Ingredients system with embedded information code images

Abstract

To provide a system capable of notifying a person eating the following foods of information of thoughts of people making them with sincerity by embedding the information of a variety of confectionary and lunch such as a rice cracker and a cake, and various foods.SOLUTION: In a system, a dot image recognizable as an information code is created and embedded in food, the image is read by an apparatus mounted with a camera such as a smart phone, and information embedded in the image can be extracted by using a program installed in the apparatus.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a food ingredient system with embedded information code images, which is characterized by creating and embedding a dot image recognizable as an information code in food ingredients, reading the dot image using a dot image reading program installed in a device such as a smartphone, and extracting the information embedded in the image. [Background technology]

[0002] Today, with the widespread use of smartphones, codes containing embedded information such as QR codes have become widespread. These codes are printed on a medium such as paper, and the information embedded in the code can be obtained by holding a smartphone over the code to read it.

[0003] However, these codes are printed flat on media such as paper, and cannot be used on food ingredients (rice crackers, cookies, etc.). Therefore, embedding information codes in food ingredients has become an important issue. [Prior art documents]

[0004] Embedding information codes into food ingredients (rice crackers, cookies, and other sweets, etc.) is a newly devised invention, so there are no prior art documents and it is a novel technology that has not been developed before. DISCLOSURE OF THEINVENTION [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In view of the above circumstances, the present invention aims to provide a system capable of embedding an information code in food ingredients (rice crackers, cookies, etc.).

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, the food ingredient system with embedded information code image of the present invention is configured to create and embed a dot image that can be recognized as an information code in food ingredients, read the dot image using a dot image reading program installed in a device such as a smartphone, and obtain the information embedded in the image.

[0007] With the above configuration, it is possible to create and embed a dot image that can be recognized as an information code in food ingredients, read the image using a dot image reading program installed in a device such as a smartphone, and obtain the information embedded in the image. Effect of the Invention

[0008] As described above, the food ingredient system with embedded information code images of the present invention creates and embeds a dot image that can be recognized as an information code in food ingredients, and uses a dot image reading program installed on a device such as a smartphone to read the image and obtain the information embedded in the image. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram of an information code image-embedded food material system according to a first embodiment, in which a dot image that can be recognized as an information code is created and embedded in food material. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] <Embodiment 1> Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an information code image-embedded food material system according to the first embodiment, in which a dot image that can be recognized as an information code is created and embedded in food material.

[0011] First, a color dot row D2 (D21, for example) corresponding to information code D1 (D11:KKK, for example) is generated. Next, a color dot food material D3 (for example, small balls made from flour or the like and colored red, blue, green, and yellow with food coloring) is prepared, and a food material dot image D4 corresponding to the dot row D21 is generated (D41, for example). Next, food material D5 is prepared (for example, snacks such as rice crackers D51 and chocolate D52). Next, food material D5 is combined with food material dot image D4 created from the food material (for example, food material D5 is heated or otherwise integrated with the food material dot image), and food material D6 is generated (for example, snacks such as rice crackers D61 and chocolate D62). The embedded information code can be extracted from the food material D6 thus created as follows. First, the dot image of the food material D6 is captured by a camera D71 attached to the device using a program D7 installed in a device such as a smartphone, which captures a dot image with the camera and extracts the original information data from the captured image. Next, the color dot row embedded in the food material D6 is restored (D81 as an example) using a subroutine program D8 installed in a device such as a smartphone, which restores the original color dot row from a color dot image. Next, the information data is restored (D91 as an example) using a subroutine program D9, which restores the original information data from the color dot row. Finally, information is extracted from an information database D101 using a subroutine program D10, which extracts information corresponding to the information data (such as a URL as an example), and information processing is performed based on the extracted information (playing YouTube D102 as an example). [Explanation of symbols]

[0012] D1 Information Code D11 Information Code Sample D2 color dot row D21 Color dot row sample D3 Dot Ingredients D31 Dot Food Samples D4 Create images with dot ingredients Sample images created with D41 Dot Ingredients D5 Ingredients D51 Food sample (rice cracker) D52 Food sample (chocolate) Embed images created with D6 dot ingredients into ingredients D61 Sample of food integrated with dot food (rice cracker) D62 Sample of ingredients integrated with dot ingredients (chocolate) D7 A program installed on devices such as smartphones that captures dot images with a camera and extracts the original information data from the captured images. D71 Dot Sample of taking a picture of a dot of food with a camera and importing it D8 Subroutine program to restore the original color dot row from a color dot image D81 Sample of restored color dot row D9 Subroutine program to restore original information data from color dot strings D91 Recovered information data sample D10 A subroutine program for extracting information (e.g., URLs) corresponding to information data from an information database D101 Information Database D102 Sample of extracted information

Claims

[Claim 1] A dot image that is a free-form image made of colored dots and edible materials, embedded in food and recognizable as an information code; a device having a dot image reading program installed therein, which uses the reading program to read the dot image and extract a corresponding information code from the arrangement of dots contained in the dot image; An ingredient system having an embedded information code image.

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