JPH0926952A - Menu supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support menu preparation for a person who can not take in specified food by specifying a use inhibited material for cooking materials, retrieving a cooking menu not using the material and presenting cooking information. SOLUTION: This menu supporting device 1 is constituted of an input means 2, a storage means 3, a retrieval means 4 and a presenting means 5. In the input means 2, a user specifies the material inhibited to be used in cooking corresponding to an instruction presented in the presenting means 5. In the storage means 3, the information of the plural kinds of dishes, that is cooking menu names and the materials, tools and recipes, etc., corresponding to them are stored. The retrieval means 4 recognizes the inhibited material inputted from the use inhibited material input means 2, calls the dish not using the inputted inhibited material from the storage means 3 and presents it by the presenting means 5. By such constitution, since the cooking menu not utilizing the specified material is easily retrieved, it is extremely convenient in the menu preparation or the like for the person who can not take in the specified food.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for supporting a task of considering a menu.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the past, cookbooks and information devices that have improved cookability by computerizing cookbooks have been used as support for cooking and cooking work. With such cookbooks and information devices, you can visually search for food while turning over photos of food, or check ingredients in the refrigerator, etc., and search for food if you use the ingredients. I was able to. In addition, JP-A-61
-110258 gazette is necessary from the RAM of the computer in which menu information, priority information, cooking instruction information and cooking information about salt content are pre-stored in response to input of menu condition settings such as material type, calories, and flavor. It displays various cooking information on the liquid crystal display.

[0003]

However, with the books and information devices as described above, it is difficult to say that it is convenient to prepare a menu for a person who cannot take a specific material for health or religious reasons. For example, when considering meal menus for people with food allergies, which have been increasing in recent years, it is necessary to confirm that the ingredients do not include foods that serve as allergens. In addition, some menus that include eggs, which are one of the three major allergens, are said to use eggs only by the menu name, such as ham eggs, but the use of eggs only by the menu name, such as tempura clothes and bread rolls, is not recommended. There are many things that I do not understand. Therefore, when making a menu for people with food allergies, it is necessary to check whether foods that are allergens are included in the ingredients of the food after selecting the food using a conventional book or information device. If it is included, you will have to search again. Thus, it is difficult and time-consuming to prepare a menu of dishes that do not contain allergens by searching for the ingredients used. The same thing happens when there are foods that are contraindicated for religious reasons. In addition, cooking techniques have not been passed down in recent years, and the number of housewives who do not have traditional cooking tools such as mortar and steamer is increasing, while new cooking tools such as microwave ovens and food processors are becoming popular. Tools are diversified. Even if you search for and decide on a dish based on conditions such as ingredients and cooking genre, there are many menus that cannot be cooked at home, depending on whether you have the cooking utensils used there.

The present invention solves the inconveniences caused by the conventional cookbooks and menus prepared by the information device. Therefore, it is possible to search for foods that do not use specific ingredients or tools, so that people who cannot ingest specific foods or specific foods can be searched. It is an object of the present invention to provide a menu support device that facilitates menu preparation and cooking for people who do not have tools.

[0005]

The present invention has the following constitution in order to solve the above problems.

[0006] That is, a storage means for storing information on dishes including cooking ingredients for a plurality of dishes, a prohibited material input means for inputting ingredients which should not be used for cooking, and a storage means for storing the information. A configuration is provided that includes a search unit that searches for a dish that does not use the ingredients input by the prohibited-use material input unit from among the dishes that are present, and a presentation unit that presents the dish information searched by the search unit.

Further, the food storage means stores the normal material storage means for storing the materials normally used for cooking, and the alternative material storage for storing the materials that can be used in place of the food stored in the normal material storage means. And a means for reading out a material which can be substituted for the material input by the prohibited material input means from the normal material storage means, from the alternative material storage means. It was configured.

[0008] Further, for a plurality of dishes, a storage means for storing information on the dishes including the tools used for the dishes, a prohibited tool input means for inputting tools that should not be used for cooking, and the memory. A configuration including a search unit that searches for a dish that does not use the tool input by the prohibited tool input unit from the dishes stored in the unit, and a presentation unit that presents the dish information searched by the search unit. And

Further, the dish storage means is a normal tool storage means for storing a tool normally used for cooking and a substitute tool storage means for storing a tool which can substitute for the tool stored in the normal tool storage means. And a retrieval means for reading a tool that can substitute for the tool input from the prohibited tool input means from the normal tool storage means, from the alternative tool storage means. It was configured.

[0010]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above-mentioned structure.

That is, the search means can recognize the prohibited material input from the prohibited material input means, call up the dish not using the input prohibited material from the storage means, and present it by the presenting means.

Further, since the searching means can recognize the prohibited material input from the prohibited material input means and can call a substitute material for the input prohibited material from the alternative material storage means, the called alternative material is called. Can be presented.

Further, the search means can recognize the tool input from the prohibited tool input means, call the dish not using the input tool from the storage means, and present it by the presenting means. Further, the search means recognizes the material input from the prohibited tool input means, and a substitute tool for the input tool can be called from the alternative material storage means and can be called from the storage means. Can be presented.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a menu support apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external view thereof. The menu support device 1 includes an input unit 2, a storage unit 3, a search unit 4, and a presentation unit 5. The storage means 3 stores information on a plurality of types of food, that is, food menu names and corresponding materials, tools, cooking procedures, nutrition information, cooking time,
It stores visual information such as the completion of cooking and the process. As the input means, an input device using a mouse, a keyboard, a cross button used in a game machine or the like, a handwritten character recognition device, a voice recognition device, or the like can be used. In the present embodiment, the cross button is used. 2a
And push button 2b will be used. Also, the storage means 2
Various storage media such as a ROM, an IC card, and a CD-ROM can be used to realize the above. The presenting means may be a display means such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display, an output device such as a printer, a voice generating device, or the like. In this embodiment, the liquid crystal display is used.

The user uses the input means 2 to display the presentation means 5
Specify prohibited ingredients for cooking according to the instructions given in. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the presenting means is a screen display for selecting the type of material, the cursor is moved by the up and down movements of the cross button of the inputting means 2a, and the beans are determined by the inputting means 2b. Next, the details of the beans are displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. Then move the castle up and down to determine the soybean position. Soybean has been decided as a prohibited material. The cooking genres such as Japanese, Western, Chinese, etc. and the used materials can be designated by the input means 2 like the prohibited materials. For example, when pork is used as the material to be used and soybean is used as the prohibited material, the retrieval means 4 calls a dish that uses pork as the material and does not use soybean from the storage means 3 and presents it to the presenting means as shown in FIG. To do. In this case, the search means 4 recognizes not only soybeans but also tofu, okara, and natto, which are made of soybeans, as prohibited materials, and performs a search. By registering prohibited ingredients in advance, it is possible to always search only for dishes that do not use particular ingredients. Further, by selecting one cooking menu using the input means 2 on the screen of FIG. 4, the searching means 4 calls up more detailed cooking ingredients or recipe information from the storage means 3 and presents it to the presenting means 5. The user can cook based on this information.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since it is possible to easily search for a cooking menu that does not use a specific ingredient, it is very convenient for menu preparation and cooking work.

(Embodiment 2) This embodiment has the same configuration as that of Embodiment 1, but the storage means 3 stores alternative ingredients in addition to the normally used ingredients as cooking information, and the use input from the input means 2 is used. The difference is that if a prohibited material applies to a normally used material, an alternative material is presented. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, pork for beef with meat and potatoes, and green peas and green beans for pods are stored as alternative materials. When beef is input as the prohibited material from the input unit 2 and potato is input as the used material, the search unit 4 presents the meat and potato as the pork instead of the normal material beef to the presentation unit 5 as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if the user cannot ingest a specific food, an alternative material is presented, so that a wider range of dishes can be prepared, which is very useful in menu preparation and cooking work. It is convenient.

(Embodiment 3) This embodiment has the same configuration as that of Embodiment 1. From the input means 2, a tool that should not be used for cooking can be input to search for a cooking menu that does not use a specific tool. If a cooking tool that the user does not own is stored in advance, it is possible to always search for a cooking menu that does not use the cooking tool.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily obtain the cooking information excluding the cooking menu which cannot be cooked because the cooking tool is not owned when the menu is prepared, which is efficient. You can create various menus.

(Embodiment 4) This embodiment has the same configuration as that of Embodiment 2, but the storage means 3 stores alternative tools in addition to the normally used tools as cooking information, and the usage input from the input means 2 is used. The difference is that if a prohibited tool applies to a tool that is normally used, an alternative tool is presented. For example, a microwave oven is stored as an alternative tool for a steamer used for chawanmushi. When the user does not own the steamer and inputs the steamer as the prohibited tool from the input means 3, the microwave oven is displayed on the presenting means 4 as the tool for the chawanmushi,
As for the cooking method, a cooking method using a microwave oven is presented, and even a home without a steamer can easily cook chawanmushi using the microwave oven.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when a certain cooking device cannot be used, a wide range of dishes can be used by using an alternative tool, which is very convenient for menu preparation and cooking work.

[0024]

As described above, the menu support device of the present invention has the following effects.

(1) Regarding the cooking ingredients, by designating the prohibited ingredients, searching for the cooking menu that does not use the ingredients, and presenting the cooking information, the intake of the specific food due to allergies or religious reasons. Can assist in making menus for those who cannot do it.

(2) By designating the prohibited ingredients for the cooking ingredients, and for the cooking menu using the designated ingredients, by presenting the cooking information showing the alternative ingredients, for allergies and religious reasons. We can assist you in making menus for people who cannot take certain foods.

(3) A menu for a person who does not have a specific cooking tool by designating a prohibited cooking tool for the cooking tool, searching for a cooking menu that does not use the cooking tool, and presenting cooking information. Can assist in creation.

(4) For a cooking tool, a prohibited tool is designated, and for a cooking menu using the designated tool, by presenting cooking information with the alternative tool, a person who does not have a specific cooking tool can Can support the preparation of menus for

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a menu support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] External view of the menu support device

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a screen presented by a presentation means of the menu support device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a screen presented by a presentation unit of the menu support apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of stored contents of a storage means of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a screen presented by the presenting means of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 menu support device 2 input means 3 storage means 4 search means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing information on dishes including cooking ingredients for a plurality of dishes, a prohibited material input means for inputting ingredients that should not be used for cooking, and a storage means for storing the prohibited ingredients. A menu support device comprising: a search unit that searches for food information that does not use the ingredients input by the prohibited material input unit from among existing dishes, and a presentation unit that presents the food information retrieved by the search unit. 2. The dish storage means stores a normal material storage means for storing ingredients normally used for cooking, and an alternative material storage for storing a substitute material for the cooking ingredients stored in the normal material storage means. The means for reading out the material that can be used as a substitute for the material input by the prohibited material input means stored in the normal material storage means from the alternative material storage means. The menu support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. A storage means for storing information about cooking including a tool used for cooking for a plurality of dishes, a prohibited tool input means for inputting a tool which should not be used for cooking, and the memory. A search means for searching a dish which does not use the tool input by the prohibited tool input means from the dishes stored in the means; and a presenting means for presenting the dish information searched by the search means. Menu support device. 4. The dish storage means is a normal tool storage means for storing a tool normally used for cooking and a substitute tool storage means for storing a tool which can be a substitute for the tool stored in the normal tool storage means. The searching means includes means for reading out from the substitute tool storage means a tool that can substitute for the tool input by the prohibited tool input means, if the tool is stored in the normal tool storage means. The menu support apparatus according to claim 3, which is provided.