US 12,394,510 B2
Food providing system, food providing method, and program
Kiyonori Inaba, Yamanashi (JP); Masaru Oda, Yamanashi (JP); Kazuhisa Otsuka, Yamanashi (JP); Noritaka Ando, Osaka (JP); Yoichi Yoshida, Osaka (JP); and Tetsuya Kawase, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP); and NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/437,558
Filed by FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP); and NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/046078
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/194861, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-056423 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0148703 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 20/60 (2018.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 20/60 (2018.01) [A47J 36/32 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food providing system, comprising:
a system management server communicatively connected to a terminal device of a user and a dish/ingredient delivery device, and a food production management device that cooks a dish based on a recipe ordered by the user, the system management server comprising:
a memory having a program stored thereon; and
a processor configured to execute the program stored on the memory to cause the system management server to:
acquire, from the terminal, user information on the user to whom food is to be provided;
estimate a selection probability of each type of providing of the dish of the dishes based on the user information;
output a plurality of recipes for dishes to the terminal device based on the user information in descending order of the selection probability;
acquire information on the recipe from an ingredient database that is a result of a selection by the user from the plurality of recipes suggested;
output, to the terminal device, each type of providing in descending order of the selection probability;
acquire a result of a selection, from the terminal device, by the user for a type of providing for a food provided based on the recipe;
transmit a delivery instruction to the dish/ingredient delivery device, wherein the delivery instruction includes the recipe selected by the user and the selected type of providing associated with the recipe selected by the user;
instruct, via the dish/ingredient delivery device and based on the delivery instruction, the food production management device to produce the food corresponding to the recipe selected by the user, wherein the food comprises the dish, one or more ingredients, or both; and
instruct the dish/ingredient delivery device to deliver the food produced by the food production management device to a home or a restaurant based on the selected type of providing selected by the user and the delivery instruction, wherein the selected type of providing indicates delivery of the one or more ingredients of the recipe to the home, delivery of the dish that has been cooked based on the recipe to the home, or serving of the dish based on the recipe at the restaurant.