JPH1040308A - Shopping supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a generation of useless shopping by describing an already stored food materials in an optical reading sheet, selecting a specific menu from a menu file and then outputting a shopping list for food materials to be purchased from a food material list necessary for the menu. SOLUTION: A cookable menu is displayed on a touch panel and a shopping customer 1 selects a favarite menu and inserts a sheet 11 in which food materials 12 stored in his (or her) home and their amounts are described into a reader 13 in a reader/writer(R/W) The R/W reads out the contents of the optical reading sheet 11 and temporarily stores the stored food materials and their amounts (M1) and the number of persons. Since cooking materials necessary for the favarite menu and the amounts of the materials per person are stored in a data base, the necessary food materials and their amounts (M2) are calculated by a processor by multiplying the amount of each food materials by the number of persons and each lacking food materials and the calculation result of its amount (M2-M1) are outputted to a shopping list 18 by an output device 17.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shopping support system and, in particular, makes use of ingredients in a household without wasting them and searches for and lists ingredients that need to be additionally purchased for a desired menu. The present invention relates to a system for searching for and listing ingredients to be purchased in addition to a dish utilizing the owned ingredients.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when buying foodstuffs, it is necessary to buy the foodstuffs necessary for the menu for the time being, but some of the foodstuffs are already in the house (refrigerator). In addition, when going shopping with notes of the ingredients owned in advance, it was actually very troublesome to think about what to buy additionally. Further, as a system for mechanically searching, for example, the current situation (health condition, season, etc.) is input to a cooking appliance (microwave oven, etc.), the machine creates a menu suitable for the person, and a list of the menu is created. A system in which the user takes the product to a store for shopping is also introduced (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 55-66050). In this case, a necessary material list can be printed. It is not intended to output separately from the ingredients you buy.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention
It was made to solve the above problems,
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) sheet or OM provided in advance at the supermarket
Take an optical reading sheet such as an R (optical mark recognition) sheet back home, fill in the information of the ingredients in the home, and pass it through the R / W (reader / writer) located at the supermarket, and based on that menu. By selecting a menu or specifying a menu in advance and displaying the list of ingredients and recipes required for that menu, you can make use of the ingredients in your home, eliminate unnecessary shopping, and only the ingredients you really need to buy It researched and completed a shopping support system that allows users to buy.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical reading sheet having a food entry box for optically reading foods already owned by a shopper. A processing device having a menu file in which various menus and food data necessary for the menu are stored in advance, an information reader for the optical reading sheet, and a shopping list output device. By optically reading after filling in the ingredients you already have on the reading sheet and selecting a specific menu from the menu file, you can output at least a food shopping list from the list of ingredients necessary for the menu A shopping support system, characterized in that: In this way, it is possible to immediately know the ingredients to be additionally purchased for the desired menu.

[0005] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, claim 2 of the present invention.
The invention of the present invention relates to an optical reading sheet having a food entry column for optically reading ingredients already owned by a shopper, and a menu menu file storing various menus and food data necessary for the menu in advance. A processing device having an optical reading sheet information reader, and a shopping list output device. There is a shopping support system characterized by outputting a menu list in which a dish utilizing the proprietary ingredients can be prepared and a food shopping list to be additionally purchased. In this way, even if an appropriate menu cannot be found, several menus are displayed, and on the other hand, additional ingredients to be purchased can be immediately known.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the concept of the shopping support system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a shopper (customer) 1 takes an optical reading sheet 11 such as an OCR sheet or an OMR sheet provided in a supermarket 10 home, and stores foods in a house (refrigerator) 12 and the amount (weight) thereof. ) And the required number of people. Then, the user inserts the OCR sheet or OMR sheet into the reader / writer 13 of the reader / writer installed in the supermarket 10.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, a menu that can be cooked is displayed on the touch panel of the reader / writer, so that the shopper can select a desired menu on the panel, and at the same time, select the foodstuffs at home and the amount of foodstuffs at home. Is inserted into the reader / writer 13 of the reader / writer. By doing so, the reader / writer reads the contents of the optical reading sheet and temporarily stores the owned food materials, the amount (M1), and the number of people. In the menu file 14, cooking ingredients and the amount per person required for the desired menu are stored as a database. The output device 17 outputs the result of calculating the shortage of the ingredients and the amount thereof (M2-M1) to the shopping list 18 of the ingredients. At that time, a cooking recipe, a procedure, or an estimated purchase cost may be output together.

In a second embodiment of the present invention, a shopper inserts a sheet in which foods at home and the amount thereof are written into a reader 13 of a reader / writer. By doing so, the reader / writer reads the contents of the optical reading sheet and temporarily stores the possessed food material 2, its amount (M1), and the number of people. Next, several menus that can be cooked according to the combination of the ingredients are searched from the menu file, and the required ingredients and their quantities (M3, M
, M5,...) By the processing device, and (M3-M1,
(M4-M1, M5-M1,...)) To calculate the missing ingredients and the quantity, and output the ingredients to be additionally purchased and the quantity to the shopping list 18 by the output device 17. that time,
The estimated purchase cost of each menu may be output together.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the internal configuration of the reader / writer. When the shopper inserts the optical reading sheet 11 into the reader 13 of the reader / writer, the ingredients, the quantity, and the number of people written on the sheet are temporarily stored in the storage device 15. Menu file 14 contains
Ingredients required per person and the amount of each menu are stored in a database and accumulated, and when the menu and the number of people are input, the processing device 16 immediately adds the amount of ingredients required for the menu and the total amount. Then, it is output to the shopping list 18 by the output device 17. If the shopper does not select a menu as in the second embodiment, the processing device 16 immediately selects the most appropriate menu or the next best menu from the type of the input ingredients.
For example, if you have minced meat and potatoes at home, it is croquette, and if you have carrots and potatoes, you have potato salad. As described above, the ingredients and the amount required for each person for the menu selected are stored in the database in the menu file 14 as described above. Is accumulated, and the shopping list 18 is output by the output device 17.
Is output as

[0010] Therefore, the shopper only needs to select necessary ingredients from the product shelf 19 in FIG. 1 based on the shopping list 18 output from the output device, and settle it at the cash register 20. Not all shopping lists need to be displayed by weight, and it may be appropriate to display them in an easy-to-handle manner, such as five eggs or two onions.

[0011] It is also possible to incorporate into the program whether the eater is a child or an adult, a health condition, a preference, etc., so that a better shopping suited to the situation of the family can be made. For example, for families with high blood pressure, it is also possible to devise a program that preferentially selects a menu with a small amount of salt or fat or selects foodstuffs.

FIG. 3 shows an OCR used in the system of the present invention.
It is a figure showing an example of a sheet. In the sheet, enter the type of food you own and the amount you have in the “Current ingredients” column,
If you fill in the relevant items in the desired menu column by hand,
The reader / writer optically reads the written character (character) to determine the content. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an OMR sheet used in the system of the present invention. On the sheet, mark the type of food you own in the "Food name" column, fill in the amount of ownership, the number of people, the desired menu column with a mark, and read the mark written by the reader / writer optically to determine the content Will do. However, FIGS. 3 and 4 show an example of a reading sheet, and an input sheet in which OCR and OMR are combined on one sheet may be used.

FIG. 5 shows a menu selection touch panel of the reader / writer. The shopper presses the panel and specifies the desired menu. FIG.
It is an example of a shopping list output by the present invention system. In the case of the first embodiment of the present invention, a list of ingredients to be additionally purchased for the menu specified by the shopper (insufficient, that is, the ingredients to be purchased are checked) and the list thereof. A sheet describing the purchase amount and the recipe of the dish is output. Also, the output sheet includes
It is also possible to output the cooking procedure.

FIG. 7 shows another example of a shopping list output by the system of the present invention. As in the case of the second embodiment of the present invention, when menus are not selected and menus that can be cooked for owned ingredients and foods to be additionally purchased for the menus and their quantities are output. As shown in FIG. 7, a menu that can be cooked, a list of ingredients corresponding to the menu, and the purchase amount are output.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the shopper fills out the necessary items on the OCR sheet or OMR sheet and inserts it into the reader / writer, thereby listing what and how much to buy together with the cooking menu. Because it is output, you can shop without hesitation at the store. In addition, the ingredients that are already in the home are not wasted, eliminating the need for menu planning. By adding selection fields for children, elderly people, health status, physical condition, etc. to the input sheet (OCR sheet or OMR sheet), cooking with the menu menu according to the current state and the purchased ingredients list based on it Can be used for health management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the concept of a shopping support system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a reader / writer used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an OCR sheet used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an OMR sheet used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a menu selection touch panel of a reader / writer.

FIG. 6 is an example of a shopping list output by the system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is another example of a shopping list output by the system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 shopper 10 supermarket 11 optical reading sheet 12 house (refrigerator) 13 reader / writer reading device 14 menu file 15 storage device 16 processing device 17 reader / writer output device 18 shopping list 19 merchandise shelf 20 cash register

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An optical reading sheet having a food entry field for optically readable entry of ingredients already owned by a shopper, and a menu file storing various menus and ingredient data necessary for the menu in advance. , An optical reading sheet information reader, and a shopping list output device. A shopping support system characterized in that by selecting a specific menu from the menu, a food shopping list to be purchased at least in the future is output from a list of ingredients necessary for the menu. 2. An optical reading sheet having a foodstuff entry column for optically readable entry of foodstuffs already possessed by a shopper, and a menu file storing various menus and foodstuff data necessary for the menus in advance. , An optical reading sheet information reader, and a shopping list output device. A shopping support system characterized by outputting a menu that allows you to cook using the ingredients you own, and a food shopping list to be additionally purchased. 3. The shopping support system according to claim 1, wherein the optical reading sheet is an OCR sheet or an OMR sheet.