JPH08339397A - Electronic menu preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily obtain the menu which can be surely prepared by using only stock material by providing a cooking name selection means for selecting the cooking name which can be prepared by using only designated material from a menu information storage means. CONSTITUTION: A data processing part 10 controlling the whole of a device, an input part 20, a display part 30 and an external storage device 40 are connected. The data processing part 10 composes a cooking name selection means and a ROM 12 in which various kinds of programs and tables are stored composes a menu information storage means. Within the ROM 12, three tables are provided. In a table (a), information on cooking names, nutritive values and whether material is a household reserve product or not are stored. In a table (b), information on cookeries is stored. In a table (c), cooking names, using material names and cookeries are stored as each information. Whether the material name that a user designates is the reserve products in the table (a) or not is Judged. Based on the material except reserve products, the material data area of the table (c) for each cooking name is retrieved, and a pertinent cooking name is read from the table (c) and is displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic menu preparation device for supporting the preparation of cooking menus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic menu preparation device for supporting the preparation of a menu of dishes, some dish names are appropriately selected from a list of dish names prepared in advance by the device, and 1
A device designed to present a menu for a certain period such as one time or one week has been devised.

In addition, this kind of electronic menu preparation device, by inputting the name of the material to be used, extracts at least the food name using the material from the food name list and displays it as a food name candidate list, Further, there is a function that displays the material name used for the designated cooking name, the cooking procedure, etc. by designating the cooking name desired by the user from the displayed cooking name candidate list. .

[0004]

However, in the electronic menu preparation device as described above, in a state where each food name is displayed in a list, it is not possible to know what ingredients other than the ingredients designated by the user. . Therefore, if the user wants to create a menu using only the ingredients he has, he selects each of the many food names listed and checks the ingredients required for that food name, There was a problem that it took time to prepare the menu because the dish name that could be created only was selected.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides an electronic menu preparation apparatus which can easily obtain a menu that can be prepared only with materials specified by a user in a short time. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

To achieve this object, the electronic menu preparation device of the present invention has an input means for designating a material name to be used, a cooking name necessary for preparing a menu, and A menu information storage unit that stores various information including the material name used for the dish name, and a dish name selection unit that selects from the menu information storage unit a dish name that can be created only with the ingredients specified by the input unit. I have it.

Further, the menu information storage means has, for each dish name, essential data indicating that it is an essential material among the ingredients used for the dish name. Among the food names stored in the menu information storage means, the food name to which the essential data is added matches the food name input by the input means, or the essential data is added. It is preferable that the ingredient name is configured to select a dish name included in the ingredient name input by the input means.

Further, the menu information storage means is provided with material information having standing data indicating whether or not each of the material names is a material which is generally reserved, and based on the material information. , A determination means for determining whether or not the ingredient name designated by the input means is a commonly-stocked ingredient name, and the cooking name selection means includes the ingredient name entered by the input means. It is preferable that the menu information storage means selects a food name that can be prepared only from the material name other than the material name that is determined to be the material name that is normally stored by the determination means. .

Further, when the dish name that can be created only with the ingredient name designated by the input means cannot be selected from the menu information storage means, the dish name selection means uses at least the ingredient name input by the input means. It is desirable that the cooking name to be selected is selected from the menu information storage means.

[0010]

In the electronic menu preparation device of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the menu information storage means stores various kinds of information including the cooking name required to prepare the menu and the material name used for the cooking name. , It is equipped with a food name selection means that selects from the menu information storage means a food name that can be created only with the material specified by the input means for specifying the material name you want to use. You can easily get a menu that you can create.

Further, the menu information storage means has, for each dish name, essential data indicating that it is an indispensable ingredient among the ingredients used for the dish name. Among the food names stored in the menu information storage means, the food name to which the essential data is added matches the food name input by the input means, or the essential data is added. Since the material name is configured to select the food name included in the material name input by the input means, it is possible to reliably extract the food name that is likely to be created with the material on hand.

Further, the menu information storage means is provided with material information having standing data indicating whether or not each of the material names is a material which is generally reserved, and based on the material information. , A determination means for determining whether or not the ingredient name designated by the input means is a commonly-stocked ingredient name, and the cooking name selection means includes the ingredient name entered by the input means. Among them, since it is configured to select from the menu information storage means a cooking name that can be created only with ingredients other than the ingredient name that is generally judged to be the ingredient name that is commonly held by the determination means, It is possible to extract a wide range of food names that can be created with the ingredients.

Further, when the dish name which can be created only by the ingredient name designated by the input means cannot be selected from the menu information storage means, the dish name selection means uses at least the ingredient name input by the input means. Since the cooking name to be selected is selected from the menu information storage means, even if a cooking name that can be created only with the ingredients input by the input means is not obtained, it is created by adding some ingredients You can easily get the menu you can.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the electronic menu preparation device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic menu preparation apparatus according to the present embodiment is composed of computer parts, a data processing section 10 for controlling the entire apparatus, an input section 20 composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Display unit 3 composed of LCD, etc.
0, and an external storage device 40 including an IC card, a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, etc. is connected.
The input unit 20 constitutes the input means of the present invention.

Further, inside the data processing unit 10,
Various programs for operating the apparatus, ROM 12 in which various tables to be described later are stored, RAM 13 for temporarily storing contents input by the input unit 20 and calculation results, programs stored in the ROM 12 CPU 11 for executing calculations based on the above, reading and writing the contents of the RAM 13, and between these parts, or the data processing unit 10 and an input unit 20 connected to the data processing unit 10 and a display unit. An I / O port 14 for exchanging data with the external storage unit 30 and the external storage unit 40 is provided. Then, the data processing unit 10 constitutes the dish name selecting means of the present invention,
The ROM 12 constitutes the menu information storage means of the present invention.

The various programs and various tables may be stored in the external storage device 40 instead of the ROM 12. Further, the external storage device 40 may be used instead of the RAM 13 as the temporary storage location described above.

Next, details of the various tables stored in the ROM 12 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the ROM 12, tables 12a to 12 are provided.
Three tables of c are provided. Table 12a
As shown in the schematic view of FIG. 2, the information stores the material name, the nutritional value of the material name, and information indicating whether or not the material is commonly stored in the home. Here, ID in FIG.
(1, 2, ...) Is a code assigned in advance to each material name, and this ID code corresponds to a material code described later. In addition, the “unit” described in FIG. 2 is a unit amount that serves as a standard for the nutritional value of each ingredient,
The nutritional value per unit amount of eight items of calorie, calcium, iron, protein, salt, fiber, vitamin C and vitamin A is stored for each material.

Further, the "standby" shown in FIG.
Is data that makes it possible to identify whether or not the material is a material that is generally stocked at home. If the stocking item is "x", it is regarded as a material name that is not stocked, and "○" In this case, it is considered as a material that is always stocked. For example, in Table 12a, "beef" has an ID of "1", and 100 g of beef has 200 Kcal of calories, 20 mmg of calcium, 10 mmg of iron, and 20 mg of protein.
g, salt 10 mmg, fiber 2 g, vitamin C 20
Mg and vitamin A are 4 IU. In addition, referring to the standing items, it is shown that "beef" is not a standing material.

The table 12a constitutes the material information of the present invention, and the "reserve" item constitutes the reserve data of the present invention.

The table 12b stores information on cooking methods as shown in the schematic view of FIG. here,
The IDs (a, b, ...) In FIG. 3 are codes assigned in advance to each cooking method. For example, table 1
In 2b, the cooking method has an ID of "a" for "baking" and an ID of "b" for "simmering".

As shown in the schematic view of FIG. 4, the table 12c stores information on the food name, the material name used for the food name, the quantity thereof, and the cooking method. Further, for each ingredient name to be used, data for identifying whether or not the dish name is an essential ingredient is added. This data constitutes the essential data of the present invention.

Here, the "classification" described in FIG. 4 indicates the classification to which each dish name belongs. In addition, "master / sub" indicates whether the dish name belongs to the main dish or the side dish. "Ingredients" are represented by the ID code of the table 12a and the quantity of ingredients required for the dish, and the symbols (A, B, ...) Are assigned to each ingredient in order. further,
The cooking method is represented by a combination of the ID code of the table 12b and the symbol assigned to each ingredient. Then, an underlined material represents an essential material for the dish, and a material without an underline represents a material name that is not necessarily required for the food name.

For example, in the table 12c, when the dish name is "hamburger", the classification is "meat dish", the attribute is "main dish", and the material is 200 g of beef (A: 1x20).
0), 200g pork (B: 2x200), 1 onion
/ 2 (C: 3x0.5), 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms (D: 4x
4), bread crumbs 10g (E: 5x10), milk 400
ml (F: 6x400), 1/3 egg (G: 7x0.
3), a little nutmeg (H: 8xs), salt (I: 10)
1) and pepper (J: 102). Also, "beef"
And "onions" are essential ingredients in this dish name.

The cooking method is as follows: bread crumbs are softened with milk (EFe), chopped onions and fried (Cd).
c). Next, raw shiitake mushrooms are chopped (Dd), and finally, they, beef, pork, eggs, nutmeg, salt, and pepper are kneaded and baked ((EFe + Cdc + Dd + ABGHIJ) fa).

It should be noted that each of the above tables 12a to 12c is R.
It may be provided in the external storage device 40 instead of the OM 12.

The RAM 13 is provided with an area 13a for storing and holding a material code used in a menu preparation process described later and an area 13b for storing and holding the read cooking name.

Next, the operation of the electronic menu preparation device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The table 12a and the table 12
It is assumed that the memory status of c is as shown in the schematic diagrams of FIGS. 2 and 4, respectively.

First, by turning on the power of the apparatus,
The program in the ROM 12 starts and enters the menu making mode. A search condition input screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 30 and waits for the user to specify the material name to be used (step 1: hereinafter, abbreviated as S1. Other steps are also the same. ).

The material name designated in S1 is converted into a material code by referring to the table 12a (S2).
Then, based on the converted material code, it is judged whether or not the material name designated by the user is the regular material in the table 12a, and the material code of the material name which is the regular material is removed. The material code is stored in the area 13a in the RAM 13 (S3). The process of S3 functions as the determination means of the present invention.

Next, based on the material code serving as the search condition stored in the area 13a, a table 1 is prepared for each dish name.
The data area of the material in 2c is searched, the corresponding dish name is read from the table 12c, and the area 1 in the RAM 13 is searched.
It is stored and held in 3b (S4). At this time, the table 12c
The ingredient code of the essential ingredient stored in the ingredient data area is searched based on whether all or some of the ingredient codes stored in the area 13a are searched, and the corresponding dish name is read.

Further, in the food name data stored in the table 12c, there are food names that can be created only with the regular ingredients, but these food names are excluded from the search target and handled.

Then, in S5, it is judged whether or not all the food name data stored in the table 12c has been searched. If not (S5: N), the next food name is searched. To do. Further, when the search is performed for all the dish name data (S5: Y), the process proceeds to S6 and R
It is checked whether or not the food name corresponding to the area 13b in the AM 13 is stored and held. When the corresponding food name is stored and held (S6: Y), the food name is displayed on the corresponding food name list screen (S8).

For example, when "pork", "onion" and "milk" are designated by the user in S2, the above-mentioned three designated ingredients are referred to the table 12a in S3. Convert to material code.
“Pork” has a material code = 2, “onion” has a material code = “3”, and “milk” has a material code = “6”. Here, since "milk" is classified as a regular ingredient in the table 12a, ingredients other than "milk", that is, ingredient codes "2" and "3" of "pork" and "onion" are stored in the area 13a. To do. In S4, table 1 for each dish name
The data area of the material in 2c is searched, and the corresponding dish name is read from the table 12c.

Specifically, the material code stored in the material data area is referred to as the material code designated as the essential material, and the essential material code is stored in the area 13a.
All of the material codes “2” and “3” stored in
Alternatively, the search is performed based on the fact that it is a part, and the corresponding dish name is read out.

First, in the table 12c shown in FIG. 4, the essential ingredients of "hamburger" are "pork" and "onion", and their material codes are "2" and "3".
Here, since the material codes stored in the area 13a are "2" and "3" and "Hamburg" is a food name satisfying the search condition, the food name "Hamburg" is stored in the area 13b. .

Next, "egg soup" is a dish that can be prepared only with the regular ingredients, so it is excluded from the search target. Next, "octopus salad" has the essential ingredients "octopus", and "pilaf" has the essential ingredients "raw shiitake mushrooms" and "shrimp".
None of them satisfy the search code, so they are not applicable. Next, "curry gratin" is not applicable because the essential ingredients are "pork", "onion", and "carrot", which cannot be created with the specified "pork" and "onion". Therefore, in the present embodiment, the only applicable dish name is "hamburger steak," which is stored in the area 13b.
8, the display is as shown in FIG.

If it is determined in S6 that the food name corresponding to the area 13b in the RAM 13 is not stored (S6: N), the same as in the conventional search method.
At least the food name using the designated material name is extracted and stored in the area 13b in the RAM 13 (S7), and the food name is displayed on the corresponding food name list screen (S8).

As described above, according to the electronic menu preparation apparatus of this embodiment, the menu which can be prepared only with the designated material can be easily obtained in a short time.

Further, since the search is performed without considering the commonly used ingredient names, it is possible to extract a wide range of food names that can be prepared with the ingredients on hand.

Further, since the data area of the material of the table 12c is provided with data indicating whether or not the cooking name is an essential material name, at least the essential material name is designated. If it is included, the dish name is extracted, so that the dish name that is highly likely to be created with the materials on hand can be reliably extracted.

If there is no food name that can be created only with the specified ingredients, the food name using at least the specified ingredient name is extracted and displayed as in the conventional search method. Even if you can't get the name of a dish that can be created with only the ingredients, you can easily obtain the menu that you can create by adding some ingredients.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but various modifications can be added.

For example, in the present embodiment, a specific material name is input, but a large classification such as grain or meat may be input. In this case, it is necessary to store the name of the ingredient used for the dish name and the classification to which the ingredient belongs.

In addition to designating the material name to be used,
It may be configured to input the amount of food on hand, determine whether or not the food name can be created with the amount of food on hand, and extract only the food name that can be created.

[0047]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the electronic menu preparation device of the present invention, various information including the name of a dish required to prepare a menu and the name of the material used for the dish is displayed. Since the menu information storage means that has been stored and the cooking name selection means that selects from the menu information storage means a food name that can be created only with the ingredients specified by the input means for specifying the ingredient name you want to use, You can easily get a menu that you can make surely with only the materials you have.

Further, the menu information storage means has, for each dish name, essential data indicating that it is an essential material among the ingredients used for the dish name. Among the food names stored in the menu information storage means, the food name to which the essential data is added matches the food name input by the input means, or the essential data is added. Since the material name is configured to select the food name included in the material name input by the input means, it is possible to reliably extract the food name that is likely to be created with the material on hand.

Further, the menu information storage means is provided with material information having standing data indicating whether or not each of the material names is a material which is generally reserved, and based on the material information. , A determination means for determining whether or not the ingredient name designated by the input means is a commonly-stocked ingredient name, and the cooking name selection means includes the ingredient name entered by the input means. Among them, since it is configured to select from the menu information storage means a cooking name that can be created only with ingredients other than the ingredient name that is generally judged to be the ingredient name that is commonly held by the determination means, It is possible to extract a wide range of food names that can be created with the ingredients.

When a food name that can be created only with the material name specified by the input means cannot be selected from the menu information storage means, the food name selection means uses at least the material name input by the input means. Since the cooking name to be selected is selected from the menu information storage means, even if a cooking name that can be created only with the ingredients input by the input means is not obtained, it is created by adding some ingredients You can easily get the menu you can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic menu preparation device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a table in which information on material names and nutritional values is stored.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a table in which information on cooking methods is stored.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a table in which information on food names, ingredient names, and cooking methods is stored.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic menu preparation device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for instructing search condition input.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying a list of applicable food candidates.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 data processing unit 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 20 input unit 40 external storage unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An input means for designating a material name to be used, and a menu information storage means for storing various kinds of information including a food name necessary for creating a menu and a material name used for the food name. An electronic menu creation device comprising: a food name selection unit that selects, from the menu information storage unit, a food name that can be created using only the ingredients specified by the input unit. 2. The menu information storage means has, for each dish name, essential data indicating that it is an essential ingredient among the ingredients used for the dish name, and the dish name selecting means is Among the food names stored in the menu information storage means, the food name to which the essential data is added matches the food name input by the input means, or the essential data is added. The electronic menu preparation device according to claim 1, wherein the material name is configured to select a dish name included in the material name input by the input means. 3. The menu information storage means includes material information having standing data indicating whether or not each of the material names is a material that is generally reserved, and based on the material information. , A determination means for determining whether or not the material name designated by the input means is a commonly-stocked material name, and the dish name selection means is the material name input by the input means. Among them, it is configured to select, from the menu information storage means, a cooking name that can be created only with ingredients other than the ingredient name that is determined to be the ingredient name that is generally reserved by the determination means. The electronic menu creation device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. When the dish name that can be created only with the ingredient name designated by the input means cannot be selected from the menu information storage means, the dish name selection means uses at least the ingredient name input by the input means. The electronic menu preparation device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic menu preparation device is configured to select a dish name to be selected from the menu information storage means.