JP2008134899A - Health-nutrition information retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily retrieve stores to provide dishes for eat- and takeout with appropriate nutritive values based on individual meal restriction items using a mobile terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A user information database 3 stores user information including meal restriction information on the meal restrictions of the user, and a store information database 4 stores store information including names, locations and meal and dish menus with nutrition information attached thereto that can be provided in the stores. The mobile terminal 1 transmits a present location or an arbitrary address to a server 2. The server 2 retrieves store information on stores close to the present location or address transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 and capable of providing the meal and dishes suitable for the meal restrictions of the user, and transmits it to the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 displays the store information transmitted from the server 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a health and nutrition information search system, and in particular, it is possible to easily search for a store that can provide a restaurant and a meal menu with appropriate nutritional values using a mobile phone based on the health status of individuals and dietary restriction items. It relates to the health and nutrition information retrieval system.

  Life-style related patients and their reserves are on the rise. Many of them require dietary restrictions, but especially in urban life, eating out tends to be more frequent. Has increased.

  In eating out and eating out, the nutritional value of each menu is often not specified, so it is difficult for an individual to select a menu that meets his dietary restrictions.

  Under such circumstances, recently, businesses that support personal diet and nutrition management have appeared. For example, as a tool for supporting personal meals and nutrition management, nutrition calculation software for PCs (personal computers) has been released from various vendors and software houses (Non-patent Document 1). In addition, businesses that provide meals cooked based on strict nutrition calculations on the part of the supplier, such as home delivery of diabetic foods, have been carried out (Non-Patent Documents 2 and 3). In addition, a service is also provided in which foods eaten by an individual are photographed with a digital camera and sent to a nutritionist by e-mail or the like to perform a nutritional calculation (Non-Patent Document 4).

  In Patent Document 1, based on current location information and transaction request information transmitted from a terminal device such as a mobile phone, a store that is close to the current location and that can respond to the transaction request at the current time is searched and guided. A store guidance service device is described.

  Patent Document 2 inputs user information including customer personal information and food information related to food purchased by the customer at the store, and recommends recommended foods based on the user information and nutrition information stored in the product information database. The food information provision service system to be provided is described.

In Patent Document 3, health information of a visitor is provided to a restaurant from a medical institution such as a hospital or a health center, and the customer is advised based on the menu selected by the customer at the restaurant and the health information of the customer. An electronic menu system for recommending menus is described.
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  However, in the case of the nutrition calculation software for PC of Non-Patent Document 1, it is necessary to check what is eaten and input from the PC. There is a problem that checking what has been eaten and inputting from a PC is time-consuming and not always easy.

  Non-patent literature 2 and 3 home delivery of food after nutritional calculation is easy in that an individual does not need to perform nutritional calculation. However, you may get tired of eating only meals provided by the same vendor every day. In addition, there is a problem that it cannot respond to eating out.

  The service of substituting nutrition calculation for dishes eaten by individuals of Non-Patent Document 4 has a problem that the fee is high. The fee for the agency is, for example, about 20,000 yen per person per month, and few people can pay about 20,000 yen every month just for the nutritional calculation of the meal they ate.

  The store guidance service device of Patent Literature 1 is only for guiding stores that can be traded regardless of nutrition information and health information.

  The food information providing service system of Patent Document 2 introduces food information input related to food purchased by a customer in a store, that is, purchases food so that no nutritional bias occurs based on the food purchased by the customer. There is no introduction of a store that can provide a meal / cooking menu that meets the meal restriction based on the meal restriction information about the meal restriction of the user.

  The electronic menu system of Patent Document 3 is a combination of a medical institution and a restaurant so that it can be determined based on the health information of the customer whether the menu is selected at the restaurant or not and is suitable for the customer. The system is only available to patients who are provided with health information from medical institutions. Further, this system does not introduce a store that can provide a meal / dish menu that matches the meal restriction based on the meal restriction information about the meal restriction of the user.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to make it possible to easily search for stores that can provide a menu of eating out and meals having appropriate nutritional values using a mobile terminal, based on individual dietary restriction items. It is to provide a nutrition information retrieval system.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a mobile terminal having a wireless communication function, a server including a database search system, a user information database that stores user information including meal restriction information related to a user's meal restriction, and a store A store information database that stores store information including a meal / cooking menu with nutrition information attached, and the mobile terminal sends a store information request together with the input address In response to this, the store information transmitted from the server is displayed, and the server transmits the store information request from the mobile terminal based on the user information stored in the user information database. Stores that can provide meals and food menus that are close to the registered address and meet the user's dietary restrictions Searching for information from the shop information database is first characterized in that transmitted to the mobile terminal.

  In addition, the present invention has a second feature in that the address transmitted to the server together with the store information request is a current location acquired by a GPS function or an address input by a user operation.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, information related to a user's health condition among the meal restriction information is automatically set based on health information related to the user's health condition and stored in the user information database. There is.

  Furthermore, the present invention has a fourth feature in that the health information is stored in a health information database managed by a medical examination center or a medical institution.

  Furthermore, the present invention has a fifth feature in that store information stored in the store information database can be updated at any time by the manager or authorized person of each store.

  According to the first feature of the present invention, a user uses a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, based on his / her meal restriction item, close to the current location or an arbitrary address, and has a suitable nutritional value. Easily search for stores that can provide food menus.

  Further, according to the second feature, it is possible to automatically narrow down to stores near the current location acquired by GPS, or it is possible to automatically narrow down to stores near an arbitrary address input by an input operation. .

  In addition, according to the third feature, meal restriction information is automatically set according to the health condition of the user, so that it is possible to save the user from inputting meal restriction information one by one.

  Moreover, according to the 4th characteristic, the health information regarding a user's health condition is easily acquirable based on the result of a health check.

  Furthermore, according to the fifth feature, the store information stored in the store information database can always be updated to the latest one.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a health and nutrition information search system according to the present invention. The medical examination information system of the present embodiment includes a mobile terminal 1, a server 2, a user information database (hereinafter referred to as DB) 3, and a store information DB 4 that can communicate via the Internet or a mobile phone line. Further, a medical examination information DB 5 is provided. The mobile terminal 1 is, for example, a GPS mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) having a GPS function.

  The mobile terminal 1 uses a user authentication function, a user information input function, a user information display function, a medical examination information display function, a store search function that performs a store search in conjunction with GPS (global positioning system), and input without using GPS. Application software for executing at least one store search function of store search functions for searching for a store at a given address is installed.

  The server 2 includes a DB search system, and matches user information registered in the user information DB 3 among store information stored in the store information DB 4 in accordance with a store information request from the mobile terminal 1 as will be described later. Store information is retrieved and transmitted to the mobile terminal 1.

  The user information DB 3 is a nickname and password for identifying the user, basic physical information of the user, for example, height, weight, sex, and age such as (-10 years old, -20 years old, -30 years old,...) Save grades etc. Moreover, user information DB3 preserve | saves the meal restriction information regarding the meal restriction of each user.

  Meal restriction information can be stored in the user information DB 3 by preparing meal restriction items in advance on the application software side and selecting or numerically inputting the items. A user's predetermined period, for example, one week's meal history and nutrition information history can be input from the mobile terminal 1 and can be included in the meal restriction information and stored in the user information DB 3. In this case, the mobile terminal 1 or the server 2 may be provided with a nutritional component analysis tool for analyzing the nutritional component based on the nutritional component table, and each nutritional component may be obtained from the input dish name. May be directly input.

  The health information DB 5 is operated and managed by a medical examination center, a medical institution, and the like, and stores health information related to the health status of individual users. The health information stored in the health information DB 5 can be transferred to the user information DB 3 and stored as user information. In addition, the user can store the health information in the user information DB 3 by performing an input operation on the mobile terminal 1 in advance. Note that the user information DB 3 and the medical examination information DB 5 can be linked together to make the user information DB as a whole.

  Information stored in the user information DB 3 can be updated at any time after the user authentication by the user authentication function of the mobile terminal 1 using the user information input function. In order to effectively use the capacity of the user information DB 3, it is preferable to automatically delete user information that has not been used for a long period, for example, three months.

  The store information DB 4 stores store information such as store name, store location, telephone number, and food / dish menu (name, price) that can be provided. Each meal / dish menu is accompanied by data such as nutrition information (for example, nutrition values such as total calories, salt, fat, etc.) and appeal points for health. The manager or authorized person of each store registered in the store information DB 4 accesses the store information DB 4 via the Internet, inputs the store information independently from the store information input screen of each PC, and stores the store information. Saving, adding, modifying, and deleting can be performed as appropriate.

  The application software installed in the mobile terminal 1 is either a store search function based on the current location acquired by the GPS function or a store search function based on an address input by a user operation without using the GPS. On the other hand, store search processing is executed by the store search function selected by the user or one of them.

  In the store search function based on the current location acquired by the GPS function, the server 1 that has received a store information request from the mobile terminal 1 accesses the user information DB 3 to acquire user information. The acquired user information and mobile The store information DB 4 is searched using the current location transmitted from the terminal 1 as a search key, and the searched store information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1.

  Further, in the store search function based on the address input by the user operation without using the GPS, the server 1 that receives the store information request from the mobile terminal 1 accesses the user information DB 3 and acquires the user information. The acquired user information and the address transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 are combined, and the store information DB 4 is searched using this as a search key, and the searched store information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1. Since the user information includes meal restriction information, the user information and the current location or any address can be used as a search key to match the user's meal restriction near the current location or any address entered. You can search for stores that can provide meals and introduce them to users. Whether it is near the present location or an arbitrary address can be determined by a town name or a lot number.

  Further, if the meal restriction information includes the user's meal history or nutrition information history, it is possible to introduce stores that can provide a balanced meal in one week based on the history. For example, if it is determined that vitamin A is deficient by looking at a meal history for one week, stores that can provide foods rich in vitamin A, such as carrot soup and eel porridge, are introduced. Furthermore, if the store information includes information for distinguishing between eating out and eating out, it is possible to introduce the restaurant separately from the eating out store.

  In order to receive the store information providing service using the system of FIG. 1, first, the user downloads the application software of the present system to the mobile terminal 1 from a predetermined URL.

  Next, user registration is performed. The user registration is performed by inputting a nickname and a password for identifying the user from the mobile terminal 1 and further basic user physical information such as height, weight, sex, and age class (-10 years old, -20 years old, -30 years old). This is done by entering the age, ...). The input information is saved in the user information DB 3.

  Next, meal restriction information is input from the mobile terminal 1 and stored in the user information DB 3. In addition, health information is entered and stored as appropriate. The health information items include, for example, blood pressure, body fat percentage, obesity level, blood cholesterol, blood sugar level, other various health checkup / test values, and numerical values related to exercise such as pedometer (registered trademark) steps / day. and so on. Various medical checkup / inspection values can be downloaded from the medical checkup information DB 5 of a health center or a medical institution.

In order to facilitate the input of the meal restriction information, it is preferable that the meal restriction information can be selected from meal restriction items prepared in advance on the application software side. For example, “calories per serving Below, salt per serving Display “Lower Calories” on the screen, and enter a value in the blank. A plurality of meal restriction items can also be selected. Dietary restriction items can include dietary fiber and calcium intake.

  The diet restriction information and health information input here are stored in the user information DB 3. The information stored in the user information DB 3 can be updated at any time using the user information input function of the mobile terminal 1.

  It should be noted that meal restriction items that are not set by the user in the meal restriction information are not restricted. This eliminates the need for the user to input all meal restriction items. In addition, the meal restriction items related to the health information may be automatically set based on the examination value of the health information. For example, since a user with a blood pressure of 150/90 has high blood pressure, it is conceivable to automatically set a limit on salt intake.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing the cooperative operation between the mobile terminal 1 and the server 2 at the time of service by this system. In the following description, it is assumed that the mobile terminal 1 is a GPS mobile phone.

  In order to receive the service of this system, the user performs a store search according to the menu display screen of the GPS mobile phone 1. When searching for a store, first, a store search mode is selected. The store search mode includes a mode for searching for stores in conjunction with GPS, that is, a mode for searching for stores near the current location using the current location acquired by GPS, and a location near any address input by the user. There is a mode to search for stores. Of course, this operation is unnecessary when the system has only one store search mode.

  When the mode for performing store search in conjunction with GPS is selected, the GPS mobile phone 1 transmits the current location acquired by the GPS function (S21) to the server 2 together with the store information request (S22). The DB search system 6 of the server 2 refers to the user information DB 3 (S23), can provide a meal / dish menu that matches the user's meal restriction items set in advance as described above, and transmits from the GPS mobile phone 1 The store information of the store close to the current location that has been searched is retrieved from the store information DB 4 (S24) and transmitted to the GPS mobile phone 1 (S25).

  In addition, when a mode in which a store search is performed with an address input by the user without using the GPS is selected, the GPS mobile phone 1 transmits the address input by the user to the server 2 together with the store information request. (S22). The DB search system 6 of the server 2 searches the store information DB 4 for store information near the address in the same manner as described above, retrieves it from the store information DB 4 (S24), and transmits it to the GPS mobile phone 1 (S25).

  The GPS mobile phone 1 first displays a store list on the screen based on the store information transmitted from the server 1. Here, when an arbitrary store is selected by the user, a list of recommended food / dish menus of the store is displayed. If the store information includes a meal / dish menu that does not match the user's meal restriction item, only the meal / dish menu that matches the user's meal restriction item on the server 2 side or the GPS mobile phone 1 side. Narrow down the results to the recommended meal menu. Or although the list of all the meal / dish menus of a store is displayed, you may make it display so that what suits a user's meal restriction item may be distinguished from others.

  Next, when the user selects a favorite menu from the list of meal / cooking menus, numerical values of each nutrient in the selected menu, a graph, and appeal points from the store side are displayed. Since information about these is also included in the store information and transmitted to the GPS mobile phone 1, the GPS mobile phone 1 can appropriately select and display them.

  The user repeats the above operations, searches for stores, selects the searched store, and a meal / cooking menu, so that the user is close to the current location or near any address and has his / her diet restricted. You can find a suitable meal / cooking menu and a store that can provide it.

  Even if the system is in service, the store information stored in the store information DB 4 can be updated by the manager of each store or an authorized person (restaurant / meal shop) (S26) In addition, the medical examination information stored in the medical examination information DB 5 can be updated by a medical examination center or a medical institution (such as a medical examination company). The health information in the user information DB 3 is also updated as appropriate according to the update of the health check information in the health check information DB 5 (S27).

It is a block block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the health and nutrition information search system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the cooperation operation | movement of the mobile terminal and server at the time of service.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile terminal, 2 ... Server, 3 ... User information DB, 4 ... Store information DB, 5 ... Medical examination information DB, 6 ... DB search system

Claims (5)

A mobile terminal having a wireless communication function;
A server containing a database search system;
A user information database for storing user information including meal restriction information relating to a user's meal restriction;
It has a store information database that stores store information, including meal names and food menus that can be provided at the store name, store location, and own store, and includes nutrition information.
The mobile terminal transmits a store information request to the server together with the input address, and displays the store information transmitted from the server in response thereto.
The server can provide a meal / cooking menu that is close to the address transmitted with the store information request from the mobile terminal and meets the user's meal restrictions based on the user information stored in the user information database. A health and nutrition information search system, wherein store information of a store is searched from the store information database and transmitted to the mobile terminal.   The health and nutrition information search system according to claim 1, wherein the address transmitted to the server together with the store information request is a current location acquired by a GPS function or an address input by a user operation.   The information related to the user's health condition among the meal restriction information is automatically set based on the health information related to the user's health condition and stored in the user information database. Health nutrition information retrieval system.   The health and nutrition information retrieval system according to claim 3, wherein the health information is stored in a health information database managed by a medical examination center or a medical institution.   The health and nutrition information retrieval system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein store information stored in the store information database can be updated at any time by a manager or authorized person of each store.

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