JP2022180745A - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device which acquires information regarding at least one of a nutrient and an allergy substance contained in cuisine in which a part of foodstuffs is changed.SOLUTION: An information processing device 1 comprises: a cuisine information storage unit 11 which stores cuisine information including ingredient information having at least one of nutrient information regarding the amount of nutrients corresponding to cuisine constituted of a plurality of foodstuffs and allergy information regarding presence/absence of an allergy substance for every piece of cuisine; an acceptance unit 15 which accepts a change instruction showing change of the foodstuffs at least including deletion of foodstuffs constituting the cuisine corresponding to the cuisine information; an acquisition unit 16 which acquires custom cuisine information including ingredient information corresponding to custom cuisine which is the one in which the foodstuffs are changed according to the change instruction by using the cuisine information corresponding to the cuisine before change; and an output unit 17 which outputs the custom cuisine information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and the like for acquiring component information corresponding to a dish in which ingredients are changed.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with increasing awareness of health, information on nutrients and allergens contained in food is becoming more and more publicized on websites and the like. Therefore, for example, it is possible to easily obtain information such as nutrients and allergens for dishes eaten at a restaurant or purchased at a store.

In addition, in order to respond to the diversification of people's tastes, it has become possible to change the ingredients for cooking. For example, milk can be replaced with soy milk for coffee drinks, or hamburger buns can be replaced with low-sugar buns.

There is also known a system that can change ingredients and portions in reference recipe information for cooking according to requests from users (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-139694 A

As described above, information on nutrients and allergens can be easily obtained for a given dish. In addition, if the ingredients and their amounts that make up a given dish are known, it is possible to obtain information on nutrients and allergens for dishes with changed ingredients. Businesses and restaurants may not want to disclose the ingredients and their amounts that make up a given dish. This is because there is a risk that know-how such as secret ingredients will leak out.

Therefore, when some ingredients contained in a given dish are changed, especially when changes are made including deletion of ingredients, information on at least one of nutrients and allergens contained in the changed dish can be easily obtained. I had a problem that I couldn't.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. To provide an information processing device or the like capable of acquiring information on at least one of nutrients and allergens contained in a dish after the change, even if the food has not been changed.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention provides component information including at least one of nutrient information relating to the amount of nutrients and allergy information relating to the presence or absence of allergens corresponding to a dish composed of a plurality of ingredients. a cooking information storage unit that stores cooking information including for each dish; a receiving unit that receives a change instruction indicating a change in the ingredients including at least deletion of the ingredients constituting the dish corresponding to the cooking information; an acquisition unit that acquires custom dish information including ingredient information corresponding to the custom dish, which is a dish with changed ingredients, using dish information corresponding to the dish before the change, an output unit that outputs the custom dish information; is provided.
With such a configuration, it is possible to acquire and output component information corresponding to a custom dish after making changes including deletion of ingredients that make up the dish. Therefore, the user can easily know information about at least one of nutrients and allergens related to the custom dish.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the difference information storage unit stores a plurality of pieces of difference information including differences in component information corresponding to predetermined changes in ingredients, including at least deletion of ingredients that make up a dish. and the obtaining unit may obtain the custom cooking information using the difference information corresponding to the change when the receiving unit receives a change instruction specifying the predetermined change.
With such a configuration, for example, it is possible to obtain, with high accuracy, component information corresponding to a custom dish that has been changed from the default preset by the store.

In addition, the information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention further includes a food information storage unit that stores a plurality of food information including component information corresponding to the food, and the acquisition unit stores a change target food that is to be changed by the reception unit. When the instruction is accepted, the custom dish information may be acquired using the ingredients information corresponding to the ingredients indicated by the change instruction.
With such a configuration, for example, even if the content of the change corresponds to a dish for which difference information is not set, it is possible to acquire the ingredient information corresponding to the custom dish that has been changed according to the content of the change. become.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the reception unit also receives a user identifier that identifies the user who inputs the change instruction, and the user identifier that identifies the user and the compatibility that indicates the compatibility of the user's ingredients. and a user information storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of user information including information, and the acquisition unit uses the suitability information corresponding to the accepted user identifier to determine whether the custom dish is suitable for the user. The determination result may also be acquired, and the output unit may also output the match determination result.
With such a configuration, it becomes possible to easily know whether or not the changed custom dish suits the user. For example, it becomes possible to easily know whether or not a custom meal contains an allergen that the user should not consume.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the reception unit also receives a user identifier that identifies the user who inputs the change instruction, and the user identifier that identifies the user and the compatibility that indicates the compatibility of the user's ingredients. a user information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of user information including information, and a selection unit that selects difference information that matches the user identified by the user identifier using compatibility information corresponding to the received user identifier. , the output unit also outputs information indicating a change corresponding to the difference information selected by the selection unit, and the reception unit receives a change instruction specifying any of the changes output by the output unit may
With such a configuration, custom dishes can be adapted to the user. For example, by not selecting difference information corresponding to a change that includes an allergen that the user should not ingest in the dish, the custom dish does not contain the allergen that the user should not ingest. be able to.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, the storage unit stores change information indicating changes according to received change instructions; a specifying unit that specifies the change information to be indicated, and the output unit may also output the change information specified by the specifying unit.
Such an arrangement makes it possible to know about trends in changes made to dishes. As a result, for example, if more users are making the same changes to the dishes, it is possible to provide the custom dishes with the changes as new dishes. In addition, when developing new dishes, the identified change information can be referred to.

Further, in the information processing device according to one aspect of the present invention, the component information may include at least nutrient information.
With such a configuration, it becomes possible to learn about nutrient information corresponding to the custom dish.

Further, in the information processing method according to one aspect of the present invention, cooking information including component information having at least one of nutrient information regarding the amount of nutrients and allergy information regarding the presence or absence of allergens corresponding to a dish composed of a plurality of ingredients is provided. a step of receiving a change instruction indicating a change in ingredients including at least deletion of ingredients constituting a dish corresponding to dish information stored in a dish information storage unit stored for each dish; and changing the ingredients in accordance with the change instruction. a step of acquiring custom dish information including ingredient information corresponding to the custom dish that is the prepared dish using the dish information corresponding to the dish before change; and a step of outputting the custom dish information. be.

According to an information processing apparatus or the like according to an aspect of the present invention, when some ingredients included in a dish are changed, information on at least one of nutrients and allergens included in the changed dish is obtained. be able to.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the information processing apparatus according to the same embodiment; A diagram showing an example of cooking information in the same embodiment The figure which shows an example of the foodstuff information in the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of difference information in the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of user information in the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of accumulated change information in the same embodiment FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the same embodiment; Schematic diagram showing an example of the appearance of a computer system according to the same embodiment A diagram showing an example of a configuration of a computer system according to the same embodiment.

Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus and an information processing method according to the present invention will be described using embodiments. In the following embodiments, constituent elements and steps with the same reference numerals are the same or correspond to each other, and repetitive description may be omitted. The information processing apparatus and information processing method according to the present embodiment acquire component information including at least one of nutrient information and allergy information corresponding to a custom dish in which ingredients are changed according to a change instruction.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment. The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a cooking information storage unit 11, an ingredient information storage unit 12, a difference information storage unit 13, a user information storage unit 14, a reception unit 15, an acquisition unit 16, an output It includes a unit 17 , an accumulation unit 18 , a change information storage unit 19 and an identification unit 20 . In this embodiment, a case where the information processing apparatus 1 is a server in a server/client system will be mainly described. Therefore, the information processing device 1 may receive information from the information processing terminal 2 or transmit information to the information processing terminal 2 via the wired or wireless communication line 500 . The communication line 500 may be, for example, the Internet, an intranet, a public telephone line network, or the like. Also, the information processing terminal 2 may be, for example, a smart phone or a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or other information processing terminal.

In the cooking information storage unit 11, cooking information including ingredient information corresponding to a dish composed of a plurality of ingredients is stored for each dish. The dish information may be information including, for example, a dish identifier that identifies the dish and component information of the dish. In this embodiment, this case will be mainly described.

A dish may be of any kind as long as it is composed of a plurality of ingredients. The dishes may be, for example, fast food foods such as hamburgers and sandwiches, bento lunches and side dishes, dishes provided in restaurants and cafeterias, coffee chains, and the like. It may be a drink, or it may be another dish composed of a plurality of ingredients.

Component information is information having at least one of nutrient information and allergy information. The component information may be, for example, nutrient information, allergy information, or may include both nutrient information and allergy information. Note that the component information may include at least nutrient information. In the present embodiment, a case where component information includes both nutrient information and allergy information will be mainly described.

Nutrient information is information about the amount of nutrients. Nutrient information may include, for example, the amount of heat and the amount of each nutrient. Nutrients may be, for example, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and may include one or more of salt equivalents, minerals, vitamins, cholesterol, dietary fiber, and the like. In the field of food, it is common for nutrients to contain energy, so in the following explanation, the quantity of nutrients may also be considered to contain energy. In the present embodiment, a case where calorie is included in nutrient information will be mainly described. With this nutrient information, it is possible to know the calorie content of the dish and the amount of each nutrient contained in the dish.

Allergy information is information about the presence or absence of allergens. The allergy information may be, for example, information indicating the presence or absence of an allergen, or information indicating the amount of the allergen. This is because even in the latter case, it is possible to know the presence or absence of allergens. In this embodiment, the former case will be mainly described. Allergens are substances that cause food allergies, and in the present embodiment, seven items of eggs, milk, wheat, shrimp, crab, peanuts, and buckwheat will be mainly described. It may be 27 items including, etc., or other number of items. With this allergy information, you can know whether the food contains each allergen.

The food information storage unit 12 stores a plurality of food information. Food information is information including ingredient information corresponding to food. The food information may be information including, for example, a food identifier for identifying the food and component information of the food. In this embodiment, this case will be mainly described. Ingredients may be anything as long as it constitutes a dish. It may be a processed food such as a sauce, or a side dish such as a croquette or boiled beans.

Ingredient information included in the ingredient information is the same information as above, and a description thereof will be omitted. The ingredient information included in the ingredients information and the ingredient information included in the cooking information are preferably of the same type. For example, if nutrient information is included in the component information included in the ingredient information, it is preferable that the component information included in the cooking information also include the nutrient information. It is assumed that the same applies when component information is included in other information.

In addition, when nutrient information is included in the component information included in the ingredient information, the nutrient information is information indicating the amount of nutrients per unit amount of the ingredient (for example, information indicating the amount per 100 grams). or information indicating the amount per piece). As the nutrient information about ingredients, for example, nutrient information of general foods shown by the Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan (8th revision) may be used.

If allergy information is included in the component information included in food information, the allergy information may be information indicating the amount of allergens per unit amount of the food, indicating the presence or absence of allergens in the food. It may be the information shown.

The difference information storage unit 13 stores a plurality of pieces of difference information. The difference information is information including differences in component information corresponding to predetermined changes in the ingredients that make up the dish. That is, when a certain ingredient is changed for a certain dish, the difference information indicates the difference between the ingredient information of the dish before the change and the ingredient information of the dish after the change. A change of ingredients is a change of ingredients including at least deletion of ingredients that constitute a dish. Deletion of ingredients may be, for example, eliminating all of a certain ingredient or eliminating a part of a certain ingredient. In the latter case, the amount of certain ingredients will be reduced. The change of ingredients may be, for example, reducing the amount of a certain ingredient, eliminating a certain ingredient altogether, or replacing a certain ingredient with another ingredient. It may be to reduce the amount and add another ingredient. The difference information is information including, for example, a dish identifier that identifies the dish to be changed, the content of the change made to the ingredients that make up the dish, and the difference in the component information when the change is made to the dish. There may be. In this embodiment, this case will be mainly described. The difference information is usually provided by companies, restaurants, etc. that set predetermined changes.

The user information storage unit 14 stores a plurality of pieces of user information. The user information is information that includes a user identifier that identifies the user and compatibility information that indicates the compatibility of the ingredients for the user. The suitability information may be anything that indicates the suitability associated with an ingredient, for example, it may include information that indicates the suitability for the user's nutritional information, the user's Information indicating suitability for allergy information may be included, and information indicating suitability for changes in the user's nutritional information may be included. Suitability information may include, for example, intake restriction information, and may include preference information. The intake restriction information is, for example, information indicating a user's intake restriction regarding ingredient information. Information indicating intake restrictions may include, for example, information indicating allergens that should not be ingested (prohibited allergens), and information indicating nutrients that should not be ingested in large amounts (for example, calories, carbohydrates, proteins, etc.). may include The preference information is, for example, information indicating the user's preference regarding differences in component information. The preference information may be, for example, a low-calorie preference indicating that a reduction in calorie is preferable, a low-carbohydrate preference indicating that a reduction in carbohydrates is preferable, or the like.

The process by which information is stored in the cooking information storage unit 11, food ingredient information storage unit 12, difference information storage unit 13, and user information storage unit 14 does not matter. For example, information may be stored in each storage unit via a recording medium, information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in each storage unit, or Information input via an input device may be stored in each storage unit.

The cooking information storage unit 11, the ingredients information storage unit 12, the difference information storage unit 13, and the user information storage unit 14 are preferably realized by non-volatile recording media. good too. The recording medium may be, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like.

The reception unit 15 receives a change instruction indicating a change in ingredients including at least deletion of ingredients that constitute the dish corresponding to the dish information. This change instruction is input by the user. The input may be performed in the information processing device 1, for example, or may be performed in another device (eg, the information processing terminal 2, etc.). The accepting unit 15 may also accept a user identifier that identifies the user who inputs the change instruction. The user identifier, for example, may be received together with the change instruction, or may be received at a different timing than the change instruction. Even in the latter case, it is preferable that the correspondence relationship between the received user identifier and the change instruction is known. The post-change dish can be specified by the dish to be changed and the changed ingredients for the dish. Therefore, the change instruction may be information including, for example, a dish identifier that identifies the dish to be changed and the details of the change of the dish. Note that the dish identifier and the change content may be accepted together, or may be accepted at different times, for example. In the latter case, it may be determined that the change instruction has been accepted by, for example, first accepting the dish identifier and then accepting the change details regarding the ingredients that make up the dish identified by the dish identifier. Even if the cooking identifier and the change content included in the change instruction are received at different timings, it is preferable that the correspondence relationship between the two is known.

The content of the change may be, for example, information indicating the ingredients to be changed. For example, the change instruction instructing deletion of the ingredient A may include change content indicating the ingredient A to be deleted. Further, for example, the change instruction to change the food A to the food B may include change contents indicating the food A to be deleted and the food B to be added. In addition, the contents of this change may also include the amount of ingredients to be deleted and the amount of ingredients to be added. The amount of this food material may be indicated, for example, by weight (eg, 20 g, etc.) or number (eg, 1 piece, 2 pieces, etc.). In this way, the change content includes, for example, a food identifier that identifies the food to be deleted, and if necessary, the amount of the food to be deleted, the food identifier that identifies the food to be added, and the food to be added. and the amount of ingredients.

A change instruction may be, for example, information specifying a predetermined change. For example, the change instruction may be information indicating a set selected by the user from a plurality of sets of dish identifiers and change details respectively corresponding to a plurality of pieces of difference information stored in the difference information storage unit 13 . In this case, the change instruction may be, for example, a dish identifier that identifies the dish to be changed and information indicating the content of the change to be made to the dish. It may be information to In this case, for example, the output unit 17 may output a plurality of sets of dish identifiers and predetermined changes. Then, the accepting unit 15 may accept a change instruction specifying one of the changes output by the output unit 17, that is, a change instruction specifying the output set. The dish identifier and change content output by the output unit 17 may correspond to, for example, a plurality of pieces of difference information stored in the difference information storage unit 13 . In this case, acceptance of the change instruction may be to select one set from a plurality of sets of the output dish identifier and change content. The dish identifier and change content corresponding to the difference information may be, for example, the dish identifier and change content included in the difference information.

Note that the reception unit 15 may receive information other than the above. Further, the reception unit 15 may receive information input from an input device (for example, a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, etc.), or may receive information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line. good. In this embodiment, as described above, the latter case will be mainly described. In addition, the reception unit 15 may or may not include a device for reception (for example, a communication device, etc.). Further, the receiving unit 15 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver for driving a predetermined device.

The acquiring unit 16 obtains custom dish information including component information corresponding to the custom dish, which is a dish in which the ingredients are changed according to the change instruction accepted by the accepting unit 15, using the dish information corresponding to the dish before the change. to get. In addition, the dish before the change is sometimes called the base dish. The acquisition unit 16, for example, uses the cooking identifier included in the change instruction or the cooking identifier specified by the change instruction and the cooking information stored in the cooking information storage unit 11 to prepare the base dish. Ingredient information can be specified. This component information is the component information before the change of ingredients.

In addition, the acquisition unit 16 uses the received change instruction to identify the difference in the component information according to the change of ingredients. For example, the difference information storage unit 13 stores a plurality of pieces of difference information including differences in component information corresponding to predetermined changes, and the reception unit 15 receives a change instruction specifying a predetermined change. In this case, the acquisition unit 16 may specify the difference in the component information corresponding to the change specified by the received change instruction. Further, for example, when the reception unit 15 receives a change instruction including change details indicating the ingredients to be changed, etc., the acquisition unit 16 uses the ingredients information corresponding to the ingredients indicated by the received change details. may be used to specify the difference in the component information corresponding to the content of the change in ingredients. Specifically, the acquisition unit 16 uses a food identifier that identifies the food to be deleted included in the change instruction, the amount of the food to be deleted, and the ingredient information of the food identified by the food identifier, Ingredient information to be subtracted from the ingredient information of the dish to be changed may be specified. Note that if the change instruction does not include the amount of the ingredient to be deleted, the standard amount of the ingredient may be used as the amount of the ingredient to be deleted. The standard amount may be stored for each ingredient in the ingredient information storage unit 12, for example. In addition, the acquisition unit 16 uses the ingredient identifier for identifying the ingredient to be added included in the change instruction, the amount of the ingredient to be added, and the component information of the ingredient identified by the ingredient identifier to determine the ingredient to be changed. Ingredient information to be added to the ingredient information of the dish may be specified. If the change instruction does not include the amount of the ingredient to be added, the standard amount of the ingredient may be used as the amount of the ingredient to be added. In this way, the acquisition unit 16 may specify the difference in the component information corresponding to the change of the ingredients by using the component information to be subtracted and the component information to be added.

After specifying the difference in the ingredient information corresponding to the changed ingredients, the acquisition unit 16 uses the ingredient information of the dish to be changed and the difference in the ingredient information to specify the ingredient information of the custom dish. This ingredient information specification may be performed, for example, by adding the ingredient information of the base dish and the difference between the ingredient information for each piece of information included in the ingredient information (for example, nutrients, allergens, etc.). In this manner, the acquisition unit 16 can acquire custom dish information including component information of the custom dish. Note that the custom dish information may include a dish identifier that identifies the dish before the change. In addition, the custom dish information may also include the content of changes made to the ingredients of the dish before the change.

Note that even if the ingredient information of the base dish includes the allergen X and the difference in the ingredient information includes the same allergen X as the subtraction target, the acquiring unit 16 normally obtains the As component information, component information including allergen X is acquired. This is because it is not possible to know whether the allergen X has been completely removed from the base dish only from such information. On the other hand, when it is known that the allergen X is contained only in the ingredients A in the base dish, and a change is made to delete all of the ingredients A, the acquisition unit 16 acquires the allergen X as the ingredient information of the custom dish. Component information that does not contain the substance X may be acquired.

Using the suitability information corresponding to the received user identifier, the acquisition unit 16 obtains a suitability determination result indicating whether the custom dish is suitable for the user identified by the user identifier received by the reception unit 15. get. Whether or not the custom dish is suitable for the user means whether or not the custom dish is suitable for compatibility information corresponding to the user identifier of the user. A match determination result indicating that the user is not matched can be considered as a warning to the user.

For example, if the compatibility information includes intake restriction information indicating a prohibited allergen, the acquisition unit 16 determines whether the change has been made in accordance with the change instruction corresponding to the user identifier received by the reception unit 15. If the ingredient information of the custom dish contains prohibited allergens indicated by the intake restriction information included in the compatibility information corresponding to the user identifier, a conformance determination result will be obtained that the custom dish does not conform to the compatibility information. may Note that the conformity determination result may include the reason for nonconformity, that is, the fact that the custom dish contains a prohibited allergen.

Further, for example, when the fitness information includes intake restriction information indicating nutrients that should not be taken in large quantities, the acquisition unit 16 receives the change instruction corresponding to the user identifier received by the reception unit 15. Based on the ingredient information of the custom dish that has been changed accordingly and the ingredient information of the base dish, the number of nutrients that should not be taken in large quantities indicated by the intake restriction information included in the compatibility information corresponding to the user identifier has increased. When this is indicated, a matching determination result indicating that the custom dish does not match the compatibility information may be obtained. This conformity determination result may be obtained using, for example, the difference in component information. Note that the conformity determination result may include the reason for nonconformity, that is, the increase in nutrients that should not be taken in large quantities in the custom dish.

Further, for example, when the suitability information includes preference information indicating “low-calorie preference”, the acquisition unit 16 responds to the change instruction corresponding to the user identifier received by the reception unit 15. If the component information of the modified custom dish and the component information of the base dish indicate that the calorific value has increased, even if the custom dish does not conform to the compatibility information good. This conformity determination result may be obtained using, for example, the difference in component information. Note that the conformity determination result may include the reason for nonconformity, that is, the increase in the amount of heat. For example, even if the suitability information includes preference information indicating "low-sugar preference", the amount of sugar contained in the component information can be used to similarly obtain the suitability determination result. can be done.

Note that if the compatibility information includes a plurality of determination targets (for example, intake restriction information indicating prohibited allergens, and preference information indicating whether or not the user has a low-calorie preference), the acquisition unit 16 For example, a compatibility determination result may be obtained for each determination target included in the compatibility information, or a compatibility determination result indicating whether or not all determination targets included in the compatibility information are compatible may be obtained. In the latter case, for example, if the custom dish matches the intake restriction information but does not match the preference information indicating "low calorie preference", it is determined that the custom dish does not suit the user. Results will be obtained.

Also, the acquisition unit 16 may acquire information other than the above. For example, when a dish identifier is received from a user, the acquisition unit 16 may acquire change content corresponding to the dish identifier using difference information. The acquired change content may be output by the output unit 17 .

The output unit 17 outputs the custom cooking information acquired by the acquisition unit 16 . The output unit 17 also outputs the matching determination result acquired by the acquisition unit 16 . The custom dish information and match determination results may or may not be output together. The output unit 17 also outputs change information specified by the specifying unit 20, which will be described later. These outputs are typically directed to the user.

Further, the output unit 17 may output information indicating changes corresponding to the difference information stored in the difference information storage unit 13 to the user. The information indicating the change corresponding to the difference information may be, for example, information including the dish identifier and change content corresponding to the difference information. When the information indicating the change is output in this way, the user selects the information indicating the desired change from the output information, and inputs the change instruction specifying the information indicating the selected change. good too. When the information indicating the change is output in this way, for example, the output unit 17 first outputs a plurality of food identifiers, and changes the content corresponding to the food identifier selected by the user from the plurality of food identifiers. may be output. In this way, the output of the information indicating the change may be performed by outputting the information a plurality of times. On the other hand, if the information indicating such a change is not output, for example, information indicating a change corresponding to the difference information stored in the difference information storage unit 13 is stored in advance in the information processing terminal 2 or the like. A change indication may be received that identifies information indicative of selected changes therefrom. In addition, when the cooking identifier and the change content are output, and the cooking identifier and the change content are information that the user cannot understand (for example, a sequence of multiple numbers), the cooking identifier is used by the user. may be converted into an understandable dish name or the like and output. Further, when the change content is output, for example, the change content indicating that a certain ingredient is reduced by 30% may be output as the change content indicating that the ingredient is reduced.

Note that the output unit 17 may output information other than the above. Here, the output from the output unit 17 may be, for example, display on a display device (for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display), transmission to a predetermined device via a communication line, or printing by a printer. , audio output from a speaker, storage in a recording medium, or delivery to other components. In this embodiment, as described above, the case where the output unit 17 transmits an output target will be mainly described. Also, the output unit 17 may or may not include a device for output (for example, a display device, a communication device, etc.). Also, the output unit 17 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver for driving those devices.

The accumulation unit 18 accumulates in the change information storage unit 19 change information indicating changes according to the change instruction received by the reception unit 15 . If the received change instruction includes a dish identifier and change details, change information including the dish identifier and change details included in the change instruction may be accumulated in the change information storage unit 19 . When the received change instruction specifies a predetermined change, change information indicating the change specified by the change instruction may be accumulated in the change information storage unit 19 . For example, the change information storage unit 19 may store change information including a dish identifier and change details included in the difference information corresponding to the change specified by the change instruction.

The change information storage unit 19 stores the change information accumulated by the accumulation unit 18 . The change information storage unit 19 is preferably implemented by a non-volatile recording medium, but may be implemented by a volatile recording medium. The recording medium may be, for example, a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk.

The identifying unit 20 identifies change information indicating changes made more frequently from the change information accumulated in the change information storage unit 19 by the accumulation unit 18 . Change information indicating changes that have been made more often is change information that indicates changes that have been made more often than other change information. The specifying unit 20 may first perform unique processing on a plurality of pieces of change information stored in the change information storage unit 19 and count the number of pieces of change information after the unique processing. Then, for example, among change information indicating changes according to change instructions received by the receiving unit 15, change information having a large number or a large proportion may be specified. Further, for example, among the change information indicating the change according to the change instruction received by the receiving unit 15, even if the change information having a high ratio of the number of the base dish and the custom dish corresponding to the change information to the total number of sales is specified. good. Further, for example, among the change information indicating the change according to the change instruction received by the receiving unit 15, the change information having a high percentage of the total number of custom dishes sold corresponding to the change information may be specified. Here, the total number of sales of custom dishes corresponding to certain change information may be the total number of sales of all custom dishes in which some changes have been made to the base dishes corresponding to the change information. That is, the custom dishes may also include custom dishes that have been changed with respect to the base dish with information different from the change information. When the total number of base dishes and custom dishes sold is used to specify the change information, the total number of base dishes and custom dishes sold is received in advance by the reception unit 15 and stored in any one of the storage units of the information processing device 1. may have been Further, the number or ratio being large may mean, for example, that the number or ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold, or that the number or ratio is within the top N ranks. N is a predetermined integer of 1 or more. In this way, the identifying unit 20 can identify change information indicating changes that are made more often. A result of identification by the identification unit 20 is output by the output unit 17 . This output destination may be, for example, an administrator of the information processing apparatus 1 or the like. Also, using this identification result, for example, a company or a restaurant may provide a custom dish that has been changed as indicated by the identified change information as a default dish to be sold. In addition, the identification result may be used to develop new dishes or the like.

Any two or more storage units among the cooking information storage unit 11, ingredients information storage unit 12, difference information storage unit 13, user information storage unit 14, and change information storage unit 19 are realized by the same recording medium. Alternatively, they may be implemented by separate recording media. In the former case, for example, the area storing cooking information may be the cooking information storage unit 11 and the area storing food information may be the food information storage unit 12 .

Next, the operation of the information processing device 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S101) The receiving unit 15 determines whether or not a change instruction or user identifier has been received. Then, if a change instruction or the like is received, the process proceeds to step S102, and if not, the process proceeds to step S108.

(Step S<b>102 ) The accumulation unit 18 accumulates in the change information storage unit 19 change information indicating changes according to the received change instruction.

(Step S103) The acquisition unit 16 determines whether or not the received change instruction specifies a predetermined change. If the received change instruction specifies a predetermined change, the process proceeds to step S104; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S105.

(Step S104) The acquisition unit 16 reads, from the difference information storage unit 13, the difference information corresponding to the predetermined change specified by the change instruction received by the reception unit 15, and uses the read difference information to perform custom processing. Get cooking information.

(Step S105) The acquisition unit 16 reads from the food information storage unit 12 the food information corresponding to the food indicated by the change content included in the change instruction received by the reception unit 15, and uses the read food information to customize the food. Get cooking information.

(Step S106) The acquisition unit 16 reads the compatibility information corresponding to the user identifier accepted by the acceptance unit 15 from the user information storage unit 14, and uses the read compatibility information to obtain the acquired custom cooking information. Get a conformance judgment result that indicates whether the

(Step S107) The output unit 17 outputs the custom dish information and the suitability determination result. Then, the process returns to step S101.

(Step S108) The identifying unit 20 determines whether or not to identify change information indicating changes made more frequently. If the identification is to be performed, the process proceeds to step S109, and if not, the process returns to step S101. Note that the identifying unit 20 may periodically determine to identify change information indicating changes that have been made more frequently. For example, the identifying unit 20 may determine once a week or once a month when performing the identification.

(Step S109) The specifying unit 20 uses the change information stored in the change information storage unit 19 to specify change information indicating changes made more frequently.

(Step S110) The output unit 17 outputs change information indicating the change specified in step S109 that has been made more frequently. It should be noted that if the change information is not specified in step S109, the change information need not be output. Then, the process returns to step S101.

Note that in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the change instruction and the user identifier may be received at different timings. Further, when the change instruction includes the cooking identifier and the change content, both may be received at different timings. Also, the order of processing in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is an example, and the order of each step may be changed as long as the same result can be obtained. In addition, in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the processing ends when the power is turned off or an interrupt for processing end occurs.

Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment will be described using a specific example.
In this specific example, it is assumed that a plurality of pieces of cooking information shown in FIG. 3 are stored in the cooking information storage unit 11 . The food information in FIG. 3 includes a food identifier for identifying the food and component information of the food. The ingredient information includes nutrient information and allergy information. In this specific example, the nutrient information is assumed to be information indicating the amount of heat (kcal). The allergy information is information indicating the presence or absence of allergens "egg", "milk", "wheat", "shrimp", "crab", "peanut", and "soba". In addition, when an allergen is included in the food, what it is included in is shown in parentheses. The dish information in FIG. 3 corresponds to, for example, the dish identified by the dish identifier "ABC latte" (hereinafter this dish may be called "ABC latte"; the same applies to other dishes). The ingredient information indicates that the calorie of the dish "ABC latte" is 250 (kcal) and that the allergen "milk" is contained in the milk.

Also, in this specific example, it is assumed that the food material information storage unit 12 stores a plurality of food material information items shown in FIG. The food information in FIG. 4 includes a food identifier for identifying the food and ingredient information of the food. The ingredient information includes nutrient information and allergy information. It is assumed that the nutrient information is information indicating the amount of heat (kcal) per unit amount. The unit amount is, for example, 1 for countable items such as croquettes, and 100 g for uncountable items such as white rice and boiled beans. In the ingredient information of FIG. 4, for example, a component corresponding to the ingredient identified by the ingredient identifier "white rice" (hereinafter, this ingredient may be referred to as "white rice"; the same applies to other ingredients). The information indicates that the food material "white rice" has a calorific value of 150 (kcal) per 100 g and does not contain allergens.

Further, in this specific example, it is assumed that a plurality of pieces of difference information shown in FIG. 5 are stored in the difference information storage unit 13 . The difference information in FIG. 5 includes a dish identifier that identifies the dish to be changed, the content of the change to be made to the dish, and the difference in component information corresponding to the dish and the content of the change. Differences in ingredient information include differences in nutrient information and differences in allergy information. Note that the difference in nutrient information is information indicating an increase or decrease in calorie, which is nutrient information, when ingredients are changed in accordance with the corresponding change content for the dish identified by the corresponding dish identifier. If the difference in nutrient information is a positive value, it indicates that the heat quantity increases due to the change in food ingredients. will be shown to decrease. Also, the difference in allergy information is information indicating addition or deletion of allergens when ingredients are changed according to the corresponding change. Allergens to be added shall be indicated by "+" and allergens to be deleted shall be indicated by "-". In the difference information of FIG. 5, for example, if the ingredients for the dish "ABC latte" are changed according to the change "milk is changed to low-fat milk", the amount of heat is only 25 (kcal). decreased, indicating no change in allergens. Further, for example, when the ingredients for the dish "ABC latte" are changed according to the change content "change milk to soy milk", the calorie is reduced by 30 (kcal), and the allergen "milk ” disappears.

In this specific example, it is assumed that the user information storage unit 14 stores a plurality of pieces of user information shown in FIG. The user information in FIG. 6 includes a user identifier that identifies a user and compatibility information for that user. The compatibility information includes prohibited allergens, which are intake restriction information, and low-calorie preferences, which are preference information indicating user preferences. Prohibited allergens indicate allergens that the user should not ingest. In low-calorie preferences, a flag "1" is set for users who prefer low-calorie foods, such as those who are on a diet, and a flag "0" is set for users who do not. ing. In the user information of FIG. 6, for example, the matching corresponding to the user identified by the user identifier "U001" (hereinafter this user may be referred to as "U001"; the same applies to other users). The gender information indicates the prohibited allergen "milk" and the low-calorie preference "0". Therefore, it is indicated that user U001 cannot consume dishes containing the allergen "milk" and does not have a low-calorie preference.

In this specific example, first, it is assumed that the user U001 operates the information processing terminal 2 to log in to the information processing device 1, which is a server for acquiring custom cooking information. Then, the reception unit 15 receives the user identifier “U001” and the password of the user U001. Then, in the information processing apparatus 1, authentication processing is performed using the received user identifier or the like. Assume that the user U001 is determined to be valid in the authentication. Then, the output unit 17 transmits the list of dishes to the information processing terminal 2 of the user U001. This list of dishes may be, for example, a list of dish identifiers stored in the dish information storage unit 19 . The transmitted list of dishes is received and displayed at the information processing terminal 2 of the user U001.

After that, when the user U001 selects the dish “ABC latte” from the list of dishes displayed on the information processing terminal 2, the reception unit 15 accepts information specifying the dish identifier “ABC latte”. The acquisition unit 16 also determines whether or not the difference information storage unit 13 stores the change content corresponding to the dish identifier “ABC latte”. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of changes corresponding to the dish identifier “ABC latte” are stored. . Then, the output unit 17 transmits the plurality of changed contents to the information processing terminal 2 of the user U001. The plurality of transmitted changes are received and displayed at the information processing terminal 2 of the user U001. Then, assume that the user U001 selects the change content "change milk to soy milk" from among the plurality of change contents displayed. Then, the receiving unit 15 receives information specifying the content of the change. In this way, the receiving unit 15 receives the change instruction specifying the dish identifier "ABC latte" and the change content "change milk to soy milk" (step S101). Note that the reception unit 15 passes the user identifier and the change content received from the user to the acquisition unit 16 . In this manner, the user identifier, the cooking identifier, and the change instruction including the change content are delivered to the acquisition unit 16 . The receiving unit 15 also passes the change instruction to the storage unit 18 .

Upon receiving the change instruction, the accumulation unit 18 accumulates change information including the dish identifier "ABC latte" specified by the change instruction and change content "change milk to soy milk" in the change information storage unit 19 ( step S102).

Also, upon receiving a change instruction or the like, the acquisition unit 16 determines whether or not the change specified by the change instruction is a predetermined change (step S103). In this case, since the change content "change milk to soy milk" is selected from the plurality of change contents output by the output unit 17, the acquisition unit 16 determines that the change specified by the change instruction is the change specified in advance. It is determined that it is a change, and the difference in the component information corresponding to the dish identifier “ABC latte” specified by the change instruction and the change content “change milk to soy milk” is read from the difference information storage unit 13 . Then, the acquisition unit 16 reads the ingredient information corresponding to the dish identifier “ABC latte” from the dish information storage unit 11, and determines the difference between the ingredient information of the dish “ABC latte” and the ingredient information corresponding to the specified change. is used to acquire custom dish information including component information of the custom dish (step S104). Specifically, the acquiring unit 16 obtains the difference between the nutrient information “250 (kcal)” and the allergy information “milk (milk)” included in the ingredient information of the dish “ABC latte” and the ingredient information corresponding to the content of the change. Using the included nutrient information difference "-30 (kcal)" and the allergy information difference "-milk (milk)", add the nutrient information and the difference of the nutrient information, and calculate the difference between the allergy information and the allergy information. Add As a result, the nutrient information “220 (kcal)” and the allergy information “(none)” included in the component information of the custom dish are acquired and passed to the output unit 17 . Therefore, the custom dish information includes nutrient information "220 (kcal)" and allergy information indicating that no allergens are included. Note that the custom dish information may include a dish identifier “ABC latte” for identifying the base dish, and change details “milk to soy milk” made to the base dish.

Further, the acquisition unit 16 reads compatibility information corresponding to the user identifier “U001” accepted by the acceptance unit 15 from the user information storage unit 14 . In this case, compatibility information including prohibited allergen "milk" and low calorie preference "0" will be read. Then, the acquiring unit 16 determines whether the custom dish matches the suitability information of the user U001 by using the ingredient information of the dish "ABC latte" before the change and the ingredient information of the custom dish. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the prohibited allergen "milk" is included in the allergy information of the ingredient information included in the custom dish information. In this case, since the prohibited allergen "milk" is not included in the allergy information of the ingredient information included in the custom dish information, the prohibited allergen is compatible. In addition, since the low-calorie preference is "0" indicating that there is no such preference, the acquisition unit 16 does not make determination regarding the low-calorie preference. As a result, the acquisition unit 16 acquires the conformity determination result indicating that the custom dish conforms to the user's conformity information, and passes it to the output unit 17 (step S106).

Upon receiving the custom dish information and the suitability determination result, the output unit 17 transmits the information to the information processing terminal 2 of the user U001 (step S107). The transmitted custom cooking information and suitability determination result are received by the information processing terminal 2 of the user U001 and displayed. As a result, the user U001 finds that the nutrient information "220 (kcal)" included in the component information of the custom dish, allergy information indicating that no allergens are included, and that the custom dish matches the user's compatibility information. You can know the meaning.

Next, it is assumed that the user U002 operates the information processing terminal 2 to log in to the information processing apparatus 1, which is a server for acquiring custom cooking information. Then, the reception unit 15 receives the user identifier “U002” and the password of the user U002. Then, in the information processing apparatus 1, authentication processing is performed using the received user identifier or the like. Assume that the user U002 is determined to be valid in the authentication. Then, the output unit 17 transmits the list of dishes to the information processing terminal 2 of the user U002. A list of dishes is then displayed on the information processing terminal 2 of the user U002.

After that, when the user U002 selects the dish “AAA lunch” in the list of dishes displayed on the information processing terminal 2, the reception unit 15 accepts information specifying the dish identifier “AAA lunch”. Further, the acquisition unit 16 determines whether or not the difference information storage unit 13 stores the changed content corresponding to the received food identifier “AAA lunch box”. In this case, it is assumed that the contents of the change have not been stored. Then, the information that there is no predetermined change is passed from the acquisition unit 16 to the output unit 17, and is transmitted from the output unit 17 to the information processing terminal 2 of the user U002. Then, information processing terminal 2 displays that there is no predetermined change.

In this case, since there is no predetermined change, the user U002 inputs a change instruction indicating the content of change to be made to the dish "AAA bento." Here, it is assumed that the ingredient identifier “white rice” for identifying the ingredient to be deleted and its amount “50 (g)” are input, and change contents including them are transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 . In this way, the change instruction including the cooking identifier "AAA bento" and the content of change is received by the receiving unit 15 (step S101). Note that the receiving unit 15 passes the user identifier and the change details received from the user to the acquisition unit 16 , and passes the change instruction including the dish identifier and the change details to the storage unit 18 .

Upon receiving the change instruction, the accumulation unit 18 accumulates change information including the cooking identifier "AAA bento" specified by the change instruction and the content of the change in the change information storage unit 19 (step S102).

Also, upon receiving a change instruction or the like, the acquisition unit 16 determines whether or not the change specified by the change instruction is a predetermined change (step S103). In this case, the change content is not output by the output unit 17, so the acquisition unit 16 determines that the change content specified by the change instruction is not a predetermined change. Then, using the ingredient identifier “white rice” for identifying the ingredient to be deleted included in the change instruction and the amount “50 (g)”, the difference in the ingredient information is acquired. Specifically, the ingredient information corresponding to the ingredient identifier “white rice” is read from the ingredient information storage unit 12 . Then, using the amount of heat "150 (kcal)" per unit amount (100 (g)) and the deleted amount "50 (g)" included in the nutrient information of the read ingredient information, the nutrient information Obtain the difference "-75 (kcal)". Since the ingredient "white rice" does not contain any allergens, the difference related to allergy information is not acquired.

After that, the acquiring unit 16 reads the ingredient information corresponding to the dish identifier "AAA lunch" from the dish information storage unit 11, and uses the ingredient information of the dish "AAA lunch" and the difference of the acquired ingredient information, Custom dish information including component information of the custom dish is acquired (step S105). In this case, the nutrient information “445 (kcal)” and the allergy information “egg, milk, wheat” included in the component information of the custom dish are acquired, and the custom dish information including them is passed to the output unit 17 .

In addition, the acquisition unit 16 reads compatibility information corresponding to the user identifier “U002” received by the reception unit 15 from the user information storage unit 14 . In this case, compatibility information including prohibited allergens "(none)" and low calorie preference "1" will be read. Then, the acquiring unit 16 determines whether or not the custom dish matches the suitability information of the user U001, using the ingredient information of the dish "AAA bento" before the change and the ingredient information of the custom dish. Specifically, since there are no prohibited allergens, no allergen decisions will be made. In addition, since the low-calorie preference is "1", the acquisition unit 16 determines whether or not the amount of heat has decreased in the change from the pre-change dish "AAA bento" to the custom dish. In this case, the difference in nutrient information is "-75 (kcal)" and the amount of heat has decreased, so the obtaining unit 16 determines that the custom dish is suitable for low-calorie preferences. Then, the acquiring unit 16 acquires the suitability determination result indicating that the custom dish is suitable for the suitability information of the user, and passes it to the output unit 17 (step S106).

Upon receiving the custom dish information and the suitability determination result, the output unit 17 transmits the information to the information processing terminal 2 of the user U002 (step S107). The custom cooking information and the suitability determination result are displayed on the information processing terminal 2 . As a result, the user U002 can know the nutrient information and allergy information, which are the component information of the custom dish, and that the custom dish is compatible with the suitability information of the user.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of change information accumulated by the accumulation unit 18. As shown in FIG. By repeatedly accumulating the change information, the change information stored in the change information storage unit 19 becomes as shown in FIG. 7, for example. Then, at a predetermined timing for identifying change information indicating changes made more frequently, the identification unit 20 reads the change information shown in FIG. is identified (steps S108 and S109). Here, it is assumed that the change content "deleted ingredient: white rice; deleted amount: 50 g; added ingredient: -; added amount; -" for the dish "AAA bento" is specified as change information indicating more frequent changes. Then, the output unit 17 outputs change information including the identified dish identifier "AAA bento" and change content "deleted ingredient: white rice; deleted amount: 50 g; added ingredient: -; added amount; -". (Step S110). In this way, by outputting change information indicating changes to be made more frequently, it becomes possible to make improvements such as reducing the amount of white rice in the dish "AAA bento", for example.

The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment may be used, for example, to acquire custom dish information corresponding to dishes provided by a plurality of companies, or a company may It may be used to provide custom dish information corresponding to custom dishes that have undergone predetermined changes in sites, applications, etc. that provide ingredient information about dishes that are being served.

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when a part of ingredients included in a dish is changed, at least one of nutrients and allergens included in the changed custom dish Information can be obtained easily. Therefore, for example, it becomes possible to easily know the amount of heat and allergens contained in the custom dish in which the ingredients are deleted or replaced, and the user can use the information to prepare the custom dish. You will be able to decide whether to purchase or not to consume.

In addition, it is generally believed that many companies and restaurants that provide food do not want to disclose all the ingredients and their amounts that make up the base dish. This is to avoid leakage of know-how. On the other hand, it is thought that there are many companies and restaurants who think that there is no problem in disclosing the differences in the ingredient information corresponding to the predetermined changes made to the base dishes. In such a situation, the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment acquires the ingredient information of the custom dish if the difference between the ingredient information of the base dish and the ingredient information corresponding to the change of the ingredients determined in advance is known. Therefore, the ingredients and amounts that make up the base dish do not have to be disclosed, and while preventing the leakage of the know-how of companies and restaurants that do not want to disclose such information, the ingredients of the custom dish information can be obtained. In addition, by using the difference of the component information, it is possible to obtain the component information of the custom dish with higher accuracy.

In addition, since it is possible to acquire the ingredient information of the custom dish by using the ingredient information, if the user makes changes that are different from the predetermined changes, or if the user does not set the predetermined changes, Even if you change the ingredients for , you will be able to acquire the ingredient information of the custom dish after the change.

In addition, by outputting a conformity determination result indicating whether the custom dish conforms to the user's suitability information, the user can determine whether the custom dish contains allergens that should not be taken and whether the custom dish contains The user can know whether or not the food is low-calorie, which enhances the user's convenience.

Furthermore, by specifying and outputting change information indicating changes that have been made more frequently, it becomes possible to know the tendency of changes to the dishes, which can be used as a reference when making new dishes. become.

In the present embodiment, a case has been described in which all information indicating predetermined changes is output when information indicating predetermined changes for a dish to be changed is output. It doesn't have to be. Of the information indicating predetermined changes corresponding to the dishes to be changed, only information indicating changes that match the suitability information may be output. In this case, the information processing device 1 may further include a selection unit 21 as shown in FIG. The operation related to this selection unit 21 will be described below.

The selection unit 21 uses compatibility information corresponding to the user identifier received by the reception unit 15 to select difference information that matches the user identified by the user identifier. Note that difference information that matches a user is difference information that matches compatibility information corresponding to the user identifier of the user. Further, when a food identifier has been received by the receiving unit 15, the selecting unit 21 selects difference information corresponding to the food identifier that matches compatibility information corresponding to the received user identifier. may be selected.

For example, when the compatibility information includes intake restriction information, the selection unit 21 does not select the difference information in which the food to be added contains the prohibited allergen, and the food to be added does not include the prohibited allergen. Difference information that does not contain substances may be selected. In this case, the difference information indicating that the prohibited allergen is added is not selected due to the difference in the allergy information. Note that the selection unit 21 selects, for example, when a prohibited allergen is included in the custom dish after the change corresponding to the difference information is made to the base dish, that is, when the allergy information in the custom dish information includes the prohibited allergen. , the difference information need not be selected.

Further, for example, when preference information is included in the suitability information, the selection unit 21 may select difference information whose change content matches the preference information, and may not select difference information that does not. . More specifically, when preference information indicating a low-calorie preference is included in the suitability information, only the difference information indicating that the calorie is reduced is selected due to the difference in the nutrient information. good too.

In this case, the output unit 17 may also output information indicating changes corresponding to the difference information selected by the selection unit 21 . The information indicating this change may include, for example, a dish identifier and change details, and may not include a dish identifier if the dish identifier has already been accepted. Further, the receiving unit 15 may receive from the user a change instruction specifying any of the changes output by the output unit 17 . Then, the acquiring unit 16 may acquire custom cooking information using the difference information corresponding to the change specified by the received change instruction. Acquisition of this custom cooking information is as described above, and a description thereof will be omitted. In this way, it becomes possible to propose changes suitable for the user to the user, and it becomes possible for the user to easily select changes that suit his or her intake restrictions and tastes.

Also, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which change information indicating changes that have been made more frequently is identified, but this need not be the case. If such identification is not performed, the information processing apparatus 1 may not have the storage unit 18, the change information storage unit 19, and the identification unit 20. FIG.

Also, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which a suitability determination result indicating whether or not the custom dish is suitable for the user is acquired, but this does not have to be the case. If such a determination is not made, the information processing device 1 may not have the user information storage unit 14 .

Further, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which a change instruction indicating ingredients, etc., to be changed is accepted, and custom dish information is acquired using ingredients information corresponding to the ingredients, etc. indicated by the change instruction. It doesn't have to be. The information processing apparatus 1 does not have to include the food information storage unit 12 if the custom cooking information using such food information is not acquired.

Further, in the present embodiment, a case has been described where a change instruction specifying a predetermined change is accepted and custom dish information is acquired using difference information corresponding to the change. good. The information processing apparatus 1 does not need to have the difference information storage unit 13 when the acquisition of custom cooking information using such difference information is not performed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the information processing apparatus 1 is a server in a server/client system has been mainly described, but as described above, the information processing apparatus 1 may be a stand-alone device.

Further, in the above embodiments, each process or function may be implemented by centralized processing by a single device or single system, or may be implemented by distributed processing by multiple devices or multiple systems. It may be realized by

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the information is passed between the components, for example, when the two components that exchange the information are physically different, one of the components output of information and reception of information by the other component, or one component if the two components that pass the information are physically the same from the phase of processing corresponding to the other component to the phase of processing corresponding to the other component.

In the above embodiments, information related to processing executed by each component, for example, information received, acquired, selected, generated, transmitted, or received by each component Also, information such as thresholds, formulas, addresses, etc. used by each component in processing may be stored temporarily or for a long period of time in a recording medium (not shown), even if not specified in the above description. Further, each component or an accumulation section (not shown) may accumulate information in the recording medium (not shown). Further, each component or a reading unit (not shown) may read information from the recording medium (not shown).

Further, in the above embodiment, if the information used in each component etc., for example, information such as thresholds, addresses and various set values used in processing by each component may be changed by the user, the above The user may or may not be able to change such information as appropriate, even if not explicitly stated in the description. If the information can be changed by the user, the change is realized by, for example, a reception unit (not shown) that receives a change instruction from the user and a change unit (not shown) that changes the information according to the change instruction. may The reception of the change instruction by the reception unit (not shown) may be, for example, reception from an input device, reception of information transmitted via a communication line, or reception of information read from a predetermined recording medium. .

Further, in the above embodiment, when two or more components included in the information processing apparatus 1 have a communication device, an input device, or the like, the two or more components may physically have a single device. or may have separate devices.

Further, in the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or components that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by reading and executing a software program recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory by a program execution unit such as a CPU. During the execution, the program execution unit may execute the program while accessing the storage unit or recording medium. The software that implements the information processing apparatus 1 in the above embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program stores, for each dish, cooking information including ingredient information having at least one of nutrient information on the amount of nutrients and allergy information on the presence or absence of allergens corresponding to a dish composed of a plurality of ingredients. A computer that can access an information storage unit, a reception unit that receives a change instruction indicating a change in ingredients including at least deletion of ingredients constituting a dish corresponding to cooking information, and a dish in which the ingredients are changed in accordance with the change instruction. A program for functioning as an acquisition unit that acquires custom dish information including ingredient information corresponding to custom dishes using dish information corresponding to pre-change dishes, and as an output unit that outputs custom dish information.

In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, functions that can only be realized by hardware such as a modem or an interface card, such as a reception unit that receives information, an acquisition unit that acquires information, and an output unit that outputs information, are included in at least the functions realized by the above program. do not have.

Also, this program may be executed by being downloaded from a server or the like, and the program recorded on a predetermined recording medium (for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, etc.) may be read. may be performed by Also, this program may be used as a program constituting a program product.

Also, the number of computers executing this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the appearance of a computer that implements the information processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment by executing the program. The above embodiments can be implemented by computer hardware and computer programs executed thereon.

In FIG. 9, computer system 900 comprises computer 901 including CD-ROM drive 905 , keyboard 902 , mouse 903 and monitor 904 .

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the computer system 900. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, a computer 901 includes a CD-ROM drive 905, an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing programs such as a boot-up program, and a ROM 912 for storing programs such as a boot-up program. A RAM 913 for temporarily storing and providing a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 for storing application programs, system programs and data, and a bus 915 for interconnecting the MPU 911, ROM 912 and the like are provided. Note that the computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to a LAN, WAN, or the like.

A program that causes computer system 900 to execute the functions of information processing apparatus 1 according to the above embodiment may be stored in CD-ROM 921 , inserted into CD-ROM drive 905 , and transferred to hard disk 914 . Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in hard disk 914 . Programs are loaded into RAM 913 during execution. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921 or network. Also, the program may be read into the computer system 900 via another recording medium (eg, DVD, etc.) instead of the CD-ROM 921 .

The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the above embodiment. A program may contain only those portions of instructions that call the appropriate functions or modules in a controlled manner to produce the desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

Moreover, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and that various modifications are possible and are also included within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus and the like according to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to acquire information on at least one of nutrients and allergens contained in a dish in which a part of the ingredients are changed. It is useful as a device for acquiring information.

1 information processing device 11 cooking information storage unit 12 ingredients information storage unit 13 difference information storage unit 14 user information storage unit 15 reception unit 16 acquisition unit 17 output unit 18 accumulation unit 19 change information storage unit 20 identification unit 21 selection unit

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a cooking information storage unit that stores cooking information including component information having at least one of nutrient information on the amount of nutrients and allergy information on the presence or absence of allergens corresponding to a dish composed of a plurality of ingredients for each dish;
a reception unit that receives a change instruction indicating a change in ingredients including at least deletion of ingredients that make up the dish corresponding to the dish information;
an acquisition unit that acquires custom dish information including ingredient information corresponding to a custom dish, which is a dish whose ingredients have been changed in accordance with the change instruction, using dish information corresponding to the dish before the change;
and an output unit that outputs the custom cooking information. further comprising a difference information storage unit that stores a plurality of difference information including differences in component information corresponding to predetermined changes in ingredients including at least deletion of ingredients that make up the dish,
2. The information according to claim 1, wherein when the receiving unit receives a change instruction specifying a predetermined change, the obtaining unit obtains the custom dish information using the difference information corresponding to the change. processing equipment. further comprising a food information storage unit that stores a plurality of food information including ingredient information corresponding to the food,
2. The acquiring unit acquires the custom dish information using ingredients information corresponding to the ingredients indicated by the change instruction when the accepting unit accepts a change instruction indicating ingredients to be changed. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2. The receiving unit also receives a user identifier that identifies a user who inputs the change instruction,
further comprising a user information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of user information including a user identifier that identifies the user and compatibility information that indicates the compatibility of the ingredients of the user;
The acquisition unit also acquires a match determination result indicating whether the custom dish is suitable for the user by using the suitability information corresponding to the accepted user identifier,
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said output unit also outputs said suitability determination result. The receiving unit also receives a user identifier that identifies a user who inputs the change instruction,
a user information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of user information including a user identifier that identifies a user and compatibility information that indicates the compatibility of ingredients for the user;
a selection unit that uses compatibility information corresponding to the received user identifier to select difference information that matches the user identified by the user identifier;
The output unit also outputs information indicating a change corresponding to the difference information selected by the selection unit;
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said accepting unit accepts a change instruction specifying one of the changes output by said output unit. an accumulation unit for accumulating change information indicating a change according to the accepted change instruction;
an identifying unit that identifies change information indicating changes made more often from the change information accumulated by the accumulation unit;
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said output unit also outputs the change information specified by said specifying unit. 7. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said component information includes at least nutrient information. Cooking information including component information having at least one of nutrient information regarding the amount of nutrients and allergy information regarding the presence or absence of allergens corresponding to a dish composed of a plurality of ingredients is stored in a cooking information storage unit for storing each dish. a step of receiving a change instruction indicating a change in ingredients including at least deletion of ingredients constituting a dish corresponding to the dish information that has been received;
a step of acquiring custom dish information including ingredient information corresponding to a custom dish, which is a dish whose ingredients have been changed in accordance with the change instruction, using dish information corresponding to the dish before the change;
and outputting the custom cooking information. It is possible to access a cooking information storage unit in which cooking information including ingredient information having at least one of nutrient information on the amount of nutrients and allergy information on the presence or absence of allergens corresponding to a dish composed of a plurality of ingredients is stored for each dish. computer,
a reception unit that receives a change instruction indicating a change in ingredients including at least deletion of ingredients that make up the dish corresponding to the dish information;
an acquisition unit that acquires custom dish information including ingredient information corresponding to a custom dish, which is a dish whose ingredients have been changed in accordance with the change instruction, using dish information corresponding to the dish before the change;
A program for functioning as an output unit that outputs the custom cooking information.

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