JP2002073877A - Movie running contents setting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a movie running contents setting system capable of setting screen image contents run in a movie theater flexibly according to a selling state of tickets for advance sale and audience entrance on that day. SOLUTION: This movie running contents setting system comprises a digital running device having a plurality of digital projectors 14 and a contents server 12 for supplying screen image contents as digital data to the plurality of digital projectors, and a screen distribution setting means 212 for determining assignment of the screen for running the contents according to a selling state of tickets every running content. A running contents assigning program outputted by the screen distribution setting means 212 is set to the digital running device, so that movie running contents in a plurality of running booths in the movie theater can be optimally set. The movie running contents setting system for a composite movie theater for running a plurality of movie contents to audiences achieves the above subject.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business of screening video contents such as a movie theater.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a movie theater in a complex type movie theater which has a plurality of screening booths and presents a plurality of movie contents to audiences, it is necessary to determine in advance the contents of the show and the screening booth to be used. In an analog screening system using a film and a projector, a movie film corresponding to the number of screens must be obtained in advance from a movie distributor, and it is necessary to set up a movie projector. It was difficult to allocate the screen contents and screens flexibly according to the sales situation and the audience of the day.

[0003]

For this reason, in the analog screening system, vacant seats can be created depending on unfavorable movies or time zones, or conversely, it cannot be accommodated with full seats. I missed it. The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and by using a digital screening system, video contents to be screened in a movie theater can be flexibly adjusted according to the sales situation of advance tickets and the arrival of spectators on the day. It is an object to provide a screening content setting system that enables setting.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, the present invention provides a digital exhibition device including a plurality of digital projectors and a content server for supplying video data as digital data to the plurality of digital projectors. A screen distribution setting means for deciding the allocation of screens on which contents are to be screened according to the sales situation of each ticket, and setting a screening program output by the screen distribution setting means in the digital screening apparatus, Characterized in that it was possible to optimally set the screening content of multiple screening booths,
The gist of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem by a screening content setting system for a complex type cinema that shows a plurality of movie contents and provides them to the audience.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the screening content setting system 1. 10 is theater equipment,
11 is a communication server, 12 is a content server, 13
Is a hard disk in which content data is stored. Reference numeral 14 denotes a digital projector. Digital projector 14
Is installed corresponding to the screen of each screening booth of the theater. Reference numeral 15 denotes a terminal for selling tickets sold on the day. The content server 12 sends out the content data stored on the hard disk 13 to the corresponding digital showing device according to the screen assignment table (showing content allocation program) set by the communication server 11.

In the present invention, a digital projector 14 and a content server 12 are used. The digital projector 14
A device that receives a digital data stream instead of film and projects it on a screen as a moving image.
Such a display device is required to have uniformly high brightness on a large-scale screen than a consumer television monitor or projector using a CRT or LCD, but recently, a semiconductor optical switch (Digital Micromirror Device) is used. Display technology has been commercialized, and a movie screening system using the display technology, that is, a digital projector and a server for the digital projector have been put to practical use. This display technology is a trademark registered by Texas Instruments as "DLP" technology. At present, these devices can be used as digital projectors 14 and content servers 12.

Reference numeral 20 denotes data center equipment. 21
Is a database server. The database server 21 includes a database management unit 211, and stores a ticket sales database 22 stored in the hard disk 22.
1 and data registration / update / search to the performance master 222. The database server 21, the communication server 11, and the sales terminal 15 are connected via the in-house network 8. The sales status of tickets sold on the day sold by the sales terminal 15 is recorded in the ticket sales database 221 through the database server 21. Further, the database server 21 is provided with a screen distribution setting unit 212. The function of the screen distribution setting means 212 will be described later.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a reservation receiving server. The customer can purchase an advance ticket from the customer terminal 30 used by the customer through the Internet 9. The advance ticket sales status for each show (planned) content is also recorded in the ticket sales database 221 via the database server 21 (the database management means 211 thereof).
More specifically, the reservation reception server 23 transmits the WWW (Wo
rld Wide Web) HTML (HyperText Markup Language) for ticket sales with server software
CGI that performs a certain processing operation with page data described in.
(Common Gateway Interface) program. The customer connects to the reservation reception server 23 via the Internet from the personal computer or the form terminal 30 owned by the customer, browses the prepared HTML page, and places an order for a desired advance ticket. What is necessary is just to operate so that a ticket may be issued and the contents of an order may be transmitted to the database management means 211.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the ticket sales database 221. Ticket sales database 221
Is a box office identification number,
Items such as the number of tickets sold in advance, the number of tickets used in advance, the number of tickets sold on the day, the number of tickets used in the day, and the like are recorded as one record.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the performance master 222. The performance master 222 is a table that records items such as a performance identification number, a performance title, a performance period, and a screening time as one record for one performance.

Next, the processing operation of the screening content setting system 1 which characterizes the present invention will be described. FIG.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a screen allocation process which is an operation of a screen distribution setting unit 212 operating on the database server 21. The screen distribution setting means 212 operates once a day before starting the performance of the day to determine the distribution of the screens on the day.

First, the ticket sales database 221 is searched to extract the number of unsold tickets for each screening content (S
10). The number of unsold tickets is the number of unsold tickets sold in advance for the show content. Next, for each content, the number M of spectators who will come to the museum on the day with the advance ticket is predicted (S20).
Assuming that advance tickets are sold without specifying the date and time of visit for each show content, the predicted value M is the number of tickets sold in the past among the past visitors, It is calculated as a function such as the number of days remaining to show the performance content, the day of the week, and the like. Past data necessary for such calculation is recorded in the storage area of the screen distribution setting unit 212.

Next, for each content, a total number T of spectators who will visit the day is predicted (S30). The total number of people T who will enter on the day is considered to be closely related to the number of visitors on the day of the day and the same day of the previous week in addition to the predicted entry value M of the advance ticket calculated in advance, so these items are It is calculated as a function with variables.

Steps S20 and S30 are repeated for the contents shown on the day. When the expected number of entrances T on the day for all the screening contents is determined, the theater screening screen is allocated based on the number T (S5).
0). The screen allocation setting means 212 determines an appropriate allocation algorithm in accordance with the number of screening booths owned by the theater, the number of persons accommodated in each screening booth, the number of screening contents, and the predicted number of entrances T of each screening content on the day. Should be programmed. In this manner, a screening content schedule for each screening booth of the day, that is, a screening program is obtained.

The above-mentioned screening program data is transferred from the database server 21 to the communication server 11 through the network 8 and set in the content server 12. In this way, the screening program of the day based on the entrance prediction is set in the content server 12. As a result, content that is expected to have a large number of visitors on the day,
Settings such as assigning a plurality of screening booths are automatically performed. By showing the same content on a plurality of screens at different start times, the effect of reducing the waiting time of the customer can be obtained. The screening program can also be manually corrected by the theater manager based on the sales status of the tickets sold on the day. Contrary to the prediction of entry, if the number of screen booths with a large capacity is small and the number of screens with a small capacity is large, the booths can be changed manually. it can.

[0016]

As described above in detail, according to the screening content setting system 1 of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately set the screening booth in accordance with the sales situation of the ticket and the prediction of the visitors on the day. Therefore, it is possible to operate the theater equipment as effectively as possible, and to expect a remarkable effect of maximizing the profit of the theater.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a screening content setting system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a ticket sales database 221.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a performance master 222.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a screen allocation process which is an operation of the screen distribution setting unit 212.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Screening content setting system 8 In-house network 9 Internet 10 Theater equipment 11 Communication server 12 Content server 13 Hard disk 14 Digital projector 15 Sales terminal device 20 Data center 21 Database server 211 Database management means 212 Screen distribution setting means 22 Database 221 Ticket sales database 222 Box office 23 Reservation server 30 Customer terminal

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A screening content setting system in a complex type cinema theater comprising a plurality of screening booths, wherein a plurality of video contents are screened and provided to an audience, wherein a plurality of digital projectors and a plurality of digital projectors are provided. A digital presentation device having a content server that supplies video content as digital data, and a screen distribution setting unit that determines allocation of screens on which content is to be displayed according to the sales situation of tickets for each of the displayed content, A screening content setting system, wherein a screening program output by the screen distribution setting means is set in the digital screening device, so that the screening contents of a plurality of screening booths in a movie theater can be optimally set. .