Device for presenting recipe and method for presenting recipe

摘要

A recipe presentation device includes: a recipe storage unit storing recipes each including preparation elements of ingredients, intermediate ingredients, and a dish to be served; a receiving unit which receives a dish specified by a user; a search unit which searches the recipe storage unit for a first recipe which is a recipe for the dish; a similarity calculation unit which calculates similarities between the individual recipes for the dishes stored in the recipe storage unit and the first recipe; a selection unit which selects, according to the similarities, a second recipe which is a recipe similar to the first recipe among the recipes for the dishes; and a presentation unit which presents a dish corresponding to the selected second recipe.

主权项

1. A recipe presentation device comprising:
a recipe storage unit storing recipes for dishes, the recipes each including preparation elements of (i) ingredients which are materials for a corresponding one of the dishes, (ii) intermediate ingredients which are processed from the ingredients and to be further processed before completion of the corresponding dish, each of the intermediate ingredients being identified by an ID for unique identification and having values respectively identifying an item of preparation, a process performed on the item of preparation, and a preceding preparation element, and (iii) a dish which indicates the corresponding dish as a dish to be served; a receiving unit configured to receive input for specifying a dish from a user; a search unit configured to search the recipe storage unit for a first recipe which is a recipe for the dish specified in the input received by the receiving unit; a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate a similarity between each of the recipes for the dishes stored in the recipe storage unit and the first recipe retrieved by the search unit; a selection unit configured to select, according to a plurality of the similarities calculated by the similarity calculation unit, a second recipe which is a recipe similar to the first recipe among the recipes for the dishes; and a presentation unit configured to present a dish corresponding to the second recipe selected by the selection unit, wherein the similarity calculation unit is configured to calculate the similarity between the first recipe and each of the recipes for the dishes by obtaining a weighted sum of an ingredient similarity and a process similarity, the ingredient similarity indicating a total number of common ingredients between the first recipe and the recipe for the dish, and the process similarity indicating a total number of common intermediate ingredients between the first recipe and the recipe for the dish.