CN112863509A

CN112863509A - Equipment lease type intelligent travel accompanying platform

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Publication number: CN112863509A
Application number: CN202110001668.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高悦; 李侃
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-01-04
Filing date: 2021-01-04
Publication date: 2021-05-28

Abstract

This application is applicable to tourism equipment technical field, provides equipment lease formula intelligence travel companion platform, includes: the system comprises a voice recognition module, a tourism communication module and a server, wherein the voice recognition module is stored in a equipment rental cabinet in a scenic spot; the server checks the information input by the user and sends an unlocking code to the equipment rental cabinet in the scenic spot when the check is passed; the voice recognition module monitors whether a wake-up keyword exists in voice content corresponding to the voice of the user; when the fact that the awakening keywords exist in the voice content is monitored, the voice recognition module sends question voice data to a tourism communication module which is connected with the voice recognition module in a close range; the tourism communication module is used for acquiring the equipment positioning information of the tourism communication module; the server determines answer data corresponding to the questioning voice data according to the scenic spot position knowledge base and the equipment positioning information; the travel communication module is used for receiving answer data from the server. Therefore, the man-machine question and answer experience of the tourists in the scenic spot visiting process is optimized.

Description

Equipment lease type intelligent travel accompanying platform

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of tourism equipment, especially, relate to an equipment lease type intelligence travel companion platform.

Background

With the increasing achievements of human research on intelligent technologies, the technologies are more and more appeared in human life, so that the repetitive labor of people is reduced, the efficiency of achieving the goal is improved, the experience of people is enhanced, and the like.

Accompanying robots, also called tour guide robots, are also put into use in some tourist attractions. The tour guide robot can generate a tour route according to the requirements expressed by the tourists through voice speaking or touch screen operation, guide the tourists to visit in a scenic spot according to the tour route, and the like.

However, the current robot for accompanying a tour can only communicate with a tourist based on a locally preset recording, for example, the explanation content is not updated in time, and the richness of human-computer interaction is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the embodiment of the present application provides an equipment rental type travel accompanying platform, so as to solve the problem that in the prior art, the richness of human-computer interaction of a tour guide robot in a process of accompanying a tour is low.

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides an equipment rental type tourist accompanying platform, including a voice recognition module, a tourist communication module and a server, where the voice recognition module and the tourist communication module are used for being carried by a tourist in a tourist scenic spot process, where the voice recognition module is stored in a scenic spot equipment rental cabinet, and the scenic spot equipment rental cabinet is used for receiving user input information and sending the received user input information to the server; the server is used for verifying the user input information and sending an unlocking code to the scenic spot equipment rental cabinet when the verification is passed so that the user can take out the voice recognition module from the unlocked scenic spot equipment rental cabinet conveniently; the voice recognition module is used for monitoring whether a wake-up keyword exists in voice content corresponding to the voice of the user; when the fact that the awakening keywords exist in the voice content is monitored, the voice recognition module is used for detecting question voice data in a set time period and sending the question voice data to the tourism communication module which is in close-range connection with the voice recognition module; the tourism communication module is used for acquiring equipment positioning information of the tourism communication module, and sending the equipment positioning information and the question voice data to a server; the server is used for determining answer data corresponding to the question voice data according to the scenic spot position knowledge base and the equipment positioning information, and the scenic spot position knowledge base prestores a plurality of scenic spot area positions and corresponding knowledge sets; the travel communication module is used for receiving the answer data from the server.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the application has the advantages that:

the tourist can carry out information interaction with the server through scenic spot equipment lease cabinet to lease the speech recognition module in the equipment lease cabinet from the scenic spot, can carry speech recognition module and tourism communication module when the tourist visits the scenic spot, can monitor user's pronunciation and awaken the awakening function of speech recognition module through the speech recognition module, in order to discern subsequent question voice data, and can send the speech data of asking the question of discernment to the tourism communication module of short-range communication connection, tourism communication module can send the speech data of asking the question to the server together with self equipment locating information, make the server can confirm the corresponding answer data of question speech data based on equipment locating information and scenic spot position knowledge base, and issue answer data to the server. Therefore, through the scenic spot equipment leasing cabinet, the leasing process of tourists on the accompanying equipment can be effectively managed without manual participation, and the manual management cost of the accompanying equipment can be reduced; in addition, in the process of asking questions by the tourists, the problems of the tourists do not need to contain scenic spot positions, the server can reply the questions of the tourists in a targeted manner, and the man-machine interaction experience in the scenic spot visiting process is improved.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 illustrates an architectural block diagram of an example of a device rental travel companion platform according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary operational schematic diagram of a device rental travel companion platform according to an embodiment of the present application; and

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the following description, for purposes of explanation and not limitation, specific details are set forth, such as particular system structures, techniques, etc. in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the present application. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present application may be practiced in other embodiments that depart from these specific details. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known systems, devices, circuits, and methods are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present application with unnecessary detail.

In order to explain the technical solution described in the present application, the following description will be given by way of specific examples.

It will be understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification and the appended claims, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

It is also to be understood that the terminology used in the description of the present application herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used in the specification of the present application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be further understood that the term "and/or" as used in this specification and the appended claims refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the term "if" may be interpreted contextually as "when", "upon" or "in response to a determination" or "in response to a detection". Similarly, the phrase "if it is determined" or "if a [ described condition or event ] is detected" may be interpreted contextually to mean "upon determining" or "in response to determining" or "upon detecting [ described condition or event ]" or "in response to detecting [ described condition or event ]".

In particular implementations, the mobile terminals described in embodiments of the present application include, but are not limited to, other portable devices such as mobile phones, laptop computers, or tablet computers having touch sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch screen displays and/or touch pads). It should also be understood that in some embodiments, the devices described above are not portable communication devices, but rather are desktop computers having touch-sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch screen displays and/or touch pads).

In the discussion that follows, a mobile terminal that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. However, it should be understood that the mobile terminal may include one or more other physical user interface devices such as a physical keyboard, mouse, and/or joystick.

The mobile terminal supports various applications, such as one or more of the following: a drawing application, a presentation application, a word processing application, a website creation application, a disc burning application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an email application, an instant messaging application, an exercise support application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.

Various applications that may be executed on the mobile terminal may use at least one common physical user interface device, such as a touch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface and corresponding information displayed on the terminal can be adjusted and/or changed between applications and/or within respective applications. In this way, a common physical architecture (e.g., touch-sensitive surface) of the terminal can support various applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent to the user.

In addition, in the description of the present application, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Fig. 1 illustrates an architectural block diagram of an example of a device rental travel companion platform according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 1, the equipment rental travel companion platform 100 includes a voice recognition module 110, a travel communication module 120, and a server 130. In addition, the speech recognition module 110 and the tour communication module 120 are used for being carried by the tourist during the tourist's tour.

Specifically, the voice recognition module 110 can be in close range communication with the travel communication module 120, such as a Bluetooth connection. The travel communication module 120 may have more modes of communication, such as remote communication, for interacting with the server 130.

In some cases, the tour communication module may be a scenic spot specific device, such as a scenic spot customized PAD, that may establish a communication connection with the server when powered on. In other cases, the tour communication module may be a general purpose device, i.e. a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, which may enable a communication connection with the server by downloading or installing the scenic spot service APP.

During the specific operation of the platform, one or more speech recognition modules 110 can be stored in the scenic equipment rental cabinet. Here, the scenic spot equipment renting cabinet is suitable for being deployed near the scenic spot passageway, so that tourists can conveniently rent the equipment when entering the scenic spot, and return the renting equipment in time when leaving the scenic spot, other tourists can also use the renting equipment in a circulating mode, and the utilization rate of accompanying equipment can be guaranteed.

Specifically, the user can operate the scenic spot equipment rental cabinet to determine corresponding user input information, and the scenic spot equipment rental cabinet can further send the received user input information to the server. Furthermore, the server can verify the input information of the user, and when the verification is passed, the server sends the unlocking code to the equipment rental cabinet in the scenic spot, so that the user can take out the voice recognition module 110 from the unlocked equipment rental cabinet in the scenic spot. In this way, the guest can retrieve the speech recognition module 110 needed during the travel companion by interacting with the rental equipment.

Further, the voice recognition module 110 may monitor whether a wake-up keyword exists in the voice content corresponding to the user voice. In some cases, the speech recognition module 110 may be designed as a headset with a microphone that can be bluetooth connected to the mobile terminal so that guests can wear the speech recognition module 110 and can monitor wake-up keywords, such as waking up the speech recognition function of the headset when "rich" is recognized.

In addition, when it is monitored that the voice content has the wake-up keyword, the voice recognition module 110 may detect the question voice data within a set time period, and transmit the question voice data to the tour communication module 120 closely connected to the voice recognition module 110. In some cases, the headset may re-enter the sleep state, assuming that the headset does not detect voice information within 20 seconds after waking up.

Further, the tour communication module 120 may obtain the device location information of itself and send the device location information and the question voice data to the server.

The server can determine answer data corresponding to the questioning voice data according to the scenic spot position knowledge base and the equipment positioning information. Here, the scenic spot location knowledge base prestores a plurality of scenic spot area locations and corresponding knowledge sets. For example, the server may match a corresponding knowledge set from a scenic region corresponding to the device location information and from a scenic location knowledge base, and answer the user question using knowledge points in the knowledge set.

Specifically, the server may query the scenic spot location knowledge base based on the device location information to obtain a corresponding target knowledge set. And further, determining a target knowledge point matched with the questioning voice data based on the target knowledge set, and generating audio data aiming at the target knowledge point based on a preset natural language generation model to serve as corresponding answer data.

For example, a scenic spot may be "octave park" in which there are multiple scenic spot areas, such as "buddhist tower", "buddhist tower old address", "temple", and so on. When the user is located at the "old site of the kennel tower" and asks "what its history is", the server can directly call the knowledge point set for the "old site of the kennel tower" and find the corresponding historical knowledge point, for example, answer data "the history of the old site of the kennel tower" can be replied to the user: two saint teeth after the arrival of Sakyamuni at the Miss, one passed to the teacher's republic (Ceylon, Stilan Ka of today), one passed to Wu Chang (in the Sovata river basin, northern India), and then to be full of. Until the south of the fifth century brought the West tour to be full of by the monk, the West tour was brought back to the city of construction (Nanjing), the Shandong was unified all over the world, the Buddha teeth were sent to Changan, the five generations were in disorder of the original source, and rolled to Yanjing (Beijing) in Liao, the Shandong shali of the Liaodao Bengzhouguangyue (Gongyuan 1071 year) provided the Buddha teeth to the Libanta in the Bijing eight century of Western Yuan.

Further, the travel communication module 120 may receive answer data from the server, thereby enabling interaction with the user.

In some cases, the answer data may be reply audio data and may be played directly on the travel communication module 120 or may be played on the travel communication module 120. In other cases, the voice recognition module 110 may be a bluetooth headset and the tour communication module 120 may send the answer data to the bluetooth headset and play it in the bluetooth headset.

Optionally, a plurality of speech recognition modules 110 can be housed in the rental cabinet. Accordingly, the user can rent the voice recognition module 110 in the scenic spot equipment rental cabinet, and can run the corresponding scenic spot APP on his/her mobile phone as the corresponding tourism communication module 120, and the voice recognition module 110 can be connected with the tourism communication module 120 through bluetooth.

Optionally, a plurality of speech recognition modules 110 and corresponding tour communication modules 120 are housed in the rental cabinets of scenic equipment. Correspondingly, the visitor can lease complete sets in scenic spot equipment lease cabinet, for example bluetooth headset and scenic spot customization PAD, need not the visitor and downloads scenic spot APP, has optimized visitor's scenic spot companion's experience.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary operation principle of a device rental travel companion platform according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 2, in step 210, the scenic equipment rental cabinet can send user input information to the server 130.

In some cases, the travel communication module 120 may be a mobile terminal. Specifically, the mobile terminal may transmit a travel companion request to the server 130, so that the server 130 verifies the travel companion request, and transmits an authorization notification to the user when the travel companion request verification passes. For example, the server 130 may verify whether the user has qualification to enter a park tour or whether the user pays for leasing the companion device. Further, the mobile terminal may receive an authorization notification from the server 130 upon verification of the travel companion request, from which user input information for the scenic equipment rental cabinet may be determined.

In step 220, the server 130 verifies the user input information and, after verification, can send the unlock code to the scenic spot equipment rental cabinet to facilitate the removal of the voice recognition module 1100 with the guest from the cabinet, or the guest can remove the voice recognition module 110 and the tour communication module 120 from the cabinet.

In step 230, the speech recognition module 110 may obtain the questioning speech data after being awakened.

In step 240, the voice recognition module 110 can send the questioning voice data to the travel communication module.

In step 250, the travel communication module 120 may detect its own device location information.

In step 260, the travel communication module 120 may transmit the questioning voice data and the device location information to the server 130.

In step 270, the server 130 may determine answer data for the questioning voice data based on the scenic spot location knowledge base and the acquired device location information.

In step 280, the server 130 transmits the answer data to the travel communication module 120.

In step 290, the travel communication module 120 forwards the answer data to the speech recognition module 110. Here, the data type of the answer data may be audio data or video data.

In step 2100, answer data is played in the speech recognition module 110.

Optionally, the server is configured with a first speech recognition model, the speech recognition module is configured with a second speech recognition model, and the server is configured to detect whether the speech recognition training sample set is updated, and update the first speech recognition model when the speech recognition training sample set is updated. For example, an operator or a scenic spot worker may upload a new speech entry to the server to update the speech training sample set.

And then, after the first voice recognition model is updated, the updated first voice recognition model is sent to the tourism communication module, and the tourism communication module can send the updated first voice recognition model to the voice recognition module, so that the voice recognition module replaces the second voice recognition model by the updated first voice recognition model.

In the embodiment of the application, the server can update the cloud recognition model when the speech recognition training sample set is updated, and the tour communication module is used for relaying, and the updated cloud recognition model is used for carrying out online synchronous updating on the local speech recognition models of the speech recognition modules, so that the speech recognition modules can be maintained and updated automatically.

Optionally, the server may further determine at least one target scenic spot tour route matching the device positioning information from a preset set of scenic spot tour routes, and transmit the at least one target scenic spot tour route to the tour communication module. Therefore, the server can recommend the currently most suitable tour route in the scenic spot to the tourist, and the tourist is prevented from missing important scenic spots.

It should be understood that, the sequence numbers of the steps in the foregoing embodiments do not imply an execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, the terminal device 3 of this embodiment includes: a processor 30, a memory 31 and a computer program 32 stored in said memory 31 and executable on said processor 30. The steps performed by the different modules or devices described above are implemented when the computer program 32 is executed by the processor 30.

Illustratively, the computer program 32 may be partitioned into one or more modules/units that are stored in the memory 31 and executed by the processor 30 to accomplish the present application. The one or more modules/units may be a series of computer program instruction segments capable of performing specific functions, which are used to describe the execution process of the computer program 32 in the terminal device 3.

The terminal device 3 may be a desktop computer, a notebook, a palm computer, a cloud server, or other computing devices. The terminal device may include, but is not limited to, a processor 30, a memory 31. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that fig. 3 is only an example of the terminal device 3, and does not constitute a limitation to the terminal device 3, and may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or different components, for example, the terminal device may also include an input-output device, a network access device, a bus, etc.

The Processor 30 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, or the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 31 may be an internal storage unit of the terminal device 3, such as a hard disk or a memory of the terminal device 3. The memory 31 may also be an external storage device of the terminal device 3, such as a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), and the like, which are provided on the terminal device 3. Further, the memory 31 may also include both an internal storage unit and an external storage device of the terminal device 3. The memory 31 is used for storing the computer program and other programs and data required by the terminal device. The memory 31 may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-mentioned division of the functional units and modules is illustrated, and in practical applications, the above-mentioned function distribution may be performed by different functional units and modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional units or modules to perform all or part of the above-mentioned functions. Each functional unit and module in the embodiments may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated in one unit, and the integrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware, or in a form of software functional unit. In addition, specific names of the functional units and modules are only for convenience of distinguishing from each other, and are not used for limiting the protection scope of the present application. The specific working processes of the units and modules in the system may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments for parts that are not described or illustrated in a certain embodiment.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus/terminal device and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described embodiments of the apparatus/terminal device are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules or units is only one logical division, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated modules/units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as separate products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, all or part of the flow in the method of the embodiments described above can be realized by a computer program, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium and can realize the steps of the embodiments of the methods described above when the computer program is executed by a processor. Wherein the computer program comprises computer program code, which may be in the form of source code, object code, an executable file or some intermediate form, etc. The computer-readable medium may include: any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, recording medium, usb disk, removable hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, computer Memory, Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), electrical carrier wave signals, telecommunications signals, software distribution medium, and the like. It should be noted that the computer readable medium may contain content that is subject to appropriate increase or decrease as required by legislation and patent practice in jurisdictions, for example, in some jurisdictions, computer readable media does not include electrical carrier signals and telecommunications signals as is required by legislation and patent practice.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not substantially depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present application and are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An equipment leasing type tourism accompanying platform is characterized by comprising a voice recognition module, a tourism communication module and a server, wherein the voice recognition module and the tourism communication module are used for being carried by tourists in the process of tourists visiting scenic spots,

the system comprises a voice recognition module, a server and a server, wherein the voice recognition module is stored in a scenic spot equipment rental cabinet, and the scenic spot equipment rental cabinet is used for receiving user input information and sending the received user input information to the server;

the server is used for verifying the user input information and sending an unlocking code to the scenic spot equipment rental cabinet when the verification is passed so that the user can take out the voice recognition module from the unlocked scenic spot equipment rental cabinet conveniently;

the voice recognition module is used for monitoring whether a wake-up keyword exists in voice content corresponding to the voice of the user;

when the fact that the awakening keywords exist in the voice content is monitored, the voice recognition module is used for detecting question voice data in a set time period and sending the question voice data to the tourism communication module which is in close-range connection with the voice recognition module;

the tourism communication module is used for acquiring equipment positioning information of the tourism communication module, and sending the equipment positioning information and the question voice data to a server;

the server is used for determining answer data corresponding to the question voice data according to the scenic spot position knowledge base and the equipment positioning information, and the scenic spot position knowledge base prestores a plurality of scenic spot area positions and corresponding knowledge sets;

the travel communication module is used for receiving the answer data from the server.

2. The travel companion platform of claim 1 wherein the server has a first speech recognition model configured therein, wherein the speech recognition module has a second speech recognition model configured therein,

the server is used for detecting whether the voice recognition training sample set is updated or not and updating the first voice recognition model when the voice recognition training sample set is updated;

after the first voice recognition model is updated, sending the updated first voice recognition model to the travel communication module;

and the tourism communication module sends the updated first voice recognition model to the voice recognition module so that the voice recognition module replaces the second voice recognition model by using the updated first voice recognition model.

3. The travel companion platform as claimed in claim 1 wherein said server is configured to query said scenic location knowledge base for a corresponding target knowledge set based on said device location information;

determining target knowledge points matched with the questioning voice data based on the target knowledge set;

and generating audio data aiming at the target knowledge point based on a preset natural language generation model to serve as corresponding answer data.

4. The travel companion platform as claimed in claim 1 wherein said server is further configured to determine at least one target scenic tour from a set of preset scenic tour routes that matches said device location information and to send said at least one target scenic tour to said travel communication module.

5. The travel companion platform of claim 1 wherein the travel communication module is a mobile terminal,

the mobile terminal is used for sending a travel company request to the server so that the server verifies the travel company request and sends an authorization notice to a user when the travel company request passes verification;

the mobile terminal is used for receiving an authorization notice from the server when the travel companion bank request passes verification, and the authorization notice is used for determining user input information aiming at the scenic region equipment rental cabinet.

6. The travel companion platform as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a plurality of said speech recognition modules are housed in said scenic equipment rental cabinet.

7. The travel companion platform as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of said speech recognition modules and corresponding said travel communication modules are housed in said scenic equipment rental cabinet.

8. The travel companion platform as recited in claim 1 wherein said travel communication module is bluetooth connected to said voice recognition module.

9. The travel companion platform of claim 1 wherein the voice recognition module is an earphone with a microphone.

10. The travel companion platform as recited in claim 1 wherein the scenic equipment rental cabinet is deployed proximate a scenic doorway.