Food Inspection Item Extraction with Criterion-Based Values

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing devices struggle to provide inspection contents that can vary depending on factors such as food storage conditions, cooking methods, and location, placing a heavy load on health officers due to labor shortages and cost management.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that associates food ingredients with inspection items and uses a storage to store inspection information, including reference values defined by different criteria, to output inspection contents based on the food, location, and inspection criteria.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If a single health officer performs sanitary supervision for multiple stores, then labor cost is reduced, but the ability to provide customized inspection contents based on various factors (storage conditions, cooking methods, location) deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelabor costVSAvoidability to provide customized inspection contents
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables stores to autonomously determine their own inspection contents by inputting their specific conditions (storage temperature, storage time, cooking method, location) into the server. The server automatically processes this information and provides customized inspection guidelines, eliminating the need for health officers to manually customize inspections for each store.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

An information processing server is introduced as an intermediary between health officers and stores. The server stores inspection information databases and automatically processes queries from stores, providing customized inspection contents without requiring direct intervention from health officers for each store's specific conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If inspection contents are customized for each store based on various factors, then inspection accuracy is improved, but the load on health officers increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinspection accuracyVSAvoidhealth officer workload
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Stores independently query the server with their specific conditions (storage temperature, storage time, cooking method, location) and receive customized inspection contents automatically. This eliminates the need for health officers to manually analyze each store's conditions and create customized inspection plans, significantly reducing their workload while maintaining high inspection accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The server pre-stores comprehensive inspection information databases covering various food types, storage conditions, cooking methods, and location-based requirements. When a store queries the server, the system quickly retrieves and customizes the appropriate inspection contents from the pre-prepared database, providing accurate results without requiring real-time expert analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If comprehensive inspection information is stored for various conditions, then inspection quality is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinspection qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The inspection information database is segmented into multiple organized categories including food type, storage temperature conditions, storage time, cooking methods, and location-based requirements. This structured segmentation allows the server to efficiently retrieve and combine relevant information segments based on the store's specific conditions, ensuring comprehensive inspection quality while maintaining manageable system complexity through organized data structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4641478A1Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program
Publication Date: 2025.10.29 ZENSHO
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AI summary

Provide an information processing device capable of outputting inspection items of the food and their reference values. The information processing device includes: a storage configured to store inspection information in which a food is associated with inspection items to be inspected for components configuring the food; and a plurality of pieces of reference value information, each of which defines a reference value for each inspection item; a first receiver configured to receive an input of information indicating a food; a second receiver configured to receive an input of information indicating a criterion for performing an inspection; a first extractor configured to extract, on the basis of the food received by the first receiver and the inspection information, the inspection items to be inspected for the food; a second extractor configured to extract, on the basis of the criterion received by the second receiver and the reference value information corresponding to the criterion, a respective reference value for each of the inspection items extracted by the first extractor; and an output unit configured to output inspection target information in which the inspection items extracted by the first extractor are associated with the reference values of the inspection items extracted by the second extractor.