JP7226757B2 - HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a health care support device, a health care support method, and a program.

Healthcare costs account for 41% of the national budget and are expected to exceed 50% by 2030. Under such circumstances, efforts to extend healthy life expectancy and health care products and services to prevent illness are being provided. In addition, with the development of ICT technology, health management applications and systems using ICT technology are being utilized.

As a healthcare service that utilizes ICT technology, Patent Document 1 discloses that a user's dietary tendency is estimated from the contents of the user's past meals, and even if the user forgets to input a meal, the user's dietary tendency is determined. Disclosed is a meal management device capable of checking ingredient content accordingly. In Patent Document 2, nutritional component analysis is performed from images of meals taken by a person requiring management who needs diet management, the obtained nutritional components are accumulated, and analysis results and advice are transmitted to the person requiring management. A meal management support system is disclosed. In addition, Patent Document 3 discloses a method of recording nutritional component information of foods ingested through a meal, analyzing the nutritional components in the recorded meal information, and presenting the surplus and deficit of necessary nutritional components. It is

Japanese Patent No. 5843382 Japanese Patent No. 4989240 Japanese Patent No. 4987042

When health management is performed, the user needs to consider the user's health condition, nutritional condition, etc., and select foods to be ingested. However, there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to accurately select foods that compensate for the lack of nutritional components or select foods that exclude excessive nutritional components, considering the user's health condition.

In addition, when health care is performed, there is a problem that the user's motivation and intention for health care are lost if there is no motivation not to select foods and ingredients that are biased toward the user's preference.

Therefore, the present invention can present coupons for foods suitable for the user (for example, nutritionally balanced foods, ingredients, etc.) to, for example, a third party other than the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a health care support device and a health care support method capable of continuously encouraging a user to manage nutrition by enabling intervention.

In order to achieve the above object, a health management support device (hereinafter also referred to as "support device") of the present invention includes acquisition means for acquiring user's purchased food information,
list creation means for creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
Coupon creation means for creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
and output means for outputting the recommended food list and the coupon.

A health management support method of the present invention (hereinafter also referred to as "support method") includes an obtaining step of obtaining purchased food information of a user;
a list creation step of creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
a coupon creation step of creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
and an output step of outputting the recommended food list and the coupon.

The program of the present invention comprises an acquisition process for acquiring information on purchased foods of a user;
a list creation process for creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
Coupon creation processing for creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
The output processing for outputting the list of recommended foods and the coupon can be executed on a computer.

According to the present invention, coupons for foods suitable for the user (for example, nutritionally balanced foods, ingredients, etc.) can be presented to, for example, a third party other than the user. By enabling intervention, the user can be encouraged to continue nutritional management.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example (embodiment 1) of the support device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example (embodiment 1) of the support method and program of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another example of the support device according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a support device according to the second embodiment; FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the support method and program of the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of a support device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the support method and program of the third embodiment. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of a support device according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the support method and program of the fourth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of a support device according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the support method and program of the fifth embodiment. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of a support device according to the sixth embodiment. FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the support method and program of the sixth embodiment. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a support system according to the eighth embodiment. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the usage state of the support system of the eighth embodiment.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition, the present invention is not limited or limited by the following embodiments. 1 to 15, the same parts are given the same reference numerals. Also, the descriptions of the respective embodiments can be referred to each other's description unless otherwise specified. Furthermore, the configuration of each embodiment can be combined unless otherwise specified.

[Embodiment 1]
Embodiment 1 relates to a support device and a support method of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a support device in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the support device 10 of the present embodiment has acquisition means 111 , list creation means 112 , coupon creation means 113 and output means 114 . Acquisition means 111, list creation means 112, coupon creation means 113, and output means 114, for example, as shown in FIG. It may be hardware in which the software is installed. The data processing means 11 may include an arithmetic unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). The data processing means 11 may also include, for example, a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), etc., which will be described later.

Acquisition means 111 is electrically connected to list creation means 112 . Acquisition means 111 acquires the purchased food information of the user. The acquisition unit 111 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU. The user can be, for example, any user who performs health management. The user may be, for example, one or more. The purchased food information is, for example, information about the food purchased by the user (purchased food). The purchased food information includes, for example, the product name (product name, name) of the purchased food, manufacturing number, captured image of the purchased food, receipt image, electronic receipt, POS (point of sales) data, nutrition labeling Image data, date and time of purchase, place, etc. can be mentioned.

List creation means 112 is electrically connected to coupon creation means 113 and output means 114 . The list creating means 112 can be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or a GPU. The list creation means 112 creates a recommended food list suitable for the user from the purchased food information. Examples of the recommended foods include uncooked products such as vegetables, fruit vegetables, meats, dairy products, and seafood, processed products such as cooked products, confectionery, and beverages, cooking kits, supplements, nutritional supplements, and nutritional supplement beverages. etc. The cooking kit is, for example, a food set including cooked or uncooked items necessary for cooking a specific food. The recommended foods suitable for the user are, for example, foods suitable for the user's health condition, foods suitable for the user's nutritional condition, foods suitable for the user's health condition and taste, nutritional condition and taste of the user. food suitable for the health condition of the user, food suitable for the disease (morbid) condition of the user, or a combination thereof. The list may include, for example, one or more recommended foods, and may be plural. The list includes, for example, the name of the recommended food, identification information such as manufacturer and production number, price, image, and information such as nutrients. Said list comprises one or more pieces of information, preferably including price information. Examples of the nutrients include calories, carbohydrates such as sugars and lipids, proteins, salts such as sodium, dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins, polyphenols, carotenoids, and the like.

Coupon creation means 113 is electrically connected to output means 114 . Coupon creation means 113 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU. Coupon creation means 113 creates a coupon that allows the purchase of the recommended food from the recommended food list. The coupon includes information such as, for example, a recommended food that can be redeemed, an image of the recommended food, a product name of the recommended food, an image representing the coupon, a price (amount), and the nutrients. Said coupon contains one or more pieces of information, preferably price information.

The output means 114 outputs the recommended food list and the coupon. The output unit 114 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU.

Next, FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of a support method in this embodiment. The support method of this embodiment is implemented as follows, for example, using the support device 10 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the support method of this embodiment includes S1 step (acquisition), S2 step (list creation), S3 step (coupon creation), and S4 step (output).

First, in step S1, the acquisition means 111 acquires the purchased food information of the user (acquisition step). The purchased food information is input by, for example, the user's terminal and output to the support device 10 . Therefore, in step S1, for example, the acquisition means 111 acquires purchased food information input and output from the terminal of the user. Examples of the terminal include portable terminals such as mobile phones, smart phones, and tablet terminals, personal computers, smart watches, smart glasses, and wearable terminals. The terminal may include, for example, imaging means such as a camera or scanner, IC (integrated circuit) card reader, voice input means such as a microphone, and the like.

Next, in step S2, the list creation means 112 creates a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information (list creation step). In step S2, for example, nutritional component information, which is information on nutritional components, is extracted from the purchased food information. The nutritional component information is, for example, information on components of the purchased food. The nutritional component information may be extracted by, for example, acquiring from an internal or external database storing the component information of each purchased food item, or the ingredients constituting each purchased food item may be extracted according to the Japanese Food Standards. You may extract by referring to an ingredient list. Then, in step S2, for example, the obtained nutrient information and dietary intake standards are compared, foods containing deficient nutrient components are extracted as recommended foods, and a list is created. When the purchased food information includes information for a plurality of days, in step S2, the list creation means 112, for example, selects from the purchased food information for one week to one month because most of the turnover of living tissue occurs within 28 days. An average value of the extracted nutritional component information may be used to extract the recommended foods. Examples of the dietary reference intakes include reference values for nutrients recommended by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Extraction of the recommended food is performed, for example, by obtaining information on the candidate food that satisfies the deficient nutritional component from an internal or external database that stores the recommended food candidate food and its nutritional component information. , can be implemented. The information on the candidate food includes, for example, identification information such as the product name, manufacturer, production number, etc., price, image, nutrients, etc. of the candidate food. Further, when the purchased food information is an image, in step S2, for example, the purchased food may be specified from the image. The purchased food can be specified, for example, by text extraction of the name of the purchased food, extraction by a learning model capable of detecting the purchased food, or the like. The learning model can be created, for example, by performing machine learning or deep learning on the purchased food. In this embodiment, an example of creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user's nutritional status has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. A recommended food or the like suitable for a disease (morbidity) state may be created. As a specific example, if the user is diabetic, the list creating means 112 extracts recommended foods with reduced sugar content, for example. Also, if the user has a renal dysfunction (for example, renal failure), the list creating means 112 extracts, for example, recommended foods with reduced protein content. Furthermore, if the user has a heart disease, the list creating means 112 extracts recommended foods with reduced salt content, for example.

In step S3, the coupon creation means 113 creates a coupon that allows the purchase of the recommended food from the recommended food list. If the coupon is redeemable for the recommended food, step S3 creates a coupon with information on the recommended redeemable food, for example. Also, if the coupon is redeemable for a recommended food of a certain price or less, then in step S3, for example, a coupon with price information is created. Specifically, in step S3, for example, the price of the coupon is determined from the price of the recommended food. Then, in step S3, for example, a coupon to which the determined price information is added is created. In step S3, when creating a plurality of coupons, each coupon is a coupon to which the same information or different information is added. The different information includes, for example, information on different amounts, information on different recommended foods, information on at least one of different amounts and recommended foods, and the like.

Then, in step S4, the recommended food list and the coupon are output (output step). The output destination of the recommended food list and the coupon may be, for example, the terminal of the user, the terminal of the coupon purchaser, or the like. The coupon purchaser may be, for example, a person who supports the user's health, or an organization such as a corporation. Specific examples of the coupon purchaser include the user's family, relatives, companies, corporate health insurance companies, governments, local governments, insurance companies, sports clubs, medical institutions, nursing care facilities, nursing homes, and the like. It is preferable that the terminal of the user and the terminal of the coupon purchaser are different terminals. As a result, when the coupon purchaser purchases the coupon using the support device and the support method of the present embodiment, for example, communication between the user and the coupon purchaser can be triggered. In addition, the support device and support method of the present embodiment enable, for example, a third party to intervene in health management of the user. If the list of recommended foods includes a plurality of recommended foods, step S4 outputs, for example, part or all of the list.

As described above, according to the support device and support method of the first embodiment, it is possible to provide coupons for recommended foods suitable for the user according to the user's health condition, nutritional condition, and the like. In addition, for example, the user can easily purchase the recommended food by using the coupon, so that it is possible to encourage the user to consume the recommended food suitable for the user. Furthermore, according to the support device and the support method of the first embodiment, coupons for foods suitable for the user (for example, nutritionally balanced foods, ingredients, etc.) can be presented to, for example, a third party other than the user. By enabling three parties to intervene in the user's health management, the user can be encouraged to continue nutritional management. Therefore, according to the support device and support method of the first embodiment, for example, the user's health management can be supported. These effects are the same in each embodiment described later.

In this embodiment, the support device 10 is configured by the data processing means 11, but may include other configurations.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support device of the present invention may include data storage means. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another example of the support device according to the first embodiment; As shown in FIG. 3 , support device 20 includes information storage unit 121 , list storage unit 122 , and coupon storage unit 123 in addition to the configuration of support device 10 . Information storage unit 121 includes image acquisition unit 111 and list creation unit 112; list storage unit 122 includes list creation unit 112 and output unit 114; coupon storage unit 123 includes coupon creation unit 113 and output unit 114; It is connected. The information storage unit 121, the list storage unit 122, and the coupon storage unit 123 may be incorporated into the data storage means 12, which is hardware, as shown in FIG. 3, for example. Data storage means 12 includes RAM, ROM, flash memory, hard disk (HD), optical disk, floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD), and the like. The support device 20 , for example, causes the information storage unit 121 to store the purchased food information acquired by the acquisition unit 111 and outputs the stored purchased food information to the list creation unit 112 . Also, the recommended food list of the list creating means 112 is stored in the list storage unit 122 and the stored recommended food list is output to the coupon creating means 113 and the output means 114 . Then, the coupon of the coupon creation means 113 is stored in the coupon storage section 123 and the stored coupon is output to the output means 114 . Except for these points, the support device 20 has the same configuration as the support device 10, and the description thereof can be used. Incidentally, also in the support device of each embodiment described later, each means may have a corresponding storage section, and the corresponding storage section may be connected to the means connected to each means.

The assistance device and assistance method of Embodiment 1 may, for example, create the list of recommended foods in consideration of the location of the user. As a result, the support device and support method of the first embodiment can, for example, suggest recommended foods that are easy for the user to purchase, so that the user can be encouraged to eat recommended foods suitable for the user. Therefore, according to the support device and support method of the first embodiment, for example, the user's health management can be supported. When considering the position of the user, the support device of Embodiment 1 includes, for example, position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information of the user, and information on the location of food in stores within a predetermined distance from the user based on the position information of the user. inventory information acquisition means for acquiring inventory information, and the list creation means creates a recommended food list suitable for the user from the purchased food information and the inventory information. Further, the support method of the first embodiment includes, for example, a position information acquisition step of acquiring position information of a user, and inventory information of acquiring food inventory information of stores within a predetermined distance from the user from the position information of the user. In the list creation step, a recommended food list suitable for the user is created from the purchased food information and the inventory information. The location information of the user includes, for example, the current location of the user, the location of the user, the company of the user, the house of the user, and the like. The predetermined distance can be appropriately set in consideration of the user's travel time, travel route, and the like, for example. The inventory information is, for example, information relating to product names, numbers, types, etc. of products in stock at the store.

[Embodiment 2]
Embodiment 2 relates to a support device and a support method of the present invention. For the support device and support method of the second embodiment, for example, the description of the support device and support method of the first embodiment can be used.

As shown in FIG. 4, the support device 30 of the second embodiment includes purchase determination means 115 and possession information provision means 116 in addition to the support device 10 of the first embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. ) 11, or may be software or hardware in which said software is embedded. The data processing means 11 may comprise the arithmetic unit described above. Further, the data processing means 11 may include, for example, the aforementioned RAM, ROM, and the like.

Acquisition means 111 acquires user identification information in addition to the purchased food information. The identification information of the user includes, for example, the identifier of the terminal of the user, the user identifier, and the like.

The purchase determination means 115 is connected to the ownership information provision means 116 . Purchase determination means 115 determines whether the coupon has been purchased. The purchase determination means 115 may be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or a GPU. For example, one or more coupons may be purchased.

Ownership information provision means 116 is connected to acquisition means 111 and coupon creation means 113 . The ownership information adding means 116 adds the ownership information of the coupon to the identification information of the user when the purchase determining means determines that the coupon has been purchased. The ownership information adding means 116 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or a GPU. The "assignment" can also be referred to as "association" or "association", for example. The coupon ownership information includes, for example, any one or more of the information included in the coupon. As a specific example, if the coupon is a coupon that can be exchanged for the recommended food, the possession information of the coupon includes, for example, the product name of the recommended food. If the coupon is redeemable for a recommended food product below a certain price, the coupon ownership information includes, for example, price information of the coupon.

Except for these points, the support device 30 of the second embodiment has the same configuration as the support device 10 of the first embodiment, and the description thereof can be used.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a support method in the second embodiment. The support method of the second embodiment is implemented as follows, for example, using the support device 30 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the support method of the second embodiment includes steps S5 (purchase determination) and S6 (addition of ownership information) in addition to the support method of the first embodiment.

First, in step S1, the acquisition means 111 acquires the identification information of the user in addition to the purchased food information of the user (acquisition step). In step S1, for example, the acquisition means 111 acquires purchased food information and user identification information input and output from the terminal of the user.

Next, steps S2 to S4 are performed in the same manner as steps S2 to S4 of the support method of the first embodiment.

In step S5, the purchase determination means 115 determines whether the coupon has been purchased (purchase determination step). Specifically, when the coupon purchaser purchases the coupon, for example, coupon purchase information indicating purchase of the coupon is input from the terminal of the coupon purchaser and output to the support device 30 . Therefore, in step S5, for example, the purchase determining means 115 determines whether the coupon has been purchased by determining the presence or absence of the purchase information. Then, in step S5, if the purchase determining means 115 determines that the coupon has not been purchased (No), the process ends. On the other hand, if the purchase determining means 115 determines that the coupon has been purchased (Yes), the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, the ownership information adding means 116 adds the ownership information to the identification information of the user (ownership information adding step). In step S6, for example, the identification information of the user to whom the ownership information is assigned may be stored in storage means inside or outside the device, for example. Then, the support method of the second embodiment ends.

According to the support device and support method of the second embodiment, the purchased coupon information is added to the user's identification information. Therefore, according to the support device and support method of the second embodiment, the coupons owned by each user can be stored separately, and the coupons owned by the user can be used at any timing.

In the support device and support method of the second embodiment, for example, when the identification information of the user is provided with the coupon ownership information, the user is notified that the coupon ownership information has been assigned. Further, the information of the coupon purchaser may be notified. In this case, for example, when the identification information of the user is given the ownership information of the coupon, the support device of the second embodiment notifies the user that the ownership information of the coupon has been given. Including means. The notification means may be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or a GPU. Further, in the support method of the second embodiment, for example, when the identification information of the user is given the ownership information of the coupon, the notification step of notifying the user that the ownership information of the coupon has been given including. Thus, the support device and support method of the second embodiment can provide an opportunity for communication between the user and the coupon purchaser, for example. Further, the support device and support method of the second embodiment can, for example, allow a third party to intervene in health management of the user, and can support health management more effectively.

[Embodiment 3]
Embodiment 3 relates to a support device and a support method of the present invention. For the support device and support method of Embodiment 3, for example, the description of the support device and support method of Embodiments 1 and 2 can be used.

As shown in FIG. 6, the support device 40 of Embodiment 3 includes food selection determination means 117, ownership determination means 118, and inquiry output means (inquiry means) 119 in addition to support device 10 of Embodiment 1. FIG. Acquisition means 111, list creation means 112, coupon creation means 113, output means 114, food selection determination means 117, ownership determination means 118, and inquiry output means 119, for example, as shown in FIG. It may be incorporated in the means (data processing device) 11, or may be software or hardware in which the software is incorporated. The data processing means 11 may comprise the arithmetic unit described above. Further, the data processing means 11 may include, for example, the aforementioned RAM, ROM, and the like.

Food selection determination means 117 is connected to list creation means 112 . Food selection determination means 117 determines whether the recommended food has been selected by the user. The food selection determining means 117 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU.

Possession determination means 118 is connected to food selection determination means 117 . Possession determination means 118 determines whether the user owns the coupon when food selection determination means 117 determines that the recommended food has been selected. Possession determination means 118 may be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU.

Inquiry means 119 is connected to possession determination means 118 . An inquiry means 119 inquires of the user whether to purchase with the coupon when the possession judgment means determines that the user owns the coupon. The inquiry means 119 can be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or a GPU.

Except for these points, the support device 40 of Embodiment 3 has the same configuration as that of the support device 10 of Embodiment 1, and the description thereof can be used.

Next, FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of a support method in the third embodiment. The support method of the third embodiment is implemented as follows, for example, using the support device 40 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the support method of the third embodiment includes steps S7 (food selection determination), S8 (possession determination), and S9 (inquiry) in addition to the support method of the first embodiment.

First, steps S1 to S4 are performed in the same manner as steps S1 to S4 of the support method of the first embodiment.

Next, in step S7, the selection determination means 117 determines whether the user has selected the recommended food (food selection determination step). Specifically, when the user selects food on the user's terminal, information on the selected food is output from the user's terminal to the support device 40 . Therefore, in step S7, for example, the selection determining means 117 determines whether the selected food matches the recommended food in the list, that is, determines whether the recommended food has been selected. Then, in step S7, if the selection determining means 117 determines that the recommended food has not been selected (No), the process ends. On the other hand, if the selection determining means 117 determines that the recommended food has been selected (Yes), the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, the ownership determination means 118 determines whether the user owns the coupon (ownership determination step). When the coupon information is attached to the identification information of the user, in step S8, the ownership determining means 118 checks whether or not the coupon information attached to the identification information of the user is present, and preferably, the recommended Check the presence or absence of coupon information that can purchase food. If a plurality of recommended foods are selected, in step S8, for example, the presence or absence of coupon information for purchasing the recommended foods is checked for each of the selected recommended foods. Then, in step S8, if it is determined by the ownership determining means 118 that the coupon is not owned (No), the process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined by the selection possession determination means 118 that the coupon is owned (Yes), the process proceeds to step S9.

In step S9, the inquiry means 119 outputs inquiry information for asking the user whether to purchase with the coupon (inquiry step). Then, the support method of the third embodiment ends.

According to the support device and support method of the third embodiment, when the user selects food, the presence or absence of a coupon owned by the user is confirmed, and if the user owns the coupon, the user is asked whether or not the coupon should be used. do. For this reason, according to the support device and support method of the third embodiment, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to use the coupon, and furthermore, it motivates the user to purchase the recommended foods that can be purchased with the coupon. Encourage intake of recommended foods. Therefore, according to the support device and support method of the third embodiment, for example, health management of the user can be supported.

For example, the support device and support method of Embodiment 3 may further determine whether the coupon has been used by the user, and delete the coupon if it is determined that the coupon has been used. Moreover, the support apparatus and support method of Embodiment 3 may delete the given coupon information, for example, when the coupon possession information is given to the identification information of the user. In this case, the support device of Embodiment 3 includes, for example, usage determination means for determining whether the coupon has been used by the user, and deletion means for deleting the coupon. If it is determined that the coupon has been used by the user, the coupon is deleted. Further, the support method of Embodiment 3 includes, for example, a use determination step of determining whether the coupon has been used by the user, and a deletion step of deleting the coupon. and deleting the coupon if it is determined that the coupon has been used by the user.

[Embodiment 4]
Embodiment 4 relates to a support device and a support method of the present invention. For the support device and support method of the fourth embodiment, for example, the description of the support device and support method of the first to third embodiments can be used.

As shown in FIG. 8, the support device 50 of Embodiment 4 includes, in addition to the support device 10 of Embodiment 1, coupon selection determination means 130, additional list creation means 131, additional coupon creation means 132, and additional output means 133. include. Acquisition means 111, list creation means 112, coupon creation means 113, output means 114, coupon selection determination means 130, additional list creation means 131, additional coupon creation means 132, and additional output means 133, for example, as shown in FIG. Alternatively, it may be incorporated in the data processing means (data processing device) 11, which is hardware, or may be software or hardware in which the software is incorporated. The data processing means 11 may comprise the arithmetic unit described above. Further, the data processing means 11 may include, for example, the aforementioned RAM, ROM, and the like.

Coupon selection determining means 130 is connected to additional list creating means 131 . Coupon selection determination means 130 determines whether the coupon has been selected. Specifically, the coupon selection determination means 130 determines, for example, whether the coupon output by the output means 114 has been selected by the user. Coupon selection determining means 130 may be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU.

Additional list creation means 131 is connected to list creation means 112 and additional coupon creation means 132 . When the coupon selection determining means 130 determines that the coupon has been selected, the additional list creating means 131 selects additional recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information and recommended foods that can be purchased with the selected coupon. Create a list. The additional list creating means 131 can be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or a GPU. Additional recommended foods suitable for the user are, for example, foods suitable for the health condition of the user, foods suitable for the nutritional condition of the user, foods suitable for the health condition and tastes of the user, nutritional condition of the user. and food suitable for taste, food suitable for the user's health condition, food suitable for the user's disease (disease) condition, or a combination thereof. The additional recommended foods suitable for the user are, for example, foods that are desired to be ingested in combination with the recommended foods purchasable with the selected coupon, and ingested on occasions different from the recommended foods purchasable with the selected coupon. Foods, etc. that are desirable to be Additional recommended foods suitable for the user are preferably different from the recommended foods available for purchase with the selected coupon. For the list, for example, "recommended food" can be read as "additional recommended food", and the explanation of the list in the list creation means 112 can be used.

The additional coupon creation means 132 is connected to the additional output means 133 . The additional coupon creating means 132 creates an additional coupon with which the additional recommended foods can be purchased from the list of the additional recommended foods. The additional coupon creating means 132 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU. For the additional coupon, the explanation of the coupon in the coupon creating means 113 can be used, for example, by replacing "coupon" with "additional coupon" and "recommended food" with "additional recommended food".

The additional output means 133 outputs the additional recommended food list and the additional coupon. The additional output unit 133 may be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU.

Except for these points, the support device 50 of Embodiment 4 has the same configuration as that of the support device 10 of Embodiment 1, and the description thereof can be used.

Next, FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of a support method according to the fourth embodiment. The support method of the fourth embodiment is implemented as follows using, for example, the support device 50 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the support method of the fourth embodiment includes, in addition to the support method of the first embodiment, S10 step (coupon selection determination), S11 step (additional list creation), S12 step (additional coupon creation), and S13 Contains steps (additional outputs).

First, steps S1 to S4 are performed in the same manner as steps S1 to S4 of the support method of the first embodiment.

Next, in step S10, the coupon selection determination means 130 determines whether the coupon has been selected (coupon selection determination step). Specifically, when the user selects a coupon on the user's terminal, information on the selected coupon is output from the user's terminal to the support device 50 . Therefore, in step S10, for example, the coupon selection determination means 130 determines the presence or absence of information on the selected coupon, that is, determines whether the coupon has been selected. Then, in step S10, if the coupon selection determining means 130 determines that the coupon has not been selected (No), the process ends. On the other hand, when the coupon selection determining means 130 determines that the coupon has been selected (Yes), the process proceeds to step S11.

In step S11, the additional list creating means 131 creates a list of additional recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information and the recommended foods that can be purchased with the selected coupon (additional list creating step). In step S11, for example, nutritional component information, which is information on nutritional components, is extracted from the purchased food information and the recommended food that can be purchased with the selected coupon. For the extraction of the nutritional component information, for example, the description of step S2 can be used. Then, in step S11, for example, the obtained nutrient information and dietary intake standards are compared, foods containing deficient nutrient components are extracted as additional recommended foods, and a list is created. Extraction of the additional recommended foods is performed by acquiring information on candidate foods that satisfy the deficient nutritional components from an internal or external database that stores candidate foods for recommended foods and their nutritional component information, for example. can be implemented. In the extraction of the additional recommended foods, for example, the foods that are desired to be ingested in combination with the recommended foods that can be purchased with the selected coupon, and the recommended foods that can be purchased with the selected coupon are ingested on different occasions. It is preferable to extract foods and the like for which When the user's preference information, which will be described later, is extracted from the purchased food information, the user's preference information may be taken into consideration in extracting the additional recommended foods.

In step S12, the additional coupon creating means 132 creates an additional coupon for purchasing the additional recommended food from the list of the additional recommended food. In step S12, for example, "S3 step" is changed to "S12 step", "coupon creation means 113" is changed to "additional coupon creation means 132", "recommended food" is changed to "additional recommended food", and "coupon" is changed. The description can be used by replacing it with "additional coupon".

Then, in step S13, the additional output means 133 outputs the additional recommended food list and the additional coupon. The output destination of the additional recommended food list and the coupon may be, for example, the terminal of the user, the terminal of the coupon purchaser, or the like. It is preferable that the terminal of the user and the terminal of the coupon purchaser are different terminals. Accordingly, when the coupon purchaser purchases the additional coupon, for example, communication between the user and the coupon purchaser can be triggered. In addition, the support device and support method of the present embodiment enable, for example, a third party to intervene in health management of the user. If the list of additional recommended foods includes a plurality of additional recommended foods, step S13 outputs, for example, part or all of the list of additional recommended foods. Then, the support method of the fourth embodiment ends.

As described above, according to the support device and support method of the fourth embodiment, additional coupons for additional recommended foods suitable for the user can be provided, for example, according to the user's health condition, nutritional condition, and the like. In addition, for example, the user can easily purchase recommended foods and additional recommended foods by using the additional coupons in addition to the coupons. can encourage Therefore, according to the support device and support method of the fourth embodiment, for example, the user's health management can be supported.

[Embodiment 5]
Embodiment 5 relates to a support device and a support method of the present invention. For the support device and support method of the fifth embodiment, for example, the description of the support device and support method of the first to fourth embodiments can be used.

The support device 60 of the fifth embodiment includes an extraction means 134 in addition to the support device 10 of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. Acquisition means 111, extraction means 134, list creation means 112, coupon creation means 113, and output means 114, for example, as shown in FIG. It may well be software or hardware in which said software is installed. The data processing means 11 may comprise the arithmetic unit described above. Further, the data processing means 11 may include, for example, the aforementioned RAM, ROM, and the like.

Extraction means 134 is connected to acquisition means 111 and list creation means 112 . The extraction means 134 extracts nutritional component information of the purchased food and user's preference information from the purchased food information. The extraction means 134 may acquire nutritional component information of the purchased food from within or outside the support device 60, for example. The extracting means 134 may be, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or a GPU. The user preference information includes, for example, user preferences such as taste, texture, aroma, amount, shape, temperature (eg, hot, cold, etc.), cooking availability, cooking method, cooking time, price, limited products ( (for example, limited time only), discounts, time zones, events, or seasonal preferences. Examples of the taste include sweetness, bitterness, sourness, umami, and saltiness.

The list creation means 112 is connected to the extraction means 134 in place of the acquisition means 111 . The list creation means 112 creates a list of recommended foods from the nutritional component information and the preference information.

Except for these points, the support device 60 of Embodiment 5 has the same configuration as that of the support device 10 of Embodiment 1, and the description thereof can be used.

Next, FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of a support method according to the fifth embodiment. The support method of the fifth embodiment is implemented as follows, for example, using the support device 60 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the support method of the fifth embodiment includes S14 step (extraction) in addition to the support method of the first embodiment.

First, the S1 step is performed in the same manner as the S1 step of the support method of the first embodiment.

Next, in step S14, the extracting means 134 extracts nutritional component information of the purchased food and user's preference information from the purchased food information. For the extraction of the nutritional component information of the purchased food, for example, the explanation of the extraction of the nutritional component information in step S2 can be used. The user's preference information can be extracted, for example, by statistically analyzing the correlation between factors such as nutritional component information, taste, aroma, price, discount, limited products, and weight of the purchased food and the purchase frequency. . Further, the user's preference information may be extracted by analyzing factors such as temperature, humidity, time, location, season, event, etc. at the time of purchase of the purchased food, for example.

Next, in step S3, the list creating means 112 creates a list of recommended foods from the nutritional component information and the preference information. Specifically, in step S3, for example, the recommended foods are extracted by the list creation means 112 in the same manner as in step S3 of the support method of the first embodiment. Then, in step S3, for example, from the extracted recommended foods, based on the preference information, recommended foods that match the user's preference are selected, and the selected recommended foods are listed. As a specific example, in step S3, when the preference information is the taste preference of the user, recommended foods that match the taste preferences of the user are selected from the extracted recommended foods, and the selected recommended foods are listed. become

First, steps S3 to S4 are performed in the same manner as steps S3 to S4 of the support method of the first embodiment. Then, the support method of the fifth embodiment ends.

As described above, according to the support device and support method of the fifth embodiment, it is possible to provide coupons for recommended foods suitable for the user according to the user's preferences in addition to the user's health condition, nutritional condition, and the like. In addition, for example, by using the coupon, the user can easily purchase the recommended food that matches the user's taste, so that the intake of the recommended food suitable for the user can be more effectively encouraged. Therefore, according to the support device and support method of the fifth embodiment, for example, the user's health management can be supported more effectively.

The support device and support method of Embodiment 5 may estimate the health condition of the user, for example, based on the nutritional component information. As a result, the support device and support method of the fifth embodiment can, for example, present the health condition of the user to the user, so that the health management of the user can be more effectively supported. In this case, the support device of Embodiment 5 includes, for example, estimation means for estimating the health condition of the user from the nutritional component information. Further, the support method of Embodiment 5 includes, for example, an estimation step of estimating the health condition of the user from the nutritional component information. The estimated health condition of the user may be the current health condition, the future health condition of the user, or both. The health condition of the user can be estimated, for example, based on the amount of intake of the nutritional component. As a specific example, if the user is consuming too many calories, it can be inferred that the user is likely to gain weight or become obese. In addition, if the user has insufficient intake of protein and intake of carbohydrates such as carbohydrates and lipids, the user is likely to suffer from, or may suffer from, diseases such as diabetes and circulatory system. It can be assumed that the If the user does not take enough vitamins and minerals, it can be presumed that the user is likely to be irritable, more likely to suffer from diseases, for example. In estimating the health condition of the user, for example, personal health records, prescription drugs, diagnostic information, etc. may be combined.

When the assistance apparatus and assistance method of Embodiment 5 estimate a user's health condition, the assistance apparatus and assistance method of Embodiment 5 may output said user's health condition, for example. As a result, the support device and support method of the fifth embodiment can, for example, allow the user to grasp the user's health condition, and thus can more effectively support the user's health management. In this case, the support device of Embodiment 5 includes, for example, health condition output means for outputting the health condition of the user. Further, the support method of the fifth embodiment includes, for example, a health condition output step of outputting the user's health condition. The health condition of the user may be output to the terminal of the user or the terminal of the coupon purchaser, for example.

The health condition of the user may be output, for example, as an image such as a graph, or as a numerical value.

[Embodiment 6]
Embodiment 6 relates to a support device and a support method of the present invention. For the support device and support method of the sixth embodiment, for example, the description of the support device and support method of the first to fifth embodiments can be used.

As shown in FIG. 12, a support device 70 of Embodiment 6 includes food selection determination means 117, simultaneous purchase list creation means 135, and simultaneous purchase list output means 136 in addition to support device 10 of Embodiment 1. FIG. Acquisition means 111, list creation means 112, coupon creation means 113, output means 114, food selection determination means 117, simultaneous purchase list creation means 135, and simultaneous purchase list output means 136, for example, as shown in FIG. or software or hardware in which the software is incorporated. The data processing means 11 may comprise the arithmetic unit described above. Further, the data processing means 11 may include, for example, the aforementioned RAM, ROM, and the like.

Food selection determination means 117 is electrically connected to simultaneous purchase list creation means 135 . Food selection determination means 117 determines whether the recommended food has been selected by the user. The food selection determining means 117 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU.

Simultaneous purchase list creation means 135 is electrically connected to list creation means 112 and simultaneous purchase list output means 136 . When the food selection determining means 117 determines that the recommended food is selected, the simultaneous purchase list creation means 135 creates a list of recommended simultaneous purchase foods suitable for the user from the information on the purchased food and the selected recommended food. do. Simultaneous purchase list creating means 135 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU. The simultaneously purchased recommended foods suitable for the user are, for example, foods suitable for the health condition of the user, foods suitable for the nutritional condition of the user, foods suitable for the health condition and tastes of the user, and nutritional condition of the user. and food suitable for taste, food suitable for the user's health condition, food suitable for the user's disease (disease) condition, or a combination thereof. The simultaneously purchased recommended foods suitable for the user include, for example, foods that are desired to be ingested in combination with the selected recommended foods, foods that are desired to be ingested on occasions different from the selected recommended foods, and the like. Preferably, the concurrent purchase recommended food suitable for the user is different from the selected recommended food. For the list, for example, "recommended foods" can be read as "recommended foods for simultaneous purchase", and the description of the list in the list creation means 112 can be used.

Simultaneous purchase list output means 136 outputs the list of the simultaneous purchase recommended foods. Simultaneous purchase list output means 136 is, for example, a computing device such as a CPU or GPU.

Except for these points, the support device 70 of Embodiment 6 has the same configuration as that of the support device 10 of Embodiment 1, and the description thereof can be used.

Next, FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of a support method in the sixth embodiment. The support method of Embodiment 6 is implemented as follows, for example, using the support device 70 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the support method of Embodiment 6 includes, in addition to the support method of Embodiment 1, step S7 (judgment of food selection), step S15 (creation of simultaneous purchase list), and step S16 (output of simultaneous purchase list). including.

First, steps S1 to S4 are performed in the same manner as steps S1 to S4 of the support method of the first embodiment.

Next, in step S7, the selection determination means 117 determines whether the user has selected the recommended food (food selection determination step). Specifically, when the user selects food on the user's terminal, information on the selected food is output from the user's terminal to the support device 70 . Therefore, in step S7, for example, the selection determining means 117 determines whether the selected food matches the recommended food in the list, that is, determines whether the recommended food has been selected. Then, in step S7, if the selection determining means 117 determines that the recommended food has not been selected (No), the process ends. On the other hand, if the selection determining means 117 determines that the recommended food has been selected (Yes), the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, the simultaneous purchase list creation means 135 creates a list of recommended simultaneous purchase foods suitable for the user from the purchase food information and the selected recommended foods (simultaneous purchase list creation step). In step S15, for example, nutritional component information, which is information on nutritional components, is extracted from the purchased food information and the selected recommended food. For the extraction of the nutritional component information, for example, the description of step S2 can be used. Then, in step S15, for example, the obtained nutrient information and dietary intake standards are compared, foods containing deficient nutrient components are extracted as simultaneous purchase recommended foods, and a list is created. Extraction of recommended foods to be purchased at the same time as before is performed by acquiring information on candidate foods that satisfy the lacking nutritional components from an internal or external database that stores candidate foods for recommended foods and information on their nutritional components, for example. can be implemented. In the extraction of recommended foods for purchase at the same time, for example, it is preferable to extract foods that are desirable to be ingested in combination with the selected recommended foods, foods that are desirable to be ingested on occasions different from the selected recommended foods, and the like. . When the user's preference information is extracted from the purchased food information, the user's preference information may be taken into consideration in extracting the simultaneously purchased recommended foods.

Then, in step S16, the concurrent purchase list output means 136 outputs the list of recommended concurrent purchase foods. The output destination of the list of foods recommended for simultaneous purchase is, for example, the terminal of the user. If the list of recommended foods for simultaneous purchase includes a plurality of recommended foods for simultaneous purchase, in step S16, for example, part or all of the list of recommended foods for simultaneous purchase is output. Then, the support method of the sixth embodiment ends.

As described above, according to the support device and support method of the sixth embodiment, it is possible to provide a list of simultaneously purchased recommended foods suitable for the user according to the recommended foods selected by the user. In addition, the user can easily obtain the recommended foods suitable for the user and the recommended foods for simultaneous purchase, for example, by purchasing the recommended foods for simultaneous purchase in addition to the selected recommended foods. It is possible to encourage intake of foods and recommended foods for purchase at the same time. Therefore, according to the support device and the support method of the sixth embodiment, for example, the user's health management can be supported.

[Embodiment 7]
A program of the present embodiment is a program that can execute the aforementioned health care support method on a computer. Alternatively, the program of this embodiment may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, for example. The recording medium is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), hard disk (HD), optical disk, floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD), and the like. For the program of this embodiment, the description of the health management support methods of Embodiments 1 to 6 can be used.

[Embodiment 8]
Embodiment 8 relates to a health care support server of the present invention.

FIG. 14 shows the configuration of an example of a support system using the support device of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, the support system of this embodiment includes a server 31, a user terminal 32a, and a coupon purchaser terminal 32b. The server 31 , the user's terminal 32 a and the coupon purchaser's terminal 32 b are connected via a communication network 33 . In FIG. 14, the number of terminals 32a and 32b connected to the server 31 is two, but the number is not limited to this and may be one or two or more.

In the support system of this embodiment, the server 31 stores acquisition means, list creation means, coupon creation means, and output means. In the support system of this embodiment, for example, the purchased food information input from the terminal 32a is transmitted to the server 31, and the server 31 side creates the recommended food list and the coupon. Then, the server 31 transmits the recommended food list and the coupon to the terminal 32b, which is the terminal of the coupon purchaser. Then, the recommended food list and the coupon are displayed on the coupon purchaser's terminal 32b.

According to the support system of the present embodiment, it is possible to provide coupons for recommended foods suitable for the user according to the user's health condition, nutritional condition, and the like. In addition, for example, the user can easily purchase the recommended food by using the coupon, so that it is possible to encourage the user to consume the recommended food suitable for the user. Therefore, according to the support system of the present embodiment, for example, the user's health management can be supported. According to the support system of this embodiment, a server can be installed at an arbitrary location, and coupons for recommended foods suitable for users can be provided online. Therefore, the installation of the device does not take up much space, and the maintenance is easy. Further, centralized management and remote control can be performed at one place regardless of where the terminal of the user and the terminal of the coupon purchaser are located.

Next, with reference to FIG. 15, the support system of this embodiment will be described more specifically. In the following example, the server 31 is provided with a support device that is a combination of the support devices of the second embodiment and the fifth embodiment.

A user 41 purchases a pork cutlet bento 42 at a convenience store. The user takes an image of the receipt at the time of purchasing the pork cutlet lunch 42 with the user terminal 32a. The obtained receipt image is output to the server 31 via the communication line network 33 together with the identification information of the user 41 as the purchased food information. The server 31 acquires the receipt image output from the user terminal 32a by the acquisition means. Next, the name of the purchased food and the information such as the store where the food was purchased are text-extracted from the receipt image by the extraction means. Then, the extracting means extracts the nutritional component information by acquiring the nutritional component information of the pork cutlet bento 42 from a database that stores the nutritional component information of the products of the convenience store, which exists outside the server 31 . Further, the extracting means analyzes the user's taste preference by, for example, deep learning using the user's past purchased food information and current purchased food information, and extracts the user's preference information.

Next, the list creating means creates the recommended food list from the nutritional information and the preference information. Specifically, in the case of the user, the list creating means determines that the user is deficient in dietary fiber and vitamins based on the nutritional component information. Also, from the preference information, the list creating means determines that the user prefers processed meat. In this case, the list creation means extracts the salad 43, the lunch boxes 44a and 44b, etc., which are rich in the deficient dietary fiber and vitamins and also contains meat, as recommended foods, and creates a list. Then, the coupon creating means issues coupons 45a, 45b, and 45c with equivalent prices based on the price of each recommended food item. The output means outputs the list and coupons 45a, 45b, 45c from the server 31 to the terminal 32b of the parent 46 of the user who is the coupon purchaser. When outputting the list and coupons 45a, 45b, and 45c, for example, the nutritional component information 47a of the user 41 and the user's health condition 47b estimated therefrom may be output together.

When the parent 46 purchases the coupon 45b, coupon purchase information indicating that the coupon 45b is to be purchased is input from the terminal 32b of the parent 46 and output to the server 31 from the terminal 32b. Then, in the server 31, the purchase determination means determines that the coupon 45b has been purchased because the purchase information is present. Then, the ownership information of the coupon 45b is added to the identification information of the user 41 by the ownership information adding means. Also, the server 31 notifies the user 41 that the ownership information of the coupon 45b has been given by the notifying means, for example. By using the coupon 45b to purchase the lunch box 44a and eating it, the user 41 can ingest recommended foods suitable for the user 41. FIG.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

<Appendix>
Some or all of the above-described embodiments and examples can be described as in the following appendices, but are not limited to the following.
(Appendix 1)
Acquisition means for acquiring purchased food information of a user;
list creation means for creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
Coupon creation means for creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
A health management support device, comprising output means for outputting the recommended food list and the coupon.
(Appendix 2)
The health management support device according to appendix 1, wherein the coupon creation means determines the price of the coupon from the price of the recommended food.
(Appendix 3)
3. The health management support device according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the output means outputs the recommended food list and the coupon to a coupon purchaser's terminal.
(Appendix 4)
User identification information is acquired by the acquisition means,
purchase determination means for determining whether the coupon has been purchased;
including ownership information adding means for adding ownership information of the coupon to the identification information of the user;
4. Health management support according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein in the ownership information adding means, the ownership information is added to the identification information of the user when the purchase determination means determines that the coupon has been purchased. Device.
(Appendix 5)
food selection determination means for determining whether the recommended food has been selected by the user;
Possession determination means for determining whether the user owns a coupon;
an inquiry output means for outputting inquiry information asking the user whether to purchase with the coupon,
In the possession determination means, when the food selection determination means determines that the recommended food has been selected, it is determined whether the coupon is owned,
5. The health management support device according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, wherein the inquiry output means outputs the inquiry information to the user when the ownership determination means determines that the user owns the coupon.
(Appendix 6)
Coupon selection determination means for determining whether the coupon has been selected;
additional list creation means for creating a list of additional recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchase food information and the recommended foods purchasable with the selected coupon;
an additional coupon creating means for creating an additional coupon for purchasing the additional recommended food from the list of the additional recommended food;
and additional output means for outputting the additional recommended food list and the additional coupon,
In the additional list creation means, when the coupon selection determination means determines that the coupon has been selected, a list of the additional recommended foods is created;
The additional coupon is created by the additional coupon creating means,
6. The health management support device according to any one of Appendices 1 to 5, wherein the additional output means outputs the additional recommended food list and the additional coupon.
(Appendix 7)
7. The health management support device according to appendix 6, wherein the additional coupon creating means determines the price of the additional coupon from the price of the additional recommended food.
(Appendix 8)
8. The health management support device according to appendix 6 or 7, wherein the output means outputs the additional recommended food list and the additional coupon to a coupon purchaser's terminal.
(Appendix 9)
The health care support device according to attachment 3 or 8, wherein the user's terminal and the coupon purchaser's terminal are different terminals.
(Appendix 10)
including extracting means for extracting nutritional component information of the purchased food and user's preference information from the purchased food information,
10. The health management support device according to any one of Appendices 1 to 9, wherein the list creation means creates the recommended food list from the nutritional component information and the preference information.
(Appendix 11)
11. The health management support device according to appendix 10, wherein the extracting means acquires nutritional component information of the purchased food from outside the device.
(Appendix 12)
12. The health management support device according to appendix 10 or 11, further comprising estimating means for estimating the user's health condition from the nutritional component information.
(Appendix 13)
13. The health management support device according to appendix 12, including health condition output means for outputting the user's health condition.
(Appendix 14)
14. The health management support device according to appendix 12 or 13, wherein the user's health condition includes at least one of the user's current health condition and the user's future health condition.
(Appendix 15)
food selection determination means for determining whether the recommended food has been selected by the user;
Simultaneous purchase list creation means for creating a simultaneous purchase recommended food list suitable for the user from the purchase food information and the selected recommended food;
Simultaneous purchase list output means for outputting the list of recommended simultaneous purchase foods,
In the simultaneous purchase list creation means, if the food selection determination means determines that the recommended food has been selected, create a list of the recommended simultaneous purchase foods,
15. The health management support device according to any one of appendices 1 to 14, wherein the simultaneous purchase recommended food list is output to the user by the simultaneous purchase list output means.
(Appendix 16)
a location information acquiring means for acquiring location information of a user;
Stock information acquisition means for acquiring stock information of food in stores within a predetermined distance from the user from the user's location information,
16. The health management support device according to any one of attachments 1 to 15, wherein the list creation means creates a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information and the inventory information.
(Appendix 17)
17. The health care support device according to any one of appendices 1 to 16, wherein the health care support device is a server.
(Appendix 18)
an acquisition step of acquiring the purchased food information of the user;
a list creation step of creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
a coupon creation step of creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
and an output step of outputting the recommended food list and the coupon.
(Appendix 19)
19. The health management support method according to appendix 18, wherein in the coupon creation step, the price of the coupon is determined from the price of the recommended food.
(Appendix 20)
20. The health care support method according to appendix 18 or 19, wherein in the output step, the recommended food list and the coupon are output to a coupon purchaser's terminal.
(Appendix 21)
In the obtaining step, user identification information is obtained,
a purchase determination step of determining whether the coupon has been purchased;
including an ownership information adding step of adding ownership information of the coupon to the identification information of the user;
21. The health care support method according to any one of appendices 18 to 20, wherein, in said ownership information adding step, said ownership information is added to said user's identification information when said purchase determination step determines that said coupon has been purchased. .
(Appendix 22)
a food selection determination step of determining whether the recommended food has been selected by the user;
an ownership determination step of determining whether the user owns the coupon;
an inquiry output step of outputting inquiry information asking the user whether to purchase with the coupon,
In the possession determination step, if it is determined in the food selection determination step that the recommended food has been selected, it is determined whether the coupon is owned,
22. The health care support method according to any one of appendices 18 to 21, wherein, in the inquiry output step, the inquiry information is output to the user when it is determined in the ownership determination step that the user owns the coupon.
(Appendix 23)
a coupon selection determination step of determining whether the coupon has been selected;
an additional list creation step of creating a list of additional recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchase food information and the recommended foods purchasable with the selected coupon;
an additional coupon creation step of creating an additional coupon for purchasing the additional recommended food from the list of additional recommended foods;
an additional output step of outputting the additional recommended food list and the additional coupon;
In the additional list creation step, if it is determined in the coupon selection determination step that the coupon has been selected, the list of additional recommended foods is created;
In the additional coupon creation step, the additional coupon is created,
23. The health management support method according to any one of Appendices 18 to 22, wherein in said additional output step, said additional recommended food list and said additional coupon are output.
(Appendix 24)
24. The health management support method according to appendix 23, wherein in the additional coupon creation step, the price of the additional coupon is determined from the price of the additional recommended food.
(Appendix 25)
25. The health care support method according to appendix 23 or 24, wherein in the additional output step, the additional recommended food list and the additional coupon are output to a coupon purchaser's terminal.
(Appendix 26)
26. The health care support method according to appendix 20 or 25, wherein the terminal of the user and the terminal of the coupon purchaser are different terminals.
(Appendix 27)
An extraction step of extracting nutritional component information of the purchased food and user preference information from the purchased food information,
27. The health management support method according to any one of Appendices 18 to 26, wherein in the list creation step, the recommended food list is created from the nutritional component information and the preference information.
(Appendix 28)
28. The health management support method according to appendix 27, wherein in the extracting step, information on nutritional components of the purchased food is acquired from the outside.
(Appendix 29)
29. The health management support method according to appendix 27 or 28, comprising an estimation step of estimating the user's health condition from the nutritional component information.
(Appendix 30)
29. The health care support method according to appendix 29, including a health condition output step of outputting the user's health condition.
(Appendix 31)
31. The health care support method according to appendix 29 or 30, wherein the user's health condition includes at least one of the user's current health condition and the user's future health condition.
(Appendix 32)
a food selection determination step of determining whether the recommended food has been selected by the user;
a concurrent purchase list creating step of creating a concurrent purchase recommended food list suitable for the user from the purchased food information and the selected recommended food;
a simultaneous purchase list output step of outputting the list of recommended simultaneous purchase foods,
In the simultaneous purchase list creation step, if it is determined in the food selection determination step that the recommended food has been selected, create a list of the recommended simultaneous purchase foods,
32. The health management support method according to any one of Appendices 18 to 31, wherein the concurrent purchase list output step outputs the list of recommended concurrent purchase foods to a user.
(Appendix 33)
a location information acquisition step of acquiring location information of the user;
An inventory information acquisition step of acquiring inventory information of food in stores within a predetermined distance from the user from the user's location information,
33. The health management support method according to any one of appendices 18 to 32, wherein in the list creation step, a list of recommended foods suitable for the user is created from the purchased food information and the inventory information.
(Appendix 34)
Acquisition processing for acquiring purchased food information of a user;
a list creation process for creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
Coupon creation processing for creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
A program capable of executing output processing for outputting the recommended food list and the coupon on a computer.
(Appendix 35)
34. A computer-readable recording medium characterized by recording the program according to any one of Appendix 34.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide food coupons suitable for a user according to, for example, the user's health condition, nutritional condition, and the like. In addition, for example, the user can easily purchase the recommended food by using the coupon, so that it is possible to encourage the user to consume the recommended food suitable for the user. Furthermore, according to the present invention, coupons for foods suitable for the user (for example, nutritionally balanced foods, ingredients, etc.) can be presented to, for example, a third party other than the user. By enabling the intervention of the user, it is possible to continuously prompt the user for nutritional management. Therefore, according to the present invention, for example, the user's health management can be supported. Therefore, the present invention is extremely useful in the medical field, preventive medicine field, and the like.

10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 Support device 11 Data processing means 111 Acquisition means 112 List creation means 113 Coupon creation means 114 Output means 115 Purchase determination means 116 Ownership information provision means 117 Food selection determination means 118 Ownership determination Means 119 Inquiry means 12 Data storage means 121 Information storage section 122 List storage section 123 Coupon storage section 130 Coupon selection determination means 131 Additional list creation means 132 Additional coupon creation means 133 Additional output means 134 Extraction means 135 Simultaneous purchase list creation means 136 Simultaneous Purchase list output means 31 Server 32a User's terminal 32b Coupon purchaser's terminal 33 Communication network

Claims (10)

Acquisition means for acquiring purchased food information of a user;
list creation means for creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
Coupon creation means for creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
output means for outputting the recommended food list and the coupon;
A health management support apparatus, wherein the output means outputs the recommended food list and the coupon to a terminal of a user different from the user. 2. The health management support device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal of a user different from said user is a terminal of a coupon purchaser different from said user's terminal. User identification information is acquired by the acquisition means,
purchase determination means for determining whether the coupon has been purchased;
including ownership information adding means for adding ownership information of the coupon to the identification information of the user;
3. The health management support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ownership information adding means adds said ownership information to said user's identification information when said purchase determining means determines that said coupon has been purchased. Coupon selection determination means for determining whether the coupon has been selected;
additional list creation means for creating a list of additional recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchase food information and the recommended foods purchasable with the selected coupon;
an additional coupon creating means for creating an additional coupon for purchasing the additional recommended food from the list of the additional recommended food;
and additional output means for outputting the additional recommended food list and the additional coupon,
In the additional list creation means, when the coupon selection determination means determines that the coupon has been selected, a list of the additional recommended foods is created;
The additional coupon is created by the additional coupon creating means,
4. The health management support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said additional output means outputs said additional recommended food list and said additional coupon. including extracting means for extracting nutritional component information of the purchased food and user's preference information from the purchased food information,
5. The health management support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said list creating means creates said recommended food list from said nutritional component information and said preference information. food selection determination means for determining whether the recommended food has been selected by the user;
Simultaneous purchase list creation means for creating a simultaneous purchase recommended food list suitable for the user from the purchase food information and the selected recommended food;
Simultaneous purchase list output means for outputting the list of recommended simultaneous purchase foods,
In the simultaneous purchase list creation means, if the food selection determination means determines that the recommended food has been selected, create a list of the recommended simultaneous purchase foods,
6. The health management support device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said simultaneous purchase list output means outputs said simultaneous purchase recommended food list to a user. a location information acquiring means for acquiring location information of a user;
Stock information acquisition means for acquiring stock information of food in stores within a predetermined distance from the user from the user's location information,
7. The health management support device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said list creating means creates a list of recommended foods suitable for a user from said purchased food information and said inventory information. an acquisition step of acquiring the purchased food information of the user;
a list creation step of creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
a coupon creation step of creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
an output step of outputting the recommended food list and the coupon;
in the output step, outputting the recommended food list and the coupon to a terminal of a user different from the user;
A health care support method , wherein each of the steps is executed by a computer . 9. The health management support method according to claim 8, wherein the terminal of a user different from said user is a terminal of a coupon purchaser different from said user's terminal. to the computer,
Acquisition processing for acquiring purchased food information of a user;
a list creation process for creating a list of recommended foods suitable for the user from the purchased food information;
Coupon creation processing for creating a coupon for purchasing the recommended food from the recommended food list;
an output process for outputting the recommended food list and the coupon,
A program for outputting the recommended food list and the coupon to a terminal of a user different from the user in the output process.

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