WO2015114756A1

WO2015114756A1 - Information processing device, information processing method, program, and storage medium

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Publication number: WO2015114756A1
Application number: PCT/JP2014/051972
Authority: WO
Inventors: 由美枝相川
Original assignee: 楽天株式会社
Priority date: 2014-01-29
Filing date: 2014-01-29
Publication date: 2015-08-06
Also published as: JP5651273B1; TWI525575B; TW201531984A; JPWO2015114756A1

Abstract

In order to effectively use surplus ingredients having taken into consideration usage frequency information for the surplus ingredients, this information processing device manages, as recipe information, information on the types and quantities of ingredients to be used in cooking, calculates the quantity of each ingredient to be used on the basis of person quantity information and at least one unit of recipe information selected from the managed recipe information, calculates the surplus quantity of each ingredient from the quantities and the purchase units set for each ingredient, searches for recipe information on the basis of the surplus quantities and usage frequency information set for each ingredient, and executes a process for providing the recipe information that was retrieved. As a result, it is possible to effectively use surplus ingredients.

Description

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium

The present invention calculates the surplus amount for each ingredient from the usage amount of the ingredient used in the selected recipe and the purchase unit information set for each ingredient used, and searches for additional recipes based on the surplus quantity. The present invention relates to a technical field of the proposed information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium.

JP 2001-256346 A

In recent years, recipe search sites and software that can search recipes accumulated by postings from general users from a computer such as a PC have become widespread. In these fields, proposals have been made not only for searching for ingredients and procedures of dishes that the user wants to make, but also for providing recipes. For example, in the system proposed in Patent Document 1, a function of providing an additional recipe in addition to the recipe selected by the user is provided. In addition, a function is provided for ordering foodstuffs that are insufficient when preparing the dish described in the recipe.

However, in general, when ordering foodstuffs, there are purchase units depending on the foodstuffs, so it is not always possible to order only the desired amount. For example, when ordering “carrots” according to a recipe that requires 1.5 “carrots”, it is not possible to order 1.5 “carrots” without excess or deficiency, resulting in surplus ingredients. . Furthermore, if the surplus food is a food that is not normally used, the use of the surplus food may be difficult and the surplus food may not be consumed by the expiration date.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to effectively use surplus ingredients after paying attention to use frequency information of surplus ingredients.

1stly, the information processing apparatus concerning this invention selects from the recipe information managed by the recipe management part which manages the information of the kind of used ingredients used for cooking, and the usage-amount information as recipe information, and the said recipe management part The amount calculation for calculating the amount used for each used ingredient based on the at least one recipe information and the number of people information obtained, and calculating the surplus amount for each used ingredient from the purchase unit and the amount used set for each ingredient A recipe search unit that searches for recipe information managed by the recipe management unit based on the usage frequency information set for each ingredient and the surplus amount calculated by the quantity calculation unit, and the recipe search unit And a recipe providing unit that executes a process for providing the retrieved recipe information.
Therefore, an additional recipe using surplus ingredients that are less frequently used is provided.
Here, the usage frequency information is an index indicating the degree of whether a certain food is frequently used as a food for cooking. For example, ingredients that appear in many recipes can be regarded as ingredients that are frequently used to some extent, and conversely, ingredients that appear only in a few recipes can be regarded as ingredients that are less frequently used. Some other examples will be described later.

2ndly, in the information processing apparatus which concerns on above-described this invention, the said recipe search part can search recipe information from the name of foodstuff.
Therefore, it is possible to search using surplus ingredients as search keywords.

3rdly, in the information processing apparatus which concerns on above-described this invention, the said recipe management part manages the said digitized use frequency information for every foodstuff.
Therefore, management of information is facilitated.

4thly, in the information processing apparatus which concerns on above-described this invention, the said recipe management part manages the information containing the number of recipes which a foodstuff appears as a use foodstuff as the said usage frequency information for every foodstuff.
Therefore, the usage frequency information is easily digitized.

Fifth, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention described above, the recipe management unit displays information including a recipe usage coefficient that quantifies the degree of use of the recipe for each recipe information. It is something to manage as.
Therefore, a search keyword that reflects the actual usage frequency of each recipe is determined.

Sixth, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention described above, when there are a plurality of used ingredients that are determined to have a surplus as a result of the calculation by the quantity calculation unit, the recipe search unit uses the usage frequency information. The recipe information is searched based on the used ingredients with the surplus amount that is said to be least frequently used.
Accordingly, an additional recipe including surplus ingredients that are less frequently used is provided.

Seventhly, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention described above, the recipe management unit manages the use frequency information for each user.
Therefore, an additional recipe based on usage frequency information calculated for each user is provided.

Eighth, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention described above, the recipe search unit includes a provided recipe management unit that manages the recipe information presented to the user by the recipe providing unit as provided history information for each user. The recipe information is searched using the provision history information.
Therefore, an additional recipe is provided based on the provision history to the user.

Ninth, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention described above, when the user adds the recipe information presented by the recipe providing unit to the selected recipe information, the quantity calculation unit is selected. The usage amount for each used ingredient is calculated by combining the recipe information and the added recipe information.
Therefore, the combined usage amount for each ingredient used in all selected recipes is presented to the user.

Tenth, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention described above, the quantity calculation unit calculates the usage amount using the number of persons set for each piece of recipe information selected by the user as the number of persons information. is there.
Therefore, the user can set a different number of consumers for each recipe.

The information processing method according to the present invention manages information on the type and amount of ingredients used for cooking as recipe information, and at least one recipe information selected from recipe information managed by the recipe management unit The amount of use for each ingredient is calculated based on the number of people and the number of people information, the surplus amount for each ingredient used is calculated from the purchase unit and the amount used for each ingredient, and the usage frequency information set for each ingredient The managed recipe information is searched based on the surplus amount, and the processing for providing the searched recipe information is executed.
By this information processing method, an environment is provided in which additional recipes using surplus ingredients that are less frequently used are provided.
The program according to the present invention is a program that causes an information processing apparatus to execute processing executed as the information processing method.
A storage medium according to the present invention is a storage medium storing the above program. The above information processing apparatus is realized by these programs and storage media.

According to the present invention, since an additional recipe using surplus ingredients with low use frequency is provided, it is possible to effectively use surplus ingredients while paying attention to use frequency information of surplus ingredients.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the whole structure containing the information processing apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure containing a cooking assistance apparatus and another apparatus. It is a block diagram of a computer apparatus. It is a figure which shows the screen structure of the top page of a recipe site. It is a figure which shows the screen structure at the time of searching a recipe. It is a figure which shows the screen structure at the time of selecting the searched recipe. It is a figure which shows the structure of the screen which confirms the usage material of the selected recipe. It is a figure which shows the structure of the screen which confirms the order quantity in the used material of a recipe. It is a figure which shows the structure of the screen which confirms the used material of the state which selected the additional recipe. It is a figure which shows the structure of the screen which confirms the order amount in the use material which added the additional recipe. It is a figure which shows the information memorize | stored in foodstuff DB. It is a figure which shows the information memorize | stored in user DB. It is a flowchart which shows an additional recipe search process. It is a flowchart which shows another example of an additional recipe search process.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in the following order.
<1. Overall configuration>
<2. Flow of processing>
<3. Example of usage frequency information>
[3-1. First example]
[3-2. Second example]
[3-3. Third example]
<4. Example of user DB>
[4-1. Usage frequency information for each user]
[4-2. Recipe offer history for each user]
<5. Additional recipe search process>
[5-1. First processing example]
[5-2. Second processing example]
<6. Modification>
<7. Summary>
<8. Program and Storage Medium>

<1. Overall configuration>
First, the overall configuration in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the overall configuration including the information processing apparatus of the present invention allows the dish support apparatus 1, the market server 4, the

user terminals

3, 3, 3,... To communicate with each other via the communication network 2. Are connected in each state. The cooking assistance apparatus 1 corresponds to an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.
The configuration of the communication network 2 is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a CATV (Community Antenna TeleVision) communication network, a virtual private network (Virtual Private Network), a telephone line A network, a mobile communication network, a satellite communication network, etc. are assumed.
Various examples of transmission media constituting all or part of the communication network 2 are also envisaged. For example, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1394, USB (Universal Serial Bus), power line carrier, telephone line, etc., infrared such as IrDA (Infrared Data Association), Bluetooth (registered trademark), 802.11 wireless It can also be used wirelessly, such as mobile phone networks, satellite lines, and digital terrestrial networks.

The cooking assistance device 1 is a device that performs a recipe search process by a user, a recipe presentation process for a user, and the like. In addition, when receiving an instruction from the user to order the ingredients to be used in the recipe, the dish assistance apparatus 1 executes an ingredient ordering process for the market server 4.
The cooking assistance device 1 is connected to a cooking assistance DB (Data Base) 5 in which various information necessary for recipe search processing and recipe presentation are stored. As shown in FIG. 2, the cooking support DB 5 includes a recipe DB 5 a in which used ingredients and cooking methods of recipes are stored, an ingredient DB 5 b in which usage frequency information for each ingredient is stored, and use of each ingredient for each user. And a user DB 5c in which frequency information, recipe provision history, and the like are stored.
Here, the usage frequency information is an index indicating how easily a certain food is used as a food for cooking, and each embodiment described later is assumed.
As shown in FIG. 2, the cooking support apparatus 1 includes a recipe providing unit 1a, a recipe searching unit 1b, a quantity calculating unit 1c, and a recipe managing unit 1d.

The recipe providing unit 1 a performs a recipe presentation process for presenting a recipe to the user terminal 3. Further, the recipe providing unit 1a has a function of accepting various instructions from the user terminal 3, and accepts an instruction for a recipe search from the user, an instruction for changing the number of recipe consumers, and the like. The number of consumers is information input by a user, for example, and is information indicating how many dishes are prepared according to the recipe. Furthermore, the recipe providing unit 1a also has a function of receiving recipe information posted from the user.
The recipe search unit 1b executes a recipe search process according to an instruction from the recipe providing unit 1a. In the recipe search process, the recipe search unit 1b performs data communication with the cooking support DB 5, acquires recipe information corresponding to various search conditions from the recipe DB 5a, and performs a process of delivering the recipe information to the recipe providing unit 1a. In addition, the recipe search part 1b can perform the search of a recipe from the name of an ingredient at least.
The amount calculation part 1c receives the instruction | indication from the recipe provision part 1a, and the usage-amount which calculates the usage-amount of each foodstuff from the usage-amount information of each foodstuff contained in recipe information, and the number-of-persons information as information on the number of people who consume a dish Execute the calculation process. Here, when there are a plurality of pieces of recipe information and number-of-consumer information passed from the recipe providing unit 1a, the amount of used ingredients in each recipe is calculated, and a process of adding them for each ingredient is performed. The calculated usage amount of each ingredient is transmitted to the recipe search unit 1b.
Moreover, the quantity calculation part 1c acquires the purchase unit of each use foodstuff from the market server 4, and also performs the surplus quantity calculation process which calculates the surplus quantity of each use foodstuff from the use quantity and purchase unit of a use foodstuff.
The recipe management unit 1d performs a recipe management process for managing information on the type and amount of ingredients used for cooking as recipe information. The recipe management process includes, for example, a process of registering recipe information posted by a user in the recipe DB 5a, a process of updating use frequency information for each food stored in the food DB 5b, and the like. The recipe management unit 1d also performs a provided recipe management process for updating the usage frequency information of each ingredient and the recipe providing history for each user.

The market server 4 performs a process for placing an order to an actual store, a process for delivering the ingredients to each user, and the like in accordance with an ordering instruction from the dish support apparatus 1 for each ingredient. Moreover, the process which transmits the purchase unit of each foodstuff with respect to the request | requirement from the quantity calculation part 1c is performed as mentioned above. The market server 4 is connected to a product DB 25 in which product information and store information of each ingredient are stored.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the user terminal 3 is a terminal used by the user for searching and posting recipes to the cooking support apparatus 1.

In FIG. 2, two communication networks 2 are shown. However, for convenience of explanation, the two communication networks 2 are only divided into two, and the same communication network 2 may be used as shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating hardware of the dish support device 1, the user terminal 3, and the market server 4 shown in FIG. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 of a computer device in each server or terminal follows a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102 or a program loaded from a storage unit 108 into a RAM (Random Access Memory) 103. Perform various processes. The RAM 103 also appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 101 to execute various processes.
The CPU 101, ROM 102, and RAM 103 are connected to each other via a bus 104. An input / output interface 105 is also connected to the bus 104.
The input / output interface 105 includes an input unit 106 including a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel, a display including an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and an organic EL (Electroluminescence) panel, and an output including a speaker. A storage unit 108 configured by a unit 107, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory device, and the like, and a communication unit 109 that performs communication processing and inter-device communication via the network 2 are connected.
A media drive 110 is also connected to the input / output interface 105 as necessary, and a removable medium 111 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory is appropriately mounted, and information can be written to the removable medium 111. Reading is performed.

In such a computer apparatus, data and programs can be uploaded and downloaded through communication by the communication unit 109, and data and programs can be transferred via the removable medium 111.
As the CPU 101 performs processing operations based on various programs, information processing and communication described later are executed in each of the dish support device 1, the user terminal 3, and the market server 4.
In addition, each information processing apparatus which comprises the cooking assistance apparatus 1, the user terminal 3, and the market server 4 is not restricted to a single computer apparatus as shown in FIG. 3, and a plurality of computer apparatuses are systemized. May be configured. The plurality of computer devices may be systemized by a LAN or the like, or may be arranged at a remote place by a VPN (Virtual Private Network) using the Internet or the like.

<2. Flow of processing>
Next, the flow of processing in the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10 showing the screen configuration of the web browser.
When the user accesses the cooking support apparatus 1, the cooking support apparatus 1 displays HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) for displaying the top page of the recipe site as shown in FIG. 4 on the user terminal 3 used by the user. Send data. Thereby, for example, a web page as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the web browser of the user terminal 3. In addition, the state of FIG. 4 is a state where the user has logged into the service in order to receive the recipe providing service and the food ordering service.
The web browser 6 of the user terminal 3 displays various icons 7 for changing the web page to be displayed, a search form 8 for searching the web page, and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the displayed web page. The address display unit 9 is appropriately arranged at the top.
Also, on the web page below, a recipe search form 10 for searching for a recipe, a recipe search button 11, a user name display unit 12 on which a user name is displayed, a logout button 13 for changing the login state to a logout state, and Is arranged.
Furthermore, a genre display unit 14 is displayed on the left side of the web page, and the genres of recipes such as meat and seafood are displayed vertically.
A display unit 15 on which the main content of the web page is displayed is arranged at a substantially central portion of the web page. In FIG. 4, as a content titled “Today's recommended recipe”, a recipe name (“Easy! Omurice”), a cooking pattern, and food information necessary for the recipe are displayed on the display unit 15. About how to make a dish, for example, it is displayed by clicking a dish pattern, but a detail button may be provided and displayed by pressing the detail button with a mouse.
These recipe names, cooking patterns, ingredients, cooking methods, and the like are stored in the recipe DB 5a of the cooking support DB 5.

Next, a process until the user specifically searches for a recipe and selects a recipe will be described with reference to FIG.
When the “noodle” item in the genre display area 14 displayed on the left side of the web browser 6 is clicked, sub-genres of noodles such as “ramen”, “udon”, and “soba” are displayed. FIG. 5 shows a search result display screen displayed when the item “ramen” which is a sub-genre of noodles is clicked.
The display unit 15 of the search result display screen roughly displays three contents, which are “currently selected recipe”, “today's recommended recipe”, and “other recipes”, respectively. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the next recipe is being searched for in a state where two recipes “egg soup” and “tipped gyoza” have already been selected by the user.
The search result display screen can also be displayed by clicking the recipe search button 11 after inputting a keyword for recipe search in the recipe search form 10. In this case, a search result display screen corresponding to the keyword is displayed.

As the contents of “currently selected recipe”, the recipes already selected by the user are displayed, and the number of consumers of each recipe is displayed as “number of people”. In addition, a button for removing each recipe from the selection is arranged on the right side of the table. By clicking this “Remove from selection” button, the corresponding recipe can be excluded from the selection. Furthermore, a “material confirmation” button 16 is arranged at the bottom of the selected recipe list. The “material confirmation” button 16 is a button for transitioning to a used food material confirmation screen for confirming the amount of each used food material used in each recipe displayed as the content of “currently selected recipe”.

As the content of “Recommended Recipe of the Day”, an outline of a predetermined recipe selected by the cooking support device 1 is displayed. Here, the recipe name, cooking pattern, and ingredients information necessary for the recipe are displayed, and at the bottom, the “View Details” button 17 for displaying detailed information such as how to make the recipe and this recommended recipe are displayed. “Add recipe” buttons 18 for selection are respectively arranged. Also, on the right side, a number information input field 19 for inputting how many people plan to make this recipe is arranged.

As the contents of “other recipes”, recipe names are listed, and a “view details” button and an “add recipe” button are arranged on the right side of each recipe name.
In addition, the design of the dish corresponding to each recipe may be displayed.

When a recipe is added on the search result display screen, the state shown in FIG. 6 is obtained. In this example, in the web browser 6 displayed in FIG. 5, in order for the user to select the recipe for “Mizuna Ramen” displayed in “Today's recommended recipe”, the “Today's recommended recipe” category field is displayed. FIG. 6 shows a state where “4” is entered in the arranged number information input field 19 and the “add recipe” button 18 is clicked.
In FIG. 6, “Mizuna Ramen” is added to the recipe list displayed in “Currently selected recipe”. As the number-of-consumers information of “Mizuna Ramen”, a numerical value “4” input by the user is displayed.

In the state shown in FIG. 7, the state where the user finishes the recipe addition operation and clicks the “material confirmation” button 16 to display the used ingredient confirmation screen on the web browser 6 displayed in FIG. 6. is there.
In the used ingredient confirmation screen, as shown in FIG. 7, two contents are roughly divided into “currently selected recipe” and “used ingredient list”.
As the contents of “the currently selected recipe”, as described above, the name of each recipe selected by the user, the number of consumers of each recipe, and the “remove from selection” button are displayed.

As the contents of “used food list”, names and amounts of each food are displayed in a list. Here, the amount corresponds to the amount of use of the present invention, and is calculated by the amount-of-use calculation process by the amount calculator 1c. Further, a purchase check box 20 for selecting whether or not to purchase each food is provided for each food. Further, a purchase amount input box 21 for adjusting the purchase amount of each food is provided for each food. For example, in the state shown in FIG. 7, the amount of noodles used is required for four servings, but if noodles for two servings are already stored in a refrigerator or the like, the noodle purchase amount input box 21 is displayed. If “2” is entered, it is possible to prepare noodles for four servings without excess or deficiency.
In addition, a “to order screen” button 22 is arranged above the list of used ingredients. By clicking this “to order screen” button 22, the user can transition to a screen for confirming the purchase amount of the material used specified by the purchase check box 20.
Note that by turning on the check box at the top of the row where the purchase check boxes are arranged, it is possible to turn on the purchase check boxes 20 of all the used ingredients.

FIG. 8 shows an order confirmation screen that is displayed after the “to order screen” button 22 in FIG. 7 is clicked.
On the order confirmation screen, two contents of “order list” and “recommended additional recipe” are displayed.
As the contents of the “order list”, each ingredient designated for purchase in the purchase check box 20 on the used ingredient confirmation screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed as a list. Furthermore, the order quantity, purchase unit, purchase quantity, and surplus quantity are displayed for each foodstuff. The surplus amount here corresponds to the surplus amount of the present invention, and is calculated by the surplus amount calculation processing by the amount calculation unit 1c.
In addition, an “order confirmation” button 23 for confirming the order of the displayed ingredients is displayed at the top of the table for each ingredient. When the “order confirmation” button 23 is clicked by the user, a transition is made to a screen for inputting the delivery method, receipt date and time, payment method and the like of the ordered food.
Here, each food has a purchase unit, and can be purchased only for each purchase unit. In the example shown in FIG. 8, since the purchase unit is one bundle for the order quantity of 0.4 bundles of “mizuna”, only one bundle can be actually purchased and the surplus quantity is 0.6 bundles. End up. Similarly, the amount of surplus for “cabbage” is 300 g. In order to provide another additional recipe using these surplus amounts, a suggested sentence 24 is displayed as a word for providing an additional recipe at the bottom of the table for each ingredient.

In the content of “recommended additional recipe”, an additional recipe is presented by an additional recipe presentation process executed by the recipe providing unit 1a. As with the recipes displayed on the recipe search result display screen described above, the additional recipe presented to the user includes a recipe name, a cooking pattern, a “view details” button 17, and an “add recipe” button 18. A number information input field 19 is displayed.
Here, the recipe selected based on the usage frequency information for each surplus ingredient is displayed in the content of “recommended additional recipe”. A method for calculating the usage frequency information will be described later in detail.
The recipe displayed as “recommended additional recipe” may display a plurality of recipes, and in that case, it may be displayed in a list. In addition, for example, when a cooking pattern is reduced and displayed, many recipes can be displayed.
Furthermore, you may display the usage-amount of each excess amount at the time of selecting each recipe displayed as a "recommended additional recipe".

In addition, in the additional recipe number information input field 19, it is possible to save the user's trouble of inputting since the maximum numerical value is input in advance among the consumption number information of each recipe selected so far. It becomes. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 8, “4” is input in advance.

When the “Add Recipe” button 18 of the recipe displayed as “Recommended Additional Recipe” in FIG. 8 is clicked, the used ingredient confirmation screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. The used ingredient confirmation screen has the same screen configuration as that in FIG. 7 and will not be described. However, as a difference from FIG. 7, “Recommended additional recipe” in FIG. 8 is displayed in the content of “Currently selected recipe”. "Healthy smoothie" has been added. Therefore, the ingredients used in the additional recipe are newly added to the list of ingredients displayed in the “used ingredients list”, and the overlapping ingredients are changed to numerical values obtained by adding up the quantities. In addition, among the ingredients used displayed in the “List of ingredients used”, the ingredients that have been added or changed in quantity are shown in bold type for easy viewing, and there is a symbol for each ingredient name and quantity. It is attached.

When the “to order screen” button 22 in FIG. 9 is clicked by the user, the screen transits to the order confirmation screen in FIG.
Although the order screen has been described with reference to FIG. 8, the configuration of FIG. 10 is partially different from that of FIG. In the order confirmation screen of FIG. 8, two contents of “order list” and “recommended additional recipe” are displayed, but in FIG. 10, only the order list “order list” is displayed. However, the content of “recommended additional recipe” may also be displayed on the order confirmation screen of FIG. In this case, additional recipes can be provided. The contents of the “order list” are the same as those described with reference to FIG.

<3. Example of usage frequency information>
Then, the usage frequency information in a foodstuff is demonstrated. The usage frequency information is stored in the ingredient DB 5b of the dish support DB 5. Further, the usage frequency information is expressed by a numerical value, and some examples shown below can be given.

[3-1. First example]
In the first example of the usage frequency information, as shown in FIG. 11A, the number of recipes in which each food appears as a material is used. That is, as the number of times of appearing in the recipe increases, it can be regarded as an ingredient that is not troublesome for use, and as the number of times of appearing in the recipe decreases, it can be regarded as an ingredient for trouble of use. Among the ingredients shown in FIG. 11A, “mizuna” is the least frequently used ingredient, and “tomato” is the most frequently used ingredient. By providing additional recipes based on this use frequency information, effective use of surplus ingredients can be promoted. The search process for additional recipes based on the usage frequency information will be described later.
A keyword used for searching for an additional recipe is used as a search key. In this example, since “mizuna” is the least frequently used ingredient, a recipe using “mizuna” is searched, and the search key at this time is “mizuna”.

[3-2. Second example]
In the second example of the usage frequency information, as shown in FIG. 11B, the number of recipes in which each food appears as a material and the recipe usage coefficient obtained by quantifying the usage of each recipe are calculated. The recipe usage coefficient is calculated by, for example, the number of times a recipe is browsed in which food appears as a material. That is, when the ingredient A appears in the recipe B and the recipe C, the recipe B is browsed three times including all users, and the recipe C is browsed five times including all users, the recipe B is used. A numerical value of 3 is assigned to the degree coefficient, a numerical value of 5 is assigned to the utilization coefficient of the recipe C, and a numerical value of 3 + 5 = 8 is assigned to the number of browsing times as the usage frequency information of the food A. Therefore, the lower the number of browsing times, the lower the frequency of use.
Thereby, even if the number of recipes in which the food appears as a material is small, if the number of times the recipe is viewed is very large, the food is estimated to be a frequently used food.
In addition, the browsing frequency in this case may be the cumulative browsing frequency so far, or may be the browsing frequency within a certain period. The number of browsing times within a certain period may be, for example, the number of browsing times in the past year. When the number of browsing times of the past year is adopted as the number of browsing times of the recipe, a change in usage frequency due to a change in fashion can be reflected. In addition, when the number of browsing times of the past three months is adopted as the number of times of browsing the recipe, it is possible to reflect not only the change in fashion but also the change in ingredients used with the change in season. Furthermore, when reflecting the change of the foodstuff accompanying the change of a season, you may use the browsing frequency of the same month the previous year. In this case, it is possible to obtain information on the frequency of use of the ingredients that are more seasonal.
Furthermore, the number of times the recipe has been browsed is used here as the recipe usage coefficient, but the number of times the recipe has been downloaded or printed may be used. In these cases, since the actually used recipe can be estimated, the usage frequency information can be more in line with the actual situation.
In addition, although the item of the number of recipes is contained in FIG. 11B, the item of the number of recipes does not need to be.

[3-3. Third example]
In the third example of the usage frequency information, as shown in FIG. 11C, the average consumption amount and the expiration date of each food are included in the usage frequency information. As the average consumption, for example, the daily consumption per capita in a country where a recipe providing service including the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is deployed is used. Moreover, the average expiration date when the foodstuff is preserve | saved with the general storage method is used for a expiration date. The case of using the usage frequency information including the average consumption amount of food and the expiration date will be described with reference to FIG. It can be seen from the information displayed in the order list of FIG. 8 that the surplus amount of “mizuna” is 0.6 bundles. In addition, it can be seen from FIG. 11C that the average use amount of “mizuna” is 0.01 bundles / day, and the expiration date is 8 days. From these values, 0.6 bundles of “mizuna” are consumed on average for 60 days (0.6 / 0.01), and the number of days (60 days) is the average expiration date for 52 days (60 -8) You can see that it is higher. Here, 60 days is the average number of days consumed, and 52 days is the number of days over the expiration date. Based on the third example of the usage frequency information, when determining the priority of each ingredient when searching for an additional recipe, the above-mentioned number of days for which the expiration date has been exceeded will be used. That is, the surplus ingredients that have a large number of days beyond the expiration date are used as search keys when searching for additional recipes. In other words, additional recipes that preferentially use ingredients that have a limited expiration date among surplus ingredients that are not frequently used are searched.
In addition, although the item of the number of recipes is contained in FIG. 11C, the item of the number of recipes does not need to be.

<4. Example of user DB>
When providing an additional recipe, it is conceivable to provide information using unique information for each user. Below, some examples regarding the information for every user memorize | stored in user DB5c are demonstrated.

[4-1. Usage frequency information for each user]
As a first example, an example will be described in which the above-described usage frequency information for each food is stored for each user. As an example of the usage frequency information for each user, FIG. 12A shows information of a user assigned “00001” as the user ID. For each user, the name of the food, the number of browsing times, and the purchase amount are stored in the user DB 5c. The number of browsing is the total number of times that the user has browsed the recipe using each ingredient. Further, the purchase amount is the amount of each ingredient purchased by the user in a month. From these values, the score used when providing the additional recipe is calculated.
For example, it is good also considering the frequency | count of browsing as the score of each foodstuff. Also, the score may be calculated from the purchase amount and the surplus amount of the surplus ingredients, taking into account how long the user spends the surplus amount over the period. Taking FIG. 8 as an example, since the user's purchase amount is 0.3 bundles per month for 0.6 bundles of “mizuna”, the user consumes 0.6 bundles of “mizuna”. A period of 0.5 months is calculated as the period to be performed. A score is calculated for each surplus ingredient, and the ingredient with the largest value (the ingredient that consumes longer) is used as a search key when searching for an additional recipe.
In addition, as above-mentioned, you may calculate a score also including the expiration date of each foodstuff. As for the number of browsing, as described above, the number of browsing for the past year, the number of browsing for the past three months, and the number of browsing for the same month of the previous year may be used.
Here, the number of browsing times of each recipe is taken as an example, but information on the number of printing times and the number of downloading times may be used.

[4-2. Recipe offer history for each user]
As a second example, an example in which an additional recipe is provided in consideration of an additional recipe provided to the user or a recipe selected by the user will be described with reference to FIG. 12B. Each recipe stored in the recipe DB 5a is assigned a recipe ID. In the recipe provision history information for each user, the recipe ID of the provided recipe, the cumulative number of recipes provided, and the recipe provided by the user are selected. The number of selections representing the number of times and the last date and time when the recipe was selected by the user are stored. These pieces of information are arranged in the order in which they are provided. Based on these pieces of information, an additional recipe to be provided to the user is selected.
For example, when a recipe that is a first candidate for an additional recipe to be provided has already been provided to the user, an additional recipe for a second candidate may be provided. Similarly, additional recipes for the third candidate and the fourth candidate may be provided.
Further, even if the first candidate has already been provided, an additional recipe for the first candidate may be provided as it is if it has not been selected by the user.
Furthermore, additional recipes may be provided while avoiding only those whose final selection date is within a certain period.

<5. Additional recipe search process>
Next, some examples of additional recipe search processing for searching for additional recipes to be provided to the user will be described with reference to each flowchart. The additional recipe search process is started, for example, by clicking the “to order screen” button 22 shown in FIG. 7 or FIG.

[5-1. First processing example]
In the first process example of the additional recipe search process, as shown in FIG. 13A, the process of determining whether there are surplus ingredients in step S <b> 101 is executed by the recipe providing unit 1 a of the dish support apparatus 1. If it is determined that there are no surplus ingredients, the additional recipe search process ends.
When it is determined in step S101 that there is surplus food, the recipe providing unit 1a executes processing for acquiring use frequency information of each surplus food in step S102.
Next, the recipe provision part 1a performs the process which determines the foodstuff used as the search key of an additional recipe by step S103. Here, as described above, the used ingredient information is used as it is as a score, or a predetermined score such as the above-mentioned expiration date is calculated for each ingredient from the used ingredient information and the surplus amount of ingredients, and the score The search key is determined based on the above.
As described above, the used ingredient information is an index indicating whether or not the ingredient is frequently used. Therefore, as described in FIG. 11, the number of times the ingredient appears in the recipe and the recipe in which the ingredient appears. A score is assigned to each surplus ingredient based on information such as the number of times of browsing. For example, comparing “mizuna” with “cabbage”, “mizuna” has a smaller number of recipes than “cabbage”, and is therefore one reason for being a less frequently used ingredient.

Subsequently, in step S104, the recipe providing unit 1a instructs the recipe search unit 1b to perform a recipe search based on the search key for the additional recipe, thereby executing an additional recipe search process.
As a result, in this case, it becomes easy to extract a recipe that includes ingredients with relatively low use frequency among surplus ingredients.
At this time, for the recipe search, a search using only the search key may be instructed, or a search including information such as the surplus amount of surplus ingredients may be instructed. For example, it is possible to preferentially search for a recipe that uses the surplus amount as much as possible by giving information on the surplus amount and the estimated number of consumers and instructing the search.

Next, in step S105, the recipe ID providing unit 1a executes a process of selecting an additional recipe to be provided to the user from the candidates for the additional recipe received from the recipe search unit 1b.
Here, a predetermined score is calculated for each additional recipe candidate received from the recipe search unit 1b from the relationship between the amount of each ingredient used in the additional recipe and the surplus quantity of each ingredient, and the score It is good also as an additional recipe which shows n top recipes from what was rearranged based on. Moreover, it is good also as an additional recipe which provides only the recipe with the highest score. The predetermined score here is, for example, a value obtained by quantifying how much the surplus amount is used by the additional recipe.
For example, as a result of executing the additional recipe search process in a state where the surplus amount of “mizuna” is 0.6 bundle, additional recipe A using 0.5 bundle of “mizuna” and 0.4 bundle of “mizuna” are used. When the additional recipe B to be searched is searched, the score of the additional recipe A is higher.

In addition, although the case where the candidate of an additional recipe was found was demonstrated here, when the candidate of an additional recipe was not found after step S104, it returns to step S103 and determined the search key by another surplus ingredient again. Step S104 may be executed again later.

[5-2. Second processing example]
In the second processing example of the additional recipe search process, a case will be described in which it is determined whether there are surplus ingredients other than the surplus ingredients set as the search key in step S105.
In the second processing example, the processing shown in FIG. 13B is executed as processing for selecting an additional recipe presented in step S105 of FIG. 13A.
Steps S101 to S104 are the same as those in the first processing example, and thus description thereof is omitted.

As the additional recipe selection process to be presented, in step S105, as shown in FIG. 13B, first, in step S201, the recipe providing unit 1a determines whether there is surplus ingredients other than the surplus ingredients set as the search key. Executed.
If it is determined in step S201 that there is another surplus ingredient, the recipe providing unit 1a executes an additional recipe selection process including the other surplus ingredient in step S202. In this selection process, for example, a score is given so that the score of a recipe that uses up all of the surplus amount of surplus ingredients that has become a search key is increased, and a score is given to a recipe that uses up as much surplus amount of other surplus ingredients as possible. A score is given so as to be higher.
For example, as a result of executing the additional recipe search process in a state where the surplus amount of “mizuna” is 0.6 bundle and the surplus amount of “cabbage” is 300 g, 0.5 bundle of “mizuna” and 100 g of “cabbage” are obtained. When an additional recipe A that uses "Mizuna" 0.5 bundle and "addition recipe B that uses 200 g of cabbage" is searched, the score of the additional recipe B is higher.
At this time, using all of the surplus amount of ingredients that are used as search keys may be the minimum condition of the recipe to be presented, and the surplus amount of ingredients that are used as search keys is used more than a certain amount, and other surpluses are used. It is good also as the conditions of the recipe to show that the excess amount of a foodstuff uses more than a fixed amount.
Furthermore, when there is no corresponding recipe, it is not necessary to present an additional recipe to the user.

In step S201, when it is determined that there is no surplus ingredients other than the surplus ingredients set as the search key, the recipe providing unit 1a performs a normal additional recipe selection process in step S203. The normal recipe selection process is the process described in step S105 of the first process example.

[5-3. Third processing example]
In the third process example of the additional recipe search process, as shown in FIG. 14, a case will be described in which an additional recipe is searched using user's unique information in addition to the surplus amount of food and usage frequency information.
Since each process of step S101 and step S102 is the same as that of a 1st process example, description is abbreviate | omitted.

In step S301, the recipe providing unit 1a executes a process of acquiring user specific information. The user-specific information acquired here is, for example, usage frequency information of each food material for each user as shown in FIG. 12A.
Next, in step S302, the recipe providing unit 1a uses the usage frequency information for each user to calculate a score used for providing an additional recipe for each ingredient as described above. Furthermore, the recipe provision part 1a determines the surplus food material used as a search key based on the calculated score.
Next, in step S104, the recipe providing unit 1a executes the additional recipe search process by instructing the recipe search unit 1b to execute a search based on the search key.

Subsequently, in step S303, the recipe providing unit 1a executes an additional recipe selection process to be presented. In this additional recipe selection process, for example, an additional recipe is selected using information on the recipe provision history for each user as shown in FIG. 12B.
For example, as described with reference to FIG. 12B, it is conceivable to provide additional recipes while avoiding recipes that have been provided within a certain period.
Further, as described in step S202, scoring is performed for each recipe based on how much the surplus ingredients used as search keys and the surplus quantities of other surplus ingredients are used, and selection and priority of recipes are determined based on the scores. You may attach
Moreover, when it determines with there being no surplus foodstuff in step S101, the recipe provision part 1a complete | finishes an additional recipe search process.

<6. Modification>
When there are surplus ingredients other than the surplus ingredients that are used as search keys, there are several examples of algorithms listed below in selecting an additional recipe to be provided.
1. When there are a plurality of recipes that use up the surplus ingredients as search keys as additional recipes that are candidates for provision, an additional recipe that reduces the surplus quantity of surplus ingredients that is second least frequently used is preferentially provided.
2. When there are a plurality of recipes that use up the surplus ingredients as search keys as additional recipes that are candidates for provision, an additional recipe that reduces the total surplus quantity of other surplus ingredients is preferentially provided.
3. As an additional recipe that is a candidate for provision, there are additional recipes where the surplus ingredients used as search keys are used up, but the surplus quantity of other surplus ingredients increases, and the surplus quantities of surplus ingredients used as search keys are small. When there is an additional recipe in which the surplus amount of other surplus ingredients is almost eliminated, the latter is preferentially provided as an additional recipe.
4). A recipe that minimizes the sum of the surplus amount of surplus ingredients used as a search key and the surplus quantity of surplus ingredients that is second least frequently used is preferentially provided as an additional recipe.

In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 8 when providing an additional recipe, the maximum numerical value of the number of people information of each recipe selected so far is input in advance in the number of people information input field 19 as the number of people information. An example is shown. Here, if the user changes the numerical value, the usage amount in the additional recipe for the surplus amount of surplus ingredients will change, so the additional recipe search is executed again based on the number of consumers information entered by the user, An additional recipe may be provided again based on the search result. In this case, the content of “recommended additional recipe” in FIG. 8 may be replaced with the additional recipe obtained by the re-search, or the additional recipe obtained by the re-search is displayed under the recipe provided first. May be.

In the description of FIG. 8, the example in which the surplus food having a large expiration date is used as the search key has been described above. It is good.

In addition, you may provide the recipe which can adjust usage-amount as an additional recipe. For example, it is conceivable that the amount of food used for “salad” can be adjusted to some extent. Accordingly, the predetermined usage amount may be changed to a surplus amount and displayed. For example, when there is 0.6 bundle of “mizuna” for a salad that uses 0.5 bundle of “mizuna”, the “mizuna” used for the salad is changed to 0.6 bundle and presented. In this case, the width | variety which permits the change of the usage-amount of each used food material may be set as recipe information. By setting the width to allow the change, it is possible to prevent providing a recipe that uses an impossible amount or a recipe that uses a strange ratio of the amount of each ingredient used.

In addition, although the example which memorize | stores the frequency | count selected in the recipe provided as an additional recipe was shown as a recipe provision log | history, the recipe selected by the user's recipe search may be added and memorize | stored. This makes it possible to present a recipe that does not overlap with all the recipes selected by the user.

In the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus as the cooking support apparatus 1 has been described. However, the present invention is applicable to other embodiments. For example, when it is implemented as an electronic work support device that uses electronic work circuit diagrams and electronic parts used as recipe information, or screws and wood used as furniture produced by DIY, etc. are used as recipe information For example, it may be implemented as a do-it-yourself carpenter support device.

<7. Summary>
The cooking support apparatus 1 described above has at least one selected from a recipe management unit 1d that manages information on the type and amount of ingredients used for cooking as recipe information, and recipe information that is managed by the recipe management unit 1d. For each ingredient, a quantity calculation unit 1c that calculates the amount used for each ingredient based on one recipe information and the number of people information, and calculates the surplus quantity for each ingredient used from the purchase unit and amount used for each ingredient Recipe search unit 1b for searching recipe information managed by the recipe management unit 1d based on the set usage frequency information and the surplus amount calculated by the quantity calculation unit 1c, and recipe information searched by the recipe search unit 1b By providing the recipe providing unit 1a that executes the providing process, an additional recipe that uses surplus ingredients that are less frequently used is provided. Therefore, it is possible to effectively use the surplus ingredients while paying attention to the use frequency information of the surplus ingredients.
For example, when “mizuna” and “cabbage” are surplus ingredients, we propose an additional recipe that uses “mizuna”, which is less frequently used than “cabbage”, which is more frequently used. As much as possible, it is possible to eliminate the waste of ingredients, and it is possible to prevent the infrequently used ingredients from occupying a storage place such as a refrigerator.
In particular, when purchasing ingredients through network communication, surplus ingredients are often generated by the purchase unit set for each ingredient, whereas in contrast, additional recipes using surplus ingredients that are infrequently used By preferentially providing the above, it is possible to provide an environment in which a recipe can be selected and ingredients can be ordered without worrying about the surplus amount coming out of the less frequently used ingredients. As a result, it is possible to realize a recipe search and food ordering system that is easy to use for the user.

Also, in the cooking assistance device 1, the recipe search unit 1b can search for recipe information from the names of ingredients, thereby enabling a search using surplus ingredients as a search key. Therefore, since the additional recipe search and the normal recipe search can be searched with the same algorithm, it is not necessary to prepare a new mechanism for the additional recipe search.

Furthermore, in the cooking assistance apparatus 1, the recipe management unit 1d manages the digitized use frequency information for each food material, thereby facilitating information management. Therefore, it is easy to evaluate the food based on the usage frequency information.
For example, based on the usage frequency information, it is easy to calculate the score to be given to the surplus ingredients, and since it is digitized, it is easy to compare the scores.

Furthermore, in the cooking assistance apparatus 1, the recipe management unit 1d manages the information including the number of recipes in which the ingredients appear as used ingredients as the usage frequency information for each ingredient, so that the usage frequency information can be easily quantified. Yes. Therefore, it is easy to calculate the score of the surplus ingredients based on the usage frequency information.

Moreover, in the dish assistance apparatus 1, the recipe management unit 1d manages information including a recipe usage coefficient obtained by quantifying the degree of use of the recipe for each recipe information as usage frequency information, thereby allowing each recipe. The search key that reflects the actual usage frequency is determined. Therefore, it is possible to provide an additional recipe according to the actual use frequency of surplus ingredients.
For example, the number of times of browsing is calculated for each recipe in which each surplus ingredient is used as a used material, and the usage frequency information for each surplus ingredient is calculated based on the number of times of browsing for each recipe.

In addition, in the cooking support apparatus 1, when there are a plurality of used ingredients that are determined to have a surplus as a result of the calculation by the quantity calculation unit 1c, the recipe search unit 1b uses the surplus that is least frequently used according to the use frequency information. By searching the recipe information based on the amount of used ingredients, an additional recipe including surplus ingredients that are less frequently used is provided. Therefore, it is possible to prevent waste of surplus ingredients that are less frequently used and to effectively use the ingredients.
For example, if “mizuna” and “cabbage” are surplus ingredients, and “mizuna” is the less frequently used ingredient of both surplus ingredients, the search result is “mizuna” as a search key. Thus, an additional recipe that reduces the surplus amount of “mizuna” is provided.

Furthermore, in the dish assistance apparatus 1, the recipe management unit 1 d manages the usage frequency information for each user, thereby providing an additional recipe based on the usage frequency information calculated for each user. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a flexible additional recipe in accordance with the user's intention and behavior.
For example, if “mizuna” and “cabbage” are surplus ingredients, users who often eat mizuna are searched for additional recipes using “mizuna” as a search key, and users who do not eat too much “mizuna” Is searched for additional recipes using “cabbage” as a search key.

Moreover, in the dish assistance apparatus 1, the recipe management part 1d manages the recipe information shown to the user by the recipe provision part 1a as a provision recipe management part for every user as provision log | history information, and provides the provision log | history to a user. Used to provide additional recipes. Therefore, it is possible to provide an additional recipe that is easily noticed by the user without repeatedly providing the user with the same recipe as an additional recipe.

Furthermore, in the cooking assistance apparatus 1, when the user adds the recipe information presented by the recipe providing unit 1a to the selected recipe information, the quantity calculation unit 1c displays the selected recipe information and the added recipe information. In addition, by calculating the usage amount for each used ingredient, the total used amount for each used ingredient of all selected recipes is presented to the user. Therefore, by selecting an additional recipe, the user does not need to calculate the total usage amount for each food material, and the usage amount for each food material can be easily grasped.

In the cooking support device 1, the quantity calculation unit 1 c calculates the usage amount using the number of persons set for each recipe information selected by the user as the number of persons information, so that the user sets a different number of consumers for each recipe. Can do. Therefore, since a flexible consumer number can be set for each recipe, it is possible to provide a recipe and calculate the amount according to the circumstances of each user.

In the above example, “mizuna” is generally used as a less frequently used food and “cabbage” is used as a more frequently used food. However, it goes without saying that this is merely an example.

<8. Program and Storage Medium>
As mentioned above, although the dish assistance apparatus 1 as embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention was demonstrated, the program of embodiment is a program which makes each information processing apparatus (CPU etc.) perform each process in the dish assistance apparatus 1. FIG. It is.

The program according to the embodiment causes the information processing apparatus to execute a recipe management process for managing information on the type and amount of ingredients used for cooking as recipe information. In addition, the information processing apparatus executes a usage amount calculation process for calculating a usage amount for each ingredient used based on at least one recipe information selected by the user and information on the number of people consuming the food made based on the recipe information. Let Further, the information processing apparatus is caused to execute a surplus amount calculation process for calculating a surplus amount for each used food material from the purchase unit set for each food material and the use amount calculated by the use amount calculation process. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus is caused to execute an additional recipe search process for searching for recipe information to be additionally provided to the user based on the usage frequency information set for each food and the surplus quantity calculated by the surplus quantity calculation process. Further, the information processing apparatus is caused to execute an additional recipe presenting process for executing a recipe information providing process searched by the additional recipe searching process.
That is, this program is a program for causing the cooking support apparatus 1 to execute each process for presenting the web page described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10 to the user and each process described with reference to FIGS.

By such a program, the information processing apparatus as the dish support apparatus 1 described above can be realized.
Such a program can be recorded in advance in an HDD as a recording medium built in a device such as a computer device, a ROM in a microcomputer having a CPU, or the like. Alternatively, it can be stored (recorded) temporarily or permanently in a removable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, memory card, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, or magnetic disk. Moreover, such a removable recording medium can be provided as so-called package software.
Such a program can be downloaded from a removable recording medium to a personal computer or the like, or downloaded from a download site via a network such as a LAN or the Internet.

1 cooking support device, 1a recipe providing unit, 1b recipe search unit, 1c quantity calculation unit, 1d recipe management unit, 2 communication network, 3 user terminal, 4 market server, 5 cooking support DB, 5a recipe DB, 5b food DB, 5c User DB

Claims

A recipe management unit that manages information on the type of ingredients used and the amount used for cooking as recipe information;
Based on at least one recipe information selected from the recipe information managed by the recipe management unit and the number of people information, the usage amount for each ingredient used is calculated, and the purchase unit and the usage quantity set for each ingredient An amount calculation unit for calculating the surplus amount for each of the used ingredients from,
A recipe search unit for searching for recipe information managed by the recipe management unit based on the usage frequency information set for each ingredient and the surplus amount calculated by the quantity calculation unit;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a recipe providing unit that executes a process for providing recipe information searched by the recipe search unit.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recipe search unit is capable of searching for recipe information from a name of a food material.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recipe management unit manages the digitized use frequency information for each ingredient.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recipe management unit manages information including the number of recipes in which ingredients appear as used ingredients as the use frequency information for each ingredient.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recipe management unit manages information including a recipe usage coefficient obtained by quantifying the degree of use of a recipe for each recipe information as the usage frequency information. .
In the case where there are a plurality of used ingredients that are determined to have surplus as a result of the calculation by the quantity calculation unit,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recipe search unit searches for recipe information based on a used ingredient having a surplus amount that is determined to be least used by the use frequency information.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recipe management unit manages the usage frequency information for each user.
A provision recipe management unit that manages the recipe information presented to the user from the recipe provision unit as provision history information for each user;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recipe search unit searches for recipe information using the provided history information.
When the user adds the recipe information presented by the recipe providing unit to the selected recipe information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the amount calculation unit calculates a usage amount for each ingredient used by combining the selected recipe information and the added recipe information.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the amount calculation unit calculates the usage amount using the number of persons set for each piece of recipe information selected by the user as the number of persons information.
Information on the type and amount of ingredients used for cooking is managed as recipe information.
Based on at least one recipe information selected from the recipe information managed by the recipe management unit and the number of people information, the usage amount for each ingredient used is calculated,
Calculate the surplus amount for each used ingredient from the purchase unit set for each ingredient and the amount used,
Search the managed recipe information based on the usage frequency information set for each ingredient and the surplus amount,
An information processing method for executing the searched recipe information providing process.
Recipe management process for managing information on the types of ingredients used and the amount used for cooking as recipe information;
A usage amount calculation process for calculating a usage amount for each ingredient used based on at least one recipe information selected from the recipe information managed by the recipe management process and the number of people information;
Surplus amount calculation processing for calculating a surplus amount for each used ingredient from the purchase unit set for each ingredient and the used amount;
Recipe search processing for searching the managed recipe information based on the usage frequency information set for each ingredient and the surplus amount calculated by the surplus amount calculation processing;
A program for causing an information processing apparatus to execute a recipe providing process for providing recipe information searched by the recipe search process.
Recipe management process for managing information on the types of ingredients used and the amount used for cooking as recipe information;
A usage amount calculation process for calculating a usage amount for each ingredient used based on at least one recipe information selected from the recipe information managed by the recipe management process and the number of people information;
Surplus amount calculation processing for calculating a surplus amount for each used ingredient from the purchase unit set for each ingredient and the used amount;
Recipe search processing for searching the managed recipe information based on the usage frequency information set for each ingredient and the surplus amount calculated by the surplus amount calculation processing;
The storage medium which memorize | stored the program which makes an information processing apparatus perform the recipe provision process which performs provision of the recipe information searched by the said recipe search process.