JP2010211747A - Cooking recipe proposal device, cooking recipe addition proposal method, and cooking recipe proposal program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem wherein the same kind of menu is possibly proposed because a relationship between an already proposed menu and a menu proposing "an additional a-la-carte dish" is not taken into consideration in the prior art (for example, a cream pasta is proposed when an additional a-la-carte dish is to be proposed, though a Napolitan pasta has been proposed already). <P>SOLUTION: A main food material is extracted from among food materials for the already proposed menus, and then, the extracted main food material is not used, as the food material in the menu to be proposed for "an additional a-la-carte dish". Further, when a common word is included in menu names, the menu is determined as " the same kind of menu", and the menu is not proposed for "an additional a-la-carte dish". <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking recipe proposal technique that saves the trouble of re-inputting ingredients or providing an appropriate recipe when searching for a recipe again from ingredients input by a user using a computer system.

  In recent years, many functions have been added to cooking appliances such as microwave ovens and microwave ovens, and convenience has been increasing. A program for providing a cooking recipe using a personal computer is also commercially available.

  The following Patent Document 1 proposes a menu management system that searches a menu that can be cooked from ingredients currently held by the user and provides the menu to the user, and manages the ingredients currently held by the user.

JP 2001-256346 A

  In the system described in Patent Document 1, a “search for another item” button is provided, and if the user wants to request further menu, the user can search for the menu again by operating this button. ing.

  However, in this case, since the screen returns to the condition input screen again, there is a problem that the operation is complicated and troublesome for the user.

  In addition, there is a possibility that the same kind of menu may be proposed (for example, Neapolitan Pasta proposed) because nothing is considered about the relationship between the menu already proposed and the menu that proposes "another dish" Despite having been completed, there may be a case where a cream pasta, which is the same kind of menu, is proposed when another product is proposed).

  An object of the present invention is to reduce the burden on the user when responding to a request for another product from the user after proposing a menu.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, an ingredient information database storing ingredients and a tag indicating whether or not the ingredient can be a central ingredient, a recipe, and an attribute of a recipe including ingredients used for each recipe, A recipe database for storing correspondingly, a rule database for storing rules regarding the above-mentioned attributes to be considered when proposing at least one other recipe (hereinafter referred to as “another recipe”) as a sub dish in addition to the main dish, A storage unit comprising: a main ingredient that is used for the main dish and that is tagged with the tag in the ingredient information database, and the rule relating to the attribute in the rule database matches the attribute of the recipe And a search unit for searching the recipe database and extracting the “one more recipe”, and before searching An output unit for outputting the "other dish recipe" recipe proposed device provided with is provided.

  According to the above recipe suggestion device, the search key for excluding the main ingredients is used, and the attributes of each recipe such as “food ingredients”, “recipe type”, “cooking method”, “cooking time”, “calorie”, etc. By creating a rule according to the rule, you can propose another recipe according to the rule. If a central ingredient determination unit that determines the central ingredient based on the tag is further provided, the central ingredient can be easily extracted and proposed.

  Furthermore, it is preferable to provide a food stock database that stores stocks of food, and in the search processing of the search unit, the food stock database is preferentially extracted with the food stock in stock. Thereby, since a recipe is proposed with priority on stock, an economical proposal is possible. Furthermore, you may provide the GUI which selects the classification of a foodstuff, cooking time, and a recipe. With such an input unit, a recipe can be proposed under more detailed conditions. Furthermore, if a communication unit for receiving stock information in the food stock database by communication is provided, the stock can be constantly updated based on information from a mobile terminal, for example. The present invention may be a cooking device provided with any of the above-described recipe proposal devices.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recipe proposal method using the above-described recipe proposal device, the step of inputting recipe setting conditions, the step of searching for a recipe based on the setting conditions, The step of outputting the searched recipe, the step of confirming whether or not to search for an additional recipe after the output of the recipe, the step of determining the central ingredient of the recipe that has been outputted earlier, and the central ingredient excluded A method for proposing a recipe is provided.

  The present invention may be a program for causing a computer to execute the above-described recipe proposal method, or a recording medium storing the program. The program may be acquired by a transmission medium such as the Internet.

  According to the present invention, when searching for another product, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting a new condition, and a recipe without a central ingredient is automatically selected according to a predetermined rule. After the menu is proposed, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user when responding to a request for another product from the user.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the recipe display in the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a recipe proposal in the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of another goods search display in the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the image figure by which another item was searched in the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the condition input screen in the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of each database of the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of a process in the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the fragmentary flowchart figure of the process of "judgment of a central ingredient from the ingredients in a recipe" in the recipe proposal apparatus by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a fragmented flowchart of “select another product proposal recipe from ingredients / input conditions with a central ingredient removed” in the recipe suggesting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the recipe proposal apparatus by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, a menu proposal technique according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a recipe proposal device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 1 includes a storage unit 101, a control unit 102, a display unit 103 that displays a recipe, an input unit 104 that inputs data and information, and a communication unit 108. . The control unit 102 is connected to each component by a bus such as reference numerals 105, 106, and 107. Further, the storage unit 101 includes an ingredient information database (DB) 101a for storing an ingredient information table, a recipe information database (DB) 101b, a rule database (DB) 101c, and an ingredient inventory database (DB) 101d. Stored or connected. Here, the food material information database (DB) 101a has food material type data such as meat, fish, cereal, and vegetables, and, if meat, food material type subdivision data such as beef and pork. Furthermore, the tag which shows whether the foodstuff can become a main foodstuff (it mentions later) is included. Recipe information database 101b is classified by genre (Japanese food, Chinese food, Italian food, etc.) and stores recipe information (however, there are recipes with ambiguous genres. Tag information indicating a genre (a recipe may include a recipe information database storing recipe information together with a plurality of tags (tags indicating a genre)). Recipe information includes recipe name, cooking time, cooking method (boil, bake, fry, fry, steam, boil, etc.), suitable cooking utensils (pan (large, medium and small), earthenware pan, rice cooker, pressure cooker, grill, Wok, steamer, frying pan (large, medium and small), microwave oven, oven, grill, toaster, tempura tongs, ladle, whisk, kitchen knife, cutting board, bowl (large, medium and small), measuring cup, tablespoon, teaspoon, food processor, Mortar, pestle, cereal, etc.), calorie of cooking, photo when completed, genre (may be in multiple combinations), ingredients information needed to cook the menu (food used) Name and the amount of the food, etc.) are stored in association with each other. Further, the rule DB 101c stores rules for proposing another product as described below. The food stock database 101d is a database (DB) that is arbitrarily provided to indicate the current stock of food, and is preferably updated as appropriate. The communication unit 108 is arbitrarily provided so that information can be acquired from the outside.

  The input unit is a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like. The output unit is a liquid crystal display or a speaker. The control unit is composed of a CPU or the like, and the storage unit is a hard disk, a memory, or the like. A specific configuration will be described below.

  Before that, we will first define the main ingredients. The main ingredients are the main ingredients of the proposed recipe (meat, fish, eggs, etc.).

  If the ingredients used in the recipe proposed by the embodiment of the present invention include ingredients that are tagged as “main ingredient” in the ingredient information database 101a, such as meat and fish, A recipe that does not use the main ingredient set in the above is set as the main ingredient of the recipe, and the ingredient used in the recipe to propose another product is proposed. In the case of a recipe that does not contain main ingredients such as meat and fish, the main ingredients may not be set. The user can also set the main food from the input unit 104 (for example, “main food is pork” can be set). In this case, a recipe is proposed with the ingredients set by the user as the main ingredients.

  Note that the ingredients input by the user from the input unit 104 indicate ingredients that the user wants to use for cooking at that time. Therefore, the recipe including the ingredients other than the ingredients (such as ordering via the Internet or telephone, or shopping by the user) It is preferable not to suggest as much as possible of recipes that need to obtain the ingredients by going to, for example.

  Hereinafter, the operation of each component in FIG. 1 will be described. The storage unit 101 stores cooking recipe information in an HDD, a flash memory, or the like. Each dish is distinguished by an identifier for each genre, and recipe information of the dish can be read by searching the recipe information DB 101b using this identifier.

  Examples of rules for each genre, that is, to propose another recipe as much as possible, “Propose another product with these rules”, “Propose another recipe with these rules” There are some rules (stored in the rule DB 101c). Examples of such rules are given below.

  a) If the central ingredient is meat, the other product excludes meat. If the central ingredient is fish, the other one excludes fish. In addition, another product based on a different type of food from the central food will be proposed. That is, when the main ingredient is proposed in the main recipe, the other central ingredient is proposed based on an ingredient different from the main ingredient in the main recipe.

  b) As for the type of recipe, for example, if cooking is performed in the microwave oven, the same cooking utensils can be used. Providing recipes that use the same cooking utensils as much as possible makes it easier to prepare cooking utensils and clean up (washing etc.) because less cooking utensils are used for cooking. It is possible to obtain an effect that no place is taken.

  Or you may enable it to set so that it can cook in parallel with a different cooking appliance. By cooking in parallel, it is possible to obtain the effect that a plurality of recipes can be cooked in a shorter time than making each one in turn. It is preferable that the user can switch whether the recipe using the same cooking utensil is preferentially proposed or set so that different cooking utensils can be cooked in parallel. .

  In addition, when the cooking time of the main recipe is long, the one that can be cooked in parallel with different cooking utensils is preferentially proposed, and when the cooking time of the main recipe is short, the cooking time of another recipe is also recommended. It is preferable to preferentially propose recipes that are short and can use the same cookware.

  c) About the kind of recipe, a Japanese food, a Western food, Chinese, an ethnic type etc. are mentioned. As a rule for the type of recipe, it is preferable that a rule of the same genre (type) as the main recipe is proposed as “another product”.

  d) The cooking time is shorter than the cooking time of the main recipe. If you can cook in parallel using a different cooking utensil than the main, there is no problem even if it takes about the same time as the main recipe, but if you use the same cooking utensil, the cooking time is shorter than the main recipe. Make sure things are preferentially proposed.

  e) Whether the main recipe has high or low calories, the other recipe with low calories is preferentially proposed. Note that the calorie of another product may be determined so that the calorie of the other recipe = (“total calories input by the user” − “calories of the main recipe”). Of course, it is preferable that calories and the like do not have to be completely matched, and that the ones having a high degree of approximation are preferentially proposed.

  f) Remove those that have a common word in the recipe name. The main ingredients are different, such as the relationship between corn soup (main: corn) and tomato soup (main: tomato), and the relationship between kenchin soup (main: rice) and kenchin soup (main: chicken). In order to reduce the possibility of being proposed in “Another product”, a recipe that has a common word in the recipe name (in this example, “Soup” or “Kenchin”) is proposed in “Another product”. Do not be. Such common words may be stored as combinations in the DB.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the proposed recipe display, and is a diagram illustrating an example of an image in which a plurality of recipes are output to the output unit. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 204 denotes a display screen of the output unit. Up to reference numerals 201 a to 201 d, recipe image display areas of recipes proposed based on conditions input by the user, and 202 a to d indicate dish names of the proposed recipes. Reference numeral 203 is an area where detailed information display of the recipe (calories, cooking time, etc.) is displayed (similar to 202a-d, etc.) (in the part below 202a-d) In this case, the portion 203 can also be used as an area for displaying conditions (calorie, cooking time, etc.) input by the user.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a recipe output by the output unit. As shown in FIG. 3, reference numeral 307 is a display area, reference numeral 301 is a dish name (title) display area, 302 is a dish image display area (preferably made visible from various angles), and 303 is a standard area. Is a region for displaying a typical cooking time, calorie / amount for each component of cooking, 304 is a display region showing details of the cooking method, 305 is a button for searching for another recipe, and 306 is for determining a recipe Button. These displays are basically displayed based on the recipe information DB. The user can confirm the details of the presented recipe based on the display of FIG. You can also decide whether to use it as an actual recipe or search for another recipe.

  FIG. 4 is a display example when the “recipe determination” button 306 displayed in FIG. 3 is pressed. First, as in the case of reference 401, “Do you want to search for another product?”, It is a diagram asking whether to search for another product again. If another item is to be searched, the button 403 is pressed. If not, the no button 404 is pressed. Note that if “search for another recipe” in FIG. 3 is pressed, the display screen of FIG. 2 is restored and the recipe can be searched again.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a proposal display example of a recipe searched again when “Search another product” 403 in FIG. 4 is selected. 5, reference numeral 507 is a display area, reference numeral 501 is a dish name display area, reference numeral 502 is a dish image display area, reference numeral 503 is a calorie / quantity display area, reference numeral 504 is a cooking method display area, reference numeral 505. , 506 are push buttons, which are display screens corresponding to FIG. Here, since “spinach and bacon spaghetti” in FIG. 4 was proposed, it is a recipe that does not include “spinach” or “bacon” as its main ingredients with reference to the rule database of FIG. "Lettuce and bean tomato soup" has been proposed.

  In fact, if you select another dish from the spinach and bacon spaghetti in Fig. 3, lettuce and bean tomato soup is selected as shown in Fig. 5, and it is a recipe that does not contain spinach and bacon, which are the main ingredients. A "lettuce and bean tomato soup" that meets this requirement has been proposed. In such a case, when there are a great many choices, it is necessary to narrow down the search target by a plurality of rules such as a) to d) and f) in order to narrow down to several items. is there.

  In addition, for example, today, it is possible to narrow down to a certain extent by using ingredients that are in stock at home. Considering whether the food is purchased at home, consumed, and whether there is a remaining amount, and the food inventory DB 101d is referred to as such a database, the options are considerably narrowed down.

  In addition, when shopping using an electronic money function such as a mobile phone, the management of ingredients is relatively easy. In particular, it is also possible to associate a mobile phone with a cooking device such as a refrigerator or a microwave oven (in the communication unit 108 capable of wireless communication or the like) so that the stock of the ingredients can be known at all times.

  FIG. 6 is a display screen example 606 in which the user inputs or selects conditions such as ingredients, cooking genre, and cooking time. Ask the user to enter these conditions before proposing a recipe. Here, reference numerals 601a to 601d are regions for selecting ingredients (main ingredients) to be the center of the recipe. Normally, even if nothing is selected, it is possible to automatically determine whether each ingredient becomes the main ingredient by referring to the tag “may be the main ingredient” in the ingredient information database. When the user wants to use the food as the main food, the user interface (UI) up to reference numerals 601a to 601d can be used for easy setting. Reference numerals 602a to 602d are input areas for ingredients to be used, reference numeral 603 is a selection area for a desired cooking time (with a width), and reference numeral 604 is a selection area for a desired genre of recipe (Japanese food, Western food, etc.) Reference numeral 605 denotes a recipe search start button. The reference numerals 601a to 601d, 603, and 604 can be arbitrarily selected by the user, and a recipe can be proposed without selecting all of them. The more you choose, the more you can narrow down the suggested recipes. The search conditions entered in this way are the basis.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the internal structure of the storage unit 101 in FIG. 1, and includes a food material information database 101a and a recipe database 101b.

  When the recipe determination button 306 in FIG. 3 is pressed, the recipe is determined as “main dish”. Then, the ingredients (materials) of the recipe determined as the main dish are extracted with reference to the recipe database, and the ingredients information database is referred to whether these ingredients are the main ingredients, or the main ingredients 601a to 601d in FIG. Judgment is made with reference to information on whether or not the food has been selected as a food, and all the food considered to be the main food is stored in the main food storage memory (central food storage area (memory)) 703. After that, we propose a recipe for “another dish” based on the first input condition and the condition “Do not use main ingredients”.

  Here, FIG. 7 will be described. In the ingredient information database 101a, the kind of ingredients 701a, several tags (a tag indicating the upper category such as meat for pork, fish for salmon, vegetables for pepper, etc., a tag indicating whether or not it can be the main ingredient, “raw food available” The tag indicating the nature of the food, the spare tag area, etc. These are in no particular order, but for example, an implementation that preferentially stores a tag that can be “main food” in the tag 1 is also conceivable. An area exists. The recipe database stores information such as recipe names, ingredients (materials) 1 to n (varies depending on the recipe), cooking time, and calories of recipes in each recipe 702a, 702b. Based on this information, when the recipe determination button is pressed after the recipe for the main dish is proposed based on the information input in FIG. 6, only the ingredients except for the main ingredient included in the recipe for that dish are prepared. Another recipe that can be provided is provided. At this time, based on the information on the central ingredients sent from the ingredient information database 101a and the rules relating to the attributes stored in the rule database, the recipe database 101b is searched, the central ingredients are not included, and the attributes are A matching recipe is searched and extracted, and the recipe is output to the output unit 103. The determined recipe is stored in a determined recipe storage area (memory) 704. The recipe of “another product” is performed by such processing. At this time, the search condition selected by the input interface shown in FIG. 6 is fundamental.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, when the process is started (start), in step S801, an input is detected from an input unit of food material information or a search condition from the user. In step S802, when pressing of the search start button is detected, in step S803, it is determined whether or not the main ingredient is selected (in 601a to d in FIG. 6). If No, the process proceeds to step S804, and YES. If there is, the process proceeds to step S805. In step S804, a recipe that matches the condition input in step S801 is searched from recipes in the recipe database, and a list of suggested recipe candidates is listed. In step S805, first, a variable y used as a subscript of the array main is initialized to zero. In step S806, one of the selected main food information is stored in the array main [y]. In step S807, the element number [y] of the array main is incremented. Next, it is determined whether or not there is no main food selected in step S808. If NO, the process returns to step S806, and the processes in steps S806 and 807 are repeated until there is no more main food selected. When all the selected main ingredients are stored in the array main, the process proceeds to step S809, and the recipe that matches the main ingredients stored in the arrays main [0] to main [y-1] and the condition in which the input is detected in step S801. Is retrieved from the recipe database, and the proposed recipe candidates are listed. In step S810, the proposed recipe is extracted from the list of suggested recipe candidates and displayed on the output unit. In step S811, it is determined whether or not the recipe determination button has been pressed. If not determined, the process returns to S810, and the next candidate is extracted from the suggested recipe candidate list and displayed on the output unit. When it is determined (Yes), the process proceeds to step S812, and the determined recipe is stored in the memory. Next, in step S813, it is checked whether or not an instruction “search for another product” is given. If there is no “search for another product” instruction, the process ends (end). If an instruction to “search for another product” is given (Yes), the process proceeds to S814. In step S814, the determined recipe is called from the memory, and in step S815, the main ingredient is determined from the ingredients in the recipe (the central ingredient is determined).

  Next, in step S816, the main ingredient is removed, and the proposed recipe candidate of “another dish” is searched from the conditions input in S801 (from the recipe database, the condition that the input is detected in S801 is met, and Search for recipes that do not contain main ingredients) and list them. The recipe name of the recipe initially selected in step S817 is compared with the recipe name proposed as “another product”. In step S818, it is determined whether there is a common word in the recipe name. A certain recipe is deleted from the suggested recipe candidate list of “another product” in S819. If there is no common word, the proposed recipe candidates are displayed on the output unit in step S820. In this case as well, it is possible to sequentially retrieve and display recipes from the “other product” suggested recipe candidate list until the recipe is decided by the recipe decision button as in S811. This process is completed when the proposed recipe for “another product” is also determined. This processing is also ended in the case of No in step S813. Thus, a recipe is searched based on the setting conditions such as the central ingredients, cooking time, and recipe type set by the user.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart in which processing when “search for another product” is selected, which is a characteristic part of the present embodiment (corresponding to the processing of S814 and S815 in FIG. 8).
In step S900, the determined recipe is called from the memory. In step S901, the variable i indicating the element number of the array name is initialized to 0. In step S902, it is determined whether or not the recipe name includes food. If (Yes), the process proceeds to step S903, and if a food name is included, the extracted food name is stored in the array name [i]. In step S904, the element number [i] of the array name is incremented, and in step S905, it is determined whether or not the recipe name still contains ingredients. In the case of Yes, the process returns to step S903, and in the case of No, the process proceeds to step 906, where the ingredients used in the decision recipe are extracted, the ingredient information database is called in step S907, and “main” is selected among the ingredients used in the decision recipe. Check if there are any foods that are tagged as “can be food.” If YES in step S908, the process advances to step S909 to store the food item with the tag “may be main food material” in the array name [i], and in step 910, the element number i of the array name is incremented. Next, when step S908 is No, the process proceeds to step S911. In step S911, it is determined whether further ingredients are included in the recipe. If Yes, the process returns to S906, and if No, the process proceeds to T10 in FIG. In this way, the ingredients included in the recipe name are unconditionally determined to be the main ingredients, and the ingredients included in the recipe are processed to extract only the ingredients with the main ingredients tag in the ingredients information database. Do.

  Details of an example in which the main ingredients are extracted from the recipe “spinach and bacon spaghetti” in FIG. 9 and stored in the array name are shown below.

-When extracting ingredients from the recipe name, extract all regardless of whether the main ingredient tag is attached.
Regardless of whether the main food tag is attached or not, it is stored in the array name as follows.
name [0] = Spinach name [1] = Bacon name [2] = Spaghetti

-When extracting from ingredients used for recipes, extract ingredients with a tag "can be main ingredients" in the ingredients database.
Only the ingredients with the tag “can become main ingredients” are stored in the array name [i]...
name [3] = Cone (with main tag)
name [4] = Onion (with main tag)

  FIG. 10 is also a process flow diagram of the process of “search for a suggested recipe for“ another product ”based on the ingredients without the main ingredients and the conditions input by the user”, which is a characteristic part of the present embodiment. If a setting such as a cooking time or a recipe type is input by inputting, a process of performing a search again including that setting is shown. (This substantially corresponds to the processing of S816 in FIG. 8.)

  T10 indicates a point in time when the process of FIG. 9 is finished, and the process of FIG. 10 is started from here. At this time, information on ingredients to be regarded as main ingredients is stored in the arrays name [0] to name [i-1]. First, in step S1001, one recipe is extracted from the recipe database and temporarily stored in the memory. This method of taking out may be made in order from the recipe registered at the beginning of the database, or the one that matches the conditions entered by the user using the recipe type, cooking time, and information on ingredients used as keys. You may make it extract from a recipe database. In the latter method (when extracting from the recipe database using the user's input conditions as a key), if a plurality of items that match the conditions are extracted, in S1001, they are taken out one by one and then returned to S1001. Sometimes processing is done so that the next recipe can be taken out. In step S1002, it is checked whether or not “cooking time” is included in the conditions input by the user (whether cooking time has been set). If the cooking time is set (if Yes) ) Go to S1003, and if not set (if No), go to S1004. In S1003, it is checked whether the cooking time of the temporarily stored recipe is within the cooking time range set by the user. If yes (if Yes), the process proceeds to S1004. If not (No), the temporarily stored recipe is a recipe that does not meet the user's search conditions, and the process returns to S1001 to take out the next recipe. In S1004, it is checked whether or not “recipe type” is included in the conditions input by the user (whether or not “recipe type” has been set). If the recipe type is set, the process advances to S1005. If it is not set, the process proceeds to S1007. In S1005, it is checked whether the “recipe type” of the temporarily stored recipe matches the “recipe type” set by the user. If they match (if yes), go to S1006; otherwise (if no), go back to S1001 to retrieve the next recipe.

  In S1006, it is checked whether the determined recipe and the recipe temporarily stored in the memory can be cooked in parallel. If Yes, the process proceeds to S1007, and if No, the process proceeds to S1008. In S1007, it is checked whether the cooking utensil used in the determined recipe is different from the cooking utensil used in the recipe temporarily stored in the memory. If Yes, the process proceeds to S1009, and if No, the process returns to S1001. In S1008, it is checked whether the cooking utensil used in the determined recipe is the same as the cooking utensil used in the recipe temporarily stored in the memory. If Yes, the process proceeds to S1009, and if No, the process returns to S1001.

  The conditions for determining whether or not the determined recipe and the recipe temporarily stored in the memory can be cooked in parallel include the following, but are not limited thereto.

  a) “In the cooking procedure of the determined recipe, there is a long waiting time in the cooking time of the recipe temporarily stored in the memory (eg, boil for 20 minutes on low heat, steam for 20 minutes, bake for 15 minutes, etc.)”.

b) “When using a grill, a microwave oven, an oven, etc., it is possible to add two or three items at the same time (such as baking or steaming fish or meat and vegetables at the same time).”
Whether the latter (b)) “when using a grill, microwave oven, oven, etc., it is possible to put two or three items at the same time (baking or steaming fish or meat and vegetables at the same time)” As the determination method, the cooking method of the determined recipe is the same as the cooking method of the recipe temporarily stored in the memory, and the cooking utensils used in the cooking method are ingredients of multiple recipes such as a large frying pan and a microwave oven. It is possible to determine whether or not cooking is possible at the same time.

  An embodiment regarding this point will be described below. If the decision recipe is a menu that uses an oven, the recipe for baking in the oven is preferentially proposed at the same temperature (or ± 20 degrees) as the baking temperature in the decision recipe.

For example, the time for cooking meat dishes is as follows.
a) Preparation time (meat 1)
b) Time to bake in the oven (meat 2)
c) Cooking time after grilling (meat 3)

In addition, the time for cooking fish dishes is as follows.
d) Preparation time (fish 1)
e) Time to bake in the oven (fish 2)
f) Cooking time after baking (fish 3)

  In the following, the longer of time A and time B is denoted as MAX (A, B), and the temperature at which meat and fish are grilled is the same.

  The time required for cooking is as follows when meat and fish are placed in the oven at the same time and the one that has been baked first is taken out.

    Time A: MAX (meat 1, fish 1) + MAX ((meat 2+ meat 3), (fish 2+ fish 3))

  The time required for cooking when the longer baking time is put in the oven first and taken out of the oven at the same time is as follows.

    Time B: MAX ((Meat 1 + Meat 2), (Fish 1 + Fish 2)) + MAX (Meat 3, Fish 3)

  In addition to the above, it is possible to divide the case, but the shorter of time A and time B is set as the total cooking time X of the menu combining “determined recipe” and “another recipe”. When there are a plurality of menus that use the oven at the same temperature, it is desirable to propose with priority from the combination menu with the shortest total cooking time X.

  In S1009, whether there is a common word between the recipe name of the determined recipe (the recipe proposed before the “other item” is selected and “decided” by the user) and the recipe name of the recipe temporarily stored in the memory. Check. If it exists (if yes: for example, “Kenchin Soup” and “Kenchin Ojiya” have the common word “Kenchin”), the recipe for the decision is similar to the recipe for “another dish” In order to prevent this, the process returns to S1001 to take out the next recipe. If it does not exist (if No), the process proceeds to S1010.

  In S1010, it is checked whether or not the ingredients stored in the arrays name [0] to name [i-1] are included in the ingredients (materials) used in the recipe temporarily stored in the memory. In the array name [0] to name [i-1], ingredients that should be regarded as the main ingredients of the decision recipe are stored. Therefore, if this is also included in the “another dish” recipe, the decision recipe and “ It becomes a recipe that is similar to the “one more dish” recipe. To prevent this, if the ingredients stored in the array name [0] to name [i-1] are included in the ingredients (materials) used in the recipe temporarily stored in the memory, the process returns to S1001. Take out the next recipe. If not included (No), the process proceeds to S1011.

  In S1011, whether or not the recipe temporarily stored within the range of the originally input ingredients can be made (or whether most of the ingredients used in the temporarily stored recipe match the information of the ingredients when the conditions are input). To check. If they match (if Yes), the process proceeds to S1012. If they do not match (if No), it is determined that the currently stored recipe is a recipe that does not meet the food conditions, and the process returns to S1001 to take out the next recipe.

  In S1012, the recipe temporarily stored at that time is a recipe that matches the input conditions from the user and is not similar to the determined recipe. It is stored in the “one-item proposal recipe candidate list”. In step S1013, it is checked whether all recipes in the recipe database have been searched. If the search has not been completed (if No), the process returns to S1001, and the next recipe is taken out and checked again. If the search has been completed, the process ends.

  Up to this point, the “another product suggestion recipe candidate list” is obtained. From this, one recipe can be taken out and the “another product” recipe can be proposed. (This corresponds to S820 in FIG. 8.)

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when searching for another product, a recipe from which a central ingredient is omitted can be saved according to a predetermined rule. It is possible to automatically propose the menu, and after the menu is proposed, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user when responding to a request for another product from the user.

(Second embodiment)
In the first embodiment, the example in which the recipe database is stored in the storage unit has been described. However, as the second embodiment, the case where the recipe database and the ingredient information database exist on the Internet is illustrated in FIG. Will be described with reference to FIG.

  The operation itself is the same as in the case of the first embodiment. However, by placing a recipe database on the Internet, the recipe database can be easily expanded, and the user can register a recipe.

(Third embodiment)
The first and second embodiments are both recipe proposal devices, but by incorporating a cooking device such as a microwave oven into the recipe proposal device, the proposed recipe can be cooked. Further practicality can be improved. The cooking device and the recipe suggesting device may be connected in priority or wirelessly.

  As described above, the embodiments and examples of the present invention have been described, but the embodiments and examples disclosed this time are examples in all respects and are not considered to be restrictive. Should. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, and includes meanings equivalent to the terms of the claims and all modifications within the scope.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration and the like illustrated in the accompanying drawings are not limited to these, and can be appropriately changed within a range in which the effect of the present invention is exhibited. In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the object of the present invention.

  In addition, a program for realizing the functions described in the present embodiment is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed to execute processing of each unit. May be performed. The “computer system” here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.

  The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time, like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case is also used to hold a program for a certain period of time. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the above-described functions, or may be a program that can realize the above-described functions in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The present invention can be used for a recipe proposal device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Memory | storage part 102 Control part 104 Input part 201a-d Recipe image display area 202a-d Recipe name display area 601a-d Selection button 602a-d Ingredient input item display area 101a Ingredient information database 101b Recipe database

Claims (10)

An ingredient information database storing ingredients and a tag indicating whether the ingredient can be a central ingredient;
A recipe database for storing recipes and attributes of recipes including ingredients used for each recipe,
A rule database storing rules relating to the above-mentioned attributes to be considered when proposing at least one other recipe (hereinafter referred to as “another dish recipe”) as a sub dish in addition to the main dish;
A storage unit comprising:
In the recipe database, the main ingredient with the tag in the ingredient information database used in the main dish is excluded, and the rule relating to the attribute in the rule database matches the attribute of the recipe. And a search unit for extracting the “another product recipe”,
An output unit that outputs the searched “another product recipe”.   The recipe suggestion device according to claim 1, further comprising a central ingredient determination unit that determines a central ingredient based on the tag. In addition, it has a food stock database that stores food stocks,
The recipe suggestion device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein in the search processing of the search unit, the food stock in the food stock database is preferentially extracted. The recipe proposal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rule database stores at least one of the following rules.
a) When the main ingredient is proposed in the main dish, the central ingredient of the “another recipe” is proposed based on an ingredient different from the main ingredient of the main dish.
b) The recipe type should be a food that can use the same cooking utensils as much as possible, or can be cooked in parallel with different cooking utensils.
c) As a rule for the type of recipe, a recipe of the same genre (type) as the main dish is proposed in the “another product recipe”.
d) The cooking time is shorter than the cooking time of the main dish.
e) Regardless of whether the main dish has a high or low calorie, the "other recipe" has a low calorie priority.
f) A recipe with a recipe name having a common word in the recipe name of the main dish is not proposed as “another recipe”.   The recipe suggesting device according to claim 3, further comprising a communication unit that receives in-and-out information of stock in the food stock database by communication.   Furthermore, the recipe proposal apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 5 provided with the input part for selecting and inputting a foodstuff, cooking time, and the classification of a recipe.   The recipe proposal device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein at least one of the databases is connected to the storage unit via a network. The cooking apparatus provided with the recipe proposal apparatus of any one of Claim 1-7.
The method of claim 1. A recipe proposal method using the recipe proposal device according to claim 1,
A step for entering recipe setting conditions;
Searching for a recipe based on the setting condition;
Outputting the retrieved recipe; and
Confirming whether to search for additional recipes after the recipe is output;
Determining the central ingredients of the recipe output earlier;
And a step of searching for a recipe excluding the central ingredient.   A program for causing a computer to execute the recipe proposal method according to claim 9.

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