JP2015170182A - Server, refrigerator and foods information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server capable of controlling a stock of food on which no expiration date is mentioned.SOLUTION: A server 4 in a food information management system comprising the server 4 at a food store 1 and a refrigerator 8 at a consumer house 6, which is provided with a refrigerator food state information management unit 41 that manages purchased food information of consumers and refrigerator identification information of refrigerators used by the consumers, and transmits the purchased foods information to the refrigerator 8 of a corresponding consumer on the basis of the refrigerator identification information. The refrigerator food state information management unit 41 receives, from the consumer house 6, food state information based on a result of measurement of the state of the food purchased by the consumer and manages the state of the food at a time when the refrigerator is used for each refrigerator on the basis of the foods state information to generate time limit information of purchased food, when the consumer purchases the same kind of food, on the basis of the food state information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a server, a refrigerator, and a food material information management system.

  In general, consumers store purchased ingredients in their refrigerators, but they either buy again or forget to buy the ingredients stored in the refrigerator. There are problems such as expiration of the expiry date. In order to solve such a problem, a technique for managing an inventory of foods stored in a refrigerator has been studied.

  For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a technique for managing information on foods purchased by consumers at food sales stores at home. It is possible to reduce the burden of inputting information on the ingredients purchased by the consumer, and to purchase while examining the ingredients sold at the ingredient store. Information on the ingredients purchased by the consumer is sent to a POS (Point Of Sales) device via a cash register installed at the ingredients store, and the inventory information is updated to the server installed at the ingredients store. Stores the information. In a home PC (personal computer), a server installed in a grocery store is requested to receive information on the food purchased by the consumer and is received. Based on the received data, the home PC performs inventory management of the ingredients purchased by the consumer.

  Further, in the following Patent Document 2, using the Internet communication network, the storage stock state of each household refrigerator and the like are compared with the sales items of the food store, and the food is purchased efficiently and stored and managed. A technique for minimizing the disposal of the product is disclosed. An information reading device attached to the refrigerator reads information about the product such as the product name and the expiration date from the barcode and the tag. The consumer can confirm the information on the screen of the operation display panel, and can confirm the storage state without opening and closing the refrigerator. Consumers can use Internet communication devices to communicate in advance to food dealers when the remaining amount of regular ingredients, seasonings, etc. in the warehouse is low, and purchase goods for the next purchase. Encourage and cancel unnecessary items. The grocery store side gathers information such as the expiration date remaining information and enables efficient purchase and product management.

JP 2004-62750 A JP 2010-257183 A

  However, according to the above-described conventional technology, inventory management is performed from information such as the expiration date that is read when a consumer purchases at a food store in a refrigerator at home. Therefore, there is a problem that inventory management is not possible for ingredients that do not have an expiration date.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above, Comprising: It aims at obtaining the server which can carry out the inventory management with respect to the foodstuff without the description of a shelf life, a refrigerator, and a foodstuff information management system.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a server in a food material information management system including a food store server and a refrigerator at a consumer's house, the consumer's purchased food information. A refrigerator food state information managing means for managing the refrigerator identification information used by the consumer and transmitting the purchased food information to the corresponding consumer's refrigerator based on the refrigerator identification information, the refrigerator food state The information management means receives the food state information based on the result of measuring the state of the food purchased by the consumer from the refrigerator, and based on the food state information, the information of the food when the refrigerator is used for each refrigerator. The condition is managed, and when the consumer next purchases the same kind of food, the deadline information of the purchased food is generated based on the food status information.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that inventory management can be performed for a food without a description of the expiration date.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a food material information management system according to Embodiment 1 and an arrangement example of each configuration. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the food material information management system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a process of performing inventory management with a deadline for a food without a description of the expiration date. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a food store management table indicating information on foods purchased by each consumer. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a consumer house management table indicating information on purchased foods. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the process for the food and the information update process in the refrigerator. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the measured values related to the state of the ingredients and the timing of eating the ingredients.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a server, a refrigerator, and a food material information management system according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a food material information management system according to the present embodiment and an arrangement example of each configuration. The food store 1 includes a cash register (hereinafter referred to as a cash register) 2, a POS device 3, a server 4, and an information providing unit 5. The consumer home 6 includes a home gateway (hereinafter referred to as HGW) 7 and a refrigerator 8. The refrigerator 8 includes a display unit 9 that displays, for example, stock information of foodstuffs in the warehouse to the consumer. Here, although the refrigerator 8 is set as the structure provided with the display part 9, it is not limited to this. In the refrigerator 8, when the display unit 9 is not provided, the mobile terminal (tablet terminal, smartphone, etc.) 10 carried by the consumer or the PC in the consumer home 6 (not shown) via the communication device HGW 7. For example, inventory information of ingredients in the warehouse may be displayed.

  Information can be transmitted and received bidirectionally via the network 11 between the food store 1 and the consumer home 6. Examples of the network 11 include the Internet, but are not limited thereto, and a dedicated line or the like may be used. In FIG. 1, the grocery store 1 is connected to one consumer house 6 via the network 11, but actually, it can be connected to a plurality of consumer houses 6 via the network 11.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the food material information management system according to the present embodiment. In the grocery store 1, the cash register 2 includes a refrigerator information acquisition unit 21 that acquires the identification number of the refrigerator 8 in the consumer's home 6 of the consumer who purchases the food, and a food material that acquires information on the food that the consumer purchases. An information acquisition unit 22.

  The POS device 3 includes a refrigerator food information acquisition unit 31 that acquires the identification number of the refrigerator 8 in the consumer's home 6 of the consumer who purchased the food from the cash register 2 and the purchased food information, and the consumer at the food dealer 1. A food material stock information updating unit 32 that updates stock information of the purchased food material.

  The server 4 associates and manages the identification information of the refrigerator 8 in each consumer home 6, the information on the food purchased by each consumer, and the state information on the food acquired from each consumer home 6. A refrigerator food state information management unit 41 and a network communication unit 42 capable of communicating with the HGW 7 of the consumer house 6 and the mobile terminal 10 via the network 11 are provided.

  The information providing unit 5 obtains information on the refrigerator information obtaining unit 51 that obtains the identification number of the refrigerator 8 in the consumer's home 6 of the consumer who receives the information, and information on the ingredients that the consumer plans to purchase. And a display unit 52 to be provided.

  In the consumer home 6, the HGW 7 communicates with the server 4 of the food store 1 and the mobile terminal 10 via the network 11, information on the food in the refrigerator 8, and status information on the food And a food material state information management unit 72 for managing the above.

  The refrigerator 8 includes an ingredient type identifying unit 81 that identifies an ingredient type in the cabinet, a purchased ingredient discriminating unit 82 that discriminates whether the ingredient in the warehouse has been purchased at the ingredient dealer 1, and an ingredient in the cabinet. Is provided with a food material state measuring unit 83 for measuring the state of the food material, such as whether the food is deliciously eaten at that time, not yet deliciously eaten, or has become stale.

  Next, a description will be given of processing for performing inventory management with a deadline for a food without a description of the expiration date in the food information management system. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a process of performing inventory management with a deadline for a food without a description of the expiration date. This shows the flow from when the consumer purchases the ingredients at the ingredient store 1 until the information on the ingredients in the refrigerator 8 can be confirmed.

  At the food store 1, the consumer brings the food to be purchased to the cash register 2 installed in the accounting corner. Prior to the accounting, the consumer causes the number reading device attached to the cash register 2 to read the card in which the identification number of the refrigerator 8 is registered as information on the refrigerator 8 of the consumer home 6 (step S101). The information (identification number) of the refrigerator 8 of the consumer house 6 is acquired from the refrigerator information acquisition unit 21 (step S102). With the card in which the identification number of the refrigerator 8 is registered, for example, information on the identification number of the refrigerator 8 in the consumer house 6 is registered in advance in a point card issued by the food store 1. Thereby, it can also be used as a point card, and it is possible to avoid a situation in which the labor of the consumer at the time of purchase increases compared to the conventional case. In addition, what registered the identification number of the refrigerator 8 is not limited to a card | curd, You may use a two-dimensional barcode.

  In the cash register 2, the name of the cultivar, the place of production, the quantity, the date of harvest, Information such as the shipping date, expiry date, and purchase date is read from the barcode (steps S103 and S104). As described above, by reading a card (point card or the like) in which the identification number of the refrigerator 8 is registered in advance, the identification number of the refrigerator 8 in the consumer, the consumer's house 6 and information on the food to be purchased can be associated. it can. Then, the cash register 2 transfers the acquired information on the identification number of the consumer's refrigerator 8 and the information on the purchased food to the POS device 3 (step S105).

  In the POS device 3, when the refrigerator ingredient information acquisition unit 31 receives the information of the identification number of the refrigerator 8 and the information of the ingredient purchased by the consumer from the cash register 2, the ingredient inventory information update unit 32 is consumed at the ingredient store 1. The stock of the ingredients purchased by the person is updated (step S106). Moreover, the refrigerator food information acquisition part 31 transfers the information of the identification number of the refrigerator 8, and the information of the food purchased by the consumer to the server 4 (step S107).

  In the server 4, when the refrigerator food state information management unit 41 receives the information of the identification number of the refrigerator 8 and the information of the food purchased by the consumer from the POS device 3, the refrigerator 8 Information on the food purchased by the consumer in association with the information of the identification number is registered (step S108). The network communication unit 42 transfers the information on the ingredients purchased by the consumer to the consumer home 6 corresponding to the identification number of the refrigerator 8 (step S109).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a food store management table indicating information on foods purchased by each consumer managed by the refrigerator food material state information management unit 41. In the grocery store management table, the refrigerator number based on the identification number information of each refrigerator 8, the variety name including information such as the production area of the food purchased by the consumer, the harvest date and shipping date of the food, the grocery store 1 Register, update, and manage information such as the expiration date to be displayed, the purchase date and time when the consumer purchased the food, the time to eat the food, the expiration date displayed in the refrigerator 8 of the consumer's house 6, and the quantity of the food . In addition, in the refrigerator ingredients state information management unit 41, the information about the time of eating and the information on the expiration date are acquired from the consumer home 6 side as will be described later.

  In the consumer home 6, in the HGW 7, the network communication unit 71 acquires information on the food purchased by the consumer in the consumer home 6 from the food dealer 1, and the food material state information management unit 72 registers the purchased food information (Step S110), and the food information is updated (Step S111).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a consumer house management table showing information on purchased ingredients managed by the ingredients state information management unit 72. In the consumer house management table, the name of the product, including the information on the place where the purchased food is produced, the date and time when the food was purchased, the time when the food was eaten, and the stock and purchase indicating whether or not it was confirmed in the refrigerator 8 The expiration date, the purchase store where the food is purchased, and the warning information related to the food, which are displayed by the food sales shop 1 for the processed food, are registered, updated and managed. In addition, in the foodstuff state information management part 72, each information on the time of eating information, stock, and warning is acquired from the refrigerator 8 side, as will be described later.

  When the consumer purchases the food item stored in the refrigerator 8 (step S112), the refrigerator 8 specifies the type of the food item stored in the food item type specifying unit 81 (step S113), and the purchased food item discrimination unit 82 is stored. It is determined whether or not the food has been purchased at the food sales store 1 (step S114), and the identification result in the food variety identification unit 81 and the determination result in the purchased food identification unit 82 are transferred to the food material state information management unit 72. (Step S115).

  The food material state information management unit 72 updates the food material information in the consumer home management table based on the information from the food material type identification unit 81 and the purchased food material determination unit 82 (step S116). Specifically, if the refrigerator 8 confirms the varieties for which the stock in the consumer house management table is unconfirmed, the food state information management unit 72 updates the stock column of the varieties from unconfirmed to confirmed. If the product purchased at a store other than the store 1 can be confirmed, the product name and date of purchase are registered. In addition, about the varieties whose dealer is unknown, for example, the date and time when it was first confirmed in the refrigerator 8 may be set as the purchase date and time.

  Next, in the refrigerator 8, the food material state measuring unit 83 measures whether the food in the refrigerator 8 is deliciously eaten now, whether it is deliciously eaten (the time of eating), whether the foodstuff is bad, or the state of the foodstuff ( Step S117). The food material state measurement unit 83 transfers the measured result to the food material state information management unit 72 as eaten information (whether the food can be eaten deliciously, the period during which the food can be eaten deliciously (eating time), or the food has become bad). (Step S118).

  The food material state information management unit 72 updates the food material information in the consumer home management table based on the information from the food material state measurement unit 83 (step S119). Specifically, the food material status information management unit 72 updates the eating-out information column of the consumer home management table, registers the measurement result in the eating-out information column as necessary, and displays a warning text in the warning column. Fill in.

  Here, in the consumer home 6, after the consumer stores the food in the refrigerator 8, the variety of the food in the refrigerator is specified in the refrigerator 8 to determine whether or not the food can be eaten deliciously. The processing from step S113 to S119 for updating the state information will be described in detail. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the process for the ingredients and the information update process in the refrigerator 8.

  In the refrigerator 8, when the ingredients in the refrigerator compartment are added by opening and closing the door of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator 8, the ingredient variety specifying unit 81 specifies the ingredient type in the refrigerator (step S 201). When the discriminating unit 82 receives the information on the type of the food from the food type identifying unit 81, the information on the food and the information on the (purchased) food obtained from the food store 1 are compared to confirm whether they match. (Step S202). Ingredients purchased at the grocery store 1 are not only those that have been purchased at the grocery store 1 but have not yet been stored in the refrigerator 8; Contains registered ingredients. Ingredients that have not been stored in the refrigerator 8 once have been purchased at the ingredient sales store 1 are considered as unstocked ingredients.

  As a method of determining whether or not the ingredient whose type is specified by the ingredient type specifying unit 81 in the purchased ingredient discriminating unit 82 is the ingredient purchased at the ingredient store 1, a barcode attached to the ingredient is read, or The information on the read ingredients and the information on the kinds of ingredients purchased in the ingredient sales store 1 managed by the ingredient status information management unit 72 are obtained by recognizing the image of the ingredients and reading the kinds of ingredients. When the information is matched and the two information matches, it can be determined that the ingredient whose kind is specified by the ingredient type specifying unit 81 is the ingredient purchased at the ingredient store 1.

  In addition, in the purchase foodstuff discrimination | determination part 82, when collating with the information of the kind of the foodstuff purchased by the foodstuff store 1 managed by the foodstuff state information management part 72 of HGW7, although not shown in figure, the purchase foodstuff discrimination | determination part The contents of the ingredient state information management unit 72 may be read from 82, or the information on the kind of the ingredients previously purchased at the ingredient store 1 is transferred from the ingredient state information management unit 72 to the purchased ingredient discrimination unit 82 side. May be.

  When the information on the kind of the foodstuff from the foodstuff kind specifying unit 81 and the information on the foodstuff from the foodstuff sales shop 1 do not match (step S202: No), the purchased foodstuff discrimination part 82 specifies the foodstuff specified by the foodstuff kind specifying unit 81. Is not the food purchased at the food sales store 1 (step S203), and the result is transferred to the food status information management unit 72. The food material state information management unit 72 regards the food material newly purchased outside the food material store 1 and stored for the first time in the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator 8, and manages the stock of the food material specified by the food material type specifying unit 81 in the consumer house management. The table is additionally updated (step S204).

  On the other hand, when the information on the kind of the food from the food material type specifying unit 81 and the information on the food material from the food product sales shop 1 match (step S202: Yes), the purchased food material determining unit 82 is specified by the food material type specifying unit 81. It is determined that the prepared food is the food purchased at the food sales store 1 (step S205).

  Next, the purchased food discrimination unit 82 confirms whether or not the food specified by the food product type specifying unit 81 matches the unstocked food (step S206). If they do not match (step S206: No), the purchased food material discrimination unit 82 transfers the result to the food material state information management unit 72. The food material state information management unit 72 uses the food material confirmed by the purchased food material discrimination unit 82 because it has been stored in the refrigerator 8 twice or more after purchase and has already been determined to be in stock in the refrigerator 8. The process proceeds to step S210 without updating the house management table (step S207).

  On the other hand, if the ingredients specified by the ingredient type specifying unit 81 match the ingredients whose inventory has not been determined (step S206: Yes), that is, the ingredients are stored in the refrigerator 8 even once after being purchased at the ingredients store 1. The purchased ingredient discrimination unit 82 determines that the ingredient specified by the ingredient type identification part 81 is an inventory-determined ingredient (step S208), assuming that the ingredient is stored in the refrigerator 8 for the first time after purchase (step S208). Transfer to the state information management unit 72. The food material state information management unit 72 updates the stock column of the food material from unconfirmed to confirmed in the consumer home management table (step S209).

  Next, in the refrigerator 8, the food material state measuring unit 83 measures the state of the food material specified by the food material type specifying unit 81 (step S210). Here, a description will be given of processing in which the state of the foodstuff is measured by the foodstuff state measurement unit 83 and whether or not the foodstuff can be eaten deliciously and whether or not the foodstuff has become bad is determined based on the result.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the measured values related to the state of the ingredients and the timing of eating the ingredients. Examples of the measurement value relating to the state of the food include sugar content, acidity, hardness, K value (freshness index), and the like. In general, the quality of ingredients such as fruits that do not have an expiration date is deteriorated from the date of harvest, but they are originally harvested earlier than the time of eating, and the date of harvest is not necessarily about to be eaten. Therefore, the food material state measuring unit 83 measures indices such as sugar content, acidity, hardness, and K value, and determines the time of eating from the measured values.

  As a means for measuring sugar content and acidity, light absorption is measured in a non-contact and non-destructive manner by applying near-infrared rays to a measurement object. As the sugar content increases, the amount of absorption at a specific wavelength increases as the content increases. Therefore, the sugar content is measured by measuring the amount of absorption. Moreover, as a hardness measuring means, by applying compressed air to a measurement object, information on the hardness and viscosity of the measurement object is obtained and measured from information on the time variation of the dent amount. Here, the food material state measuring unit 83 prepares two threshold values (A value, B value) for determining the state of the food material, and if the measured value is smaller than the A value, the food material is still not deliciously eaten. If it is determined that the measured value is greater than or equal to the A value and less than or equal to the B value, it is determined that the food is deliciously eaten, and if the measured value is greater than the B value, it is determined that the food is damaged.

  In the case of the K value, which is an index of freshness, the K value (%) is obtained by separating the components contained when the freshness is good and the components contained when the freshness is deteriorated by electrophoresis and applying ultraviolet rays. taking measurement. When the K value (%) exceeds a certain B value, the food material state measuring unit 83 determines that it is bad. In addition, the food material state measurement unit 83 may make a determination based on the measurement results of a plurality of indices.

  Specifically, the food material state measuring unit 83 measures the above-described index indicating the state of the food material for which the stock has been confirmed (step S210), and the measured value is less than the A value (measured value <A value). ) (Step S211: Yes), that is, if some time is still needed to eat deliciously, it is determined that the food cannot be eaten deliciously (step S212), and the result is managed as food state information. The data is transferred to the unit 72. The food material state information management unit 72 updates the “early food information” column of the food material in the consumer house management table, for example, “not ready for food” (step S213).

  When the measured value is equal to or greater than the A value (A value ≦ measured value) (step S211: No), the food material state measuring unit 83 checks whether the measured value is equal to or less than the B value (step S214). If the measured value is less than or equal to the B value (A value ≦ measured value ≦ B value) (step S214: Yes), that is, if it is around the time of eating, it is determined that the food can be eaten deliciously (step S215). The result is transferred to the food material state information management unit 72. The food material state information management unit 72 updates the “early food available” column of the food in the consumer home management table, for example, “It is ready to eat” (step S213).

  When the measured value is larger than the B value (B value <measured value) (step S214: No), the food material state measuring unit 83 determines that the food material is bad (step S216), and the result is the food material state information managing unit. 72. Ingredient status information management unit 72 updates the column of the near-eating information of the ingredient in the consumer house management table, for example, “cannot eat” (step S217).

  In the foodstuff state information management unit 72, when the previous determination result is now eaten deliciously (step S218: Yes), it is determined that the current determination has become unsatisfactory (step S219), and the determination result on whether or not it has become unsatisfactory is updated. (Step S220). The food material state information management unit 72 may use the warning column of the consumer house management table as a result of whether or not the problem has occurred, or may add the result to the eating information column. On the other hand, in the food material state information management unit 72, if the previous determination result is not eaten deliciously (step S218: No), it is determined that the state has already been determined to be poor from the previous time, and the process is performed without determination / update. Is finished (step S221).

  In addition, in the foodstuff state information management part 72, you may change the filling method of the eating-out information of a consumer house management table | surface according to a foodstuff. “Please dispose of” may be displayed.

  In the refrigerator 8, the timing at which the food state measurement unit 83 determines whether the food can be eaten deliciously or whether the food has become bad can be, for example, when the door of the refrigerator compartment 8 is opened or closed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the determination may be made periodically, such as once every 3 hours, or at the timing requested by the consumer.

  Returning to FIG. 3, in the HGW 7, the food material state information management unit 72 updates the food material information in the consumer home management table based on the information from the food material state measurement unit 83 (step S <b> 119). From the network 11, together with the identification number of the refrigerator 8, information on the consumer house management table updated by the food material state information management unit 72, specifically, food (variety) purchased at the food dealer 1 The information about the time of eating including the date and time information and the information on the expiration date are transferred to the server 4 of the grocery store 1 (step S120). The timing at which the information is transferred from the HGW 7 to the server 4 may be synchronized with the timing at which it is determined whether the food is deliciously eaten in the refrigerator 8 or whether the food is bad. At the requested timing, information on the consumer house management table held by the food material state information management unit 72 of the HGW 7 may be transferred at that time.

  In the grocery store 1, when the server 4 receives the information of the consumer home management table from the HGW 7 of the consumer home 6 by the network communication unit 42, the refrigerator food state information management unit 41 displays the date and time in the grocery store management table. The information about the time of eating including the information and the expiration date information are registered (step S121). Thereby, in the foodstuff store 1, using the foodstuff store management table of the refrigerator foodstuff state information management unit 41 of the server 4, the foodstuff store 1 uses the state information of the food received from the refrigerator 8 of each consumer house. Information on whether or not the purchased food can be eaten deliciously, whether or not the food is bad, and information on the date and time at that time can be accumulated. In addition, the refrigerator food state information management unit 41 receives information from the consumer home 6 side each time the door of the refrigerator compartment 8 of the consumer home 6 opens or closes or periodically receives information from each consumer 6 home. The record of the change of the state of the foodstuff in the refrigerator 8 can be accumulated.

  Then, using the accumulated past information on whether or not the food is deliciously eaten in each consumer house 6 and whether or not the food is bad, the refrigerator food state information management unit 41 uses When the consumer next purchases the same kind of food based on the characteristics of the refrigerator 8 to be used, when the deadline information of the food is generated for each consumer and the food is stored in the refrigerator 8 of the consumer house 6 In addition, information such as the time of eating and the expiration date of consumption can be provided as the deadline information of ingredients. The refrigerator ingredients state information management unit 41 generates the eating time when the ingredients can be deliciously eaten based on the information on whether the ingredients are deliciously eaten out of the state information of the ingredients obtained from the refrigerator 8, and whether or not Based on the information, it is possible to generate a period during which the food can be eaten (expiration date).

  For example, when a consumer who already uses the food dealer 1 purchases the same kind of food as the food purchased previously, the food dealer 1 executes the processing from steps S101 to S108 shown in FIG. When the refrigerator ingredients state information management unit 41 transfers the information of the ingredients purchased by the consumer to the consumer home 6 corresponding to the identification number of the refrigerator 8 via the network communication unit 42 in step S109, the ingredients Information on when to eat, expiration date, etc. can be transferred.

  In the consumer house 6, when the processing from Steps S <b> 110 to S <b> 116 shown in FIG. 3 is executed, the food material information information management unit 72 of the HGW 7 has purchased the food material purchased at the food material store 1 when the food material in the refrigerator 8 can be specified. Information about the expiration date of the ingredients such as the time to eat and the expiration date of the food is transferred to the refrigerator 8. And in the refrigerator 8, the display part 9 displays the information regarding the time limit of foodstuffs, such as the time to eat the foodstuff purchased at the foodstuff store 1, and the expiration date. Thereby, the consumer can recognize information such as the timing of eating the food purchased at the food sales store 1 by confirming the contents of the display unit 9.

  In this embodiment, the food material state information management unit 72 of the HGW 7 manages information about the food in the refrigerator 8 in the consumer house 6 according to the consumer house management table. You may manage the information regarding the foodstuff in a warehouse by a person's house management table. In addition, although the HGW 7 and the refrigerator 8 are configured separately in the consumer home 6, the present invention is not limited to this, but the function of the HGW 7 is incorporated in the refrigerator 8, and the refrigerator 8 alone is a food sales store via the network 11. 1 may be able to send and receive information.

  Further, the consumer's house 6 obtains the time to eat the food purchased at the food dealer 1 and the expiration date based on the measurement result of the food condition measuring unit 83, and transfers the obtained information to the food dealer 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. From the consumer's home 6, only the measurement result of the food material state measurement unit 83 is transferred to the food product store 1, and the refrigerator food material state information management unit 41 of the server 4 of the food product store 1 performs the measurement result of the food material state measurement unit 83. Therefore, when the refrigerator 8 of the consumer's house 6 is used, the time to eat the food, the expiration date, etc. may be obtained.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the server 4 of the food dealer 1 transfers the information on the food purchased by the consumer to the consumer home 6, and the consumer home 6 uses the refrigerator 8 to provide the food. Measures the state of the food, such as whether it is now delicious, and transfers the state information of the food from the HGW 7 to the food dealer 1. The server 4 of the food store 1 manages the food status information for each consumer home 6 based on the food status information from each consumer home 6 and then the consumer purchases the same kind of food. In addition, it is possible to generate and provide time limit information such as when to eat when the food is stored in the refrigerator 8 of the consumer's home 6. Thereby, when a consumer purchases the same kind of food as the food purchased in the past, the food purchased at the food dealer 1 is stored in the refrigerator 8 by receiving provision of time limit information such as the time of eating from the server 4. Then, when the ingredients can be specified in the refrigerator 8, it is possible to confirm the timing of eating the ingredients based on the information displayed on the refrigerator 8.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, the consumer can confirm the time limit information such as the time to eat the purchased food after storing it in the refrigerator 8 of the consumer house 6. In the present embodiment, a method will be described in which the consumer can check time limit information such as the timing of eating the food at the food sales shop 1 before purchasing the food.

  For example, it is assumed that the consumer plans to purchase melon at the food store 1. In the refrigerator ingredient state information management unit 41 of the server 4 of the ingredient store 1, when the consumer has stored the melon in the refrigerator 8 of the consumer house 6 according to the ingredient store management table, the melon is shipped when. It manages information on when and when it is time to eat. In the foodstuff store 1, each foodstuff department is provided with the information provision part 5, and each consumer makes the refrigerator information acquisition part 51 of the information provision part 5 read the card (point card etc.) which registered the identification number of the refrigerator 8. . The information providing unit 5 refers to the food store management table of the refrigerator food state information management unit 41, reads the information from when the consumer has purchased melon until the time when it is about to eat, Information about the time of eating is displayed on the display unit 52. Thereby, when a consumer purchases melon, when it preserve | saves in the refrigerator of the consumer house 6, he can obtain the information that it will be time to eat after five days.

  In addition, it is not necessary to provide the information providing unit 5 at each food department. For example, by adding a function of reading a bar code or the like of the food, each consumer registers a card (points) in which the identification number of the refrigerator 8 is registered. The information providing unit 5 can identify the food and the consumer by reading the bar code of the food together with the card and the like, and the same processing as described above is possible.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the consumer purchases the foodstuff at the foodstuff sales shop 1, when the same kind of food is purchased at the foodstuff sales shop 1 in the past, the information providing unit 5 provides the consumer with time limit information such as when to eat when the food is purchased and stored in the refrigerator 8 of the consumer house 6. Thereby, the consumer can purchase the food after confirming the time of eating, and can eat the food in a delicious state when he wants to eat.

  In the present embodiment, the information providing unit 5 of the grocery store 1 provides the consumer with time limit information such as when to eat the food, but it is also possible to use the consumer's portable terminal 10 or the like. It is. For example, the consumer obtains an application (application) provided by the food store 1 in advance by downloading or the like to the mobile terminal 10 used by the consumer. At that time, information such as identification information of the consumer and the refrigerator 8 is provided to the grocery store 1. The consumer reads the bar code etc. of the ingredients while the application is activated, so that the mobile terminal 10 accesses the ingredient sales store 1 via the network 11 and is managed by the refrigerator ingredients state information management unit 41 of the server 4. By acquiring the time limit information such as the timing of eating when the refrigerator 8 of the consumer's house 6 is used from the management table of the selling ingredients store, it is possible to confirm the timing of eating before purchasing the ingredients.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In addition to the display unit 9 of the refrigerator 8, the list display of the consumer home management table managed by the food material state information management unit 72 such as information on the ingredients purchased by the consumer at the food store 1 etc. You may display on the terminal 10 or PC etc. of the consumer house 6 which is not illustrated.

  In the portable terminal 10, PC, or the like, an application that allows browsing of the consumer house management table managed by the food material state information management unit 72 in a list form as shown in FIG. 5 is downloaded in advance. When the consumer is in the consumer home 6, the consumer home management table information managed by the food material state information management unit 72 is acquired from the HGW 7 using the mobile terminal 10, PC, etc. If the user is outside 6, the mobile terminal 10 is used to obtain information on the consumer house management table managed by the food material state information management unit 72 via the network 11 and the HGW 7.

  At this time, the information of the consumer house management table displayed on the portable terminal 10 or the like from the food state information management unit 72 may be the last update data stored at that time, or updated after the display request from the portable terminal 10 or the like It is good also as the data.

  In addition, in portable terminal 10 grade | etc., You may notify a consumer not only by displaying about the eating time information of the foodstuff in the refrigerator 8 but with a voice | voice etc.

  In addition, in the portable terminal 10 or the like, when displaying the eating time information, the measurement value measured by the food material state measuring unit 83 may be displayed.

  In this way, the consumer can check the stock status of the ingredients in the refrigerator 8 of the consumer house 6 using the mobile terminal 10 or the like. When the consumer purchases the food, the consumer can avoid the situation where he / she buys the extra food or forgets to buy the necessary food by checking the stock status of the food.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In Embodiment 2, the food dealer 1 can manage information on foods purchased in the past for each consumer and provide time limit information such as when to eat. It depends on the consumer's preference, such as height and hardness. For example, there may be differences even during the eating season, such as melon, where it is better to be firm and crunchy, and to be softer and softer. In the present embodiment, the difference in the eating time is fed back to the eating time determined by the refrigerator 8 by the consumer.

  In the refrigerator 8, the food state measuring unit 83 determines when the food is eaten, but it is just right, still early, a little late, etc. Are evaluated and fed back to the refrigerator 8 or the HGW 7. As a feedback method, the consumer performs an evaluation such as just right, still early, a little late, etc. with respect to the determined eating time to the food material state measuring unit 83, and next time the same food is stored in the refrigerator 8. When it is done, let them learn to change the judgment of when to eat. Or a consumer changes the value of the threshold value (A value, B value) for determining the state of the above-mentioned foodstuff used in the foodstuff state measurement part 83. FIG. When the feedback from the consumer is received, the HGW 7 transfers the varieties of ingredients for which the judgment of the eating time is changed and the data after the judgment change of the eating time are changed to the server 4 of the food dealer 1 To manage.

  In the grocery store 1, when the consumer purchases the same kind of food based on the changed data, for example, if the food is melon, a consumer who prefers a hard and crunchy melon will have 3 days later. Consumers who prefer to eat a soft melon with a lot of water can be offered the best time to eat as 4 days later.

  Thereby, the consumer can further obtain information on eating around suitable for his / her preference.

  As described above, the food material information management system according to the present invention is useful for food stock management, and is particularly suitable when the food material has no description of the expiration date.

  1 grocery store, 2 cash register (cash register), 3 POS device, 4 server, 5 information provider, 6 consumer home, 7 home gateway (HGW), 8 refrigerator, 9 display unit, 10 mobile terminal, 11 network, 21 refrigerator information acquisition unit, 22 food material information acquisition unit, 31 refrigerator food material information acquisition unit, 32 food material stock information update unit, 41 refrigerator food material state information management unit, 42 network communication unit, 51 refrigerator information acquisition unit, 52 display unit, 71 Network communication unit, 72 food material state information management unit, 81 food material type identification unit, 82 purchased food material discrimination unit, 83 food material state measurement unit.

Claims (13)

The server in the food material information management system comprising a food store server and a refrigerator at a consumer house,
Refrigerator food state information management means for managing consumer's purchased food information, refrigerator identification information used by the consumer, and transmitting the purchased food information to the corresponding consumer's refrigerator based on the refrigerator identification information;
With
The refrigerator food state information management means receives the food state information based on the result of measuring the state of the food purchased by the consumer from the refrigerator, and uses the refrigerator for each refrigerator based on the food state information. Managing the state of the ingredients at the time, and when the consumer next purchases the same kind of ingredients, the deadline information of the purchased ingredients is generated based on the ingredients state information,
A server characterized by that. The refrigerator food material state information management means transmits the time limit information of the purchased food to the refrigerator that provides the consumer.
The server according to claim 1. Information providing means that is installed at a food department and provides time limit information of the purchased food to the consumer based on the refrigerator identification information;
The server according to claim 1, further comprising: Information providing means for providing the consumer with deadline information of the purchased food based on the identification information of the food purchased by the consumer and the refrigerator identification information;
The server according to claim 1, further comprising: The refrigerator ingredients state information management means generates the eating time when the ingredients are deliciously eaten as the deadline information of the purchased ingredients based on the information on whether or not the ingredients concerning the ingredients state information can be eaten deliciously,
The server according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The refrigerator food state information management means generates a period during which the food can be eaten as the deadline information of the purchased food, based on information on whether or not the food according to the food state information has become unsatisfactory.
The server according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The refrigerator in the food information management system comprising a server of a food dealer and a refrigerator at a consumer house,
When the server manages consumer purchase ingredients information, refrigerator identification information used by the consumer, and transmits the purchase ingredient information to the corresponding consumer refrigerator based on the refrigerator identification information,
Obtaining the purchased ingredient information from the server, and managing the ingredient state information managing means for managing the ingredients in the cabinet;
Ingredient variety identification means for identifying the variety of ingredients in the warehouse,
Based on the purchased ingredient information, purchased ingredient discriminating means for discriminating whether the ingredient specified in the type is purchased at the ingredient dealer,
A food state measuring means for measuring the state of the food in the cabinet and determining the state of the food;
With
When the consumer purchases the same kind of food next time, the food status information management means generates the time limit information of the purchased food based on the food status information that is the determination result of the food status measurement means. To transmit the food state information,
A refrigerator characterized by that. The food material state information management means provides the consumer with time limit information on the purchased food received from the server.
The refrigerator according to claim 7. The food material state information management means displays the time limit information of the purchased food material on a display unit provided in the refrigerator.
The refrigerator according to claim 8. The food material state information management means displays the time limit information of the purchased food material on a mobile terminal included in the consumer.
The refrigerator according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that. The food material state measurement means can vary the determination of the state of the food material based on the measurement result with respect to the measurement result of the food material state in the refrigerator, based on the determination criterion set by the consumer.
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein: The refrigerator is composed of a refrigerator main body and a communication device with the server.
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 7 to 11, characterized in that: A food information management system comprising a food dealer server and a consumer refrigerator.
The server
Refrigerator food state information management means for managing consumer's purchased food information, refrigerator identification information used by the consumer, and transmitting the purchased food information to the corresponding consumer's refrigerator based on the refrigerator identification information;
With
The refrigerator is
Obtaining the purchased ingredient information from the server, and managing the ingredient state information managing means for managing the ingredients in the cabinet;
Ingredient variety identification means for identifying the variety of ingredients in the warehouse,
Based on the purchased ingredient information, purchased ingredient discriminating means for discriminating whether the ingredient specified in the type is purchased at the ingredient dealer,
A food state measuring means for measuring the state of the food in the cabinet and determining the state of the food;
With
The food state information management means transmits the food state information which is the determination result of the food state measurement means to the food store,
The refrigerator ingredients state information management means manages the state of ingredients when the refrigerator is used for each refrigerator based on the ingredients state information, and when the consumer purchases the same kind of ingredients next time, Generate deadline information for purchased ingredients based on ingredients status information,
A food information management system characterized by that.

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