JP7019850B1 - User support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support a series of flow of edible plant cultivation, harvesting, cooking, and ingestion as a whole, as opposed to a conventional one which supports a single work of "plant cultivation". SOLUTION: The information is obtained from a cultivation information acquisition unit 27 that acquires cultivation information according to the cooking of each plant in a plurality of plants used for cooking designated by a user, and information obtained from the cultivation information of each plant. , A cultivation information output unit 28 that provides the user with information on the preferred seeding or planting time based on different germination or planting in each plant and information on cultivation and harvesting according to the dish of each plant. User support system to have. [Selection diagram] Fig. 3

Description

Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Law Applicable Website Publication Date November 11, 2nd Reiwa Representative URL of the website https: // webshop. Tokyo-gas. co. jp / 1 other issue [Publications, etc.] Date of publication of the website February 15, 3rd year Reiwa Representative URL of the website https: // webshop. Tokyo-gas. co. jp / 3 others

The present invention relates to a user support system.

Patent Document 1 proposes an information processing device that supports the cultivation of plants. More specifically, in order to generate an optimum growth model for each situation in which a plant is placed, the information processing apparatus acquires information indicating the situation for each plant cultivated by a plurality of users, and the acquired information. The breeding model is updated by generating comparative information for comparing the breeding model with the breeding model and comparing the comparison information with the breeding model. In addition, comparative information is compared with the breeding model to generate information to support the cultivation of plants.
Patent Document 2 proposes a management server that provides a method for providing plant growth information that allows ordinary people who lack knowledge of plant growth to enjoy the process of plant growth and grow plants without failure. When the information of the plant to be grown is given, the management server searches the basic plant growth data of the plant from the database that stores the basic plant growth data, from the setting of the customer's plant growth equipment to the end of plant growth. According to the growing work schedule, we create time-series plant growing information consisting of work information showing the work contents to be done during growing from the basic plant growing data and control information of the control equipment, and the customer's according to the growing work schedule. It is transmitted and provided to plant growing facilities through a network.

Japanese Patent No. 6261826 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-254775

Conventionally, for example, as in Patent Documents 1 and 2, a system for supporting cultivation so that a beginner can grow a plant well in a vegetable garden has been proposed.
However, what is done in the conventional system is limited to supporting the single work of "cultivating plants", and does not support a series of flows such as "cultivating and eating plants" as a whole.

It is an object of the present invention to support a series of flow of edible plant cultivation, harvesting, cooking, and ingestion as a whole, as opposed to the conventional one that supports a single work of "plant cultivation".

The invention according to claim 1 is an acquisition means for acquiring cultivation information corresponding to the cooking of each plant in the plurality of plants for a plurality of plants used for a predetermined cooking, and each of the above-mentioned plants. Information obtained from the cultivation information of the above-mentioned time information providing means for providing the user with information on the preferable seeding or planting time based on different germination or planting in each of the plants, and the said of each of the above-mentioned plants. It is a user support system having a cultivation information providing means for providing information on cultivation and harvesting according to a dish to the user.
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the cultivation information according to the dish is information determined based on the harvest time of each of the plants according to the time of the dish. It is a user support system described in.
The invention according to claim 3 further comprises a determination means for determining the provision time of the cultivation material to be provided to the user from the information regarding the seeding or planting timing acquired by the timing information providing means. The user support system according to claim 1, wherein the user support system is characterized by the above.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the determination means provides the cultivation material to be provided to the user according to the plant having the earliest seeding or planting time among the plants of the plurality of plants. The user support system according to claim 3, wherein the user support system is determined to be used.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the determining means determines the timing of providing the cultivated material to the user according to the timing of different seeding or planting in each plant of the plurality of plants. , The user support system according to claim 3.
The invention according to claim 6 is a place providing means for providing a place of communication to a plurality of the users, and an event held at the place of communication for the user participating in the place of communication. The user support system according to claim 1 to 5, further comprising an event information providing means for providing information regarding the above.

According to the present invention, it is possible to support a series of flow of edible plant cultivation, harvesting, cooking, and ingestion as a whole, as opposed to the conventional one that supports the single work of "plant cultivation".

It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration of the user support system to which this embodiment is applied. It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration of a server. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of a server. It is a flowchart which shows the process flow of a server. It is a figure which shows the specific example in the case where the cultivation kit is sent a plurality of times according to each seeding or planting time of a plurality of plants. (6A) is a diagram showing a specific example of a plurality of cooking information displayed on a user terminal in a selectable manner. (6B) is a diagram showing a specific example of cooking information displayed on a user terminal as a result of selection by the user. (7A) is a diagram showing a specific example of a chat room as an example of a place of communication in which a plurality of users can participate. (7B) is a diagram showing a specific example of a bulletin board on which event information of an event, which is an example of a place of communication in which a plurality of users can participate, is posted.

[Hardware configuration of user support system]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a user support system to which the present embodiment is applied.
The user support system 1 is a system that realizes a "growth and eating support service" (hereinafter referred to as "this service") provided by a service provider to a user. By using this service, users can enjoy and experience the series of processes of cultivating edible plants, harvesting, cooking and eating. The user support system 1 has a server 10, a storage device 50, and user terminals 70-1 to 70-n (n is an integer value of 2 or more).

The server 10 constituting the user support system 1 is an information processing device that controls the entire system. Specifically, the server 10 controls the application of the service from the user to the person who provides the service. In addition, using a plurality of plants as ingredients, control is performed to present to the user information on cooking that allows the user to experience a series of cultivation, harvesting, cooking, and ingestion in a form that can be selected as "cooking information". In addition, control is performed to send a kit of materials (cultivation materials) required for cultivation of each of a plurality of plants used as ingredients for cooking selected by the user to the user at a predetermined timing as a "cultivation kit". .. The cultivation kit sent to the user includes a set of seeds or seedlings for one or more plants, potting soil, inner pots, outer pots, instruction manuals, etc. that the user needs to grow the plants. Is done. The user grows a plant using a cultivation kit sent directly from a service provider or indirectly through an intermediary. However, there are many users who do not have the knowledge and experience to grow plants. Therefore, in this service, cultivation information that supports cultivating a plurality of plants well, harvesting them at the same time, and cooking well is provided to the user at an appropriate timing.

The storage device 50 constituting the user support system 1 is an information processing device that stores and manages various types of information in a database. Specifically, the storage device 50 has a user information DB 51 and a plant information DB 52. Further, the storage device 50 has a cultivation information DB 53, a cooking information DB 54, and an event information DB 55.

Information about the user is stored as "user information" in the user information DB 51. User information includes basic information such as name, address, age, and gender that the user registers to use this service. In addition, the user information may include the purchase history of the cultivation kit, the designation history of the dish, and the like as the usage record of the service by the user. In addition, if the user has separately registered user information in a service other than this service and there is a provision regarding the accommodation of user information between the two services, the consent of the user is a condition. The user information already registered in the other service is also stored in the user information DB 51. The user information stored in the user information DB 51 is associated with identification information that can uniquely identify the user, and is managed in such a manner that the identification information can be used as a key to extract at any time.

In the plant information DB 52, information about plants that can be used as ingredients for cooking is stored as "plant information". The plant information includes information such as the name and characteristics of the plant, a captured image or a drawn image, and identification information that can uniquely identify available dishes. For example, in the plant information of the plant "Spinach", the name of the plant "Spinach / Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae Subfamily Spinach", "Sweet, dark green, iron, rich in vitamin C, cultivation in a cool area is suitable. It contains information such as the characteristics of the plant, the captured image of spinach, and the identification information that can uniquely identify each of the dishes such as fresh spring rolls. The plant information includes information generally provided on various websites and information independently investigated by service providers. The plant information stored in the plant information DB 52 is associated with the identification information that makes it possible to uniquely identify the plant, and is managed in a manner that can be extracted at any time using this identification information as a key.

In the cultivation information DB 53, information for supporting the cultivation of plants is stored as "cultivation information". Cultivation information includes information applicable to plants in general, information applicable to each category of plants, and information applicable to each type of plant. Examples of the plant category include "root vegetables" and "leaf vegetables". Examples of the type of plant include "burdock", "carrot", "radish" and the like. Cultivation information includes, for example, information on the time and method suitable for seeding or planting the plant to be cultivated, information on the environment such as the amount of sunshine, temperature and humidity suitable for cultivation, information on the timing and amount of watering, and information on the timing and amount of watering. Includes information on the germination period as a guide, information on the harvest time as a guide, and information on advice including cultivation tips.

The content of the cultivation information and the timing at which the cultivation information is output are determined based on the content specified by the user as the timing at which the user actually cooks. Specifically, it is determined based on the result calculated back from the timing when the user actually cooks and the corresponding harvest time. Usually, many plants are freshly picked and are said to be the most delicious, so the day when cooking is done is often the harvest time. However, some sweet potatoes, such as sweet potatoes, become sweeter when ripened for one month or more after harvesting. In the cultivation information of such a plant, a certain period is provided between the timing of cooking and the time of harvest in the back calculation of the content of the cultivation information and the timing of outputting the cultivation information.

Further, for example, when each of the two users cultivates the same kind of plant in order to make the same kind of food, if the timing of making the same kind of food is the same, the cultivation information provided to both of them The contents and the timing at which cultivation information is provided are basically the same. However, if there is a difference between the two in terms of the timing of cooking, the difference is taken into consideration, and the content of the cultivation information provided to both and the timing in which the cultivation information is provided are different. For example, if there is a two-week difference in the timing of making the same kind of food, it is necessary to cause a two-week difference in the harvest time. For this reason, it is added that there is a difference of two weeks in the timing at which the two cook the dishes, and the content of the cultivation information provided to the two and the timing at which the cultivation information is provided are different. Specifically, there are differences in the time suitable for seeding or planting, the reference harvest time, and the like.

In the cooking information DB 54, information on cooking using a plurality of plants as ingredients is stored as "cooking information". The cooking information includes information such as the name of the food, identification information that can uniquely identify each of the plurality of plants used as ingredients, a recipe that describes the cooking method, and a captured image of the food. Specifically, for example, in the cooking information of the dish "raw spring roll", each of the name of the dish, "horensou", "mini carrot", "green onion", and "pakuchi" as plants used as ingredients is unique. Includes identifiable identification information, recipes for fresh spring rolls, and information such as captured images of fresh spring rolls. In addition, for example, the cooking information of a dish called "kenchin-jiru" includes identification information that can uniquely identify each of the name of the dish, "burdock", "carrot", and "radish" as plants used as ingredients, and kenchin-jiru. The recipe and information such as the captured image of Kenchin-jiru are included. The cooking information stored in the cooking information DB 54 is associated with identification information that makes it possible to uniquely identify a dish, and is managed in a manner that can be extracted at any time using this identification information as a key.

In the event information DB 55, information about various events that the user can participate in online, or the application itself is performed online, but the actual event is held offline, etc. is stored as "event information". Examples of events held offline include a plant exchange meeting that each user harvests and brings. Event information includes the name of the event, the content of the event, eligibility to participate in the event, the date and time of the event, the schedule of the event, information about the organizer of the event, and the like. Events to be held include, for example, a harvesting event in which multiple users cultivating a specific type of plant can participate, and online guidance for cooking plants harvested by parents and children in the kitchen of each household. Examples include cooking classes to be held. The event information stored in the event information DB 55 is associated with identification information that makes it possible to uniquely identify an event, and is managed in a manner that can be extracted at any time using this identification information as a key.

User terminals 70-1 to 70-n are composed of smartphones, tablets, personal computers, communication robots and the like. The user terminals 70-1 to 70-n are possessed by each of the plurality of users, or are arranged in a space in which each of the plurality of users lives. Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish and explain each of the user terminals 70-1 to 70-n, these are collectively referred to as "user terminal 70".

The user terminal 70 accepts an input operation from the user. For example, the user terminal 70 accepts an input operation for registering user information in this service. The mode of input operation to the user terminal 70 by the user is not particularly limited, and differs depending on the function of the user terminal 70. For example, an input operation by a user's finger movement performed on a touch panel or a keyboard, an input operation by a user's voice emitted to a microphone or the like, an input operation by a user's gesture performed on a camera or the like, and the like can be mentioned. Be done. Further, the user terminal 70 acquires various information from the server 10 and outputs it in a predetermined output format. Examples of the information output from the user terminal 70 include user information, cooking information, plant information, cultivation information, event information, and the like. These information are output in the form of text information, voice information, and the like.

When the user terminal 70 is composed of a smartphone, a tablet, and a personal computer, dedicated application software (hereinafter referred to as "dedicated application") that enables the service can be installed on the user terminal 70. Even if the dedicated application is not installed, you can also use the browser function of the user terminal 70 to access the dedicated website (hereinafter referred to as "dedicated site") that enables this service. You can use the service.

As described above, the user terminal 70 is used in various modes by each of the plurality of users who use this service. In this service, a communication relationship is established between a user who cultivates a plant and a service provider who provides a cultivation kit and cultivation information to the user. For example, each user can not only receive the cultivation information but also ask a question to a plant cultivation expert or a chatbot prepared in advance by the service provider. Furthermore, since a plurality of users are registered in this service, a place of communication in which a plurality of users can participate online is provided. As a result, a communication relationship between a plurality of users is established. The place of communication may be an open place where any user can participate, or a closed place where only a limited group of users can participate.

As a closed place, for example, a place where only a "family" can participate can be mentioned. The term "family" here includes, for example, a family living in a remote place regardless of whether or not they live together due to the nature of being online. For example, a user who is a father can open a closed place where only his family can participate. In this case, for example, an experience-based cultivation kit that the user's family can enjoy together for several months may be provided as a product. The target dish can be selected and specified by the user, but at that time, as a "recommended dish", for example, a vegetable cultivation set that a child user is not good at may be recommended. Since the likes and dislikes of children are managed in advance as user information, it is possible to automatically recommend unique products that are different for each user, such as "a cultivation kit that makes you like peppers". can. As a result, it can be expected that children's likes and dislikes will be eliminated through the cultivation experience and cooking experience that the family encourages each other.

In addition, various online or offline events will be held for groups of users who have participated in the communication. A group of users who participated in the event may be presented with an album of photographs taken at the time of the event. Such gifts may be archived as a child's memory or a record of growth.

[Server configuration]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the server 10.
The server 10 is composed of a computer device such as a desktop PC or a notebook PC. The server 10 stores a control unit 11 which is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls the entire device, a memory 12 such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) used as a work area for calculation, and a storage of programs and various setting data. It has a storage unit 13 which is a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a semiconductor memory to be used. Further, it has a communication unit 14 that transmits / receives data via the network 90. Further, a display including an operation unit 15 such as a keyboard, a pointing device, and a touch panel that accepts input operations from a user (for example, a service provider) on the server 10 side, and a liquid crystal display that displays images and text information to the user. It has a unit 16 and a display control unit 17 that controls the display unit 16.

The hardware configuration of the storage device 50 and the user terminal 70 constituting the user support system 1 has the same configuration as the hardware configuration of the server 10, and the hardware configuration of the storage device 50 and the user terminal 70 will be described. Is omitted. In addition to these configurations, the user terminal 70 may have an image pickup unit including a camera for capturing an image of a plant growing condition and a user's gesture and acquiring it as still image or moving image information. good. Further, it may have a recording unit including a microphone or the like for recording a voice emitted from a user and acquiring it as voice information. Further, it may have a voice recognition unit that recognizes the content of the voice emitted from the user.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the server 10.
The server 10 has a user information acquisition unit 21 that acquires information about the user as "user information", and a user information storage unit 22 that stores the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 21. In addition, the cooking information acquisition unit 23 that acquires information on cooking using plants as ingredients as "cooking information" and the cooking information output unit that outputs the cooking information acquired by the cooking information acquisition unit 23 to the user terminal 70. It has 24 and. Further, regarding a dish designated by the user among a plurality of dishes, a dish designated reception unit 25 that accepts designation of the time when the dish is to be served, and a plurality of plants used for the dish designated by the dish designated reception section 25. It has a plant information acquisition unit 26 that acquires information as "plant information".

In addition, the cultivation information acquisition unit 27, which acquires information on cultivation of each plant according to the dish of the plant information acquired by the plant information acquisition unit 26, as "cultivation information", and the cultivation information acquisition unit 27 acquire it. It has a cultivation information output unit 28 that outputs the cultivation information to the user terminal 70. In addition, it has a delivery time control unit 29 that controls the time to send a plurality of plant cultivation kits used for cooking desired by the user to the user. In addition, the place providing unit 31 that provides a place for communication that users can participate in online, and the event information provision that provides information about the event held in the place of communication to the users who participate in the place of communication. It has a unit 32.

The user information acquisition unit 21 acquires the user information input to the user terminal 70. Further, as described above, the user information of the user of this service is already managed by an external server (not shown) that operates another service different from this service, and the user information is stored between this service and the other service. There may be provisions regarding flexibility. In such a case, the user information acquisition unit 21 can also acquire user information from another server, subject to the consent of the user.

The user information storage unit 22 stores and manages the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 21 in the user information DB 51. Further, the user information storage unit 22 stores and manages the user information in the storage unit 13 as needed.

The cooking information acquisition unit 23 acquires cooking information to be selected by the user from the cooking information stored in the cooking information DB 54 of the storage device 50. In addition, the cooking information acquisition unit 23 newly acquires cooking information to be selected by the user from a website on the Internet on which cooking information is posted, as necessary.

The cooking information output to the user terminal 70 by the cooking information output unit 24 is displayed on the user terminal 70 in a manner selectable by the user on the user terminal 70. For example, a plurality of icons consisting of a combination of a dish name and a captured image and a plant name and image used for the dish may be displayed on the user terminal 70 in a selectable manner. Specific examples of cooking information displayed on the user terminal 70 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B.

The food designation reception unit 25 uses "pepper steak" as a user's designation of cooking and the time when the food is to be cooked, for example, in order to improve the user's likes and dislikes of "green peppers" (plants). If (Cooking) and "August 21" are specified as the time to cook, this designation will be accepted. However, depending on the plant, there may be seasons and seasons when it cannot be cultivated. For this reason, the time suitable for seeding or planting a plant, which is simply calculated back in terms of the number of days from the date specified by the user as the time for cooking, may not be suitable for cultivation in reality. In such a case, an error display such as "At the timing of the selected dish, it is not suitable for cultivating the plant as the ingredient" may be output. Further, for example, on the cooking time selection screen, cooking information of a dish using a plant that is out of the cultivable time as an ingredient may not be displayed as a selection target in the first place.

The plant information acquisition unit 26 acquires plant information stored in the plant information DB 52 of the storage device 50. In addition, the plant information acquisition unit 26 newly acquires plant information from a website on the Internet on which plant information is posted, as necessary.

The cultivation information acquisition unit 27 acquires the cultivation information of each plant of the plant information acquired by the plant information acquisition unit 26 among the cultivation information stored in the cultivation information DB 53 of the storage device 50. In addition, the cultivation information acquisition unit 27 newly acquires the cultivation information of each plant of the plant information acquired by the plant information acquisition unit 26 from the website on the Internet where the cultivation information is posted, as necessary. ..

The cultivation information output to the user terminal 70 by the cultivation information output unit 28 is notified to the user. It should be noted that the mode in which the cultivation information is notified to the user is not particularly limited. For example, when the user terminal 70 is a smartphone or a tablet, the user may be notified in the form of text or voice via the above-mentioned dedicated application or dedicated site. In this case, the user may be notified via an output device such as a smart speaker that can be connected to the user terminal 70 by a network such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), Wi-Fi, or LAN (Local Area Network). Further, for example, when the user terminal 70 is a communication robot, it may be notified in the form of voice, motion, gesture, etc. output from the communication robot. Further, for example, a booklet (electronic medium or paper medium) of an electronic medium or a paper medium containing cultivation information may be notified by sending by e-mail, mail, or the like.

The delivery time control unit 29 controls the delivery time of the cultivation kit as follows. Specifically, the sending time control unit 29 determines the sending time of the cultivation kit according to the germination or planting time of each of the plurality of plants obtained from the cultivation information acquired by the cultivation information acquisition unit 27. .. Sending time The sending time of the cultivation kit determined by the control of the control unit 29 is adjusted to the cooking time of the user in the same manner as the output time of the cultivation information output to the user terminal 70 by the cultivation information output unit 28. It is determined based on the period calculated back from the harvest time of each plant. For example, if there are three types of plants used in the user's cooking, a cultivation kit containing the three types of plants will be sent at the same time according to the plant with the earliest seeding or planting time among the three types of plants. May be good. In this case, the cultivation information output unit 28 outputs the appropriate seeding or planting time of each of the three types of plants to the user terminal 70 as cultivation information. In addition, the cultivation kit may be divided into three parts and sent according to the time of seeding or planting of each of the three types of plants. A specific example in which the cultivation kit is divided and sent according to the seeding or planting time of each of the plurality of types of plants will be described later with reference to FIG.

Examples of communication venues provided to a plurality of users by the venue provision unit 31 include chat rooms that can exchange simple messages between users in real time, bulletin boards that can list event information that users can participate in, and the like. Be done. Of the communication venues in which a plurality of users can participate, specific examples of each of the chat room and the bulletin board will be described later using each of FIGS. 7A and 7B.

[Server processing]
Next, the processing of the server 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the server 10.

First, the user information acquisition unit 21 shown in FIG. 3 acquires user information. Specifically, the user information acquisition unit 21 acquires the user information input to the user terminal 70. In addition, among the user information managed by the external server that operates another service, the information for which the user's consent has been obtained may be acquired (step 101). The user information storage unit 22 stores the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 21 (step 102). Specifically, the user information storage unit 22 stores and manages the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 21 in the user information DB 51. Further, the user information storage unit 22 stores and manages the user information in the storage unit 13 of the own machine as needed.

The cooking information acquisition unit 23 acquires cooking information (step 103). Specifically, the cooking information acquisition unit 23 acquires cooking information to be selected by the user from the cooking information stored in the cooking information DB 54 of the storage device 50. In addition, the cooking information acquisition unit 23 newly acquires cooking information from a website on the Internet on which cooking information is posted, as necessary. The cooking information output unit 24 outputs the cooking information acquired by the cooking information acquisition unit 23 toward the user terminal 70 (step 104). The dish designation reception unit 25 receives the designation of the dish desired by the user and the time when the dish is to be served among the plurality of dishes displayed on the user terminal 70 in a selectable manner (step 105).

The plant information acquisition unit 26 acquires plant information (step 106). Specifically, the plant information acquisition unit 26 acquires plant information stored in the plant information DB 52 of the storage device 50. In addition, the plant information acquisition unit 26 newly acquires plant information from a website on the Internet on which plant information is posted, as necessary. The cultivation information acquisition unit 27 acquires the cultivation information of each plant in the plant information acquired by the plant information acquisition unit 26 (step 107). Specifically, the cultivation information acquisition unit 27 acquires the cultivation information of each plant of the plant information acquired by the plant information acquisition unit 26 among the cultivation information stored in the cultivation information DB 53 of the storage device 50. do.

In addition, the cultivation information acquisition unit 27 newly acquires cultivation information from a website on the Internet on which cultivation information is posted, as necessary. Further, the cultivation information output unit 28 outputs the cultivation information acquired by the cultivation information acquisition unit 27 toward the user terminal 70 (step 108). The cultivation information output to the user terminal 70 by the cultivation information output unit 28 is notified to the user. Specifically, for example, when the user terminal 70 is a smartphone or tablet, the user is notified in the form of text or voice via the above-mentioned dedicated application or dedicated site.

The delivery time control unit 29 accepts whether or not to separately send the cultivation kits as a control of the timing of sending the cultivation kits of a plurality of plants used for the dish desired by the user to the user (step 109). Here, when it is desired to separately send the cultivation kit (YES in step S110), the delivery time control unit 29 controls to send the cultivation kit for each plant (step S111). On the other hand, when the divisional delivery of the cultivation kit is not desired in step S110 (NO in step S110), the delivery time control unit 29 controls to send the cultivation kit on the delivery date of the earliest plant. (Step S112). As a specific example of the case where the cultivation kit is divided and sent in a plurality of times according to the seeding or planting time of each of the plurality of plants because the cultivation kit is requested to be sent separately, FIG. 5 is used. Will be described later.

As described above, in the user support system 1 to which the present embodiment is applied, when the user specifies a dish that he / she wants to cook and eat, the plant used for the dish is cultivated, harvested, cooked, and ingested. I made it possible to experience while enjoying the series of flows. That is, it enables the user to cultivate plants well while receiving accurate advice at various timings. However, what is noteworthy in this embodiment is that, first, the dish and the time when the dish is cooked are determined based on the user's designation, and a plurality of dishes used for the dish are used in accordance with this. It is the point where the plants and their respective seeding or planting times are determined. Due to this notable point, even those who have no knowledge or experience in plant cultivation can grow and cook multiple plants by themselves without causing a large difference in the harvest time of each plant. You will be able to enjoy eating yourself.

〔Concrete example〕
Next, a specific example of this service will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example in which a cultivation kit is sent a plurality of times according to the seeding or planting time of each of the plurality of plants.

In FIG. 5, the dish specified by the user is "kenchin-jiru", and there are three types of plants used as ingredients, "burdock", "carrot", and "radish". An example involving a plant is shown. In the example of FIG. 5, the cultivation kit is sent to the user in three parts. Specifically, as a result of back calculation based on the suitable time for seeding or planting burdock (burdock), carrot (carrot), and radish (radish) and the time when the user cooks, burdock The delivery time of the cultivation kits for each of the burdock, carrot, and radish plants is determined.

In the example of FIG. 5, after seeding or planting of burdock, the standard period until germination is "7 to 14 days", and then the standard period until harvest is "about 3 months". ing. In addition, after seeding or planting carrots, the standard period for germination is "7 to 14 days", and the standard period for harvesting is "about two and a half months". In addition, after seeding or planting radish, the standard period for germination is "2 to 5 days", and the standard period for harvesting is "about one and a half months". Here, as shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the harvest time calculated back from the time when the user cooks "Kenchin-jiru" is "October 1 (October 1)". In such a case, if it is desired to send the cultivation kit separately, for example, the burdock cultivation kit will be sent on "June 15 (6/15)", and the carrot cultivation kit will be sent. The time will be "June 30 (6/30)", and the delivery time of the radish (burdock) cultivation kit will be "August 15 (8/15)". As described above, in the example of FIG. 5, the cultivation kit is sent in the order of burdock (burdock), carrot (carrot), and radish (radish). Further, during the period in which the three types of plants shown in FIG. 5 are cultivated, various advices as cultivation information are provided to the user terminal 70. Then, at the time of harvest, a recipe for Kenchin-jiru is sent to the user.

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing a specific example of a plurality of cooking information displayed on the user terminal in a manner selectable. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a specific example of cooking information displayed on the user terminal as a result of selection by the user.

A plurality of dishes are displayed in a selectable manner on the user terminal 70 of the user who intends to start using the service. In FIG. 6 (6A), as an example, icons of each captured image such as “raw spring roll” and “kenchin-jiru” are displayed. In addition, under each icon, the name of the dish and other dish information are shown in the form of text data. Further, under the notation "recommended dish", an icon indicating each of the plurality of recommended dishes is displayed for the user. The "recommended dish" may be determined based on, for example, the past purchase history of the cultivation kit of the user obtained from the user information, or the selection history of the dish. In this case, dishes using plants that the user has never cultivated in the past, dishes using many plants that the user tends to like, and the like may be recommended as "recommended dishes". Furthermore, a dish made from a plant containing a large amount of nutrients (for example, calcium, various vitamins, fiber) that the user should actively ingest may be recommended by allowing the user's medical history to be registered in the user information. ..

Also, depending on the dishes that are popular with other users (for example, the 5 most popular dishes by plant) and the amount of seedlings in stock that the service provider has in stock (that is, the circumstances of the service provider), "Recommended" The "Cooking" cultivation kit may be recommended as a sale item. Here, it is assumed that the user selects and specifies "raw spring rolls" from a plurality of dishes displayed on the user terminal 70. Then, the screen shown in FIG. 6 (6B) is displayed on the user terminal 70. On the screen shown in FIG. 6 (6B), a captured image of "raw spring rolls", cooking information including plants used and cultivation methods are displayed. The various information included in the images shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B and the layout of the various information on the screen are merely examples for facilitating the understanding of the contents of this service. Therefore, information other than the information shown by the images shown in FIGS. 6 (6A) and 6 (6B) can be included. For example, the difficulty level of cultivation for each plant may be displayed as cultivation information of a plant used as a food material. The mode in which the "difficulty of cultivation" is displayed is not particularly limited. For example, as a difficulty level from a beginner's point of view, a symbol or the like that can distinguish between a plant that is easy to grow and a plant that is difficult to grow and easy to fail may be attached to the captured image of the plant.

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a specific example of a chat room as an example of a place of communication in which a plurality of users can participate. FIG. 7B is a diagram showing a specific example of a bulletin board on which event information of an event, which is an example of a place of communication in which a plurality of users can participate, is posted.

As a place of communication where multiple users can participate, for example, there were users who have already cultivated multiple plants that are ingredients for cooking called "raw spring rolls" with a cultivation kit, and users who are planning to start cultivation from now on. And. These users can freely participate in a chat room as shown in FIG. 7 (7A), specifically, a chat room with a name such as "fresh spring roll cultivation open space". Participants in such chat rooms are a plurality of users who have a common purpose among a plurality of users who use the service. For this reason, chat room participants can continue to grow the cultivation kit while enjoying a sense of solidarity and security without feeling lonely by reporting on the cultivation status of their own cultivation kit. can. Further, although not shown, a plant cultivation expert or a chatbot prepared in advance by the service provider may be allowed to participate in the chat room. This makes it easy to solve specialized problems that cannot be solved by only multiple users who do not have sufficient knowledge about plant cultivation, and standard problems that chatbots can answer by asking experts and chatbots. Is possible.

In other words, in this service, in addition to the vertically connected service in which cultivation information is provided at an appropriate timing to users who cultivate using the cultivation kit, users who share the same purpose encourage each other. A horizontal connection service is provided. Then, various events are held that can strengthen the horizontal connection between users. FIG. 7 (7B) shows a specific example of a bulletin board that supports the publicizing of an event and accepting participation in the event. In the event information posted on the bulletin board, the information for each event is displayed in the order of the scheduled date of the event or the order based on the usage record of the user. The various information included in the images shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B and the layout of the various information on the screen are merely examples for facilitating the understanding of the contents of this service. Therefore, information other than the information shown by the images shown in FIGS. 7 (7A) and 7 (7B) can be included.

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. Further, the effect of the present invention is not limited to that described in the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (5)

For a plurality of plants used in a predetermined dish, an acquisition means for acquiring cultivation information which is information for supporting the cultivation of each plant in the plurality of plants according to the dish, and
Information obtained from the cultivation information of each of the plants, which is a timing information providing means for providing to the user information on a preferable seeding or planting timing based on different germination or planting in each plant.
Cultivation information providing means for providing information on cultivation and harvesting according to the dish to the user, which is information obtained from the cultivation information of each of the plants.
Have,
A user support system characterized in that the cultivation information acquired by the acquisition means is information determined based on the harvest time of each of the plants according to the cooking time . The first aspect of claim 1 is further provided with a determination means for determining the provision time of the cultivation material to be provided to the user from the information regarding the seeding or planting timing acquired by the timing information providing means. The user support system described. The claim is characterized in that the determination means is determined to provide the cultivation material to the user according to the plant having the earliest seeding or planting time among the plants of each of the plurality of plants. The user support system according to item 2 . 2. The determination means is characterized in that the timing of providing the cultivated material to be provided to the user is determined according to the timing of different seeding or planting in each of the plurality of plants. The user support system described in. A place providing means for providing a place for communication to a plurality of the above-mentioned users,
The invention according to claim 1 to 4 , further comprising an event information providing means for providing information on an event held in the communication place to the user who participates in the communication place. User support system.

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