DE212020000233U1 - Rental equipment for MR glasses at a sight and loan and return procedures thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Rental equipment for MR glasses at a sight, characterized in that it comprises several integrated rental cabinets distributed at the attraction for storing MR glasses in individual storage compartments and with a networking function and a human-computer interaction function, the integrated rental cabinets consisting of a cabinet body , an industrial control computer installed based on the cabinet body and connected to it via a bus, a display input unit and more than ten matrix grid storage units or honeycomb storage units, the industrial control computer being networked with a cloud server and a mobile terminal of a user and exchanges with them equipment statuses, information for user authentication and information for order accounting, wherein the industrial control computer performs a human-computer interaction with the user via the display input unit, wherein the individual storage units with a unique positioning and chamber number are controlled by the industrial control computer for opening and closing their chamber doors, the individual storage units being provided with a self-checking unit for internal chambers, which exchanges memory status information with the industrial control computer, the self-checking unit for internal chambers having a weight sensor and comprises an optical sensor.

Description

TECHNICAL AREA

The present invention relates to self-service rental equipment in tourist attractions, and more particularly, to self-service rental equipment for MR glasses that is independent of manual operation and maintenance, and a rental and return method thereof.

STATE OF THE ART

With the continuous development of the construction of material and spiritual civilization, more and more topics of cultural tourism are proposed and advertised to mass users. After busy daily work and life, people need to make travel plans for their vacation in order to relax and expand their knowledge. Regardless of the fact that a travel plan around a visit to the natural landscape or various exhibition halls, the introduction of the sights by a guide is necessary when traveling so that the tourists are prevented from getting lost or missing the cultural features of important sights.

Traditionally, traditional tour guides generally include manpower tour guidance, the rental of tour operators, and virtual tour guidance through a mobile device, the popularity of which has now increased significantly. The last tour used MR glasses, which are a new, user-friendly tool for the synchronized visual representation of intelligent scenes. Provided that tourist travel is not impaired and the safety of tourists is ensured, the ideas of different types about sights triggered in the scene can be displayed synchronously.

However, these intelligent devices are expensive and it is not easy to claim damages for a damaged device. Therefore, the existing method of renting the device has more or less disadvantages. Specifically, if the rental is done by hiring an employee to record the loan and return and take a security deposit of ID card or lots of cash at the loan, high labor costs are incurred, human error is inevitable and the loan and return of MR Complicated glasses. When renting is done with simple facilities such as a recognizer ID card and a billing meter, the user cannot accurately grasp the rental period, which is only viewed and counted by the attraction administration office, with a hidden risk of arbitrary charging. In addition, an integrated loan and return machine, which is composed of a counter, a loan circuit and a return circuit, is only suitable for business scenes with uniform entry and exit times, such as watching films, and can perform the administrative functions of free loan and return do not meet at the same time.

CONTENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior art, the objects of the present invention are to provide rental equipment for MR glasses at a sight so that the self-service rental of MR glasses can be properly controlled by multiple parties.

In order to solve one of the above-mentioned object, the present invention proposes the following technical embodiment: Rental equipment for MR glasses at a sight, characterized in that it has several integrated rental cabinets distributed at the sight for storing MR glasses in individual storage compartments and with a networking function as well as a human-computer interaction function, the integrated rental cabinets from a cabinet body, an industrial control computer, which is installed based on the cabinet body and connected to it via a bus, a display input unit and more than ten matrix grid storage units or honeycomb storage units consists, wherein the industrial control computer is networked with a cloud server and a mobile terminal of a user and exchanges equipment states, information on user authentication and information on order accounting with them, the induction Strial control computer performs a human-computer interaction with the user via the display input unit, the individual storage units with a unique positioning and chamber number being controlled by the industrial control computer for opening and closing their chamber doors, the individual storage units being provided with a self-checking unit for the interior chamber that exchanges memory status information with the industrial control computer, wherein the internal chamber self-checking unit comprises a weight sensor and an optical sensor.

It can further be provided that the integrated rental cabinet has a device number, the memory status information of the memory unit based on the paired Device number and chamber number is synchronized in a database of the cloud server.

It can also be provided that the display input unit consists of an LCD display screen, a touch-sensitive keyboard, a camera or a touch-sensitive display screen with its own camera module, which are networked with one another by the industrial control computer, with a program for face registration and face registration in the touch-sensitive display screen. detection is preset.

It can also be provided that the storage unit is provided with a chamber door and a door lock, the signal of which is connected to the industrial control computer, the chamber door being made of hardened illuminated glass and being controlled by the industrial control computer to illuminate a status of a loan and return, wherein the door lock is controlled by the industrial control computer for opening and closing the chamber door.

It can also be provided that the user's mobile terminal is installed with an application and data is synchronized with the cloud server in order to query and visualize the rental period of the MR glasses.

• Authentifizieren von Touristen, die über das mobile Endgerät des Benutzers eine Verbindung zum Internet herstellen, sich in einem Back-End des Betreibers registrieren und eine Authentifizierung mit echtem Namen durchführen, wobei Speicherzustandsinformationen jeder Speichereinheit im integrierten Mietschrank über den Cloud-Server an das mobilen Endgerät des Benutzers synchronisiert sind, wobei eine Positionierungsinformation des integrierten Mietschranks und eine verfügbare Menge der MR-Brillen dem Benutzer präsentiert werden;
• Ausleihen der MR-Brillen, wobei der Benutzer über die Anzeigeeingabeeinheit des integrierten Mietschranks eine Gesichtserkennung bei dem Cloud-Server initiiert, und eine Mietauftrag stellt, wobei eine Auftragszuweisung durch den integrierten Mietschrank erfolgt, wobei eine der Speichereinheiten geöffnet, aus der der Benutzer eine MR-Brille entnimmt, wobei ein Signal zum Darstellen leerer Kammer, eine Auftragsinformation und ein Gesichtserkennungsergebnis über den industriellen Steuercomputer ein Datenpaket bilden, das an den Cloud-Server synchronisiert wird;
• Zurückgeben der MR-Brillen, wobei der Benutzer über die Anzeigeeingabeeinheit eine Gesichtserkennung erneut beim Cloud-Server initiiert, der das Gesicht erkennt und ein entsprechende Datenpaket abruft, wobei die Speichereinheit durch den industriellen Steuercomputer geöffnet wird, und eine Selbstprüfeinheit für Innenkammer nach der Rückgabe der MR-Brille vom Benutzer erkennt, ob die MR-Brille beschädigt ist oder nicht, wobei bei einer funktionierenden MR-Brille die Speichereinheit geschlossen, eine Gebühr beglichen und die Rückgabe abgeschlossen wird und die Speicherzustandsinformation der Speichereinheit aktualisiert wird, wobei bei einem beschädigten MR-Brille sie dem Betreiber zur manuellen Bearbeitung übergeben wird.

A loan and return method of MR glasses at a point of interest, which is carried out based on rental equipment according to claim 1 and a networked cloud server and mobile terminal of a user, can comprise the following steps:

• Authentication of tourists who connect to the Internet via the user's mobile device, register in a back-end of the operator and carry out an authentication with real names, with storage status information of each storage unit in the integrated rental cabinet being sent to the mobile device via the cloud server of the user are synchronized, positioning information of the integrated rental cabinet and an available quantity of the MR glasses being presented to the user;
• Borrowing the MR glasses, the user initiating face recognition on the cloud server via the display input unit of the integrated rental cabinet, and placing a rental order, with an assignment being made by the integrated rental cabinet, with one of the storage units being opened, from which the user can create an MR - removes glasses, a signal for displaying empty chamber, order information and a face recognition result via the industrial control computer form a data packet which is synchronized to the cloud server;
• Returning the MR glasses, whereby the user initiates face recognition again at the cloud server via the display input unit, which recognizes the face and retrieves a corresponding data package, the storage unit being opened by the industrial control computer, and a self-checking unit for the inner chamber after the return of the MR glasses by the user recognize whether the MR glasses are damaged or not, whereby in the case of functioning MR glasses the memory unit is closed, a fee is paid and the return is completed and the memory status information of the memory unit is updated, with a damaged MR glasses Glasses are handed over to the operator for manual processing.

It can also be provided that the loan of the MR glasses begins with the generation of the signal for displaying empty chambers of the memory unit, with a rental period being queried and visualized by an application on the user's mobile device in real time, the one associated with a billing fee Rental period is ended until the MR glasses are returned to the corresponding storage unit and are determined to be functioning after the test.

It can further be provided that a process in which the self-checking unit for inner chamber detects whether the MR glasses are damaged or not, determining a quality change and a multidimensional change in the appearance of the MR glasses by a weight sensor and an optical sensor, and comprises establishing a synchronization between the MR glasses themselves and the cloud server.

It can also be provided that the chamber door is made of hardened luminous glass and the signal is connected to the industrial control computer, the hardened luminous glass being driven in the step of borrowing the MR glasses so that it changes from a steady green light to a green flashing light one after the other changes to a red continuous light, wherein in the step of returning the MR glasses and completing the return, the hardened luminous glass is driven so that it successively changes from the red continuous light to a red flashing light and to a green continuous light.

The technical configuration of the rental of MR glasses at a point of interest according to the present invention has outstanding advantages and considerable advances, namely: the first can overcome the shortcomings of the manual Will resolve backward administration, reducing the risk of personal information being lost due to the confiscation of users' ID cards when renting valuable equipment, while standardizing the management of attractions and saving manpower; second, the user can see the usage status and rental period of the rented equipment on the mobile terminal; and thirdly, the loan and return functions can be performed at any time, which increases the efficiency of loaning and returning valuable devices and avoids that the loan and return cannot be completed on time due to a large flow of people during a certain period of the attraction it prevents workers from having to start work in advance causing the overtime cost or tourists from suffering delays and maloperation due to an unsatisfactory return.

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• 1 shows a schematic view of a layer architecture of the rental equipment for MR glasses at a point of interest according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, the specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to more easily understand and grasp the technical arrangements of the present invention, so that the scope of the present invention is more clearly defined.

In view of the objective problems, which include, for example, the backwardness, many disadvantages and hidden dangers of the existing way of renting MR glasses at sights, the applicant suggests rental equipment for MR based on its many years of technical experience in research and development of intelligent terminals and devices for scene playback -Glasses at a sight and a loan and return process thereof are innovative, with breakthroughs in Internet of Things technology being applied to the operation and maintenance management of travel guide tools in places of interest.

Part of the innovative invention is the rental equipment for MR glasses at a sight, whose generalized hardware, as in 1 shown include: several integrated rental cabinets distributed at the attraction for storing MR glasses in individual storage compartments and with a networking function as well as a human-computer interaction function, the integrated rental cabinets consisting of a cabinet body, an industrial control computer that is installed based on the cabinet body and is connected to this via a bus, a display input unit and more than ten storage units, the industrial control computer being networked with a cloud server and a mobile terminal of a user and exchanging equipment statuses, information for user authentication and information for order accounting, with the industrial control computer also carries out a human-computer interaction with the user via the display input unit, the individual storage units having a unique positioning and chamber number from the industrial control rcomputer can be controlled to open and close their chamber doors, wherein the memory unit is provided with a self-checking unit for internal chamber, which exchanges memory status information with the industrial control computer.

In order to facilitate the understanding of the generalized features above, the specific supplementary explanation is as follows: As is well known, a sight usually has a huge area, whereby for tourists the entrance of the tour is often very far from the exit of the tour. Therefore, there is seldom a tourist trail where tourists go back along the same path or a different path to the entrance of the tour. For a sight in which the MR glasses are used, the interest of tourists in the use of such MR glasses becomes apparent if the traditional rental is used, in which an employee is employed to record the loan and return and at accepts a deposit of important ID cards upon loan, which is why tourists cannot experience the tourist experience of modern technology. As a result, the rental equipment in the actual scenery is equipped with several integrated rental cabinets that are distributed at the entrance and exit of the attraction. For any point of interest, all integrated rental lockers are networked with one another and connected to the cloud server in order to form a working group, with the equipment status of the individual integrated rental lockers and the information for user authentication being shared synchronously.

In the case of an integrated rental cabinet, the cabinet body represents a basic housing that protects these glasses from wind, rain, sunshine and theft and at the same time provides spatial support for each storage unit. The industrial control computer, the display input unit and dozen of memory units attached to the Cabinet bodies are installed, are used to perform corresponding functions for different objects. Of course, the industrial control computer as the main control core of the rental equipment can be a currently widespread integrated microcomputer, whereby the hardware strength can be freely configured depending on the requirements of the arithmetic operation, in order mainly to enable upward communication with the cloud server and with which the equipment statuses, information for user authentication as well to exchange massive information for order accounting, and to enable a downward control and thus to control the opening and closing of the storage unit as well as the authentication of the human-computer interaction. The display input unit is mainly used to realize the human-computer interaction, to carry out an authentication of the face recognition and to support the operability of loan and return actions, whereby its hardware can be implemented differently. The storage units also have their own chamber numbers for each integrated rental cabinet, each with a specific spatial arrangement and a single positioning, with only one MR glasses being stored in each of the storage units, the MR glasses rented by a user being one for a rental cabinet and a storage unit has corresponding exclusive positioning in the rental equipment, this exclusive positioning being changed during the loan and return and the changed positioning being updated on a subsequent cloud server. In view of the self-service of the rental equipment, the storage unit must perform an extremely consistent routine inspection for the MR glasses returned each time, but not necessarily removed from the same storage unit, the routine inspection including the inspection of appearance damage, missing parts and weight loss, etc. Therefore, the internal chamber self-checking unit is a hardware configuration required for human-free operation of the rental equipment.

What is more noteworthy is that the structure and function of the integrated rental locker appear to be identical to those of express pick-up lockers, vegetable delivery lockers and supermarket lockers, but the present innovative invention uses the intelligent storage locker in a certain scene, namely at sights, and the control of the rental - and return process with regard to the functional implementation further improved. Hence, the rental equipment is by no means a mechanical copy of the existing mature intelligent cabinet bodies. From the perspective of a more detailed design, the integrated rental cabinet is a combination of several machines, with each integrated rental cabinet having a device number to facilitate the identification of storage units and database management, the storage status information of the storage unit based on the paired device number and chamber number in a database in the cloud -Server is synchronized, which makes it easier for the user to query the storage status information of the storage unit with a mobile terminal anytime and anywhere and to position it precisely.

As an important piece of hardware for the basis of human-computer interaction, the display input unit must meet the requirements for the presentation of a visual graphical surface, and it provides tourists (users) with basic functions such as operating input and recording user images and expressions the information interaction between users and industrial control computers.

When executing, the means are combined with isolated functions. The display input unit can be an LCD display screen, a touch-sensitive keyboard and a camera, which are networked with one another via the industrial control computer. Although each part has its own self-defined functions, the human-computer interaction can be reliably implemented after integration and optimization. Similarly, the embodiment of the existing mature multifunctional integrated machine can also be used. The display input unit can have a touch-sensitive display screen with its own camera module, a program for face registration and recognition being preset in the touch-sensitive display screen. This functional program and its hardware requirements are existing, mature technologies and can be implemented using an integrated tablet.

Due to the limited volume of the MR glasses product, a single rental cabinet can fulfill the rental agreement of large users. In order to fully improve the space utilization rate, the integrated rental cabinet is provided with a matrix grid storage unit or honeycomb storage unit, the self-checking unit for inner chamber in each storage unit comprising a weight sensor and an optical sensor. The weight sensor detects whether the quality of MR glasses is reduced due to missing parts, and the optical sensor detects the multi-dimensional appearance integrity of MR glasses. Furthermore, the storage unit is provided with a chamber door and a door lock, the signal of which is connected to the industrial control computer, the chamber door being made of hardened luminous glass and the industrial one Control computer is controlled for illuminating display of a state of a loan and return, wherein different states differ from each other by setting different color display or display modes. The door lock is controlled by the industrial control computer to open and close the chamber door and can be an electromagnetically controlled switch or an electrically controlled mechanical switch.

Furthermore, the user's mobile terminal is installed with an application that was developed for operating the attraction, the application synchronizing data with the cloud server in order to query and visualize the rental period of the MR glasses. Developing this application is similar to developing various existing applications and small programs. Names of the associated sights, iconic advertising images, a lively human-machine interface and input and output interfaces are simultaneously called up in the application, in which the user's mobile device receives the data synchronously from the cloud server, although this humanized design is more acceptable.

A loan and return process for MR glasses at a point of interest with one of the above rental equipment can include the following steps: Authentication of tourists, which is initially carried out, with the tourists establishing a connection to the Internet via the user's mobile device, all in one Register the operator's back-end and authenticate with a real name, with the storage status information of each storage unit in the integrated rental cabinet being synchronized to the user's mobile device via the cloud server, with positioning information for the integrated rental cabinet and an available quantity of MR glasses being the Users are presented. From this step it can be seen that the library card does not have to be provided as a deposit for the loan and return process. Authentication with real names via the mobile device is a relatively mature technology. Using real name authentication is convenient to use and removes a large number of hidden dangers of disputes, and does not destroy the inventiveness of the loan and return process.

Second, considered from a more intuitive implementation scenario, the MR glasses are borrowed, the user initiating facial recognition on the cloud server via the display input unit of the integrated rental cabinet, and placing a rental order, with an assignment being made by the integrated rental cabinet, one of the Opened storage units from which the user removes MR glasses, with a signal for displaying empty chamber, order information and a face recognition result via the industrial control computer forming a data package that is synchronized to the cloud server. This process did not trigger any direct billing; only the time the MR glasses were borrowed is recorded invisibly, and the status display of the cloud server and the integrated rental cabinet only shows that the corresponding storage unit is empty and that the MR glasses are inside was awarded. After removing the MR glasses, users can freely use them and store them properly.

The loan of the MR glasses begins with the generation of the signal for displaying the empty chamber of the storage unit, with a rental period being queried and visualized by the application on the user's mobile device in real time.

MR glasses are returned, whereby the user initiates face recognition again at the cloud server via the display input unit, which recognizes the face and calls up a corresponding data package, the storage unit being opened by the industrial control computer, and a self-checking unit for the inner chamber after the return the MR glasses from the user recognizes whether the MR glasses are damaged or not, with a functioning MR glasses closing the memory unit, paying a fee and completing the return and updating the memory status information of the memory unit, with a damaged MR -Glasses are handed over to the operator for manual processing until the entire loan and return process has been completed. In the ideal case that the MR glasses are intact and of consistent quality after loan and return, the rental period associated with a billing fee is ended until the MR glasses are returned to the corresponding storage unit and are determined to be functioning after the test . However, the operator is responsible for the manual processing, which is beyond the scope of the present invention and therefore a detailed description thereof is omitted.

After the above MR glasses are returned to the chamber, a process in which the inner chamber self-checking unit detects whether the MR glasses are damaged or not includes determining a quality change and a multidimensional change in the appearance of the MR glasses a weight sensor and an optical sensor, and establishing a synchronization between the MR glasses themselves and the cloud server. In addition to the above-mentioned self-check with regard to weight and appearance, the MR glasses can establish a parallel connection to the cloud server by placing them in the storage unit so that remote online software detection is carried out, accidental deletion of presentations sights or a triggering of the loss of function is avoided.

In a further aspect, the chamber door is made of hardened luminous glass and the signal is connected to the industrial control computer, the hardened luminous glass being driven in the step of borrowing the MR glasses so that it changes from a continuous green light to a green flashing light and a red one Continuous light changes, whereby in the step of returning the MR glasses and completing the return, the hardened luminous glass is driven so that it successively changes from the red continuous light to a red flashing light and to a green continuous light. Here, a user-defined relationship between the opening and closing of the chamber door and the display modes in various states of loan and return can be set and established through the preset program of the industrial control computer. From the introduction of features and the detailed description of the exemplary embodiments of the technical configuration for renting MR glasses at sights according to the present invention, it can be seen that this technical configuration has outstanding essential features and considerable progress: first, the shortcomings of manual backward management can be eliminated, thereby reducing the risk of loss of personal information due to the confiscation of identity cards of users when renting valuable devices, while standardizing the management of the attractions and saving manpower; second, the user can see the usage status and rental period of the rented equipment on the mobile terminal; and thirdly, the loan and return functions can be performed at any time, which increases the efficiency of loaning and returning valuable devices and avoids that the loan and return cannot be completed on time due to a large flow of people during a certain period of the attraction it prevents workers from having to start work in advance causing the overtime cost or tourists from suffering delays and maloperation due to an unsatisfactory return.

In addition to the above embodiments, the present invention can also have other embodiments. All technical configurations that are formed by equivalent substitutions or equivalent transformations fall within the scope of protection claimed by the present invention.

Claims (5)

Rental equipment for MR glasses at a sight, characterized in that it comprises several integrated rental cabinets distributed at the attraction for storing MR glasses in individual storage compartments and with a networking function and a human-computer interaction function, the integrated rental cabinets consisting of a cabinet body , an industrial control computer installed based on the cabinet body and connected to it via a bus, a display input unit and more than ten matrix grid storage units or honeycomb storage units, the industrial control computer being networked with a cloud server and a mobile terminal of a user and exchanges with them equipment statuses, information for user authentication and information for order accounting, wherein the industrial control computer performs a human-computer interaction with the user via the display input unit, wherein the individual storage units with a unique positioning and chamber number are controlled by the industrial control computer for opening and closing their chamber doors, the individual storage units being provided with a self-checking unit for internal chambers, which exchanges memory status information with the industrial control computer, the self-checking unit for internal chambers having a weight sensor and comprises an optical sensor. MR glasses rental equipment at a sight Claim 1 , characterized in that the integrated rental cabinet has a device number, the storage status information of the storage unit being synchronized into a database of the cloud server based on the paired device number and chamber number. MR glasses rental equipment at a sight Claim 1 , characterized in that the display input unit consists of an LCD display screen, a touch-sensitive keyboard, a camera or a touch-sensitive display screen with its own camera module, which are networked with one another by the industrial control computer, a program for face registration and recognition in the touch-sensitive display screen is preset. MR glasses rental equipment at a sight Claim 1 , characterized in that the storage unit with a chamber door and a door lock, the signal of which is connected to the industrial control computer, wherein the chamber door is made of hardened luminous glass and is controlled by the industrial control computer to illuminate a status of a loan and return, the door lock from the industrial control computer for opening and closing the Chamber door is controlled. MR glasses rental equipment at a sight Claim 1 , characterized in that the user's mobile terminal is installed with an application and synchronizes data with the cloud server in order to query and visualize the rental period of the MR glasses.

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