Information presentation device, information presentation method and program

Abstract

To provide an information presentation device, an information presentation method and a program capable of easily presenting dishes using products and traceability information of products, for products such as prepared foods.SOLUTION: An information presentation device comprises: an imaging unit 41 that captures an image of a prepared food product M or an identification code of the prepared food product M; a product identification unit 42 that identifies the prepared food product M based on the image captured by the imaging unit 41; and an information presentation unit 44 that presents to a customer a dish that uses the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42 or traceability information of the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information presentation device, an information presentation method, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, a method for presenting information about a product for sale is known in which a label for the product is created and attached to the product's container to present the information to customers (see Patent Document 1). With this information presentation method, even for products that use general-purpose containers such as prepared foods, information about the product can be easily presented to customers by printing and attaching a label. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2002-221903 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Incidentally, for sales products such as prepared foods, there is a demand to present to customers information on dishes that use the sales product, ingredients of the sales product, etc., in order to stimulate customers' purchasing motivation. However, with conventional information presentation methods, there is a problem that there is no space to display dishes that use the sales product or ingredients of the sales product, etc., due to issues with the size of the label and the size of the position where the label can be attached on the general-purpose container, and this information cannot be presented to customers.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention aims to provide an information presentation device, an information presentation method, and a program that can easily present traceability information for sales products such as prepared foods and other dishes that use the sales products. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an information presentation device comprising an imaging unit that captures an image of a food product for sale or an identification code of the product for sale, a product identification unit that identifies the product for sale based on an image captured by the imaging unit, and an information presentation unit that presents dishes that use the product for sale identified by the product identification unit and / or traceability information of the product for sale identified by the product identification unit.

[0007] In addition, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an information presentation method which includes executing an imaging process for imaging a food product for sale or an identification code of the product for sale, a product identification process for identifying the product for sale based on the image captured by the imaging process, and an information presentation process for presenting a dish which uses the product for sale identified by the product identification process and / or traceability information of the product for sale identified by the product identification process.

[0008] In addition, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a program for causing a computer to execute an imaging process of imaging a food product for sale or an identification code of the product for sale, a product identification process of identifying the product for sale based on the image captured by the imaging process, and an information presentation process of presenting a dish using the product for sale identified by the product identification process and / or traceability information of the product for sale identified by the product identification process. Effect of the Invention

[0009] The information presentation device, information presentation method, and program according to the present invention can easily present, for a sales product such as prepared foods, dishes that use the sales product, and traceability information of the sales product. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information presentation system according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 2]13A is a diagram showing a recipe display screen, and FIG. 13B is a diagram showing an ingredient display screen. [Diagram 3] 13 is a flowchart showing an information presenting operation. [Figure 4] FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information presentation system according to a second embodiment. [Diagram 5] 10 is a flowchart showing an information presenting operation in the second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] (First embodiment) An information presentation system to which an information presentation device, an information presentation method, and a program according to one embodiment of the present invention are applied will be described below with reference to the attached drawings. This information presentation system is a system that presents customers with information related to prepared food products for sale (hereinafter referred to as prepared food products). In particular, this information presentation system employs a configuration in which prepared food products are photographed using a mobile terminal, and dishes (so-called remake recipes or arrangement recipes) that use the photographed prepared food products as ingredients are presented to customers. Prepared food products are an example of food products for sale.

[0012] (Configuration of information presentation system) 1, the information presentation system 1 includes a mobile terminal 11 with a camera that captures an image of a prepared food product M, and a product management server 13 that is connected to the mobile terminal 11 via a network 12. The mobile terminal 11 is an example of an information presentation device and a computer. Note that while it is assumed that the mobile terminal 11 is carried by a customer, it may also be configured to use a mobile terminal that is placed in a store and available to the customer.

[0013] The product management server 13 is an information processing device that stores various information related to prepared dish products M and provides the various information to the mobile terminal 11 in response to a request from the mobile terminal 11. Specifically, the product management server 13 has a prepared dish product image database 20, a cooking information database 21, and an ingredient product information database 22.

[0014] The prepared food product image database 20 is a database that stores images and identification code images of multiple prepared foods sold in the store. Specifically, the prepared food product image database 20 stores the names of the prepared foods, images, and identification code images for multiple prepared foods sold in the store in association with each other. The identification code image is an image of an identification code. The identification code is a code for identifying the name of the prepared food product M (type of prepared food), and is, for example, a barcode, a two-dimensional code, a character code, or the like. The images and identification code images of each prepared food stored in the prepared food product image database 20 are used to identify the prepared food product M by the captured image. Details will be described later, but in this embodiment, a configuration is adopted in which the name of the prepared food product M is identified, and a dish using the prepared food product with the identified name is presented, thereby presenting a dish using the prepared food product M. When the product management server 13 receives a request from the mobile terminal 11 for the names and images or identification code images of multiple prepared dishes sold in the store, it extracts the names and images or identification code images of each prepared dish from the prepared dish product image database 20 in accordance with the request, and transmits the extracted names and images or identification code images of each prepared dish to the mobile terminal 11.

[0015] The cooking information database 21 is a database that stores information on dishes (so-called remake recipes and arrangement recipes) that use each of the multiple side dishes sold in the store as an ingredient for the multiple side dishes. That is, in the cooking information database 21, one or more dishes are associated with each of the side dishes names of the multiple side dishes sold in the store, and information on the associated dishes is stored. In addition, the cooking information database 21 stores the name and / or image of the dish and the names of the ingredients of the dish as the information on the dish. The information on the dish may further include the amount of ingredients used and cooking procedures. The "ingredients" referred to here include seasonings. In addition, the "dish that uses a side dish as an ingredient" referred to here also includes dishes that simply change the taste by adding seasonings to the side dish. When the product management server 13 receives a request from the mobile terminal 11 for information on a dish that uses the side dish specified by the mobile terminal 11, it extracts information on the dish that uses the side dish from the cooking information database 21 in accordance with the request, and transmits the extracted information on the dish to the mobile terminal 11.

[0016] The ingredient product information database 22 is a database that stores the product name and / or image and sales information of one or more sales products for each of a plurality of ingredients used in cooking. That is, in the ingredient product information database 22, for each of a plurality of ingredients, one or more sales products are associated with the ingredient name of each ingredient, and the product name and / or image and sales information of the associated one or more sales products are stored. The sales information includes sale information and / or coupon information. The sale information is information indicating whether or not the sales product is a sale product, and the coupon information is information indicating whether or not the sales product is a coupon eligible product for which a coupon is issued. When the product management server 13 receives a request from the mobile terminal 11 for sales product information (product name, image, sales information) of the ingredient specified by the mobile terminal 11, the product management server 13 extracts the sales product information of the ingredient from the ingredient product information database 22 in accordance with the request, and transmits the extracted sales product information to the mobile terminal 11.

[0017] The mobile terminal 11 is a portable information processing device constituted by a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like, and has a camera unit 31, a communication unit 32, a display operation unit 33, and a control unit 34. The camera unit 31 is constituted by a CCD camera, a CMOS camera, or the like, and captures images. The communication unit 32 communicates with the product management server 13 via the network 12 by wireless communication. The display operation unit 33 is constituted by a touch panel, or the like, and functions as a display unit that displays various information, as well as an operation unit for performing various operations.

[0018] The control unit 34 is composed of, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), etc., and controls the camera unit 31, the communication unit 32, and the display operation unit 33. The control unit 34 also functions as an imaging unit 41, a product identification unit 42, an information acquisition unit 43, and an information presentation unit 44 by executing a predetermined application program.

[0019] The imaging unit 41 controls the camera unit 31 to capture an image of the prepared food product M or an identification code (such as a barcode, two-dimensional code, or character code) of the prepared food product M. The imaging unit 41 captures an image of the prepared food product M or the identification code when the customer points the camera unit 31 at the prepared food product M or the identification code and receives an image capture instruction from the customer. Note that the identification code to be captured is, for example, one that is attached to the prepared food product M or one that is attached to the sales shelf or pamphlet for the prepared food product M.

[0020] The product identification unit 42 identifies the name of the prepared dish product M (type of prepared dish) based on the image captured by the imaging unit 41. That is, when the imaging unit 41 captures an image of the prepared dish product M, the product identification unit 42 identifies the name of the prepared dish product M that has been captured based on the captured image, and when the imaging unit 41 captures an image of the identification code of the prepared dish product M, the product identification unit 42 identifies the name of the prepared dish product M that has the captured identification code based on the captured image. Identification of the prepared dish product M is performed using the image of the prepared dish product M and the identification code image stored in the prepared dish product image database 20 of the product management server 13.

[0021] That is, when the imaging unit 41 captures an image of a prepared food product M, the product specification unit 42 controls the communication unit 32 to request the product management server 13 for the names and images of multiple prepared foods sold in the store, and also receives the names and images of multiple prepared foods extracted from the prepared food product image database 20 from the product management server 13. The product specification unit 42 then compares the received images of each prepared food with the captured image to identify the name of the prepared food product M captured in the captured image. In addition, when an identification code is captured by the imaging unit 41, the product specification unit 42 controls the communication unit 32 to request the product management server 13 for the names and identification code images of multiple prepared foods sold in the store, and also receives the names and identification code images of multiple prepared foods extracted from the prepared food product image database 20 from the product management server 13. The product specification unit 42 then compares the received identification code images of each prepared food with the captured image to identify the name of the prepared food product M with the identification code captured in the captured image. In addition, the identification of the prepared food product M may be performed by performing image analysis on the captured image to read out the name of the prepared food product M written on it, instead of comparing it with the identification code image, thereby identifying the name of the prepared food product M.

[0022] In addition, when there are multiple candidates for the side dish name in identifying the side dish name, the customer may be allowed to select one. That is, the product identification unit 42 may be configured to control the display operation unit 33 to display a side dish name selection screen that displays candidate side dish names, and to identify the side dish name of the side dish product M by accepting a selection by the customer.

[0023] The information acquisition unit 43 controls the communication unit 32 to acquire information related to the prepared dish product M identified by the product identification unit 42 from the product management server 13. In this embodiment, the information acquisition unit 43 specifies the name of the prepared dish product M identified by the product identification unit 42, requests the product management server 13 for information on a dish that uses the prepared dish with the specified name as an ingredient (the dish name and / or image of the dish and the ingredients of the dish), and receives and acquires information on the dish that uses the prepared dish extracted from the dish information database 21 from the product management server 13. The information acquisition unit 43 also specifies each ingredient of each acquired dish, requests the product management server 13 for information on the sales product of each specified ingredient (product name, image, and sales information), and receives and acquires information on each ingredient extracted from the ingredient product information database 22 from the product management server 13.

[0024] The information presentation unit 44 controls the display operation unit 33 to display a dish display screen G1 (see FIG. 2(a)) that presents dishes using the specified prepared food product M based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 43. The dish display screen G1 lists the dish names and / or images of the dishes acquired from the product management server 13, and displays a list of dishes using the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42. That is, in this embodiment, a list of dishes using the prepared food of the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42 is displayed as a list of dishes using the prepared food product M. In this way, multiple dishes using the prepared food product M are presented to the customer. Note that, as shown in FIG. 2(a), the list of dishes may be configured to display only the dish name of the dish, or may be configured to display the dish name and image of the dish. Also, it may be configured to display only the image of the dish.

[0025] In addition, when displaying a list of dishes that use the prepared food product M, dishes with high priority based on the sales information of the ingredients are preferentially displayed (presented) based on the sales information of the ingredients acquired by the information acquisition unit 43. For example, for multiple dishes that use the prepared food product M, a high priority is set for dishes that have many sale items or coupon eligible items among the ingredients, and the dishes are displayed in a list in descending order of priority from top to bottom.

[0026] In addition, when a dish is selected from the list on the dish display screen G1, the information presentation unit 44 displays an ingredient display screen G2 (see FIG. 2(b)) that displays the ingredients of the selected dish based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 43. The ingredient display screen G2 displays a list of ingredients and products for sale, in which the ingredient name of each ingredient of the selected dish is associated with the product name and / or image of the product for sale of each ingredient. This displays the list of ingredients and products for sale of each ingredient of the selected dish. That is, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the list of products for sale may be configured to display only the product name of the product for sale, or may display the product name and image of the product for sale. Alternatively, it may be configured to display only the image of the product for sale. As shown in the same figure, it is preferable that the ingredient display screen G2 displays ingredients other than the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42.

[0027] In addition, when displaying the list of ingredients and sales products, sales products with a high priority based on sales information are preferentially displayed (presented) for the sales products of the ingredients of the selected dish. For example, the priority of sale products and products eligible for coupons is set high for multiple sales products corresponding to the ingredients, and only the product name of the sales product with the highest priority is displayed in association with the ingredient name. Note that, although the present embodiment is configured to display only one sales product for one ingredient, a configuration may be adopted in which multiple sales products are displayed for one ingredient. Also, a configuration may be adopted in which ingredients can be selected from a list on the ingredient display screen G2, and when an ingredient is selected from the list on the ingredient display screen G2, a list of sales products corresponding to the selected ingredient is displayed. In such a case, a configuration may be adopted in which the sales product displayed on the ingredient display screen G2 can be changed to the selected one by selecting one sales product from the list of sales products.

[0028] Furthermore, it is preferable that the material display screen G2 presents, for each sales item, information indicating whether the sales item is a special sale item or not, and information indicating whether the sales item is a coupon eligible item or not. For example, as shown in FIG. 2(b), if the sales item is a special sale item, an icon indicating that the sales item is a special sale item is displayed next to the product name of the sales item, and if the sales item is a coupon eligible item, an icon indicating that the sales item is a coupon eligible item is displayed next to the product name of the sales item. This makes it easy to check which sales items of materials are special sale items or coupon eligible items. Although not shown in the figure, the sales location and price of the sales item may also be displayed next to the product name.

[0029] (Explanation of information presentation operation) Next, an information presentation operation by the mobile terminal 11 will be described with reference to Fig. 3. This information presentation operation is an operation of capturing an image of a prepared dish M or an identification code of the prepared dish M, and presenting to a customer a dish or a product for sale that uses the prepared dish M or its ingredients. The information presentation operation is also an example of an information presentation method.

[0030] 3, in the information presentation operation, first, an image of the prepared food product M or the identification code of the prepared food product M is captured by the imaging unit 41 (S1) (imaging step). The image of the prepared food product M or the identification code is captured upon receiving an image capture instruction from the customer with the customer pointing the camera unit 31 at the prepared food product M or the identification code.

[0031] Once the image of the prepared dish product M has been captured, the product identification unit 42 identifies the name of the prepared dish product M (S2) (product identification step). That is, based on the captured image obtained in S1, the name of the prepared dish product M shown in the captured image or the name of the prepared dish product M whose identification code appears in the captured image is identified.

[0032] Once the name of the prepared dish product M is identified, the information acquisition unit 43 acquires information (the dish name and / or image and ingredients) of the dish that uses the identified prepared dish product M from the product management server 13 (S3). In other words, for the prepared dish name of the prepared dish product M identified in S2, a request is made to the product management server 13 for the dish name and / or image of the dish that uses the prepared dish with that prepared dish name as an ingredient and the ingredients of that dish, and the dish name and / or image and ingredients of the dish transmitted from the product management server 13 are received and acquired.

[0033] Thereafter, the information acquisition unit 43 acquires from the product management server 13, for each ingredient of each dish acquired in S3, information on the sales product of that ingredient (product name and / or image and sales information) (S4). That is, the product name and / or image and sales information (sale information and coupon information) of the sales product of each ingredient acquired in S3 are requested from the product management server 13, and the product name and / or image and sales information of the sales product transmitted from the product management server 13 are received and acquired.

[0034] Once the information has been acquired from the product management server 13, the information presentation unit 44 displays the dish display screen G1 based on the acquired information (S5) (information presentation step). That is, the names and / or images of the dishes acquired from the product management server 13 are listed, and a list of dishes that use the prepared food product M identified in S2 is displayed.

[0035] Once the dish display screen G1 is displayed, the customer's selection of dish is accepted (S6). Once the dish selection is accepted, an ingredient display screen G2 is displayed (S6) showing the ingredients of the selected dish. That is, for each ingredient of the selected dish, the ingredient name of the ingredient and the product name and / or image of the product for sale of the ingredient are associated and listed, and the list of ingredients and products for sale is displayed. This completes the information presentation operation.

[0036] (Actions and Effects of the First Embodiment) As described above, according to the configuration of the first embodiment, when an image of a prepared food product M or an identification code of the prepared food product M is captured, a dish using the prepared food product M is presented, so that for the prepared food products M sold in the store, dishes using the prepared food product M can be easily presented to customers. This can increase customers' purchasing motivation.

[0037] Furthermore, since the information on which prepared food product M the customer has photographed during the process leading up to the presentation of the dish is transmitted to the product management server 13, the store can grasp the customer's preferences.

[0038] In addition, among multiple dishes using the prepared food product M, the dish with the highest priority based on the sales information of the ingredients is preferentially displayed, thereby supporting the customer in selecting dishes.

[0039] In addition, the system is configured to display a list of dishes that use the prepared food product M, and then display the sold products of ingredients for a dish selected from the list, thereby increasing purchasing desire not only for the prepared food product M itself, but also for other sold ingredients.

[0040] In addition, since the system is configured to present cooking ingredient products with a high priority based on sales information on a preferential basis, it is possible to further increase customers' desire to purchase.

[0041] (Modification of the first embodiment) Although the first embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the above embodiment does not limit the invention according to the claims. It should be noted that not all of the combinations of features described in the embodiment are essential to the means for solving the problems of the invention. The present invention can be modified appropriately without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0042] For example, in the first embodiment, the prepared dish product image database 20 and the ingredient product information database 22 are configured separately, but the two databases may be configured as a single integrated database. That is, the ingredient product information database 22 may be configured to store information on prepared dish product M as information on sales products. In that case, the name of the prepared dish is stored as the ingredient name or product name.

[0043] In the first embodiment, the cooking information database 21 stores the names of ingredients of the dishes, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the first embodiment, the information presentation system 1 includes the ingredient product information database 22, but the information presentation system 1 may not include the ingredient product information database 22.

[0044] In the first embodiment, the information presentation unit 44 is configured to preferentially display (present) on the dish display screen G1 dishes with high priority based on the sales information of ingredients, but it may be configured to preferentially display (present) dishes with high priority based on customer preference information. For example, the selection history of dishes on the dish display screen G1 may be stored as customer preference information, and dishes selected in the past may be preferentially displayed.

[0045] In the first embodiment, the information presentation unit 44 is configured to preferentially display (present) on the dish display screen G1 dishes with high priority based on sales information of ingredients, but it may be configured to preferentially display (present) dishes with high priority based on home inventory information. For example, it may be configured to store ingredients remaining in a refrigerator or the like as home inventory information, and preferentially display dishes with a large amount of ingredients remaining in the refrigerator or the like.

[0046] Furthermore, if the information presentation unit 44 is configured to preferentially display on the dish display screen G1 dishes that have a high priority based on ingredient sales information, customer preference information, and / or home inventory information, it may also be configured to preferentially display dishes that have a high priority based on two or all of ingredient sales information, customer preference information, and home inventory information.

[0047] In the first embodiment, the deli product M is identified, the priority of the dishes is set, the list of dishes is created, and the dish display screen G1 is generated on the mobile terminal 11, but the deli product M may be identified, the priority of the dishes is set, the list of dishes is created, and the dish display screen G1 is generated on the product management server 13 side. In other words, some of the functions of the information presentation unit 44 may be executed on the product management server 13 side.

[0048] In addition, in the above first embodiment, special sale information and coupon information were used as sales information, and the priority of the dishes and products for sale in the display was set based on the special sale information and coupon information, but the configuration may also be such that the store's sales priority is used as sales information, and the priority of the dishes and products for sale in the display is set based on the store's sales priority.

[0049] In the first embodiment, the information presenting unit 44 is configured to preferentially display (present) sales products with high priority based on sales information on the material display screen G2, but it may be configured to preferentially display (present) sales products with high priority based on customer preference information. For example, it may be configured to store the purchase history of sales products of customers and preferentially present sales products that have been purchased in the past.

[0050] In the first embodiment, the information presentation unit 44 was configured to display, on the ingredient display screen G2, information on whether the item is on sale or not and information on whether the item is eligible for a coupon, together with the name of the item for sale, but may also display information on the place where the item is sold. Also, the ingredient display screen G2 may be configured to display whether or not there is in-home stock for each ingredient of the dish (whether or not there is the ingredient left in the refrigerator, etc.). For example, if there is in-home stock for each ingredient of the dish, a message indicating that there is in-home stock is displayed instead of displaying the item for sale.

[0051] In addition, in the above first embodiment, when a dish is selected on the dish display screen G1, the ingredient display screen G2 for the selected dish is displayed, but instead, a coupon for a product on sale for each ingredient of the selected dish may be issued.

[0052] In the first embodiment, information on which prepared dish product M the customer has photographed is transmitted to the product management server 13, but in addition to this, the result of the selection of food on the food display screen G1 may be transmitted to the product management server 13. With this configuration, the store can better understand customer preference information.

[0053] Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the product identification unit 42 identifies the name of the prepared dish (type of prepared dish) of the prepared dish product M, and the information acquisition unit 43 acquires information on dishes that use the prepared dish with the identified name, but the product identification unit 42 may identify a product code (such as a character string for identifying a product) that corresponds to the identification code of the prepared dish product M, and the information acquisition unit 43 may acquire information on dishes that use the prepared dish product M with the identified product code. In this case, in addition to the method of identifying the product code from the product image or identification code image by referring to the prepared dish product image database 20, the identification code image may be subjected to image processing to read out the product code.

[0054] In the first embodiment, the present invention is applied to presenting information about the prepared food product M, but the present invention is not limited to this as long as the present invention is applied to presenting information about food products for sale. For example, the present invention may be applied to presenting information about meat, fish, vegetables, seasonings, and other products for sale.

[0055] In the first embodiment, information on products sold at a fixed store is presented, but the store may be set and information on products sold at the set store may be presented. In such a case, for example, the location information of the mobile terminal 11 may be obtained by GPS reception information or the like, and the store may be automatically set based on the location information of the mobile terminal 11.

[0056] In the first embodiment, the mobile terminal 11 has the imaging unit 41, the product identification unit 42, the information acquisition unit 43, and the information presentation unit 44, but the product management server 13 or another information processing device may have some or all of these units. In such a case, a system including the product management server 13 or another information processing device and the mobile terminal 11 can be said to be an example of an information providing device.

[0057] Second embodiment Next, with reference to Figs. 4 and 5, an information presentation system 1A according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described, with only the differences from the first embodiment. The information presentation system 1A according to the second embodiment employs a configuration for presenting traceability information of a prepared food product M to a customer. In addition, while the first embodiment was configured to identify the name of the prepared food product M (type of prepared food), the second embodiment is configured to identify a product code corresponding to the identification code of the prepared food product M and present information on the prepared food product M of the identified product code. Note that, when multiple sales units and / or production units of prepared food products M are sold at the same time, it is preferable that the identification code and product code include information for identifying the sales unit and / or production unit in addition to the name of the prepared food product M. For example, it is preferable that the sales unit and production unit are per time, per location, or per lot.

[0058] (Information presentation system according to the second embodiment) As shown in FIG. 4, in the information presentation system 1A of the second embodiment, the product management server 13 has a prepared food product image database 20 and a traceability information database 23. The prepared food product image database 20 of the second embodiment is a database that stores images and identification code images of prepared food products M sold in the store. Specifically, the prepared food product image database 20 stores product codes, images, and identification code images for multiple prepared food products M sold in the store in association with each other. When the product management server 13 receives a request from the mobile terminal 11 for product codes and images or identification code images of multiple prepared food products M sold in the store, it extracts the product codes and images or identification code images of each prepared food product M from the prepared food product image database 20 in accordance with the request, and transmits the prepared food name and image or identification code image of each extracted prepared food product M to the mobile terminal 11.

[0059] The traceability information database 23 stores, as traceability information for a plurality of prepared food products M sold at the store, one or more selected from the variety of raw materials, harvesting place of raw materials, harvesting date and time of raw materials, producer of raw materials, processing place of raw materials, processing date and time of raw materials, processor of raw materials, manufacturing place of the prepared food product M, manufacturing date and time of the prepared food product M, manufacturer of the prepared food product M, distributor, time elapsed since manufacturing, best-before date, and expiration date for each prepared food product M. Specifically, the traceability information database 23 stores the traceability information for each prepared food product M sold at the store in association with the product code of the prepared food product M. When the product management server 13 receives a request for traceability information for the prepared food product M specified by the mobile terminal 11 from the mobile terminal 11, it extracts the traceability information for the prepared food product M from the traceability information database 23 in accordance with the request, and transmits the extracted traceability information to the mobile terminal 11.

[0060] Meanwhile, in the mobile terminal 11, the product identification unit 42 identifies the product code of the prepared food product M based on the image captured by the imaging unit 41. That is, when the imaging unit 41 captures an image of the prepared food product M, the product identification unit 42 controls the communication unit 32 to request the product codes and images of the prepared food products M sold in the store from the product management server 13, and also receives the product codes and images of the prepared food products M extracted from the prepared food product image database 20 from the product management server 13. The product identification unit 42 then compares the received images of the prepared food products M with the captured image to identify the product code of the prepared food product M shown in the captured image. Also, when an identification code is captured by the imaging unit 41, the product identification unit 42 controls the communication unit 32 to request the product codes and identification code images of the prepared food products M sold in the store from the product management server 13, and also receives the product codes and identification code images of the prepared food products M extracted from the prepared food product image database 20 from the product management server 13. Then, the identification code image of each received deli product M is compared with the captured image to identify the product code of the deli product M having the identification code shown in the captured image.

[0061] The information acquisition unit 43 also controls the communication unit 32 to acquire, from the product management server 13, traceability information of the prepared dish product M identified by the product identification unit 42. That is, the information acquisition unit 43 specifies the product code of the prepared dish product M identified by the product identification unit 42, requests the product management server 13 for traceability information of the prepared dish product M with the specified product code, and receives and acquires the traceability information of the prepared dish product M extracted from the traceability information database 23 from the product management server 13.

[0062] The information presenting unit 44 also controls the display operation unit 33 to display a traceability information display screen presenting traceability information (one or more selected from the variety of raw materials, harvest place of raw materials, harvest date and time of raw materials, producer of raw materials, processing place of raw materials, processing date and time of raw materials, processor of raw materials, production place of the deli product M, production date and time of the deli product M, manufacturer of the deli product M, distributor, time elapsed since production, best-before date, and expiration date) of the specified deli product M (deli product M with the specified product code) based on the information acquired by the information acquiring unit 43. In this way, the traceability information of the deli product M identified by the product identifying unit 42 is presented to the customer.

[0063] (Description of Information Presentation Operation in Second Embodiment) Next, an information presentation operation by the mobile terminal 11 will be described with reference to Fig. 5. This information presentation operation is an operation of capturing an image of a prepared dish product M or an identification code of the prepared dish product M, and presenting to a customer traceability information of the prepared dish product M. The information presentation operation is also an example of an information presentation method.

[0064] 5, in the information presentation operation, first, the imaging unit 41 captures an image of the prepared food product M or the identification code of the prepared food product M (S11) (imaging step). The imaging of the prepared food product M or the identification code is performed upon receiving an imaging instruction from the customer with the customer pointing the camera unit 31 at the prepared food product M or the identification code.

[0065] Once an image of the prepared dish product M or the identification code of the prepared dish product M has been captured, the product identification unit 42 identifies the product code of the imaged prepared dish product M (S12) (product identification step).

[0066] Once the product code of the prepared food product M has been identified, the information acquisition unit 43 acquires traceability information of the identified prepared food product M from the product management server 13 (S13). That is, for the prepared food product M with the product code identified in S12, a request is made to the product management server 13 for one or more items selected from the variety of raw materials, the harvest place of the raw materials, the harvest date and time of the raw materials, the producer of the raw materials, the processing place of the raw materials, the processing date and time of the raw materials, the processor of the raw materials, the production place of the prepared food product M, the production date and time of the prepared food product M, the manufacturer of the prepared food product M, the distributor, the time elapsed since production, the best-before date, and the expiration date, and this information transmitted from the product management server 13 is received and acquired.

[0067] When the traceability information of the deli product M is acquired from the product management server 13, the information presentation unit 44 displays a traceability information display screen based on the acquired traceability information (S14) (information presentation step). That is, the traceability information of the deli product M identified in S12 is displayed. This ends the information presentation operation.

[0068] (Actions and Effects of the Second Embodiment) As described above, according to the configuration of the second embodiment, when an image of a deli product M or an identification code of the deli product M is captured, the traceability information of the deli product M is presented, so that the traceability information of the deli product M sold in the store can be easily presented to customers. This can increase customers' purchasing motivation.

[0069] Furthermore, since the information on which prepared food product M the customer has photographed during the process leading up to the presentation of the dish is transmitted to the product management server 13, the store can grasp the customer's preferences.

[0070] In the above first embodiment, the information presentation unit 44 presents a dish using the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42, and in the above second embodiment, the information presentation unit 44 is configured to present traceability information of the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42. However, the information presentation unit 44 may also be configured to present both a dish using the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42 and the traceability information of the prepared food product M identified by the product identification unit 42. [Explanation of symbols]

[0071] 1, 1A: information presentation system, 11: mobile terminal, 41: imaging unit, 42: product identification unit, 44: information presentation unit, M: prepared food product

Claims

1. An imaging unit that images a food product or an identification code of the food product; a product identification unit that identifies the product for sale based on the image captured by the imaging unit; An information presentation device comprising: an information presentation unit that presents dishes using the sales product identified by the product identification unit, and / or traceability information of the sales product identified by the product identification unit.

2. The information presentation device according to claim 1, characterized in that, for the dishes using the sales products, the information presentation unit preferentially presents dishes that have a high priority based on one or more of sales information of the sales products of the ingredients, home inventory information of the ingredients, and customer preference information.

3. The information presentation device according to claim 1, characterized in that the information presentation unit presents a list of dishes that use the sales product identified by the product identification unit, and, when a dish is selected from the presented list, presents sales products that are ingredients of the selected dish.

4. The information presentation device according to claim 3 , wherein the information presentation unit preferentially presents, among the sales products of the selected ingredients for the dish, products having a high priority based on sales information and / or customer preference information.

5. The information presentation device according to claim 1, characterized in that the traceability information is one or more of the following: variety of raw materials, place of harvest of raw materials, date and time of harvest of raw materials, producer, place of processing, date and time of processing, processor, distributor, time elapsed since manufacture, best-before date, and expiration date.

6. An imaging step of imaging a food product or an identification code of the food product; a product identification step of identifying the product for sale based on the captured image by the imaging step; An information presentation method characterized by executing an information presentation process of presenting dishes using the sales product identified by the product identification process and / or traceability information of the sales product identified by the product identification process.

7. On the computer, An imaging step of imaging a food product or an identification code of the food product; a product identification step of identifying the product for sale based on the captured image by the imaging step; A program for executing an information presentation process that presents dishes using the sales product identified by the product identification process and / or traceability information of the sales product identified by the product identification process.

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