JPH09231472A - Nutritive balance information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a member to utilize nutritive component data for his nutri tive balance management by tabulating nutritive component data on all the foods which the member eated and drank and all the lunch boxes, etc., he brought every fixed period and providing it for the member as nutritive balance information. SOLUTION: When the member pays for the food he drink and eated and a brought lunch box, etc., a card reader-writer 7 provided at a POS register 6 is inserted to the POS register 6 to read his member's number. Next, the product number or the stuck bar code of individual eaten/drunk or brought food is inputted to the POS register 6 to read nutritive data components based on the product number of the individual food from a nutritive component data base 5 provided for an on-lined managing personal computer 1 and the sum of nutritive component data on the individual food is calculated to print out. The total nutritive component data of the foods the member eats/drinks or buys are written in a member's data base corresponding to his member's number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for providing nutritional balance information to members.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Due to the recent health boom, some foods sold at menus such as restaurants and bento stores or food stores have standard values of calories and other nutritional components. Is only an indication of the amount of nutritional ingredients for each menu or food,
As it is not a comprehensive nutritional value display as a meal, 1
There is a drawback in that it is not possible to know the total amount of nutritional components in the food that I have ingested each time, as well as the average amount of nutritional intake over a certain period of time.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention aggregates nutritional data of whole foods such as foods eaten and eaten by members at a restaurant or lunches purchased at a bento store, etc. at regular intervals to provide nutritional balance. It is to provide a system that can be provided to members as information.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A management personal computer having a card reader / writer, a member database, and a nutritional component database, a register having a card reader / writer, and a membership card are provided for storing foods eaten or purchased by members. When paying the price, the step of causing the card reader / writer of the register to read the membership card, and inputting the product number of each food into the register, the nutrition component data of each food corresponding to the product number is added to the nutrition component. Steps for reading out from the database and totaling, and steps for writing the totaled nutritional component data in the member database based on the membership number, etc., and nutritional balance information by totaling the nutritional component data written in the member database at regular intervals Steps to create display card and nutrition balun The information display card is a nutritionally balanced information providing system characterized by comprising a step to send it to travelers. In this case, since comprehensive nutritional balance information regarding meals consumed during a certain period is provided to each member, it can be effectively utilized as a material for each member to manage the nutritional balance of his or her own diet.

In the above nutrition balance information providing system, the total nutritional component data of foods that have been eaten or purchased is printed on a receipt at the register to issue a receipt with nutritional component data display.
In this case, since the total nutritional component data of food and drink or purchased food for each time can be obtained, it can be effectively used for one's health management.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an apparatus used in a nutritional balance information providing system of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a nutrition balance information display card of the present invention, in which 1 is a management personal computer, 2 and 7 are card reader / writers, 3 is a printer, 4 is a member database, and 5 is a member database.
Is a nutrition component database, 6 is a POS register, 8 is a membership card, and 9 is a nutrition balance chart.

An outline of an apparatus used in the nutrition balance information providing system of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 1, and a management personal computer 1 having a card reader / writer 2, a printer 3, a member database 4 and a nutrition component database 5. When,
A POS register 6 equipped with a card reader / writer 7,
It consists of a membership card 8. In the member database 4, total nutrition component data for each meal, such as a meal eaten by each member or a bento purchased, is recorded in association with member-specific data such as a member number. In the nutritional component database 5, nutritional component data is recorded for each unit menu that constitutes a meal or a bento. As the POS register 6, for example, a PO-POS 10 made by NEC can be used, and as the card reader / writer 2,7, a RW "Carpo" made by Zexel can be used. In the above system, the management personal computer 1 and the POS register 6 may be connected online, or data may be transferred using a floppy disk or the like. The member card 8 can be issued by the customer by applying to a restaurant or a bento store.

As the membership card 8, a magnetic card or an IC card may be used. When using an IC card, a card number, identification code, etc. are used as the card ID, name, address, telephone number, height, weight, etc. are used as the member personal information, and date, product name, number, amount, etc. are used as the purchase history. The balance, transaction history and the like can be recorded as the prepaid management information, and the calorie intake, nutritional balance information and the like can be recorded as the health management information. When a magnetic card is used, a card number, an identification code, etc. can be recorded as the card ID, and a name, a telephone number, etc. can be recorded as the member personal information. Further, a magnetic card having a rewritable magnetic display layer or a heat-sensitive display layer can also be used. In that case, a card number, an identification code, etc. are provided as a card ID as in the case of using an IC card. Name, address, telephone number, height, weight, etc. as member personal information, date, product name, number, amount etc. as purchase history, balance, transaction history etc. as prepaid management information, calories ingested as health management information , Nutritional balance information and the like can be displayed within a range of up to 10 characters and 9 lines. In this embodiment, an IC card is used.

The nutrition balance information providing system will be described below. When the member who owns the member card 8 pays for the food or drinks eaten at the restaurant or for the bento purchased at the bento store, the member card 8 is first put in the card reader / writer 7 provided in the POS register 6. Insert and have the membership number read. Next, regarding the individual foods that the member has eaten or purchased, the staff member inputs their product numbers into the POS register 6 or is affixed to the individual foods using the bar code reader provided in the POS register 6. By reading the bar code and inputting it into the POS register 6, the nutritional component data of each food is obtained from the nutritional component database 5 installed in the management personal computer 1 connected to the POS register 6 online based on the product number of each food. By reading out and calculating the total of the nutritional component data of each food and printing it on a receipt, a receipt with the nutritional component data displayed is issued, and the total nutritional component data of the foods eaten or purchased is purchased in the membership database. It is written in 4 corresponding to the member number. According to the above procedure, the total nutritional component data of foods that the member eats or purchases each time,
It is sequentially stored in the member database 4 in association with the member number. When an IC card is used as the membership card 8 as in this embodiment, it is possible to perform a prepaid process or a point service when paying the price.

[0010] In the member database 4, the total nutritional component data of the food that the customer eats or purchases is written and accumulated for each time in association with the member number.
When the number of times that the member eats or drinks reaches a certain number or every certain period, the total nutrition component data of the food or drink that has been purchased or accumulated in the member database 4 is summed up. The total nutritional component data collected by a certain number of times or a certain period of time for each member is compiled into, for example, a nutritional balance information display card having the content shown in FIG. It is printed at 3 and sent to each member.
Each member can check their nutrition intake status by looking at the sent nutrition balance information display card and use it for their own health management. Also, in this system, the receipts you receive when you pay for food or drinks you purchase, or the foods you purchase, display the total nutritional component data for each meal or food you purchase. It is also possible to use it for your own health management.

In the embodiment of the nutrition balance information display card, as shown in FIG. 2, the member name is printed on the upper portion, and all the items of food and the nutritional components of the food that the member has eaten or purchased during a certain period. The data is displayed. Furthermore, the nutrition balance chart 9 showing calories, protein, vitamins A, B, and C in the order from the top to the right showing the nutritional balance based on the data of all the nutritional components is provided. This allows you to easily check your nutritional status.
At the bottom, advice about excess or deficiency of calories or excess or deficiency of vitamins is displayed as a comprehensive evaluation. The content to be displayed on the nutrition balance information display card does not necessarily have to be the above-mentioned content, and only the number of calories ingested that is most important in terms of nutrition may be displayed in comparison with the minimum required calorie number, You may display a bar graph of nutritional components instead of the nutrition balance chart 9.
Anything that allows the member to check his / her nutritional intake at a glance is acceptable.

[0012]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION A management personal computer equipped with a card reader / writer, a member database and a nutritional component database, a register equipped with a card reader / writer, and a membership card can be used for foods or lunch boxes that a member eats or drinks at a restaurant. When you pay for the bento etc. you purchased, you can read the membership card with the card reader / writer of the register and enter the product number of each food in the register and enter the nutritional component data of each food corresponding to the product number. The step of reading the nutritional component data from the nutritional component database and totaling it and printing the nutritional component data on the receipt, the step of writing the totaled nutritional component data to the member database based on the membership number, etc., and the constant of the nutritional component data written to the member database Nutrition balance information is displayed by totaling by member for each period. By adopting a nutrition balance information providing system characterized by a step of creating a nutrition balance information display card and a step of sending the created nutrition balance information display card to members, members who receive the nutrition balance information display card can , You can check your nutritional balance by looking at its contents, which is extremely useful for maintaining your health. This is particularly effective in a dining room where the menu can be freely selected in a packaged buffet style. In addition, the nutrition component data for each food item eaten or purchased by the member at a restaurant, bento store, etc. is displayed on the receipt, so that it can be utilized for daily health management by looking at it. It is a thing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an apparatus used in a nutritional balance information providing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a nutrition balance information display card of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Management PC 2, 7 Card reader / writer 3 Printer 4 Member database 5 Nutrition component database 6 POS register 8 Member card 9 Nutrition balance chart

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A management personal computer equipped with a card reader / writer, a member database and a nutritional component database, a register equipped with a card reader / writer, and a membership card, which are used when a member pays for food eaten or purchased. The step of causing the card reader / writer of the register to read the membership card, and entering the product number of each food into the register to read the nutritional component data of each food corresponding to the product number from the nutritional component database. Create a nutrition balance information display card by summing up the totalized steps and the step of writing the totaled nutritional component data into the member database based on the membership number, etc. and the nutritional component data written into the member database at regular intervals. Steps and nutrition balance information display card A nutrition balance information providing system, characterized in that it comprises a step for sending to a member. 2. The nutrition balance information according to claim 1, wherein at the register, the total nutritional component data of foods that have been eaten or purchased is printed on a receipt, and a receipt with nutritional component data display is issued. Offer system.