JPS63303466A - Seat reservation ticket issuing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily purchase a ticket by a user, by displaying the status of vacant seats by every block of vacant seat, and displaying the status of seats, filled or vacant, by colors or patterns. CONSTITUTION:All of the seats to be arranged are divided into plural blocks, and a display device 9 whose screen is divided into those blocks as shown in figure is provided. In the example of figure, four blocks A-D are shown. On each block of the blocks A-D, for example, three kinds of display lamps, a red, a yellow, and a green, are provided, and for example, a red display lamp is lit when all seats of the block are already issued, which shows the seats are filled. Also, for example, a green display lamp is lit when the number of issued tickets is less than 50%, and a yellow display lamp is lit when it is between 50%-100%. A customer, after confirming the status of the vacant seat observing the color on the display device 9, designates his/her desired block number or the number of sheets of tickets, etc.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Table of contents] Overview Industrial field of application Prior art (Fig. 5) Problems to be solved by the invention Means for solving the problems (Fig. 1) Working examples (Fig. 5) (Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4) Effects of the invention [Summary] In addition to displaying the availability of seats by seat design, full and vacant seats are also displayed by color or pattern, so that users can After seeing this, I decided to purchase a designated ticket.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a seat reservation ticket issuing system, and particularly relates to a velodrome,
By using it in places where a large number of reserved seat tickets need to be processed in a short time, such as public stadiums such as racetracks and theaters, it is possible to improve efficiency (reserved seat ticket issuance that enables the issuance of reserved seat tickets). Regarding the method.

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, in order to issue reserved seat tickets at public stadiums such as racetracks and velodromes, as well as theaters, etc., no machines were used at all.
There are methods that are performed only by hand, methods that use a computer, etc.

If you want to do it manually, print the seat reservation tickets in advance and prepare a separate seating chart showing all seat positions (
. Then, while interacting with customers, they sell reserved seat tickets and place a sold mark on the corresponding seat map position.

In addition, when issuing seat reservation tickets using a computer, data corresponding to all seats is stored in the memory, and data corresponding to all the seats is stored in the memory.
A display device 100 as shown in the figure is provided. This means that the section 101 corresponding to all the seats has the code AO corresponding to the seat.
1A1, A2-B O, B 1-1 are displayed, and each time a seat reservation ticket is issued, it is written in the memory and the corresponding display compartment lamp is lit.

In this case, the customer searches for a vacant seat while looking at the display device as shown in FIG. 5, and then tells the customer the seat number and has a seat reservation ticket issued. At this time, the operator issues a seat reservation ticket by operating a keyboard, which is an input device of the computer. By this operation, it is written in the memory that the seat at the position corresponding to the issued reserved seat ticket is no longer vacant, and at the same time, the lamp in the corresponding section 101 of the display device 100 is lit. In this way, vacant seats are found while looking at the display device, seats are designated one by one, and seat reservation tickets are issued.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The conventional seat reservation ticket issuing system as described above has the following drawbacks. In other words, in the case of manual operation, everything such as filling out the seating chart must be done manually, which has the drawback of requiring a large amount of manpower.

Furthermore, when using a computer, there are times when, for example, there are large-scale places with several thousand seats, and there are people waiting in line to get in. At times like these, it is natural for customers to want to buy tickets and enter the venue as soon as possible.

However, at a time like this, one of the thousands of vacant seats is displayed.
If we had chosen one, it would have taken time to wait for customers, and it would have taken even more time to get through the queue.

The present invention has been made in order to solve these conventional drawbacks, and makes it possible to easily determine the vacant seat status, etc., and to quickly respond to customers while satisfying their requests to some extent. The purpose is to make it possible to efficiently serve a large number of customers in a short period of time.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, all the seats are divided into a plurality of blocks, and as shown in FIG. 1, a display device 9 is provided which is divided into blocks. The example in Figure 1 is 4 from A to D.
An example of dividing into two blocks is shown below. In each block A to D of the display device 9, for example, three types of indicator lamps, red, yellow, and edge are provided, and when all the seats in that block have been issued, the red indicator lamp lights up. A green indicator lamp lit indicates that the number of issued seats is less than 50%, and a yellow indicator lamp lit indicates that the number of issued seats is 50% or more and less than 100%.

After checking the availability of seats in each block on the display device 9, the customer specifies his or her desired block number, number of tickets, etc. In response to this, the operator issues seat reservation ticket issuing device 1.
Enter data such as the specified block number and number of tickets by operating the keys on the keyboard provided on the screen. This data is sent to the interface control section 2, then to the seat number decoding section 3, where it is decoded, and further sent to the seat memory control section 4. The seat memory control unit 4 inquires about vacant seat information, etc. regarding all seats stored in the seat memory 5.

If there are not a predetermined number of vacant seats in the desired block, a signal is sent back to the seat reservation ticket issuing device 1 via the interface control section 2. In addition, if there is a vacant seat, this is notified to the seat reservation ticket issuing device 1 to issue the ticket, and the block number decoding unit 6 operates to decode the blocks of all destinations and the number of tickets. A signal is sent to the state control section 7. In this block state control unit 7, the block number stored in the block number memory 8,
Performs an addition operation to the cumulative value of sold designated tickets for each block, and determines how much this cumulative value has reached,
These data are sent to the display device 9. The display device 9 selectively displays the display lamps within the block according to the transmitted block name and its issuance rate.

[Effect]

As mentioned above, the display device shows the availability of seats in each block, so by looking at this display, customers can accurately determine which block to specify. , and can be quickly identified,
People quickly get the tickets they want.

I can do it.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an example of a display device thereof.

In FIG. 2, the same symbol as in FIG. 1 indicates the same part.

In FIG. 2, reference numerals 1-1- are installed seat reservation ticket issuing devices, and usually a plurality of them are installed. These seat reservation ticket issuing devices 1-1- are connected to a host processor through an interface control section 2, and data can be input from, for example, a keyboard. Reference numeral 3 denotes a seat number decoding section that decodes input data sent from the seat reservation ticket issuing device 1 via the interface control section 2, and this output is sent to the seat memory control section 4. The seat memory control section 4 checks the seat memory 5 in which the vacant seat information of all seats is stored, determines whether or not there is a vacant seat that can be issued in the desired block, and outputs an output signal. In this case, the data input from the seat reservation ticket issuing device 1 is data such as the block designation number and the required number of reserved tickets, and individual seat numbers are not designated. Therefore, each seat number is automatically determined from the block designation information and the like using an algorithm that is set in advance in the host processor.

6 is a block number decoding section, and seat memory control section 4
When the signal sent from the block indicates that there is a vacant seat in the desired block and the seat can be designated, it operates and decodes the block number and number of tickets issued.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a block state control section, which includes a determination section 11 and a block number memory control section 12.

This determining unit 11 maintains the number of seats for each block in which the total number of seats for each block is entered, and calculates what percentage of the total number of seats has been issued. When a ticket is issued, this is added to the number of seats issued up to that point in that block, and a new cumulative value of the added result is sent to the determination unit 11 to calculate the percentage, and this percentage is displayed. It is used to send the above-mentioned marginal product value to the device 9 and write it into the block number memory 8.

8 is a block number memory in which the number of issued seat reservation tickets for each block is written.

9 is a display device, as shown in FIG.
It displays the issuance status of seat reservation tickets for the four blocks up to and including each block, as shown in Figure 2 (in each block, there are a red indicator lamp R1, a yellow indicator lamp Y, and a green indicator lamp. G is provided, and its lighting is selectively controlled by a signal from the block number memory control section 12.

Next, the case of issuing a reserved seat ticket will be explained. First, a customer or the like looks at the display device, sees the availability of seats in each block, and then specifies his/her desired block number, number of reserved tickets, etc. In response to this, the operator inputs data such as the specified block number and number of tickets by operating keys on the keyboard provided in the seat reservation ticket issuing device 1. This data is sent to the seat number decoding part 3 via the interface control part 2, decoded, and then sent to the seat memory control part 4.

The seat memory control unit 4 inquires about the vacant seat information of all the seats stored in the seat memory 5, and determines whether there are a predetermined number of vacant seats within the desired block. In this case, the designation of each seat number from the block number is automatically performed according to a preset algorithm. If there are not a predetermined number of vacant seats in the desired block, a negative response message is created in the response message assembling section 9 and sent to the seat reservation ticket issuing device 1 into which data is input via the interface control section 2. Send it back. In this case, the customer changes the block and applies for a seat reservation ticket, and the same operation as above is performed.

If there is a vacant seat as a result of checking the seat memory 5, an acknowledgment message containing the seat number is sent to the response message assembly unit 10.
Since the seat reservation ticket is assembled and sent out, the seat reservation ticket issuing device 1 issues a seat reservation ticket accordingly. At this time, this issue information is written into the seat memory 5. Upon receiving an affirmative response from the seat memory control section 4, the block number decoding section 6 operates. This block number decoding section 6 decodes the block number and number of sheets from the sent signal, and then sends the signal to the block number memory control section 12. At this time, the cumulative value of the number of sold seats is stored in the block number memory 8 for each block, so the block number memory control unit 12 reads the data of the corresponding block and adds a predetermined number of seats. The data in the block number memory 8 is updated. Further, since the determination unit 11 calculates what percentage of the number of seats in the block is the added cumulative value, the result of this calculation is sent to the display device 9.

As a result, the lighting control of the display lamp of that block is performed as described above according to the percentage. For example, if it is less than 50%, the green indicator lamp G is turned on, and if it is less than 50% to 100%, the yellow indicator lamp Y is turned on. In this case, the red indicator lamp R will light up.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the display device shown in FIG. 2 as a plan view. This display device is entirely AXB,
It is divided into four blocks, C and D, and each block contains three types of lamps, for example, green, yellow, and red, and one of these lamps can be selectively turned on. It is now possible to do so. Note that these blocks do not need to be distributed evenly; for example, the A block may have 100 seats, the B block may have 200 seats, the C block may have 150 seats, and the D block may have 120 seats. Just set it to the number of seats. Since one lamp is always lit in each of these blocks, the vacant seat status can be easily determined by the color of the first lit lamp. In addition, in the above example, the color of the lamp is a combination of green, yellow, and red, but it is not limited to these colors, and any color can be used.
The number of blocks may also be any number. Of course, the selected value is not limited to the above percentage, and can be selected as appropriate.

FIG. 4 shows another example of the display device, in which only the (2) block is shown. This example is an example of displaying by pattern rather than by color, and in particular,
This is useful when consideration is given to people who are color blind.

In Figure 4, (A) is an example of display without a pattern, (B) is a display with a set of dots, and (C) is a display with diagonal lines, but such patterns can be selected and used arbitrarily. is possible. To display such a pattern, for example, each block (block A in the figure) houses lamps of the same color and lights them up, and also selectively places a filter with a pattern on the front of the lamp. Just place it. Furthermore, in the case of a display device using a CRT, any pattern may be selectively drawn on the display screen.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, a professional.

In addition to being able to easily determine the availability of seats for each row, customers only have to tell them the block number and number of seats, which has the effect of speeding up the process of meeting customers. Therefore, if used in places where a large number of reserved seat tickets need to be sorted in a short period of time, customers can be served without confusion, and the number of manpower required can be reduced.
There is an effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the principle of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is an example of a display device used in the present invention, and Fig. 4 is an example of a display device used in the present invention. Another example of a display device, shown in FIG. 5, is a display device used in a conventional seat reservation ticket issuing system. 1 - Seat reservation ticket issuing device 2 - Interface control unit 3 - Seat number decoding unit 4 - Seat memory control unit 5 - Seat memory 6 - Block number decoding unit 7 - Block status control unit 8 - Block number memory 9 - Display device

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a seat reservation ticket issuing method that searches for a vacant seat based on data input from a seat reservation ticket issuing means and issues a seat reservation ticket, the seats are divided into a plurality of blocks and the seats are divided into a plurality of blocks and the number of seats issued for each block is divided. block number storage means (8) that holds a cumulative value of the number of seats; and block state control means (8) that adds the number of newly released seats to the cumulative value and determines the vacant seat percentage from the cumulative value after the addition. 7); and a display means (9) having a plurality of display areas divided into blocks, and a seat reservation ticket issuing system characterized in that the vacant seat status of each block is identified and displayed.