JP2002032511A - System for reading/retrieving real time guest room use information of leisure hotel such as motel and individual leisure hotel information from portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for reading and retrieving real time guest room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel and individual leisure hotel information from a portable terminal by which a user customer can obtain the guest room use situation and individual information of the respective leisure hotels in an area where he desires to stay at any time and from any place. SOLUTION: Respective guest room selection panels installed in the leisure hotel such as the motel are picture-recognized by using a photographing device. Picture data is transmitted to a personal computer server which is separately disposed via the Internet. The personal computer server has the individual information data bases of the leisure hotels and a map data base. Vacancy information and individual information of the leisure hotels are displayed on a home page site generated on the personal computer server based on transmitted picture data. The use customer reads and retrieves the site by using the carrying portable terminal and obtains various information on the leisure hotel such as the motel.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to real-time guest room use information in a leisure hotel such as a motel, an image of the location, appearance and interior, a PR document serving as an advertisement for a leisure hotel such as a motel, and a discount coupon. Is a system that creates a site that describes this information and allows the user to browse and search the site using a mobile terminal or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the guest room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel has been obtained by actually visiting the guest room selection panel or the like installed in the leisure hotel to obtain the guest room use information. We look up the phone number of the leisure hotel and inquire about it to get room usage information. Location,
Images such as exterior and interior, PR documents, coupons, etc., are provided only in books or at leisure hotels that own homepages.

[0003]

However, as described above, since the guest actually goes to the hotel and the guest room is full, he must go to the next leisure hotel, which is inefficient both physically and physically. There was a problem that it is. In addition, when obtaining room use information by telephone, it is necessary to look up each telephone number and make a phone call until the guest room finds a vacant leisure hotel. There is also.

[0004] In addition, unless a book carrying information on a leisure hotel is brought in, information such as a location, an image of an exterior or interior, a PR document, a discount coupon, and the like cannot be obtained. There is also a problem that it is not possible to flexibly respond to sudden stay plans, which is the biggest advantage. Alternatively, there is also a problem that only information on leisure hotels that own the homepage can be obtained, and the range of choice of users is limited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. A user can use a portable terminal at any time and from any place by using a portable terminal in a leisure hotel in an area where he or she intends to stay. An object of the present invention is to provide a real-time guest room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel from a mobile terminal and an individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system, which has information such as an interior, a PR document, and a discount coupon.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a real-time room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel from a portable terminal of the present invention and an individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system, a leisure hotel such as a motel is provided. Each guest room selection panel installed in the inside is separately recognized by using a photographing device, and image recognition of the guest room use status displayed on the panel is performed, and the image data is transmitted to a separately installed personal computer server via the Internet. In the personal computer server, as individual information of each leisure hotel, location data, exterior / interior image data, fee data, stayable time data, number of rooms data, discount coupons, PR document data also serving as an advertisement, and the like are converted into a database. By using the image recognition process to grasp the room usage status of each leisure hotel in real time, and linking with the current vacancy information and the individual information database of each leisure hotel, the scheduled time calculation process until the occurrence of vacancies is performed. Information obtained by displaying the location of the leisure hotel on the map and extracted from the individual information database of each leisure hotel by linking the obtained scheduled time information until the occurrence of vacancy or the individual information database of each leisure hotel with the map database. appearance·
Information such as the interior, price, discount coupon, and PR document also serving as an advertisement is displayed on a website created on the personal computer server. The user can browse and search the site via the Internet using his or her portable terminal or the like to obtain various information of leisure hotels such as motels.

[0007] The discount coupon for the leisure hotel displayed on the homepage site by the above means is downloaded to the memory of the portable terminal that carries the discount hotel, and the discount coupon for the leisure hotel stored in this memory when the fee is settled. The service can be received by presenting the ticket.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a real-time guest room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel from a portable terminal of the present invention, and an individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system.

From FIG. 1, in the real-time room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel and the individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system from the portable terminal, the photographing device 1 can photograph each guest room selection panel installed in the leisure hotel. Install within the range. The photographing apparatus 1 constantly photographs each guest room selection panel and converts it into image data 2,
Alternatively, the image data 2 is transmitted to a separately installed personal computer server 6 via the Internet 5 using the portable terminal 4.

The image 2 transmitted by the personal computer 3 and the Internet 5 is subjected to image recognition processing 7 to determine whether or not each room panel is lit, and is displayed as vacancy information 8 on a homepage site 9 and brought by the user. The vacancy information 8 of the homepage 9 can be browsed and searched from the mobile terminal 10 via the Internet 5.

The personal computer server 6 stores, as individual information of each leisure hotel, location data, exterior / interior image data, fee data, possible stay data, number of rooms, discount coupons, PR document data also serving as advertisements. The individual information database 11 of each leisure hotel is constructed, and also serves as image information such as the appearance and interior of the leisure hotel requested by the user from the individual information database 11 of each leisure hotel, a discount coupon, and an advertisement for the leisure hotel. The information such as the PR document is extracted and displayed on the homepage 9 so that the user can browse and search through the Internet 5 from the portable terminal 10 brought by the user.

The personal computer server 6 performs an image recognition process 7 and a time calculation process 13 until a vacancy is generated based on the individual database 11 of each leisure hotel, and schedules until a vacancy of the leisure hotel requested by the user. Time information 14
Is displayed on the homepage 9 so that the user can browse and search via the Internet 5 from the portable terminal 10 brought by the user.

The personal computer server 6 includes a map database 12 and an individual database 11 for each leisure hotel.
Based on the above, the location of the leisure hotel requested by the user is displayed on the homepage 9 as location information 15 using a map,
The user can browse and search via the Internet 5 from the portable terminal 10 brought by the user.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a real-time guest room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel and an individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system from a portable terminal according to the present invention will be described.
First, a user who intends to use the leisure hotel connects to the Internet 4 with the portable terminal 9 he / she is bringing, and from the portable terminal, real-time room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel and individual leisure hotel information. Access the homepage site 9 of the browsing / search system, and list the leisure hotel information (hotel name) around the current location and the destination.
1 is extracted and displayed on the mobile terminal 10. Alternatively, the location of each leisure hotel is retrieved and extracted as position information 15 using a map, and displayed on the portable terminal 10. Subsequently, when the user selects an individual leisure hotel from the retrieved and extracted leisure hotel information, the vacancy information 8 of the leisure hotel, the scheduled time display 14 until the vacancy is generated, and more detailed information are displayed for each leisure hotel. The information is extracted from the individual information database 11 of the hotel, and the price information of the leisure hotel, the exterior / interior image information, the discount coupon, the PR document which also serves as the advertisement of the leisure hotel, etc. are displayed on the homepage 9 and brought by the user. The user can browse and search through the Internet 5 from the portable terminal 10 to obtain various information. Also, the discount coupon of the leisure hotel can be received by storing it in the memory of the portable terminal being brought and presenting it when paying the settlement fee.

[0015]

As described above, the following effects can be obtained by employing the real-time guest room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel and the individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system from the portable terminal of the present invention. Can be. □ Even if the user does not actually go to the leisure hotel he is planning to stay at, the guest room can be used to check the room usage status of the leisure hotel, so the guest room is not fully occupied. There is no need to visit a leisure hotel with rooms, and it is possible to go directly to a vacant leisure hotel. □ When the leisure hotel that the user is planning to stay is full, bring the scheduled time until the vacancy of the leisure hotel even if the hotel is not waiting in the waiting room etc. Time can be used effectively because it can be grasped on a mobile terminal. □ The user will have an image of the exterior and interior of the leisure hotel that will be staying, a PR document that also serves as a discount coupon and advertisement,
Since the expected settlement amount can be confirmed on the mobile terminal that is brought, it is possible to compare and review without actually going to a plurality of leisure hotels. □ When a user searches for a leisure hotel in an unknown area, the leisure hotel around the user's current location can be displayed on a map, so that the user can easily reach the leisure hotel without being familiar with the land view.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a real-time guest room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel from a portable terminal of the present invention and an individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Imager 2 Image data 3 Personal computer 4 Mobile terminal 5 Internet 6 PC server 7 Image recognition processing 8 Vacancy information 9 Homepage site 10 Mobile terminal 11 Each leisure hotel individual information database 12 Map database 13 Time calculation processing until vacancy occurrence 14 Time information until vacancy occurrence 15 Location information using map

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A room selection panel installed in a leisure hotel, such as a motel, is separately installed, and a photographing device 1 is used to recognize an image of the room use status displayed on the panel, and image data 2 is separately installed. To the personal computer server 6 via the Internet 5. In the personal computer server 6,
PR information that combines location data, exterior / interior image data, fee data, stayable time data, number of rooms, discount coupons, and advertisements as individual information for each leisure hotel
Document data and the like are converted into an individual information database 11 for each leisure hotel, and the image recognition processing 7 grasps the room use status of each leisure hotel, and performs the current vacancy information 8 and the scheduled time until vacancy calculation processing 13. Is displayed on the homepage site 9 created on the personal computer server 6 so that the user can browse and search via the Internet 5 from the portable terminal 10 brought by the user. A real-time guest room usage information of a leisure hotel such as a motel from a mobile terminal, and an individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system. 2. As individual information of each leisure hotel, a database 11 of location data, exterior / interior image data, fee data, stayable time data, room number data, discount coupons, PR document data also serving as advertisements, etc. In conjunction with the map database 12, the location information 15 using a map in which the location of the leisure hotel is displayed on a map, and the appearance / interior, the fee, the discount coupon, the advertisement extracted from the individual information database 11 of each leisure hotel. Displaying information such as PR documents and the like on the personal computer server 6 on a homepage site 9 created on the personal computer server 6 so that the user can browse and search via the Internet 5 from the portable terminal 10 brought by the user. Real-time room usage information of leisure hotels such as motels from mobile terminals,
And an individual leisure hotel information browsing and retrieval system. 3. Displayed on the homepage site 9,
Downloading the discount coupon of the leisure hotel to the memory of the mobile terminal that is bringing it, and receiving the service by presenting the discount coupon of the leisure hotel stored in this memory at the time of payment.
A real-time guest room use information of a leisure hotel such as a motel from a portable terminal, and an individual leisure hotel information browsing / searching system.