JP2013034135A - Turn waiting detection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a turn waiting detection system which allows a user to grasp what number user's vehicle is in vehicles waiting their turns and/or how long user's waiting time will be.SOLUTION: Number detection means detects the number of vehicles photographed with a camera. The number detected by the number detection means is transmitted from number transmission means. Completion detection means detects the completion of the business of the first vehicle of the waiting vehicles. When the completion detection means detects the completion of the business of the first vehicle, a signal to subtract 1 from the number of the waiting cars is transmitted from subtraction transmission means. When a cellular phone receives the signal of the number transmitted from the number transmission means first, the cellular phone displays a number obtained by subtracting 1 from the received number. When receiving a signal to subtract 1 from the number of the waiting vehicles first, a number obtained by subtracting 1 from the displayed number is displayed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a turn waiting detection system capable of detecting the number and / or time of turn waiting.

Conventionally, in drive-through, it is difficult to grasp the time to purchase a product when it is lined up in a car line.
Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for displaying the number of people waiting for the order until the food ordered by the food court is provided, or the waiting time on the receiver screen delivered from the store. .

JP 2011-8771 A

However, in the drive-through, since a receiver is not generally received from the store side, the number of cars from the first car to one's own car or the waiting time cannot be grasped using the technique of Patent Document 1. .
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an order waiting detection system capable of grasping the number of waiting orders of an own car and / or waiting time.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the turn waiting detection system according to claim 1, a car waiting for turn is taken by a camera. The number detection means detects the number of cars photographed by the camera. The number detected by the number detector is transmitted from the number transmitter.
The end detection means detects that the requirement for the head car waiting for the turn has ended. The decrement transmission means transmits a signal for decrementing the number of waiting queues by 1 when the end detection means detects the required end of the first car.
When the receiver first receives the number of signals transmitted from the number transmitting means, the receiver displays the number or a number obtained by subtracting 1 from the number. Further, when a signal for reducing the number of waiting queues by 1 is received from the reduction transmission means, the displayed number is reduced by 1 and displayed.
As a result, the number of cars from the first car to one's own car, that is, the number of ones waiting for one's own car can be grasped.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the receiver is a mobile phone having an application capable of operating the turn waiting detection system.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the turn waiting detection system includes a time interval detecting means for detecting a time interval for the end detecting means to detect a required end of the head car, and a time interval detected by the time interval detecting means at a fixed time. Average time detecting means for detecting the average time and average time transmitting means for transmitting the average time detected by the average time detecting means.
When the receiver receives the average time transmitted from the average time transmission means, the receiver displays the product of the average time and the displayed number.
Thereby, it is possible to grasp the waiting time of the turn of the own vehicle.

It is a block diagram of the turn waiting detection system of embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the store where the turn waiting detection system of the embodiment of the present invention is used. It is a figure which shows the screen of the mobile telephone used for the turn waiting detection system of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the application of the mobile telephone used for the turn waiting detection system of embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
The turn waiting detection system of the first embodiment includes three cameras 1, 2, 3, a register 4, a computer 5, and a mobile phone 6, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the cameras 1, 2, 3, the register 4 and the computer 5 are installed in a store 7. The mobile phone 6 is owned by the driver who gets in the car A.
The cameras 1, 2 and 3 take pictures of cars A to H waiting in turn by drive-through.
Images taken by the cameras 1, 2, 3 are input to the number detection means 8 of the computer 5. The number detection means 8 detects the number of vehicles by analyzing, for example, the outline of the vehicle or the number of ground contact between the tire and the ground. In addition, about the car image | photographed simultaneously with the several camera, the number of duplication is reduced from the position or number of the car. The number detected by the number detector 8 is transmitted from the number transmitter 9. This signal is distributed via the Internet or the like to the mobile phone 6 on which an application that can use the waiting detection system has been downloaded.
When the purchase amount is input to the register 4 at the merchandise delivery counter of the store 7, the end detection means 10 detects that the leading car H waiting for the turn has finished the purchase (required) of the merchandise. At this time, the reduction transmission means 11 transmits a signal for reducing the number of waiting queues by one. This signal is also distributed to the mobile phone 6 through the Internet or the like. Also, this signal is distributed along with the identification number so that it is not confused with the signal transmitted by the mobile phone to be received.
Moreover, the time interval detection means 12 detects the time interval at which the end detection means 10 detects that the vehicle has finished being required. Then, the average time detection means 13 detects the average time in a certain time interval detected by the time interval detection means 12. Note that the certain time is, for example, the time required for several cars to generally finish the requirement.
When the cellular phone first receives the number of signals transmitted from the number transmission means 9, it displays the number or the number obtained by subtracting 1 from the number as the number of cars in the store. The reason why 1 is subtracted from the number received is to prevent the number of cars displayed from being displayed on the mobile phone.
In addition, when the mobile phone receives a signal for reducing the number of waiting queues by 1 from the reduced number transmission means, the displayed number is reduced by 1 and displayed as the number of vehicles arranged in front of the own vehicle.
Furthermore, when the mobile phone 6 receives the average time transmitted from the average time transmission means 14, the product of the average time and the displayed number is displayed as the expected time until the product is purchased.

Based on the flowcharts of FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the operation of the turn waiting detection system when the car A is arranged at the end thereof as shown by the arrow in the situation where a plurality of cars are arranged in the store 7 having drive-through. I will explain. The following (S1) to (S9) correspond to the flowchart of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the driver who gets in the car A turns on the application 15 that can use the turn waiting detection system of the mobile phone 6 (S1). Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, the store graphic 16 is displayed on the map of the screen. The driver clicks the store graphic 16 (S2). A list of stores may be displayed on the mobile phone 6 and the store name may be clicked.
As shown in FIG. 3C, the mobile phone first received the number of signals transmitted from the number transmission means 9 of the designated store 7 and the average time transmitted from the average time transmission means 14. When (S3), the number of cars lined up in the store and the expected time until the product is purchased are displayed (S4). Then, as shown in FIG. 3 (D), when the first car in the column receives a signal delivered every time the purchase of the product is finished (S5, S6), it decreases from the displayed number by one by one. The number of vehicles up to the first vehicle is displayed, and the expected time until the product is purchased is displayed by the product of the number of vehicles and the average time (S7).
The display screen 17 on the upper stage of the mobile phone may display store advertisements, product menus, or the like.
When the expected time becomes shorter than the predetermined time T1 (S8), for example, the store mascot character performs a dance on the screen (S9). The predetermined time T1 is set to a time, for example, 1 minute, at which the product can be purchased soon. Thereby, purchase willingness increases.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the turn waiting detection system includes an electric bulletin board 18 that displays the number of cars currently lined up in drive-through and the expected time until the product can be purchased. This electric bulletin board 18 is based on the signals of the number transmission means 9 and the average time transmission means 14 as in the display method of displaying them on the mobile phone 6. However, each of the transmitting means 9 and 14 transmits a signal directly from the computer to the electronic bulletin board without going through the Internet.

1, 2, 3: camera, 6: mobile phone (receiver), 8: number detection means, 9: number transmission means, 10 end detection means, 11: subtraction transmission means, 12: time interval detection means, 13: average Time detection means, 14: Average time transmission means

Claims (3)

A camera that shoots cars waiting in turn,
Number detection means for detecting the number of cars photographed by the camera;
Number sending means for sending the number detected by the number detecting means;
An end detection means for detecting that the requirement for the first car waiting for the turn has ended;
When the end detection means detects the required end of the head car, a reduction transmission means for transmitting a signal for reducing the number of waiting queues by 1,
When the number of signals sent from the number sending means is received for the first time, the number or the number reduced by 1 is displayed, and when the signal waiting for the turn waiting number is received from the number sending means, it is displayed. A turn waiting detection system comprising: a receiver that displays a reduced number by one.   The turn waiting detection system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is a mobile phone having an application capable of operating the turn waiting detection system. A time interval detecting means for detecting an interval of time at which the end detecting means detects a required end of the leading car; and
An average time detecting means for detecting an average time in a fixed time of the time interval detected by the time interval detecting means;
Average time transmission means for transmitting the average time detected by the average time detection means,
When the average time transmitted from the average time transmission means is received, the receiver displays the product of the average time and the displayed number.

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