JP2019215650A - Cooking information system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a system capable of creating a recipe more easily than conventional systems or a system capable of using a recipe more efficiently than conventional systems.SOLUTION: A cooking information system 1 is provided which comprises: a terminal 300, and a server 100 which causes a plurality of users to share a cooking recipe, acquires sensing data or skills of the users, adjusts the cooking recipe on the basis of the sensing data or the skills of the users so as to present the cooking recipe via the terminal 300.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for creating a recipe using a cooking appliance or a technique for using a recipe.

  The environment surrounding meals in recent years has changed significantly. In the past, full-time housewives shut down a large percentage and some people specialized in housework at home. However, in the present age, the style of women's social advancement and dual-income work has changed, and the percentage of housewives is decreasing year by year. Along with this phenomenon, cooking (in-house meals) at home has decreased, and ready-made meals such as side dishes have increased. Due to a decrease in domestic meals, the tastes of homes and locals will not be transmitted to future generations, and there is concern that the diet in Japan will decline.

  On the other hand, the development of the Internet society and SNS (Social Networking Service) has made it easier for individuals to publish and browse information. There are many recipe sites, and there are more than thousands of recipes for "meat and potatoes" alone, and the recipe viewers have to work just to find the desired recipe.

  In addition, recent studies have shown that food preferences vary widely and vary depending on the physiological and physical conditions at that time. If two or more people are present and share cooking, eating, or eating time, they need to match either preference. At this time, if the tastes do not match, the taste of the cook and the taste of the food and drink may not match, such as "the taste is not the taste of the mother, and the taste of the food and drink".

  Therefore, for example, JP-A-2006-134039 (Patent Document 1) discloses an information presentation device, an electronic device, a terminal device, an information presentation system, a control method of the information presentation device, and a control program. According to Patent Literature 1, the agent server includes a recipe transmission unit that acquires device-related information on a microwave oven, and a bulletin board management unit that presents the device-related information so that each member of the group can view the device-related information via an information sharing service. And

  Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2007-128305 (Patent Document 2) discloses a cooking assistance device. According to Patent Document 2, the skill information of the cook, the type and number of cookware are input, and in addition to the stored recipe information, a work schedule, a work procedure, and an image or a video of the work procedure according to the skill of the cook. , The cooking end time is displayed on the display unit.

  Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-141234 (Patent Document 3) discloses a computer-readable recording medium on which a cooking support device, a cooking support method, a cooking support program, and a cooking support program are recorded. According to Patent Literature 3, the cooking support device is a work module in which a cooking work is divided into work units, and a work module including at least cooking order, work type, work subject, and time data is stored in advance for each dish. For the work module database, the cooking information obtaining means for obtaining a plurality of cooking types, and all the working modules corresponding to the obtained plurality of cooking types, the work is mainly performed by a cooking device and the work type is the same. An assignment means is provided for creating a work schedule by assigning the modules to be cookable in parallel.

JP-A-2006-134039 JP 2007-128305 A JP 2003-141234 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a system that can create a recipe more easily than before or a system that can use a recipe more efficiently than before.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, a terminal and a plurality of users share a cooking recipe, acquire sensing data or user skill, and adjust a cooking recipe based on the sensing data or user skill, A cooking information system comprising: a server for proposing the cooking recipe via the terminal.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a system that can create a recipe more easily than before or a system that can use a recipe more efficiently than before.

It is an image figure showing the whole cooking information system composition concerning a 1st embodiment. FIG. 2 is an image diagram illustrating a configuration of a server according to the first embodiment. It is an image figure showing composition of various electric appliances concerning a 1st embodiment. It is an image figure showing the whole sensing data composition of the cooking information system concerning a 1st embodiment. It is an image figure showing the whole flow of the cooking information system concerning a 1st embodiment. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of a system according to a first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating contents of a system according to the first exemplary embodiment. It is an image figure showing the whole flow of the cooking information system concerning a 2nd embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the outline | summary of the system concerning 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the content of the system concerning a 2nd embodiment. FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an overall flow of a system according to a third embodiment. It is a figure showing the outline of the system concerning a 4th embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating contents of a system according to a fourth embodiment. It is a figure showing the content of the system concerning a 5th embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating contents of a system according to a sixth embodiment. It is a figure showing the meat and potato recipe used in the above-mentioned embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.
<First Embodiment>
<Overall configuration of cooking information system 1>

  First, the overall configuration of the cooking information system according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the cooking information system 1 includes, as main devices, a server 100 for providing a cooking information service, and various electric devices that exchange data with the server 100 via a router 200 or the Internet. Including. Electric appliances are not limited to air conditioners 300A, microwave ovens 300B, smartphones 300C, wearable terminals 300D, refrigerators 300E, etc., but also home appliances such as self-propelled vacuum cleaners, rice cookers, washing machines, televisions, hard disk recorders, and music. Audio-visual (AV) devices such as players and projectors, solar power generators, intercoms, household equipment such as water heaters, speakers, robots, and the like may be used. In the following, these are also collectively referred to as electric devices 300.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the server 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 110, a memory 120, an operation unit 140, a communication interface 160, and the like as main components.

  The CPU 110 controls each unit of the server 100 by executing a program stored in the memory 120. For example, the CPU 110 executes a program stored in the memory 120 and executes various processes described later by referring to various data.

  The memory 120 is realized by various RAMs (Random Access Memory), various ROMs (Read-Only Memory), and the like, and may be included in the server 100 or detachable from various interfaces of the server 100. Or a recording medium of another device accessible from the server 100. The memory 120 includes a program executed by the CPU 110, data generated by execution of the program by the CPU 110, input data, user attribute information such as a user's age, gender, cooking skill and experience, and a cooking recipe for each user. , Data of general cooking recipes that are published, data of cooking recipes customized for each user based on those cooking recipes, data indicating the correspondence between the user and the electric device 300, and other implementations The database used for the cooking information service according to the embodiment is stored.

  The operation unit 140 receives a command from a service manager or the like, and inputs the command to the CPU 110.

  Communication interface 160 transmits data from CPU 110 to another device such as electric device 300 via the Internet, a carrier network, a router, or the like. Conversely, the communication interface 160 receives data from another device via the Internet, a carrier network, a router, or the like, and transfers the data to the CPU 110.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the electric device 300 includes, as main components, a CPU 310, a memory 320, a display 330, an operation unit 340, a communication interface 360, a speaker 370, a microphone 380, and a device driving unit. 390 and various sensors 399.

  The CPU 310 controls each unit of the electric device 300 by executing a program stored in the memory 320 or an external storage medium.

  The memory 320 is realized by various RAMs, various ROMs, and the like. The memory 320 stores a cooking program or another program executed by the CPU 310, data generated by execution of the program by the CPU 310, data received from the server 100, data input via the operation unit 340, and the like.

  The display 330 outputs characters, images, and the like based on a signal from the CPU 310. The operation unit 340 is realized by a button, a touch panel, or the like, receives a command from a user, and inputs the command to the CPU 310. Note that the touch panel 350 may include the display 330 and the operation unit 340.

  The communication interface 360 is realized by a communication module such as a wireless LAN communication or a wired LAN. The communication interface 360 exchanges data with another device by wire communication or wireless communication. That is, the CPU 310 receives various information from another device such as the server 100 or another electric device 300 via the communication interface 360, or transmits various information to another device. Note that the electric device 300 may perform communication using a post-installed communication adapter.

  Speaker 370 outputs sound based on a signal from CPU 310. Microphone 380 creates an audio signal from the audio and inputs it to CPU 310.

  The device driving unit 390 controls each unit (a motor, a heating coil, a light, and the like) of the electric device based on a signal from the CPU 310. For example, in the case of air conditioner 300A, various units for realizing air conditioning are included as device drive unit 390. In the case of the microwave oven 300B, various units for performing heating and cooking are included as the device driving unit 390.

  The various sensors 399 are realized by a temperature sensor, a vibration sensor, a proximity sensor, an image sensor, and the like, and a suitable sensor is mounted for each role of the electric device 300.

With this configuration, as shown in FIG. 4, the cooking information system 1 according to the present embodiment includes cooking-related devices such as a refrigerator 300E and a microwave oven 300B, and air conditioners 300A, a smartphone 300C, a robot, and the like. Various sensing data, operation information, and the like are uploaded from a communication terminal or the like to the server 100 group as a complex of the cloud and the AI via the Internet, a carrier network, a router, or the like. That is, the cooking information system 1 according to the present embodiment can aggregate and refer to data not only from cooking-related devices, but also from other devices that are not related to direct cooking, such as an air conditioner.
<Operation overview of cooking information system>

  Next, an outline of the operation of the cooking information system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When the user cooks, the CPU 110 of the server 100 proposes a recipe (personalized recipe) suitable for the user via a cooking-related device such as the microwave oven 300B. This recipe obtains information by connecting not only to information on cooking-related devices but also to communication terminals such as the smartphone 300C and other devices. After the user cooks using the personalized recipe, the evaluation of the recipe can be transmitted to the cooking-related device, the communication terminal, and other devices through speech or questionnaire. This information is fed back to the cooking information system 1 and used for the next and subsequent recipe proposals. These pieces of information are processed by the AI of the server 100 or the like.

  Specific information processing will be described with reference to FIG. First, there are two users. They view or hold recipes that are publicly available or that are passed on at home. The CPU 110 of the server 100 first checks the difference between these recipes. Thereafter, the CPU 110 creates a personalized recipe optimal for the two users using the cooking theory, general examples, balance of taste, etc., the skill of the cooker, and sensing data obtained from the user's electric device 300, and the communication interface A personalized recipe is proposed via a cooking-related device or communication terminal via 160. After that, the actually cooked recipe is fed back to the cooking-related equipment by the cooking information system 1.

  The flow of selecting and determining a recipe will be described with reference to FIG. First, the CPU 110 of the server 100 checks a difference between recipes for each user. The CPU 110 divides the recipe into, for example, four types in terms of skill and available cooking time. Among the types, the most appropriate recipe for the two users is selected from the viewpoint of the balance between the cooking theory, general examples, taste, and the like (balance is emphasized). At the same time, using the sensing data, a nutritionally, physiologically, and psychologically optimal recipe for the two users is selected (emphasis on the sensing data). CPU 110 balances these two decisions. For example, when the determination of emphasis on balance and the emphasis on sensing data are the same, the recipe is selected and the recipe is determined. On the other hand, when the determination of emphasis on balance and the determination of emphasis on sensing data are different, CPU 110 selects the determination based on sensing data. However, the weight can be changed by the user. In addition, patterns increase as the number of users increases.

  This will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. There are two men here (70 kg in their thirties, no exercise, no preference for eating, and light dietary preference) and two women (50 kg in their thirties, no exercise, no preference for diet), and two lunch breaks on holidays. I plan to make a minute. First, the CPU 110 of the server 100 checks the difference between the recipes. In the selection of the skill and the available cooking time, both of them have high cooking skills and have ample time, so the a-type recipe is selected. The a-type recipe includes A1 and A2 recipes. In the selection of emphasis on balance, A1 with the effect of dashi was selected, and in the selection of emphasis on sensing data, A2 was selected because the amount of exercise was small and a lighter flavor was preferred. In the determination, the selection of the sensing data priority is determined, and the recipe of A2 is determined.

  As described above, with the cooking information system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to propose a recipe required by two users, and to obtain a nutritionally and psychologically satisfying meal. .

  This will be described in more detail below. In a normal cooking information system, recipes can be shared, but individual arrangements (recipe changes) cannot be shared. Therefore, personalized recipes cannot be passed on to future generations, and the culture may decline. Also, when a group of people with different food cultures is formed due to marriage, group life, etc., it is inefficient to prepare a large number of seasonings. For the faction, it is a dish that is not delicious and never a good meal.

  In addition to not only matching the specifications of the cookware you have, you can also indicate the work schedule and work procedure according to the skill of the cook, but the time to eat rice is the cooking end time, so it is slow depending on the skill It becomes a meal of time. In addition, when two or more cooks perform a cooking operation, it is difficult to allocate work steps.

  In addition, it is possible to cook a plurality of dishes at an ordinary household and have a finished meal at an appropriate timing, but basically, a plurality of persons perform one work, which is inefficient. Further, whether the work subject is a person is a criterion, and a high-efficiency method is not taken when there are a plurality of persons. In addition, cooking is required by a plurality of people to promote food education and communication with children.

  In the cooking information system 1 according to the present embodiment, a recipe can be selected more easily than in the past, and the recipe can be created more easily than in the past, or the recipe can be used more efficiently than in the past. For example, the taste and texture of "delicious" differ depending on each person and the timing, but by accurately grasping the situation of the subject based on the sensing data, it is easy for the subject to provide a "delicious" meal. Become. In addition, it is also possible to change the recipe posted on the Internet as desired.

In addition, a healthy life rhythm can be provided by making a recipe proposal in a form that is calculated backward from the time at which one wants to eat rice (cooking end time) according to the skill. The same recipe can be shared by a plurality of persons, and it is possible to help a person with a high skill to teach a person with a low cooking skill such as a child.
<Second Embodiment>

  Next, a description will be given of a process when the processes related to the two recipes are different. Referring to FIG. 8, the flow up to the confirmation of the difference in the recipe and the setting of the skill / cookable time are the same as the above-described processing. In the present embodiment, a selection method that emphasizes balance is different.

  Specifically, referring to FIG. 9, first, CPU 110 of server 100 according to the present embodiment determines whether or not the types of main components used are the same. Next, the CPU 110 determines whether or not the seasonings of the two recipes are similar based on the amount of the seasoning and the like. In the present embodiment, CPU 110 further classifies the recipe into four based on these two determinations (similarity). When the degree of similarity is 0, the CPU 110 proposes a recipe emphasizing the sensing data as in the first embodiment. In the case of the similarities 1 and 2, the CPU 110 selects the optimal ingredient or seasoning from the sensing data, and the seasoning or the ingredient has the optimal value of both recipes and fuses the recipes. In the case of the similarity 3, the similarity is very high, so that the CPU 110 combines the balance selection recipe and the sensing data selection recipe. Ultimately, CPU 110 makes a fine adjustment from the sensing data to determine a recipe.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, a lunch on a holiday for a male A1 in a 30s 70 kg male (with 2 hours of running) and a female B1 in a 30s 50 kg female (no exercise, stiff shoulders) is proposed. Both of them have high cooking skills and have enough cooking time. Therefore, in setting the skill / cookable time, the a-type recipe is selected. From the viewpoint of balance, check the main ingredients and seasonings of A1 and B1. The main ingredient of A1 is beef, and the main ingredient of B1 is pork. And the seasoning is almost similar in the concentration of the seasoning liquid. From the above, the CPU 110 determines that the similarity 1 is selected. Next, based on the fact that running has been performed for 2 hours from the sensing data and that stiff shoulders are of concern, the CPU 110 determines that two people need vitamin B1. As described above, the CPU 110 uses pork with a large amount of vitamin B1 as the main ingredient and proposes a recipe in which the recipes are combined based on the average value of the two recipes, that is, the B1 recipe as the priority recipe.
<Third Embodiment>

  Similarly, the server 100 can also create a personalized recipe that the user likes based on the user's recipe and the recipe published on the Internet or the like.

  Referring to FIG. 11, CPU 110 of server 100 first obtains the user's skill and the current cookable time of the user, and publishes the user's recipe and the same dish name as the user's recipe on the Internet. Determine the similarity with the recipe. After that, the CPU 110 combines the two recipes while performing fine adjustment based on the sensing data of the user. By combining the recipes, the published recipes can be changed to the recipes of your choice, and it is possible to eat meals that match your daily physical condition and prevent the recipes from becoming rut.

Further, for example, in the case of a meal at a place where two or more people gather, such as a party venue, the CPU 110 of the server 100 acquires each recipe and selects a recipe type according to the level of the venue staff and equipment. Then, it is also possible to confirm the degree of similarity and adjust the sensing data of the participants together. In this way, by combining recipes with a large number of people, anyone can feel "delicious" and can provide a nutritionally satisfactory meal.
<Fourth embodiment>

  Next, a cooking information system 1 having a function of sharing the contents of cooking work in addition to the function of the cooking information system 1 according to the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The cooking information system 1 according to the present embodiment allows a plurality of cooks to share the contents of a cooking operation by using the recipe selection / fusion unit of the above embodiment. The content of the sharing work is mainly sorted according to the skill of each user.

  In the following embodiment, description will be given using a meat and potato recipe shown in FIG.

  FIG. 12 shows a scene in which a guardian who usually cooks and a middle-aged elementary school child who has little cooking experience make meat and potatoes. In the setting of the skill / cookable time, since the learning of the child is the main, the cooking skill is low, but since the cooking time has a margin, the CPU 110 of the server 100 selects the c type. Next, the CPU 110 selects the recipe of C from the viewpoint of balance and sensing data. This time, the child will do simple tasks for the first time cooking, but the rest will learn by watching the dishes of parents and others. The work process starts with taking out ingredients from a refrigerator or the like and ending with serving meat and potatoes on tableware. First, the guardian tells the child to gather the necessary ingredients. In the meantime, parents will check the videos and materials for cooking instruction. When cutting food, tell the children how to use the kitchen knife and tell them how to cut it. In the boil-down process, let the child take care of the boiling water. In the stir-fry process, the first meat stir-fry is performed by the guardian, and the child checks the explanatory videos and materials, also serving as a break. After that, children will add vegetables and seasonings. The last serving is for parents and children. The specific contents of the above steps may be verbally conveyed by a parent or may be transmitted from a communication terminal, a liquid crystal screen / speaker of a cooking-related device, or the like.

By this work sharing, suddenly difficult cooking can be performed happily by parents and children.
<Fifth embodiment>

FIG. 14 shows a scene in which a junior high school child who is a beginner of cooking, who has more things to do with a parent who usually cooks, makes meat and potatoes. This time, in order to improve the cooking technique, the CPU 110 of the server 100 selects a recipe requiring a high skill based on the age and skill of the child. For example, the CPU 110 selects an a-type recipe. Next, from the viewpoint of balance and sensing data, the CPU 110 selects the recipe of A2. The flow of the sharing work is the same as that of the fourth embodiment, but the number of working steps is increased this time. With this task sharing, even children who are concerned about leaving it alone can safely perform it.
<Sixth Embodiment>

  FIG. 15 shows a scene in which a guardian who usually cooks and a junior high school child who is accustomed to cooking cook meat and potatoes. In this case, in order to further improve the cooking technique, the CPU 110 selects a recipe that requires a higher skill. However, since there is not enough time for cooking, the CPU 110 selects the b-type recipe. Next, from the viewpoint of balance and sensing data, the CPU 110 selects the recipe of A1. In this work, we mainly let children do it. Let the children cut the food, and as soon as they are done, parents can boil the water and shorten the time. Parents can make one side dish next to the child, as most of the steps are performed by the child. From the above work allotment, children can be learned and cooking time can be reduced.

In the above-described fourth to sixth embodiments, the sharing of cooking operations for the purpose of learning of children has been described. However, those with almost the same skills and newcomers come to the kitchen of a restaurant. It can also be applied to scenes where it has occurred.
<Seventh embodiment>

Some or all of the roles of each device of the cooking information system 1 of the above embodiment may be executed by another device. For example, another device plays a part or all of the roles of the cooking device such as the server 100 and the microwave oven 300B and the communication terminal such as the smartphone 300C, or a part of the role of each of the devices or All may be shared by a plurality of devices. Specifically, even if a cooking device such as the microwave oven 300B or a communication terminal such as the smartphone 300C plays a part of the role of the server 100, or the role of the server 100 is distributed to a plurality of servers on the cloud, Good.
<Summary>

  In the above embodiment, the terminal 300 and a plurality of users share a cooking recipe, acquire sensing data or user skill, and adjust a cooking recipe based on the sensing data or user skill. And a server 100 for suggesting the cooking recipe via the terminal 300.

  Preferably, when there are a plurality of drinkers who can share the cooking recipe, the server 100 is personalized to the drinker by combining the plurality of cooking recipes based on at least one of the balance, the sensing data, and the questionnaire. A recipe is created, and the recipe is output via the terminal 300.

  Preferably, when there are a plurality of cookers who can share the cooking recipe, the server 100 shares the cooking operation according to the skill of the cooker based on at least one of the questionnaire and the sensing data, sets a cooking schedule, The cooking schedule is output via the terminal 300.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

1: Cooking information system 100: Server 110: CPU
120: memory 140: operation unit 160: communication interface 200: router 300: electric device 300A: air conditioner 300B: microwave oven 300C: smartphone 300D: wearable terminal 300E: refrigerator 310: CPU
320: memory 330: display 340: operation unit 350: touch panel 360: communication interface 370: speaker 380: microphone 390: device driving unit 399: sensor

Claims (3)

Terminal,
A plurality of users share a cooking recipe, acquire sensing data or user skill, adjust a cooking recipe based on the sensing data or user skill, and propose the cooking recipe via the terminal. Cooking information system comprising: a server for cooking.   The server, when there are a plurality of eaters who can share the cooking recipe, creates a personalized recipe for the eaters by combining a plurality of cooking recipes based on at least one of the balance and sensing data and a questionnaire. The cooking information system according to claim 1, wherein the recipe is output via the terminal.   The server, when there are a plurality of cookers that can share the cooking recipe, share the cooking work according to the skill of the cooker based on at least one of the questionnaire and the sensing data, set a cooking schedule, via the terminal 3. The cooking information system according to claim 1, wherein the cooking schedule is output using a cooking schedule.