Abstract: A recipe search support apparatus 10 is provided with: a storage unit 11 to hold recipe information; an information storage unit 100 configured to, when a recipe site receives a use report of a recipe from a user, receive an input of feature information of the recipe and store the feature information in association with the recipe and the use report in the storage unit 11; and an information output unit 101 configured to, when the recipe site receives a recipe search request, search the storage unit 11 for feature information matching a search keyword included in the request and output at least one of a recipe and a use report associated with the feature information.

Abstract: A posting support apparatus 10 is provided with an image storage section 100 for storing a plurality of image data items, a model storage section 101 storing a trained model 1011 for determining a type of a subject in an image, a classification processing section 102 for inputting each of the image data items to the trained model 1011 to classify each of the image data items as a target image in which a subject of a specified type is captured or a non-target image in which a subject other than the subject of the specified type is captured, and a candidate presentation section 103 for displaying the target image or the non-target image as a user's utilization candidate image.

Abstract: A cooking support device includes a memory that stores recipe information and processing circuitry which subjects the recipe information stored in the memory to natural language processing, extracts words related to cooking operations therefrom, classifies the words into predetermined categories representing cooking concepts, arranges the words in an order of occurrence of the cooking concepts in an entire cooking process, and generates a summary of the recipe information.

Abstract: An ingredient management support apparatus 1 includes a storage unit 101 for storing recipe information used by a user, an information acquiring unit 102 for confirming with the user, with regard to a dish based on the recipe information, information on a surplus ingredient remaining after making the dish, based on ingredient information indicated by the recipe information, and acquiring the information on the surplus ingredient from a given device 200 and an identifying unit 103 for identifying an existing ingredient possessed by the user based on the information on the surplus ingredient.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 has a configuration that includes: an information holding unit 110 that holds correspondence information 114 that defines a relation between attributes of a person and a difficulty level of respective dishes, and recipe information 112 for the respective dishes; and an estimation unit 120 estimates a difficulty level of the recipe information for a user of the recipe information by applying attributes of the user and information pertaining to a dish to be cooked using the recipe information to the correspondence information 114.

Abstract: A cooking support device includes a memory that stores recipe information and processing circuitry which subjects the recipe information stored in the memory to natural language processing, extracts words related to cooking operations therefrom, classifies the words into predetermined categories representing cooking concepts, arranges the words in an order of occurrence of the cooking concepts in an entire cooking process, and generates a summary of the recipe information.

Abstract: A server device, characterized by comprising: comprising: a memory and at least one processor configured to: detect a second cooking process performed by a user who is cooking according to a cooking recipe involving a first cooking process; and in a case where a predetermined condition that the second cooking process detected by the detection unit deviates from the first cooking process is met, performs control for outputting a modified cooking recipe resulting from subjecting the first cooking process to at least one of reordering relevant steps, adding a step, or removing a step based on a configuration of the first cooking process and a configuration of the second cooking process that meets the predetermined condition.

Abstract: A recipe translation server, for translating quantitative recipe information into a second language based on recipe information written in a first language, comprising: a memory and at least one circuitry configured to acquire quantitative recipe information, wherein ,the quantitative recipe information being made by converting qualitative expressions described in the recipe information into quantitative expressions and the quantitative recipe information includes nodes each representing information on an ingredient of a dish and edges each provided between nodes and representing information on an action necessary for a cooking process of the dish; separate the quantitative recipe information into the nodes and the edges; acquire edge information made by translating the edges written in the first language into the second language from an edge translation unit associating the edges written in the first language with the edges in the second language; and acquire node information made by translating the n

Abstract: A server device includes a memory that stores recipe information, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to transmit, via a network, the recipe information to a terminal device; receive, via the network, user attribute information regarding an attribute of a user of the terminal device; receive, via the network, information regarding an information output mode available by the terminal device or a cooking appliance device; and perform control for outputting the recipe information by at least one of the terminal device or the cooking appliance device, based on the received information regarding the information output mode and the received user attribute information, the recipe information being output, by the cooking appliance device or the terminal device, in an output mode that matches the attribute of the user indicated by the user attribute information.

Abstract: A server apparatus which includes a memory that stores recipe information including a plurality of cooking processes, and circuitry that acquires the recipe information, specifies, in the acquired recipe information, a cooking process described with a qualitative expression, searches the recipe information stored in the memory for the qualitative expression described in the specified cooking process, converts the qualitative expression described in the specified cooking process into a quantitative expression based on a result of the search, and sends, to a user terminal via the internet, quantitative recipe information including the quantitative expression which corresponds to the acquired recipe information, for controlling a cooking appliance based on the quantitative recipe information.

Abstract: A recipe suggestion apparatus which includes a memory that stores a plurality of recipes, and circuitry that obtains, via the internet, spec information on a cooking appliance of a predetermined user from a user terminal of the predetermined user or the cooking appliance, the spec information indicating a performance upper limit of the cooking appliance, identifies, from the plurality of recipes, at least one target recipe in which a value of a cooking operation corresponding to a quantitative description falls within a predetermined range of the performance upper limit indicated by the spec information, and sends, via the internet, the identified target recipe to the user terminal.

Abstract: A device control system that includes a memory, and processing circuitry that acquires recipe data of a culinary dish, the recipe data being represented by a graph including a plurality of nodes and edges between the nodes, and processes the acquired recipe data for controlling a device, and the plurality of nodes include an ingredient node that represents an ingredient of the culinary dish, and a culinary dish node that represents the culinary dish, the edge represents an action that is necessary for state transition between the nodes, an ingredient ID that uniquely identifies the ingredient is assigned to the ingredient node, an action ID that uniquely identifies the action is assigned to the edge, and the processing circuitry controls the device based on the acquired recipe data.