JP4950572B2 - Information providing apparatus and information providing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and an information providing method for providing knowledge information when a request for browsing knowledge information for a predetermined thing is received, and in particular, a client device having high operability such as a personal computer, and a portable The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and an information providing method that can realize an easy-to-use information providing service by taking advantage of both portable telephones and other portable terminals that are easy to carry.

  Conventionally, a two-dimensional code such as a QR (Quick Response) code (registered trademark) has been widely used. Here, the two-dimensional code is a code obtained by expanding a barcode into two dimensions, and is a code expressing data such as characters and numbers in a two-dimensional figure.

  The QR code is a matrix type two-dimensional code, and is a code in which information is represented by the colors of the cells arranged vertically and horizontally. This QR code is used to read a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a website with a mobile phone having an Internet connection function.

  For example, in a web service that provides recipe information for cooking on the Internet, a QR code including URL information for calling a search screen for a mobile phone is displayed on a search screen for recipe information for a personal computer ( (Refer nonpatent literature 1).

  By reading this QR code using the camera function of the mobile phone and connecting to the Internet using the URL information obtained as a result, it is possible to access a search screen for a mobile phone that searches for recipe information.

Yahoo Japan Corporation, "Yahoo! Gourmet", [online], [Search January 5, 2006], Internet <http://gourmet.yahoo.co.jp/>

  However, the above-described conventional technology is not suitable for usage in which recipe information is retrieved by a personal computer and information on materials contained in the retrieved recipe information is displayed on a mobile phone at a supermarket or the like.

  That is, even if you want to browse the required information of the retrieved recipe information at a location away from the personal computer, you cannot use the results of searching on a personal computer with high operability. It was necessary to search the recipe information again using.

  Therefore, there has been a problem of how to realize an easy-to-use information providing service by taking advantage of both a personal computer with high operability and a mobile phone that is easy to carry.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and has the advantages of both a client device having high operability such as a personal computer and a portable terminal such as a mobile phone that is easy to carry. An object of the present invention is to provide an information providing apparatus and an information providing method capable of realizing a user-friendly information providing service.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides an information providing apparatus that provides knowledge information when a request for browsing knowledge information for a predetermined thing is received, the knowledge information and A storage means for storing information relating to a two-dimensional code read by the portable terminal and used for reading out detailed information of the knowledge information; and based on the information relating to the two-dimensional code stored in the storage means Output means for outputting a two-dimensional code together with the knowledge information.

  In the present invention according to the present invention, the two-dimensional code includes information related to a storage location of the detailed information.

  In the present invention, the storage unit further stores detailed information read using the two-dimensional code, and the two-dimensional code output by the output unit is printed and printed two-dimensionally When the code is read by the portable terminal, the apparatus further includes a second output means for outputting detailed information corresponding to the two-dimensional code.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the knowledge information is information related to the material, and information related to the material obtained by reading the two-dimensional code output by the output means with a portable terminal, and the material Based on the information related to the material stored in the storage device acquired from the storage device that stores the material, the shortage material determination unit that determines the first material that is insufficient, and the shortage material determination unit And a determination result output means for outputting the result to the portable terminal.

  Further, the present invention provides the knowledge related to the material secured in addition to the first material when the result determined by the insufficient material determination unit is output to the portable terminal by the determination result output unit in the above invention. It further comprises knowledge information output means for outputting information.

  Further, in the above invention, in the above invention, when knowledge information related to a material secured other than the first material is output by the knowledge information output means, the material information related to the knowledge information and the first information A shortage material detection means for detecting a shortage of the second material based on information related to the material other than the material, and information related to the second material detected by the shortage material detection means is output. And a deficient material information output unit.

  Further, the present invention provides an information providing method for providing knowledge information when a request for browsing knowledge information for a predetermined thing is received, the knowledge information being read by the portable terminal, and the knowledge information A storage step for storing information relating to a two-dimensional code used for reading out detailed information of information, and an output for outputting the two-dimensional code together with the knowledge information based on the information relating to the two-dimensional code stored in the storage step And a process.

  In the present invention according to the present invention, the two-dimensional code includes information related to a storage location of the detailed information.

  In the present invention, the storage step further stores detailed information read using the two-dimensional code, and the two-dimensional code output by the output step is printed and printed two-dimensionally. When the code is read by the portable terminal, it further includes a second output step of outputting detailed information corresponding to the two-dimensional code.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the knowledge information is information related to the material, and information related to the material obtained by reading the two-dimensional code output in the output step by a portable terminal, and the material The material is determined based on the shortage material determination step of determining the shortage of the first material based on the information related to the material stored in the storage device acquired from the storage device that stores the material, and the shortage material determination step. And a determination result output step of outputting the result to the portable terminal.

  Further, the present invention provides the knowledge related to the material secured in addition to the first material when the result determined in the insufficient material determination step is output to the portable terminal in the determination result output step in the above invention. It further comprises a knowledge information output step for outputting information.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, when knowledge information related to a material secured other than the first material is output in the knowledge information output step, the material information related to the knowledge information and the first information A shortage material detection step of detecting a shortage of the second material based on information related to the material secured other than the first material, and information related to the second material detected by the shortage material detection step And a deficient material information output step.

  The present invention is also an information management method in which information relating to a material is managed by a portable terminal device, the information relating to the material being used together with the information relating to the material by the device providing the information relating to the material. When the two-dimensional code used for reading the detailed information is output for reading by the terminal device, the reading step for reading the two-dimensional code and the details specified by using the two-dimensional code read by the reading step Insufficient material determination for determining insufficient material based on information and information related to the material stored in the storage device acquired from the storage device that stores the material and stored in the storage unit of the terminal device And a determination result output step of outputting a result determined by the insufficient material determination step.

  Further, the present invention provides an information providing program for providing knowledge information when a request for browsing knowledge information for a predetermined thing is received, the knowledge information being read by the portable terminal, and the knowledge information A storage procedure for storing information relating to a two-dimensional code used for reading detailed information of information, and an output for outputting the two-dimensional code together with the knowledge information based on the information relating to the two-dimensional code stored in the storage procedure And having the computer execute the procedure.

  In the present invention according to the present invention, the two-dimensional code includes information related to a storage location of the detailed information.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the storage procedure further stores detailed information read using the two-dimensional code, and the two-dimensional code output by the output procedure is printed and printed two-dimensionally When the code is read by the mobile terminal, the computer is further caused to execute a second output procedure for outputting detailed information corresponding to the two-dimensional code.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the knowledge information is information related to the material, and information related to the material obtained by reading the two-dimensional code output by the output procedure by a portable terminal, and the material Based on the information related to the material stored in the storage device acquired from the storage device that stores the material, the insufficient material determination procedure for determining the first material that is insufficient, and the insufficient material determination procedure A determination result output procedure for outputting the result to the portable terminal is further executed by the computer.

  Further, the present invention provides the knowledge related to the material secured in addition to the first material when the result determined by the insufficient material determination procedure is output to the portable terminal by the determination result output procedure in the above invention. The computer is further caused to execute a knowledge information output procedure for outputting information.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, when the knowledge information related to the material secured other than the first material is output by the knowledge information output procedure, the material information related to the knowledge information and the first information A shortage material detection procedure for detecting a shortage of the second material based on information related to the material other than the material, and information related to the second material detected by the shortage material detection procedure is output. A deficient material information output procedure is further executed by a computer.

  In addition, the present invention is an information management program for managing information related to a material by a portable terminal device, and the information related to the material is provided together with the information related to the material by the device that provides the information related to the material. When the two-dimensional code used for reading the detailed information is output for reading by the terminal device, the reading procedure for reading the two-dimensional code and the details specified by using the two-dimensional code read by the reading procedure Based on the information and information related to the material stored in the storage device acquired from the storage device that stores the material and stored in the storage unit of the terminal device, the first material that is lacking is determined. It is characterized by causing a computer to execute an insufficient material determination procedure and a determination result output procedure for outputting a result determined by the insufficient material determination procedure.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, when the result determined by the insufficient material determination procedure is output by the determination result output procedure, knowledge information related to a material secured other than the first material is output. The computer further causes the computer to execute a knowledge information output procedure.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, when the knowledge information related to the material secured other than the first material is output by the knowledge information output procedure, the material information related to the knowledge information and the first information A shortage material detection procedure for detecting a shortage of the second material based on information related to the material other than the material, and information related to the second material detected by the shortage material detection procedure is output. A deficient material information output procedure is further executed by a computer.

  According to the present invention, knowledge information and information related to a two-dimensional code that is read by a portable terminal and used to read out detailed information of the knowledge information are stored, and based on the stored information related to the two-dimensional code. Since the 2D code is output together with the knowledge information, the detailed information of the knowledge information can be carried using the 2D code by outputting the 2D code together with the knowledge information to a personal computer having high operability. Since it can be browsed with an easy portable terminal, shopping at a supermarket or the like is facilitated, and an information providing service that is easy to use can be realized.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since the two-dimensional code includes information related to the storage location of the detailed information, it is possible to efficiently access the detailed information by reading the two-dimensional code with the mobile terminal. Play.

  Further, according to the present invention, the detailed information read using the two-dimensional code is further stored, the output two-dimensional code is printed, and when the printed two-dimensional code is read by the portable terminal, the 2D Since the detailed information corresponding to the dimensional code is output, instead of displaying the QR code on the display device, the two-dimensional code can be carried and printed on free paper, etc. The effect is that it can be done without choosing.

  According to the present invention, the knowledge information is information related to the material, and is acquired from the information related to the material obtained by reading the output two-dimensional code by the mobile terminal and the storage device that stores the material. Based on the information related to the material stored in the storage device, the first material that is insufficient is determined, and the determined result is output to the mobile terminal. Since it becomes possible to browse the information of the material that is lacking, shopping at a supermarket is facilitated, and an easy-to-use information providing service can be realized.

  In addition, according to the present invention, when the determined result is output to the mobile terminal, the knowledge information related to the secured material other than the first material is output, and thus newly secured. There is an effect that it is possible to efficiently provide useful knowledge information related to the material.

  Further, according to the present invention, when knowledge information related to a material secured other than the first material is output, information on the material related to the knowledge information and a material secured other than the first material The second material that is deficient is detected based on the information related to the information and the information related to the detected second material is output, so that information on the deficient material other than the newly secured material can be efficiently used. There is an effect that it can be provided.

  Further, according to the present invention, when a device that provides information related to a material outputs a two-dimensional code used for reading detailed information of information related to the material, together with information related to the material, for reading by the terminal device In addition, the portable terminal reads the two-dimensional code, stores information related to the material stored in the storage device acquired from the storage device that stores the material, and uses the stored information and the two-dimensional code. Based on the specified detailed information, the lack of the first material is determined, and the determined result is output, so it is easy to carry the detailed information on the information related to the material using the two-dimensional code. Easy browsing on supermarkets, etc., since it can be browsed easily on mobile devices and information on missing materials can be browsed on mobile devices Ri is an effect that it is possible to realize a user-friendly information services.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the determined result is output, the knowledge information related to the secured material other than the first material is output, so that it relates to the newly secured material. There is an effect that it is possible to provide useful knowledge information efficiently.

  Further, according to the present invention, when knowledge information related to a material secured other than the first material is output, information on the material related to the knowledge information and a material secured other than the first material The second material that is deficient is detected based on the information related to the information and the information related to the detected second material is output, so that information on the deficient material other than the newly secured material can be efficiently used. There is an effect that it can be provided.

  Exemplary embodiments of an information providing apparatus, an information providing method, an information management method, an information providing program, and an information management program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, although a case where cooking recipe information is provided to a mobile phone will be described, the provided information is not limited to cooking recipe information.

  First, an information providing process according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining information providing processing according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows recipe information 10 that is output in a Web page format on the display of a personal computer in this information providing process.

  This recipe information 10 reads knowledge information related to cooking such as material information 11, recipe information 12 and advice information 13, and further detailed knowledge information related to cooking such as material QR code 14, recipe QR code 15 and advice QR code 16. The QR code used for this purpose is included.

  The material information 11 is information on the material necessary for making a dish. The how-to information 12 is information on how to make a dish. Further, the advice information 13 is information on advice when cooking.

  The material QR code 14 is a QR code including address (URI, Uniform Resource Identifiers) information on the Internet of more detailed material information. The production QR code 15 is a QR code including address (URI) information on the Internet of more detailed production information. The advice QR code 16 is a QR code including address (URI) information on the Internet of more detailed advice information.

  By reading such material QR code 14, how to make QR code 15, or advice QR code 16 with a mobile phone equipped with a QR code reading function, detailed material information, how to make information, or advice information on the Internet The above address information can be acquired, and the user can easily output detailed information to the mobile phone.

  Here, as the detailed information of the material, information such as the name, quantity, image data, production area, and obtaining method of each food is output. In addition, as detailed information on how to make, information such as image data and sound data explaining how to make a dish is output. Further, as the detailed information of the advice information, information such as image data and audio data that explains the details of the advice in detail is output.

  As described above, the two-dimensional code that is read by the mobile phone and used for reading the detailed recipe information associated with each recipe information, together with the recipe information of the dishes such as the material information 11, the recipe information 12, and the advice information 13. To display recipe information using a personal computer with high operability, and the detailed information can be easily viewed on a mobile phone, thereby realizing an easy-to-use information provision service. Can do.

  Next, a functional configuration of the information providing system according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the information providing system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the information providing system includes a mobile phone 30, a client device 40, a refrigerator 50, and an information providing server device 60.

  The mobile phone 30 is a mobile terminal that is connected to the Internet 70 by wireless communication and exchanges information such as recipe detailed information with the information providing server device 60. The mobile phone 30 also includes a QR code reading unit 31 that reads the QR code.

  The QR code reading unit 31 includes a QR code displayed on the display device 42 connected to the client device 40, a QR code printed by the printing device 43 connected to the client device 40, or the refrigerator 50. The QR code displayed on the display unit 54 provided is read, and information included in the QR code is extracted.

  The client device 40 is a terminal device such as a personal computer that exchanges information such as recipe information with the information providing server device 60 via the Internet 70.

  The client device 40 includes a web browser 41 that displays web pages. Specifically, the Web browser 41 accepts a recipe information search request made by the user using an input device (not shown) such as a keyboard or a mouse, or the recipe information 10 as shown in FIG. Perform output, etc.

  A display device 42 and a printing device 43 are connected to the client device 40. The display device 42 is a device such as a display. The printing device 43 is a device such as a printer that prints information. The display device 42 and the printing device 43 respectively display and print the recipe information 10 as shown in FIG.

  The refrigerator 50 is a refrigerator that refrigerates and stores food, manages the quantity of stored food, and outputs the information. The refrigerator 50 includes an information reading unit 51, a storage unit 52, a QR code generation unit 53, a display unit 54, and a control unit 55.

  The information reading unit 51 is a reading unit that reads information such as the name of the food and the quantity of the food displayed on the tag attached to each food. In addition, the information reading unit 51 stores the name of the read food and the quantity information in the storage unit 52 in association with each other.

  The storage unit 52 is a storage device such as a flash memory. The storage unit 52 stores food quantity information 52a. The food quantity information 52a is data in which the name and quantity of each food read by the information reading unit 51 are stored in association with each other.

  The QR code generation unit 53 is a generation unit that generates a QR code in which information on the name and quantity of ingredients stored in the refrigerator 50 is embedded based on the ingredient quantity information 52 a stored in the storage unit 52.

  The display unit 54 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and is a display unit that displays the QR code generated by the QR code generation unit 53. This QR code is read by the mobile phone 30, and information on the name and quantity of the ingredients contained in the QR code is extracted.

  The control unit 55 is a control unit that controls the entire refrigerator 50, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The information providing server device 60 is a server device that provides recipe information and detailed recipe information to the mobile phone 30 and the client device 40. The information providing server device 60 includes a communication processing unit 61, a storage unit 62, an information providing processing unit 63, an insufficient material determination processing unit 64, and a control unit 65.

  The communication processing unit 61 is a network interface that performs communication with the mobile phone 30 and the client device 40 via the Internet 70. The storage unit 62 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 62 stores recipe information 62a and recipe detailed information 62b.

  The recipe information 62a stores information necessary for outputting the recipe information 10 as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the recipe information 62a illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the recipe information 62a stores a recipe ID, recipe name, image data, comment, material information, material QR code, production method information, production QR code, advice information, and advice QR code.

  The recipe ID is identification information for identifying each recipe information. The recipe name is information on the name of the recipe. The image data is image data obtained by photographing a completed dish. The comment is information on a comment for the recipe.

  The material information is information on the material output as the material information 11 to the recipe information 10 shown in FIG. The material QR code is information of a QR code output as the material QR code 14 in the recipe information 10 shown in FIG. This QR code includes address information (URI) on the Internet for detailed material information.

  The how-to information is information on how to make a dish that is output as the how-to information 12 in the recipe information 10 shown in FIG. The creation QR code is information of a QR code output as the creation QR code 15 in the recipe information 10 shown in FIG. This QR code includes address information (URI) on the Internet for detailed production information.

  The advice information is cooking advice information output as advice information 13 to the recipe information 10 shown in FIG. The advice QR code is information of a QR code that is output as the advice QR code 16 to the recipe information 10 shown in FIG. This QR code includes address information (URI) on the Internet for detailed advice information.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the recipe detailed information 62 b is the recipe information that is output when a request for outputting detailed information of the recipe information is received from the mobile phone 30 after the output of the recipe information 10 as shown in FIG. 1. The detailed information is stored.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the recipe detailed information 62b illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, this recipe detailed information 62b stores a recipe ID and detailed information. The recipe ID is identification information for identifying each recipe information and corresponds to the recipe ID of the recipe information 62a shown in FIG. The detailed information is the detailed information on the material information, how to make information, or advice information shown in FIG.

  Each recipe ID and detailed information corresponding to each recipe ID are stored in a storage location specified by a URI included in the material QR code, the manufacturing QR code, and the advice QR code shown in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the information provision processing unit 63 receives a search request for recipe information from the client device 40 and executes a search process for searching for recipe information from the recipe information 62 a, and the result is shown in FIG. 1. It is a processing unit that outputs such recipe information 10.

  In addition, the information provision processing unit 63 displays the recipe information 10 on the display device 42 or is printed by the printing device 43, and further, the material QR code 14, the making QR code 15, or the advice QR code 16 is stored in the mobile phone. When the detailed information output request is received using the URI included in the read QR code, the detailed information corresponding to the URI is read from the recipe detailed information 62b and output to the mobile phone 30.

  The insufficient material determination processing unit 64 is a processing unit that determines whether or not the ingredients included in the recipe information output to the client device 40 are stored in the refrigerator 50. Specifically, the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 receives an output request for insufficient material information from the mobile phone 30.

  The insufficient material determination processing unit 64 also displays the material QR code 14 when the recipe information 10 is displayed on the display device 42 or printed by the printing device 43 and further read by the mobile phone 30. A request for reading detailed material information corresponding to the URI included in the mobile phone 30 is received. Then, the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 reads out detailed material information from the recipe detailed information 62b based on the URI information.

  In addition, the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 receives information on the quantity of food contained in the QR code read from the refrigerator 50 by the mobile phone 30 from the mobile phone 30. Then, from the material information read from the recipe detailed information 62b and the information on the quantity of the food stored in the refrigerator 50, it is determined whether there is an insufficient food. When there is an insufficient food, the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 transmits information on the name and quantity of the food to the mobile phone 30. The information on the name and quantity of the food material is an example of the first material in the claims.

  The control unit 65 is a control unit that controls the information providing server device 60 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  Note that although the lacking material determination processing unit 64 of the information providing server device 60 performs the determination process of the missing material here, the similar process may be performed by the mobile phone 30.

  In this case, when the recipe information 10 is displayed on the display device 42 or printed by the printing device 43, the mobile phone 30 reads the material QR code 14 included in the recipe information 10 and is included in the material QR code 14. Using the URI information, detailed information on the material including information on the name and quantity of the food is obtained from the information providing server device 60 and stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the mobile phone 30.

  In addition, the mobile phone 30 reads a QR code including information on the names and quantities of ingredients stored in the refrigerator 50 from the display unit 54 of the refrigerator 50, extracts information on the names and quantities of ingredients, and It memorize | stores in the memory | storage part (not shown) which 30 has.

  Then, the mobile phone 30 determines whether there is a missing ingredient from the information on the name and quantity of the ingredients obtained from the information providing server device 60 and the information on the name and quantity of ingredients contained in the QR code. When there is an insufficient food, the name and quantity information is displayed on a display unit (not shown) of the mobile phone 30.

  Next, a processing procedure of information providing processing according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the information providing process according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, first, the information provision processing unit 63 of the information provision server device 60 receives a request for retrieving recipe information from the client device 40 and executes a retrieval process for retrieving recipe information from the recipe information 62a (step S101).

  And the information provision process part 63 outputs the searched recipe information with the material QR code 14, the preparation QR code 15, or the advice QR code 16 as shown in FIG. 1 (step S102).

  Subsequently, the information provision processing unit 63 checks whether or not the output request for the detailed recipe information made using the output material QR code 14, the production QR code 15, or the advice QR code 16 has been received from the mobile phone 30. (Step S103).

  When an output request for recipe detailed information is received (step S103, Yes), the information provision processing unit 63 is a detail corresponding to the URI included in the material QR code 14, the making QR code 15, or the advice QR code 16. Information is read from the detailed recipe information 62b and output to the mobile phone 30 (step S104).

  If an output request for recipe detail information has not been received (step S103, No), the process directly proceeds to step S105.

  After step S103 or step S104, the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 checks whether an output request for insufficient material information has been received from the mobile phone 30 (step S105).

  When the output request for the insufficient material information is received (step S105, Yes), the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 performs a process for determining whether there is an insufficient material (step S106).

  Specifically, when the material QR code 14 is read by the mobile phone 30, the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 issues a request for reading detailed material information corresponding to the URI included in the material QR code 14. Accept from. Then, the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 reads the name and quantity information of the food material from the recipe detailed information 62b based on the URI information.

  In addition, the shortage material determination processing unit 64 receives the name and quantity information of the ingredients contained in the QR code read from the refrigerator 50 by the mobile phone 30 from the mobile phone 30. Then, it is determined whether there is an insufficient ingredient from the information on the name and quantity of the ingredient read from the recipe detail information 62b and the information on the name and quantity of the ingredient stored in the refrigerator 50.

  After that, the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 determines whether there is an insufficient food, and if there is an insufficient food, the information on the name and quantity of the food is sent to the mobile phone 30. In step S107, the information providing process is terminated.

  In step S105, when an output request for insufficient material information is not received (step S105, No), the information providing process is terminated as it is.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the storage unit 62 of the information providing server device 60 is used for reading the recipe information and the recipe detailed information read by the mobile phone 30 and associated with the recipe information. The information providing processing unit 63 of the information providing server device 60 outputs the QR code together with the recipe information based on the stored information relating to the QR code. By outputting the QR code together with the recipe information to the client device 40 having a high level, the detailed recipe information associated with the recipe information using the QR code can be viewed on the mobile phone 30 that is easy to carry. Therefore, shopping at a supermarket or the like is facilitated, and an easy-to-use information providing service can be realized.

  In the first embodiment, since the QR code includes information related to the storage location (address) of the recipe detailed information, the mobile phone 30 reads the QR code and efficiently accesses the recipe detailed information. Can do.

  In the first embodiment, the storage unit 62 of the information providing server device 60 further stores the detailed recipe information read using the QR code, and the QR code output by the information providing processing unit 63 of the information providing server device 60 is stored. Is printed by the printing device 43, and when the printed QR code is read by the mobile phone 30, the information provision processing unit 63 of the information provision server device 60 outputs the detailed recipe information corresponding to the QR code. Therefore, instead of displaying the QR code on the display device, it is possible to read the QR code regardless of the place by printing the QR code on a portable paper or the like.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the provided knowledge information is information relating to the ingredients of the dish, and the insufficient material determination processing unit 64 of the information providing server device 60 performs the information providing processing unit 63 of the information providing server device 60. Based on the information related to the material obtained by reading the output two-dimensional code by the mobile phone 30 and the information related to the material stored in the refrigerator 50 obtained from the refrigerator 50 storing the material, Since the determination of the insufficient material is performed and the determination result is output to the mobile phone 30, it becomes possible to view information on the insufficient material on the mobile phone 30 that is easy to carry. This makes it easy to shop and provides an easy-to-use information provision service.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the information providing server device 60 that provides information related to cooking ingredients and details related to cooking ingredients associated with the information relating to cooking ingredients together with information relating to cooking ingredients. When the QR code used for reading the information is output for reading by the mobile phone 30, the mobile phone 30 reads the QR code, and the refrigerator 50 obtained from the refrigerator 50 storing the material stores it. Because the information related to the existing material is stored, and based on the stored information and the detailed information related to the material specified using the QR code, the insufficient material is determined, and the determined result is output. The detailed information related to the material associated with the information related to the material using the QR code can be easily viewed on a portable terminal that is easy to carry. In, order to be able to view the information of material that are missing in the mobile terminal, shopping in supermarkets, such as it is easy, it is possible to realize a user-friendly information services.

  By the way, in the said Example 1, the information provision server apparatus 60 is the dish corresponding to the recipe detailed information 62b from the information of the foodstuff refrigerated and stored in the refrigerator 50, and the information of the foodstuff contained in the recipe detailed information 62b. Ingredients that are deficient when cooking are detected, and information on the detected ingredients is output to the mobile phone 30.

  In the second embodiment, when a user who has acquired information on insufficient ingredients purchases additional ingredients in addition to the lack of ingredients at a supermarket or the like (for example, when a user purchases new ingredients at a bargain sale or the like) A case will be described in which the information providing server device further outputs recipe information of dishes that can be cooked using additional ingredients to the mobile phone.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the information providing system according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the information providing system includes a mobile phone 100, a client device 110, a refrigerator 120, and an information providing server device 130.

  The mobile phone 100 is a mobile terminal that is connected to the Internet 140 by wireless communication and exchanges various information such as recipe detailed information with the information providing server device 130. The cellular phone 100 includes a QR code reading unit 101, a storage unit 102, an electronic payment processing unit 103, an information display control unit 104, and a control unit 105.

  The QR code reading unit 101 is a reading unit that reads a QR code. Specifically, the QR code reading unit 101 displays a QR code displayed on the display device 112 connected to the client device 110, a QR code printed by the printing device 113 connected to the client device 110, or The QR code displayed on the display unit 124 included in the refrigerator 120 is read, and information included in the QR code is extracted.

  The storage unit 102 is a storage device such as a flash memory. The storage unit 102 stores deficient material information 102a, purchased food information 102b, detailed recipe information 102c, and recipe information 102d.

  The lacking material information 102a is information on the name and quantity of the ingredients that are lacking when cooking the dish corresponding to the detailed recipe information or recipe information. Specifically, the missing material information 102a includes information on names and quantities of ingredients that are missing when the ingredients refrigerated / stored in the refrigerator 120 and the ingredients included in the detailed recipe information are compared. Is memorized.

  In addition, in the missing material information 102a, the user who acquired the information on the missing ingredients purchases additional ingredients in addition to the missing ingredients at the supermarket, and the recipe information of the cooking that can be cooked using the additional ingredients Is retrieved, information on the names and quantities of the ingredients that are insufficient to cook the dish corresponding to the recipe information is stored. The information on the name and quantity of the food material is an example of the second material in the claims.

  The purchased food information 102b is information on the name and quantity of the food purchased by the user using the electronic payment function of the mobile phone 100 at a supermarket or the like. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the purchased food information 102b illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the purchased food information 102 b stores recipe ID and purchased food information. The recipe ID is identification information that identifies recipe information that is a target for detection of insufficient materials. The purchased ingredient is information on the name and quantity of the ingredient purchased by the user.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 6, the recipe detail information 102 c is detailed information of recipe information. This recipe detailed information 102c is an information providing server when the cellular phone 100 reads the material QR code 14, the production QR code 15, and the advice QR code 16 as shown in FIG. Information received from the device 130.

  The recipe information 102d is recipe information received from the information providing server device 130 when the user who has acquired the information on the lacking ingredients purchases additional ingredients other than the lacking ingredients at the supermarket or the like. It is recipe information of a dish that can be used and cooked.

  The recipe information 102d includes the same information as the recipe information 10 shown in FIG. 1, but does not include information on the material QR code 14, how to make QR code 15, and advice QR code 16.

  The electronic payment processing unit 103 is a processing unit that performs communication with an electronic payment terminal (not shown) installed in a supermarket or the like and performs electronic payment using electronic money. Further, the electronic payment processing unit 103 stores the name and quantity information of the ingredients purchased by the electronic payment in the storage unit 102 as the purchased ingredient information 102b.

  The information display control unit 104 receives an output request for recipe information input by a user using an input device (not shown) of the mobile phone 100 or an output request for insufficient material information during cooking, and provides an information providing server device It is a control unit that requests 130 to transmit such information and displays the information transmitted by the information providing server device 130 in response to the request on a display device (not shown) of the mobile phone 100.

  The control unit 105 is a control unit that controls the mobile phone 100 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The client device 110, the display device 112 connected to the client device 110, the printing device 113, and the refrigerator 120 are the same devices as the client device 40, the display device 42, the printing device 43, and the refrigerator 50 described in the first embodiment. Description is omitted.

  Here, the client device 110 is provided with a Web browser 111, and this Web browser 111 is equivalent to the Web browser 41 provided in the client device 40 of the first embodiment.

  In addition, the refrigerator 120 includes an information reading unit 121, a storage unit 122 that stores food quantity information 122a, a QR code generation unit 123, a display unit 124, and a control unit 125. The information reading unit 121, the storage unit 122, the QR code generation unit 123, the display unit 124, the control unit 125, and the food quantity information 122a are the information reading unit 51, the storage unit 52, the QR code generation unit 53, which are described in the first embodiment. This is equivalent to the display unit 54, the control unit 55, and the food quantity information 52a.

  The information providing server device 130 is a server device that provides various information such as recipe information, recipe detailed information, and insufficient material information to the mobile phone 100 and the client device 110. The information provision server device 130 includes a communication processing unit 131, a storage unit 132, an information provision processing unit 133, an insufficient material determination processing unit 134, an additional material detection unit 135, an additional recipe information provision processing unit 136, and a control unit 137.

  The communication processing unit 131 is a network interface that communicates with the mobile phone 100 and the client device 110 via the Internet 140. The storage unit 132 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 132 stores recipe information 132a, recipe detailed information 132b, insufficient material information 132c, and additional material information 132d.

  The recipe information 132a and the recipe detailed information 132b are the same as the recipe information 62a as shown in FIG. 3 and the recipe detailed information 62b as shown in FIG. 4, respectively. Insufficient material information 132c is insufficient when comparing foods refrigerated / stored in refrigerator 120 with foods included in the detailed recipe information corresponding to the dish for which the user has requested output of information on insufficient materials. It is information on the name and quantity of the food ingredients.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the insufficient material information 132c illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the shortage material information 132c stores user ID, recipe ID, and shortage material information.

  The user ID is identification information for identifying the user who has output the information on the insufficient material. The recipe ID is identification information for identifying the target recipe in which the insufficient material is detected. Insufficient ingredients are insufficient when comparing the ingredients refrigerated and stored in the refrigerator 120 with the ingredients contained in the detailed recipe information corresponding to the dish for which the user has requested output of information on the missing ingredients. It is information on the name and quantity of the food ingredients.

  The additional material information 132d is information related to additional ingredients purchased by the user other than the ingredients that are lacking in the supermarket and the like. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the additional material information 132d illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the additional material information 132d stores user ID, additional material, and recipe ID information. The user ID is identification information for identifying a user who additionally purchases food other than the insufficient food. The additional material is information on the name and quantity of food additionally purchased by the user in addition to the insufficient food.

  The recipe ID is searched when additional ingredients other than the missing ingredients are purchased by the user, and the recipe information of the dish including the additional ingredients is searched as additional recipe information from the recipe information 132a. This is identification information for identifying additional recipe information. One or more of the additional recipe information is searched.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 6, the information provision processing unit 133 receives a search request for recipe information from the client device 110 and executes a search process for searching for recipe information from the recipe information 132a. The result is shown in FIG. It is a processing unit that outputs the recipe information 10 to the client device 110.

  In addition, the information provision processing unit 133 displays the recipe information 10 on the display device 112 or is printed by the printing device 113, and further the material QR code 14, how to make QR code 15, or advice QR code 16 is stored in the mobile phone. When the detailed information output request is received using the URI included in the read QR code, the detailed information corresponding to the URI is read from the recipe detailed information 132b and output to the mobile phone 100.

  The insufficient material determination processing unit 134 is a processing unit that determines whether or not the ingredients included in the recipe information output to the client device 110 are stored in the refrigerator 120. Specifically, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 receives an output request for insufficient material information from the mobile phone 100.

  The insufficient material determination processing unit 134 also displays the material QR code 14 when the recipe information 10 is displayed on the display device 112 or printed by the printing device 113 and the material QR code 14 is read by the mobile phone 100. A request for reading detailed material information corresponding to the URI included in the mobile phone 100 is received. Then, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 reads out detailed material information from the recipe detailed information 132b based on the URI information.

  In addition, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 receives information on the quantity of food contained in the QR code read from the refrigerator 120 from the mobile phone 100. Then, it is determined from the material information read from the recipe detailed information 132b and the information on the quantity of the food stored in the refrigerator 120 whether there is a missing food. If there is an insufficient food, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 transmits information on the name and quantity of the food to the mobile phone 100.

  Furthermore, the lacking material determination processing unit 134 purchases additional ingredients in addition to the ingredients that the user who acquired the information on the lacking ingredients lacks, and further includes recipe information on dishes that can be cooked using the additional ingredients. When a search is made, it is determined whether or not there is an insufficient food. If there is an insufficient food, information on the name and quantity of the food is transmitted to the mobile phone 100.

  The additional material detection unit 135 detects the additional food purchased in addition to the food that the user who acquired the information on the missing food is lacking, and stores the detected food information in association with the user ID of the user. It is a processing unit stored in the additional material information 132d of the unit 132.

  Specifically, the additional material detection unit 135 receives the information on the purchased food from the mobile phone 100, reads the insufficient material information 132c from the storage unit 132, acquires the information on the insufficient food, and purchases it. By comparing the information on the ingredients and the information on the missing ingredients, the names and quantities of the additional ingredients purchased in addition to the missing ingredients are detected.

  When the additional material detection unit 135 detects the name and quantity of the additional food, the additional recipe information provision processing unit 136 sets the recipe information of the dish including the detected name and quantity of the food material as the recipe information 132a. A processing unit that retrieves additional recipe information from the mobile phone 100 and stores the recipe ID of the retrieved additional recipe information in the additional material information 132d of the storage unit 132 and outputs the additional recipe information including the recipe ID information to the mobile phone 100. is there.

  Specifically, the additional recipe information provision processing unit 136 cooks using the name and quantity of ingredients detected by the additional material detection unit 135 and a predetermined number of types of ingredients (may be 0). The recipe information of possible dishes is searched from the recipe information 132a, and the searched recipe information is output to the mobile phone 100 as additional recipe information.

  The control unit 137 is a control unit that controls the information providing server device 130 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the function units.

  Next, the processing procedure of the detailed recipe information and insufficient material information provision processing according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of recipe detail information / insufficient material information provision processing according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 10, first, the information provision processing unit 133 of the information providing server device 130 receives a recipe information retrieval request from the client device 110 and executes a retrieval process for retrieving recipe information from the recipe information 132a (step S1). S201).

  Then, the information provision processing unit 133 outputs the retrieved recipe information to the client device 110 together with the material QR code 14, the making QR code 15, or the advice QR code 16 as shown in FIG. 1 (step S202). ).

  Subsequently, the information provision processing unit 133 checks whether or not the output request for the detailed recipe information made using the output material QR code 14, the production QR code 15, or the advice QR code 16 has been received from the mobile phone 100. (Step S203).

  When an output request for recipe detailed information is received (step S203, Yes), the information provision processing unit 133 provides details corresponding to the URI included in the material QR code 14, the making QR code 15, or the advice QR code 16. Information is read from the detailed recipe information 132b and output to the mobile phone 100 (step S204).

  If an output request for recipe detail information has not been received (step S203, No), the process directly proceeds to step S205.

  After step S203 or step S204, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 checks whether an output request for insufficient material information has been received from the mobile phone 100 (step S205).

  When an output request for insufficient material information is received (step S205, Yes), the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 performs a process of determining whether there is an insufficient material (step S206).

  Specifically, when the material QR code 14 is read by the mobile phone 100, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 issues a request for reading detailed material information corresponding to the URI included in the material QR code 14. Accept from.

  Here, the read request includes user ID information for identifying the user of the mobile phone 100. Then, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 reads the name and quantity information of the ingredients from the recipe detail information 132b based on the URI information.

  In addition, the shortage material determination processing unit 134 receives information on the name and quantity of ingredients included in the QR code read from the refrigerator 120 by the mobile phone 100 from the mobile phone 100. Then, it is determined whether there is a missing ingredient from the name and quantity information of the ingredients read from the recipe detail information 132b and the name and quantity information of the ingredients stored in the refrigerator 120.

  After that, the missing material determination processing unit 134 reads the information on the name and quantity of the missing food when there is a missing food, and the detailed recipe information 132b from which the user ID and the name and quantity information of the food are read. Is stored in the storage unit 132 as the insufficient material information 132c in association with the recipe ID of the detailed information (step S207).

  Then, the shortage material determination processing unit 134 provides information on the name and quantity of the foodstuff when there is a shortage of food, and information indicating the information when there is no shortage of food. (Step S208), and this recipe detailed information / insufficient material information provision processing is terminated.

  In step S205, if an output request for insufficient material information has not been received (step S205, No), the recipe detailed information / insufficient material information provision process is terminated as it is.

  Next, a processing procedure of additional recipe information provision processing according to the second embodiment will be described. FIGS. 11A and 11B are flowcharts (1) and (2) illustrating the processing procedure of the additional recipe information providing process according to the second embodiment.

  In this process, information on ingredients that are missing from the mobile phone 100 is output by the detailed recipe information / insufficient material information providing process shown in FIG. It is a process performed when purchasing.

  As illustrated in FIG. 11A, first, the electronic payment processing unit 103 of the mobile phone 100 executes electronic payment processing when the user purchases food (step S301). And the memory | storage part 102 matches the information of the foodstuff which the user purchased with recipe ID, and memorize | stores it as the purchased foodstuff information 102b (step S302).

  Here, the recipe ID is the recipe ID of the detailed information used in step S207 of FIG. 9, and is included in the information on the missing ingredients output to the mobile phone 100 in step S208 of FIG. It is.

  Thereafter, the information display control unit 104 checks whether or not a request for displaying additional recipe information related to cooking using the additionally purchased ingredients has been received from the user via an input device (not shown) (step S303). If the additional recipe information display request has not been received (step S303, No), the additional recipe information providing process is terminated.

  When the display request for the additional recipe information is received (step S303, Yes), the information display control unit 104 outputs the purchased food information to the information providing server device 130 (step S304). Here, the output information includes the user ID information of the user of the mobile phone 100.

  Thereafter, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 of the information providing server device 130 receives the information on the food purchased by the user from the mobile phone 100 (step S305), and further, the user ID from the insufficient material information 132c as shown in FIG. The information of the insufficient material corresponding to is read (step S306).

  Thereafter, the additional material detection unit 135 detects the name and quantity of the additional food purchased in addition to the missing food by comparing the information on the purchased food with the information on the missing food (step S307). And the memory | storage part 132 matches the detected name and quantity information of the additional foodstuff with user ID, and memorize | stores it in additional material information 132d (step S308).

  Subsequently, the additional recipe information provision processing unit 136 can cook using the name and quantity of the ingredients detected by the additional material detection unit 135 and the types of ingredients (may be 0) within a preset number. The recipe information for the dish is searched from the recipe information 132a (step S309).

  Here, not only one additional recipe information but also a plurality of additional recipe information may be searched. And the memory | storage part 132 memorize | stores the information of recipe ID corresponding to additional recipe information in the additional material information 132d (step S310). Subsequently, the additional recipe information provision processing unit 136 outputs the searched additional recipe information including information on the recipe ID to the mobile phone 100 (step S311).

  Thereafter, the information display control unit 104 of the mobile phone 100 receives the retrieved additional recipe information from the information providing server device 130 (Step S312), and the storage unit 102 stores the additional recipe information as recipe information 102d (Step S312). S313).

  And the information display control part 104 displays the additional recipe information received on the display apparatus (not shown) of the mobile telephone 100 (step S314). The additional recipe information displayed here includes information similar to the recipe information 10 as shown in FIG. 1, but does not include information on the material QR code 14, how to make QR code 15, and advice QR code 16.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 11-2, the information display control unit 104 of the mobile phone 100 issues a display request for ingredients that are insufficient when cooking the dish of the additional recipe information from the user via the input device (not shown). It is checked whether it has been accepted (step S315).

  When the display request for the insufficient material has not been received from the user (step S315, No), the additional recipe information providing process of the mobile phone 100 is ended as it is. When the display request for the insufficient material is received from the user (step S315, Yes), the information display control unit 104 checks whether there is a plurality of additional recipe information (step S316).

  When there are a plurality of additional recipe information (step S316, Yes), the information display control unit 104 accepts selection of additional recipe information for displaying the insufficient material from the user via an input device (not shown) ( Step S317).

  Then, the information display control unit 104 outputs the recipe ID information and the user ID information of the selected additional recipe information to the information providing server device 130 (step S318). If there is not a plurality of additional recipe information in step S316 (No in step S316), the process proceeds to step S318 as it is, and the information providing server device 130 receives the recipe ID information and the user ID information related to one additional recipe information. Output to.

  Thereafter, the shortage material determination processing unit 134 of the information providing server device 130 receives the recipe ID and user ID information of the additional recipe information from the mobile phone 100 (step S319), and cooks the dish related to the additional recipe information. Insufficient material is detected (step S320).

  Specifically, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 searches the recipe information 132a for recipe information corresponding to the recipe ID of the additional recipe information, and acquires information on ingredients necessary for cooking the dish corresponding to the recipe information. To do. Further, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 refers to the additional material information 132d, and acquires information on the additional material corresponding to the user ID and the recipe ID received from the mobile phone 100.

  Then, the shortage material determination processing unit 134 compares the information on the necessary ingredients acquired from the recipe information 132a with the information on the additional ingredients acquired from the additional material information 132d, and cooks the dish corresponding to the recipe information. Detect the name and quantity of the missing food.

  Then, the shortage material determination processing unit 134 provides information on the name and quantity of the foodstuff when there is a shortage of food, and information indicating the information when there is no shortage of food. (Step S321), and the additional recipe information provision processing of the information provision server device 130 is terminated.

  Thereafter, the information display control unit 104 of the mobile phone 100 receives the information on the missing food from the information providing server device 130 (step S322), and stores it as the missing material information 102a in the storage unit 102 (step S323).

  Then, the information display control unit 104 causes the display device (not shown) of the mobile phone 100 to display information on the missing food (step S324), and ends the additional recipe information providing process of the mobile phone 100.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the shortage material determination processing unit 134 of the information providing server device 130 includes information on the ingredients refrigerated / stored in the refrigerator 120 and information on the ingredients included in the detailed recipe information. From the above, when the cooking ingredient corresponding to the recipe detailed information is determined and the lacking ingredients are determined, and the determination result is output to the mobile phone 100, the additional recipe information provision processing unit 136 of the information provision server device 130 Since the additional recipe information related to the purchased material other than the insufficient material is output to the mobile phone 100, the additional recipe information related to the newly secured food can be efficiently provided.

  In the second embodiment, when the additional recipe information related to the purchased ingredients other than the insufficient ingredients is output to the mobile phone 100, the insufficient material determination processing unit 134 of the information providing server device 130 performs the additional recipe information. Based on the information on the ingredients related to the information and the information on the ingredients secured in addition to the missing ingredients, the lacking ingredients are detected when cooking the dish corresponding to the additional recipe information, and the information on the detected ingredients is Since the information is output to the mobile phone 100, it is possible to efficiently provide information on foodstuffs that are insufficient other than newly secured foodstuffs.

  In the second embodiment, the information providing server device 130 determines whether there is an insufficient material when cooking the dish corresponding to the additional recipe information. The mobile phone 100 performs this determination. It is good as well. Therefore, in the third embodiment, a case will be described in which the mobile phone 100 determines whether there is an insufficient material when cooking a dish corresponding to the additional recipe information.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the information providing system according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, the information providing system includes a mobile phone 200, a client device 210, a refrigerator 220, and an information providing server device 230.

  The mobile phone 200 is a mobile terminal that is connected to the Internet 240 by wireless communication and exchanges various information such as recipe detailed information with the information providing server device 230. The mobile phone 200 includes a QR code reading unit 201, a storage unit 202, an electronic payment processing unit 203, an information display control unit 204, an additional material detection unit 205, a shortage material detection unit 206, and a control unit 207.

  QR code reading unit 201 and electronic payment processing unit 203 are functional units similar to QR code reading unit 101 and electronic payment processing unit 103 of mobile phone 100 shown in FIG.

  The storage unit 202 is a storage device such as a flash memory. The storage unit 202 stores insufficient material information 202a, purchased food information 202b, detailed recipe information 202c, recipe information 202d, and additional material information 202e.

  The insufficient material information 202a, purchased food information 202b, recipe detailed information 202c, and recipe information 202d are the same information as the insufficient material information 102a, purchased food information 102b, recipe detailed information 102c, and recipe information 102d described in the second embodiment. .

  The additional material information 202e is the same information as the additional material information 132d illustrated in FIG. In FIG. 9, the user ID is stored in the additional material information 132d, but the user ID may not be stored in the additional material information 202e in the third embodiment.

  The information display control unit 204 accepts an output request for recipe information input by a user using an input device (not shown) of the mobile phone 200 or an output request for insufficient material information during cooking, and responds to the request. It is a control unit that displays such information on a display device (not shown) of the mobile phone 200.

  The additional material detection unit 205 detects the additional food purchased in addition to the food that the user who acquired the information on the missing food is lacking, and stores the detected food information as additional material information 202e in the storage unit 202. A processing unit for storing.

  Specifically, the additional material detection unit 205 reads the information on the purchased food from the purchased food information 202b, reads out the insufficient material information 202a to acquire the information on the insufficient food, By comparing with the information of the missing ingredients, additional ingredients purchased other than the missing ingredients are detected.

  The missing material detection unit 206 purchases additional ingredients in addition to the missing ingredients for the user who acquired the information on the missing ingredients, and further searches for recipe information of dishes that can be cooked using the additional ingredients. In such a case, ingredients that are insufficient when cooking the dish are detected, information on the names and quantities of the detected ingredients is stored as the missing material information 202a, and the information is displayed on a display unit (not shown) of the mobile phone 200. The processing unit that outputs to (1).

  The control unit 207 is a control unit that controls the mobile phone 200 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  The client device 210, the display device 212 connected to the client device 210, the printing device 213, and the refrigerator 220 are the same devices as the client device 40, the display device 42, the printing device 43, and the refrigerator 50 described in the first embodiment. Description is omitted.

  Here, the client device 210 is provided with a Web browser 211, and this Web browser 211 is equivalent to the Web browser 41 provided in the client device 40 of the first embodiment.

  In addition, the refrigerator 220 includes an information reading unit 221, a storage unit 222 that stores food quantity information 222a, a QR code generation unit 223, a display unit 224, and a control unit 225. The information reading unit 221, the storage unit 222, the QR code generation unit 223, the display unit 224, the control unit 225, and the food quantity information 222a are the information reading unit 51, the storage unit 52, the QR code generation unit 53 described in the first embodiment, This is equivalent to the display unit 54, the control unit 55, and the food quantity information 52a.

  The information providing server device 230 is a server device that provides various information such as recipe information, recipe detailed information, and insufficient material information to the mobile phone 200 and the client device 210. The information provision server device 230 includes a communication processing unit 231, a storage unit 232, an information provision processing unit 233, an insufficient material determination processing unit 234, an additional recipe information provision processing unit 235, and a control unit 236.

  Here, the communication processing unit 231 is a network interface that performs communication with the mobile phone 200 and the client device 210 via the Internet 240. The storage unit 232 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. The storage unit 232 stores recipe information 232a, detailed recipe information 232b, and insufficient material information 232c.

  The recipe information 232a and the recipe detailed information 232b are the same as the recipe information 62a as shown in FIG. 3 and the recipe detailed information 62b as shown in FIG. 4, respectively. The insufficient material information 232c is information on the insufficient material output to the mobile phone 200 by the information providing server device 230 as described with reference to FIG.

  Specifically, the missing material information 232c is information on the names and quantities of the missing ingredients when comparing the ingredients refrigerated / stored in the refrigerator 220 with the ingredients included in the detailed recipe information. is there.

  The information provision processing unit 233 receives a recipe information search request from the client device 210, executes search processing for searching recipe information from the recipe information 232a, and outputs the result as recipe information 10 as shown in FIG. It is a processing unit.

  In addition, the information provision processing unit 233 displays the recipe information 10 on the display device 212 or is printed by the printing device 213, and further, the material QR code 14, the making QR code 15, or the advice QR code 16 is transmitted to the mobile phone. When the detailed information output request is received using the URI included in the read QR code, the detailed information corresponding to the URI is read from the recipe detailed information 232b and output to the mobile phone 200.

  The deficient material determination processing unit 234 is a processing unit that determines whether or not the food contained in the recipe information output to the client device 210 is stored in the refrigerator 220. Specifically, the insufficient material determination processing unit 234 receives an output request for insufficient material information from the mobile phone 200.

  The insufficient material determination processing unit 234 also displays the material QR code 14 when the recipe information 10 is displayed on the display device 212 or printed by the printing device 213 and the material QR code 14 is read by the mobile phone 200. A request to read out detailed material information corresponding to the URI included in the mobile phone 200 is received. Then, the insufficient material determination processing unit 234 reads out detailed material information from the recipe detailed information 232b based on the URI information.

  In addition, the insufficient material determination processing unit 234 receives information on the quantity of food contained in the QR code read from the refrigerator 220 from the mobile phone 200. Then, it is determined from the material information read from the recipe detailed information 232b and the information on the quantity of the food stored in the refrigerator 220 whether or not there is an insufficient food. When there is an insufficient food, the insufficient material determination processing unit 234 transmits information on the name and quantity of the food to the mobile phone 200.

  The additional recipe information provision processing unit 235 receives information on the name and quantity of the purchased ingredients other than the missing ingredients from the mobile phone 200, and receives recipe information on the dish including the ingredients of the name and quantity as ingredients. It is a processing unit that searches the recipe information 232a as additional recipe information and outputs the searched additional recipe information to the mobile phone 200. Here, this additional recipe information includes information of the retrieved recipe ID.

  Specifically, the additional recipe information provision processing unit 235 can cook using the ingredients that have received the name and quantity information from the mobile phone 200 and the preset types of ingredients (may be 0). The recipe information of a particular dish is retrieved from the recipe information 232a, and the retrieved recipe information is output to the mobile phone 200 as additional recipe information.

  The control unit 236 is a control unit that controls the information providing server device 230 as a whole, and controls data exchange between the functional units.

  Next, a processing procedure of additional recipe information provision processing according to the third embodiment will be described. FIGS. 13A and 13B are flowcharts (1) and (2) illustrating the processing procedure of the additional recipe information providing process according to the third embodiment.

  In this process, information on ingredients that are lacking in the mobile phone 200 is output by the recipe detailed information / insufficient material information providing process as shown in FIG. It is a process performed when purchasing.

  As illustrated in FIG. 13A, first, the electronic payment processing unit 203 of the mobile phone 200 executes electronic payment processing when the user purchases food (step S401). And the memory | storage part 202 matches the information of the foodstuff which the user purchased with recipe ID, and memorize | stores it as purchase foodstuff information 202b (step S402).

  Thereafter, the information display control unit 204 checks whether or not a request for displaying additional recipe information related to cooking using the additionally purchased ingredients has been received from the user via an input device (not shown) (step S403). If a request for displaying additional recipe information has not been received (step S403, No), the additional recipe information providing process is terminated.

  When the display request for the additional recipe information is received (step S403, Yes), the additional material detection unit 205 stores the information on the purchased food stored in the purchased food information 202b and the shortage stored in the insufficient material information 202a. By comparing with the information of the ingredients that are being processed, the names and quantities of the additional ingredients purchased in addition to the missing ingredients are detected (step S404).

  And the additional material detection part 205 outputs the information of the name and quantity of the detected additional foodstuff to the information provision server apparatus 230 (step S405).

  Thereafter, the additional recipe information provision processing unit 235 of the information provision server device 230 uses the name and quantity of ingredients that received the information from the mobile phone 200, and a predetermined number of kinds of ingredients (may be 0). Then, the recipe information 232a is searched for additional recipe information of dishes that can be cooked (step S407).

  Here, not only one additional recipe information but also a plurality of additional recipe information may be searched. Then, the additional recipe information provision processing unit 235 outputs the retrieved additional recipe information including the recipe ID information to the mobile phone 200 (step S408), and ends the additional recipe information provision processing of the information provision server device 230.

  Subsequently, the information display control unit 204 of the mobile phone 200 receives the searched additional recipe information from the information providing server device 230 (step S409), and the storage unit 202 stores the additional recipe information as recipe information 202d (step S409). Step S410).

  And the information display control part 204 displays the additional recipe information received on the display apparatus (not shown) of the mobile telephone 200 (step S411). Here, the displayed additional recipe information includes information similar to the recipe information 10 as shown in FIG. 1, but does not include information on the material QR code 14, how to make QR code 15, and advice QR code 16. .

  After that, as shown in FIG. 13-2, the information display control unit 204 of the mobile phone 200 sends a display request for ingredients that are insufficient for cooking the dish of the additional recipe information from the user via the input device (not shown). It is checked whether or not it has been accepted (step S412).

  If the display request for the insufficient material has not been received from the user (step S412, No), the additional recipe information providing process of the mobile phone 200 is terminated as it is. When the display request for the insufficient material is received from the user (step S412, Yes), the information display control unit 204 checks whether there is a plurality of additional recipe information (step S413).

  When there are a plurality of additional recipe information (step S413, Yes), the information display control unit 204 accepts selection of additional recipe information for displaying the insufficient material from the user via an input device (not shown) ( Step S414).

  Then, when the deficient material detection unit 206 cooks the dish corresponding to the additional recipe information from the information of the additional material stored in the additional material information 202e and the information of the material included in the additional recipe information. The name and quantity of the material that is insufficient are detected (step S415). If there is not a plurality of additional recipe information in step S413 (step S413, No), the process proceeds to step S415 as it is, and the subsequent processing is continued.

  Thereafter, the information display control unit 204 stores the information on the missing food in the storage unit 202 as the missing material information 202a (step S416), and displays the name and quantity information of the food on the display device ( (Not shown) is displayed (step S417), and the additional recipe information providing process of the mobile phone 200 is terminated.

  If there is no missing food, the information display control unit 204 does not store anything in step S416, and displays information indicating that there is no missing food in step S417. The additional recipe information providing process of the mobile phone 200 is terminated.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the shortage material determination processing unit 234 of the information providing server device 230 includes the information on the ingredients refrigerated / stored in the refrigerator 220 and the information on the ingredients included in the detailed recipe information. From the above, when the cooking ingredients corresponding to the detailed recipe information are determined, the ingredients that are insufficient are determined, and when the determination result is output to the cellular phone 200, the information display control unit 204 of the cellular phone 200 is not the missing material. Since the additional recipe information related to the purchased material is output, the additional recipe information related to the newly secured food can be efficiently provided.

  Further, in the third embodiment, when the additional recipe information related to the purchased ingredients other than the insufficient ingredients is output to the mobile phone 200, the insufficient material detection unit 206 of the mobile phone 200 relates to the additional recipe information. Based on the information on the ingredients and the information on the ingredients secured in addition to the missing ingredients, the lack of ingredients when cooking the dish corresponding to the additional recipe information is detected, and the information on the detected ingredients is output. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently provide information on foodstuffs that are insufficient other than newly secured foodstuffs.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the information providing process is realized on each computer has been described. However, the program for realizing the information providing process is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and recorded on the recording medium. The information providing process may be realized by causing the computer to read and execute the program.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer 300 that realizes the information providing process. As shown in FIG. 14, the computer 300 includes a CPU 310 that executes the program, an input device 320 that inputs data, a ROM 330 that stores various data, a RAM 340 that stores calculation parameters and the like, and an information providing process. A reading device 350 that reads a program from a recording medium 400 that records a program for realizing, an output device 360 such as a display, and a network interface 370 that exchanges data with another computer via the network 500. , Connected by a bus 380.

  The CPU 310 implements information provision processing by reading a program recorded on the recording medium 400 via the reading device 350 and then executing the program. Examples of the recording medium 400 include an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, and a hard disk. Further, this program may be installed in the computer 300 via the network 500.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different embodiments in addition to the above-described embodiments within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. It ’s good.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the mobile phone having a QR code reading function is used to read the QR code and display the detailed information of the recipe. However, a PDA (Personal Digital) having the QR code reading function is used. The above processing may be performed using a portable terminal device other than the cellular phone such as Assistant).

  In the above embodiment, the QR code is used as the two-dimensional code for the mobile phone to acquire the detailed information. However, other two-dimensional codes such as a data matrix and a maxi code may be used. .

  In addition, among the processes described in this embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method.

  In addition, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-described document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Each component of each illustrated device is functionally conceptual and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured.

  Furthermore, all or some of the processing functions performed in each device may be realized by a CPU and a program that is analyzed and executed by the CPU, or may be realized as hardware by wired logic.

  As described above, the information providing apparatus, the information providing method, the information management method, the information providing program, and the information management program according to the present invention are easy to carry a client device having a high operability such as a personal computer and a mobile phone. The present invention is useful for an information providing system and an information management system that can realize an easy-to-use information providing service by taking advantage of both advantages of the portable terminal.

It is a figure explaining the information provision process which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the information provision system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the recipe information 62a shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the recipe detailed information 62b shown in FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of information providing processing according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the information provision system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the purchase ingredients information 102b shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the insufficient material information 132c shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the additional material information 132d shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the recipe detailed information / insufficient material information provision process which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a flowchart (1) which shows the process sequence of the additional recipe information provision process which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a flowchart (2) which shows the process sequence of the additional recipe information provision process which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the information provision system which concerns on Example 3. FIG. It is a flowchart (1) which shows the process sequence of the additional recipe information provision process which concerns on Example 3. FIG. It is a flowchart (2) which shows the process sequence of the additional recipe information provision process which concerns on Example 3. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the computer 300 which implement | achieves an information provision process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Recipe information 11 Material information 12 How to make information 13 Advice information 14 Material QR code 15 How to make QR code 16 Advice QR code 30, 100, 200 Mobile phone 31, 101, 201 QR code reading part 102, 202 Storage part 102a, 202a Insufficient material Information 102b, 202b Purchased food information 102c, 202c Recipe detailed information 102d, 202d Recipe information 202e Additional material information 103, 203 Electronic payment processing unit 104, 204 Information display control unit 105, 207 Control unit 205 Additional material detection unit 206 Insufficient material detection Unit 40, 110, 210 Client device 41, 111, 211 Web browser 42, 112, 212 Display device 43, 113, 213 Printing device 50, 120, 220 Refrigerator 51, 121, 22 Information reading unit 52, 122, 222 Storage unit 52a, 122a, 222a Food quantity information 53, 123, 223 QR code generation unit 54, 124, 224 Display unit 55, 125, 225 Control unit 60, 130, 230 Information providing server device 61, 131, 231 Communication processing unit 62, 132, 232 Storage unit 62a, 132a, 232a Recipe information 62b, 132b, 232b Detailed recipe information 132c, 232c Insufficient material information 132d Additional material information 63, 133, 233 Information provision processing unit 64 , 134, 234 Insufficient material determination processing unit 135 Additional material detection unit 235 Additional recipe information provision processing unit 65, 137, 236 Control unit

Claims (5)

An information providing apparatus that provides information related to a material when a request for browsing information related to the material is received,
Storage means for storing information relating to the material and information relating to a two-dimensional code read by the portable terminal and used for reading recipe information relating to the material;
Output means for outputting a two-dimensional code together with information concerning the material based on information concerning the two-dimensional code stored in the storage means;
The two-dimensional code output by the output means and the information related to the material stored in the storage device that stores the material are received from the portable terminal, the information related to the material obtained by the two-dimensional code, and the storage device Based on information relating to the material stored by the material, the insufficient material determination means for determining the first material that is insufficient,
A determination result output means for outputting the result determined by the insufficient material determination means to the portable terminal;
Information on the purchased material is received from the mobile terminal, the information on the purchased material is compared with the information on the first material, the additional material secured other than the first material is detected, and the additional material is detected. Knowledge information output means for detecting recipe information of a dish that can be cooked using the storage means and outputting it to the portable terminal;
An information providing apparatus comprising:   When recipe information related to the additional material is output by the knowledge information output unit, a second material that is insufficient is detected based on the information related to the material related to the recipe information and the information related to the additional material The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an insufficient material information output unit that outputs information on the detected second material.   The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the two-dimensional code includes information related to a storage location of the recipe information.   The storage means further stores recipe information read using the two-dimensional code, when the two-dimensional code output by the output means is printed, and when the printed two-dimensional code is read by a portable terminal The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second output unit that outputs recipe information corresponding to the two-dimensional code. When receiving a request for browsing information related to a material, the information providing method using a computer that provides information related to the material,
A storage step in which the computer stores information on the material and information on a two-dimensional code read by the portable terminal and used for reading recipe information on the material in a storage unit;
The computer, and an output step of outputting together with information relating the two-dimensional code based on the information relating to the two-dimensional code stored in the storage unit to the material,
The computer receives the two-dimensional code output by the output step and the information on the material stored in the storage device that stores the material from the portable terminal, and the information on the material obtained by the two-dimensional code; , based on the information relating to the material to which the storage device is stored, and lack material determination step for determining the first material to be insufficient,
A determination result output step in which the computer outputs the result determined in the insufficient material determination step to the mobile terminal; and
The computer receives information on the purchased material from the mobile terminal, compares the information on the purchased material with the information on the first material, detects an additional material secured other than the first material, A knowledge information output step of detecting recipe information of a dish that can be cooked using the additional material from the storage means and outputting it to the mobile terminal;
An information providing method characterized by including

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