JP2003331173A - Seat reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure many seats with once operation even in the case of a reservation for a party of tourists or the like. <P>SOLUTION: This seat reservation system is provided with a CRT 1 for planarly displaying an image showing a performance hall with a plurality of seats, a pointing device (unillustrated) capable of selecting a group of seats requested for a reservation so as to surround the group of seats with the image of the performance hall displayed on the CRT 1, a coordinates information memory 4 for performing the reservation after the group of seats for the reservation is selected with the pointing device, a performance information memory 3, a performance data registering part 2, a reservation information memory 6 and a reservation registering part 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seat reservation system, and more particularly to a seat reservation system for a theater or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, seat reservation is performed by displaying an incense board diagram (seat layout diagram) used for seat reservation on the screen of a display device.

[0003]

However, in many cases, the conventional system employs a method in which only the seat type is communicated and empty seats are automatically searched and seats are randomly selected and confirmed. We were unable to meet the customer's sufficient reservation request at the theater.

In addition, when making a reservation in a group or the like, there is a problem that it takes a lot of labor and time in the method of selecting one seat at a time.

In addition, there are seat types (S seats, A seats, etc.) in the theater, and the seat types vary depending on the entertainment held by the sponsor, and it is not possible to judge the seat type only with the incense board of a specific screen, and another means There is also the annoyance and the problem of having to convey the seat type.

[0006] Here, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-155191, it is possible to know which seats in the venue are vacant before making a reservation, to easily know which seat number the reserved seat is toward the stage, It describes the technology that aims to make the surrounding maps and transportation modes visible on the spot.

According to this publication, a device is constituted by a plurality of terminals that can be connected to the Internet, a data center including a performance database and a member database in which membership registration is performed in advance, and the entertainment database is registered in advance. It is composed of venue data, video data of attributes of the venue, event data, and seat information associated with the performance venue data and event data. The terminal receives the video data and the seat information F from the data center, reserves a predetermined seat, the data center issues a ticket identifying the seat, changes the seat information F to seat information excluding the seat, It is said that it will wait for access from the next terminal.

However, the technique described in the above publication does not include the operability in office work and group-affiliated office work, which may be said to be essential in theater work including general customers.

Actually, the operation when making a group reservation is 1
You may reserve a stage or a part of it, but when making reservations for a part of several groups on the same stage, you need to make detailed designations, but if you take one seat at a time, , Labor and time will increase significantly, so improvement was desired.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to allow a user to select a desired seat for a seat type and to easily obtain many seats by one operation.

Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to reserve a seat to be reserved regardless of the number of seats.

[0012]

A seat reservation system according to the present invention is a monitor that displays an image of a box office having a plurality of seats in a two-dimensional view, and a reservation request while the image is displayed on the monitor. A pointing device that can be selected so as to surround the selected seat group, and an executing unit that executes a reservation after selecting the seat group with the pointing device.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a seat reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) / keyboard 1 which is a monitor handled by an operator such as a ticket reservation center, a coordinate information memory 4 for storing seat information input from the keyboard 1, and a coordinate information memory 4 are shown. The entertainment information memory 3 for storing each entertainment information created by referring to the coordinate information stored in the entertainment information memory 3, the entertainment data registration unit 2 for storing the entertainment information in the entertainment information memory 3, and the entertainment information memory 3 are referred to. Reservation information memory 6 that stores the reservation information created by
And the reservation registration unit 5 that stores the reservation information in the reservation information memory 6.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of theater seats displayed on the screen of the CRT 1 shown in FIG. Here, A seat, B
Seat type information such as seats, C seats, D seats, ... Can be selected, and seats can be reserved for each seat or for each block of a plurality of seats, as described later.

In FIG. 6, 12 seats × 20 are provided between the stage and two smaller seating areas of 4 seats × 20 seats.
1 illustrates a larger seating area consisting of seats. In the larger seating area, an example of selecting a seat group of 7 seats × 6 seats by dragging with a mouse and an example of selecting one seat by clicking are shown.

Incidentally, the seat group may be selected with another pointing device such as an input pen instead of the mouse. A touch panel may be used instead of the CRT 1.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing how the seat information is registered in the seat information memory 4 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, in the seat information memory 4, a seat number assigned to each seat and coordinates of the seat number (coordinates of each seat in FIG. 6) are registered. Regarding the coordinates, for example, the upper left coordinates and the lower right coordinates of the seat surrounded by a square, and the coordinates of the center of the seat can be stored.

Since the upper left coordinate and the lower right coordinate of the seat are diagonally located, a rectangle indicating the seat can be specified.
Therefore, when the area including them is clicked, the seat is selected. In addition, the coordinates of the central portion of the seat are used when the plurality of seats are selected by dragging.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing how entertainment information is registered in the entertainment information memory 3 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, in the entertainment information memory 3, the seat type assigned to each entertainment and the state of the seat are registered. It holds a table of the number of seats and can store the seat type code of each seat and the current seat status (reserved or vacant seat).

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the entertainment data registration unit 2 of FIG. The processing procedure of the entertainment data registration unit 2 of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

The seat information memory 4 of the required theater is acquired and expanded by the CRT / keyboard 1 (step 20).

As shown in FIG. 6, the seat type to be registered is selected there (step 21), and which seat is set in the seat diagram is selected with the mouse (step 22).

There are two selection methods.

First, there is a method of selecting a plurality of seats by dragging. As shown in FIG. 6, the desired seat is set by dragging so as to surround the seat. The entertainment data registration unit 2 compares the coordinate values surrounded by the drag with the seat center X / Y coordinates of the seat information memory 4 and displays all the seats within the drag range on the screen as the seat color set as the selected color.

Another method is to select one seat by clicking. As shown in FIG. 6, by clicking the mouse on the seat to be set, the seat where the clicked coordinate position falls within the seat upper left X / Y coordinates and the seat lower right X / Y coordinates of the seat information memory 4 is searched. The hit seat is displayed on the screen as the selected color.

By selecting seats by the above two methods, it is possible to secure a large number of seats selected by one operation. Reselect the seat type you want to register (Step 2
1) On the seat diagram, which seat is to be set as the seat type is selected again with the mouse (step 22).

When it is desired to correct the seat type, it is possible to reselect the seat type by dragging or clicking again.

This operation is repeated until all seats are designated, and when the selection is completed, the entertainment information is registered (step 24).

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a process for making a reservation from the previously registered entertainment information. Select the required performance information using the CRT / keyboard 1 (step 3)
0).

Entertainment information memory 3 for the selected entertainment
And the seat information memory 4 are acquired and expanded (step 3
1).

The reserved seat / vacant seat information is read from the selected entertainment information and seat information by the entertainment information memory 3, and the reserved seat color is referred to when the seat is reserved and the seat seat color is referred to when the seat is empty. Display it on the screen.

There are two methods for selecting reserved seats from the seat map displayed on the screen (step 32), as was done in the registration of entertainment information.

First, there is a method of selecting a plurality of seats by dragging. As shown in FIG. 6, the desired seat is set by dragging so as to surround the seat. The reservation data registration unit 2 compares the coordinate values surrounded by the drag with the seat central X / Y coordinates of the seat information memory 4 and displays all the seats within the drag range on the screen as the selected color (current reserved color).

Another method is to select one seat by clicking. As shown in FIG. 6, by clicking the mouse on the seat to be set, the seat where the clicked coordinate position falls within the seat upper left X / Y coordinates and the seat lower right X / Y coordinates of the seat information memory 4 is searched. The hit seat is displayed on the screen as the selected color (current reserved color).

When the user wants to cancel the reservation, the seat selected as the reservation is dragged and clicked again to be displayed in the original vacant seat color (seat color of the seat).

This operation is repeated until all reserved seats are covered (step 33). When the selection is completed, the entertainment information is updated and the reservation information is registered (step 34).

In the performance information update, the state of the selected seat is changed to reserved seat. Also. When canceling a reservation Change the status to empty seat.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to secure a large number of reserved seats with one operation even when making a reservation for a group of customers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a seat reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing how seat information is registered in a seat information memory 4 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a state of registering entertainment information in the entertainment information memory 3 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the entertainment data registration unit 2 in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process for making a reservation based on entertainment information registered in advance.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of theater seats displayed on the screen of the CRT 1 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CRT / keyboard 2 Entertainment data registration department 3 box office information storage 4 Seat information storage 5 Reservation data registration section 6 Reservation information storage

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A monitor that displays an image of a box office having a plurality of seats in a two-dimensional manner, and a pointing device that is selectable so as to surround a group of seats for which reservation has been requested while the image is displayed on the monitor. A seat reservation system comprising: a device; and an execution unit that executes a reservation after selecting the seat group with the pointing device. 2. The seat reservation system, wherein the pointing device can select any one of the plurality of seats. 3. The seat reservation system according to claim 1, wherein the monitor is a touch panel. 4. The seat for which the reservation is requested is specified based on at least one diagonal of each seat in the image and coordinate information of the seat. Seat reservation system described in paragraph. 5. The seat reservation system according to claim 1, wherein the execution unit executes cancellation of the reservation of the seat. 6. The seat reservation system according to claim 1, further comprising means for assigning a seat type to each of the seats.