# US 2021/0241653 A1 · System for supporting meal menu designing

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- Number: US 2021/0241653 A1
- Document ID: US20210241653A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/053,172
- Filed: 2019-04-12
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2018-05-07
- Inventors: Ryutaro NISHIURA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241653A1

## CPC

- G09B 19/0092: {Nutrition}
- G16H 20/40: relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
- G16H 20/60: relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A terminal includes a display configured to display a plurality of options of food and/or beverage; an identifying unit configured to identify food and/or beverage selected by a user from the plurality of options; a presenting unit configured to present food and/or beverage to be ingested together with the selected food and/or beverage; and a determining unit configured to determine a dietary menu from the presented food and/or beverage including the specified food and/or beverage.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

-8. (canceled)

### Claim 9

A device comprising:
a display configured to display a plurality of options of food and/or beverage;
an identifying unit configured to identify food and/or beverage selected by a user from the plurality of options;
a presenting unit configured to present food and/or beverage to be ingested together with the selected food and/or beverage; and
a determining unit configured to determine a dietary menu from the presented food and/or beverage including the specified food and/or beverage.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The device according to claim 9, wherein the dietary menu includes information on an order of ingestion of food and/or beverage.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The device according to claim 9, wherein:
the determining unit further includes an input unit for inputting into the determined dietary menu an ingested meal; and
the determining unit adjusts a number of the plurality of options based on the input meal.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The device according to claim 11, further comprising:
a generating unit configured to generate a plan for physical management of the user; and
a judging unit configured to judge a level of achievement of the plan based on a plurality of meals that has been ingested a plurality of times, and to change the plan based on the judged level.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The device according to claim 12, wherein:
the input unit further inputs an amount of physical activity performed by the user; and
the determining unit adjusts a number of the plurality of options based on the meal ingested and the amount of physical activity performed.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The device according to claim 13, wherein the level of achievement of the plan is determined based on the plurality of meals ingested and the amount of physical activity performed within a time period.

### Claim 15

A storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute:
displaying a plurality of options of food and/or beverage;
identifying food and/or beverage selected by a user from the plurality of options;
presenting food and/or beverage to be ingested together with the selected food and/or beverage; and
determining a dietary menu from the presented food and/or beverage including the selected food and/or beverage.

### Claim 16

A method of proposing a dietary menu, comprising:
displaying a plurality of options of food and/or beverage;
specifying food and/or beverage selected by a user from the plurality of options; and
presenting food and/or beverage to be ingested together with the selected food and/or beverage.