request data (1c).
"1: Diet" as "health topics you want to know"
, "1: health" is selected as the "information to know", and the corresponding number is filled.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the data recorded on the nutrition and health check card (8) is read by a card reader (21).
When read by a) (S2), the read data is I
It is temporarily stored in each RAM via the / O interface (5a). Meal data (1a) and personal data (1b) are stored in RAM (5
In e), the information request data (1c) is stored in the RAM (5f), and the restaurant side request data (1d) is stored in the RAM (5g) (S3). At this time, each data temporarily stored in each RAM is transmitted to the management device (4) via the communication line (3) by the terminal side reception device (26) (S4), and the external storage device (43) of the management device. ) Is stored (S5).

Meal data (1a) stored in RAM (5e)
Is read by a read command of the CPU (5b) based on a nutrition data calculation program preset in the terminal computer (5), and the nutrition data corresponding to the read meal data (1a) is stored in the ROM (5c). Read from. RAM
The personal data (1b) stored in (5e) is also read by the nutrition data calculation program, standard data corresponding to the personal data (1b) is read from the ROM (5d), and the personal data
A comparison operation is performed with (1b) (S6). In addition, a health data calculation program preset in the terminal computer (5) calculates health data based on the result of the comparison calculation, and the health data corresponding to the calculation result is stored in the ROM (5d).
Is read from (S6). The nutrition data read from the ROM (5c), the comparison calculation result, and the health data read from the ROM (5d) are stored in the I / O interface (5a).
It is stored in the external storage device (22) via (S7).

Further, it is judged whether or not the information request data (1c) is recorded on the nutrition and health check card (8) (S
8) If recorded, the information data corresponding to the information request data temporarily stored in the RAM (5f) is stored in the external storage device (22) by the information data reading program preset in the terminal computer. ) Is read from the information file (22a) (S9). Then, the nutrition data, the comparison calculation result, the health data and the information data stored in the external storage device (22) are output to the printer (24a) and printed on a predetermined paper, and also output to the CRT (24b). And is displayed on the cathode ray tube (S10). FIG. 10 shows personal health data (9) which is an example of the printed paper. Personal data (1b), meal data (1a), nutrition data (9a), health data (9b) and information data (9c) are printed on the personal health data (9). The nutrition data (9a) consists of the types and amounts of various nutrients contained in each of the order menus "Edomae and Tempura Gozen" and "coffee", the total amount of various nutrients, the daily required amount, and the excess and deficiency. . In addition, in the health data (9b), the data described in the "Health advice" column and the "Diet advice" column, "It is impossible to take the daily requirement with one meal. The data "Let's keep nutrition balance in mind!" And the data described in the column of "Recommendation menu" are read from the ROM (5d) by the health data calculation program. In addition, the data described in the "Vitamin C" and "Diet" columns of the information data (9c) are the same as the "What nutrients do you want to know?" In the information request data (1c) of the questionnaire card (8). In response to the data of "3: Vitamin C" and "1: Diet" selected in the column and "What health topics do you want to know?", The information in the external storage device (22) by the information data reading program. File
It was read from (22a). Then, the personal health data (9) containing these data is given to the person who fills out the nutrition and health check card (8), and is useful for health management by diet and acquisition of information that one wants to know.

On the other hand, each data transmitted to the management device (4) is temporarily stored in the RAMs (7e) to (7g) and is a statistical data calculation unit which is an example of statistical data calculation means preset in the management computer. The statistical value of each data is calculated based on the program. Then, each statistical data is stored in the external storage device (43), displayed on the CRT (45b) which is an example of the management side display means as required, and printed on a predetermined paper by the printer (45a). . Also, the information data (43a) in the external storage device (43) is rewritten each time new information is input, and the rewritten data is transmitted to the terminal device (2) via the communication line (3) and is stored in the external storage device (43). apparatus
The information file (22a) in (22) is updated with the new file sent. As the health data (9b), data such as restaurant advertisement is included in addition to the above data,
It can also be displayed with other data. Further, it is possible to connect the terminal device to a register installed in a restaurant and display each data together with the meal price on the receipt as shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 12, each nutrient data can be graphed.

As described above, it is possible to obtain the type and amount of nutrients contained in food, health advice and messages, etc. simply by entering data in a questionnaire on a predetermined card. Easy to manage. Moreover, you can get the information you want to know. On the other hand, since the contents of the questionnaire are related to health, which is of great interest to everyone, and the information that the individual wants to obtain can be provided, it is easy to conduct the questionnaire survey. Therefore, the collection rate of the questionnaire can be increased even if the restaurant side provides an item related to the information that the restaurant wants to obtain.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the terminal device. The terminal side computing means (23) of the terminal device (2) is provided with a recipe creating means (23c). Recipe making method
(23c) calls the statistical data stored in the external storage device (43) of the management device (4) from the terminal device (2), judges the excess or deficiency of nutrition based on the statistical data, and It is a means of creating an appropriate recipe (cooking method) that can make up for the shortage. This recipe is created based on a recipe creation program that is preset in the terminal device (2), and the created recipe data is displayed on the CRT (24b) and is also specified by the printer (24a). Printed on paper. By cooking according to the created recipe, it is possible to provide a food with balanced nutrition for each person who eats.

By the way, either or both of the nutrition data calculation means and the health data calculation means provided in the terminal device may be provided in the management device, or the recipe creation means may be provided in the management device. Further, the statistical data calculation means provided in the management device may be provided in the terminal device. In addition, each customer who visits the store will be given an ID card with personal data registered, and the ID card will be read by a dedicated machine each time the customer visits the store.
It can also be configured so that personalized statistical data can be passed. Furthermore, personal health data
(9) is configured so that advertisements and marketing articles of companies can be posted on the back of the paper, and the posting right is decided by auction to each company using the Internet (International Network) By doing so, the scope of use of the invention can be expanded and the restaurant industry can be activated.

The type and content of each data can be changed as appropriate by changing each program or rewriting the data stored in the ROM or the external storage device. For example, it is possible to print only energy or nutrients in the nutrition data.
In addition to the nutrients shown in FIG. 10, various vitamins such as vitamins B3 to B12, vitamin D, vitamin E, and vitamin K, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, iodine, magnesium, manganese, copper, cobalt, chlorine, zinc, sulfur, water It is also possible to print various minerals such as, and various nutrients such as fiber, niacin, folic acid, and pantothenic acid.

[0025]

According to the present invention, data such as the type and amount of nutrition and energy contained in a meal provided at a restaurant can be known on the spot, so that nutrition management at the time of eating out can be easily performed. You can Moreover, since the nutritional excess and deficiency are calculated based on the age and physique of the individual, the reliability of the data is high and the nutritional balance can be accurately taken. Furthermore, since appropriate dietary guidance based on the excess or deficiency of nutrition can be received, the effect of preventing adult diseases can be improved. On the other hand, by using the recording means for questionnaires and providing data on health that everyone is interested in and information on various fields that individuals want to know,
The questionnaire survey can be a questionnaire survey for customers who visit the store rather than being one-sided. Therefore, the questionnaire survey can be easily accepted by the customers, and the questionnaire collection rate is high. Furthermore, by focusing on the part of the questionnaire that will benefit the customers, and by making the questionnaire about the information that the restaurant wants to obtain secondary, we can eliminate the bad idea of the questionnaire and improve the collection rate of the questionnaire. It can meet the information gathering needs of restaurants and eventually companies. In particular, the data that customers can get is of great interest, and you can get your favorite information on the spot, so it is very topical, it is easy to spread with friends by word of mouth, and much information can be collected Becomes

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing main configurations of a terminal device and a management device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a recording unit and a terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a management device.

FIG. 4 is a detailed explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a detailed explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a management device.

FIG. 6 is a detailed explanatory view showing another embodiment of the terminal device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected to a management device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a questionnaire card.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a sheet on which data is printed by a display unit.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a receipt on which each data is printed.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which each data is graphed.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Recording means, 2 ... Terminal device, 3 ... Communication line, 4
..Management device, 5 ... Terminal computer, 6 ... Input device, 7 ... Management computer, 8 ... Nutrition and health check card, 9 ... Personal health data, 10 ...
Receipt, 21 ... Reading means, 22 ... Terminal side storage means, 23 ... Terminal side computing means, 24 ... Terminal side display means, 25 ... Terminal side transmitting means, 26 ... Terminal side receiving means, 41. Management side receiving means, 42 ... Management side transmitting means, 43 ... Management side storage means, 44 ... Management side computing means

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device installed in a restaurant and a management device installed in a center are connected by a communication line, and (B) meal data, personal data, information request data, and restaurant request data. Recording means for recording is provided, and (C) the terminal device, (a) reading means for reading the data recorded in the recording means, and (b) transmitting the data read by the reading means to the management device. Terminal side transmitting means, (c) terminal side receiving means for receiving the data transmitted from the management device, and (d) a terminal for storing the data read by the reading means and the data transmitted from the management device. Side storage means, (e) terminal side display means for displaying the data stored in the storage means, and (f)
A terminal-side arithmetic unit that performs a predetermined arithmetic operation based on the data stored in the storage unit is provided, and (D) the management unit receives (A) the data transmitted from the terminal-unit. Means, (b) data received by the management device side receiving means, and management device side storage means for storing information data corresponding to the information request data, and (c) data stored in the storage means. Management device side transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal device,
(D) Management device side display means for displaying the data stored in the management device side storage means, and (e) Management device side calculation for performing a predetermined calculation based on the data stored in the management device side storage means. And (E) nutrition data calculation means for calculating nutrition data and nutrition excess / deficiency data contained in the meal based on the meal data and personal data, and health data based on the meal data and personal data. Health data computing means for computing is provided in the terminal computing means, (F) an information file for storing information data transmitted from the management device is provided in the terminal storage means, and (G) the information request data An information data reading means for reading corresponding information data from the information file is provided in the terminal device, and (H) an individual data is read based on the meal data and the personal data. A health management system based on meals provided in a restaurant, characterized in that statistical data calculation means for calculating statistical data of nutrition data for each person is provided in the management device side calculation means. 2. A restaurant provided with a recipe creating means for creating a recipe on the basis of the statistical data of nutrition data for each individual calculated by the statistical data calculating means in the terminal side calculating means. A health management system based on meals.