JP6732311B1 - Menu creation system, menu creation device, menu creation method, menu creation program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: A menu preparation system, a menu preparation device, and a menu preparation which can prepare a menu more suitable for the user by easily collecting user's reactions to dishes along the menu and reflecting it in the menu preparation. Providing methods and menu creation programs. SOLUTION: A menu preparation system 1 uses an image capturing section 11 for capturing an image of a dish provided along a menu, and image information of the dish captured by the image capturing section 11 as a food eater (child). The image distribution unit 32 that is distributed to the second information terminal 20 used by the guardian P who is related to, the display unit 21 that displays the image of the food from the image information of the distributed food, and the food that is displayed on the display unit. An operation unit 22 that inputs reaction information for an image, a reaction collection unit 34 that collects reaction information input by the operation unit 22, a user DB 33 that stores reaction information collected by the reaction collection unit 34, A menu creation unit 35 that creates a menu using the reaction information stored in the user DB 33. [Selection diagram] Figure 1

Description

The present disclosure relates to a menu preparation system, a menu preparation device, a menu preparation method, and a menu preparation program for preparing a menu.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various menu preparation systems have been proposed in which some dishes are selected from a prepared food list and the like to prepare a menu having a good nutritional balance. For example, when the user selects food ingredients or cooking methods for each category such as staple food, main dish, side dish, etc., the corresponding menu candidates are presented, and when the user selects a menu from the candidates, the menu There is a menu suggestion system that determines whether or not the nutrition information about the food satisfies a predetermined standard, and if the nutrition information does not meet the predetermined standard, instructs the user to reselect the dish (see Patent Document 1). reference).

JP2012-203834A

However, although there is a system that unilaterally proposes a menu in consideration of nutritional balance and the like as in the technique described in Patent Document 1, when a user actually eats a meal of the proposed menu, the user imagines it. The taste does not always satisfy the users, and the proposed food does not always satisfy them.

In particular, it is not easy to collect personal tastes and allergic reactions regarding foods provided to a large number of people such as school lunches and school lunches.

The present disclosure has been made in order to solve such a problem, and the purpose thereof is to easily collect the user's reaction to the dishes along the menu and reflect it in the menu preparation, It is to provide a menu preparation system, a menu preparation device, a menu preparation method, and a menu preparation program capable of preparing a menu suitable for a user.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the menu preparation system according to the present invention is a menu preparation system for preparing a menu, and an image capturing unit for capturing an image of a dish provided along with the menu, and the image. The image distribution unit that distributes the image information of the food taken by the imaging unit to the eating party terminal used by the eating party related to the eating person of the food, and the image based on the image information of the distributed food. A display unit for displaying the image of, a reaction input unit for inputting reaction information for the image of the dish displayed on the display unit, and a reaction collecting unit for collecting the reaction information input by the reaction input unit, A reaction storage unit that stores the reaction information collected by the reaction collection unit, and a menu creation unit that creates a menu using the reaction information stored in the reaction storage unit are provided.

In addition, in the menu creation system, the reaction input unit may be able to input preference information relating to the preference of the eating person as the response information.

Further, in the menu creation system, the reaction input unit may be able to input allergic information regarding the allergic reaction of the eating person as the reaction information.

Further, in the menu creation system, the reaction input unit may be a touch panel, and the reaction information may be input according to a gesture on the image of the delivered dish.

Further, in the menu creation system, the reaction input unit may include a microphone, and the reaction information may be input according to the voice of the eating person.

Further, in the menu creation system, the image delivery unit identifies one or more dishes from the image of the dish taken by the image capturing unit, and adds the identified dish information to the dish. Image information may be delivered to the eating party terminal, and the reaction input unit may be able to input a reaction for each of the identified dishes.

In addition, in order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, a menu creation device that creates a menu, and an image acquisition unit that acquires image information of the dishes provided along with the menu, and acquired by the image acquisition unit. An image distribution unit that distributes the image information of the food to a food-related person terminal used by a food-related person related to the food-eating person, and a reaction collection unit that collects reaction information for the distributed food image. A reaction storage unit that stores the reaction information collected by the reaction collection unit, and a menu creation unit that creates a menu using the reaction information stored in the reaction storage unit.

Further, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the menu preparation method according to the present invention, a menu preparation method for preparing a menu, and an image acquisition step of acquiring image information of dishes provided along with the menu, , An image distribution step of distributing the image information of the dish acquired in the image acquisition step to the eating party terminal used by a eating party related to the eating person of the dish, and an image of the distributed dish A menu is created using a reaction collecting step of collecting reaction information, a reaction storing step of storing the reaction information collected in the reaction collecting step in a reaction storing section, and the reaction information stored in the reaction storing section. The menu making process and the computer are executed.

Further, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the menu preparation program according to the present invention is a menu preparation program for preparing a menu, and an image acquisition step of acquiring image information of dishes provided along with the menu. , An image distribution step of distributing the image information of the dish acquired in the image acquisition step to the eating party terminal used by a eating party related to the eating person of the dish, and an image of the distributed dish A menu is created using a reaction collecting step of collecting reaction information, a reaction storing step of storing the reaction information collected in the reaction collecting step in a reaction storing section, and the reaction information stored in the reaction storing section. The menu creation process and the computer are executed.

According to the present invention using the above means, it is possible to create a menu more suitable for the user by easily collecting the user's reaction to the dishes along the menu and reflecting it in the menu creation.

It is a system block diagram which shows the menu preparation system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows a menu creation routine in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a 1st display example of the image of the food displayed on the display part of a 2nd information terminal. It is a 2nd display example of the image of the food displayed on the display part of a 2nd information terminal.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a menu preparation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the menu preparation system 1 of the present embodiment, a lunch service provider B prepares a lunch menu for a nursery school A to which users (teachers, children, parents, etc.) belong. A system will be described as an example. The menu preparation system 1 includes, via a communication network NW such as the Internet, a first information terminal 10 used by a nursery school related person such as a staff member T of a nursery school A, and a eating person such as a guardian P of a child eating lunch. The second information terminal 20 used by and the management server 30 (menu preparation device) managed by the food service provider B are connected. In the figure, for the sake of simplification of description, one nursery staff member and one guardian at the nursery school A side will be described as an example. It is possible to connect with more users via. In particular, the management server 30 is actually connected to the plurality of second information terminals 20. In addition to faculty members who take charge of classes in the nursery school, faculty members include clerical staff and other related persons.

The first information terminal 10 is an information terminal having a communication function, such as a smartphone, a tablet, a mobile phone, and a PC (personal computer), and includes at least an image capturing unit 11.

The image capturing unit 11 is, for example, an optical device such as a camera, and is capable of capturing an image of the food provided according to the menu. The image may be not only a still image but also a moving image. Further, the first information terminal 10 can transmit the captured image information to the management server 30.

The second information terminal 20 is an information terminal having a communication function such as a smartphone, a tablet, a mobile phone, and a PC like the first information terminal 10, and at least a display unit 21 and an operation unit 22 (reaction input unit). Have

The display unit 21 is a part that can display image information of dishes distributed from the management server 30, and the operation unit 22 is a part that can input a reaction (reaction information) to the distributed image information. The display unit 21 and the operation unit 22 are configured integrally with the display unit 21 and the operation unit 22 in an information terminal including a touch panel such as a smartphone and a tablet. In the case of a mobile phone or a PC, the display as the display unit 21 and the numeric keypad as the operation unit 22, the keyboard, and the mouse may be separately configured.

The reaction information that can be input by the operation unit 22 includes, for example, the reaction of the presence or absence of eating with respect to the dish shown in the image, the preference reaction such as likes and dislikes, the allergic reaction after eating the dish shown in the image (eczema, rash, itch). , Asthma, shortness of breath, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, convulsions, etc.). As a concrete input method, for example, a selection item such as “not eaten”, “like”, “dislike”, and “allergic reaction present” is displayed on the display unit 21 along with the image of the dish, and the selection item is selected. There is a method or a method of determining whether the food is favorite or not according to the gesture operation on the image of the food. As the gesture operation, for example, a gesture that draws a circle is determined to be “like”, a gesture that draws a cross is “dislike”, and a gesture that draws a triangle is determined to be “normal”. Further, a microphone may be provided as the operation unit 22, and a voice recognition function may be used to identify words related to "like" or "dislike" of the kindergarten or the guardian P to determine whether the person likes or dislikes cooking. Further, as the information indicating the presence/absence of the allergic reaction, an image obtained by photographing an affected area showing an allergic symptom by an image photographing unit (not shown) of the second information terminal 20 may be included in the reaction information.

The management server 30 is composed of one or a plurality of servers (computers) that execute a menu preparation process based on a program. Specifically, the image acquisition unit 31, the image distribution unit 32, the user database 33 (reaction information storage unit), the reaction collection unit 34, the menu preparation unit 35, the cooking database 36 (hereinafter, the database is referred to as “DB”). )have.

The image acquisition unit 31 has a function of acquiring, from the first information terminal 10, the image information of the food taken by the image shooting unit 11.

The image distribution unit 32 has a function of distributing the image information of the dish acquired by the image acquisition unit 31 to the second information terminal 20. Specifically, the image delivery unit 32 is connected to the user DB 33, and the image delivery unit 32 sends the image information to the guardian P1 of the kindergarten child who has eaten the dish shown in the acquired image from the user DB 33. The distribution target is specified, and the image information is distributed to the specified distribution target.

The user DB 33 stores faculty and staff information regarding faculty and staff for each faculty and staff who belongs to the nursery school A. As the staff information, for example, name and ID of the staff, terminal information such as ID and email address corresponding to the first information terminal 10 used by the staff, nursery school, homeroom class, kindergarten information of children belonging to homeroom class , Etc. are included.

In addition, the user DB 33 also stores child information related to each child. As the kindergarten information, for example, the name, address and ID of the kindergarten, name of the guardian, terminal information such as ID and mail address corresponding to the second information terminal 20 used by the guardian, nursery school, affiliation class, homeroom teacher Staff information, menu information, eating information such as whether or not eating, kind of food or ingredients that the child likes, taste information such as food or food that the child dislikes, allergi information held by the child, environment such as temperature, humidity, weather of the day Information, etc. are included. The menu information includes cooking information such as a food name to be provided, ingredients, a production area of each ingredient and nutrients, and date information to provide the meal.

The image distribution unit 32 identifies the first information terminal 10 that is the transmission source of the image information of the dish acquired by the image acquisition unit 31 from the staff member information of the user DB 33, and the kindergarten of the class in which the staff member is in charge The second information terminal 20 of the guardian P of each child is specified from the information. Thereby, the image delivery unit 32 delivers the image information of the food eaten by the child to the second information terminal 20 of the guardian P.

In addition, the image distribution unit 32 automatically identifies the dish shown in the image based on the menu information included in the kindergarten information or by image analysis, and the dish information of the dish shown in the image ( (Cooking name, ingredients, origin of each ingredient, nutrients, etc.) are added to the image information and distributed. Furthermore, message information such as "How was your lunch today?" may be added together with the image information of the dish.

Moreover, the image delivery part 32 can set the time which delivers the image information of a dish to the 2nd information terminal 20 to arbitrary time. For example, the delivery may be performed at the time when the child returns home, or at the time of dinner.

The reaction collection unit 34 has a function of collecting reaction information for a dish input through the operation unit 22 of the second information terminal 20. In addition, the reaction collection unit 34 has a function of reflecting the collected reaction information on the eating information, the preference information, the allergic information, and the like of each kindergarten information of the user DB 33.

The menu creation unit 35 has a function of creating a menu using the eating information, the preference information, the allergic information and the like stored in the user DB 33 in which the reaction information is reflected, and the cooking information stored in the cooking DB 36. doing. For example, when creating a menu for each month, the menu creation unit 35 creates a base menu based on the information in the cooking DB 36, and then adds it to the eating information, the preference information, the allergic information, etc. stored in the user DB 33. Based on this, the final menu for the month is created by rearranging the dishes of the menu so that the children in the class do not like the food or the food with allergic ingredients. The prepared menu is provided to nursery school A. It should be noted that the specific procedure for preparing the menu is not limited to this, and in order to overcome the food that the child dislikes, the dish using the food that the child dislikes may be intentionally incorporated into the menu.

The cooking DB 36 stores cooking information that can be incorporated in the menu. The cooking information includes information on the cooking name, ingredients, the origin and nutrients of each ingredient, and the like. In addition, the dish DB 36 also stores, for each dish, an image of the dish acquired by the image acquisition unit 31, an image of the prepared dish, and the like. In addition, although the user DB 33 and the cooking DB 36 are described as separate bodies in the present embodiment, a DB in which respective pieces of information are integrally stored may be used.

In the menu preparation system 1 of this embodiment configured as described above, the image of the food eaten by the child is distributed to the second information terminal 20 of the guardian P, the reaction information of the food is collected, and the reaction is performed. Informed menus can be created.

2 to 4, a flowchart showing a menu preparation routine in one embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 2, and a dish displayed on the display unit of the second information terminal is shown in FIG. The first display example of the image is shown in FIG. 4, and the second display example is shown in FIG. The flow of menu preparation according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 along the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S1 of the menu preparation routine, the faculty member T of the nursery school A photographs the image of the food served by the image photographing unit 11 of the first information terminal 10 at the time of serving food, and transmits the image information to the management server 30. To do.

Next, in step S2, the image acquisition unit 31 of the management server 30 acquires the image information of the dish transmitted from the first information terminal 10 in step S1 (image acquisition step).

Then, in step S3, the image distribution unit 32 identifies the second information terminal 20 of the guardian P of the kindergarten child who ate the dish from the acquired image information of the dish and the information stored in the user DB 33. , Distribute image information of the dish (image distribution step).

In step S4, the image of the dish is displayed on the display unit 21 of the second information terminal 20 which has received the image information of the dish, and the child or guardian P inputs the reaction information via the operation unit 22.

Specifically, first, as shown in the first display example of FIG. 3, an image of a dish is displayed on the display unit 21 of the second information terminal 20 which is a touch panel tablet. The dishes along the menu on this day are rice, miso soup, croquettes, shredded cabbage, and vegetables (spinach), and the name of each dish is also displayed below the image. In addition, the letters of the food name and message are plainly written (hiragana notation) so that even young children can recognize them. Further, a detailed button d is displayed next to the dish name, and when the detailed button d is tapped, detailed information such as ingredients and nutrients used in each dish can be displayed.

Further, for example, by tapping a part of the dish displayed in the image of the dish, the image of the dish (croquette in FIG. 4) is enlarged as shown in the second display example of FIG. A message for inquiring about the taste of cooking ("How was your croquette today?" in Fig. 4) and choices ("I like", "Medium", "Dislike", "Not eating" in Fig. 4) are displayed. The child or guardian P inputs reaction information by selecting this option by tapping or the like. Alternatively, for example, the reaction information may be input by a gesture operation or a voice with respect to the image portion of the dish.

Further, in FIG. 4, the detail button d is displayed as in FIG. 3, and the allergic reaction button a is displayed below the detail button d. For example, when the returning child has a symptom that seems to be an allergic reaction, the guardian P selects this allergic reaction button a. When the allergic reaction button a is selected, the symptom (eczema, rash, itch, asthma, shortness of breath, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, convulsions, etc.) may be selectable, or simply the allergic reaction may be selected. Only the presence or absence of may be used as the reaction information.

In this way, when the reaction information about each dish or a part of the dish shown in the image is completely input, or by operating a send button or the like not shown, the input reaction information is stored in the management server. Sent to 30.

Then, in step S5 of FIG. 2, the reaction collecting unit 34 of the management server 30 collects the reaction information from the second information terminal 20 used by each guardian P (reaction collecting step).

Then, in step S6, the reaction collection unit 34 reflects the collected reaction information in the user DB 33 (reaction storage step).

In the next step S7, the menu preparation unit 35 determines whether or not it is time to prepare a menu. The determination is determined to be true (Yes) when a predetermined time (for example, noon on the 20th of every month) is reached, and false (No) when the predetermined time is not reached.

If the determination result of step S7 is false (No), the process returns to step S1 and the processes of steps S1 to S6 are repeated until the determination result of step S7 becomes true (Yes). Then, when the determination result of step S7 becomes true (Yes), the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, the menu creation unit 35 creates a menu using the preference information and allergic information of the children stored in the user DB 33 in which the reaction information is reflected, and the cooking information stored in the cooking DB 36 ( Menu creation process), the routine is returned.

As described above, in the menu preparation system 1 of the present embodiment, the image information of the food eaten by the kindergarten is distributed to the second information terminal 20 of the guardian P of the kindergarten, and the reaction information of the cook is sent to the kindergarten or the guardian P. Input. Then, the management server 30 collects this reaction information, updates the user DB 33, and reflects it in the menu creation. This makes it possible to create a menu more suitable for the user by easily collecting user reactions and reflecting them in the menu creation.

In particular, the operation unit 22 of the second information terminal 20 allows the preference information regarding the preference of the kindergarten child to be input as the reaction information, so that the menu according to the kindergarten child's preference can be created. In addition, since allergic information regarding the allergic reaction can be input as the reaction information, it is possible to create a menu that avoids the allergic effects of the children.

In addition, the operation unit 22 of the second information terminal 20 is a touch panel, and the reaction information corresponding to the gesture on the image of the delivered food can be input, so that the reaction information can be input intuitively. The child can easily enter the reaction information.

Further, since the operation unit 22 of the second information terminal 20 has the microphone and the reaction information corresponding to the voice of the child or the guardian P can be input, the reaction information can be input more easily.

Further, the image delivery unit 32 of the management server 30 identifies a plurality of dishes from the images of the dishes taken by the image taking unit 11 and delivers them to the second information terminal 20, and the operation unit 22 of the second information terminal 20. By being able to input a reaction for each identified dish, it is possible to create a menu according to the taste information and the allergic information of the eating person for each dish.

Although the description of the embodiment of the present invention has been completed, the aspect of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the provision of lunch to the nursery school has been described as an example, but the menu preparation system, menu preparation device, menu preparation method, menu preparation program (hereinafter referred to as menu preparation system, etc. according to the present invention) of the present invention The application is not limited to school lunches. For example, the provision destination of lunch may be not only a nursery school but also other organizations such as a kindergarten, a school, a company, a hospital, etc., and the first information terminal is a terminal used by an organization-related person such as a manager of the organization. In addition, the second information terminal is a terminal (eating-related person terminal) used by a eating-related person (including the eating person itself) related to the eating person.

Moreover, the menu prepared by the menu preparation section is not limited to lunch. For example, the menu creation unit can also create a daily menu at home. For example, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 1, the menu preparation unit 36 also prepares a meal menu at home in addition to the meal menu, and the image acquisition unit 31 obtains cooking information corresponding to the menu and image information of the meal. You may send it to. Thereby, the image information of the menu such as dinner and breakfast and the image are distributed from the image distribution unit 32 to the second information terminal 20, and after the child eats the food according to the menu, the image is distributed. By inputting the reaction information, the reaction information is also reflected in the user DB in the reaction collection unit 34. This makes it possible to create a menu more suitable for the user.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the image information of the food taken by the image shooting unit 11 of the first information terminal 10 is temporarily acquired by the management server 30, and the image information is distributed from the management server 30 to the second information terminal. However, distribution of image information is not limited to this. For example, the image information may be distributed directly from the first information terminal to the second information terminal.

1 Menu Creation System 10 First Information Terminal 11 Image Shooting Section 20 Second Information Terminal 21 Display Section 22 Operation Section (Reaction Input Section)
30 management server 31 image acquisition unit 32 image distribution unit 33 user database 34 reaction collection unit 35 menu preparation unit 36 cooking database

Claims (9)

A menu creation system for creating a menu,
A user information storage unit that stores terminal information used by the user;
An image capturing unit that captures an image of the food provided according to the menu,
The transmission source of the image information of the food imaged by the image capturing unit is specified, and a food-related person who is associated with the terminal information of the transmission source from the user information storage unit and is related to the food eater. An image distribution unit that identifies the eating party terminal to be used, and distributes the image of the dish taken by the image shooting section to the eating party terminal .
A display unit that displays the image of the dish from the image information of the delivered dish,
A reaction input unit for inputting reaction information for the image of the dish displayed on the display unit;
A reaction collection unit that collects the reaction information input by the reaction input unit;
A reaction storage unit that stores the reaction information collected by the reaction collection unit;
A food storage unit that stores food information,
A menu creation unit that uses the reaction information stored in the reaction storage unit to select the cooking information stored in the food storage unit to create a menu,
Menu creation system with.
The menu preparation system according to claim 1, wherein the reaction input unit is capable of inputting preference information relating to a preference of a consumer as the response information.
The menu preparation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reaction input unit is capable of inputting allergic information relating to an allergic reaction of the eating person as the reaction information.
The menu preparation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the reaction input unit is a touch panel and is capable of inputting the reaction information according to a gesture on the image of the delivered dish.
The menu preparation system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the reaction input unit has a microphone and is capable of inputting the reaction information according to a voice of the eating person.
The image delivery unit identifies one or more dishes from the image of the dish taken by the image shooting unit, and adds the image information of the dish to which the identified dish information is added, to the eating party terminal. Delivered to
The menu preparation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reaction input unit can input a reaction for each of the identified dishes.
A menu preparation device for preparing a menu,
A user information storage unit that stores terminal information used by the user;
An image acquisition unit that acquires image information of dishes provided along with the menu,
The transmission source of the image information of the dish acquired by the image acquisition unit is specified, and a food-related person who is related to the terminal information of the transmission source from the user information storage unit and is related to the food eater. An image distribution unit that identifies the eating party terminal to be used and distributes the image of the dish taken by the image shooting section to the eating party terminal .
A reaction collection unit that collects reaction information for the image of the delivered food,
A reaction storage unit that stores the reaction information collected by the reaction collection unit;
A food storage unit that stores food information,
A menu creation unit that uses the reaction information stored in the reaction storage unit to select the dish information stored in the dish storage unit to create a menu,
Menu creation device equipped with.
A menu creation method for creating a menu,
An image acquisition step of acquiring image information of the dishes provided according to the menu,
The transmission source of the image information of the dish acquired in the image acquisition step is specified, and the terminal information of the transmission source is related to the transmission source terminal information stored in the user information storage unit in which the terminal information used by the user is stored. An image distribution step of identifying the eating party terminal used by the eating party related to the eating person of the dish, and delivering the image of the dish taken by the image shooting unit to the eating party terminal .
A reaction collecting step of collecting reaction information for the image of the delivered food,
A reaction storing step of storing the reaction information collected in the reaction collecting step in a reaction storing section,
Using the reaction information stored in the reaction storage unit, a menu creation step of creating a menu by selecting the food information stored in the food storage unit in which the food information is stored ,
How to make a menu by computer.
A menu creation program that creates a menu,
An image acquisition step of acquiring image information of the dishes provided according to the menu,
The transmission source of the image information of the dish acquired in the image acquisition step is specified, and the terminal information of the transmission source is associated with from the user information storage unit in which the terminal information used by the user is stored. An image distribution step of identifying the eating party terminal used by the eating party related to the eating person of the dish, and delivering the image of the dish taken by the image shooting unit to the eating party terminal .
A reaction collecting step of collecting reaction information for the image of the delivered food,
A reaction storing step of storing the reaction information collected in the reaction collecting step in a reaction storing section,
Using the reaction information stored in the reaction storage unit, a menu creation step of creating a menu by selecting the food information stored in the food storage unit in which the food information is stored ,
A menu creation program that is executed by a computer.

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