WO2011061980A1

WO2011061980A1 - Dietary menu management device, dietary menu management system, dietary menu management method, dietary menu management program and recording medium

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Publication number: WO2011061980A1
Application number: PCT/JP2010/064302
Authority: WO
Inventors: 裕美白石; 成司依田; 一郎岡部
Original assignee: シャープ株式会社
Priority date: 2009-11-20
Filing date: 2010-08-24
Publication date: 2011-05-26

Abstract

Disclosed is a dietary menu management device (100) wherein a customization unit (102) performs an interview related to a user through a GUI unit (101). In addition, the customization unit (102), upon receiving inputs of answers to the interview, extracts at least one dietary menu corresponding to the answers of the interview from a plurality of dietary menus recorded in a dietary database unit (103). A dietary input unit (106) presents the dietary menus that have been extracted by the customization unit (102) as customized menus to the user through the GUI unit (101). The user can easily input a desired dietary menu from the customized menus.

Description

Meal menu management apparatus, meal menu management system, meal menu management method, meal menu management program and recording medium

The present invention relates to a meal menu management device that manages a user's meal menu, a meal menu management system, a meal menu management method, and a meal menu management program.

In recent years, for health management, a health management system has been developed that records the user's meal content and presents the user with health advice and the like according to the amount of nutritional intake.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system in which the user searches for and selects from the food database the food name consumed for each meal, and further inputs the intake amount and date and time to manage the period desired by the user. There is. The system described in Patent Document 1 compares and analyzes each target nutrient amount obtained from personal information and physical information and actual nutrient intake, and provides information such as food supplementing nutrient intake status and excess / deficiency nutrients. There is.

Japanese Patent Publication "Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-41669 (February 8, 2002)"

In such a conventional system, it is necessary to search for a food name every time the user tries to input a food name that the user ate. The task of searching for food names every time is a burden on the user, and becomes an obstacle in managing a daily meal menu.

In addition, when the amount of data in the food database becomes enormous, the food names corresponding to the search results also increase, and a large number of food menus are displayed as the search results. For this reason, the user is burdened with the task of selecting the necessary meal menu from the huge meal menu. Temporarily, when performing a search using a mobile terminal, since there is a restriction of the terminal itself, it is time and effort to enter the search keyword itself, select the necessary meal menu from the display of a large meal menu It is more stressful to me.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a meal menu recording apparatus which facilitates a meal menu input by a user.

The meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention is a meal menu management apparatus for managing a user's meal menu in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by asking the user the question concerning the user, the question inquiry Characterized by including inquiry means for receiving an input of an answer to the question, and extraction means for extracting at least one meal menu corresponding to the answer received by the inquiry means from a plurality of meal menus prepared in advance. And

According to the above configuration, in the meal menu management apparatus, the inquiry means asks the user for an inquiry, and the extraction means extracts at least one meal menu corresponding to the answer of the inquiry. In the present specification, at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction means is collectively referred to as a "customization menu".

The number of meal menus included in the customized menu is reduced to any number from the number of a plurality of meal menus prepared in advance. Further, the meal menu included in the customization menu is a meal menu corresponding to the user. Therefore, the user can easily input the meal menu to be recorded by using the customization menu.

Further, a meal menu recording method according to the present invention is a meal menu management method for managing a user's meal menu, wherein the inquiry about the user is performed on the user to receive the input of the answer to the inquiry. The method is characterized by including a step and an extraction step of extracting at least one meal menu corresponding to the answer received in the inquiry step from the plurality of meal menus prepared in advance.

According to the above method, the same effect as the meal menu management device according to the present invention is obtained.

A meal menu management system including the above-mentioned meal menu management device is also included in the scope of the present invention.

That is, the meal menu management system according to the present invention is a meal management system including a meal menu management device for managing a user's meal menu and a server device, wherein the meal menu management device And the apparatus side transmission means for transmitting the response to the inquiry received by the inquiry means to the server device; and the server device to transmit the response to the inquiry. Receiving means for receiving at least one meal menu, and the server device receives, from the server side receiving means for receiving the answer transmitted from the meal menu management device, a plurality of meal menus prepared in advance; The meal menu corresponding to the answer received by the server side reception means Extraction means for extracting one even without, at least one meal menu extracted by the extracting means, characterized in that it comprises a server-side transmission unit that transmits to the meal menu management device.

The meal menu management device may be realized by a computer. In this case, a meal menu management program for realizing the meal menu management device on a computer by operating the computer as the respective means, and a computer readable recording medium recording the meal menu management program are also within the scope of the present invention. enter.

The meal menu management apparatus according to the present invention is a meal menu management apparatus that manages the user's meal menu as described above, and performs an inquiry regarding the user to the user, thereby inputting an answer to the inquiry , And the extraction means for extracting at least one meal menu corresponding to the answer received by the inquiry means from the plurality of meal menus prepared in advance. Can be made easier.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of the meal menu management apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a meal menu table. It is a figure which shows an example of the inquiry screen by the said meal menu management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the inquiry flag table showing determination of an inquiry flag. It is a figure which shows an example of the inquiry flag corresponding | compatible table with which the meal menu and the inquiry flag were matched. It is a figure for demonstrating the customization menu creation process based on a user's example of an answer, (a) is a figure showing an example of a user's answer, (b) is a figure showing an inquiry flag correspondence table. It is a figure which shows another example of the inquiry screen by the said meal menu management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the last adoption date corresponding table of a meal menu. It is a figure which shows an example of the adoption frequency management table which matched the meal menu contained in the customization menu, and the frequency | count of adoption of the said meal menu.

Embodiment 1
A first embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9.

(Configuration of Meal Menu Management Device 100)
First, a meal menu management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. The meal menu management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is a meal menu management apparatus that records and manages the user's meal menu.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a meal menu management device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the meal menu management apparatus 100 includes a graphical user interface (GUI) unit 101, a customization unit 102, a meal database unit 103, a customization menu recording unit 104, an automatic update unit 105, a meal input unit 106, And an input data recording unit 107.

The GUI unit 101 forms an interface with the user. Connected to the GUI unit 101 are, for example, display means for displaying a medical inquiry, a meal menu and the like to the user, and operation means such as a mouse, a keyboard, ten keys, or a touch panel for the user to input information.

The customization unit (interviewing means, extraction means) 102 can create a customization menu by conducting an inquiry to the user and extracting a meal menu based on the inquiry response from the meal database unit 103.

In the present specification, for convenience of description, information on a meal menu is referred to as a meal menu, and information on a customization menu including one or more meal menus corresponding to the user is referred to as a customization menu.

The meal database unit 103 records information such as the food name of the meal, the name of the meal menu, and the name of the set menu, and the respective calories, the amount, and the nutrient information.

Note that the information recorded in the meal database unit 103 may be recorded in advance in the internal memory of the meal menu management apparatus 100, or the meal menu management apparatus 100 is provided with a communication function, and before the meal menu recording process. Alternatively, the meal database existing in the external server may be downloaded and acquired. In addition, the external memory such as the SD card may be set in the meal menu management apparatus 100 to play the role of the meal database unit 103.

The customization menu recording unit (meal menu recording means) 104 records the customization menu created by the customization unit 102.

The meal database unit 103 and the customization menu recording unit 104 are not limited to the above description, and these two recording units may be configured as one recording unit. For example, instead of separately recording the meal menu extracted as the customization menu, the meal menu of the original data may have a flag representing the customization menu.

The meal input unit (presentation unit, input unit) 106 can display a list of customized menus via the GUI unit 101, and can receive an input of meal menu information selected by the user.

The input data recording unit 107 records the meal menu selected and input by the user.

The automatic updating unit (updating unit) 105 can appropriately update the customization menu recorded in the customization menu recording unit 104.

(Meal menu table 201)
FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of the meal menu table recorded in the meal database unit 103. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the meal menu table 201, from the left, the "menu ID" item uniquely attached to the meal menu, the "menu name" item indicating the name of the meal menu, and the calorie intake value of the meal menu The "calorie" item and the "quantity unit" item representing the quantity unit of the meal menu are shown.

For example, in the menu name "Gohan" shown on the second line of the meal menu table 201, the menu ID is "0001", the calorie is "250" kcal, and the amount unit is "cup". Although the meal menu table 201 having four items is illustrated in FIG. 2, the items are not limited to these four items. For example, the diet menu table 201 may further have nutrient information representing information such as carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and salinity, and may have fewer items than the exemplified items. The combination and the number of items of the meal menu table 201 are arbitrarily determined.

(Details of meal menu recording process)
An example of the meal menu recording process in the meal menu management apparatus 100 will be described below.

First, the meal menu management apparatus 100 performs creation processing of a customized menu suited to the user.

Specifically, the user operates the operation unit connected to the GUI unit 101, and inputs an instruction to create a customization menu to the GUI unit 101. In response to this, the GUI unit 101 requests the customization unit 102 to create a medical inquiry screen.

In response to this request, the customization unit 102 creates inquiry screen data and outputs it to the GUI unit 101. The GUI unit 101 displays the medical inquiry screen 301 as shown in FIG. 3 on the display means connected to the GUI unit 101 based on the input medical inquiry screen data.

Although two questions are shown as an example in the inquiry screen 301 shown in FIG. 3, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of questions included in the inquiry can be arbitrarily set. In the following, the interview will be described as including four questions.

After the user answers the question included in the inquiry, when “decision” on the inquiry screen 301 is selected, the GUI unit 101 that has received the notification outputs a request for creating a customization menu and an inquiry response to the customization unit 102.

In response to this request, the customization unit 102 extracts one or more meal menus based on the inquiry result from the meal database unit 103, and creates a customization menu. The creation of the customized menu will be described in detail later.

Next, the customization unit 102 stores the created customization menu in the customization menu recording unit 104. The customization menu recording unit 104 records its own input customization menu.

Next, the meal menu management device 100 records the user's meal menu.

Specifically, the user operates the operation unit connected to the GUI unit 101, and inputs an instruction to the input of the meal menu to the GUI unit 101. In response to this, the GUI unit 101 requests the meal input unit 106 to present the customization menu.

In response to the request, the meal input unit 106 reads the customization menu from the customization menu recording unit 104 and outputs the customization menu to the GUI unit 101. The GUI unit 101 displays the input customization menu as a list of meal menus included in the customization menu.

The user selects a desired meal menu from the displayed customization menu, and operates the operation means connected to the GUI unit 101 to input the selection information. The GUI unit 101 outputs the input selection information to the meal input unit 106. The meal input unit 106 outputs the selected meal menu to the input data recording unit 107 based on the input selection information. The input data recording unit 107 records the input meal menu by itself.

Through the above processing, the meal menu management device 100 performs a meal recording process for recording the user's meal menu.

(Advantages of the present embodiment)
As described above, the meal menu management device 100 customizes the data of the food database into a customized menu including a meal menu tailored to the user, using the attribute information of the user. By narrowing down the meal menu data to data suited to the user, the number of meal menus displayed to the user can be minimized. Therefore, the meal menu management apparatus can save time and effort of the user from selecting a necessary meal menu from a large number of meal menus. That is, the user can easily input a desired meal menu, and the meal menu management apparatus 100 can easily manage the daily meal menu.

(Timing of customization menu creation process)
Although the above description has described the case of creating the customized menu in a batch at the beginning of the management of the meal menu, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, each time a meal is input, a customized menu may be created. Specifically, the customization unit 102 may perform a medical interview each time when the start information regarding the start of the meal menu input is input through the GUI unit 101.

(Modification of meal menu input)
The meal menu management apparatus 100 is not limited to recording the meal menu selected and input from the customization menu. For example, the meal input unit 106 may have a function of enabling search input of a desired meal menu by the user, in addition to the function of displaying a list of meal menus included in the customization menu and making a selection input. In this case, the meal input unit 106 can search the meal menu desired by the user from all the meal menus stored in the meal database unit 103.

(Details of customization menu creation process)
The customization menu creation processing by the customization unit 102 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

First, each of FIGS. 3 to 6 will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the inquiry screen as described above.

In the inquiry screen 301 shown in FIG. 3, questions in the alternative questionnaire method are shown. Among the check boxes of the answers corresponding to each question, the upper check box represents "answer 1", and the lower check box represents "answer 2". For example, in the inquiry screen 301, "male" in the first question and "married" in the second question respectively represent "answer 1", while "female" in the first question and 2 Each "single" in the question of the question represents "Answer 2".

In addition, although the inquiry using the question of the alternative method is described here, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, it is an inquiry including questions such as an alternative selection method from a plurality of options or a multiple selection method. May be

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the inquiry flag table representing the determination of the inquiry flag.

In accordance with the determination represented by the inquiry flag table 401 shown in FIG. 4, the customizing unit 102 determines whether or not each meal menu is adopted for each question. For example, the meal menu in which the inquiry flag "Null" is set is determined as "not accepted" regardless of the answer. The meal menu in which the inquiry flag “1” is set is determined to be “adopted” when the answer is “answer 1”. The meal menu in which the inquiry flag “2” is set is determined to be “adopted” when the answer is “answer 2”. The meal menu in which the inquiry flag "All" is set is determined as "adopted" regardless of the answer.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the inquiry flag correspondence table.

In the inquiry flag correspondence table 501 shown in FIG. 5, the meal menu ID and the inquiry flag are associated with each question included in the inquiry. The customization unit 102 collates the inquiry response with the inquiry flag correspondence table 501, and extracts the meal menu as the customization menu. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medical examination flag correspondence table 501 may be included in the meal menu table 201 or may be included in other information.

The table information shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 may be recorded by, for example, the meal database unit 103.

Next, a specific example of the customization menu creation processing by the customization unit 102 will be described below with reference to FIG. (A) of FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a correspondence table 601 between each question including an inquiry and an example of the user's response thereto, and (b) of FIG. 6 is an inquiry for explaining the matching by the customizing unit 102. It is a figure which shows the flag corresponding | compatible table 501. FIG.

When the customization unit 102 receives an inquiry response as shown in the correspondence table 601 of FIG. 6A with respect to questions included in the inquiry, the customization unit 102 displays the inquiry flag correspondence table 501 as shown in FIG. 6B. Match. In (b) of FIG. 6, the gray color reversed portion of the inquiry flag correspondence table 501 is a portion determined as “adopted” for each question.

In the present embodiment, the meal menu determined to be “adopted” for all questions included in the interview will be adopted as the customization menu.

In the example of the answer shown in FIG. 6A, the meal menu IDs “0001”, “0005” and “0010” are determined as “adopted” for all the questions including the inquiry. Therefore, the customization unit 102 adopts the meal menu corresponding to these meal menu IDs as the customization menu.

The customization menu creation processing in the meal menu management device 100 is performed by the above processing.

(Modification of customization menu adoption judgment)
In the above description, the condition for adopting the meal menu as the customization menu is “it is determined to be“ adopted ”in all the questions including the inquiry”, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, a threshold may be set in advance for the number of questions to be determined as “adopted”, and a meal menu determined to be adopted in a question having the threshold or more may be adopted as the customization menu.

(Modified example of interview)
In the above description, although the inquiry is made by the question of the predetermined questionnaire method, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, depending on the answer to one question, it may be determined what question to present next. According to this method, since the contents of the inquiry differ for each user, it is possible to create a customized menu that matches each user.

Further, in the above description, the question included in the inquiry relates to the user's attribute information, but the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, when asking a question every time a meal is input, the questioning is not only the question shown above, but also the meal menu for when a meal such as “Breakfast / Lunch / Supper / Swimming meal”, “Famires / Convenience Store / You may include questions about the environment in which you have eaten, such as where you used to eat, such as who can eat in a cafeteria / house / pub, and with whom.

Further, for example, when the allergy flag, the preference flag, and the like are set in the inquiry flag correspondence table 501, the inquiry may include a question such as the presence or absence of allergy or the selection of a favorite item.

In addition, for example, the basic A set, the basic B set, the basic C set, the pub A set, the pub B set, the pub C set, the snack A set, the snack B set, and the snack C set, etc. When some meal sets are set for the inquiry flag correspondence table 501, the inquiry may include a question for selecting a combination of favorite sets.

(Modified example of customization menu extraction processing)
In the above description, the customization unit 102 extracts the customization menu after obtaining the answers for all four questions including the inquiry, but the present invention is not limited to this, the answers for each question including the inquiry Each time you get one, you may extract one or more meal menus that correspond to your previous responses. Further, in this case, it is preferable that the customizing unit 102 provides a screen that can confirm as a numerical value the number of meal menus to be narrowed down each time an answer to each question is obtained.

As an example of such processing, processing when an allergy flag and a preference flag are set in the medical inquiry flag correspondence table 501 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a questioning screen 701 showing a question asking asking for an allergy source and a questioning screen 702 showing a question asking asking about a user's weak food. In addition, after the inquiry screen 701 is presented, the inquiry screen 702 is presented.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the inquiry screen 701, each item of the seven major allergy sources and the item “absent” are used as the answer options. In the inquiry screen 702, the items of the eight ingredients and the item of "none" are used as the answer options. The present invention is not limited to these items, and other items may be added / changed, or the number of items of options may be arbitrarily changed.

First, on the inquiry screen 701, the user selects an answer to a question related to allergy. Here, "wheat", "soba", "egg" and "milk" are selected. In the inquiry screen 701, "the current meal menu is 5,000 points" is displayed, and the number of meal menus extracted according to the questions up to that point is presented.

The customization unit 102 that has received the response to the question regarding allergy extracts the meal menu based on the response and the inquiry flag correspondence table 501. The allergy flag is set to make a "non-adoption" determination for the meal menu including the selected allergy source. Therefore, the customization unit 102 adopts the meal menu which does not include the allergy sources of "wheat," "buckwheat", "egg" and "milk" among the meal menus already extracted.

Thereafter, on the inquiry screen 702 presented to the user, the number of meal menus adopted at present is narrowed down, as indicated as “current meal menu 4,500 points”.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the meal menu management apparatus 100 presents the “Return”, “Next”, “List” buttons etc. together with the inquiry screen, and when the user selects and inputs these buttons, the respective items are displayed. A means for performing processing corresponding to the button may be provided.

For example, if the user thinks that the current meal menu has been throttled, the "back" button is selected. The customization unit 102 receives an input by such a user operation via the GUI unit 101, and presents the inquiry screen in which the question is returned to the question immediately before the current question.

Also, for example, when the user determines that the number of next meal menus is better than “return”, the “next” button is selected. In this case, the customizing unit 102 proceeds to the next question, presents the inquiry screen, and proceeds to a state where the meal menu is narrowed down.

In addition, when the user selects the “list” button, the customization unit 102 may present a list of meal menus corresponding to the answers to the current question. By this, the user can confirm what meal menu is specifically narrowed down.

In addition, the customizing unit 102 may have a release function of releasing the meal menu desired by the user from the list screen of the meal menu. This allows the user to cancel the meal menu that the user does not want to narrow down.

In addition, the meal menu list presented by selecting the "list" button is not limited to the list as described above, and the meal input unit 106 has been notified by the fact that the "list" button is selected. You may display the narrowed list of current customized menus.

According to the above process, the user can grasp how many meal menus are extracted for each question during a medical inquiry. Therefore, the meal menu management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment can appropriately select the meal according to the user. It is possible to create a customized menu of the number of menus.

The customizing unit 102 may have a function of “searching” a meal menu, as well as a function of causing the user to “select” an answer. The customization unit 102 may extract the retrieved meal menu as the customization menu. In addition, in questions about questions related to allergies and preferences, search for a meal menu that includes an allergy source, search for a meal menu that uses weak ingredients, etc., and adopt it as a customized menu by excluding the searched meal menu. You may narrow down the meal menu.

Further, in the above description, although the meal menu not including these is adopted as a customized menu by a question asking about an allergy source and a weak food, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a user-preferred meal menu may be adopted by a question asking "favorite food". You may also adopt local cuisine by asking questions about the "area" you live in.

Further, although the number of meal menus is presented as numerical values in FIG. 7, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a method of visualizing numerical values by increase / decrease in color or shade (tone) may be used. Also, as described later, the number of meal menus may be visualized by a method of presenting a list of meal menus.

Also, although the above explanation is based on the narrowing down of the meal menu, it is also possible to depart from the current meal menu from “0” and use the method of increasing the necessary meal menu by inquiry. Good.

(One example of update process)
The update processing by the automatic update unit 105 will be described below.

First, the process of deleting a meal menu by the automatic updating unit 105 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the last adopted date correspondence table of the meal menu.

The last adopted date correspondence table 801 shown in FIG. 8 is a table in which the meal menu ID included in the customization menu is associated with the last adopted date. Here, “adopt” described here means that the user selects a meal menu from the customization menu at the time of meal menu input, and the selected meal menu is recorded in the input data recording unit 107. In addition, the "last adopted date" means the last date on which the meal menu was adopted. For example, the second line of the final adoption date correspondence table indicates that the date on which the meal menu of the menu ID “0001” was last recorded is “September 10, 2009”. The final adoption date correspondence table 801 thus manages the final adoption date for each meal menu.

The automatic updating unit 105 can automatically delete, for example, a meal menu which has not been adopted for three months from the customization menu recorded in the customization menu recording unit 104 by using the last adopted date correspondence table 801. However, the period to be deleted is not limited to three months, and can be set arbitrarily.

In the final adoption date correspondence table 801, the meal menu ID included in the customization menu is associated with the final adoption date, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the final adoption date may be associated with the table of the customization menu, or may be associated with an item other than the meal menu ID.

Next, the process of adding a meal menu by the automatic updating unit 105 will be described.

The automatic updating unit 105 further has a function of adding the meal menu to the customization menu when the user inputs a meal menu not included in the customization menu at the time of meal menu input.

Here, the above case may occur, for example, when the meal input unit 106 has a search function that enables search input of a meal menu as described above. If the meal input unit 106 has a search function, the meal menu is searched from all the meal menus stored in the database unit 103, and the meal menu input by the user is not included in the customization menu. There is the possibility of being a menu. Therefore, when the meal input unit 106 receives a search input for a meal menu not included in the customization menu, the automatic update unit 105 adds the meal menu as the customization menu.

As described above, it is possible for the automatic updating unit 105 to automatically create a customized menu that is more suitable for the user by adding and deleting a meal menu to and from the customized menu.

Note that the meal input unit 106 may always display the current number of customized menus at the time of meal menu input so that the user can always confirm that automatic updating is being performed. Further, the meal input unit 106 may display not only the current number of customized menus but also the “number of menus reduced from yesterday” or the “number of menus increased from yesterday”.

(Example of customized menu display)
Next, an example of a customized menu display method by the meal input unit 106 will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a adoption frequency management table in which a meal menu included in the customization menu is associated with the number of times of adoption of the meal menu. The adoption frequency management table 901 illustrated in FIG. 9 is a table for managing the meal menu ID included in the customization menu and the number of times each meal menu is adopted at the time of meal menu recording according to lunch, lunch, dinner, snack and total.

Note that “adopted” described here means that the user selects a meal menu from the customization menu at the time of meal menu input, and the selected meal menu is recorded in the input data recording unit 107. .

The meal input unit 106 may use the adoption frequency management table 901 to determine the display priority of the meal menu.

For example, it is assumed that the meal menu recording process in the meal menu management device 100 includes the steps (1) to (4) described below.
(1) Input of attributes of the meal menu (for example, date and time of meal, type of meal) (2) selection input or search input of the meal menu ingested (3) input of intake amount of each meal menu (4) input confirmation Among the above processes, (2) the selection input of the meal menu is a step in which the meal input unit 106 causes the customization menu to be displayed as a list and to perform selection input. In the process of (2), the display order of the meal menu including the customized menu may be changed based on the information of the type of meal (breakfast / lunch / dinner / snip) inputted in the process of (1) .

For example, when "breakfast" is selected in the step (1), the meal input unit 106 refers to the number of "breakfast" in the adoption count management table 901 in the step (2), and the meal having a large number of times is selected. Display the menu with higher priority. In addition, also when "lunch", "supper", and "snip" are selected in the process of (1), you may change the display order of a meal menu similarly according to the kind of meal selected.

In addition, although the adoption frequency management table 901 is a table in which the meal menu ID is associated with the adoption frequency, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the number of times of adoption may be associated with the table of the customization menu, or may be associated with an item other than the meal menu ID.

Moreover, the display method of the customization menu is not limited to the above method. For example, when category information is associated with the meal menu table 201, the meal input unit 106 may display a customization menu by category. In addition, when the special category "meet to eat for breakfast" is associated with the meal menu table 201, the meal input unit 106 adds an attribute "breakfast" in the category among the meal menu included in the customization menu. A meal menu that has been selected and input may be displayed in descending order of the number of selections. The same applies to "lunch", "supper", and "snip".

(Modification of meal menu management device 100)
In the present embodiment, an external server device may have some of the functions of the meal menu management device 100. That is, the present invention may be realized as a meal menu management system including the meal menu management device 100 and the server device.

Specifically, each of the meal menu management device 100 and the server device has a transmission / reception function of transmitting / receiving information to / from each other, and the server device includes the meal database unit 103 and the customization unit 102. In this case, the server device performs customization menu creation processing, and the meal menu management device 100 can download the necessary customization menu from the server device.

(Other modifications)
Not only the user but also the user and the third party such as the service provider may cooperate and use the meal menu management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

For example, the meal menu management device 100 may have a communication function with an external server device, and upload the meal menu recorded in the input data recording unit 107 to the server device. Further, the meal menu management device 100 may have a filing function (a filing unit) for filing the customization menu recorded in the customization menu recording unit 104. This allows a third party to view and use the information on the meal menu uploaded to the server device and the information on the filed and retrieved customization menu.

Also, for example, the meal menu management apparatus 100 acquires another menu set newly prepared by the service provider, and adds the acquired menu set or a part thereof to the already existing customization menu (data acquisition means) May be included. As an acquisition method, a communication function with an external server apparatus may be used, or an external memory such as an SD card may be used. Thereby, the meal input unit 106 can display the acquired menu set together with the already existing customized menu.

(Additional items)
Each block included in the meal menu management device 100 may be configured by hardware logic. Or you may implement | achieve by software using CPU (Central Processing Unit) as follows.

That is, the meal menu management device 100 executes a command of a control program for realizing each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing the control program, and a RAM (Random Access) expanding the control program into an executable format. And a recording device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the control program and various data.

With this configuration, the object of the present invention can also be achieved by a predetermined recording medium. This recording medium should just be readable by computer readable and record the program code (the execution form program, the intermediate code program, the source program) of the control program of meal menu management device 100 which is the software which realizes the function mentioned above. The recording medium may be supplied to the meal menu management apparatus 100, and the meal menu management apparatus 100 (or CPU or MPU) as the computer may read out and execute the program code recorded in the supplied recording medium.

The recording medium for supplying the program code to the meal menu management device 100 is not limited to a specific structure or type. That is, the recording medium is, for example, a tape system such as a magnetic tape or cassette tape, a disk including a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, or an optical disk such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. A system, a card system such as an IC card (including a memory card) / optical card, or a semiconductor memory system such as a mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM can be used.

Further, even if the meal menu management device 100 is configured to be connectable to a communication network, the object of the present invention can be achieved. In this case, the above program code is supplied to the meal menu management device 100 via the communication network. The communication network may be anything that can supply the program code to the meal menu management device 100, and is not limited to a specific type or form. For example, it may be the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a LAN, an ISDN, a VAN, a CATV communication network, a virtual private network, a telephone network, a mobile communication network, a satellite communication network, or the like.

The transmission medium forming the communication network may be any medium capable of transmitting the program code, and is not limited to a specific configuration or type. For example, even if wired such as IEEE 1394, USB (Universal Serial Bus), power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line, infrared such as IrDA or remote control, Bluetooth (registered trademark), 802. 11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite link, terrestrial digital network, etc. can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

As described above, the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention is a meal menu management apparatus for managing a user's meal menu in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides the user with the question regarding the user to the user. Performing, by interviewing means for receiving an input of an answer to the inquiry, and extracting means for extracting at least one meal menu corresponding to the answer accepted by the inquiry means from a plurality of meal menus prepared in advance It is characterized by being equipped.

Further, in the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention, any one of the presentation unit for presenting at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction unit and the at least one meal menu presented by the presentation unit is used by the user. It is preferable to include an input unit that receives input of selection information regarding whether or not a meal menu has been selected.

According to the above configuration, the presenting means presents the customization menu to the user, and the input means allows the user to select and input the meal menu to be recorded from the presented customization menu. Therefore, the user is freed from the trouble of inputting a search word having the same content each time, and the trouble of selecting a necessary meal menu from a huge meal menu. Thus, the user can more easily input the meal menu to be recorded.

Further, in the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention, the input unit further receives an input of start information related to a start of a meal menu input by the user, and the inquiry unit receives the input of the start information every time the input unit receives an input of the start information. It is preferable to present the above interview.

According to the above configuration, the extraction means can extract the meal menu more suitable for the user based on the interview for each meal.

In the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention, the inquiry includes at least one question, and the extraction means receives the inquiry by each point in time, each time the inquiry means receives an input of an answer to each question. Preferably, at least one meal menu corresponding to the response accepted by the means is extracted, and the presentation means presents the number of the at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction means by numerical value or color tone.

According to the above configuration, the user can check the number of meal menus included in the customization menu each time the user answers each question included in the inquiry. By the user answering any number of questions, the extraction means can finally extract the desired number of meal menus.

Further, in the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention, the input means further receives an input of a decision as to whether to proceed to the next question or return to the previous question during the inquiry, and the inquiry means Preferably, the interview is conducted according to the determination input by the input means.

In the above-described configuration, when the input unit receives an input of determination to return to the previous question, the inquiry unit returns to the previous question before the question when the input is received. Further, when the input means receives an input to decide to proceed to the next question, the inquiry means asks the user for an inquiry that is advanced next to the question at the time of receiving the input.

According to the above configuration, the user can arbitrarily change the number of questions to be answered, and can adjust the number of meal menus included in the customization menu during the inquiry.

Preferably, the meal menu recording device according to the present invention further comprises a meal menu recording means for recording at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction means.

According to the above configuration, since the recording means can record the customized menu created once, the user can use the customized menu also at the time of the next meal menu input. Thus, the user can more easily input the meal menu to be recorded.

In the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention, among the meal menu recorded in the meal menu recording means, the meal menu information other than the meal menu whose input is accepted by the input means for a certain period after recording, It is preferable to further comprise updating means for deleting from the meal menu recording means.

According to the above configuration, while the user uses the customization menu, the updating means can update the customization menu to one further including a meal menu suited to the user.

Further, in the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention, the presentation means includes the number of meal menus received by the input means on the day when the input means receives the input of the meal menu this time, and It is preferable to further present the increase / decrease number of the number of meal menus calculated by comparing the number of meal menus received by the input means on the most recent day.

According to the above configuration, by presenting the increase or decrease in the number of meal menus, the presentation means can make the user aware of the variation in the number of meal menus ingested per day, which leads to the improvement of the eating habits. Can.

Preferably, the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention further comprises filing means for filing at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction means.

According to the above configuration, the third party can refer to and use the meal menu filed by the filing unit.

In addition, the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention further comprises data acquisition means for acquiring a meal menu from the outside, and the presentation means adds the data to the data in addition to the at least one meal menu information extracted by the extraction means. It is preferable to present the meal menu acquired by the acquisition means.

According to the above configuration, the data acquisition means can present the meal menu to the user by acquiring a meal menu prepared by a third party other than the user, such as a service provider, for example. It is possible to record the meal menu with which the

Further, in the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention, the extraction means further has a function of searching for a meal menu corresponding to the answer from the plurality of meal menus prepared in advance, and the searched meal menu A meal menu excluding the meal menu to be extracted or retrieved may be extracted.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to narrow down the meal menu to be adopted as the customization menu by searching the meal menu.

Furthermore, in the meal menu recording apparatus according to the present invention, the inquiry includes a question to which an allergy source or a weak food is to be answered, and the extraction unit is configured to answer the above answer from the plurality of meal menus prepared in advance. A meal menu including a corresponding allergy source or a meal menu using ingredients corresponding to the above answer may be searched, and a meal menu excluding the searched meal menu may be extracted.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to extract a meal menu more suitable for the user as a customization menu.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

Further, the specific embodiments or examples made in the section of the detailed description of the invention merely clarify the technical contents of the present invention, and the present invention is limited to such specific examples. It should not be interpreted but can be implemented with various modifications within the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the claims described below.

The present invention can be widely used as a meal menu management device for managing a user's meal menu.

100 Meal menu management apparatus 101 GUI unit 102 Customization unit (extraction means, inquiry means)
103 meal database unit 104 customized menu recording unit (meal menu recording means)
105 Automatic update unit (update means)
106 Meal Input Unit (Presentation Means, Input Means)
107 Input data recording unit

Claims

A meal menu management device for managing a user's meal menu, wherein
Interviewing means for accepting an input of an answer to the inquiry by performing an inquiry about the user to the user;
A meal menu management apparatus comprising: extraction means for extracting at least one meal menu corresponding to the answer accepted by the inquiry means from a plurality of meal menus prepared in advance.
Presenting means for presenting at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction means;
The meal menu according to claim 1, further comprising: input means for receiving an input of selection information regarding which meal menu the user has selected among the at least one meal menu presented by the presentation means. Management device.
3. The meal menu management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inquiry means receives an input of start information on start of a meal menu input by the user, and performs the inquiry every time the input is received.
The above interview contains at least one question,
Each time the inquiry means receives an input for the answer to each question,
The extraction means extracts at least one meal menu according to the answer received by the inquiry means by each time point,
The meal menu management device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the presenting means presents the number of at least one meal menu extracted by the extracting means by numerical value, color tone, or list.
The input means further receives an input of a decision as to whether to proceed to the next question or return to the previous question during the interview,
5. The meal menu management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the inquiry means performs the inquiry according to the determination input by the input means.
The meal menu management device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, further comprising a meal menu recording means for recording at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction means.
Among the meal menu recorded in the meal menu recording means, there is further provided updating means for deleting from the meal menu recording means the meal menu other than the meal menu whose input has been received by the input means during the fixed period after recording. 7. The meal menu management device according to claim 6, wherein
The presentation means receives the number of meal menus received by the input means on the day when the input means receives the input of the meal menu, and the input means receives the input on the nearest day before the day The meal menu management apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the number of changes calculated by comparing the number of meal menus is further presented.
9. A meal menu management apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 8, further comprising filing means for filing at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction means.
It is further equipped with data acquisition means to acquire meal menu from the outside,
10. The presentation method according to any one of claims 2 to 9, wherein in addition to the at least one meal menu information extracted by the extraction means, the meal menu acquired by the data acquisition means is presented. The meal menu management device as described in.
The extraction means further has a function of searching for a meal menu corresponding to the answer from the plurality of meal menus prepared in advance, and extracts the searched meal menu or excludes the searched meal menu The meal menu management device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the selected meal menu is extracted.
The above interviews include questions asking you to answer allergic sources or foods that you are not good at.
The extraction means searches a meal menu including an allergy source according to the answer or a meal menu using ingredients according to the answer from the plurality of meal menus prepared in advance, and excludes the searched meal menu The meal menu management apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the selected meal menu is extracted.
A meal menu management method for managing a user's meal menu, comprising
Asking a question regarding the user to the user, thereby receiving an input of an answer to the question;
A meal menu management method, comprising: an extraction step of extracting at least one meal menu corresponding to the answer received in the inquiry step from a plurality of meal menus prepared in advance.
A meal menu management system including a meal menu management device for managing a user's meal menu and a server device, comprising:
The above-mentioned meal menu management device
Interviewing means for accepting an input of an answer to the inquiry by performing an inquiry about the user to the user;
Apparatus-side transmission means for transmitting to the server device an answer to the inquiry received by the inquiry means;
Receiving means for receiving at least one meal menu transmitted from the server device;
The above server device is
Server-side receiving means for receiving the answer transmitted from the meal menu management device;
Extracting means for extracting at least one meal menu corresponding to the answer received by the server-side receiving means from a plurality of meal menus prepared in advance;
And a server-side transmission unit for transmitting the at least one meal menu extracted by the extraction unit to the meal menu management apparatus.
A meal menu management program for operating the meal menu management device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the meal menu management program causes a computer to function as each means described above.
A computer readable recording medium recording the meal menu management program according to claim 15.