KR20090090218A - Apparatus and method of providing the menu - Google Patents

Abstract

A menu provision apparatus and a method for helping to the health maintenance of a user are provided to output recommend menu suitable for a user based on body information and output a user menu. An input unit(110) inputs personal information from a user and generates the menu diary output button if the menu diary output button is selected by user. One among various function buttons at the outputted various interface is selected in an output unit(130). The input unit supplies the control signal according to that and the input unit provides to a controller. A database(140) comprises user data, menu data and menu diary data.

Description

Apparatus and Method of Providing the Menu}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a diet and a method thereof, and more particularly, an input unit configured to receive personal information from a user and to generate a journal output signal when a diet journal output button is selected by the user; A database including user data storing the personal information, diet data storing various diets and nutrition and calorie information of various foods included in the various diets, and diet journal data storing diet diaries for each user; Determine the required intake of the user including the intake of nutrients and calorie intake based on the personal information, conditionally search the diet data according to the required intake and the personal information and generate a recommended diet suitable for the user, and output the journal A control unit for retrieving the diet journal data when receiving a signal and generating a diet journal of a user; And an output unit for outputting the recommended diet and the diet journal, wherein the personal information includes the user's name and unique information on height and weight, specific information on the user's avoided food, and a special history, and a diet diet and a well-being diet. And it relates to an apparatus and method comprising the additional information about the preferred diet.

Recently, due to nuclear family, the proportion of single-earner couples, singles, singles, and the like has been gradually increasing. Accordingly, more and more people are eating at restaurants outside their homes or eating instant foods rather than at home. When you eat a meal or eat at a restaurant, it's hard to make a meal that is suitable for you because of the imbalance of nutrition and calories, because your diet is determined primarily by personal preferences rather than nutrition and calories.

In addition, due to recent developments in culture and economy, various adult diseases and chronic diseases (eg, obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc.) have been continuously increasing due to rapid dietary changes, irregular meals, and lack of exercise. In the case of chronic disease, depending on drug therapy, the drug becomes resistant to the human body, and the dose of the drug increases, and the complications caused by the drug are threatened to life. Increasingly, the focus is on diet and alternative medicine rather than drug therapy.

Accordingly, there is an increasing need to formulate a diet suitable for an individual to prevent / improve disease and improve health, as well as to control weight (eg, diet). However, writing a personal diet by consulting an expert is a time-consuming and expensive problem, and when a person prepares their own diet, it is difficult to become a scientific diet because of limited knowledge and data. There is an uncomfortable problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for outputting a recommended diet suitable for a user based on the personal information input from the user, and outputting the user's diet log when the user selects a diet log output button.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for providing a diet, comprising: an input unit configured to receive personal information from a user and generate a log output signal when a button for outputting a diet log is selected by the user; A database including user data storing personal information, diet data storing nutrition and calorie information of various foods included in various diets and various diets, and diet journal data storing diet diaries for each user; Based on the personal information, determine the required intake of the user including intake nutrients and calorie intake, conditionally search the diet data according to the required intake and the personal information, generate a recommended diet suitable for the user, and receive a log output signal A control unit for retrieving a diet journal data to generate a diet journal of a user; And an output unit for outputting a recommended diet and a diet log, wherein the personal information includes the user's name, unique information about height and weight, unusual information about the user's avoided food and special medical history, and diet diet, well-being diet, and preference diet. Characterized in that it contains additional information about.

Preferably, the present invention may further include a dining table provided with an input unit, a database, a controller, and an output unit.

In addition, a method of providing a diet according to another aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of receiving user's personal information; Extracting a recommended diet suitable for a user by conditionally searching the diet data of the database based on the personal information; Outputting the extracted recommended diet; Outputting details of the diet selected by the user among the extracted recommended diets; If the diet selected by the user is determined, storing the determined diet in a database; And if a button for outputting a diet journal is selected by the user, outputting the user's diet journal, wherein the personal information includes the user's name, unique information on height and weight, and the user's avoided food and unusual history. Specific information, characterized in that it comprises additional information about the diet diet, well-being diet and the user's preferred diet.

According to the present invention, by providing a scientific diet suitable for the user's physical matters to maintain the healthy eating habits of the user helps to maintain the user's health.

In addition, according to the present invention to eliminate the food is prohibited to eat due to a unique history or to include a food that must be ingested in the diet to improve the effect of disease improvement, to identify the well-being food or the user's preferred food and appropriate By extracting the diet can provide a customized diet to maintain the health and taste of the user, if the user is on a diet can provide a diet suitable for the diet can increase the effect of weight control.

In addition, according to the present invention can be installed in a table or a portable device so that the user can use at any time before meals, it is possible to reduce the time and cost consumed while looking for professional books or consulting with a nutritionist.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a diet providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the diet providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the input unit 110, the control unit 120, the output unit 130, and the database 140.

The input unit 110 receives the personal information from the user and generates a journal output signal when the diet journal output button is selected by the user. The input unit 11 may be implemented as a keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch screen (touch pad) to receive personal information from a user and provide the same to the controller 120. In addition, when one of the various function buttons in the various interfaces output from the output unit 140 is selected, the input unit 110 generates a control signal corresponding thereto and provides it to the controller 120.

The controller 120 may include a data processor 124 and an output information generator 126, and may further include a user information processor 122.

The data processing unit 124 determines the required intake of the user including the intake of nutrients and calorie intake based on the personal information, and the recommended diet suitable for the user by conditionally searching the diet data of the database 140 according to the required intake and the personal information. Create In addition, by processing the various control signals provided from the input unit 110 to provide to the output information generation unit 126, when receiving the log output signal to search the diet log data of the database 140 to generate a user's diet log do.

On the other hand, personal information may include unique information about the user's name and height and weight (which may further include information such as age and gender), unusual information about the user's avoided foods and unusual medical history, and diet and wellness diets. Include additional information about your preferences. Here, since nutritional ingredients and calories to be consumed per day are determined according to the user's physical condition, the nutrients and calories ingested per meal of the user may be determined based on the unique information. On the other hand, some foods should be avoided due to religious reasons (such as Islam or Hinduism) or vegetarian beliefs, and certain foods (such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.) may be banned or required. In addition, each person may be on a diet, or a preferred diet such as Korean food, Chinese food, or aquaculture. The unusual information and additional information are the basis for searching for a diet suitable for the purpose desired by the user.

By including the unique information of the user, various unique information, and various additional information in the personal information, the data processing unit 124 generates a recommendation diet suitable for a desired purpose for each individual. The recommended diet includes a variety of diets, the user selects from among the various diets output through the output unit 130 to see the details of the desired diet, and if the details of the selected diet are like, determine the selected diet.

The user information processing unit 122 searches for the user data in the database based on the personal information of the user so that only the authenticated user uses the diet providing apparatus according to the present invention and performs authentication for the user. For authentication of the user, the unique information included in the personal information may further include an ID and password of the user.

The database 140 includes user data for storing user's personal information, diet data for storing various diets and nutrition and calorie information of various foods included in the various diets, and diet log data for storing diet diaries for each user. do. Here, the diet data may be continuously updated and stored through communication with the outside.

The output information generator 126 generates output information for outputting the processed information according to the recommended diet generated by the data processor 124, the user's diet log, and the control signal, and provides the output information to the output unit 130.

The output unit 130 outputs the processed information according to the recommended diet, the user's diet log, and the control signal provided from the output information generator 126, and is preferably implemented as a touch screen.

Meanwhile, the apparatus for providing a diet according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a dining table or a portable device provided with an input unit 110, a controller 120, a database 140, and an output unit 130. By installing the input unit 110, the control unit 120, the database 140, and the output unit 130 on a table or a portable device (for example, a mobile phone or a portable multimedia player), the user can conveniently prepare before eating. You can choose a diet that suits your purpose.

2 is a flow chart showing a diet providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user inputs user's personal information through an input unit. Here, the personal information includes unique information about the user's name and height and weight, unusual information about the user's avoided food and special medical history, and additional information about the diet diet, well-being diet and preference diet, and the unique information includes age. And gender information may be further included.

By searching the diet data of the database based on the input personal information, a recommended diet suitable for the user's purpose is extracted (220). Since the personal information includes the user's physical information, the user's personal information determines the nutrients and calories to be consumed per meal. Based on this, the recommended diet including various diets suitable for the user is selected. Search for and extract conditions. In addition, since the personal information includes the avoidance food, specific medical history, diet diet, and preferred diet, it is possible to extract the recommended diet by determining the foods to be excluded or necessarily added to the diet based on the personal information.

The extracted recommended diet is output to the output unit 230. The recommended diet includes various diets extracted by searching conditions according to the personal information.

The user selects the desired diet through the input unit in the output recommendation diet (240), and outputs the details of the selected diet to the output unit (250). The details of the selected diet output at the output includes information about the name, ingredients, nutrients, calories, and the like of each food constituting the diet.

The user may view the details of the selected diet and then determine the selected diet as an intake diet (260). If the selected diet is determined to be an intake diet, the intake diet of the user is stored in the diet log data of the database (270). The user's intake diet stored in the database is then output to the diet log. If you do not like the selected diet is not determined to eat intake diet again to output the recommended diet (230) may be repeated steps 240 ~ 260.

On the other hand, if the button for outputting the diet log is selected by the user in any of the above steps, the user's intake diet outputs the recorded diet log to the output unit.

3 is a flow chart showing a diet providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a step of performing the authentication step for the user so that only the user is allowed to use, and includes a step of changing the user's personal information in case the user's personal information is changed.

The authorized user performs authentication for the user so that only the recommended diet is provided (212), and if the authentication is successful for the user, proceed to the next step.

When the user's personal information is changed, for example, when height or weight is changed, a diet is started, or when the taste for food is changed, the user's personal information is required to be changed.

If it is not necessary to change the user's personal information (214), based on the user's personal information stored in the user's data of the database, a recommended diet suitable for the user's purpose is searched for and extracted from the diet data of the database (220).

If the user's personal information needs to be changed (214), the existing personal information is changed into new personal information input by the user through the input unit and stored in the user data of the database (216). Then, the recommended diet is extracted based on the changed personal information (220).

Since the subsequent process is the same as the process after step 220 of FIG. 2, a description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 4A is a flow chart illustrating in more detail the performing authentication step 212 for the user in FIG. 3.

A login screen is output to the output unit, and the user receives the login information input through the input unit (310). The login information includes a user's name and password, and a user ID may be used instead of the name.

The user data of the database is compared with the login information to determine whether there is information about the user in the user data of the database (320).

If the user information does not exist in the database, a screen for inputting the user's personal information is output, and the personal information is received from the user and stored (330). After the user's personal information is input and stored, the login screen is output again (310), so that the user can log in.

If the user information exists in the database, it is determined whether the user is a valid user (340). A valid user means a user whose user information exists in the database and whose user password stored in the database matches the password entered directly by the user.

If the password does not match, it is determined that the user is not a valid user (authentication failure), and outputs a login screen (310).

If the passwords match, it is determined as a valid user (authentication successful), and the authentication performing step for the user is ended, and the flow proceeds to step 214 of FIG.

4B is a flowchart illustrating a step of outputting a user's diet log.

After the authentication performing step is successful and the user is authenticated 350, a button (for example, implemented as a diet journal menu button) for outputting a diet journal through the input unit is selected by the user (360). When the diet journal output button is selected, the input unit generates a journal output signal, and the control unit which receives the generated journal output signal searches for and outputs the diet journal of the authenticated user from the diet journal data of the database (370). Here, the button for outputting the diet log is always present in a part of the touch screen which can simultaneously display the screen and input information or may be selected at any time by the user because it exists in the form of a keypad.

5 to 7 are diagrams respectively illustrating an interface for inputting and outputting personal information of a user, a recommended diet output according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a diet journal output according to the embodiment of the present invention.

5 is implemented as a touch screen as an interface for inputting the user's personal information, and can simultaneously input the personal information and output the interface. Unique information such as name 510, sex 515, age 520, height 525, and weight 530, unique information such as avoidance food 535 and specific medical history 540, and Additional information such as diet diet 540, well-being diet 550, preferred diet 555, and meal type 56 may be input. In addition, when a function button such as a previous menu 580, a cancel 575, a correction 570, and a confirmation 565 is selected, a control signal is generated and provided to the data processor of the controller.

6 is a diagram illustrating a recommendation formula generated and output by the data processor of the controller. Various diets 610 are output, and when one of the various diets 610 is selected, the details of the selected diet are output. Selecting the Weekly / Monthly Recommended Diet Buttons 615 and 620 outputs a weekly / monthly recommended diet that is appropriate for the user. When the personal information such as the weight and age of the user is changed, selecting the personal information change button 630, the interface of Figure 5 is output to change the personal information, accordingly the recommended diet is output again. When the diet journal button 625 is selected, the diet journal that has been selected and determined by the user is output. When the previous menu button 640 is selected, the interface menu that was immediately outputted is output.

FIG. 7 illustrates whether a diet journal is output when the diet journal button 625 of FIG. 6 is selected. If the daily / weekly / monthly diet diary button (710, 720, 730) is selected, according to the diet diary recorded by the user selected and determined accordingly is output in daily / weekly / monthly.

The method may also be embodied in computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all the recording devices in which data read by the computer is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, optical data storage, and the like, and may also be implemented in a carrier wave form. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

The technical scope of the present invention described above through the embodiments is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It is evident to those who have knowledge. Therefore, such modifications or variations will have to be belong to the scope of the invention described above the claims of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a device for providing a diet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a diet providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing a diet providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4A is a flowchart showing a step of performing user authentication.

Figure 4b is a flow chart showing the step of outputting a user diet log.

5 is a diagram illustrating an interface for inputting and outputting personal information of a user.

Figure 6 illustrates the recommendation diet output in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a diet log output according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (4)

An input unit for receiving personal information from a user and generating a journal output signal when a button for outputting a diet journal is selected by the user; A database including user data storing the personal information, diet data storing various diets and nutrition and calorie information of various foods included in the various diets, and diet journal data storing diet diaries for each user; Determine the required intake of the user including the intake of nutrients and calorie intake based on the personal information, conditionally search the diet data according to the required intake and the personal information and generate a recommended diet suitable for the user, and output the journal A control unit for retrieving the diet journal data when receiving a signal and generating a diet journal of a user; And It includes an output unit for outputting the recommended diet and the diet journal, The personal information includes a user's name, unique information on height and weight, special information on the user's avoided food and special medical history, and additional information on diet diet, well-being diet and preference diet. Device. The method of claim 1, And a dining table including the input unit, the database, the control unit, and the output unit. Receiving personal information of the user; Extracting a recommended diet suitable for a user by conditionally searching the diet data of the database based on the personal information; Outputting the extracted recommended diet; Outputting details of the diet selected by the user from the extracted recommended diet; If the selected diet is determined by a user, storing the determined diet in a database; And If a button for outputting a diet journal by the user is selected, including the step of outputting the user's diet journal, The personal information is characterized by including the user's name and unique information about height and weight, the specific information about the user's avoided food and special medical history, and additional information about the diet diet, well-being diet and the user's preferred diet How to provide a diet. The method of claim 2, wherein the method Performing authentication for the user so that only authorized users use it; And If it is necessary to change the personal information, further comprising the step of changing the existing personal information by receiving new personal information from the user, The user authentication step, A user login step of outputting a user login screen and receiving login information including a name and a password from the user; Retrieving user data of the database based on the login information, and receiving user identification information from a user if the login information is not present in the user data; If login information exists in the user data, determining whether the user is a valid user based on the password; And And if the user is a valid user, ends the user authentication and proceeds to the next step, and if the user is not a valid user, ending the user authentication.

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