JP2008204319A - Meal management device and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a meal management device that enables a user to obtain information on meal restriction conditions per meal according to a time zone by simply storing meal restriction conditions with a small amount of data.
A meal restriction condition storage means for storing a meal restriction condition per day for each individual, and a weight of the meal restriction condition for each breakfast, lunch, and dinner with respect to the stored contents of the meal restriction condition storage means. Weighting means 203 for performing, current time counting means 204, and meal restriction condition determination means 205 per time, and meal restriction condition determination means 205 corresponds to the current time measured by current time timing means 204. A meal restriction condition per time in the current time zone is determined according to the weight determined by the weighting means 203 by selecting a meal to be performed. As a result, the user can obtain information on the meal restriction conditions per meal according to the time zone simply by storing the meal restriction conditions per day.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a meal management apparatus and a program for supporting menu selection when a person with meal restriction conditions eats at a restaurant or a restaurant, or menu selection for a cooking information providing service.

  Conventionally, data that manages personal data including preference information representing preferences for each user, dangerous food information representing foods that are prohibited to be consumed, and health management information for intake management, and provides information according to access There is a menu order selection support system having a center and a store system that is connected to the data center via a communication line and receives personal data from the data center and proposes a menu suitable for the personal data to the customer. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

  In this menu order selection support system, the health management information includes information on an allowable intake amount and a past intake amount for each of a plurality of periods having different time lengths. The intake allowance in this meal, which was obtained from the past intake and the intake allowance for a plurality of periods, was presented.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an allowable value calculation process routine for the meal (calorie restriction is described as an example).

  In the nutrient management table for each individual managed in advance in the data center, the minimum intake required amount (minimum once dose) for each meal of the individual calories and nutrients A, B,. Maximum intake limit in a single meal (maximum once), minimum daily intake (minimum daily), maximum daily intake (maximum daily), per week The minimum required intake (minimum weekly) and the maximum intake limit per week (maximum weekly) are registered.

  In each hospital and a hospital that performs registration on behalf of the individual, the maximum meal / minimum caloric intake allowance (TCH / TCL) for one meal is obtained for the individual from the nutrient management table (step c1). Each value of “lowest times” / “highest once” is obtained. Next, the calorie intake for the past day is calculated from the intake data table (the past two meals or the data for the past 18 hours) and the value is obtained (step c2). And

  Next, the daily intake is subtracted from the daily maximum calorie intake allowance of the nutrient management table to obtain the current maximum calorie allowance (DCH) (step c3), and the daily minimum calorie of the nutrient management table is calculated. The daily intake is subtracted from the allowable intake, and the current minimum calorie allowance (DCL) is obtained (step c4), and each value is “minimum daily” / “maximum daily”.

  Further, the calorie intake for the past week is calculated from the intake data table (the past 20 meals, or the data for the past 6 days and 18 hours), and the value is obtained (step c5), and “1 week data” is obtained. .

  Further, the one week intake is subtracted from the one week maximum allowable calorie intake in the nutrient management table to obtain the current maximum allowable calorie (WCH) (step c6). Further, the weekly intake (WGC) is subtracted from the weekly minimum calorie intake allowance in the nutrient management table to obtain the current meal minimum calorie allowance (WCL) (step c7). By these steps c6 and c7, "one week minimum" / "one week maximum" is obtained.

  Further, the final maximum caloric intake allowance (MCH) is obtained by selecting the minimum values of the TCH, DCH, and WCH (step c8). Further, the final minimum calorie intake allowance (MCL) is obtained by selecting the maximum values of the TCL, DCL, and WCL (step c9). The same applies to each nutrient. By these steps c8 and c9, the calorie and the minimum intake / maximum intake of each nutrient are obtained.

  The calorie thus determined and the minimum intake / maximum intake of each nutrient are displayed to the user as “your recommended intake of today (this time)”.

  In this way, by defining the upper and lower limits of intake in a plurality of periods with different time lengths, excess and deficiency for each meal is resolved over a long period of time (here 1 week) Was intended to work.

  In addition, when the storage means storing the upper limit calorie value that can be ingested for each user and the meal menu is selected using a predetermined card such as a prepaid card capable of recording personal meal restriction information data, the card The identification means for identifying the owner of the card, the upper limit calorie extraction means for extracting the value of the upper limit calorie corresponding to the owner of the card identified by the identification means from the storage means, and the upper limit calorie extraction means A comparing means for comparing the value of the upper limit calorie with the value of the calorie of the selected menu, and when the value of the calorie of the selected menu exceeds the value of the upper limit calorie by this comparing means There has been a health management system that reports (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  And a recording unit that records the value of the upper limit calorie extracted by the upper limit calorie extraction unit on the card, wherein the comparison unit reads the value of the upper limit calorie recorded on the card by the recording unit and performs the selection. If the menu of the calorie lower than the upper limit calorie value is identified and displayed, or if there is a menu already selected on that day, the menu already selected from the upper limit calorie value Or a menu of calories lower than the value obtained by subtracting the total value of calories.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing operation on the user side (equipment side) when purchasing a meal ticket.

  First, when a prepaid card is newly purchased (Yes in Step C11), the user accesses the data server from the food voucher & card issuing machine (Step C12) and inputs his / her ID and password (Step C13). If a button such as “new card purchase” is provided on the initial screen, the process of steps C11 to C17 is executed when touched. The input ID and password information is transferred to the data server via the network.

  According to the ID / password verification result on the data server side, the food voucher & card issuing machine records the user ID on the prepaid card to be newly issued (step C14). Subsequently, the personal health management data is requested from the data server (step C15), and by receiving the upper limit calorie data of the user (step C16), the upper limit calorie data is recorded on the prepaid card 16 (step C17). .

  The personal health management data is a table in which health management data such as the value of the upper limit calorie obtained for each user is registered. “Personal ID”, “Name”, “Upper limit calorie / day”, “Protein / day” , “Carbohydrate / day”, and “Update date”. For example, in the “Upper limit calorie / day” item, the upper limit value of calories that the user can consume per day is registered.

  On the other hand, if it is not a new purchase in step C11, the user inserts the purchased prepaid card into the card reading unit of the food voucher & card issuing machine. In this prepaid card, the user ID and the upper limit calorie data are already recorded. Therefore, the food voucher & card issuing machine reads each information of the ID and the upper limit calorie recorded in the prepaid card and uses it for the following processing (steps C18 and C19).

  That is, when a user purchases a meal ticket using a prepaid card, the menu list corresponding to the user changes, for example, the display color of the menu in the plan, or a light emitting body such as an LED is provided in the display portion of each menu. It is displayed by turning on the light emitter corresponding to the planned menu (step C20).

  Here, when the user selects at least one desired menu from the list of menus displayed on the screen (step C21), the food voucher & card issuing machine calculates the total calorie value of the menu selected by the user (step C21). C22), comparing the total calorie value of the selected menu with the value of the upper limit calorie read from the prepaid card (step C23). In this case, the calories taken by the user on that day are recorded on the prepaid card together with the date data.

  If the pre-paid card records the calorie intake that day when the menu is selected (that is, if it is not the first meal of the day), add the calories already consumed and the calories in the currently selected menu, By comparing the total value with the upper limit calorie, it is determined whether or not the calorie value that can be consumed per day is exceeded.

  As a result, when the total calorie value of the selection menu exceeds the upper limit calorie value (Yes in Step C24), the food voucher & card issuing machine sounds a buzzer, for example, to notify the user that the calorie is over ( Step C25).

  If there is another menu selection (Yes in step C26), the same processing is repeated from step C20. When the menu selection is completed (No in Step C26), the food voucher & card issuing machine sends the user ID and the selection menu to the data server (Step C27). At that time, the calorie data of the selection menu is recorded on the prepaid card by additionally registering the selection number data of the selection menu in the item field corresponding to the date data and meal time zone of the day, and the user still has meals on that day. Be prepared in case you want to.

Thereby, even if a user does not calculate calories every time he eats, he can select a menu within the upper limit calorie range and eat.
JP 2005-222191 A JP 2002-149827 A

  However, although the conventional menu order selection support system referred to Patent Document 1 works so that the excess or deficiency of each meal is resolved over a long period of time, the health management information is stored in the data center. , The minimum intake requirement per meal (minimum once) per nutrient per individual, the maximum intake limit (maximum once intake) per meal, the minimum intake requirement per day ( Daily minimum) Maximum daily intake (maximum daily), Minimum required daily intake (minimum weekly), and Maximum daily intake (maximum daily) It is necessary to register various health management information such as), and when there is a change in the health management information, it is necessary to rewrite the data in these data centers. For this reason, the amount of data that must be managed increases, and there is a problem that it takes time to make changes.

  In addition, in the conventional health management system of Patent Document 2, the user can select a menu within the upper limit calorie range without having to calculate calories every time the user eats, but the upper limit value. Is the upper limit for one day, and when it is totally overwhelming, it is only possible to know that the calorie has been exceeded only after the last meal such as dinner. It was necessary to memorize the upper limit of the value, and there was a problem that the upper limit could not be automatically adjusted according to the amount of intake.

  Furthermore, if it was within the range of the upper limit calorie, all menus were presented, and there was a problem that the presentation was not in consideration of nutritional balance.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and allows the user to obtain information on dietary restriction conditions per meal according to the time zone by simply storing meal restriction conditions with a small amount of data. An object of the present invention is to provide a meal management device and a program thereof.

  In order to solve the conventional problems, the meal management apparatus and the program thereof according to the present invention include a meal restriction condition storage unit for storing a meal restriction condition per day for each individual, and the meal restriction condition storage unit. A weighting means for weighting meal restriction conditions for each of breakfast, lunch, and dinner with respect to stored contents, a current time measuring means, and a meal restriction condition determination means for each time, and determining the meal restriction conditions per time The means selects a corresponding meal from the current time measured by the current time counting means, and determines a meal restriction condition per time in the current time period according to the weight determined by the weighting means. .

  Thus, the user can obtain information on the meal restriction conditions per meal according to the time zone only by storing the meal restriction conditions per day.

  The meal management apparatus of the present invention and the program thereof can obtain information on meal restriction conditions per meal according to the time zone by simply storing meal restriction conditions with a small amount of data.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a meal restriction condition storage means for storing a meal restriction condition per day for each individual, and a meal restriction condition for each breakfast / lunch / dinner for the stored contents of the meal restriction condition storage means. Weighting means for performing weighting, current time timing means, and meal restriction condition determination means per time, the meal restriction condition determination means per time, the current time clocked by the current time clock means The meal management apparatus is configured to select a meal from the above and determine a meal restriction condition per time in the current time period according to the weighting determined by the weighting means. Thus, the user can obtain information on the meal restriction conditions per meal according to the time zone only by storing the meal restriction conditions per day.

  In particular, according to the second invention, in the first invention, the weighting means performs the same weighting for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, respectively, so that the amount of intake per day can be simply stored. It is possible to support menu selection with uniformization.

  In the third invention, in particular, in the first or second invention, the intake acquisition means for acquiring the intake per time for the meal restriction condition and the meal restriction condition determination means per time are determined. An intake amount difference calculating means for calculating a difference between a meal restriction condition per time and an intake amount acquired by the intake amount acquiring means, and a weight correction means for correcting the weighting by the weighting means, The weighting correction unit corrects the weighting unit according to the difference calculated by the intake amount difference calculating unit, so that the weighting correction unit is performed once according to the intake amount without changing the pre-stored daily meal restriction condition. The dietary restriction conditions can be adjusted automatically.

  In a fourth aspect of the invention, in particular, in the third aspect of the invention, a difference threshold comparison unit for comparing the difference calculated by the intake amount difference calculation unit with a predetermined threshold, and a correction period for determining a period for correction by the weight correction unit Determining means, and when the difference calculated by the intake difference calculating means is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold value, the weighting correcting means stores in advance by correcting the weighting means for the period determined by the correction period determining means. Even if the dietary restriction condition per day is not changed, the meal restriction condition per serving can be automatically adjusted for a predetermined period according to the amount of intake.

  In particular, the fifth invention is the menu grouping means for classifying a predetermined menu having the intake information on the dietary restriction condition into a group in any one of the first to fourth inventions, and a menu The menu combination means includes a notification means for notifying the combination result, and the menu combination means satisfies the meal restriction condition per time determined by the meal restriction condition determination means per time. By combining only a maximum of one menu belonging to the same group classified by the menu group classification means, for example, staple food, main dish, side dish, etc. within a range satisfying the meal restriction condition per time It can be presented in a well-balanced combination for each group such as vegetables and desserts.

  In a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the invention, there is provided a group menu selection means for selecting, for each group, a menu belonging to an arbitrary group classified by the menu group classification means, and a group menu option determination means. The intra-group menu option deciding means includes a meal per meal determined by the meal restriction condition deciding means per meal according to the selection result of the intra-group menu selection means by the menu combination means for an unselected group By determining the combination result so as to satisfy the restriction conditions as an option, use within the range of satisfying the meal restriction conditions per time, for example, in the group such as staple food, main dish, side dish, dessert Depending on the user's selection, unselected groups can be presented in a well-balanced combination.

  In the seventh invention, in particular, in the third to sixth inventions, the intake amount acquisition means for acquiring the intake amount per time for the meal restriction condition is the intake amount transmission starting means, and the meal restriction condition A receiving unit for receiving the amount of intake per time, and a shelf label for displaying for each menu is a dietary restriction condition intake for storing the intake amount for each menu regarding the dietary restriction condition An amount storage means and a transmission means, and in response to an activation request from the intake amount transmission start means of the intake amount acquisition means, the shelf label stores the intake amount stored in the meal restriction condition intake amount storage means for each menu The meal management device is treated as a portable information terminal by transmitting the contents together with the menu contents by the transmission means, and the intake amount receiving means of the intake amount acquiring means receiving the transmission contents and acquiring the intake amount for each menu. Can eat Application of memory and menu selection assistance of dietary condition for each user of the system management device as a simple system configuration can be presented only to the user and processed by the portable information terminal.

  Since the eighth invention is a program by causing a computer to execute at least a part of the functions of the meal management device according to any one of the first to seventh inventions, -At least a part can be easily realized by cooperating hardware resources such as information devices, computers, and servers. In addition, the program can be distributed / updated and installed easily by recording on a recording medium or distributing the program using a communication line.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
1 to 3 show a meal management apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the meal management apparatus 201 in this Embodiment is provided with the following means 202-215.

  The meal restriction condition storage means 202 stores meal restriction conditions per day for each individual. The weighting means 203 weights the meal restriction conditions for each breakfast / lunch / dinner with respect to the stored contents of the meal restriction condition storage means 202. The current time counting means 204 measures the current time. A meal restriction condition determination unit 205 selects a corresponding meal from the current time measured by the current time counting unit 204 and selects a meal per current time period according to the weighting determined by the weighting unit 203. Determine the limiting conditions.

  The intake amount acquisition means 206 acquires the intake amount information per time for the meal restriction condition. The intake amount difference calculating means 207 calculates the difference between the amount determined by the meal restriction condition determining means 205 per time and the amount of intake acquired by the intake amount acquiring means 206 for acquiring information on the amount of intake per time. To do. The difference threshold value comparison unit 208 compares the difference calculated by the intake amount difference calculation unit 207 with a predetermined threshold value. The weighting correction unit 209 corrects the weighting of the weighting unit 203. The correction period determination unit 210 determines a period to be corrected by the weighting correction unit 209 according to the comparison result from the difference threshold comparison unit 208.

  Further, the menu group classifying unit 211 classifies the predetermined menu having the intake amount information about the meal restriction conditions into groups. The menu combination unit 212 performs menu combinations in the group classified by the menu group classification unit 211. The group menu selection means 213 selects a menu from the options determined by the group menu option determination means 214. The notification means 215 notifies the information of each means 205, 207, 211, 212, 214.

  About the meal management apparatus comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement and an effect | action are demonstrated below based on FIG.

  First, the meal restriction condition determination unit 205 of the meal management apparatus 201 acquires the meal restriction condition per day from the meal restriction condition storage unit 202 (step 1). The dietary restriction conditions include, for example, a calorie upper limit, a salt upper limit, a sugar upper limit, a vegetable intake lower limit, a cholesterol upper limit, and the like. If there are dietary restriction conditions for these individuals, the conditions are stored. Has been. Next, the weighting means 203 weights breakfast, lunch, and dinner with respect to the meal restriction conditions (for example, the upper limit of calories) per day in the meal restriction condition storage means 202 (in this embodiment, breakfast 0.3, lunch 0. 3. At the same time as having dinner 0.4), the meal restriction condition determination means 205 determines the meal time zone from the current time measured by the current time counting means 204, for example, if it is 11:00, lunch. Then, the restriction condition stored in the meal restriction condition storage unit 202 × the weight of lunch 0.3 is calculated to determine the current meal restriction amount (steps 3 and 4). In this embodiment, 3:00 to 10:00 are set as a breakfast time zone, 10: 0 to 14:00 as a lunch time zone, and 14:00 to 3:00 as a dinner time zone. The weighting means 203 is weighted equally for breakfast restriction, lunch, dinner, etc., such as breakfast 1/3, lunch 1/3, dinner 1/3, etc. It doesn't matter.

  Next, the intake amount acquisition means 206 is input with the total value of the intake amount regarding the meal restriction conditions for the menu selected from the direct data input from the user or the selection result in the group menu selection means 213. Then, the intake amount per time is acquired for the dietary restriction conditions. In addition, the total value of the intake amount for the dietary restriction condition is also input for the combination menu selected by the user from the combination result of the menu combination unit 212 notified by the notification unit 215 (step 5).

  Next, the intake amount difference calculating means 207 has the meal restriction amount per meal in the current time period for the meal restriction condition determined by the meal restriction condition determination means 205 per time, and the intake amount acquisition means 206 has acquired 1 The difference in intake per time is calculated (step 6). Further, the difference threshold comparison unit 208 corrects the difference (for example, the calorie over amount) calculated by the intake amount difference calculation unit 207 if the difference is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold (in this embodiment, ¼ or more of the daily limit). The period determining means 210 determines the correction period as 3 days. If the difference is 1/8 or more and less than 1/4 of the daily limit, the correction period is 1 day, and the difference is less than 1/8 of the daily limit. Then, the correction period is set to 0 day, and the weighting correction unit 209 performs correction (steps 7 to 12).

  For example, in the case of conventional breakfast 0.3, lunch 0.3, and dinner 0.4, weighting correction is performed by subtracting 0.1 from the weight of all meals, such as breakfast 0.2, lunch 0.2, and dinner 0.3. Do. It is possible to reduce only the next meal that has been exceeded or to reduce only a few meals. In the present embodiment, the predetermined threshold value compared by the difference threshold comparison unit 208 is a ratio to the limit amount, but may be a predetermined value.

  Next, the operation and action of the menu combination of the meal management apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

  The menu group classification means 211 classifies the predetermined menu having the intake amount information about the meal restriction conditions into groups (group of staple food, main dish, side dish, dessert in the present embodiment) (step 13). The menu combination means 212 is designed to select at most one menu for each group from the menu of the grouped staple food group, the menu of the main dish group, the menu of the side dish group, and the menu of the dessert group. The menus are combined within the range of the daily dietary restriction conditions determined by the daily meal restriction condition determining means 205 (step 14). For example, the staple food is rice, the main dish is hamburger, the side dish is salad, and the dessert is apple. In this case, for example, there is a combination in which dessert is not selected.

  Next, the notification unit 215 notifies the combined menu combined by the menu combination unit 212, and the group menu option determination unit 214 sets the staple food, main dish, side dish, and dessert classified by the menu group classification unit 211 for each group. If nothing is selected for any group, all menus are determined as options that can be selected by the user and notified by the notification means 215 (step 15). Furthermore, the menu combination means 212, when the user selects from the options determined by the group menu selection means 214 by the group menu selection means 213 (for example, when selecting teriyaki with main dish), The menu combination means 212 is combined with the teriyaki sauce, and is combined so that it is within the range of the daily food restriction conditions determined by the meal restriction condition determination means 205 per time. The decision means 214 narrows down the options for each group and confirms the selection for all groups (steps 16 to 18). The intake amount acquisition means 206 notifies the total value of the intake amount of the selected menu when the user selects the menu for each group, if the user does not select the menu selection means 213 within the group, and notifies the user. When the menu is selected from the combination menus notified by the means 215, the total intake amount of the combination menu is acquired as the intake per time (step 19).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the meal restriction condition storage means 202 for storing the meal restriction conditions per day for each individual, and breakfast / lunch / A weighting means 203 for weighting meal restriction conditions for each dinner, a current time counting means 204, and a meal restriction condition determination means 205 per time are provided. By selecting the corresponding meal from the current time measured by the time measuring means 204 and determining the meal restriction condition per time in the current time zone according to the weighting determined by the weighting means 203, 1 Meal management device that allows users to obtain dietary restriction condition information per meal according to the time zone simply by storing the meal restriction conditions per day It is possible to provide a.

  In addition, the weighting unit 203 weights breakfast, lunch, and dinner equally, and only stores the meal restriction conditions per day, thereby supporting menu selection with uniform intake. A meal management apparatus can be provided.

  Also, the intake amount acquisition means 206 for acquiring the intake amount per time for the meal restriction conditions, and the meal restriction condition and intake amount acquisition means 206 per time determined by the meal restriction condition determination means 205 per time. The intake difference calculation means 207 for calculating the difference from the intake obtained in step 209 and the weight correction means 209 for correcting the weighting by the weighting means 203 are provided. The weight correction means 209 calculates the intake difference difference. By correcting the weighting means 203 according to the difference calculated by the means 207, the meal restriction condition per one time is automatically set according to the intake amount without changing the meal restriction condition per day stored in advance. It is possible to provide a meal management device that adjusts to the above.

  Furthermore, a difference threshold comparison unit 208 for comparing the difference calculated by the intake amount difference calculation unit 207 with a predetermined threshold, and a correction period determination unit 210 for determining a period to be corrected by the weight correction unit 209 are provided. The means 209 corrects the weighting means 203 for the period determined by the correction period determination means 210 when the difference calculated by the intake difference calculation means 207 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, thereby storing the data per day stored in advance. It is possible to provide a meal management apparatus that automatically adjusts a meal restriction condition per time for a predetermined period according to the amount of intake without changing the meal restriction condition.

  In addition, a menu group classifying unit 211 for classifying a predetermined menu having intake information regarding meal restriction conditions into a group, a menu combining unit 212, and a menu combination unit 212 for notifying the combination result The menu combination means 212 includes a menu 215, and the menu combination means 212 belongs to the same group classified by the menu group classification means 211 so as to satisfy the meal restriction conditions per meal determined by the meal restriction condition determination means 205 per time. By combining only 1 at most, a meal management device that provides a balanced combination for each group of staple foods, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, etc. within a range that satisfies the dietary restriction conditions per time Can be provided.

  Further, the menu group selection means 211 includes an in-group menu selection means 213 for selecting, for each group, a menu belonging to an arbitrary group classified by the menu group classification means 211, and an in-group menu option determination means 214. For the unselected group, the menu combination means 212 satisfies the meal restriction condition per meal determined by the meal restriction condition determination means 205 per meal according to the selection result of the group menu selection means 213. By determining the combined result as an option, within the range satisfying the meal restriction conditions per time, for example, according to the user's selection in the group such as staple food, main dish, side dish, dessert, It is possible to provide a meal management apparatus that presents a combination of unselected groups in a balanced manner.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 4 shows a meal management apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The same elements as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in the figure, the meal management apparatus according to the present embodiment constitutes a meal management system, and includes a portable information terminal 216 and shelf labels 219a and 219b for display for each menu in a restaurant or the like. Yes.

  The portable information terminal 216 has substantially the same configuration as that of the meal management device 201 in the first embodiment, but the intake amount acquisition means 206 for acquiring the intake amount per time for the meal restriction condition is the intake amount An amount transmission activation means 217 and an intake amount receiving means 218 for receiving an intake amount per time for meal restriction conditions are provided.

  In addition, the shelf label 219a includes a diet restriction condition intake storage means 221a for storing the intake for each menu regarding the meal restriction conditions, and a transmission means 220a to the portable information terminal 216, and the shelf label 219b. Similarly, a meal restriction condition intake storage means 221b and a transmission means 220b are provided.

  About the meal management apparatus comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement and an effect | action are demonstrated below.

  First, the user carries the portable information terminal 216 and goes to the cafeteria. When it becomes close to the entrance of the cafeteria, the intake transmission starting means 217 of the portable information terminal 216 (in the present embodiment, the intake request transmission switch) is operated. In response to the activation request from the intake amount transmission activation means 217, the shelf labels 219a and 219b transmit the intake amounts stored in the meal restriction condition intake amount storage means 221a and 221b for each menu together with the menu contents and the transmission means 220a. , 220b. The intake receiving means 218 of the portable information terminal 216 receives this transmission content, and the intake acquiring means 206 acquires the intake for each menu. Thereafter, the same operation as in the first embodiment is performed.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the intake amount acquisition means 206 for acquiring the intake amount per time for the meal restriction condition is the intake amount transmission activation means 217 and the once for the meal restriction condition. And a shelf label 219a, 219b for displaying for each menu, and a diet restriction condition for storing the intake amount for each menu regarding the meal restriction condition. Ingestion amount storage means 221a, 221b and transmission means 220a, 220b are provided, and in response to an activation request from the intake amount transmission activation means 217 of the intake amount acquisition means 206, the shelf labels 219a, 219b limit meals for each menu The intakes stored in the condition intake storage means 221a and 221b are transmitted by the transmission means 220a and 220b together with the menu contents, and the intake acquisition means 20 Food receiving device 217 receives this transmission content and obtains the intake amount for each menu, so that the meal management device can be handled as a portable information terminal, and the whole meal management device can be configured as a simple system configuration. An application for storing meal restriction conditions and menu selection support for each user can be processed on the portable information terminal side and presented only to the user.

  That is, in this embodiment, the meal restriction condition determination unit 205 of the portable information terminal 216 selects a corresponding meal from the current time measured by the current time counting unit 204 and is determined by the weighting unit 203. The meal restriction condition per time in the current time zone is determined according to the weighting, and the correction result performed according to the intake per time for the meal restriction condition transmitted from the shelf labels 219a and 219b Or the simple meal management system which alert | reports the combination result by the alerting | reporting means 215 is provided.

  In this embodiment, the intake request transmission switch is used as the intake transmission activation means 217, but transmission activation by induced electromotive force may be used.

  All the means other than the constituent means of the meal restriction condition storage means 202, the current time counting means 204, the notification means 215, the intake amount acquisition means 206, and the shelf labels 219a and 219b in the first and second embodiments described above are CPU ( (Or microcomputer), RAM, ROM, storage / recording device, electrical / information equipment including I / O, computer, server, and the like may be implemented in the form of a program that cooperates hardware resources. In the form of a program, new functions can be distributed / updated and installed easily by recording them on a recording medium such as magnetic media or optical media or distributing them using a communication line such as the Internet.

  As described above, the meal management apparatus and the program thereof according to the present invention only store meal restriction conditions with a small amount of data, and the user can set information on meal restriction conditions per meal according to the time zone. Therefore, it can be applied as a meal management apparatus or system for business use and home use, and can also be applied to cooking appliances.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the meal management apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart which shows the flow of the meal restriction condition determination operation | movement per day in the meal management apparatus The flowchart which shows the flow of the menu combination operation | movement in the meal management apparatus The block diagram which shows the structure of the meal management apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. Flow chart of a meal allowable value calculation processing routine in a conventional menu order selection support system The flowchart which shows the processing operation of the user side (apparatus side) at the time of the food-ticket purchase in the conventional health care system

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 Meal management apparatus 202 Meal restriction condition memory | storage means 203 Weighting means 204 Current time measuring means 205 Meal restriction condition determination means 206 Intake amount acquisition means 207 Intake amount difference calculation means 208 Difference threshold value comparison means 209 Weight correction means 210 Correction period Determination means 211 Menu group classification means 212 Menu combination means 213 Group menu selection means 214 Group menu option determination means 215 Notification means 216 Portable information terminal 219a, 219b Shelf labels 220a, 220b Transmission means 221a, 221b Meal restriction condition intake storage means

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Meal restriction condition storage means for storing meal restriction conditions per day for each individual, and weighting for weighting meal restriction conditions for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with respect to the stored contents of the meal restriction condition storage means Means, a current time measuring means, and a meal restriction condition determining means for each time, wherein the meal restriction condition determining means for selecting a meal from the current time measured by the current time clock means A meal management apparatus for determining a meal restriction condition per time in the current time period according to the weighting determined by the weighting means. The meal management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the weighting means weights breakfast, lunch, and dinner equally. Intake acquisition means for acquiring the intake amount per time for the meal restriction condition, the meal restriction condition per time determined by the meal restriction condition determination means and the intake acquired by the intake amount acquisition means An intake amount difference calculating means for calculating a difference from the amount, and a weighting correcting means for correcting the weighting by the weighting means, wherein the weighting correcting means is in accordance with the difference calculated by the intake amount difference calculating means. The meal management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the weighting means is corrected. A difference threshold comparing means for comparing the difference calculated by the intake difference calculating means with a predetermined threshold; and a correction period determining means for determining a period to be corrected by the weight correcting means. The meal management apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the difference calculated by the calculating means is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, the weighting means is corrected for the period determined by the correction period determining means. A menu group classifying unit for classifying a predetermined menu having intake information on meal restriction conditions into a group, a menu combination unit, and a notification unit for the menu combination unit to notify a combination result The menu combination means has at most one menu belonging to the same group classified by the menu group classification means so as to satisfy the meal restriction condition per meal determined by the meal restriction condition determination means per time. The meal management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is not combined. A menu selection means for selecting a menu belonging to an arbitrary group to be classified by the menu group classification means for each group; and an intra-group menu option determination means; As a choice, the menu combination means for the group combines the results so as to satisfy the meal restriction condition per meal determined by the meal restriction condition determination means per time according to the selection result by the menu selection means in the group. The meal management apparatus according to claim 5 to be determined. The intake amount acquisition means for acquiring the intake amount per time for the meal restriction condition is an intake amount transmission starting means, and the intake amount reception means for receiving the intake amount per time for the meal restriction condition, The shelf label for displaying for each menu includes a dietary restriction condition intake storage means for storing the intake for each menu regarding the meal restriction conditions, and a transmission means, and the intake of the intake acquisition means In response to the activation request from the amount transmission activation means, the shelf label transmits the intake amount stored in the meal restriction condition intake storage means for each menu together with the menu contents by the transmission means, and the intake amount of the intake amount acquisition means The meal management apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the receiving means receives the transmission contents and acquires the intake amount for each menu. The program for making a computer perform at least one part of the function in the meal management apparatus of any one of Claims 1-7.

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