WO2022009518A1 - Program and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

This disclosure provides a provision application 413 which can provide information relating to cooking that takes into consideration a cooking appliance used by a user.　The provision application 413 of this disclosure causes a terminal control unit 40 of a terminal device 4 comprising a touch panel 42 to function as an application execution unit 4000 for: receiving, from a user P, an operation selecting one or more cooking appliances 1 from among cooking appliances 1 registered by the provision application 413; and displaying with the touch panel 42 information relating to cooking using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the received operation.

Description

Programs and terminals

This disclosure relates to programs and terminal devices.

Patent Document 1 responds to the input result by inputting the user's mood such as the user's physical condition, mental condition, desired taste, time spent on cooking, cost, and type of food to be eaten by the slide bar. Discloses the technology that provides menus.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-178602

This disclosure provides a program and a terminal device that can provide information related to cooking in consideration of cooking appliances used by the user.

The program in the present disclosure is a program executed by a control unit of a terminal device including a display unit, and the control unit selects one or a plurality of the cooking appliances from the cooking appliances registered by the program. The operation is received from the user, and the information related to the first dish using the cooking appliance selected by the accepted operation is made to function as a program execution unit displayed by the display unit.

The terminal device in the present disclosure includes a display unit and a control unit that reads and executes a program capable of registering a cooking appliance, and the control unit is one or a plurality of the cooking appliances registered by the program. The operation of selecting the cooking appliance is received from the user, and the information related to the first dish using the cooking appliance selected by the accepted operation is displayed by the display unit.
In addition, this specification shall include all the contents of the Japanese patent application / Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-116671 filed on July 6, 2020.

Since the program and the terminal device in the present disclosure can display information related to cooking using cooking appliances selected by the user, it is possible to provide information related to cooking in consideration of the cooking appliances used by the user. can.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information processing server and a terminal device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a cooking appliance management database. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the menu provision screen. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition in the registration of cooking appliances. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition in the menu cooperation setting. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing system. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing system. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing system. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information processing server and a terminal device. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the recipe providing screen and the screen transition to the recipe providing screen. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing system.

(Knowledge, etc. that became the basis of this disclosure)
The menu provided to the user in the above-mentioned prior art is a menu considering the mood of the user, but is not a menu considering what kind of cooking appliances the user uses. Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, for example, there may be a case where the user cannot easily make the provided menu. Therefore, it is desired that the menu provided to the user is a menu considering the cooking appliances used by the user. Although the above-mentioned prior art shows the case of providing a menu, consideration of this cooking appliance is not limited to the menu, but it is also desired for information related to other dishes such as recipes.
Therefore, the present disclosure provides a program and a terminal device that can provide information related to cooking such as menus and recipes in consideration of cooking appliances used by the user.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, more detailed explanations may be omitted than necessary. For example, detailed explanations of already well-known matters or duplicate explanations for substantially the same configuration may be omitted.
It should be noted that the accompanying drawings and the following description are provided for those skilled in the art to fully understand the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the subject matter described in the claims.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9.
[1-1. composition]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system 1000.

The information processing system 1000 is a system that provides information related to cooking to user P. In the present embodiment, the information processing system 1000 provides the user P with a menu as information related to cooking.

The house H shown in FIG. 1 is provided with four types of cooking appliances 1, a refrigerator 11, a microwave oven 12, a rice cooker 13, and an IH cooking heater 14. The refrigerator 11 is generally a home appliance for storing food at a low temperature, but depending on the dish, there is a step of cooling the food at a low temperature, a step of storing the food at a low temperature, and the like, and the refrigerator 11 can be used in these steps. Therefore, in each embodiment, the refrigerator 11 is treated as the cooking appliance 1.

Of the four types of cooking appliances 1 shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator 11, the microwave oven 12, and the rice cooker 13 communicate with and connect to the communication device 2 arranged in the house H, and the information processing server via the communication device 2. It is possible to communicate with 3.

The communication device 2 connects to the global network GN and communicates with the information processing server 3 connected to the global network GN. The communication device 2 functions as an interface device for connecting the cooking appliance 1 to the global network GN. Further, when the terminal device 4 establishes a communication connection with the communication device 2, the communication device 2 functions as an interface device for connecting the terminal device 4 to the global network GN. The communication device 2 has functions related to a modem, a router function, a NAT (Network Address Translation) function, and the like. The communication device 2 transfers data transmitted / received between the cooking appliance 1 and the information processing server 3 connected to the global network GN. Further, the communication device 2 transfers data transmitted / received between the terminal device 4 for establishing a communication connection and the information processing server 3 connected to the global network GN.

The information processing system 1000 includes a terminal device 4 having a touch panel 42. The terminal device 4 is composed of, for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal and is used by the user P. The touch panel 42 corresponds to an example of a “display unit”. The terminal device 4 is installed with an application program for providing the menu to the user P. In the following description, an application program for providing information related to cooking such as menus to user P is referred to as a "provided application" and is designated by "413".
The provided application 413 corresponds to an example of a "program" and an "application program".

In FIG. 1, the user P who is at home is shown by a dotted line, and the user P who has gone out from the house H is shown by a solid line. When the terminal device 4 is used by the user P at home, the terminal device 4 communicates with the information processing server 3 connected to the global network GN via the communication device 2 or without the communication device 2 by the function of the provided application 413. Then, the menu is provided to the user P. Further, when the terminal device 4 is used by the user P who has gone out of the house H, the terminal device 4 communicates with the information processing server 3 connected to the global network GN by the function of the provided application 413 without going through the communication device 2. , Provide menu to user P.

The information processing system 1000 includes an information processing server 3. The information processing server 3 in the present embodiment is a server device that performs information processing related to the provision of menus, connects to the global network GN, and communicates with at least the terminal device 4.
In each figure, the information processing server 3 is represented by one block, but this does not necessarily mean that the information processing server 3 is composed of a single server device. For example, the information processing server 3 may be configured to include a plurality of server devices having different processing contents.

Next, the functional configuration of the information processing server 3 and the terminal device 4 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information processing server 3 and the terminal device 4.

The information processing server 3 includes a server control unit 30 and a server communication unit 31.

The server control unit 30 includes a server processor 300, which is a processor that executes programs such as a CPU and an MPU, and a server storage unit 310, and controls each unit of the information processing server 3. The server control unit 30 executes various processes in cooperation with hardware and software so that the server processor 300 reads the control program 311 stored in the server storage unit 310 and executes the processes.

The server storage unit 310 has a storage area for storing a program executed by the server processor 300 and data processed by the server processor 300. The server storage unit 310 stores the control program 311 executed by the server processor 300, the setting data 312 related to the setting of the information processing server 3, the cooking home appliance management database 313, and various other data. The server storage unit 310 has a non-volatile storage area for storing programs and data in a non-volatile manner. Further, the server storage unit 310 may have a volatile storage area and may form a work area for temporarily storing the program executed by the server processor 300 and the data to be processed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the cooking appliance management database 313.
The cooking home appliance management database 313 is a database that manages information related to the cooking home appliance 1. One record R stored in the cooking home appliance management database 313 has a user ID 3131, cooking home appliance type information 3132, cooking home appliance identification information 3133, and cooperation on / off information 3134.

Note that one record R stored in the cooking appliance management database 313 may further have one or a plurality of different information.

The user ID 3131 is identification information that identifies the user P who uses the provided application 413, and is appropriately assigned to the user P who uses the provided application 413.

Cooking home appliance type information 3132 is information indicating the type of cooking home appliance 1. In the first, second, and third embodiments, there are four types of cooking appliances 1, "refrigerator", "microwave oven", "rice cooker", and "IH cooking heater".

The cooking home appliance identification information 3133 is the identification information for identifying the cooking home appliance 1. The cooking appliance identification information 3133 is, for example, a serial number, a model number, a product number, or the like.

The cooperation on / off information 3134 is information indicating on / off of the cooperation between the menu providing function of the providing application 413 and the cooking appliance 1. When the cooperation is on, it means that the cooperation with the menu providing function is effective, and when the cooperation is off, it means that the cooperation with the menu providing function is invalid. In one record R, the user ID 3131 is associated with the same number of cooperation on / off information 3134 as the cooking appliance identification information 3133.

Returning to the explanation of FIG. 2, the server communication unit 31 is equipped with communication hardware according to a predetermined communication standard, and under the control of the server control unit 30, communicates with a device connected to the global network GN according to the predetermined communication standard.

Next, the functional configuration of the terminal device 4 will be described.
The terminal device 4 includes a terminal control unit 40, a terminal communication unit 41, a touch panel 42, and a camera 43. The terminal control unit 40 corresponds to an example of the “control unit”.

The terminal control unit 40 includes a terminal processor 400, which is a processor that executes programs such as a CPU and an MPU, and a terminal storage unit 410, and controls each unit of the terminal device 4. The terminal control unit 40 executes various processes in cooperation with hardware and software so that the terminal processor 400 reads the control program 411 stored in the terminal storage unit 410 and executes the processes. The provided application 413 is installed in the terminal device 4 in advance. The provided application 413 is read from the terminal storage unit 410 by the terminal processor 400 and executed, so that the terminal control unit 40 functions as the application execution unit 4000. The application execution unit 4000 corresponds to an example of the "program execution unit". The details of the application execution unit 4000 will be described later.

The terminal storage unit 410 has a storage area for storing a program executed by the terminal processor 400 and data processed by the terminal processor 400. The terminal storage unit 410 stores the control program 411 executed by the terminal processor 400, the setting data 412 related to the setting of the terminal device 4, the provided application 413, the user ID 3131, and various other data. The terminal storage unit 410 has a non-volatile storage area for storing programs and data in a non-volatile manner. Further, the terminal storage unit 410 may have a volatile storage area and may form a work area for temporarily storing the program executed by the terminal processor 400 and the data to be processed.

The terminal communication unit 41 is equipped with communication hardware such as a communication circuit according to a predetermined communication standard, and under the control of the terminal control unit 40, communicates with a device connected to the global network GN according to the predetermined communication standard. In the present embodiment, the terminal communication unit 41 communicates with the information processing server 3 according to a predetermined communication standard under the control of the application execution unit 4000. In the present embodiment, the communication standard used by the terminal communication unit 41 exemplifies a wireless communication standard, but a wired communication standard may also be used.

The touch panel 42 includes a display panel such as a liquid crystal display panel and a touch sensor that is overlapped with or integrally provided with the display panel. The display panel displays various images under the control of the terminal control unit 40. The touch sensor detects the touch operation and outputs it to the terminal control unit 40. The terminal control unit 40 executes a process corresponding to the touch operation based on the input from the touch sensor.

The camera 43 shoots according to the control of the terminal control unit 40. The camera 43 outputs the captured image data to the terminal control unit 40.

As described above, the terminal control unit 40 functions as the application execution unit 4000.
The application execution unit 4000 controls the terminal communication unit 41 to send and receive various information to and from the information processing server 3. The application execution unit 4000 transmits and receives various information to and from the information processing server 3 via the communication device 2 when the terminal device 4 and the communication device 2 are capable of communication connection, and if not, the application execution unit 4000 does not go through the communication device 2. Sends and receives various information to and from the information processing server 3. Therefore, even if the user P is not located in the house H or in the vicinity of the house H, the terminal device 4 can send and receive various information to and from the information processing server 3 by the function of the provided application 413.

In addition, the application execution unit 4000 displays the user interface on the touch panel 42. In the following description, the user interface displayed on the touch panel 42 by the application execution unit 4000 is referred to as an "app UI" and is designated by a reference numeral "4100". The application execution unit 4000 provides various information to the user P by displaying the application UI 4100 on the touch panel 42, and also receives various inputs from the user P.

The application execution unit 4000 functions as a registration setting unit 4001 and sets the registration of the cooking home appliance 1 and the setting for linking the registered cooking home appliance 1 to the menu providing function (hereinafter, simply referred to as "menu cooperation setting"). In each embodiment, the registration of the cooking home appliance 1 means that various information related to the cooking home appliance 1 is stored in the cooking home appliance management database 313. The registration setting unit 4001 displays the operation screen SSG on the application UI 4100 when registering the cooking appliance 1 and setting the menu cooperation.

In addition, the application execution unit 4000 functions as the menu provision unit 4002 to execute the menu provision function for providing the menu. The menu providing unit 4002 displays the menu providing screen KTG for providing the menu on the application UI 4100 when the menu providing function is executed. As a result, the menu providing unit 4002 provides the menu to the user P.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the menu provision screen KTG.

The menu providing screen KTG has a menu information display area HA1.
The menu information display area HA1 is an area for displaying menu information J1 indicating a menu. The menu information J1 displayed in the menu information display area HA1 includes one or a plurality of food image RGs which are images of food. The menu information J1 shown in FIG. 4 includes three cooking image RGs of cooking images RG1, RG2, and RG3. In each of the menus RG, the distinction image KG for distinguishing whether the menu is a main dish or a side dish is superimposed on the menu indicated by the menu information J1. In the case of FIG. 4, the dish image RG1 is superimposed on the distinction image KG indicating that the dish is a main dish, and the dishes images RG2 and RG3 are superimposed on the distinction image KG indicating that the dish is a side dish. ing.

As described above, since the menu information J1 includes the dish image RG of the dishes constituting the menu, the user P can intuitively and easily recognize the menu provided by the menu provision screen KTG. Further, since the distinction image KG is superimposed on the cooking image RG, the user P is provided as a main dish or a side dish for each of the dishes constituting the menu to be provided. You can easily recognize if you are there.

Menu information J1 includes dish name information J2. The dish name information J2 indicates at least the name of the dish indicated by the dish image RG on which the distinction image KG showing the main dish is superimposed.

The menu information display area HA1 has an edit button B1 for editing the menu indicated by the displayed menu information J1. When the edit button B1 is touch-operated, the screen transitions from the menu providing screen KTG to the screen where the menu indicated by the menu information J1 can be edited in the application UI4100. When editing is performed on the screen, the menu indicated by the menu information J1 displayed by the menu information display area HA1 is a menu that reflects the editing, for example, the cooking image RG is different before and after the editing.

The menu information display area HA1 displays the date information J3. The date information J3 in FIG. 4 indicates Monday, May 13th. When the menu information display area HA1 displays the date information J3 together with the menu information J1, the user P can determine when the menu indicated by the menu information J1 displayed by the menu information display area HA1 is the menu for which date. Easy to recognize.

The menu information display area HA1 has a shopping list display button B2. When the shopping list display button B2 is touch-operated, the screen transitions from the menu provision screen KTG to the screen for displaying the shopping list in the application UI4100.

The menu provision screen KTG has a date button display area HA2. The date button display area HA2 is an area for displaying a plurality of date buttons B3. The date button B3 is a software button that indicates a date and can be selected by touch operation. The date button display area HA2 shown in FIG. 4 displays the date button B3 for one week starting from a certain day. When the date button B3 of 1 is touch-operated, the menu information J1 indicating the menu for the date indicated by the touch-operated date button B3 is displayed in the menu information display area HA1.

In the present embodiment, the menu provided by the menu provision screen KTG can include a dish using the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P. Therefore, in the provided application 413, the user P registers the cooking appliance 1. Further, in the provided application 413, the menu cooperation setting is made by the user P.

In the registration of the cooking appliance 1 and the menu cooperation setting, the application execution unit 4000 functions as the registration setting unit 4001 and displays the operation screen SSG on the application UI 4100. Then, in the registration of the cooking appliance 1 and the menu cooperation setting, the screen transitions to various operation screens SSG according to the touch operation of the user P.

First, the transition of the operation screen SSG in the registration of the cooking appliance 1 and each operation screen SSG will be described. In the registration of the cooking appliance 1, the first operation screen SSG1, the second operation screen SSG2, the third operation screen SSG3, or the first operation screen SSG1 and the third operation screen SSG3 are registered in this order according to the touch operation of the user P. The screen transitions in order.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition in the registration of the cooking appliance 1.

The first operation screen SSG1 includes an object OB related to the cooking appliance 1 for each cooking appliance 1. The first operation screen SSG1 shown in FIG. 5 includes an object OB1 related to a microwave oven 12, an object OB2 related to a rice cooker 13, an object OB3 related to a refrigerator 11, and an object OB4 related to an IH cooking heater 14. Each of the objects OB can be selected by the user P by a touch operation.

The object OB includes a cooking home appliance image KKG which is an image of the cooking home appliance 1, a cooking home appliance type information 3132, and a cooking home appliance identification information 3133. Further, the object OB includes a linking explicit icon IC1 indicating that the linking is on when the corresponding cooking appliance 1 is linked to the menu providing function.

The object OB1 related to the microwave oven 12 shown in FIG. 5 includes a cooking appliance image KKG1 indicating the microwave oven 12, cooking appliance type information 3132 indicating the “microwave oven”, cooking appliance identification information 3133 indicating “NE-BS2600”, and Includes the link explicit icon IC1.
Further, the object OB2 relating to the rice cooker 13 includes a cooking appliance image KKG2 indicating the rice cooker 13, cooking appliance type information 3132 indicating the “rice cooker”, and cooking appliance identification information 3133 indicating “SR-VSX109”.
Further, the object OB3 related to the refrigerator 11 includes a cooking appliance image KKG3 indicating the refrigerator 11, cooking appliance type information 3132 indicating the “refrigerator”, and cooking appliance identification information 3133 indicating “NEBS-2600-K”.
Further, the object OB4 relating to the IH cooking heater 14 includes a cooking appliance image KKG4 indicating the IH cooking heater 14, cooking appliance type information 3132 indicating the "IH cooking heater", and cooking appliance identification information 3133 indicating the "IH KZ-YP77S". ..

The object OB is displayed in gray out when the corresponding cooking appliance 1 is a cooking appliance 1 that can be registered by the provided application 413 and is not currently registered. That is, the object OB related to the unregistered cooking appliance 1 is displayed in a different display mode from the object OB related to the registered cooking appliance 1. In the example of FIG. 5, the object OB4 related to the IH cooking heater 14 is displayed in gray out. When the grayed-out object OB is touch-operated, the screen transitions from the first operation screen SSG1 to the third operation screen SSG3 in the application UI4100.

The first operation screen SSG1 has an additional button B4. The addition button B4 is a software button for registering the cooking appliance 1 and adding an object OB to be displayed on the first operation screen SSG1. When the add button B4 is touch-operated, the screen transitions from the first operation screen SSG1 to the second operation screen SSG2 in the application UI4100.

The registration setting unit 4001 generates the first operation screen SSG1 as follows.
First, the registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the home appliance icon IC2 arranged in the application UI 4100 has been touch-operated. When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the home appliance icon IC2 has been touch-operated, the terminal communication unit 41 transmits the record request information requesting the record R stored in the cooking home appliance management database 313 to the information processing server 3. This record request information includes the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410. Next, the registration setting unit 4001 receives the record R having the user ID 3131 included in the record request information from the information processing server 3 by the terminal communication unit 41. Next, the registration setting unit 4001 generates the first operation screen SSG1 based on the received record R. The registration setting unit 4001 generates an object OB for each cooking appliance identification information 3133 included in the record R. Further, when there is a cooking appliance 1 that can be registered by the provided application 413 and is not currently registered, the registration setting unit 4001 generates a grayed-out object OB for the cooking appliance 1. Then, the registration setting unit 4001 generates the first operation screen SSG1 including the generated object OB.

The second operation screen SSG2 has a selection button B5 for selecting the type of the cooking appliance 1 for each type of the cooking appliance 1 that can be registered. In the example of FIG. 5, the second operation screen SSG2 has a selection button B5 for selecting "microwave oven", a selection button B5 for selecting "refrigerator", and an "IH cooking heater" as the type of the cooking appliance 1. It has four selection buttons B5 for selecting a selection button B5 and a selection button B5 for selecting a "rice cooker".

When any of the selection buttons B5 is touch-operated on the second operation screen SSG2, the screen transitions from the second operation screen SSG2 to the third operation screen SSG3 on the application UI4100.

The third operation screen SSG3 has a read button B6. The reading button B6 is a software button for acquiring cooking appliance identification information 3133 by reading a code such as a barcode or a QR code (registered trademark). When the read button B6 is touch-operated, the application execution unit 4000 activates the camera 43. Next, when the code is read from the captured image of the camera 43, the application execution unit 4000 communicates with an external server such as the information processing server 3 to acquire the cooking home appliance identification information 3133 corresponding to the code.

The third operation screen SSG3 has a list button B7. The list button B7 is a software button for the user P to select 1 cooking appliance identification information 3133 from the list of cooking appliances identification information 3133. In the example of FIG. 5, the list button B7 is a software button for selecting the product number of the cooking appliance 1 as the cooking appliance identification information 3133. When the list button B7 is touch-operated, the application UI410 transitions from the third operation screen SSG3 to the screen displaying the cooking appliance identification information 3133 in a list.

Next, the screen transition of the operation screen SSG in the menu cooperation setting and each operation screen SSG will be described. In the menu cooperation setting, the screen transitions in the order of the first operation screen SSG1 and the fourth operation screen SSG4 according to the touch operation of the user P.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition in the menu cooperation setting.

In the description of FIG. 6, the same components as those of FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

In the example of FIG. 6, the object OB4 related to the IH cooking heater 14 is displayed in gray out, and the other objects OB are not displayed in gray out, as in the example of FIG. When the object OB not displayed in grayout, that is, the object OB related to the registered cooking appliance 1 is selected by touch operation, the screen transitions from the first operation screen SSG1 to the fourth operation screen SSG4 in the application UI4100. ..

The fourth operation screen SSG4 shown in FIG. 6 shows a case where the object OB1 related to the microwave oven 12 is selected by a touch operation on the first operation screen SSG1.

The fourth operation screen SSG4 has a cooking appliance image KKG, cooking appliance type information 3132, and cooking appliance identification information 3133 included in the object OB selected in the first operation screen SSG1. Since FIG. 6 shows the case where the object OB1 related to the microwave oven 12 is selected in the first operation screen SSG1, the fourth operation screen SSG4 in FIG. 6 shows the cooking appliance image KKG1 and the “microwave oven” showing the microwave oven 12. It has cooking appliance type information 3132 indicating "NE-BS2600" and cooking appliance identification information 3133 indicating "NE-BS2600".

Further, in the fourth operation screen SSG4, when the object OB touch-operated on the first operation screen SSG1 includes the linkage explicit icon IC1, the linkage explicit icon IC1 is included.

Further, the fourth operation screen SSG4 has an on / off button B8 for turning on / off the cooperation with the menu providing function. The on / off button B8 switches on / off of cooperation with the menu providing function according to the touch operation of the user P. When the on / off button B8 is touch-operated when the cooperation indicates off, the cooperation with the menu providing function is switched on, and when the cooperation is touch-operated when the cooperation indicates on, the cooperation with the menu providing function is turned off. Switch to. In the present embodiment, among the registered cooking appliances 1, the number of cooking appliances 1 that can be linked to the menu providing function is 1. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the other cooking appliances 1 are already linked to the menu providing function, the on / off button B8 cannot be switched from off to on.

The on / off button B8 of the fourth operation screen SSG4 shown in FIG. 6 indicates that the cooperation with the menu providing function of the microwave oven 12 is on. In FIG. 6, when the user P touches the on / off button B8, the on / off button B8 switches off the cooperation with the menu providing function of the microwave oven 12. When the cooperation with the menu providing function is turned off, the cooperation explicit icon IC1 is not displayed on the fourth operation screen SSG4.

User P sets the menu cooperation for the desired cooking appliance 1 by the following procedure. That is, the user P selects the desired cooking appliance 1 to be linked to the menu providing function by selecting the object OB on the first operation screen SSG1. Next, the user P switches the on / off button B8 indicating off on the fourth operation screen SSG related to the selected cooking appliance 1 by touch operation.

Returning to the explanation of the fourth operation screen SSG4, the fourth operation screen SSG4 has a network setting button B9. The network setting button B9 is a software button for making settings for connecting the cooking home appliance 1 shown by the cooking home appliance image KKG to the global network GN. Further, the fourth operation screen SSG4 includes various link LKs.

The fourth operation screen SSG4 may have a control button for controlling the cooking home appliance 1 according to the type of the cooking home appliance 1. For example, in the case of the fourth operation screen SSG4 of the refrigerator 11, the fourth operation screen SSG4 may have a control button for causing the refrigerator 11 to perform an operation of temporarily lowering the temperature inside the refrigerator 11. In the case of this configuration, when the control button is touch-operated, the application execution unit 4000 transmits an instruction to start the operation to the refrigerator 11 via the information processing server 3.

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Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, the operation of the information processing system 1000 in the registration of the cooking appliance 1 will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing system 1000. In FIG. 7, the flowchart FA shows the operation of the terminal device 4, and the flowchart FB shows the operation of the information processing server 3.

At the start of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7, it is assumed that the application execution unit 4000 functions as the registration setting unit 4001 and displays the first operation screen SSG1 on the application UI 4100.

The registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the grayed-out object OB, that is, the object OB related to the currently unregistered cooking appliance 1 that can be registered by the provided application 413, has been touch-operated (step SA1).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the object OB related to the unregistered cooking appliance 1 has been touch-operated (step SA1: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 displays the third operation screen SSG3 on the application UI4100 (step SA2).

Next, the registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the cooking appliance identification information 3133 has been acquired by reading the code (step SA3).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the cooking appliance identification information 3133 has been acquired by reading the code (step SA3: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 executes the process of step SA5.

On the other hand, when the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the cooking home appliance identification information 3133 has not been acquired by reading the code (step SA3: NO), the user P obtains the cooking home appliance identification information 3133 from the list of the cooking home appliance identification information 3133. It is determined whether or not the selection is made (step SA4).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the user P has not selected the cooking appliance identification information 3133 from the list of the cooking appliances identification information 3133 (step SA4: NO), the registration setting unit 4001 executes the process of step SA3 again.

On the other hand, when the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the user P has selected the cooking appliance identification information 3133 from the list of the cooking appliances identification information 3133 (step SA4: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 executes the process of step SA5.

In step SA5, the registration setting unit 4001 transmits the registration request information requesting the registration of the cooking appliance 1 to the information processing server 3 by the terminal communication unit 41.

In the case of step SA5 via step SA3: YES, the registration setting unit 4001 indicates the type of cooking appliance 1 corresponding to the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410 and the touch-operated grayout object OB. The registration request information including the information 3132 and the cooking appliance identification information 3133 acquired by reading the code is transmitted to the information processing server 3.
Further, in the case of step SA5 via step SA4: YES, the registration setting unit 4001 indicates the type of cooking appliance 1 corresponding to the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410 and the touch-operated grayout object OB. The registration request information including the type information 3132 and the cooking appliance identification information 3133 selected from the list is transmitted to the information processing server 3.

Returning to the description of step SA1, the registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the additional button B4 has been touch-operated when it is determined that the grayed-out object OB has not been touch-operated (step SA1: NO) (step SA6). ).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the additional button B4 is not touch-operated (step SA6), the process shifts to step SA1 and the process after step SA1 is performed again.

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the additional button B4 has been touch-operated (step SA6: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 displays the second operation screen SSG2 on the application UI4100 (step SA7).

Next, the registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the selection button B5 has been touch-operated (step SA8).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the selection button B5 is not touch-operated (step SA8: NO), the registration setting unit 4001 executes the process of step SA8 again.

On the other hand, when the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the selection button B5 has been touch-operated (step SA8: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 displays the third operation screen SSG3 on the application UI4100 (step SA9).

Next, the registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the cooking appliance identification information 3133 has been acquired by reading the code (step SA10).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the cooking appliance identification information 3133 has been acquired by reading the code (step SA10: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 executes the process of step SA12.

On the other hand, when the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the cooking home appliance identification information 3133 has not been acquired by reading the code (step SA10: NO), the user P obtains the cooking home appliance identification information 3133 from the list of the cooking home appliance identification information 3133. It is determined whether or not the selection is made (step SA11).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the user P has not selected the cooking appliance identification information 3133 from the list of the cooking appliances identification information 3133 (step SA11: NO), the registration setting unit 4001 executes the process of step SA10 again.

On the other hand, when the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the user P has selected the cooking appliance identification information 3133 from the list of the cooking appliances identification information 3133 (step SA11: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 executes the process of step SA12.

In step SA12, the registration setting unit 4001 transmits the registration request information requesting the registration of the cooking appliance 1 to the information processing server 3 by the terminal communication unit 41.

In the case of step SA12 via step SA10: YES, the registration setting unit 4001 indicates the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410 and the cooking appliance type information 3132 indicating the type of the cooking appliance 1 selected on the second operation screen SSG2. And the registration request information including the cooking appliance identification information 3133 acquired by reading the code is transmitted to the information processing server 3.
Further, in the case of step SA12 via step SA11: YES, the registration setting unit 4001 indicates the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410 and the type of cooking appliance 1 selected on the second operation screen SSG2. The registration request information including the information 3132 and the cooking appliance identification information 3133 selected from the list is transmitted to the information processing server 3.

With reference to the flowchart FB, the server control unit 30 of the information processing server 3 determines that the registration request information has been received from the terminal device 4 by the server communication unit 31 (step SB1).

When the server control unit 30 determines that the registration request information has been received from the terminal device 4 (step SB1), the server control unit 30 registers the cooking appliance 1 based on the received registration request information (step SB2).

To elaborate on step SB2, the server control unit 30 identifies the record R having the user ID 3131 included in the received registration request information from the cooking appliance management database 313. Then, the server control unit 30 newly associates the cooking home appliance type information 3132 and the cooking home appliance identification information 3133 included in the registration request information with the user ID 3131 of the specified record R and the cooperation on / off information 3134 indicating off. ..

Next, the operation of the information processing system 1000 related to the menu cooperation setting will be described.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing system 1000. In FIG. 8, the flowchart FC shows the operation of the terminal device 4, and the flowchart FD shows the operation of the information processing server 3.

At the start of the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, it is assumed that the application execution unit 4000 functions as the registration setting unit 4001 and displays the first operation screen SSG1 on the application UI 4100.

The registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the object OB related to the registered cooking appliance 1 has been touch-operated (step SC1). That is, in step SC1, the registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the object OB that has not been grayed out has been touch-operated.

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the object OB related to the registered cooking appliance 1 has been touch-operated (step SC1: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 displays the fourth operation screen SSG4 on the touch panel 42 (step SC2).

Next, the registration setting unit 4001 determines whether or not the on / off button B8 has been touch-operated (step SC3).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the on / off button B8 has been touch-operated (step SC3: YES), the registration setting unit 4001 determines whether the on / off button B8 has been switched on or off (step SC4).

When the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the on / off button B8 has been switched on (step SC4: "on"), the terminal communication of the first change request information requesting that the cooperation with the menu providing function be changed to on. It is transmitted to the information processing server 3 by the unit 41 (step SC5). The first change request information includes the cooking appliance identification information 3133 of the cooking appliance 1 corresponding to the object OB selected by the touch operation on the first operation screen SSG1, and the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410.

On the other hand, when the registration setting unit 4001 determines that the on / off button B8 has been switched off (step SC5: "off"), the second change request information requesting that the cooperation with the menu providing function be changed to off is displayed. It is transmitted to the information processing server 3 by the terminal communication unit 41 (step SC6). The second change request information includes the cooking appliance identification information 3133 of the cooking appliance 1 corresponding to the object OB selected by the touch operation on the first operation screen SSG1, and the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410.

With reference to the flowchart FD, the server control unit 30 of the information processing server 3 determines whether or not the first change request information or the second change request information has been received from the terminal device 4 by the server communication unit 31 (step SD1). ..

When the server control unit 30 determines that the first change request information or the second change request information has been received from the terminal device 4 (step SD1: YES), the server control unit 30 is based on the received first change request information or second change request information. Then, the cooking appliance management database 313 is updated (step SD2).

To elaborate on step SD2, the server control unit 30 refers to the cooking appliance management database 313 and corresponds to the combination of the user ID 3131 included in the received first change request information and the cooking appliance identification information 3133. Is changed to the linkage on / off information 3134 indicating on. Further, the server control unit 30 refers to the cooking appliance management database 313 and indicates that the cooperation on / off information 3134 corresponding to the combination of the user ID 3131 and the cooking appliance identification information 3133 included in the received second change request information is turned off. Change to cooperation on / off information 3134.

Next, the operation of the information processing system 1000 related to the provision of menus will be described.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing system 1000. In FIG. 9, the flowchart FE shows the operation of the terminal device 4, and the flowchart FF shows the operation of the information processing server 3.

With reference to the flowchart FE, the application execution unit 4000 of the terminal device 4 determines whether or not to display the menu provision screen KTG in the application UI 4100 (step SE1). When the menu icon IC3 of the application UI4100 is touch-operated, the application execution unit 4000 makes an affirmative determination in step SE1.

When the application execution unit 4000 determines that the menu provision screen KTG is displayed in the application UI 4100 (step SE1: YES), the application execution unit 4000 functions as the menu provision unit 4002 and processes the menu request information requesting the menu by the terminal communication unit 41. It is transmitted to the server 3 (step SE2). The menu request information transmitted in step SE2 includes the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410.

With reference to the flowchart FF, the server control unit 30 of the information processing server 3 determines whether or not the menu request information has been received by the server communication unit 31 (step SF1).

When the server control unit 30 determines that the menu request information has been received (step SF1: YES), the server control unit 30 refers to the cooking appliance management database 313 and identifies the record R of the user ID 3131 included in the received menu request information (step SF1: YES). SF2).

Next, the server control unit 30 executes the menu creation process based on the record R specified in step SF2 (step SF3).

Here, the menu preparation process will be described in detail.
In the menu creation process, the server control unit 30 creates menus for a plurality of dates, for example, for one week from the current date. The menu created in the menu creation process may be only for a specific date, not for a plurality of dates.

First, the server control unit 30 refers to a predetermined database and picks up dishes using seasonal ingredients corresponding to the current date as candidates for dishes to be included in the menu.

Next, the server control unit 30 excludes the dishes included in the menu provided to the user P from the picked up candidates to the date retroactively for a predetermined number of days (for example, one week) from the present. The server control unit 30 manages the dishes provided to the user P for each user P by a predetermined number of days retroactively from the present.

Next, the server control unit 30 refers to the record R specified in step SF2 and determines whether or not there is a cooking appliance 1 linked to the menu providing function. The server control unit 30 determines that there is a cooking appliance 1 linked to the menu providing function if there is cooperation on / off information 3134 indicating on in the record R.

When it is determined that there is no cooking appliance 1 linked to the menu providing function, the server control unit 30 picks up a plurality of dishes from the candidates excluding the dishes provided in the past, and based on the picked up plurality of dishes. , Create menus for multiple dates. For example, when one menu consists of three dishes and one week's menu is created, the server control unit 30 picks up 21 dishes from the candidates excluding the dishes provided in the past. Create a week's menu based on 21 dishes.

When it is determined that there is a cooking appliance 1 linked to the menu providing function, the server control unit 30 uses the cooking appliance 1 linked to the menu providing function from the candidates excluding the dishes provided in the past. To pick up. The dish to be picked up is a dish using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P in the menu cooperation setting. The dish using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P may be regarded as the dish using the cooking appliance 1 of the type selected by the user P, or the dish using the cooking appliance 1 having the product number selected by the user P. You may catch it. In the present embodiment, the dish using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P in the menu cooperation setting is referred to as "used dish". The dish used corresponds to an example of "first dish". The server control unit 30 creates menus for a plurality of dates based on the dishes used. For example, when one menu consists of three dishes and one week's menu is created, the server control unit 30 picks up 21 dishes from the candidates excluding the dishes provided in the past and picks them up. Create a weekly menu based on the 21 dishes used.

Here, it may not be possible to pick up a sufficient number of dishes from the candidates to create menus for multiple dates. In this case, the server control unit 30 performs one of the processes 1 and 2.

<Process 1>
In order to fill the shortage, the server control unit 30 prepares a dish that does not use the cooking appliance 1 linked to the menu providing function, that is, a dish that does not use the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P in the menu linkage setting. Pick up from the candidates that excluded the dishes served in the past. In the present embodiment, a dish that does not use the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P in the menu cooperation setting is referred to as an “unused dish”. The unused dish corresponds to an example of the "second dish". As a result, the server control unit 30 can create a menu in which the dishes used are preferentially included, and can prevent the number of dishes included in the menu from decreasing.

<Process 2>
The server control unit 30 does not fill the shortage. As a result, the server control unit 30 can create a menu composed only of the dishes used.

The above-mentioned menu creation process is just an example, and it is not necessary to consider seasonal ingredients. It is not necessary to exclude the included dishes from the candidates.

Returning to the explanation of the flowchart FF, when the menu is created in the menu creation process, the server control unit 30 transmits the menu information J1 indicating the created menu to the terminal device 4 by the server communication unit 31 for a plurality of days (step). SF4). In step SF4, the server control unit 30 transmits the date information J3 and the menu information J1 indicating the menu created for the date indicated by the date information J3 in association with each other.

With reference to the flowchart FE, the menu providing unit 4002 of the terminal device determines whether or not the menu information J1 has been received from the information processing server 3 by the terminal communication unit 41 (step SE3).

When the menu providing unit 4002 determines that the menu information J1 has been received from the information processing server 3 (step SE3: YES), the menu providing screen KTG displaying the received menu information J1 is displayed on the touch panel 42 (step SE4). ..

[1-3. Modification example]
Next, a modified example of the first embodiment will be described.
In the above-described first embodiment, among the registered cooking appliances 1, the number of the cooking appliances 1 that can be linked to the menu providing function is one. In this modification, the number of cooking appliances 1 that can be linked to the menu providing function may be a plurality.

Therefore, in this modification, the on / off button B8 can be switched from off to on even when the other cooking appliance 1 is already linked to the menu providing function. When there are a plurality of cooking appliances 1 linked to the menu providing function, a plurality of linkage on / off information 3134s indicate on in one record R of the cooking appliances management database 313. Further, in this case, the server control unit 30 creates a menu including the dishes used using at least one of the plurality of cooking appliances 1 linked to the menu providing function by the menu creation process. Then, the menu providing unit 4002 provides the user P with the menu created by the information processing server 3.

[1-4. Effect, etc.]
As described above, the providing application 413 receives and accepts the operation of the terminal control unit 40 from the user P to select one or a plurality of cooking appliances 1 from the cooking appliances 1 registered by the providing application 413. The application execution unit 4000 that displays the information related to the cooking using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the operation on the touch panel 42 is made to function.

Further, the terminal device 4 includes a touch panel 42 and a terminal control unit 40 that reads out and executes the provided application 413 that can register the cooking appliances 1. The terminal control unit 40 receives from the user P an operation of selecting one or a plurality of cooking appliances 1 from the cooking appliances 1 registered by the provided application 413, and the cooking used using the cooking appliances 1 selected by the accepted operation. Information related to the above is displayed on the touch panel 42.

According to the provided application 413 and the terminal device 4, information related to cooking using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user can be displayed. Therefore, in providing information related to cooking, it is possible to provide the cooking appliances 1 used by the user P in consideration of the cooking appliances 1.

The application execution unit 4000 has a menu providing function for providing menus. The application execution unit 4000 accepts from the user P an operation of selecting one or more cooking appliances 1 linked to the menu providing function from the cooking appliances 1 registered by the provided application 413, and uses the menu providing function to select the food to be used. The menu information J1 indicating the menu including the menu is displayed on the touch panel 42.

According to this, the menu using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P can be displayed. Therefore, in providing the menu, it is possible to provide the menu in consideration of the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P.

The menu indicated by the menu information J1 does not include unused dishes that do not use the cooking appliance 1 selected by the operation accepted by the application execution unit 4000.

According to this, it is possible to provide the user P with a menu composed only of dishes using the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P. Therefore, in providing the menu, it is possible to provide the menu with high convenience for the user P.

The menu indicated by the menu information J1 includes the used food with priority over the unused food using the cooking appliance 1 that has not been selected by the operation accepted by the application execution unit 4000.

According to this, it is possible to provide the user P with a menu that includes as many dishes as possible and has a sufficient number of items. Therefore, in providing the menu, it is possible to provide the menu with high convenience for the user P.

The provided application 413 is an application program that can be installed on the terminal device 4.

As a result, the terminal device 4 that does not have the function of providing the information related to cooking to the user P can be changed to the terminal device 4 that has the function by installing the provided application 413. Therefore, the general-purpose terminal device 4 can be a terminal device 4 capable of providing information related to cooking in consideration of the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P. In the case of the present embodiment, the general-purpose terminal device 4 can be a terminal device 4 capable of providing a menu in consideration of the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10-12.
In the description of the second embodiment, the same components as those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[2-1. composition]
The information processing system 1000 in the second embodiment is a system that provides a cooking recipe to the user P in addition to the menu as information related to cooking. Further, the information processing server 3 in the second embodiment is a server device that performs information processing related to menus and provision of cooking recipes.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information processing server 3 and the terminal device 4 according to the second embodiment.

As is clear from the comparison between FIGS. 10 and 2, in the second embodiment, the application execution unit 4000 functions as a recipe providing unit 4003 in addition to the registration setting unit 4001 and the menu providing unit 4002.

The application execution unit 4000 executes the recipe providing function of providing the cooking recipe by functioning as the recipe providing unit 4003. The recipe providing unit 4003 displays a recipe providing screen RTG for providing a cooking recipe in the application UI4100 when the recipe providing function is executed. As a result, the recipe providing unit 4003 provides the cooking recipe to the user P.

The application execution unit 4000 functions as a recipe providing unit 4003 triggered by the fact that a keyword is input in the keyword input field NR of the application UI 4100. Then, the recipe providing unit 4003 displays the recipe providing screen RTG in the application UI4100. The keyword input field NR is provided on various screens in the application UI 4100.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the recipe providing screen RTG and an example of the screen transition to the recipe providing screen RTG.
FIG. 11 illustrates the transition from the first operation screen SSG1 to the recipe providing screen RTG.

When a keyword is input in the keyword input field NR, the screen transitions to the recipe provision screen RTG in the application UI4100.

The recipe provision screen RTG has a recipe information display area HA3. The recipe information display area HA3 displays one or more recipe information J4 indicating a recipe of a dish using the ingredients of the keyword input in the keyword input field NR.

The recipe information display area HA3 shown in FIG. 11 displays four recipe information J4 for cooking using onions. In the recipe information display area HA3, scroll display is possible, and the user P scrolls in the recipe information display area HA3 to display the recipe information J4 that cannot be displayed in the recipe information display area HA3. I can do it.

In the present embodiment, the recipe provided by the recipe providing screen RTG can be a cooking recipe using the cooking appliance 1 linked to the recipe providing function. Therefore, in the provided application 413, as in the first embodiment, the registration of the cooking home appliance 1 and the setting for linking the registered cooking home appliance 1 to the recipe providing function (hereinafter, simply referred to as "recipe cooperation setting"). Is done by user P.

In this embodiment, when the cooperation with the menu providing function is turned on, the cooperation with the recipe providing function is turned on. That is, the user P selects the cooking appliances 1 from the registered cooking appliances 1 to 1 on the first operation screen SSG1 and switches the on / off button B8 on on the fourth operation screen SSG4 to switch the desired cooking appliances 1. It can be linked to the menu provision function and the recipe provision function. As in the first embodiment, the number of cooking appliances 1 that can be linked to the recipe providing function is one in this embodiment.

[2-2. motion]
Next, the operation of the information processing system 1000 related to the provision of the recipe will be described.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing system 1000. In FIG. 12, the flowchart FG shows the operation of the terminal device 4, and the flowchart FH shows the operation of the information processing server 3.

With reference to the flowchart FG, the application execution unit 4000 of the terminal device 4 determines whether or not a keyword has been input in the keyword input field NR (step SG1).

When the application execution unit 4000 determines that the keyword has been input in the keyword input field NR (step SG1: YES), the application execution unit 4000 functions as the recipe providing unit 4003, and the recipe request information for requesting the recipe is processed by the terminal communication unit 41 as an information processing server. It is transmitted to 3 (step SG2). The recipe request information transmitted in step SG2 includes the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410 and the keyword input in the keyword input field NR.

With reference to the flowchart FH, the server control unit 30 of the information processing server 3 determines whether or not the recipe request information has been received by the server communication unit 31 (step SH1).

When the server control unit 30 determines that the recipe request information has been received (step SH1: YES), the server control unit 30 refers to the cooking appliance management database 313 and identifies the record R of the user ID 3131 included in the received recipe request information (step SH1: YES). SH2).

Next, the server control unit 30 executes the recipe search process based on the record R specified in step SH2 (step SH3).

Here, the recipe search process will be described in detail.
In the recipe search process, the server control unit 30 refers to a predetermined database and picks up a recipe of a dish using a keyword ingredient included in the recipe request information as a candidate for a search result.

Next, the server control unit 30 refers to the record R specified in step SF2 and determines whether or not there is a cooking appliance 1 linked to the recipe providing function. The server control unit 30 determines that there is a cooking appliance 1 linked to the recipe providing function if there is cooperation on / off information 3134 indicating on in the record R.

When it is determined that there is no cooking appliance 1 linked to the recipe providing function, the server control unit 30 determines all the picked up recipes as search results.

On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a cooking appliance 1 linked to the recipe providing function, the server control unit 30 picks up the dish using the cooking appliance 1. The dish to be picked up is a dish using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P in the recipe linkage setting. Also in the present embodiment and the third embodiment, the dish using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P in the recipe linkage setting is referred to as "cooking used". Then, the server control unit 30 determines all the recipes of the dishes used that have been picked up as search results. In other words, the server control unit 30 picks up a recipe for a dish that does not use the cooking appliance 1 linked to the recipe providing function, that is, a recipe for a dish that does not use the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P in the recipe linkage setting. Do not include in search results. Also in the present embodiment and the third embodiment, a dish that does not use the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P in the recipe linkage setting is referred to as an “unused dish”.

Returning to the explanation of the flowchart FH, the server control unit 30 transmits the recipe information J4 to the terminal device 4 by the server communication unit 31 for all the recipes of the dishes included in the search results in the recipe search process (step SH4). That is, in step SH4, the server control unit 30 transmits the recipe information J4 indicating the recipe of the used dish to the terminal device 4, but does not transmit the recipe information J4 indicating the recipe of the unused dish to the terminal device 4. .. The former recipe information J4 corresponds to "first recipe information", and the latter recipe information J4 corresponds to "second recipe information".

With reference to the flowchart FE, the recipe providing unit 4003 of the terminal device determines whether or not the recipe information J4 has been received from the information processing server 3 by the terminal communication unit 41 (step SG3).

When the recipe providing unit 4003 determines that the recipe information J4 has been received from the information processing server 3 (step SE3: YES), the recipe providing unit 4003 displays the recipe providing screen RTG displaying the received recipe information J4 in the application UI4100 (step SG4). ). In step SG4, the recipe of the used dish is provided to the user P, while the recipe of the unused dish is not provided to the user P.

[2-3. Modification example]
Next, a modified example of the second embodiment will be described.
In the second embodiment described above, one of the registered cooking appliances 1 can be linked to the recipe providing function. In this modification, there may be a plurality of cooking appliances 1 that can be linked to the recipe providing function.

Therefore, in this modification, the on / off button B8 can be switched from off to on even when the other cooking appliances 1 are already linked to the recipe providing function. When there are a plurality of cooking appliances 1 linked to the recipe providing function, a plurality of linkage on / off information 3134s indicate on in one record R of the cooking appliances management database 313. Further, in this case, the server control unit 30 searches for a recipe of the dish used using at least one of the plurality of cooking appliances 1 linked to the recipe providing function by the recipe search process. Then, the menu providing unit 4002 provides the user P with the recipe of the used dish searched by the information processing server 3.

[2-4. Effect, etc.]
As described above, the providing application 413 receives and accepts the operation of the terminal control unit 40 from the user P to select one or a plurality of cooking appliances 1 from the cooking appliances 1 registered by the providing application 413. The application execution unit 4000 that displays the information related to the cooking using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the operation on the touch panel 42 is made to function. In the present embodiment, the application execution unit 4000 has a recipe providing function for providing a recipe for cooking, and among the cooking household appliances 1 registered by the providing application 413, one cooking household appliance 1 linked with the recipe providing function is selected. Alternatively, the user P accepts an operation for selecting a plurality of items, and the recipe providing function displays the recipe information J4 indicating the recipe of the cooked dish on the touch panel 42.

According to this, the recipe of cooking using the cooking appliance 1 selected by the user P can be displayed. Therefore, in providing the cooking recipe, it is possible to provide the cooking appliance 1 in consideration of the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P.

The application execution unit 4000 does not display the recipe information J4 indicating the recipe of the unused dish that does not use the cooking appliance 1 selected by the received operation by the recipe providing function on the touch panel 42.

According to this, only the recipe of cooking using the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P can be provided to the user P. Therefore, in the provision of cooking recipes, it is possible to provide the user P with high convenience.

The provided application 413 is an application program that can be installed on the terminal device 4.

As a result, the terminal device 4 that does not have the function of providing the information related to cooking to the user P can be changed to the terminal device 4 that has the function by installing the provided application 413. Therefore, the general-purpose terminal device 4 can be a terminal device 4 capable of providing information related to cooking in consideration of the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P. In the case of the present embodiment, the general-purpose terminal device 4 can be a terminal device 4 capable of providing a cooking recipe in consideration of the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P.

(Embodiment 3)
The recipe provided by the recipe providing screen RTG is different in the third embodiment as compared with the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the recipe provided by the recipe providing screen RTG is a recipe of a cooking dish using the ingredients of the keyword input in the keyword input field NR. In the third embodiment, the recipe provided by the recipe providing screen RTG also provides a recipe for an unused dish using the ingredient of the keyword input in the keyword input field NR, in addition to the recipe provided in the second embodiment. ..

In the recipe search process, the server control unit 30 refers to a predetermined database, picks up recipes for dishes that use the ingredients of the keywords included in the recipe request information, and determines all the picked up recipes as search results. Then, the server control unit 30 transmits the recipe information J4 to the terminal device 4 by the server communication unit 31 for all the recipes of the search results in the recipe search process. The recipe information J4 transmitted by the terminal device 4 includes cooking appliance type information 3132 indicating the type of cooking appliance 1 used for cooking.

The recipe providing unit 4003 receives the record R of the user ID 3131 stored in the terminal storage unit 410 from the information processing server 3. The recipe providing unit 4003 classifies the recipe information J4 received from the information processing server 3 into the recipe information J4 indicating the recipe of the used dish and the recipe information J4 indicating the recipe of the unused dish based on the received record R. do. Then, the recipe providing unit 4003 displays the former recipe information J4 on the recipe providing screen RTG with the display order higher than the latter recipe information J4. In addition, displaying with the display order higher means that when displaying in the recipe information display area HA3, the scrolling amount is reduced.

As described above, the application execution unit 4000 ranks higher in the display order than the recipe information J4 indicating the recipe of the unused dish using the cooking appliance 1 that is not selected by the received operation by the recipe providing function. The recipe information J4 indicating the recipe of the dish used is displayed on the touch panel 42.

According to this, it is possible to provide the user P with a recipe for cooking using the cooking appliance 1 used by the user P so that the user P can quickly recognize the recipe, and it is possible to provide the user P with a sufficient number of recipes. Therefore, in the provision of cooking recipes, it is possible to provide the user P with high convenience.

(Other embodiments)
As described above, Embodiments 1, 2 and 3 have been described as examples disclosed in this application. However, the technique in the present disclosure is not limited to this, and can be applied to embodiments in which changes, replacements, additions, omissions, etc. have been made. Further, it is also possible to combine the components described in the above-described first, second, and third embodiments to form a new embodiment.
Therefore, other embodiments will be exemplified below.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the refrigerator 11, the microwave oven 12, and the rice cooker 13 are connected to the global network GN, but these cooking appliances 1 are connected to the communication device 2. However, it may not be connected to the global network GN.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the object OB related to the unregistered cooking appliance 1 is grayed out and the display mode is different from the object OB related to the registered cooking appliance 1 is illustrated. However, the display mode of the object OB related to the unregistered cooking appliance 1 is not limited to the gray out, and may be different from the display mode of the object OB related to the registered cooking appliance 1.

Further, for example, in each of the above-described embodiments, as the types of the cooking home appliances 1, four types of "refrigerator", "microwave oven", "rice cooker", and "IH cooking heater" are exemplified. The type may include other types such as an electronic pressure cooker, a mixer, a toaster, and the like, or may be less.

In each of the above-described embodiments, when the number that can be linked is 1, the on / off button B8 can be switched from off to on if the other cooking appliances 1 are already linked to the menu providing function or the recipe providing function. An example of a configuration that cannot be done. However, regarding the on / off of cooperation, the following inquiries may be made to enable switching. For example, if you try to change the microwave oven to linked on while the refrigerator 11 is linked on, a confirmation pop-up such as "Is it okay if the refrigerator is linked off?" Is displayed, and user P is OK. When is selected, the microwave oven 12 may be turned on and the refrigerator 1 may be turned off.

For example, the functions of the server control unit 30 and the terminal control unit 40 may be realized by a plurality of processors or semiconductor chips.

Each part shown in FIGS. 2 and 10 is an example, and the specific mounting form is not particularly limited. That is, it is not always necessary to implement the hardware corresponding to each part individually, and it is of course possible to realize the function of each part by executing the program by one processor. Further, a part of the functions realized by the software in the above-described embodiment may be realized by the hardware, or a part of the functions realized by the hardware may be realized by the software. In addition, the specific detailed configurations of the information processing server 3 and the other parts of the terminal device 4 can be arbitrarily changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Further, for example, the operation step units shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 and 12 are divided according to the main processing contents in order to facilitate understanding of the operation of the information processing system 1000. The present invention is not limited by the method of dividing the processing unit and the name. It may be divided into more step units depending on the processing content. Further, one step unit may be divided so as to include more processes. Further, the order of the steps may be appropriately changed as long as it does not interfere with the gist of the present invention.
For example, the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 are flowcharts in which the screen transitions from the transition destination screen to each operation screen SSG without returning to the transition source screen. The operation includes a step for returning from the transition destination screen to the transition source screen, and may be an operation in consideration of returning to the transition source screen. Further, for example, the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 shift to a step when a predetermined operation (for example, a touch operation for the on / off button B8, a touch operation for the additional button B4, etc.) is performed in the application UI4100. Although it is a flowchart to be followed, the operation of the flowchart shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 may be an operation in consideration of a case where an operation other than a predetermined operation is performed in the application UI 4100.

Since the above-described embodiment is for exemplifying the technique in the present disclosure, various changes, replacements, additions, omissions, etc. can be made within the scope of claims or the equivalent thereof.

The program related to this disclosure and the terminal device can be used for providing information related to cooking to the user.

1 Cooking appliances 4 Terminal appliances 11 Refrigerators (cooking appliances)
12 Microwave oven (cooking appliances)
13 Rice cooker (cooking appliances)
14 IH cooking heater (cooking appliances)
40 Terminal control unit (control unit)
42 Touch panel (display unit)
413 Provided application (program, application program)
4000 App Execution Department (Program Execution Department)
J1 menu information J4 recipe information P user

Claims (9)

1. A program executed by the control unit of a terminal device provided with a display unit.
   The control unit
   The user accepts an operation of selecting one or a plurality of the cooking appliances from the cooking appliances registered by the program, and the information related to the first dish using the cooking appliances selected by the accepted operation is displayed on the display unit. To function as a program execution unit displayed by
   program.
2. The program execution unit
   It has a menu provision function that provides menus,
   The user accepts an operation of selecting one or more of the cooking appliances linked with the menu providing function from the cooking appliances registered by the program.
   The menu providing function displays menu information indicating the menu including the first dish on the display unit.
   The program according to claim 1.
3. The menu does not include a second dish that does not use the cooking appliance selected by the operation accepted by the program execution unit.
   The program according to claim 2.
4. The menu includes the first dish in preference to the second dish that does not use the cooking appliances selected by the operation accepted by the program execution unit.
   The program according to claim 2.
5. The program execution unit
   It has a recipe providing function that provides cooking recipes,
   The user accepts an operation of selecting one or a plurality of the cooking appliances linked with the recipe providing function from the cooking appliances registered by the program.
   With the recipe providing function, the first recipe information indicating the recipe of the first dish is displayed by the display unit.
   The program according to claim 1.
6. The program execution unit
   The display unit does not display the second recipe information indicating the recipe of the second dish that does not use the cooking appliance selected by the received operation by the recipe providing function.
   The program according to claim 5.
7. The program execution unit
   The first recipe information is displayed by the display unit with the display order higher than the second recipe information indicating the recipe of the second dish that does not use the cooking appliance selected by the received operation by the recipe providing function. do,
   The program according to claim 5.
8. The program is an application program that can be installed in the terminal device.
   The program according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
9. Display and
   Equipped with a control unit that reads and executes programs that can register cooking appliances.
   The control unit
   The user accepts an operation of selecting one or a plurality of the cooking appliances from the cooking appliances registered by the program.
   Information related to the first dish using the cooking appliance selected by the accepted operation is displayed by the display unit.
   Terminal device.

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