JPH0916552A - Electronic menu creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] An electronic menu preparation device that allows you to easily select a food name that suits the taste of the user or a food name that corresponds to dietary therapy, and can easily make a menu in a short time. To provide. [Configuration] In the unnecessary food designation mode (S1: unnecessary food), when the user specifies an unnecessary food name from the list of food names stored in the table 12c (S2: food, S4), the area 13a is displayed. The dish name is stored and held (S5 to S8). Then, in the menu creation mode (S
1: Menu), for example, when a material name search is selected by the search method (S10: material) and the user specifies the material name that he / she wants to use (S11), the food name is used as the cooking name and the area 13a The food name not included is extracted from the table 12c (S13) and displayed on the display unit 30 (S14).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic menu preparation device for supporting menu preparation of dishes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this kind of electronic menu preparation device, by specifying the type of food such as Japanese, Western, Chinese and the type of material such as meat, fish, vegetables, etc., the cooking name prepared in advance by the device The food names corresponding to the specified conditions are extracted from the list, and the food names are displayed as a list on the display device. Then, the user selects some of the favorite food names from the food names displayed in the list to create the menu. In such an electronic menu preparation device, the list of food names prepared in advance by the device is composed of a food name group for everyone.

[0003]

However, in the electronic menu preparation device as described above, in the list of food names prepared in advance by the device, there is a food name that does not suit the taste of the user or a food therapy. It includes the names of dishes that use ingredients that cannot be consumed, and when the user creates a menu,
These food names are also extracted as a food name candidate to be added to the menu and displayed as a list. Therefore, when making a menu,
Each time, you have to select a dish name that you like or can cook, avoiding dish names that do not match your taste or that use ingredients that you cannot eat from these listed dish names. , There was a problem that it took time to prepare the menu.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to easily select a food name that suits the taste of the user or a food name that corresponds to dietary therapy, and it is easy in a short time. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic menu making device that can make menus.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, the electronic menu preparation device of the present invention has an input means for instructing a desired dish type and the like, a cooking name necessary for preparing the menu, A menu information storage means that stores various information including the material name or material classification used for the dish of the dish name,
In an electronic menu preparation device provided with a food name selection means for selecting at least one of the food names stored in the menu information storage means, among the food names stored in the menu information storage means , A designation means for designating an unnecessary dish name not selected by the dish name selection means, wherein the dish name selection means is at least one dish from dish names not designated as unnecessary dish names by the designation means. Select a name.

Further, the input means has a function of instructing the material name or the material classification, and the designating means inputs the material name instructed by the input means or the cooking name using the material of the material classification. It is preferable that a search means for searching the menu information storage means is provided, and the food name searched by the search means is designated as the unnecessary food name.

Furthermore, the display means for displaying a list of food names stored in the menu information storage means is provided, and the input means includes a desired food from the list of food names displayed on the display means. It is preferable that the designation unit has a function of designating a name, and the designating unit is configured to designate the dish name designated by the input unit as the unnecessary dish name.

The cooking name selecting means includes a judging means for judging whether or not the cooking name stored in the menu information storing means is designated as the unnecessary cooking name.
It is desirable that at least one food name is selected from the food names other than the food name that is determined to be designated as the unnecessary food name by the determination means.

[0009]

According to the electronic menu preparation apparatus of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the designating means selects unnecessary food names which are not selected by the food name selecting means from the food names stored in the menu information storing means. The cooking name selecting means selects at least one cooking name from the cooking names not designated as unnecessary cooking names by the designating means. Therefore, it is possible to easily select a food name that suits the taste of the user or a food name that corresponds to dietary therapy, and it is possible to easily make a menu in a short time.

Further, the input means has a function of instructing the material name or the material classification, and the designating means specifies the material name instructed by the input means or the cooking name using the material of the material classification. The menu information storage means is provided with a search means for searching, and since the dish name searched by the search means is configured to be designated as the unnecessary dish name, for example, the user is allergic. If you cannot use a particular material,
By designating the dish name using the ingredient as the unnecessary dish name, the dish name is not extracted when the menu is prepared, and the menu can be efficiently prepared.

Further, the display means displays a list of food names stored in the menu information storage means, and the input means displays a desired food from the list of food names displayed on the display means. Since the designating unit has a function of designating a name, and the designating unit is configured to designate the dish name designated by the input unit as the unnecessary dish name, a dish name that does not match the taste is designated as an unnecessary dish name. By specifying
The name of the dish is not extracted when creating the menu, and the menu can be created efficiently.

The cooking name selecting means is provided with a judging means for judging whether or not the cooking name stored in the menu information storing means is designated as the unnecessary cooking name. Since it is configured to select at least one dish name from the dish names other than the dish name determined to be designated as the unnecessary dish name by
The dish name specified as the unnecessary dish name can be surely excluded from the menu.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the electronic menu preparation device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic menu preparation apparatus of this embodiment is composed of computer parts, and a data processing section 10 for controlling the entire apparatus is provided with an input section 20 composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Display unit 3 composed of LCD, etc.
0, and an external storage device 40 including an IC card, a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, etc. is connected.
The input section 20 constitutes the input means of the present invention, and the display section 30 constitutes the display means of the present invention.

Inside the data processing unit 10, various programs for operating the apparatus, a ROM 12 in which various tables to be described later are stored, contents input by the input unit 20 and calculation results are temporarily stored. R to remember
AM13, CPU11 for executing an operation based on the program stored in the ROM12 and for reading and writing the contents of the RAM13, and between these parts, or connected to the data processing unit 10 and its data processing unit 10. I / O for exchanging data with the input unit 20, the display unit 30, and the external storage unit 40 which are stored.
An O port 14 is provided. The data processing unit 10 constitutes the designating means, the searching means, the judging means and the food name selecting means of the present invention.

The various programs and various tables may be stored in the external storage device 40 instead of the ROM 12. Further, the external storage device 40 may be used instead of the RAM 13 as the temporary storage location described above.

Next, the details of the various tables stored in the ROM 12 will be described with reference to FIGS.

Tables 12a to 12c are stored in the ROM 12.
3 tables are provided.

As shown in the schematic view of FIG. 2, the table 12a stores information on the material name and the nutritional value of the material. Here, ID (1, 2, ...) In FIG.
・) Is a code assigned in advance to each material name. In addition, the “unit” described in FIG. 2 is a unit amount that serves as a standard for the nutritional value of each material, and is a unit amount for eight items of calories, calcium, iron, protein, salt, fiber, vitamin C and vitamin A. The nutritional value per hit is stored for each ingredient. For example, in Table 12a, "beef" has an ID of "1", and 100 g of beef has 200 Kcal of calories and 20 m of calcium.
g, iron 10 mg, protein 20 g, salt 10
mg, fiber 2g, vitamin C 20mg, vitamin A
Is 4 IU.

The table 12b stores information on cooking methods as shown in the schematic view of FIG. here,
The IDs (a, b, ...) In FIG. 3 are codes assigned in advance to each cooking method. For example, table 1
In 2b, the cooking method has an ID of "a" for "baking" and an ID of "b" for "simmering".

As shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 4, the table 12c stores information on the name of the dish, the ingredients used for cooking the dish, the quantity of the ingredient, and the cooking method. Here, the "food type" described in FIG. 4 indicates the food type to which each food name belongs. The "attribute" indicates whether the dish name belongs to the main dish or the side dish. "Ingredients" are represented by the ID code of the table 12a and the quantity of ingredients required for the dish name, and the symbols (A, B, ...) Are assigned to each ingredient in order. Further, the cooking method is represented by a combination of the ID code of the table 12b and the symbol assigned to each material.

For example, in the table 12c, when the dish name is "hamburger", the dish type is "meat dish",
Attribute is "main dish", material is 200g beef (A: 1x2
00), 200g pork (B: 2x200), 1/2 onion (C: 3x0.5), 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms (D: 4x).
4), bread crumbs 10g (E: 5x10), milk 400
ml (F: 6x400), 1/3 egg (G: 7x0.
3), a little nutmeg (H: 8xs), salt (I: 10)
1) and pepper (J: 102).

As for the cooking method, first, bread crumbs are softened with milk (EFe), and then the onions are finely chopped and fried (Cdc). Then, chop raw shiitake mushrooms (Dd), and finally knead them, beef, pork, eggs, nutmeg, salt, and pepper ((Fee + Cdc + Dd + ABGHHIJ) f
a).

The table 12c constitutes menu information storage means of the present invention.

It should be noted that each of the above tables 12a to 12c is R
It may be provided in the external storage device 40 instead of the OM 12.

Further, the RAM 13 is provided with an area 13a for storing and holding the selected food name.

The area 13a may be provided in the external storage device 40 instead of the RAM 13.

Next, the operation of the electronic menu preparation device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that the storage status of the table 12c is assumed to be the state shown in the schematic diagram of FIG.

First, by turning on the power of the apparatus,
The program in the ROM 12 is started, a function selection screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 30, and the user selects and inputs a desired function (“1. menu creation” or “2. unnecessary dish designation”). (Step 1: hereinafter, abbreviated as S1. The same applies to other steps). here,
When "2. unnecessary food designation" is selected and input in S1 (S1: unnecessary food), the unnecessary food designation mode is entered, and FIG.
The designation method selection screen for designating the unnecessary dish name as shown in (3) is displayed on the display unit 30 (S2).

For example, if the user's family has an egg allergy, selecting "1. designation of material name" in S2 (S2: material) causes a material designation screen as shown in FIG. Displayed on the display unit 30, the user designates "egg", which is an allergy target, as the material name (S3). As a method of designating the material name, other methods such as a method of narrowing down the material classification, a method of displaying a material name list on the display unit 30 and designating a desired material name from the list can be considered.

In this way, the dish name using a specific ingredient can be collectively designated as the unnecessary dish name.
If the user is not good at certain ingredients, or if he / she cannot take certain ingredients due to his allergic constitution, by designating the dishes using those ingredients as unnecessary dishes, the dishes will be named when the menu is prepared. You can efficiently create menus without being extracted.

On the other hand, when a particular dish does not suit the tastes of the user or his family, "2. Designate food name" is selected on the designation method selection screen shown in FIG. 7 (S
2: food), and a list of food names stored in the table 12c is displayed on the display unit 30. Then, the user designates a desired dish name using the input unit 20 which is the input means of the present invention (S4). Other possible methods for designating the food name include a method of narrowing down the food type such as Japanese, Western, and Chinese, and a method of directly inputting the food name.

Thus, by designating a dish name that does not match the taste of the user as the unnecessary dish name in advance, the dish name is not extracted when the menu is prepared, and the menu can be efficiently prepared.

Next, the table 12c is searched with the material name or the food name specified in S3 or S4 as the search condition, and the corresponding food name is extracted (S5). further,
A list of those food names is displayed on the display unit 30 on the screen as shown in FIG. 9 (S6). In this embodiment, since "egg" is specified in S3, the names of dishes that use eggs as ingredients, such as "hamburg", "egg soup", and "pilaf", are selected from the dish names stored in the table 12c. Will be extracted and displayed in a list. S of the above process
5 functions as the search means of the present invention.

Then, the user selects and designates the food name judged to be unnecessary from the food names listed in S6 (S7). It is also possible to use all the food names listed in S6 as unnecessary food names without requiring the user's judgment. The dish name selected and designated as the unnecessary dish name in S7 is stored and held in the area 13a in the RAM 13 (S8). For example, if the user determines that the three food names “hamburger”, “egg soup”, and “pilaf” are unnecessary among the food names listed in S6 (S7), the area 13a contains As in the schematic diagram shown in FIG. 10, those food names are stored and held. S2 to S8 of the above processing function as the designation means of the present invention.

Subsequently, when the unnecessary dish is designated for another dish name (S9: N), the above-described processes of S2 to S8 are repeated. When the designation of unnecessary dishes is finished (S9: Y), the process returns to S1 and the function selection screen is displayed on the display unit 30.

When "1. Menu creation" is selected on the function selection screen shown in FIG. 6 (S1: Menu), the menu creation mode is entered and the cooking name search method selection screen shown in FIG. 11 is entered. Is displayed on the display unit 30 (S10).

For example, when the user wants to use "beef" which is a material he has, he selects "1. material name search" in S10 (S10: material), and a material designation screen as shown in FIG. Is displayed, and the user specifies "beef" as the material name here (S11). As a method of designating the material name, other methods such as a method of narrowing down the material classification, a method of displaying a material name list on the display unit 30 and designating a desired material name from the list can be considered. Also,
In the present embodiment, an example in which only one type of material name is specified has been described, but it is also possible to specify a plurality of material names by AND condition or OR condition.

On the other hand, when the user wants to search for a food name by food type such as Japanese, Western, and Chinese, he selects "2. Search for food type" in S10 (S10: food) and selects a specific food type. Designate (S12).

Next, the food name corresponding to the ingredient name or the food type designated in S11 or S12 and which is not stored in the area 13a is extracted from the table 12c (S13). In this embodiment, S11
In the above, since "beef" is specified as the material name,
First, "hamburger", "egg soup", "pilaf", and "curry gratin" that are dishes using "beef" as a material are extracted from the dish names stored in the table 12c. And these cooking names are in the area 1
It is determined whether or not it matches the dish name stored and held in 3a. Here, since the storage status of the area 13a is as shown in FIG. 10, "hamburger", "egg soup", "pilaf" Is excluded. Therefore, in this case, the name of the dish finally extracted is only "curry gratin". The dish names extracted in S13 are displayed in a list on the display unit 30 as shown in FIG. 13 (S14). The processing of S13 of the above processing functions as the determination means of the present invention.

The user designates a desired food name to be added to the menu from the food names listed in S14 (S15). Furthermore, when adding other dishes to the menu (S
16: N) repeats the processing of S10 to S15. On the other hand, when the menu creation process is to be ended (S16: Y), the finally created menu is displayed on the display unit 30 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed (S17), and the process ends.

As described above, according to the electronic menu preparation apparatus of this embodiment, the name of a dish that does not match the taste of the user or the name of a dish that is inappropriate for the dietary therapy is previously set as the unnecessary dish name RA.
Since it is stored and held in the area 13a in M13, the dish name stored and held in this area 13a is not extracted as a dish name that is a candidate for menu, and the menu that suits the taste of the user,
Alternatively, a menu corresponding to diet can be easily created in a short time.

Since the dish name designated as the unnecessary dish name is stored and held in the area 13a in the RAM 13, each dish name is designated as the unnecessary dish name by referring to this area 13a. It can be easily determined whether or not there is.

The present embodiment is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but various modifications can be added.
For example, in the present embodiment, when the unnecessary dish name is designated, the unnecessary dish designation mode is selected and designated in that mode. However, when the dish name list is displayed in the menu creation mode, The unnecessary dish name may be specified from the inside.

[0045]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the electronic menu preparation apparatus of the present invention, the designating means selects the dish name from the dish names stored in the menu information storage means. It is intended to specify an unnecessary dish name that is not selected by, and the dish name selecting means selects at least one dish name from the dish names that are not designated as unnecessary dish names by the designating means. You can easily select a dish name that suits your taste or a dish name that corresponds to dietary therapy, and you can easily create a menu in a short time.

Further, the input means has a function of instructing the material name or the material classification, and the designating means inputs the material name instructed by the input means or the cooking name using the material of the material classification. The menu information storage means is provided with a search means for searching, and since the dish name searched by the search means is configured to be designated as the unnecessary dish name, for example, the user is allergic. If you cannot use a particular material,
By designating the dish name using the ingredient as the unnecessary dish name, the dish name is not extracted when the menu is prepared, and the menu can be efficiently prepared.

Further, the display means displays a list of food names stored in the menu information storage means, and the input means displays a desired food from the list of food names displayed on the display means. Since the designating unit has a function of designating a name, and the designating unit is configured to designate the dish name designated by the input unit as the unnecessary dish name, a dish name that does not match the taste is designated as an unnecessary dish name. By specifying
The name of the dish is not extracted when creating the menu, and the menu can be created efficiently.

The cooking name selecting means has a judging means for judging whether or not the cooking name stored in the menu information storage means is designated as the unnecessary cooking name. Since it is configured to select at least one dish name from the dish names other than the dish name determined to be designated as the unnecessary dish name by
The dish name specified as the unnecessary dish name can be surely excluded from the menu.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic menu preparation device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a table in which information on material names and nutritional values is stored.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a table in which information on cooking methods is stored.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a table in which information on a dish name, a dish type, ingredients, and a cooking method is stored.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic menu preparation device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for instructing function selection.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for instructing a designation method for designating an unnecessary dish name.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for instructing the input of a material name required to specify an unnecessary dish name.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for displaying a list of unnecessary food names and instructing selection of unnecessary food names.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an area for storing and holding unnecessary dish names.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for instructing selection of a search method when creating a menu.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for instructing the input of a material name required for searching a dish name.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen which displays a list of menu cooking name candidates and instructs selection of a cooking name.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying a result of menu creation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 data processing unit 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 20 input unit 30 display unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An input means for instructing a desired cooking type, etc., various kinds of information including a cooking name necessary for preparing a menu, and a material name or a material classification used for cooking the cooking name are stored. In an electronic menu preparation device comprising menu information storage means and food name selection means for selecting at least one of the food names stored in the menu information storage means, the electronic menu creation device stores the menu information in the menu information storage means. A food name not designated by the food name selection means is designated by the food name selection means, and the food name selection means is a food name not designated by the food name selection means. An electronic menu preparation device characterized by selecting at least one food name from among. 2. The input means has a function of instructing the material name or the material classification, and the designating means inputs the material name instructed by the input means or the cooking name using the material of the material classification. The electronic menu preparation device according to claim 1, further comprising a search unit that searches the menu information storage unit, and specifies the dish name searched by the search unit as the unnecessary dish name. 3. A display means for displaying a list of food names stored in the menu information storage means, wherein the input means includes a desired food from the list of food names displayed on the display means. The electronic menu preparation device according to claim 1, further comprising a function of designating a name, wherein the designating unit designates a dish name designated by the input unit as the unnecessary dish name. 4. The cooking name selecting means includes a judging means for judging whether or not the cooking name stored in the menu information storing means is designated as the unnecessary cooking name, and the judging means performs the judgment. 4. The electronic menu preparation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one food name is selected from food names other than the food name determined to be designated as the unnecessary food name.