Sense database

• US 7,827,189 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2004
• Issued: 11/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ajikaori Senryaku Kenkyusyo Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ajikaori Senryaku Kenkyusyo Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hayama, Masahide
• Primary Examiner(s): Rones; Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lewis; Alicia M
• Application Number:
  US11/596,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20080040344A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,365 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0001 by organoleptic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

There has been conventionally a problem that when the searcher uses, for example, “dry wine” selected according to the searcher'"'"'s preference as a search key, the searcher cannot be satisfied with the search result because wine entries stored in a database as “dry wines” depend on objective evaluation by another person. A sense database is created by using, as a subjective search index, sense parameter information such as potential variation caused by pungency obtained by a pseudo sensor irrespective of one'"'"'s ability. Specifically the database comprises a sense information obtaining section for obtaining sense information by associating the sense parameter information acquired by the sensor with representative information, a sense information storage section, a search key obtaining section, and a searching section for searching the sense information storage section using a search key.

Claims

1. A sensory database system, comprising:

a kitchen equipment; and

a sensory database, wherein said kitchen equipment comprises;

a taste sensor, which acquires sensory parameter information indicating taste of food being cooked,

a transmitter for sensory parameter information, which transmits acquired sensory parameter information, which is sensory parameter information acquired by said taste sensor, to said sensory database, and

a receiver for advice information of adjustment of taste, which receives advice information of adjustment of taste, which is replied based on the acquired sensory parameter information transmitted from said transmitter for sensory parameter information, and said sensory database comprises;

a receiver for sensory parameter information, which receives the acquired sensory parameter information transmitted from said transmitter for sensory parameter information,

a storage for sensory information, which stores sensory information, in which sensory parameter information indicating sense acquired by a taste sensor, which is same type of sensor as said taste sensor, and representative information representing the sense are correlated,

a comparing unit, which compares the sensory parameter information correlated with the specific representative information in said storage for sensory information with the acquired sensory parameter information received by said receiver for sensory parameter information,

an acquirer for advice information of adjustment of taste, which acquires advice information of adjustment of taste based on the comparative result by said comparing unit, and

a transmitter for advice information of adjustment of taste, which transmits the advice information of adjustment of taste acquired by said acquirer for advice information of adjustment of taste to said kitchen equipment.

2. A method for advising adjustment of taste by means of sensory database system, comprising:

a step of acquiring sensory parameter, which acquires sensory parameter information indicating taste of food being cooked;

a step of transmitting sensory parameter information, which transmits acquired sensory parameter information, which is sensory parameter information acquired by said step of acquiring sensory parameter;

a step of receiving acquired sensory parameter information, which receives the sensory parameter information transmitted by said step of transmitting sensory parameter information;

a step of comparing, which compares sensory parameter information, which has preliminarily been correlated with the specific representative information and has been stored, with the acquired sensory parameter information, which is sensory parameter information received by said step of receiving acquired sensory parameter information;

a step of acquiring advice information of adjustment of taste, which acquires advice information of adjustment of taste based on the comparative result by said step of comparing;

a step of transmitting advice information of adjustment of taste, which transmits the advice information of adjustment of taste acquired by said step of acquiring advice information of adjustment of taste; and

a step of receiving advice information of adjustment of taste, which receives the advice information of adjustment of taste replied by said step of transmitting advice information of adjustment of taste.