KR20030032835A - Cooking information providing system, cooking information server, illness and health information server, counting and analyse server, information processing server, cooking information providing method, and cooking information providing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a user with cooking information desired by the user, with the contents suitable for the user. CONSTITUTION: When the user inputs a desired cooking menu from a terminal unit, the desired cooking menu is sent to an information processing server 3 through the Internet. The information processing server 3 acquires cooking information coinciding with the desire menu, from a cooking information server 4, acquires food ingestion information suitable for the user's health condition, from a disease-health information server 5, and sends them to the calculation- analysis server 5 to acquire excess and shortage information on the number of calories and nutrient substance of a desired cooked food. The cooking information is corrected using the food ingestion information and the excess and shortage information, and the corrected information is transmitted to the terminal unit 2. The cooking information server 4 and the disease-health information server 5 acquires latest information from external cooking information databases 10a, etc., and personal information databases 11a, etc. A mediation processing part 8 carries out the receiving processing and distribution processing of a charge.

Description

COOKING INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, COOKING INFORMATION SERVER, ILLNESS AND HEALTH INFORMATION SERVER, COUNTING AND ANALYSE SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING SERVER, COOKING INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND COOKING INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a cooking information providing system for providing cooking information according to a condition desired by a user, a server used in the system, a cooking information providing method, and a cooking information providing device.

Nowadays, a lot of cooking information of various cooking menus is introduced in books, magazines, newspapers, televisions, etc., so that cooking information of their favorite dishes can be easily obtained. In recent years, more and more websites have been available that can search recipes and browse the results by specifying ingredients and seasons on the Internet.

However, such cooking information is general for a healthy person, and is often not suitable for a person who needs a meal restriction such as a person suffering from a disease such as diabetes or an obese person. Therefore, these people or their families have to devote a lot of effort to daily meal management, and the cooking menu is also limited, such as inevitably leads to an inconvenient diet.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is a cooking information providing system for providing cooking information according to a condition desired by a user as a content suitable for the user, a server used in the system, and a cooking information providing method. And to provide a cooking information providing apparatus.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cooking information providing system showing an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart showing cooking information correction processing executed by the arithmetic processing unit of the information processing server;

Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the process of receiving and distributing a fee executed by an intermediary processing unit of the information processing server;

4 is a flowchart showing a process executed by a cooking information server;

5 is a flowchart showing processing executed by the disease and health information server;

6 is a flowchart showing processing executed by the calculation / analysis server;

7 is a view illustrating display contents of an output unit of a terminal device;

8 is a diagram illustrating a process of correcting cooking information by a correction process.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: cooking information providing system 2: terminal device

3: Information processing server (information processing means) 4 Cooking information server (cooking information providing means)

4a, 5a, 6a: database

5: disease and health information server (disease and health information providing means)

5b: Food intake management means 6: Calculation and analysis server (calculation and analysis means)

8: intermediary processing unit (mediation processing means) 9: achievement management unit (achievement management means)

10a, 10b, 10c: cooking information database

11a, 11b, 11c: personal information database

In order to achieve the above object, the cooking information providing system described in claim 1 is a foodstuff suitable for the user based on the terminal device where the user performs input and output of information, and the disease and health information on the user's disease and health status. A disease and health information server that provides intake information, a cooking information server having cooking information about a plurality of types of cooking menus, and searching for a cooking menu meeting the input conditions and providing the cooking information; A calculation / analysis server for performing calorie calculation and nutritional analysis of the food based on the food, and providing information on the number of calories and nutritional deficiency of the food with respect to the input food intake information; Inputting a desired condition for a meal from the terminal device, and cooking that satisfies the desired condition from the cooking information server; Information is obtained, and the cooking information is corrected to contents suitable for the food intake information by using the food intake information obtained from the disease and health information server and the excess and shortage information obtained from the calculation and analysis server, and the cooking information after the correction is corrected. And an information processing server for transmitting to the apparatus.

According to this configuration, when the user inputs a desired condition for cooking such as a menu of cooking or food ingredients from the terminal device, the desired condition is sent to the information processing server through the network. The information processing server sends the desired condition to the cooking information server to obtain cooking information meeting the desired condition, and also obtains food intake information suitable for the user based on the disease and health information from the disease and health information server. Then, the information processing server sends the cooking information and food intake information to the calculation / analysis server to obtain the calorie number of the food and the information on the lack of nutrients. After collecting each of these pieces of information, the information processing server corrects the cooking information by using the food intake information and the lack of information and transmits it to the terminal device.

As a result, since the user can operate the terminal apparatus as a desired cooking menu, the food and quantity thereof can be obtained in a short time by using the cooked information corrected for contents suitable for the disease and health state of the user, The calorie calculation and the calculation of the nutrients are unnecessary, so that inconveniences in the conventional diet can be eliminated.

In addition, according to the present cooking information providing system, since the correct cooking information is always provided if the user can use the terminal device, even if the patient is a patient or constitution improver who has inadequate hospitalization or frequent meal guidance until now, the meal management is difficult. As a result, meal management based on cooking information obtained from the terminal device is possible. In addition, in the cooking information providing system, the cooking menu desired by the user is provided as much as possible, so that the enjoyment of the meal is increased and the burden on the mental aspects of the patient and the constitution improver can be reduced.

In this case, it is preferable to configure such that the latest disease and health information accumulated in an external personal information database relating to medical care or health care is input to the disease and health information server through a network (claim 2). According to this configuration, for example, cooking information reflecting the latest medical examination data, medical inspection data, medical measurement data, and the like in a hospital or a health care period is provided. The user can more accurately manage the diet.

In addition, it is preferable to configure such that the latest cooking information stored in the external cooking information database is input to the cooking information server through the network (claim 3). According to this configuration, even if the user desires a cooking menu or the like not accumulated in the cooking information server, the cooking information can be immediately obtained from an external cooking information database. In addition, we can accept trendy cooking menu soon.

Preferably, the information processing server is configured to correct the cooking information obtained from the cooking information server by using the personal information input from the terminal device (claim 4). According to this configuration, in addition to the food intake information provided from the disease and health information server, personal information related to the disease and health state (past history, body temperature, work type, food symbol, diet, etc.) recognized by the user is also included. More accurate cooking information can be obtained.

It is preferable to configure the cooking information server to search for the cooking menu on the basis of the desired condition that the cooking information server uses the ingredients inputted from the terminal device (claim 5). According to this configuration, the user can obtain cooking information related to the cooking menu using the foodstuff by inputting the foodstuff in the water such as the foodstuff contained in the refrigerator to the terminal device. As a result, the trouble of going out shopping can be reduced, and the food ingredients in the water can be effectively used, which further improves the user's convenience.

It is preferable that the calculation / analysis server performs calorie calculation and nutritional analysis of past ingested foods inputted from the terminal device to provide the excess and deficiency information by adding the calculation and analysis result (claim 6). According to this structure, the cooking information which supplements the lack of calories and nutrients in past meals can be obtained.

It is preferable that the target health state is inputted from the terminal device, and the information processing server is provided with achievement management means for obtaining a current achievement degree for the target health state (claim 7). By feeding back the degree of achievement to the user in this way, the user's motivation for managing the diet can be increased.

The terminal device may be configured integrally with a heating cooker. In this case, the terminal apparatus may be provided with selecting means for storing the cooking order of the cooking information selected by the user from the plurality of cooking information transmitted from the information processing means in a storage means provided in the heat cooker (claim 8). According to this structure, since the heating control means of the heating cooker controls the execution of the heating cooking according to the cooking order stored in the storage means, the trouble of the heating cooker operation by the user can be reduced, and the convenience of cooking is increased.

In the above cooking information providing system, an intermediary processing means may be provided, and the intermediary processing means may execute a fee handing process via a network with the terminal apparatus (claim 9). This configuration can construct a new business means for providing the user's desired cooking information suitable for the user's disease and health condition.

In this case, it is good also as a structure which performs the distribution process which allocates the commission received by the intermediary processing means to the related department at a predetermined ratio (claim 10). According to this structure, the system which receives information provision for a fee from an external medical institution, a health care institution, a cooking information provider, etc. is established.

In addition, in order to facilitate input of information using a terminal device and to improve its operability, the information processing server preferably transmits a message for prompting input to the terminal device when there is a lack of information input from the terminal device. (Claim 11).

The cooking information providing system described above is configured such that the information processing server inputs information from the disease / health information server, the cooking information server, and the calculation / analysis server, and the means for providing such information is not limited to the server. That is, the information processing means may be configured to input information from the communication means, the disease and health information providing means, the cooking information providing means, and the calculation / analysis means integrally provided with the self (claim 17).

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, one Embodiment of this invention is described, referring drawings.

Figure 1 shows a schematic configuration of the cooking information providing system with the flow of information. In FIG. 1, the cooking information providing system 1 includes a terminal device 2 owned by each user and various servers owned by a provider of cooking information, i.e., an information processing server 3 (corresponding to information processing means). , Cooking information server 4 (corresponding to cooking information providing means), disease and health information server 5 (corresponding to disease and health information providing means), and calculation and analysis server 6 (corresponding to calculation and analysis means). It consists of a cooking information providing device consisting of.

The terminal device 2 is composed of a cellular phone device, and includes an input unit including a power key, a communication start key, a communication end key, numeric keypads of " 0 " 2a) and the output part 2b which consists of a liquid crystal display device, a receiver, etc. is provided. The communication means provided in the terminal device 2 also has a connection function to the Internet in addition to a transmission / reception function as a telephone.

The information processing server 3 includes an arithmetic processing unit 7 that executes cooking information correction processing, which will be described later, an intermediary processing unit 8 (corresponding to a mediation processing means) that performs fee transfer and distribution processing, and an Internet or LAN. And a communication processing unit (corresponding to communication means) (not shown) that connects to the network and executes communication. The calculation processing unit 7 is provided with an achievement management unit 9 (corresponding to achievement management means). The information processing server 3 is configured to be connected to the terminal device 2 via the Internet, and is connected to the cooking information server 4, the disease and health information server 5, and the calculation and analysis server 6, respectively. Connected via

The cooking information server 4 is provided with a database 4a, in which standard cooking information (recipes) for various cooking menus, namely, a standard amount (for one person) data of ingredients (including seasonings) and data are prepared. Method data is stored. In addition, the cooking information server 4 is connected to external cooking information databases 10a, 10b, 10c, ... via the Internet, and is configured to download the latest cooking information therefrom and store it in the database 4a. .

The disease and health information server 5 is provided with the database 5a, where personal information on disease and health conditions is stored. The stored personal information is downloaded from the personal information database 11a, 11b, 11c, ... in each hospital (medical institution) or each health care institution via the Internet, or inputted from the terminal device 2 by the user. will be.

The former personal information includes medical examination data, examination data, measurement data, etc. of patients or practitioners in hospitals and health care institutions. For example, fasting glucose, postprandial glucose, fasting blood sugar, postprandial blood sugar, which are important data for diabetics, Each level, such as glycohemoglobin, or each level, such as urea nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, potassium, phosphorus, etc., which are important data in the case of kidney disease patients, are included. In addition, the latter personal information is information that can be easily measured and recognized at home, such as height, weight, health state (temperature, etc.), food preference, whether or not on a diet.

The disease and health information server 5 can access the personal information databases 11a, 11b, 11c, ... through the Internet so that the latest personal information can be acquired. In addition, the information processing server 3 is configured to send a confirmation message to the terminal device 2 of the user whether or not the personal information is changed and to prompt the user to update the information (Figs. 7A and 7J). Reference).

Moreover, the disease and health information server 5 is provided with the food intake management means 5b for determining food intake information, such as the total number of calories ingested and the nutrients which should be ingested, based on the said personal information. . The food intake management means 5b is configured to calculate the food intake information suitable for each user by medical and nutritional data and reasoning means which are based on the indication information of doctors, pharmacists and nutritionists who are part of personal information. have.

The calculation and analysis server 6 has a database 6a, in which a calorie calculation table and a nutrition analysis table (corresponding to calculation and analysis basic information) necessary for calorie calculation and nutrient analysis are stored. The calculation and analysis server 6 executes calorie calculation and nutrient analysis of the food and food from the input cooking information and food information, and also calculates the number of food, calorie count and nutrients of the food intake information. It is configured to calculate the excess or lack information.

Next, the operation of the cooking information providing system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8.

The user executes a registration procedure before using the cooking information providing system 1, and acquires a personal identification number (ID), a password, and an IP address (domain name) of the information processing server 3. In this case, the user's personal information such as a hospital or health care institution mainly used by the user, height, weight, health condition, food preference, whether or not he is on a diet, and credit card number used to pay the fee are also registered. . Upon receiving this registration, the operator of the cooking information providing system 1 obtains permission to use personal information data for the hospital or the like.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of cooking information correction processing performed by the arithmetic processing unit 7 of the information processing server 3, and FIG. 3 shows a handover processing of fees executed by the mediation processing unit 8 of the information processing server 3. And a flowchart of the distribution processing. 4, 5, and 6 show flowcharts of processes executed by the cooking information server 4, the hospital / health information server 5, and the calculation / analysis server 6, respectively. 7 shows the display contents of the output section 2b (liquid crystal display panel) of the terminal device 2.

When the user first operates the input unit 2a (keypad) of the terminal device 2 to connect to the information processing server 3, the information processing server 3 is required to input necessary information from the terminal device 2; A message is transmitted and data is received between the terminal device 2. That is, the screen shown in Fig. 7A is displayed on the output portion 2b of the terminal device 2, and the user is prompted for input of a personal identification number, input of a password and input of a change of personal information. In addition, if a user changes his / her personal information, "2. If "YES" is selected, the screen shown in FIG. 7 (J) is displayed on the output unit 2b, and it is possible to change input of personal information regarding height, weight, health condition, food preference, and whether a person is on a diet. do. These personal information are stored in the database 5a of the disease / health information server 5 via the information processing server 3.

If the user changes his or her personal information, “1. When "NO" is selected or when the change input operation of personal information is finished, the screens shown in (b) to (f) of FIG. 7 are displayed in order in the output section 2b in accordance with the user's operation. The user can easily select a desired cooking menu by operating in accordance with this display. In addition, if there is an input leak or an input miss, a message prompting for re-entry is displayed, so that the operability is good and anyone can easily use it.

In this case, the cooking menu can be searched by recipe name, search by material, and search by keyword (Fig. 7 (b)). For example, if a search by material is selected, meat, fish, Desired stocks can be selected from vegetables, beans, rice, and the like (FIG. 7C). Then, when the user finally selects the desired cooking menu (here, `` roasted miso of pork and pumpkin ''), the information processing server 3 waits for a while to the output unit 2b of the terminal device 2. Message is displayed (FIG. 7 (f)), and the cooking information correction processing described below is executed.

In FIG. 2, the arithmetic processing unit 7 of the information processing server 3 transmits the cooking menu desired by the user to the cooking information server 4 among the information input at step S1 (step S2).

The cooking information server 4 receives the cooking menu transmitted as shown in Fig. 4 (step U1), and executes a search of the internal database 4a (step U2). If cooking information (recipe) of the cooking menu is present in the database 4a, the process proceeds to step S4 after the determination (Yes) of step U3, and the cooking information is read to read the information processing server. To (3) (step U5).

On the other hand, when cooking information does not exist in the database 4a, it progresses to step U6 through determination of step U3 (no). Here, the cooking information server 4 accesses the external cooking information databases 10a, 10b, 10c, ..., downloads the cooking information (recipe) of the cooking menu, and transmits it to the information processing server 3. (Step U5). In addition, downloading of cooking information from external cooking information databases 10a, 10b, 10c, ... is paid and is processed by distribution of fees as described later. The information processing server 3 may transmit the condition to the cooking information server 4 whenever a desired condition is input from the terminal device 2.

When the arithmetic processing unit 7 of the information processing server 3 receives the cooking information from the cooking information server 4 in step S3 (see FIG. 2), the processing proceeds to step S4 to display the disease / health information server ( 5) send the user's personal identification number.

The disease and health information server 5 receives the personal identification number as shown in Fig. 5 (step V1), and reads the user's personal information specified by the personal identification number from the database 5a. In addition, the personal information databases 11a, 11b, 11c, ..., which are located in hospitals and health care institutions, etc. are accessed and exchanged for personal identification numbers to download the latest personal information (step V2). Then, the food intake management means 5b calculates the food intake information such as the total number of calories ingested suitable for the user and the nutrients to be ingested based on the personal information (including instructing information such as a doctor) (step V3). And transmits it to the information processing server 3 (step V4). In addition, the download of personal information from the personal information databases 11a, 11b, 11c, ... is charged and is processed by distribution of fees as described later.

When the arithmetic processing unit 7 of the information processing server 3 receives the food intake information from the disease and health information server 5 in step S5 (see FIG. 2), the processing proceeds to step S6 to determine the food and drink. The intake information and the cooking information obtained from the cooking information server 4 are transmitted to the calculation / analysis server 6. In this case, it is preferable to display the message "Please input the food which you ate within 24 hours" on the terminal device 2, and to input the food information which the user ingested within 24 hours. When there is input of food and beverage information, it is also combined and sent to the calculation / analysis server 6.

The calculation / analysis server 6 receives the food information, the cooking information and the food intake information as shown in FIG. 6 (step W1), and calculates calories and nutrients of the food and the food desired by the user within 24 hours. The analysis is performed (steps W2 and W3). After that, the calorie count and the nutrients are compared with the calculation and analysis results and the food intake information, and the calorie count and the excess or lack information of each nutrient are calculated (step W4), and the information is sent to the information processing server 3. (Step W5).

When the arithmetic processing unit 7 of the information processing server 3 receives the excess or shortage information from the calculation / analysis server 6 in step S7 (see FIG. 2), the process proceeds to step S8 and the cooking information server ( With the standard amount of cooking information (recipe) obtained from 4), determine whether there are excessive or insufficient calories and nutrients. If it is determined that there is no oversufficiency (NO), the process proceeds to step S9 and the cooking information is sent to the intermediary processing unit 8, and the deposit message is transmitted to the terminal device 2 in step S10. . At this time, the screen shown in Fig. 7G is displayed on the output unit 2b of the terminal device 2.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S8 that there is an excess or lack of calories or each nutrient (Yes), the arithmetic processing unit 7 corrects the cooking information based on the excess or lack information (step S11). This correction process is carried out in consideration of the basic elements such as cooking, such as adjusting the amount of food (including seasonings), deleting specific food or replacing with other food, and flavoring. Therefore, the information processing server 3 is provided with data, such as a calorie calculation table, a nutritional analysis table, and a foodstuff which is the minimum necessary for establishing as a cooking menu.

Thereafter, the arithmetic processing unit 7 determines whether or not correction processing has been performed in step S12. In many cases, corrections can provide a cooking menu that the user desires. For example, if a user with severe diabetes suffers from an extreme dietary restriction and selects a high-calorie cooking menu, the user may cause allergic symptoms. When a cooking menu containing food is selected, the above correction process may not be applicable. In this case, it is determined in step S12 that no correction is possible (no), and the process proceeds to step S13, and the terminal apparatus 2 says, "This menu is high calorie (because it may cause allergic symptoms)." Can't provide Please enter a separate menu. ”

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S12 that the correction is completed (Yes), the flow advances to step S6, and the cooked information after the correction is transmitted to the calculation / analysis server 6 again to obtain excess or insufficient information (step S7). ). The correction process of step S11 is continued until the calorie number and each nutrient of the corrected cooking information substantially matches the contents of the food intake information input from the disease and health information server 5.

In addition, the achievement management unit 9 in the arithmetic processing unit 7 can set a target health state such as the target weight inputted by the user from the terminal device 2 or the urgent value instructed by a doctor or nutritionist of a hospital or a health care institution. It is. The achievement management unit 9 inputs personal information from the disease / health information server 5 whenever the desired cooking menu is input, compares the personal information with the target health state, and obtains the degree of achievement of the target terminal device 2. Send to

8 shows a process of correcting cooking information (recipe) by this correction process. Fig. 8A shows the standard amount of cooking information input from the cooking information server 4, and (b) and (c) show the cooking information corrected for the first and second times, respectively. In this example, the excess total energy intake (calorie number) is lowered by the first correction, and the excess sugar intake is lowered by the second correction. As a result, the amount of staple food (pork) is slightly reduced and the flavor is slightly thinned, but the cooking menu desired by the user can be provided.

When the mediation processing unit 8 inputs the cooking information corrected by the arithmetic processing unit 7 in step T1, as shown in Fig. 3, in step T2, the payment process (payment procedure) from the terminal device 2 is performed. Determine whether a request was made. If it is judged that a request for a deposit procedure is requested (Yes), the processing proceeds to step T3, and the fee processing is carried out between the credit company and the like, and then the cooking information is transferred to the Internet in step T4. It transmits to the terminal device 2 of a user via the above. At this time, the screens shown in (h) and (i) of FIG. 7 are displayed on the output unit 2b of the terminal device 2. Thereafter, the mediation processing unit 8 distributes the fee to external cooking information databases 10a, 10b, 10c, ..., and related departments such as a hospital or a health care institution (step T5). The distribution amount depends on the amount of information downloaded and the number of cases.

As described above, according to the cooking information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, when the user inputs a desired condition regarding cooking such as a menu of cooking, food or the like from the terminal device 2, the information processing server 3 Obtaining cooking information meeting the desired conditions from the cooking information server 4, and obtaining food intake information suitable for the user from the disease and health information server 5, and sending such information to the calculation and analysis server 6 Get calorie count and nutrient oversufficiency of foods. Then, the cooking information is corrected using the food intake information and the lack of information, and is transmitted to the terminal device 2.

As a result, the user can easily and quickly obtain the cooking information whose contents and quantity are corrected for the user's disease and health condition by operating the terminal device 2 as the desired cooking menu. As a result, laborious calorie calculations and nutrient calculations become unnecessary, and inconveniences in conventional eating habits can be eliminated.

According to the cooking information providing system 1, when the user possesses the terminal device 2, accurate cooking information is always provided. It is possible to manage the meal based on the cooking information obtained from 2). In addition, in the cooking information providing system 1, since the cooking menu desired by the user is provided as much as possible, the enjoyment of the meal is increased, and the mental burden accompanying the meal restriction can be reduced.

The disease and health information server 5 includes the latest disease and health information (including doctor's instructions and the like) and terminals obtained from the personal information databases 11a, 11b, 11c, ... in a hospital or a health care institution through the Internet. Since the food intake information is calculated on the basis of the information measured and recognized by the user himself / herself input from the device 2, the information processing server 3 is more optimal in reflecting the current disease / health condition for the user. Cooking information is provided. In addition, when the user inputs the food information ingested within 24 hours from the terminal device 2, more preferable food information is provided to compensate for the lack of calories and nutrients in past meals.

Since the cooking information server 4 is configured to obtain the latest cooking information through the Internet from the external cooking information databases 10a, 10b, 10c, ..., various cooking information can be provided according to the user's desire. As a cooking information service, user satisfaction can be enhanced.

In addition, the achievement degree management unit 9 is provided in the information processing server 3, and the achievement degree for the target health state (weight, urine value, etc.) set by the user's own or doctor's instruction information or the like is transmitted to the terminal device 2. Therefore, the user's motivation to manage a diet can be increased.

The cooking information providing system 1 includes an intermediary processing unit 8, and since the intermediary processing unit 8 executes the deposit processing of the fee through the Internet between the terminal apparatus 2, the information provider provides information from the user. In exchange for receiving fees, new business means can be provided that provide the user with the desired cooking information. In addition, since the brokerage processing unit 8 distributes the received fee to the external cooking information databases 10a, 10b, 10c, ..., the hospital and the health care institution, the request for cooperation to such an external institution becomes easy, and the user It is possible to provide more various types of cooking menus and to provide more accurate cooking information.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the Example mentioned above and shown in the drawing, The following expansion or change is possible.

The information processing server 3, the cooking information server 4, the disease and health information server 5, and the calculation and analysis server 6 may be connected via a network other than a LAN, for example, via the Internet. Note that each of these servers does not need to exist independently, and the functions of each server may be integrated to form one cooking information providing server (corresponding to the cooking information providing apparatus) as a whole. The mediation processing unit 8 may exist outside the information processing server 3 as an independent server.

In the above embodiment, a mobile telephone apparatus is used as the terminal apparatus 2, but other portable information terminal apparatuses or a personal computer may be used. In addition, a home terminal, a heating cooker, a refrigerator, or the like, which can be connected to the Internet, may be used as the terminal device. The connection in this case is carried out either directly or through the home gateway. In the case of via a home gateway, communication between the terminal device and the home gateway may be performed by Ethernet, Bluetooth, or ECHONET (network via power line).

For example, when the terminal device 2 is integrally formed with a heating cooker, the heating cooker includes storage means for storing a cooking order and heating control means for controlling execution of heating cooking according to the stored cooking order. The terminal apparatus 2 is preferably configured to include selecting means for storing, in the storage means, a cooking order of cooking information designated by the user among one or a plurality of cooking information transmitted from the information processing server 3. . According to this configuration, since the heating control means of the heating cooker controls the execution of the heating cooker according to the cooking order stored in the storage means, it is possible to reduce the trouble of the operation of the heating cooker by the user, thereby increasing the convenience of cooking.

The information processing server 3 includes storage means for storing cooking information transmitted to the terminal device 2 of the user in the past, and food intake information and cooking when the calculation / analysis server 6 calculates the excess or lack information. In addition to the information, the past cooking information stored in the storage means may also be transmitted. According to this configuration, the user may transmit the food and beverage information to the information processing server 3 only when the user eats something different from the cooking menu provided from the information processing server 3 or when the user does not make the cooking information (recipe) provided. This reduces the labor of inputting food information taken within 24 hours.

The personal information input from the terminal device 2 may include a past medical history, a kind of work, and the like. As a result, the disease and health information server 5 can determine the food intake information including the number of calories required for the recurrence of the disease or the nature of the work.

In the above embodiment, one type of desired cooking menu is input from the terminal device 2, and a plurality of types of cooking menus can be input at a time, and the information processing server 3 corrects the cooking information for each input cooking menu. May be prepared and transmitted to the terminal device 2. Further, the information processing server 3 may transmit only the cooking information for the cooking menu having the highest priority to the terminal device 2 according to the user's desired priority for the cooking menu.

If there is no cooking menu desired by the user, "commission cooking" may be selected. In this case, the information processing server 3 determines the cooking menu based on the user's disease and health condition, the cooking menu desired by the user, the season, and the like.

Personal information of the user stored in the database 5a (including instruction information from a doctor, etc.) stored in the database 5a when the information processing server 3 receives a request for initiation of the user's disease or health state through the terminal device 2. May be provided to start means for reading the data and transmitting it to the terminal device 2. In addition, the achievement management unit 9 may calculate the degree of achievement and transmit the result to the terminal device 2 each time the user transmits a request to the user through the terminal device 2.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the cooking information providing system, the cooking information providing method and the cooking information providing apparatus of the present invention, when a user inputs a desired condition regarding cooking from the terminal device, the desired cooking menu is used. Since cooking information whose ingredients and quantity are corrected for the user's disease and health condition can be obtained easily and in a short time, troublesome calorie calculations and nutrient calculations are unnecessary, which is inconvenient in conventional eating habits. Can be eliminated.

In addition, if the user can use the terminal device, since accurate cooking information is always provided, even if it is difficult for the person to manage meals, meal management based on the cooking information obtained from the terminal device while at home is possible. In addition, in the cooking information providing system, the cooking menu desired by the user is provided as much as possible, so that the enjoyment of the meal increases and the mental burden on the patient or the like can be reduced.

Claims (17)

A terminal device for the user to perform input and output of information, A disease and health information server that provides food intake information appropriate to the user based on disease and health information on the user's disease and health condition, A cooking information server having cooking information regarding a plurality of types of cooking menus, searching for a cooking menu meeting the input conditions and providing the cooking information; A calculation / analysis server for performing calorie calculation and nutritional analysis of the food based on the inputted cooking information, and providing information on the number of calories and the lack of nutrients of the food based on the input food intake information; Connected to the terminal device via a network, inputting desired conditions for a meal from the terminal device to obtain cooking information matching the desired conditions from the cooking information server, and obtaining the cooking information from the disease and health information server. And an information processing server for correcting the contents suitable for the food intake information by using the food intake information and the excess and shortage information obtained from the calculation and analysis server, and transmitting the corrected cooking information to the terminal device. Cooking information providing system. The method of claim 1, And the disease and health information server is configured to be able to input the latest disease and health information accumulated in an external personal information database related to medical care or health care through a network. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the cooking information server is configured to be able to input the latest cooking information accumulated in an external cooking information database through a network. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And configured to input personal information recognized by the user in relation to a disease and a health state from the terminal device, And the information processing server is configured to further correct the cooking information obtained from the cooking information server using the personal information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Configured to input planting information from the terminal device, The information processing server is configured to give the input planting information as the desired condition to the cooking information server, And the cooking information server is configured to search for a cooking menu on the condition that the cooking material indicated by the food information is used. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, It is configured to be able to input the food information the user ingested in the past from the terminal device, And the calculation and analysis server is configured to perform calorie calculation and nutritional analysis of the input food information, and to provide the excess and deficiency information in addition to the calculation and analysis result. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, Configured to input a target health state from the terminal device, And the information processing server comprises achievement management means for obtaining a current achievement degree for the target health state. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, The terminal device is configured integrally with the heating cooker, The heating cooker includes storage means for storing the cooking order and heating control means for controlling the execution of heating cooking in accordance with the stored cooking order, And said terminal device comprises selecting means for storing in said storage means a cooking order of cooking information selected by a user from among a plurality of cooking information transmitted from said information processing means. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, The corrected cooking information provided from the information processing server is provided to the terminal device on the condition that the transfer of the fee is performed between the terminal device and the network, and that the transfer processing is completed. Cooking information providing system comprising a mediation processing means for transmitting. The method of claim 9, And the mediation processing means is configured to execute a distribution process of allocating the received fee to the related department at a predetermined ratio. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, And the information processing server transmits message information for prompting input to the terminal device when there is a lack of information input from the terminal device. In the cooking information server used in the cooking information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, A database for storing cooking information about cooking menus is provided, and the latest cooking information stored in an external cooking information database is input via a network, stored in the database, and a cooking menu matching the entered conditions is searched. Cooking information server, characterized in that configured to provide the cooking information. In the disease / health information server used in the cooking information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, Up-to-date disease and health input through a network from a database storing disease and health information about the user's disease and health condition, and external personal information databases relating to disease and health information and medical or health care stored in this database. A disease and health information server, comprising food intake management means for obtaining food intake information suitable for each user based on the information. In the calculation / analysis server used in the cooking information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, A database in which calculation and analysis basic information necessary for calorie calculation and nutrition analysis is accumulated, and based on the input cooking information and the memory and analysis basic information, calorie calculation and nutrition analysis of the food related to the cooking information is performed; A calculation and analysis server, characterized in that configured to provide information on the number of calories and nutrients over and over of the food with respect to the input food intake information. An information processing server used in the cooking information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, Communication means for communicating with an external terminal apparatus and a server through a network; Input the desired condition for the meal from the terminal device, input cooking information meeting the desired condition from the external cooking information server, and food intake information and external input of the cooking information from the external disease and health information server. And correcting the content suitable for the food intake information using the excess and deficiency information inputted from the calculation / analysis server, and transmitting the corrected cooking information to the terminal device. Receiving, by the information processing server, a desired condition regarding a user's meal input from a terminal device through a network; Obtaining cooking information of a cooking menu meeting the desired conditions for the meal; Obtaining food intake information suitable for the user based on the disease and health information on the user's disease and health condition; Obtaining calorie count and nutrient oversufficiency information of the cooking menu for the food intake information; Correcting the cooking information to contents suitable for the food intake information by using the excess or lack information; and And providing the cooking information after the correction to the terminal device. Communication means for communicating with an external terminal device through a network, Disease and health information providing means for providing appropriate food intake information to the user based on disease and health information on the user's disease and health condition, Cooking information providing means for retrieving cooking menus matching the input conditions and having cooking information relating to a plurality of types of cooking menus, and providing the cooking information; Calculation and analysis means for executing calorie calculation and nutritional analysis of the food based on the inputted cooking information and providing information on the number of calories and nutritional deficiency of the food with respect to the input food intake information; Receiving desired conditions for a meal from the terminal apparatus by the communication means, obtaining cooking information matching the desired conditions from the cooking information providing means, and ingesting the food information obtained from the disease / health information providing means with the cooking information; And information processing means for correcting the contents suitable for the food intake information by using the information and the excess and deficiency information obtained from the calculation and analysis means, and transmitting the corrected cooking information to the terminal apparatus by the communication means. Cooking information providing device characterized in that.