KR20190074474A - An apparatus for managing user-customized feeding behavior based on genetic anaysis data, and an operational method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided are a personalized eating habit management apparatus based on a genetic analysis result and an operating method thereof. The operating method comprises the steps of: obtaining personal genetic information from a genetic inspection result of a user; setting at least one of a required nutritional component and a required intake amount for the user based on the personal genetic information; and providing the personalized eating habit information to the user based on the required nutritional component and the required intake amount.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a personalized eating habit management apparatus based on genetic analysis results and an operation method thereof. [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus for managing a personalized eating habit based on gene analysis results and an operation method thereof, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for managing a dietary analysis capable of providing customized eating habits information to a user based on individual gene information The present invention relates to a personalized eating habit management apparatus and an operation method thereof.

Interest in various nutrients that humans need to take for living has become an especially important issue for modern people. Recently, as the importance of quality of life has been increasing, interest in nutrients required for the human body is increasing.

In the present, such eating habits information is generally provided through an Internet portal site, and the eating habits information provided through the Internet portal site includes information on the food, information on the nutrients contained in the food, information on the calories of the food (calorie), etc. It is only general information that is common to a large number of users.

Due to the genetic nature of the individual, the nutrients required for each user and their intake are obviously different, but these universal and general eating habits information do not reflect such user-specific characteristics at all. In addition, there is a disadvantage that the user must directly search, confirm and view what kind of nutrients should be consumed, how much amount of food should be consumed, what nutrients should be consumed, and the like.

Therefore, there is a growing need in the art for a new type of user-customized diet management device and method of operation that can overcome these conventional limitations and problems.

The present invention has been conceived to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for setting a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount for an individual based on genetic information, The present invention provides a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus and a method of operating the same.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems which are not mentioned can be understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating a personalized eating habit management apparatus based on gene analysis results is provided. The method comprises: obtaining individual gene information from a result of a genetic test of a user; Setting at least one of a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount for the user based on the individual gene information; And providing customized eating habits information to the user based on the nutrient components and the required intake amount.

Preferably, the step of numerically quantifying the ratio of the required intake amount to the actual intake amount with respect to each of the necessary nutrient components; And determining a priority for the nutritional component based on the quantified ratio for each of the nutritional components.

Preferably, the step of setting at least one of the nutrient component and the required intake amount may further include setting a nutritional ingredient to be cautioned by the user based on the individual gene information .

In addition, preferably, the step of providing customized dietary information to the user further comprises providing the user with customized dietary information based on at least one of the priority for the dietary component and the dietary component of interest .

The method may further include providing an input interface configured to input an actual intake amount for each of the nutrient components.

Also, preferably, the input interface may be provided based on a 3-level-category.

Preferably, the method further comprises: receiving an image of the food taken by the user; Identifying at least one food object from the received image; And calculating an actual intake amount of the user for each of the necessary nutrient components based on the identified food object.

Preferably, the method further comprises: selecting a search term associated with at least one of the nutrient components; Detecting at least one article content corresponding to the selected search term; And providing the detected article content to the user.

Preferably, in the step of selecting the search term, a search term associated with a necessary essential component having a higher priority than the necessary nutrient components may be preferentially selected.

Preferably, the method further comprises the step of receiving at least one keyword related to the nutrition component of interest from the user, wherein in the step of detecting the content of the article, It is possible to preferentially detect the article content corresponding to the search term.

Preferably, the step of acquiring location information of the user further includes the step of providing customized eating habit information to the user by providing customized eating habit information to the user on the basis of the location information of the user .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the operation method.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a personalized eating habit management apparatus based on gene analysis results is provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving personal gene information derived from a result of a genetic test of a user; A setting unit configured to set at least one of a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount of the user based on the individual gene information; A dietary habit information providing unit configured to provide customized dietary information to the user based on the necessary dietary component and the required dietary intake amount; And a control unit for controlling the communication unit, the setting unit, and the eating habit information providing unit.

Preferably, the setting unit includes a digitizing unit for digitizing the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount with respect to each of the necessary nutrient components; And a priority orderer for determining a priority order of the nutrient components based on the quantified ratio for each of the nutritive components.

Further, preferably, the setting unit can set a state of nutrients to be consumed by the user based on the individual gene information.

Preferably, the eating habit information providing unit may provide the user with customized eating habit information based on at least one of the priority for the necessary nutrition component and the attention nutrition component.

In addition, preferably, the communication unit may provide an input interface configured to input an actual intake amount for each of the necessary nutrient components.

Also, preferably, the input interface may be provided based on a 3-level-category.

Preferably, the communication unit further includes an object identification unit configured to identify at least one food object from the received image when the communication unit receives the image of the food taken by the user, And an intake amount calculating unit for calculating an actual intake amount of the user for each of the necessary nutrient components based on the identified food object.

Preferably, the information processing apparatus may further include an article extracting unit that selects a search word related to at least one of the necessary nutrition components and detects at least one article content corresponding to the selected search word, To the user.

Further, preferably, the article extracting unit can preferentially select a search term related to a necessary essential component having a higher priority than the necessary nutrient components.

Preferably, the communication unit receives at least one keyword related to a nutrition component of interest from the user, and the article extracting unit extracts article contents corresponding to a keyword associated with the keyword received from the user, It can be detected with priority.

Preferably, the communication unit receives the location information of the user, and the eating habit information providing unit may provide customized habit information to the user based on the obtained location information of the user.

According to the present invention, it is possible to set a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount of an individual on the basis of genetic information, and provide customized eating habits information to the user on the basis thereof.

According to the present invention, the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount for each of the necessary nutrients is numerically determined to determine the priority order of the nutritional components necessary for the user, and preference is given to the eating habit information for the higher priority nutritional components It is possible to provide more optimal customized eating habit information to the user.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to set a nutritional ingredient to be cautioned by the user on the basis of the genetic information, and to provide the user with more optimal customized eating habit information on the basis of the set nutritional ingredient.

In addition, according to the present invention, a search term is selected in consideration of a keyword related to a user's interest nutritional component, a necessary nutritional component based on genetic information, and a priority among them, and by providing an article content, .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A brief description of each drawing is provided to more fully understand the drawings recited in the description of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a personalized diet management method based on a gene analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a personalized diet management method based on a gene analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a personalized diet management method based on a gene analysis result according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of a personalized diet management method based on a gene analysis result according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a personalized diet management system 1000 based on a gene analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6A is a conceptual diagram for explaining an embodiment of setting a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount of a user based on individual gene information derived from a gene test result according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Fig. 8 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an embodiment in which a plurality of necessary nutrient components are quantified and ranked according to an embodiment. Fig.
FIG. 7A illustrates an example of an input interface configured to input information about an ingested food according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. Fig. 8 is an exemplary diagram for explaining an embodiment of calculating an intake amount; Fig.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the difference that the embodiments of the present invention are not conclusive. In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto and can be variously modified by those skilled in the art.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" . Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. In describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a personalized diet management method based on a gene analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a personalized diet management method based on a gene analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention includes (a) acquiring individual gene information using an individual's genetic test, (b) And (c) providing the user with customized eating habits information based on the required nutrient components and the required intake amount.

In other words, according to the personalized eating habit management method based on the gene analysis result according to the present invention, the individual gene information is obtained from the result of the genetic test of the user, and based on the acquired individual gene information, And more accurate and optimal customized eating habit information can be provided to the user on the basis of the set nutrients and the amount of intake, thereby maximizing users' satisfaction with the personalized eating habit management device and its operation method. A more detailed description of the present invention will be described below based on the following block diagrams, flowcharts, and conceptual diagrams shown in Figs. 2 to 6.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for managing a personalized eating habit based on a gene analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a personalized eating habit management System 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 together, the communication unit 120 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 may receive the individual gene information derived from the result of the genetic test of the user (S210). 5, the communication unit 120 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 is communicably coupled to the medical institution server 300, so that the result of genetic testing of a specific user from the medical institution server 300 and / Can be received.

For reference, the medical institution server 300 may store the genetic test result of the user and the individual gene information derived therefrom. The genetic test result of the specific user may be stored in the eating habit management apparatus 100 based on the pre- And / or provide the individual genetic information derived therefrom. Alternatively, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 120 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 can receive only a gene examination result from the medical institution server 300, The individual gene information may be derived from the gene test result by a unit (not shown).

When the individual gene information is obtained from the genetic test result of the user at S210, the setting unit 130 of the eating habit management apparatus 100 determines the necessary nutrient component of the user and the required intake amount (S220). For example, the setting unit 130 may extract physical or environmental related elements directly related to a genetic variation from personal genetic information, and obtain user-specific eating habit information from the extracted physical or environmental related factors And the eating habit information obtained herein may include a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount for the user.

As used herein, the term 'nutritive component' refers to a component necessary to maintain a physical activity of a person and includes, for example, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibers, minerals, Calcium, potassium, iron, vitamins, folic acid, and the like. In this specification, the term 'intake amount' refers to an amount of a nutrient component that is consumed by a user, or a quantity actually consumed by the user, and is a value obtained by taking into consideration various factors such as a user's sex, age, And can be represented by natural numbers such as "10", "20", "50", "80", "100", and the like (see FIG. An example of setting a user's required nutrient component and the amount of intake based on the individual gene information derived from the result of genetic testing of a user will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG. 6A.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the setting unit 130 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 may set the user's required nutrient component and the required intake amount based on the acquired individual gene information (S220) Based on the genetic information, the user can additionally set a nutritional ingredient to be careful of ingestion (S230). For example, individual genetic information may be obtained from a user's genetic test results, and nutrients (e.g., sodium, etc.) that are accumulated excessively above a reference value in a user's body may be detected from acquired personal genetic information , And the nutrient component thus detected can be set as a nutrient component of interest. For example, excessive intake of sodium can be a direct or indirect cause of hypertension, kidney disease, stomach cancer, osteoporosis, etc. Thus, for users who need particular attention to sodium intake, .

When the necessary nutrient component, required amount of nutrient, or attention nutrient component is set by the setting unit 130 of the dietary management apparatus 100 in S220 and / or S230, the dietary information providing unit 160 of the dietary- The user may be provided with customized dietary information based on the necessary nutrient component, the required dietary component, and / or the nutritive component (S250). The customized eating habit information provided to the user by the eating habit information providing unit 160 includes information such as a nutrient necessary for the user, a food suitable for the attention nutrition ingredient, a restaurant, a recipe, and food related contents (e.g., article, etc.) .

In particular, in providing personalized eating habits information to a user, it is possible to provide personalized eating habits based on gene analysis results according to an embodiment of the present invention, The management method may further include acquiring positional information of the user (S240), and the eating habit information providing unit 160 of the eating habit management apparatus 100 may set the necessary nutrients, In addition to the nutritional components, customized eating habit information may be provided to the user based on the user's location information (S250).

In this regard, a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit may be installed in the user terminal 200, and the location information of the user from the GPS unit installed in the user terminal 200 may be transmitted to the communication unit 120 of the dietary management apparatus 100 And may be transmitted to the dietary management device 100 via the wireless communication unit 140. The transmitted location information of the user may be stored in the storage unit 140, for example.

Accordingly, the eating habit information providing unit 160 can provide the user with the customized eating habit information based on the user's required nutrients, the required intake amount and / (Restaurants, restaurants, etc.) available to the user around the current location of the user.

5, the communication unit 120 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 may be communicatively coupled to entities providing food services such as a restaurant server / terminal 400, It is possible to provide customized eating habits information to the user by utilizing various information that can be searched, accessed, and acquired based on the binding relationship.

In one embodiment, the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 may be configured to receive feedback related to the information from the user who has been provided with the customized eating habit information, and to pay a predetermined reward for the compensation. That is, for example, if the eating habit information providing unit 160 provides the user terminal 200 with information on the available nearby restaurants based on the necessary nutritional components and the location information of the user, The dietary management apparatus 100 may send an evaluation of the food to be provided to the dietary management apparatus 100 and the dietary management apparatus 100 may be configured to pay a predetermined reward to the user in response to the transmission of the evaluation. At this time, the rewards earned by the user can be configured to be available for purchasing various goods or services provided by the dietary management apparatus 100 or other devices linked thereto.

Further, in some cases, the setting unit 130 of the eating habits management apparatus 100 may indicate that the user's required nutritional components are two or more, that is, plural, in setting the necessary nutritional components based on the individual gene information. In other words, according to a further embodiment of the present invention, the setting unit 130 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 may calculate a plurality of necessary nutrient components and a necessary intake amount . ≪ / RTI > As described above, a plurality of necessary nutrient components and their required intake amounts are set by the setting unit 130 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a plurality of necessary nutrient components are quantified and prioritized Lt; / RTI > is described in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a personalized diet management method based on a gene analysis result according to a further embodiment of the present invention.

The setting unit 130 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can set a plurality of necessary nutrient components required by the user based on the acquired individual gene information and the required intake amount thereof, 130) can quantify the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount for each of the necessary nutrient components (S310). For example, the ratio of the actual intake to the required intake for each of the nutrient components may be expressed as a percentage.

Data regarding the amount of food actually consumed by the user may be input through the input interface between the dietary management apparatus 100 and the user terminal 200 or may be input through the object identification of the image, The amount of food can also be calculated. Embodiments related to the configuration for collecting information on the food actually consumed by the user will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B.

When the ratio of the required intake amount to the actual intake amount for each of the necessary nutrients is calculated in S310, the prioritization unit 132 may determine the priority order of the plurality of necessary nutrient components based on the numerically expressed ratio (S320). For example, the prioritization unit 132 may be configured such that the lower the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount (i.e., the smaller the numerical value is) The higher priority can be set. Similarly, the higher the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount (that is, the larger the numerical value is), the lower the priority can be set.

If the priority order of a plurality of necessary nutrients is determined in S320, the dietary habit providing unit 160 provides customized dietary habit information to the user based on at least one of the required nutrient component, the required nutrient content, (S330).

As described above, the eating habit information providing unit 160 of the eating habit management apparatus 100 according to the present invention is capable of providing the necessary nutrients, the required intake amount, To provide customized eating habits information to the user.

For example, assuming that a plurality of necessary nutrients are set for a user from the user's personal gene information, and for example, among the plurality of necessary nutrients, 'vitamin' is determined to have the highest priority (that is, The eating habit information providing unit 160 may preferentially search for information on foods associated with vitamins and provide the information to the user terminal 200 (e.g., the location of the user In the vicinity, information on restaurants, restaurants, etc. that specialize in foods containing vitamins, foods, etc. is recommended to users).

In this manner, a plurality of necessary nutrient components are set by the setting unit 130, the numerical value conversion unit 131 digitizes the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount with respect to a plurality of necessary nutrient components, An embodiment in which the dietary habit information providing unit 160 provides customized dietary habit information by ranking a plurality of necessary nutrient components by the dietary habit information providing unit 160 will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 6B.

4 is a flowchart of a personalized diet management method based on a gene analysis result according to a further embodiment of the present invention.

The article extracting unit 150 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can select a word related to at least one of the necessary nutrition component and the attention nutrition component set by the setting unit 130 as a search word (S410). That is, for example, when one of the necessary nutrients is set as " vitamin ", the article extracting unit 150 can select " vitamin-containing food "

Here, the search term selection by the article extraction unit 150 can be performed based on the priority among the necessary nutrient components. For example, the digitizing unit 131 digitizes the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount with respect to the necessary nutrient component, and sets the priority for a plurality of necessary nutrient components based on the numerically expressed ratio If determined, the article extracting unit 150 may be configured to preferentially select a word related to a necessary nutrition component having a higher priority as a search word for article content detection.

In S420, the article extraction unit 150 may detect at least one article content corresponding to the selected search term. For example, the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 according to the present invention can be communicatively coupled to the content server 500 through the communication unit 120, You can get various articles related to the search term. At this time, the extraction by the article extracting unit 150 is not limited to an article, and it is an example, and the present invention can be applied to an article, a publication, an Internet resource, an SNS post, and the like.

On the other hand, in one embodiment, the article content detection by the article extraction unit 150 may be performed based on a keyword associated with the nutrient component input from the user. That is, when the communication unit 120 receives at least one keyword related to the nutrition component of interest from the user terminal 200, the article extracting unit 150 extracts, from among the selected search terms related to the necessary nutrition component and / It may be configured to preferentially use the search term associated with the keyword received from the terminal 200 to detect the article content.

In S430, the article extraction unit 150 can provide the article content detected by the user through the communication unit 120. [ For example, the article extracting unit 150 may provide a link (e.g., a URL) to the article to the user terminal 200 and allow the user to access the press server to which the article is uploaded Or edit the extracted articles so that the user can immediately view / check on the display of the user terminal 200.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a personalized diet management system 1000 based on a gene analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 to 4, the personalized eating habit management system 1000 according to the present invention may further include a user's location information, a required influence component And a preference order among the plurality of users, so as to provide the user with optimal customized eating habit information.

5, in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, a personalized eating habit management system 1000 based on a gene analysis result includes a dietary habit management apparatus 100, a plurality of user terminals 200, a medical institution server 300 , A restaurant server / terminal 400, a content server 500, and the like, but this is merely an example, and other additional components may be used to implement the personalized eating habit management system 1000 Can be added, which will be obvious in the implementation of the present system.

5, the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, a setting unit 130, a storage unit 140, The setting unit 130 may further include a digitizing unit 131, a prioritizing unit 132, and an intake unit 140. The setting unit 130 may include an extraction unit 150, a food habit information providing unit 160, and an object identification unit 170, The calculation unit 133 may be further provided. Each of these units 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170 may be implemented as an independent unit within the dietary management device 100, and an additional unit, not shown in FIG. 5, Gt; 100, < / RTI >

The control unit 110 is responsible for the entire operation, function and control of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 according to the present invention. The control unit 110 includes a communication unit 120, a setting unit 130, a storage unit 140, The article extracting unit 150, the eating habit information providing unit 160, and the object identifying unit 170. For example, the controller 110 may be implemented as a controller, a microcontroller, a processor, a microprocessor, or the like.

The communication unit 120 may be communicatively coupled to a plurality of user terminals 200, a medical institution server 300, a restaurant server / terminal 400, and a content server 500, and these entities 200, 300, 400, and 500 and the data (or signal).

The communication unit 120 is provided for direct connection with the outside (for example, the medical institution server 300, the user terminal 200, or the like) or connection via a network. For example, the communication unit 120 may be implemented as a wired and / . More specifically, the communication unit 120 may transmit data from the control unit 110, the storage unit 140, etc., by wire or wireless, or may receive wired or wireless data from the outside and transmit the data to the control unit 110, 140). The data may include, for example, data on the user, data on the user terminal 200, data on the results of genetic testing of the user, data on personal genetic information, data on nutrient content / Data on a user's location information, numerical data on a plurality of necessary nutrients, priority data on a plurality of necessary nutrients, data on a food, data on a restaurant / restaurant, nutrients included in a food Data relating to the content of articles related to the necessary nutritional components, and the like.

For example, the communication unit 120 may be a LAN, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), a Long Term Evolution (LTE), a Wireless Broadband Internet (WiBro), a Radio Frequency (RF) Wireless Fidelity, Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, and infrared communication. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various kinds of wired and wireless communication technologies applicable to the related art may be used according to the embodiments to which the present invention is applied.

The setting unit 130 can set a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount of the user on the basis of the individual gene information received through the communication unit 120. In addition, Based on this, the user can additionally set the nutritional ingredient of the attention that should be taken into consideration.

In particular, the setting unit 130 can set a plurality of necessary nutrient components required by the user and necessary amounts of each of the necessary nutrient components based on the individual gene information received through the communication unit 120. Here, the setting unit 130 may include a digitizing unit 131 configured to digitize the ratio of the required intake amount to the actual intake amount with respect to each of the required nutrient components to be set; And a priority ordering unit 132 for determining a priority order of the necessary nutrition components based on the quantified ratios for each of the necessary nutrient components set in advance, The constitution of quantifying the ratio of actual intake amounts and ranking a plurality of necessary nutrient components based on the numerical values will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG. 6B.

The storing unit 140 may store data associated with the dietary management according to the present invention. The data stored in the storage unit 140 may include, for example, data relating to the user, data relating to the user terminal 200, data relating to results of genetic testing of the user, data relating to individual gene information, Data on the nutrient content of the user, data on the user's location information, numerical data on a plurality of necessary nutrient components, priority data on a plurality of necessary nutrient components, data on food, Data on nutrients included in the food, data on the content of the articles related to nutrients required, and the like.

The storage unit 140 may be a hard disk drive (HDD), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), or the like, as is known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Access memory, EEPROM, flash memory, CF (Compact Flash) card, SD (Secure Digital) card, SM (Smart Media) card, MMC And may be implemented in various types of storage devices capable of inputting and outputting information such as a stick, a memory stick, and the like, and may be provided inside the dietary management device 100 as shown in FIG. 4 or may be provided separately from the dietary management device 100 As shown in FIG.

The unit for extracting article 150 selects a search term related to a necessary nutrient component and / or a nutrient component of interest based on a necessary nutrient component, a required nutrient component, and an attention nutrient component set by the setting part 130 And extracts articles related to the necessary nutritional components and / or nutritional components of the user and provides them to the user terminal 200 through the communication unit 120. [ As described above, the dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention can be communicatively coupled to the content server 500 via the communication unit 120, And may be implemented by enlarging and applying the articles to articles other than articles, publications, Internet materials, SNS posts, and the like.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the dietary management device 100 may receive at least one keyword associated with the nutrient of interest from the user terminal 200 via the communication unit 120, The received at least one keyword may be stored in the storage unit 140, for example. Accordingly, the article extractor 150 may preferentially consider at least one keyword associated with the user's interest nutrient component received from the user terminal 200 in selecting a search term associated with the required nutrient component and / Thereby enabling the user to extract articles that are more interesting and more interesting, and as a result, the user's satisfaction with the provided article providing service can be significantly improved.

Further, the article extracting unit 150 according to the present invention may further consider the priorities of the plurality of nutritional components determined by the prioritizing unit 132, and may prioritize the articles related to the higher priority nutritional components And can provide the extracted data to the user terminal 200, thereby further improving the user's satisfaction with the present dietary management system 1000. Data relating to an article extracted and provided by the article extracting unit 150 may be stored in the storage unit 140, for example, and may be used again in the future.

The unit for providing feeding behavior information 160 may be provided based on a necessary nutrient component, a required nutrient component, and a nutrient component of the user set in the setting part 130, Customized eating habits information is further provided to the user terminal 200 on the basis of the priority of the nutrition component or based on the user's position information received from the user terminal 200 through the communication unit 120 can do.

Further, according to a further embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 120 may be further configured to provide an input interface configured to input actual intake amounts for each of the required nutrient components, wherein the input interface is a 3- Category (3-level-category), and an example of data input using such an input interface will be described later in FIG. 7A.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 120 may be further configured to receive an image of food taken by the user. In addition, the dietary management apparatus 100 may further include an object identification unit 170 configured to identify at least one food object from the image received via the communication unit 120, and based on the thus identified food object An intake amount calculating unit 133 configured to calculate the actual intake amount of the user for each of the necessary nutrients to be set may additionally be provided in the setting unit 130. [

A user terminal 200 is a terminal owned by a user. The communication unit 120 of the dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention can be communicatively coupled to a plurality of user terminals 200. The user terminal 200 may be referred to as a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, an access terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, . For example, the access terminal may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) telephone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless connectivity, Or other processing device connected to the modem.

5, the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 according to the present invention is communicably coupled to the medical institution server 300, the restaurant server / terminal 400, the content server 500, and the like, 300, 400, and 500), information on a restaurant, a restaurant, and the like, and data (e.g., an article) about a food-related article can be received.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, according to a further embodiment of the present invention, an interface (not shown) that allows the user to evaluate and / or review (e.g., late) customized eating habit information provided from the present dietary management apparatus 100 May be further provided to the user terminal 200 and the user may be provided with the service information (e.g., recommended food, recommended recipe, recommended nutrition component management method, recommended food specialist, recommended restaurant / Restaurant or the like) to the dietary management device 100. [0120]

For reference, customized eating habit information that is evaluated and / or reviewed by individual users may be shared with a plurality of user terminals 200 receiving services from the eating habit management device 100, It can help you decide your doctor.

In addition, the review / evaluation by the user terminal 200 can be accumulated as a predetermined point and the accumulated points can be implemented as a reward to reserve a restaurant in the present dietary management system 1000, A point accumulation, a reward implementation, and a purchase / registration procedure of the dietary management system 1000 can be configured so as to be used when ordering and purchasing food.

FIG. 6A is a conceptual diagram for explaining an embodiment in which a user sets necessary nutrients and required intake amounts based on individual gene information derived from gene test results according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

5 and 6A, the communication unit 120 of the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 receives the individual gene information derived from the result of the gene test of the user from the medical institution server 300, The user may be configured to set the necessary nutrient component and the required intake amount based on the personal genetic information, and / or to set the nutrient component to which the user should pay attention. In particular, in setting the plurality of necessary nutrient components required by the user based on the individual gene information received through the communication unit 120, the setting unit 130 sets the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount A plurality of necessary nutritional components can be ranked based on the quantification ratio as well as the quantification unit 131 and the prioritization unit 132 can be provided in the setting unit 130 for this operation.

As used herein, the term " nutritional ingredient " as used herein refers to a component necessary for maintaining physical activity of a person, and includes, for example, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, Fat, protein, and vitamin. In the example of FIG. 6, the nutritional components of carbohydrate, fat, protein, and vitamins may be exemplified. do.

The term " intake amount " is used herein to refer to the amount of the nutrient component that the user has ingested, or the amount actually consumed, by taking into consideration various factors such as the user's sex, age, 6 is exemplified as a natural number such as "2", "10", "20", "45", "50", "80", "100"

6A, the eating habit information providing unit 160 provides customized habit information to the user terminal 200 based on a plurality of necessary nutrient components set by the setting unit 130, required intake amount, attention nutrition component and the like Wherein a predetermined numerical value and a ranking can be further performed for the plurality of necessary nutrient components set here, which will be described in detail below in Fig. 6B.

FIG. 6B is a conceptual diagram for explaining an embodiment in which numerical values and ranking are performed for a plurality of nutritional components according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6A, when a plurality of necessary nutrient components required by the user are set by the setting unit 130, the digitizing unit 131 can digitize the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount for each of the necessary nutrient components , The prioritization unit 132 can determine the priority among the plurality of necessary nutrient components based on the quantified ratio for each of the set necessary nutrient components.

6B, the setting unit 130 sets the carbohydrate-fat-protein-vitamin as a necessary nutrient component of the user, and the necessary intake amount for each of them is 100-50-20-10 The numerizing unit 131 can quantify the ratio of the required intake amount to the actual intake amount with respect to each of the necessary nutrient components. Here, the amount of the food actually consumed by the user and the corresponding amount of the permanent component must be input as data, which will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG.

For example, the digitizing unit 131 may express the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount with respect to each necessary nutrient component as a percentage. As shown in FIG. 6B, the nutritional value of the carbohydrate, fat, protein, Quantification can be performed on each of the components. In the case of carbohydrate, the required intake amount set by the setting unit 130 is 100 and the actual intake amount of the user is 80, so that the numerical value can be calculated as 80% (80/100 * 100). Likewise, in the case of a protein, since the required intake amount set by the setting unit 130 is 20 and the intake amount of the actual user is 10, the numerical rate can be calculated as 50% (10/20 * 100).

When the digitizing unit 131 performs a digitizing operation for each of a plurality of necessary nutrient components, the prioritizing unit 132 can determine a priority order of a plurality of necessary nutrient components based on the numerical rate. For example, the lower the ratio of the actual intake to the required intake (ie, the smaller the value), the higher the priority. Similarly, the higher the ratio of the actual intake to the required intake (ie, the higher the value) Can be set low. In the example of FIG. 6B, since the rate of quantification of vitamin is the lowest, the priority can be set to the highest, and the priority can be set to the lowest because the rate of quantification of fat is the highest.

Therefore, the eating habit information providing unit 160 of the eating habit management apparatus 100 can provide the user terminal 200 with the eating habit information related to a plurality of necessary nutrition components, Information can be preferentially searched and provided to the user terminal 200 (for example, information about restaurants, restaurants, etc., which are specialized in foods containing vitamins, foods, etc., do).

In this regard, as shown in FIG. 6B, a method of determining the priority based on the ratio of the required intake amount to the actual intake amount of each necessary nutrient component is performed by one of the prioritization methods performed by the prioritization unit 132 And therefore, other prioritization methods other than the method shown in FIG. 6B can be similarly applied to the personalized eating habit management apparatus 100 and the operation method thereof based on the result of the genetic analysis. For example, a priority may be assigned to a plurality of necessary nutrient components based only on the magnitude of the required amount of each of the set plurality of necessary nutrient components, and the priority may be assigned to the nutrient components and the required amount of intake, A plurality of necessary nutrient components may be given a predetermined priority based on the information on the nutritional components.

7A illustrates an example of an input interface configured to input information about an ingested food according to an embodiment of the present invention.

That is, as described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 120 may provide an input interface configured to input an intake amount for each of the set nutrient components, One example is shown in Fig. 6A.

 For example, an input interface for ingesting food input may be implemented on a 3-level-category basis, wherein the first level category may include food ingredients (e.g., meat, fish, algae, vegetables, algae, The second level category defines the recipe of the food (e.g., roast, fry, stir, bake, stew, etc.), and the third level category defines the food intake , Large, medium, small, etc.) can be defined. For reference, the 3-level-category-based input interface shown in FIG. 7A is used to calculate the actual intake amount It will be apparent that data about the ingested food may be entered by other means or via another interface, merely by way of example, to obtain the relevant data.

Therefore, the user can utilize the input interface provided through the user terminal 200 to provide the dietary management device 100 with data including information on the food he or she has ingested, and includes information on the provided food Can be used to quantify the ratio of the actual intake amount to the required intake amount for each of the required nutrient components set by the digitizing unit 131. [

FIG. 7B is an exemplary view for explaining an embodiment of calculating an intake amount through object identification included in an image according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, a user may transmit an image (e.g., a photograph) taken of the food he or she has ingested to the dietary management device 100 via the user terminal 200, The control unit 100 can receive an image of food taken by the user from the user terminal 200 through the communication unit 120. [

Here, the eating and drinking management apparatus 100 according to the present invention may further include an object identification unit 170, and the object identification unit 170 may identify at least one food object from the food image received through the communication unit 120, Can be identified. One of various object identification methods well known in the art can be utilized for image-based object identification (OI) by the object identification unit 170. Accordingly, in this paragraph, The details of which will be omitted.

When at least one food object is identified from the food image by the object identification unit 170, the intake amount calculation unit 133 of the setting unit 130 calculates the intake amount of the user And may be configured to calculate the actual intake amount. For example, in the example of Fig. 7B, at least one food object is identified from the image of food taken by the user, i.e., "black rice", "crab miso soup", "fried squid sprouts", " And the storage unit 140 stores data on the nutrients included in various foods in advance so that the intake amount calculator 133 calculates the intake amount of the food object identified by the object identification unit 170, The amount of nutrients actually consumed by the user can be calculated based on the information on the nutrient content of the food stored in the storage unit 140.

Here, the dietary management apparatus 100 may be further configured to query the user terminal 200 to determine whether the food object identified by the object identification unit 170 is correct, If it is determined that there is an error, the user terminal 200 may be provided with a modification interface that allows modification to a correct food object.

Thus, by automatically identifying the food through the image-based object identification and automatically calculating the food intake amount of the user based on the data on the nutrient composition of the food stored in advance in the storage unit 140, It is possible to minimize the inconvenience of manually inputting the information of the ingested food.

Meanwhile, the various embodiments described herein may be implemented by hardware, middleware, microcode, software, and / or a combination thereof. For example, various embodiments may include one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays ), Processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.

Also, for example, various embodiments may be stored or encoded in a computer-readable medium including instructions. The instructions stored or encoded in the computer-readable medium may cause a programmable processor or other processor to perform the method, for example, when the instructions are executed. The computer-readable medium includes computer storage media, which may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage media, magnetic disk storage media, or other magnetic storage devices.

Such hardware, software, firmware, etc. may be implemented within the same device or within separate devices to support the various operations and functions described herein. Additionally, components, units, modules, components, etc. described in the present invention as "parts" may be implemented separately or together as separate but interoperable logic devices. The description of different features for modules, units, etc. is intended to emphasize different functional embodiments and does not necessarily imply that they must be implemented by individual hardware or software components. Rather, the functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware or software components, or may be incorporated within common or separate hardware or software components.

Although acts in a particular order are shown in the figures, it should be understood that these acts are performed in the specific order shown, or in a sequential order, or that all illustrated acts need to be performed to achieve the desired result . In any environment, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the division of various components in the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such a distinction in all embodiments, and the components described may generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products It should be understood.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms have been employed herein, they are used for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

100: a dietary management device 110:
120: communication unit 130: setting unit
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150: article extracting unit 160: eating habit information providing service
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300: medical institution server 400: restaurant server / terminal
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Claims (23)

A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results,
Acquiring individual gene information from a result of the genetic test of the user;
Setting at least one of a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount for the user based on the individual gene information; And
Providing customized eating habits information to the user based on the nutritional components and the required intake volume.
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. The method according to claim 1,
Quantifying the ratio of the required intake amount to the actual intake amount with respect to each of the necessary nutrient components; And
Further comprising the step of determining a priority for the nutrient component based on the quantified ratio for each of the nutrient components,
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the step of setting at least one of the nutrient component and the required intake amount further comprises setting a nutritional component of the user to be careful of ingestion based on the individual gene information.
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. The method of claim 3,
The step of providing customized eating habits information to the user includes:
Providing customized eating habits information to the user based additionally to at least one of a priority for the nutrition component and the nutrition component of the attention.
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. 3. The method of claim 2,
Further comprising providing an input interface configured to input an actual intake amount for each of the nutrient components,
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. 6. The method of claim 5,
Said input interface being provided on a three-level-category basis,
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. 3. The method of claim 2,
Receiving an image of food taken by the user;
Identifying at least one food object from the received image; And
Further comprising calculating the actual intake of the user for each of the nutrient components based on the identified food object,
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. 3. The method of claim 2,
Selecting a search term associated with at least one of the nutrient components;
Detecting at least one article content corresponding to the selected search term; And
And providing the detected article content to the user.
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the step of selecting the search term preferentially selects a search term associated with a necessary essential component having a higher priority than the necessary nutrient component,
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. 9. The method of claim 8,
Further comprising receiving at least one keyword associated with a nutrient of interest from the user,
Wherein the step of detecting the article content preferentially detects an article content corresponding to a search term associated with a keyword received from the user,
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of acquiring location information of the user,
Wherein providing customized eating habits information to the user comprises providing customized eating habits information to the user based further on the user's location information.
A method of operating a personalized eating and drinking management apparatus based on gene analysis results. 12. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11 is recorded. A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results,
A communication unit for receiving the individual gene information derived from the result of the genetic test of the user;
A setting unit configured to set at least one of a necessary nutrient component and a required intake amount of the user based on the individual gene information;
A dietary habit information providing unit configured to provide customized dietary information to the user based on the necessary dietary component and the required dietary intake amount; And
And a control unit for controlling the communication unit, the setting unit, and the eating habit information providing unit.
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein,
A quantification unit for quantifying a ratio of the required intake amount to the actual intake amount with respect to each of the necessary nutrient components; And
Further comprising a prioritization section for determining a priority for the nutrient component based on the quantified ratio for each of the nutrient components,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the setting unit is configured to set an attention nutritional component that the user should be careful to ingest based on the individual gene information,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the eating habit information providing unit provides the user with customized eating habit information based additionally on at least one of the priority for the necessary nutrition component and the attention nutrition component,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the communication unit provides an input interface configured to input an actual intake amount for each of the nutrient components,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 18. The method of claim 17,
Said input interface being provided on a three-level-category basis,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 15. The method of claim 14,
And an object identification unit configured to identify at least one food object from the received image when the communication unit receives the image of the food taken by the user,
Wherein the setting unit further comprises an intake amount calculating unit for calculating an actual intake amount of the user for each of the necessary nutrient components based on the identified food object,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 15. The method of claim 14,
Further comprising an article extracting unit for selecting a search word related to at least one of the necessary nutrition components and detecting at least one article content corresponding to the selected search word,
Wherein the communication unit provides the detected article contents to the user,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 21. The method of claim 20,
Wherein the article extracting unit preferentially selects a search term associated with a required essential component having a higher priority than the necessary nutrition component,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 21. The method of claim 20,
Wherein the communication unit receives at least one keyword related to the nutrition component of interest from the user,
Wherein the article extracting unit preferentially detects an article content corresponding to a search term associated with a keyword received from the user among the selected search terms,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the communication unit receives the location information of the user,
Wherein the eating habit information providing unit provides customized eating habit information to the user on the basis of the obtained location information of the user,
A personalized diet management system based on gene analysis results.

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