IP Library Granted Patent US 12704940
Granted Patent B2
US 12704940 · App. 18/555,102 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Cooking recipe display system, cooking recipe display device, cooking recipe display method, and program

Inventors: Yasuhiro Yuki (Kanagawa, JP); Masafumi Sadahira (Shiga, JP); Yuki Taoka (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0482G06F16/26
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12704940
App. No.
18/555,102
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is a cooking recipe display system that includes a information processing terminal including a display screen and a controller, and displays a cooking recipe on the display screen. The cooking recipe display system includes a recipe data manager and an ingredient profile manager. The recipe data manager manages a recipe database retaining a plurality of cooking recipes that indicate procedures indicating how to cook a dish and a plurality of ingredients used for the dish. The ingredient profile manager manages an ingredient profile indicating a necessity of each of the plurality of ingredients for each cooking recipes. On the basis of the ingredient profile, the controller displays, on the display screen, auxiliary information corresponding to the necessity of each of the plurality of ingredients included in a target recipe serving as one of the plurality of cooking recipes.

Claims (82)

1 . A cooking recipe display system including an information processing terminal, the information processing terminal including a display screen and a controller, the cooking recipe display system being configured to display a cooking recipe on the display screen, the cooking recipe display system comprising:

a recipe data manager that is configured to manage recipe database retaining a plurality of cooking recipes, the plurality of cooking recipes each including one or more procedures and a plurality of ingredients, the one or more procedures indicating how to cook a dish, the plurality of ingredients being prepared for the dish; and

an ingredient profile manager that is configured to manage an ingredient profile indicating a necessity of each of the plurality of ingredients for each of the plurality of cooking recipes,

wherein

the controller is configured to display auxiliary information on the display screen based on the ingredient profile, the auxiliary information corresponding to the necessity of each of the plurality of ingredients that are included in a target recipe serving as one of the plurality of cooking recipes, and the necessity indicating how important each of the plurality of ingredients is to make the dish.

2 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the ingredient profile manager is further configured to manage a substitute ingredient profile that indicates an ingredient substitutable for each of the plurality of ingredients.

3 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 2 , wherein

the substitute ingredient profile includes a first substitute ingredient table in which the ingredient substitutable for each of the plurality of ingredients is associated with each of the plurality of ingredients.

4 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 2 , wherein

the substitute ingredient profile includes a second substitution ingredient table indicating one or more groups to which each of the plurality of ingredients belongs, the one or more groups being included in a plurality of groups that are classified based on ingredient groups substitutable for each other.

5 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 2 , wherein

for each of the plurality of ingredients, the substitute ingredient profile associates a difference in taste, notes, restrictions, or applications with each of the plurality of ingredients, the difference in taste being caused when each of the plurality of ingredients is used substitutionally.

6 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to generate a first ingredient display image including all ingredients included in the target recipe and auxiliary information of each of all the ingredients, and display the first ingredient display image on the display screen.

7 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 6 , wherein

the controller is further configured to:

generate a second ingredient display image of which a display mode for at least one part of all the ingredients is different from a display mode of the first ingredient display image depending on the necessity; and

display either the first ingredient display image or the second ingredient display image on the display screen.

8 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 7 , wherein

the cooking recipe display system is configured such that an ingredient having a necessity of a predetermined value or less among all the ingredients is not displayed in the second ingredient display image.

9 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 7 , wherein

the cooking recipe display system is configured such that an ingredient having a necessity of a predetermined value or less among all the ingredients is displayed thinner than an ingredient having a necessity of more than the predetermined value in the second ingredient display image.

10 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 6 , wherein

the auxiliary information includes substitutable information,

the substitutable information indicates that an ingredient corresponding to the substitutable information is substitutable, and

the controller is allowed to receive a selection of the substitutable information displayed on the display screen,

wherein

when the substitutable information is selected, the controller is configured to display a list of substitute ingredients on the display screen, the substitute ingredients being substitutable for the ingredient corresponding to the substitutable information.

11 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 10 , wherein

the controller is allowed to receive a selection of the substitute ingredients displayed on the display screen,

wherein

when any of the substitute ingredients is selected, the controller is configured such that the first ingredient display image including the any of the substitute ingredients instead of the ingredient corresponding to the substitutable information is displayed on the display screen.

12 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 10 , wherein

the controller is configured to display the list of the substitute ingredients and information indicating characteristics of the substitute ingredients on the display screen.

13 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 10 , wherein

the ingredient profile manager further manages stock information indicating a storage situation of each of the plurality of ingredients, and

the controller is configured to generate the list of the substitute ingredients based on the stock information, and display the list of the substitute ingredients on the display screen.

14 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 10 , wherein

the controller is further configured to:

generate a first procedure display image including a target procedure that is one of one or more procedures included in the target recipe, and

a second procedure display image of which a display mode for at least one part of a plurality of ingredients included in the target procedure is different from a display mode of the first procedure display image depending on the necessity; and

display the first procedure display image or the second procedure display image on the display screen.

15 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 14 , wherein

the cooking recipe display system is configured such that an ingredient having a necessity of a predetermined value or less is not displayed in the second procedure display image.

16 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 14 , wherein

the cooking recipe display system is configured such that an ingredient having a necessity of a predetermined value or less is displayed with a strikethrough line in the second procedure display image, the strikethrough line being applied to the ingredient.

17 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 14 , wherein

the cooking recipe display system is configured such that an ingredient having a necessity of a predetermined value or less is displayed thinner than an ingredient having a necessity of more than the predetermined value.

18 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 14 , wherein

the controller displays any of the substitute ingredients instead of an ingredient included in the first procedure display image or the second procedure display image, the any of the substitute ingredients being substitutable for the ingredient.

19 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 6 , wherein:

the auxiliary information includes omissible information,

the omissible information indicates that an ingredient corresponding to the omissible information is omissible, and

the controller is allowed to receive a selection of the omissible information displayed on the display screen,

wherein

when the omissible information is selected, the controller is configured to display information on the display screen, the information indicating an influence on the dish when the ingredient corresponding to the omissible information is omitted.

20 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 6 , wherein

the auxiliary information includes essential information,

the essential information indicates that an ingredient corresponding to the essential information is essential, and

the controller is allowed to receive a selection of the essential information displayed on the display screen,

wherein

when the essential information is selected, the controller is configured to display information on the display screen, the information indicating a reason why the ingredient corresponding to the essential information is essential.

21 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the ingredient profile further indicates an influence degree of each of the plurality of ingredients on a taste for each of the plurality of cooking recipes; and

the controller is configured to display taste information on the display screen based on the ingredient profile, the taste information corresponding to the influence degree of each of the plurality of ingredients included in the target recipe on the taste.

22 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the ingredient profile manager further manages necessity count information in which a numerical quantity of ingredients for each necessity is associated with each of the plurality of cooking recipes, the ingredients being included in each of the plurality of cooking recipes.

23 . The cooking recipe display system according to claim 22 , wherein

the controller further generates a selected image for selecting the plurality of cooking recipes and displays the selected image on the display screen,

wherein

based on the necessity count information, a display order of cooking recipes is determined in the selected image.

24 . A cooking recipe display device comprising:

a display screen; and

a controller,

wherein

the cooking recipe display device is configured to display a cooking recipe on the display screen

wherein

for each of a plurality of cooking recipes that include one or more procedures indicating how to cook a dish and a plurality of ingredients prepared for the dish, the controller is configured to display auxiliary information on the display screen based on an ingredient profile indicating a necessity of each of the plurality of ingredients, the auxiliary information corresponding to the necessity of each of the plurality of ingredients included in a target recipe serving as one of the plurality of cooking recipes, and the necessity indicating how important each of the plurality of ingredients is to make the dish.

25 . A cooking recipe display method displaying a cooking recipe on a display screen, the cooking recipe display method comprising

displaying auxiliary information on the display screen based on an ingredient profile indicating a necessity of each of a plurality of ingredients for each of a plurality of cooking recipes that include one or more procedures indicating how to cook a dish and the plurality of ingredients prepared for the dish, the auxiliary information corresponding to the necessity of each of the plurality of ingredients included in a target recipe serving as one of the plurality of cooking recipes, and the necessity indicating how important each of the plurality of ingredients is to make the dish.

26 . A program configured to cause a computer to execute the cooking recipe display method according to claim 25 .