JPH08272808A - Food information equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a food information equipment capable of easily inputting cooking menus and the recipes, etc., from media such as magazines and TV, etc., cumulatively storing them, retrieving the cooking menu in the cumulative information and ordering foods. CONSTITUTION: The food information equipment is a system using a medium 1 to which food information composed of characters, voice or pictures such as the cooking menu, a material chart, the recipe, cooking time, the control information of cooking tools, nutrition information and a price, etc., is added as code information 2, and is provided with an input means 4 for inputting the code information 2 from the medium 1, a recognition means 5 for recognizing the information of the input means 4 and a reporting means 6 for reporting the information of the recognition means 5. By adding the food information to the medium circulated at present as the code information, the food information is freely and easily fetched and this food information equipment which becomes more useful to a user as it is used more is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention makes it possible to easily input a cooking menu and its recipes from media such as magazines and TVs, accumulate them, and search for the cooking menu in the accumulated information. The present invention relates to a food information device capable of ordering food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a recent trend, the social advancement of women is remarkable. As a result, women are spending less time on housework, and men are more likely to enter the kitchen and cook, especially when it comes to cooking. Furthermore, in recent years, young women are less likely to be taught the taste of home by their mothers, and a survey by an external organization reports that dinner menus are the most painful. In order to solve such problems, various things have been announced so far. The following two are typical examples. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Sho 63-233214 discloses cooking information such as a live-action image of cooking in a memory (CD-ROM), displaying it on a screen on a television in preparation stage, and heating cooker at a stage where heating is required. The heating conditions can be set automatically so that cooking can be performed without the trouble of setting the heating conditions.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 01-212827
The gazette stores cooking information consisting of material information, menu video information, and a cooking program, each of which corresponds to a specific material. By having a material input means for inputting material information, cooking can be performed with a simple operation. It makes the final decisions on the menu so that you can easily enter the cooking program.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] When a survey is conducted on how housewives decide a cooking menu and cook, a relatively young woman decides a menu by referring to magazines and books. are doing. Because cooking magazines are cheap,
Although it is often the case that only the necessary information is viewed and discarded, it is known that a large percentage of housewives cut off the necessary parts and leave them in the scrapbook. Food magazines,
Books have been published surprisingly, and TV cooking shows are increasing. One cooking magazine of a certain company is 100 times a month.
10,000 copies have been published. However, only one part of the information is needed. In other words, housewives are choosing information from the flood of food information as they see fit. In the two cases described above, automatic cooking is performed by being combined with a cooking device such as a microwave oven. A real image is stored in a storage medium, and C is used as the storage medium.
Although a considerable amount of image information should be able to be stored by using a D-ROM or the like, the cooking menus required for each housewife should be limited in that. If a real housewife has trouble cooking, he looks at the magazine and cooks his favorite food. The above-mentioned two cases had a problem that the housewife could not cope when there was no favorite menu.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and if there is a favorite cooking menu from a media medium such as a cooking magazine currently distributed, menu information, material information, recipe information, nutrition information, price information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a food information device that can be easily input and accumulated and stored, and that the accumulated memory information can be used to search menus from material information, nutrition information, etc. .

[0006]

The present invention has the following constitution in order to achieve the above object.

That is, as a first solution, food information relating to a cooking menu such as a cooking menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, a cooking time, control information of cooking utensils, nutrition information, prices, etc. is used as code information consisting of characters, voices or images. Using the attached media medium, the system configuration has an input means for inputting the code information from the media medium, a recognition means for recognizing the information of the input means, and a notification means for notifying the information of the recognition means. .

As a second solution, a cooking menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cookware,
The input means for inputting the code information from the media medium and the information of the input means are used by using a media medium to which food information related to a food menu such as nutrition information and price is added as code information composed of characters, voices or images. The system configuration includes a recognition unit for recognizing, a notification unit for notifying information of the recognition unit, and a storage unit for storing information of the recognition unit.

[0009] As a third solution, a cooking menu, a table of ingredients, a recipe, cooking time, control information for cooking utensils,
The input means for inputting the code information from the media medium and the information of the input means are used by using a media medium to which food information related to a food menu such as nutrition information and price is added as code information composed of characters, voices or images. The system configuration includes a recognition unit for recognizing, a notification unit for notifying information of the recognition unit, and an ordering unit for ordering a food menu based on the information of the recognition unit.

As a fourth solution, a cooking menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cooking utensils,
The input means for inputting the code information from the media medium and the information of the input means are used by using a media medium to which food information related to a food menu such as nutrition information and price is added as code information composed of characters, voices or images. Recognition means for recognizing, notifying means for notifying information of the recognizing means, storage means for storing information of the recognizing means,
The system configuration includes an ordering unit that orders a food menu based on the information of the recognition unit.

Further, as a fifth means for solving the problems, it is constituted to have an input means for inputting the code information from a printed medium.

As a sixth means for solving the problems, the constitution is provided with an input means for inputting the code information from a media medium for electrically carrying.

As a seventh means for solving the problems, a medium medium for electrically transmitting the code information and an input means for inputting the code information from the medium medium on which the code information is printed are provided.

Further, as an eighth solution means, the storage means has a detachable structure. As a ninth solution, the code information is two-dimensional bar code information, and the code information input means is a two-dimensional bar code reader.

As a tenth solution means, there is provided a search means for searching a cooking menu from material information, cooking time information, season information, nutrition information, cooking method information or price information based on the accumulated information in the storage means. did.

As an eleventh solving means, material information, cooking time information, season information, based on the accumulated information in the storage means,
The configuration is provided with a search means capable of searching the food menu in any combination from nutrition information, cooking method and price information.

As a twelfth solving means, a printing means for printing the code information recognized by the recognition means is provided.

As a thirteenth solving means, a cooking menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cookware,
The input means for inputting the code information from the media medium and the information of the input means are used by using a media medium to which food information related to a food menu such as nutrition information and price is added as code information composed of characters, voices or images. It is configured to include a transmission means for transmitting to the cooking utensil.

As a fourteenth means for solving the problems, a cooking menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cookware,
The input means for inputting the code information from the media medium and the information of the input means are used by using a media medium to which food information related to a food menu such as nutrition information and price is added as code information composed of characters, voices or images. The recognition means for recognizing and the transmitting means for transmitting the information of the recognizing means to the cooking utensil are provided.

[0020]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above-mentioned structure.

According to the first solution, the currently used media medium is used, and characters such as cooking menu, table of ingredients, recipe, cooking time, control information of cookware, nutrition information, price, etc. are used for the media medium. By adding food information consisting of voice or image as code information, code information can be easily input from the current distribution media medium, and menu information, recipe information, material information, etc. can be recognized from the input information and used as a notification means. It acts to inform you.

According to the second solving means, the currently used media medium is used, and characters such as cooking menu, table of ingredients, cooking method, cooking time, control information of cookware, nutrition information, price, etc. are used for the media medium. Or by adding food information consisting of voice or image as code information,
Code information can be easily input from the current distribution media, and menu information, preparation information, material information, etc. can be recognized and notified from the input information, and the information can be cumulatively stored in the storage means.

According to the third solving means, the currently used media medium is used, and the characters such as cooking menu, table of ingredients, cooking method, cooking time, control information of cookware, nutrition information, price, etc. are used for the media medium. Or by adding food information consisting of voice or image as code information,
You can easily enter code information from the current distribution media, you can recognize the menu information, how to make information, material information, etc. from the input information and notify the notifying means, and also the cooking menu and ingredients through the ordering means. Act to order.

[0024] According to the fourth solution means, the currently used media medium is used, and the media medium includes characters such as cooking menu, table of ingredients, cooking method, cooking time, control information of cookware, nutrition information, and price. Or by adding food information consisting of voice or image as code information,
You can easily enter code information from the current distribution media, you can recognize the menu information, how to make information, material information, etc. from the input information, you can cumulatively store in the storage means, notify the notifying means, ordering means Through,
Its a cooking menu and acts like ordering ingredients.

Further, according to the fifth solving means, since the input means for inputting the code information from the printed medium is provided, the information can be easily input from a cooking magazine or the like.

According to the sixth solution, when a media medium that electrically conveys the code information is a television, for example, a television set, the code information is added to the blanking period of the TV radio wave to receive the code information. Because we have the means. You can easily enter information from radio waves.

Further, according to the seventh solving means, not only the radio wave carrier medium of the television but also the media medium of the printed matter such as cooking magazines is used as the input medium, and it is possible to increase the input medium medium which can be input.

Further, according to the eighth solving means, since the storage means is detachable, infinite information can be stored.

According to the ninth solving means, the code information is two-dimensional bar code information and the input means of the code information is a two-dimensional bar code reader.
You will be able to enter quite a lot of information at once.

According to the tenth solution means, since the storage means cumulatively stores the food information scrap-input from the media, the material information, the cooking time information, the season information or the nutrition information is based on the cumulative storage information. Alternatively, the menu can be searched from the cooking method information or the price information.

According to the eleventh solving means, since the food information scrap input from the media is cumulatively stored in the storage means, the material information based on the cumulative information is stored.
The cooking menu can be simultaneously and multi-axially searched for any combination of cooking time information, season information, nutrition information, cooking method and price information.

Further, the twelfth solving means functions to reproduce the code information recognized by the recognition means and print it on the printing paper by the printing means.

Further, according to the thirteenth solving means, the cookware recognizes the code by transmitting the code information relating to the cooking menu inputted by the input means to the cookware.
Information such as the cooking control sequence of the cooking menu can be recognized, and the automatic cooking corresponding to the cooking is performed.

By the fourteenth solving means, the recognition means recognizes the code information relating to the cooking menu inputted by the input means, and the recognized information is transmitted to the cooking utensil.
The cooking utensil can recognize information such as a cooking control sequence of a cooking menu, and acts so as to perform automatic cooking corresponding to the cooking.

[0035]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a food information device of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the food information device. In this embodiment, the media medium 1 is a system using printed materials such as cooking magazines and books currently in circulation. The cooking magazine 1 has about 50 kinds of cooking menus, and details of how to make it, information on ingredients, and the like are explained in detail. In addition, each food menu is coded and printed with food information consisting of a character menu such as a food menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, a cooking time, control information of cooking utensils, nutrition information, prices, or voice or images. In the present embodiment, the code information 2 is printed as a two-dimensional bar code, and by reading the information, the food information corresponding to the food menu can be stored in the food information device 3. The food information device 3 includes an input unit 4 including a two-dimensional barcode reader unit that reads two-dimensional barcode information, a recognition unit 5 that recognizes the information from the input unit 4, and a notification that notifies the information of the recognition unit 5. It comprises means 6. In this embodiment, a CCD is used for the two-dimensional bar code reader of the input means 4, and a 16-bit microcomputer is used for the recognition means 5.
A liquid crystal display device 6a and a printing means 6b including a printer are used as the notification means 6, and an SRAM storage element backed up by a battery is used as the storage means 7. However, these elements do not restrict the present invention. For example, the notifying means 6 may be only the liquid crystal display device or only the printing means. Further, a phototransistor or the like may be used in the barcode reader section. Further, although the two-dimensional bar code is used as the coding means in the present embodiment, the method of constructing the bar code may be a one-dimensional bar code, which does not restrict the present invention. Since the two-dimensional bar code can be coded on the plane of the X axis and the Y axis, there is an advantage that a large amount of data can be coded in a small area.

Next, the operation will be described. In the cooking magazine 1, about 50 kinds of cooking menus are posted, and how to cook, material information, etc. are explained in detail. When flipping pages and inputting a favorite food menu into the food information device 3 for scraping, the input means 4 of the food information device 3 is applied to the code information 2 corresponding to the food menu of the cooking magazine 1 as a key. By pressing the SW 7a, the information of the input means 4 is recognized by the recognition means 5, and the material information, the preparation method information, the nutrition information and the like can be easily scrap input. This information is displayed on the liquid crystal display means 6a of the notification means 6. Then S
When W7b is pressed, the content is printed on the printer paper by the printing means 6b. I mean, like this,
It is possible to scrape favorite food information one after another from the magazines and cookbooks on which the food code information 2 is printed. In the present embodiment, the encoding of the character information was mainly described, but regarding the encoding of the voice, the voice information can be reproduced by the conventional voice synthesizing technique by converting the voice information into ASCII code or the like, and the image can be also reproduced. It goes without saying that it can be coded using an image compression technique such as JPEG, JPEG, or JBIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the food menu information, the recipe information, the material information and the like are coded and printed on the medium medium 1 of a printed matter such as a cooking magazine currently distributed, and the code is read. By providing the food information device provided with the input means, it is possible to input and scrape arbitrary cooking information (Embodiment 2) FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the system of the food information device of this embodiment. The configuration is almost the same as that of the first embodiment, except that a storage unit 8 for storing the code information recognized by the recognition unit 5 is provided. Since the storage means 8 is provided,
The scrap input information can be cumulatively stored in the storage means 8, and the food information device 3 serves as an electronic scrapbook for cooking.

Next, the operation will be described. In the cooking magazine 1, about 50 kinds of cooking menus are posted, and how to cook, material information, etc. are explained in detail. When flipping through pages and inputting a favorite food menu into the food information device 3 and scrapping it in the storage means 7, the input means 4 of the food information device 3 is code information corresponding to the food menu of the cooking magazine 1. By pressing the key SW7a corresponding to No. 2, the information of the input unit 4 is recognized by the recognition unit 5, and the material information, the recipe information, the nutrition information and the like can be easily scrap-input to the storage unit 8. That is, in this way, the favorite food information can be accumulated and stored in the food information device 3 one after another from the magazine and the cookbook on which the food code information 2 is printed, and the food information device 3 can be stored.
Will be one scrapbook.

Then, the cooking menu information can be organized in the cumulative information. When the key SW9a of the food information device 3 is pressed, the notification means 6 is displayed as shown in FIG. 4, and when the key SW9a is pressed one after another, the menu information stored in the storage means 8 is sequentially notified to the notification means 6. Then, when a certain menu is informed, the key SW9
Pressing b deletes the menu information from the storage means 8.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the food menu information, the recipe information, the material information and the like are code-printed on the media medium 1 of the printed matter such as the cooking magazine currently distributed, and the code is read. By providing a food information device equipped with an input means, it is possible to input and scrape arbitrary cooking information, and at the same time, to store and delete information, so the more you use it, the more cooking information that suits you. It can be a bank.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a food information device system of this embodiment. The configuration is almost the same as that of the first embodiment, except that the food information device 3 is provided with an ordering unit 10 for ordering the food menu information input from the input unit 4.

In the present embodiment, the ordering means 10 is composed of a modem connected to a telephone line and is connected to a foodstuff manufacturer or the like via the telephone line, so that the foodstuff is delivered home if the order is placed. The following two types of current ordering systems have been put into practical use. For example, when making a reservation for food for one week from a supermarket, refer to the leaflets distributed by the supermarket, create a menu list for one week and send it, and an acoustic coupler connected to the customer's telephone line. There is also a system where you can place an ordering device equipped with and the code number is printed on the food menu of the leaflet, and you can place an order simply by entering the number. However, it is impossible for an old man or the like to enter the number into the reservation device by looking at the leaflet, which is a very inconvenient system.

However, according to this embodiment, the menu name, how to make,
Since food information such as material information, nutrition information, and price information is coded and printed, it is possible to notify the notification means 6 only by applying the desired menu portion to the bar code reader section corresponding to the input means 4 of the food information device 3. Since a corresponding food menu and price are displayed and an order can be placed through the ordering means 10, a very convenient system can be provided.
The media 1 is a leaflet in this embodiment.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of the food information device of this embodiment. The present embodiment has substantially the same configuration as that of the third embodiment, but is different in that a storage unit 8 is provided. The operation is almost the same as that of the third embodiment, but not only the ordering of food materials but also the information of the ordering through the input means 4 is cumulatively stored in the storage means 8.
Similarly to, the cooking menu information can be organized, that is, accumulated and deleted based on the accumulated storage information. According to this embodiment, the effects obtained by adding the second and third embodiments can be obtained.

(Fifth Embodiment) FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram of the food information device of the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is an external view of the food information device. The present embodiment has almost the same configuration as that of the second embodiment, except that the electrically-carrying media medium 1 is used instead of the printed media medium 1 and the television wave carrier medium 1 is used. different. Specifically, the media medium 1 that carries the television radio wave to which the food information code similar to that of the first embodiment is added is used within the blanking period of the scanning line. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the bar code reader unit is provided as the input means 4, but in the present embodiment, the tuner unit 11 and the antenna unit 12 of the television are provided. The tuner unit 11 of the food information device 3 always receives the radio wave of the tuned channel, and the recognition unit 5 checks from the received radio wave whether or not there is the food information code within the scanning line retrace period, and if If there is, the information is recognized and stored in the storage means 8. Also in this embodiment, the information stored in the storage means 8 can be notified to the notification means 6, and the information can be searched for as in the first embodiment. Further, similarly to the third embodiment, it goes without saying that if the food material ordering means 10 is provided, it is possible to easily order food materials. In this embodiment,
Although television radio waves are used as the electric carrier medium, a medium such as a telephone line, a CATV, a communication line such as the Internet, an optical fiber line, a dedicated line, or the like may be used, and the types of these media do not restrict the present invention.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since the radio wave carrier medium of the television is used as the input medium, even when the food information device 3 is not used, the radio wave to which the food information code is added is carried. If so, it is possible to always receive and recognize, and it becomes possible to accumulate food information in the storage means 8.

(Embodiment 6) FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device of this embodiment, and FIG. 10 is an external view of the food information device. This embodiment has substantially the same configuration as that of the fifth embodiment, but as the media medium 1, not only the radio wave carrier medium of the television but also the media medium of the printed matter such as cooking magazine is used as the input medium, and The input unit 4 is different in that the bar code reader unit used in the first embodiment is provided in addition to the TV radio wave antenna unit 12 and the tuner unit 11.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the first embodiment
In addition to the effects described in the fifth embodiment, there is an effect that the number of media media that can be used by one food information device increases.

(Embodiment 7) FIG. 11 is an external view of a food information device of this embodiment. The structure is almost the same as that of the first to sixth embodiments, except that the storage means 8 is detachable. In the present embodiment, the SRAM is used as the memory element of the storage means 8 so that the stored contents can be maintained even if it is attached or detached.
Although it is backed up with a battery by using, there is no problem even if an element such as a flash memory that does not require battery backup is used.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the storage means 8 is configured to be detachable from the food information device. Therefore, by replacing the storage means 8, infinite food information can be stored.

(Embodiment 8) FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device of this embodiment, and FIG. 13 is an external view thereof. The configuration is almost the same as that of the second embodiment, but includes a search unit 13 that can search a cooking menu from material information, cooking time information, season information, nutrition information, cooking method information, or price information based on the accumulated information in the storage unit 8. Is different. In other words, based on the accumulated information stored in the storage means 8, it is possible to search the cooking menu from various angles and immediately notify the notification means 6 of desired information. Key SW14a, key SW14b of the food information device 3,
Each of the keys SW14c is a key SW for searching, and S
W14a is a material, SW14b is a calorie, SW14c is a switch for searching from cooking time. For example, when searching from a material, pressing the key SW14a causes the notification unit 6 of the food information device 3 to display as shown in FIG. . And
The key SW14d and the key SW14e are up and down keys. By appropriately operating them, the material information notified by the notification means 6 scrolls up and down, and if the key SW14f is pressed at the desired material, The food menu information including the material is retrieved from the storage means 8 and displayed. This is because the retrieval means 13 retrieves the matched menu information from the storage means 8 and informs the informing means 6. The same applies to searches based on cooking time and calories. Also, if you print the points of food etc. in a magazine by ASCII code etc., you can input it, recognize it and play it back by voice. It is needless to say that a still image can be reproduced on the notification means 6 by performing the variable printing.

As described above, according to this embodiment, arbitrary cooking information can be input and scraped, information can be stored and deleted at the same time, and search can be performed based on the accumulated information. The more you use it, the more you can create a cooking information bank that suits you.

(Embodiment 9) FIG. 12 is an external view of a food information device of this embodiment. The configuration is the same as in Example 8, but
Retrieval means 13 capable of retrieving a cooking menu in any combination from material information, cooking time information, season information, nutrition information, cooking method and price information based on the accumulated information in the storage means 8.
It is different in that it is equipped with. Unlike the eighth embodiment, the structure of the search means 13 is not a search from one axis, but a plurality of combinations.
It is possible to retrieve the food menu information that matches it from the storage means 8.

As described above, according to this embodiment, arbitrary cooking information can be input and scraped, information can be stored and deleted at the same time, and multi-axis search can be performed based on the accumulated information. The more you use it, the more you can create a cooking information bank that suits you.

(Embodiment 10) FIG. 15 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device of this embodiment, and FIG. 16 is an external view of the food information device. The configuration is almost the same as that of the first to fourth embodiments, except that a cooking device 14 having a recognition means for recognizing the code information is provided with a transmission means 15 for transmitting the code information input from the input means 4. . In this embodiment,
Although infrared communication means is used as the transmission means 15 and a microwave oven is used as the cooking utensil 14, this configuration does not restrict the present invention. Cooking magazine or cookbook 1
Although the information on each cooking menu is coded and printed as code information 2 corresponding to each cooking menu, in the present embodiment, the cookware control sequence information (heating power, temperature, Since time, program information relating to the cooking menu of the microcomputer mounted on the cooking utensil) are also encoded and printed, the information is input by the input means 4 and the recognition means for recognizing the code information is provided. By transmitting to the cooking utensil 14, the cooking utensil 14 can recognize the cooking utensil control sequence information and realize automatic cooking that is most suitable for the corresponding cooking menu.

(Embodiment 11) FIG. 17 is a block diagram of the system of the food information device of this embodiment. The structure is almost the same as that of the tenth embodiment, but the recognition means 5 for recognizing the code information is provided in the food information device 3, and the transmission means 15 for transmitting the output information from the recognition means 5 to the cooking utensil 14 is provided. Is different. The effect is similar to that of the tenth embodiment.

[0058]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) Using a currently distributed media, and using characters or voices or images such as cooking menu, ingredient list, recipe, cooking time, control information of cookware, price, etc. in the media. By adding the food information as code information, you can easily enter the code information from the current distribution media medium.
Since menu information, recipe information, material information, etc. can be recognized and notified, a scrapbook of cooking information can be constructed.

(2) Using a currently distributed media medium, and using the media, such as cooking menu, table of ingredients, cooking method, cooking time, control information of cookware, nutrition information, price, etc., from characters or voice or images. By adding the food information as code information, you can easily enter the code information from the current distribution media medium.
The menu information, the recipe information, the material information and the like can be recognized and notified, and the storage means can be cumulatively stored to provide an electronic scrapbook of cooking information.

(3) Using a currently distributed media medium, and using characters or voices or images such as cooking menu, ingredient list, recipe, cooking time, control information of cookware, price information, etc. in the media medium. By adding the food information as code information, you can easily enter the code information from the current distribution media medium.
It is possible to recognize the menu information, the recipe information, the material information, and the like and notify the notifying means, and it is also possible to order the cooking menu and the ingredients through the ordering means.

(4) Using a currently distributed media medium, and using characters or voices or images such as cooking menu, ingredient list, cooking method, cooking tool control information, nutrition information, price, etc. in the media medium. By adding the food information as code information, you can easily enter the code information from the current distribution media medium.
Menu information, recipe information, material information, etc. can be recognized and accumulated in the storage means, which can be used as an electronic scrapbook of cooking information, and it is also possible to order the cooking menu and ingredients through the ordering means. Becomes

(5) Since the input means for inputting the code information from the printed medium is provided, the information can be easily input from a cooking magazine or the like.

(6) If a media medium that electrically conveys code information is a television, for example, the media medium, a television is provided with an input means for receiving the code information by adding the code information to the blanking period of the TV radio wave. Because. Information can be easily obtained from radio waves.

(7) As a media medium, not only an electric carrier medium such as a television set but also a print medium medium such as a cooking magazine is used as an input medium, and the number of input medium media that can be input can be increased.

(8) Since the storage means is detachable, infinite information can be stored by replacing the storage means.

(9) Since the code information is two-dimensional bar code information and the input means for the code information is a two-dimensional bar code reader, a considerably large amount of information can be input at one time.

(10) Since the food information scrap input from the media is accumulated and stored in the storage means,
Based on the accumulated storage information, it is possible to retrieve a cooking menu from material information, cooking time information, season information, nutrition information, cooking method information, or price information.

(11) Since the storage means cumulatively stores food information scrap input from the media,
Based on the accumulated information, it is possible to simultaneously perform multi-axis search for a food menu in any combination of material information, cooking time information, season information, nutrition information, cooking method and price information.

(12) Since the recognition means for recognizing and reproducing the food information code and the printing means for printing the reproduction information on the printing paper are provided, a very convenient food information device can be provided.

(13) Optimum automatic cooking of the corresponding cooking menu by reading the code information from the media medium on which the cooking appliance control information most suitable for the cooking menu is printed as the code information and transmitting it to the cooking appliance. It becomes possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the food information device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a notification example of the food information device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an external view of the food information device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an external view of the food information device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an external view of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an external view of the food information device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a notification example of the food information device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an external view of the food information device according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a system configuration diagram of a food information device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Media Medium 2 Code Information 3 Food Information Device 4 Input Means 5 Recognition Means 6 Notification Means 8 Storage Means 10 Ordering Means 13 Search Means 14 Cooking Utensils 15 Transmission Means

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A media medium to which food information relating to a food menu such as a food menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cooking utensils, nutrition information, prices, etc. is added as code information consisting of characters, voices or images. A food information device comprising: an input means for inputting the code information from the media medium; a recognition means for recognizing the information of the input means; and an informing means for informing the information of the recognition means. 2. A media medium to which food information related to a food menu such as a food menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cooking utensils, nutrition information, prices, etc. is added as code information consisting of characters, voices or images. Using the input means for inputting the code information from the media medium, the recognizing means for recognizing the information of the input means, the notifying means for notifying the information of the recognizing means, and the storing means for storing the information of the recognizing means. Food information device equipped with. 3. A media medium to which food information related to a food menu such as a food menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cooking utensils, nutrition information, prices, etc. is added as code information consisting of characters, voices or images. Using the input means for inputting the code information from the media medium, the recognition means for recognizing the information of the input means, the notification means for notifying the information of the recognition means, and the cooking menu based on the information of the recognition means. A food information device equipped with ordering means for ordering. 4. A media medium to which food information relating to a food menu such as a food menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cooking utensils, nutrition information, prices, etc. is added as code information consisting of characters, voices or images. Using the input means for inputting the code information from the media medium, the recognizing means for recognizing the information of the input means, the notifying means for notifying the information of the recognizing means, and the storing means for storing the information of the recognizing means. And a food information device including ordering means for ordering a food menu based on the information of the recognition means. 5. The food information device according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit for inputting code information from a printed medium. 6. The food information device according to claim 1, further comprising an input means for inputting code information from a media medium that electrically conveys the code information. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, claim 13 or claim 14, further comprising an input means for inputting the code information from a medium for electrically carrying the code information and the media medium on which the code information is printed. The described food information device. 8. The food information device according to claim 2, wherein the storage means is configured to be removable. 9. The food information device according to claim 5, wherein the code information is two-dimensional bar code information, and the code information input means is a two-dimensional bar code reader. 10. The method according to claim 2, further comprising a search means capable of searching a cooking menu from material information, cooking time information, season information, nutrition information, cooking method information, or price information based on the cumulative information in the storage means. Food information device. 11. A search means capable of searching a food menu in any combination among material information, cooking time information, season information, nutrition information, cooking method and price information based on the accumulated information in the storage means. Alternatively, the food information device according to claim 4. 12. The food information device according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit that prints the code information recognized by the recognition unit. 13. A media medium to which food information relating to a food menu such as a food menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cooking utensils, nutrition information, prices, etc. is added as code information consisting of characters, voices or images. Used,
A food information device comprising an input means for inputting the code information from the media medium, and a transmission means for transmitting the information of the input means to a cooking utensil. 14. A media medium to which food information relating to a food menu such as a food menu, a table of ingredients, a method of preparation, cooking time, control information of cooking utensils, nutrition information, prices, etc. is added as code information consisting of characters, voices or images. Used,
A food information device comprising: input means for inputting the code information from the medium medium; recognition means for recognizing the information of the input means; and transmission means for transmitting the information of the recognition means to a cooking utensil.