JP6143208B1 - Reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

In addition to a space desired by a user, information on another related space is generated and provided in real time. According to a reservation system, a reservation screen generation processing unit of a host device 1 uses a space state stored in a second storage unit DB2 in accordance with a space usage request from a user terminal 3 according to a desired space. A reservation screen is generated, and a reservation screen of the other space is generated from a state of another space related to the space stored in the second storage unit DB2. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention provides a provider terminal provided on a provider side that lends space to a time, a user terminal provided on a user side that rents the space on time, the provider terminal, and the user terminal The present invention relates to a reservation system comprising a host device that mediates reservation of the space by mediating information on the space between them.

  Conventionally, as a reservation system of this type, as shown in the following Patent Document 1, the state of the guest room (“residential room” is displayed by the applicant and the inventor from the screen of a front computer in an accommodation facility such as a hotel or an inn. ”,“ Vacant ”,“ cleaning ”, etc.).

Japanese Patent No. 5818050

  The applicant and the inventor, who are pioneers of the new reservation system, are eager to repeat the examination and research, and when applying the conventional reservation system, in addition to the space desired by the user, information on another related space. The real-time generation and provision of this service has led to the finding that it is possible to realize innovative reservations that change the concept of reservations.

  The present invention is based on such knowledge, and an object of the present invention is to generate and provide information on a related space in addition to a space desired by a user in real time.

The reservation system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a provider terminal provided on the provider side who lends space to the time, a user terminal provided on the user side which borrows the space for time, the provider terminal and the use A reservation system comprising a host device that mediates reservation of the space by mediating information of the space with a user terminal,
The provider terminal is
A spatial information acquisition unit that acquires the state of the space;
A spatial information transmission unit that transmits the state of the space acquired by the spatial information acquisition unit to the host device;
A reservation execution unit that executes a reservation based on the reservation information transmitted from the user terminal;
The host device is
A space state storage unit that stores the state of the space transmitted from the provider terminal;
A reservation screen generation processing unit that generates a reservation screen of the space from the state of the space stored in the space state storage unit,
The user terminal is
A reservation processing unit that executes reservation processing according to a reservation program downloaded from the host device,
The host device generates a reservation screen for the space from the state of the space stored in the space state storage unit in response to a request for use of the space from the user terminal, and also stores the space reservation screen in the space state storage unit. Generate a reservation screen for the other space from the state of the other space related to the saved space,
The reservation processing unit transmits reservation information corresponding to the reservation of the space of the user to the provider terminal from the reservation screen generated by the reservation screen generation processing unit of the host device.
A reservation system,
When the host device desires to use the space from the user terminal, the host device uses the location information of the user terminal transmitted from the user terminal as a separate space related to the space from the space. A reservation screen for another space of the provider's line is generated as a separate space related to the space from a reservation screen for another space close to the provider or from the registration information of the provider of the space. A distance between the position information and the space and the other space is calculated from the position information, and when the calculated distance is within a predetermined distance determination threshold value, the space and the space are displayed on the generated reservation screen. It is possible to reserve another space .

  According to the reservation system of the first invention, when the space reservation screen is individually generated on the provider terminal side, when the user desires to use the space from the user terminal, the information on the other space related to the space is collectively displayed. Since it is difficult to provide information from the host device to the user terminal at once, the reservation system of the present invention generates a space reservation screen when the user terminal desires to use the space. By generating a reservation screen for another space related to the space, it is possible to generate and provide information on the related other space in real time in addition to the space desired by the user.

  As described above, according to the reservation system of the first aspect of the invention, it is possible to generate and provide in real time information on another related space in addition to the space desired by the user.

  Note that the provider terminal, the user terminal, and the host device that constitute the reservation system may be distributed, or a part or all of them may be integrally configured. For example, the provider terminal and the host device may be configured integrally.

  In addition, the reservation program downloaded from the host device to the user terminal may be downloaded indirectly from the host device to the user terminal or indirectly via a server that provides an application.

Further , according to the reservation system of the first invention, at the time when the user terminal desires to use the space, the space reservation screen is generated, and from the position information of the user terminal transmitted from the user terminal, As a separate space related to the space, by generating a reservation screen of another space that is closer to the space in terms of distance, information related to the other space in addition to the space desired by the user is generated and provided in real time can do.

As described above, according to the reservation system of the first aspect of the invention, it is possible to generate and provide information on another space related in distance in addition to the space desired by the user in real time.
Furthermore, according to the reservation system of the first invention, a space reservation screen is generated at the time when the user terminal wants to use the space, and from the registration information of the provider, as another space related to the space, By generating a reservation screen for another space of the provider's line, it is possible to generate and provide information on another space related to the user in addition to the space desired by the user in real time.
As described above, according to the reservation system of the first invention, in addition to the space desired by the user, it is possible to generate and provide information on another space related in terms of the provider's line in real time.

Here, according to the reservation system of the first aspect of the present invention, when information related to another space in addition to the space desired by the user is generated and provided in real time, it cannot be clearly used in terms of distance. In some cases, it may be inconvenient that reservations can be made, but if it is clearly impossible to use distance, it is necessary to use that space and another space by avoiding reservations. Reservation can be executed only for the user who does this.

As described above, according to the reservation system of the first invention, in addition to the space desired by the user, in addition to the space desired by the user, information on another space related in terms of distance is generated and provided in real time. Can do.
The reservation system of the second invention is the first invention,
The host device calculates the distance between the position information and the space and the separate space from the position information of the user terminal, and the calculated distance is within a reservable range that is a distance determination threshold and at least a site range In this case, the space and the separate space can be reserved on the generated reservation screen.
According to the reservation system of the second invention, by determining whether reservation is possible or not according to the distance between the user terminal and the space, it is possible to eliminate the use that is impossible to realize the reservation in the distance such as far away, Reservations can be made easily and reliably from the user terminal. Furthermore, in addition to limiting the distance determination threshold between the user and the space within a certain distance range so as to exclude the case of far away, the user is also excluded to exclude the case of already using the space. It is also possible to limit the distance determination threshold between the space and the space outside a certain distance range.
Thus, according to the reservation system of the second invention, whether or not a reservation can be made can be determined easily and reliably from the user terminal by paying attention to the distance between the user and the space.

The reservation system of the third invention is the first or second invention ,
The reservation processing unit
The space reservation screen generated by the reservation screen generation processing unit of the host device and the reservation screen of the separate space are displayed in a switchable manner.

According to the reservation system of the third aspect of the invention, the reservation processing unit of the user terminal switches the reservation screen of the space desired by the user and information on another space related thereto provided in real time from the host device. By displaying in a possible manner, information on the space and another space can be specifically provided to the user.

As described above, according to the reservation system of the third aspect of the invention, it is possible to specifically provide the user with information on the space desired by the user and information on another space related thereto in real time.

  Note that switching between the reservation screens of the space and the separate space includes not only the case where the reservation screens displayed in a list are divided into pages and switching between the previous page and the subsequent page, but also the case of tab switching or the like.

The system block diagram which shows the outline | summary of the reservation system of this embodiment. The flowchart which shows the processing content in the reservation system of FIG. The flowchart which shows the processing content in the reservation system of FIG. The flowchart which shows the processing content in the spatial information transmission of FIG. The flowchart which shows the processing content in the reservation screen production | generation of FIG. The flowchart which shows the incidental process content in the reservation screen production | generation of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the processing content in the reservation screen production | generation of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the processing content in the reservation screen production | generation of FIG. The flowchart which shows the processing content in the reservation system of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the modification of the provider terminal of FIG. The flowchart which shows the processing content in the provider terminal of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the processing content in the provider terminal of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the reservation system of the present embodiment includes a host device 1, a provider terminal 2, and a user terminal 3, which are connected by a network NW such as the Internet.

  The host device 1 mediates the use of the space between the provider terminal 2 provided on the provider side who lends the space for time and the user terminal 3 provided on the user side which borrows the space for time.

  Here, for example, all rooms that occupy a certain space for a certain period of time, such as hotel rooms, private rooms and seats at restaurants, audience seats at entertainment, reservations at beauty salons and English conversation classes, etc. It is a concept to include.

  First, the host device 1 includes a first storage unit DB1, a second storage unit DB2, a third storage unit DB3, an authentication code generation unit 11, and a reservation screen generation processing unit 12.

  The first storage unit DB <b> 1 is a database that stores a reservation program that can be downloaded to the user terminal 3.

  2nd memory | storage part DB2 is a database which memorize | stores the spatial information containing the state of the space transmitted from the provider terminal 2, and is equivalent to the space state preservation | save part of this invention.

  3rd memory | storage part DB3 is a database which memorize | stores ID of the authenticated user terminal 3, and is equivalent to the user terminal ID preservation | save process part of this invention.

  The authentication code generation unit 11 issues an authentication code with the user terminal 3 together with the authentication of the ID of the user terminal 3. Thereby, it is possible to determine whether or not the access is from the user terminal 3 whose ID is already authenticated.

  The reservation screen generation processing unit 12 generates a reservation screen for the space based on the space information stored in the second storage unit DB2.

  The provider terminal 2 is a terminal device that is connected to the front computer 20 in an accommodation facility such as a hotel and manages a space that is a guest room (a guest room managed by a room number), and includes a space information acquisition unit 21. A spatial information transmission unit 22, a reservation execution unit 23, and a management unit 24.

  In addition, the provider terminal 2 and the front computer 20 directly receive data on the space that is a guest room (for example, information such as “occupied”, “vacant”, “cleaning”, “reservation”, etc.) of each guest room. Although it is preferable that data is exchanged, the old-style front computer 20 without external data output provides the screen of the front computer 20 via a video capture board or the like as will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. By importing it into the terminal 2, the color information of the color-coded areas such as “in-room”, “vacant room”, “cleaning”, “reservation” on the screen is converted into status information, and the space of the room The provider terminal may acquire the information.

  For example, the space information acquisition unit 21 obtains current information on the space that is a guest room (for example, information such as “occupancy”, “vacancy”, “cleaning”, “reservation”, etc.) of each guest room from the front computer 20 get.

  The spatial information transmission unit 22 transmits the change of the state of the space acquired by the spatial information acquisition unit 21 and the change of the information accompanying the space to the host device 1.

  The reservation execution unit 23 executes a reservation based on the reservation information transmitted from the user terminal.

  As will be described in detail later, the management unit 24 manages the reservation status by monitoring changes in the state of the space acquired by the space information acquisition unit.

  The user terminal 3 is, for example, a user terminal such as a smartphone or tablet of a user who uses a space that is a guest room such as a hotel, and includes a reservation processing unit 31 and an authentication unit 32.

  The reservation processing unit 31 executes reservation processing according to the reservation program downloaded from the host device 1.

  When executing the reservation process by the reservation processing unit 31, the authentication unit 32 performs authentication with the user terminal 3 using the ID of the user terminal 3 and authentication using the authentication code generated by the authentication code generation unit 11.

  The above is the configuration of the reservation system of this embodiment. In the above configuration, the host device 1, the provider terminal 2, and the user terminal 3 of the reservation system are respectively a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. It is configured by hardware, and a program for executing processing by each of the processing units 11 to 12, 21 to 24, 31, and 32 is stored in a memory (not shown), and the control processing is executed by executing the program. It functions as an arithmetic unit (sequencer) for doing this.

  Next, the reservation processing contents of the reservation system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 2, first, in the provider terminal 2, the space information acquisition unit 21 is the current state of a space that is a guest room (for example, “in-room”, “vacant”, “cleaning”, “ (Information such as “reservation”) (STEP 21 / FIG. 2).

  Next, the space information transmitting unit 22 of the provider terminal 2 transmits the change of the space information acquired in STEP 21 and the change of the information accompanying the space to the host device 1 (STEP 22 / FIG. 2).

  FIG. 4 shows specific processing contents of the spatial information transmission processing of STEP22.

  First, the space information transmitting unit 22 determines whether there is a change in the current state of the space acquired in STEP 21 (STEP 221 / FIG. 4).

  When there is a change in the current state of the space (YES in STEP 221 / FIG. 4), the state parameter with the change is transmitted to the host device 1 (STEP 222 / FIG. 4).

  Here, the space information acquired by the space information acquisition unit 21 (information such as “occupied”, “vacant”, “cleaning”, “reservation” of each guest room) is appropriately changed, The status parameter is transmitted to the host device 1. For example, by generating “reservation screen” after changing “cleaning” to “resident”, information unnecessary for the reservation for the user can be deleted.

  Next, it is determined whether there is a change in the ROOM parameter, which is a room number (STEP 223 / FIG. 4).

  Then, when the ROOM parameter is changed, for example, when the room number is changed due to refurbishment or the like (YES in STEP 223 / FIG. 4), the ROOM parameter is transmitted to the host device 1 (STEP 224 / FIG. 4).

  Next, it is determined whether there is a change in the charge parameter (STEP 225 / FIG. 4).

  Then, if there is a change in the charge parameter (YES in STEP 225 / FIG. 4), for example, the charge is changed due to a charge revision or the like, the charge parameter is transmitted to the host device 1 (STEP 226 / FIG. 4).

  Next, it is determined whether or not there is a change in store parameters that are registration information (name / address / phone number, latitude / longitude, etc.) of the store (hotel) (STEP 227 / FIG. 4).

  When the store parameter is changed (YES in STEP 227 / FIG. 4), the store parameter is transmitted to the host device 1 (STEP 228 / FIG. 4).

  It is the detail of the above spatial information transmission process, and the spatial information transmission part 22 repeatedly performs the above series of processes at a fixed processing cycle.

  Next, returning to FIG. 2, the host device 1 acquires the spatial information (including accompanying information) transmitted from the provider terminal 2 (STEP 101 / FIG. 2).

  Then, the host device 1 stores and saves the acquired spatial information (including accompanying information) in the second storage unit DB2 (STEP 102 / FIG. 2).

  Here, when the user accesses the host device 1 to use the space and desires to use (reserve) the space (STEP 30 / FIG. 2), the first storage unit DB1 of the host device 1 prior to the reservation. 2 is transmitted to the user terminal 3 (STEP 100 / FIG. 2).

  Next, when the reservation program is executed by the user terminal 3, the reservation processing unit 31 is generated in the user terminal 3, and the reservation processing according to the reservation program is started by the reservation processing unit 31 ( STEP 31 / FIG. 2).

  Next, details of the reservation processing by the reservation processing unit 31 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the reservation processing unit 31 authenticates the telephone number that is the ID of the user terminal 3 prior to the execution of the reservation process (STEP 310 / FIG. 3).

  The authentication of the telephone number that is the ID is determined by whether or not it is an authenticated ID (telephone number) stored in the third storage unit DB3 between the user terminal 3 and the host device 1.

  That is, first, in addition to whether or not the ID of the user terminal 3 that is the caller matches the authenticated ID (phone number) stored in the third storage unit DB3, the ID (phone call) from the user terminal 3 The authentication is completed when both of them match depending on whether or not the input of (number) matches with the authenticated ID (telephone number).

  Next, when the authentication of STEP 310 is completed, an authentication code is issued to the user terminal 3 by the authentication code generation unit 11 of the host device 1 (STEP 110 / FIG. 3).

  Here, the authentication code is composed of, for example, a four-digit number, and the authentication code is issued to the user terminal by reading out by voice guidance or sending by SMS.

  Next, the user terminal 3 that has issued the authentication code authenticates the authentication code (STEP 320 / FIG. 3). Specifically, the user terminal 3 that has issued the authentication code enters a state waiting for the authentication code input, and the user inputs the authentication code, and the consistency with the authentication code is determined.

  Next, the reservation processing by the reservation processing unit 31 is specifically executed on condition that the authentication code is matched in addition to the ID (telephone number) (STEP 330 / FIG. 3).

  Here, first, a request for a desired use store desired by the user, that is, a desired space is transmitted from the user terminal 3 to the host device 1. In addition, in the use request (request) transmission here, the location information (GPS information) of the user terminal 3 is also transmitted to the host device 1 in addition to the store desired by the user (exactly the store code). Is done.

  Note that the use request here is the same as the process in which the user of STEP 30 accesses the host device 1 to use the space and requests the use (reservation) of the space, and may be omitted.

  Next, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 of the host apparatus 1 performs a reservation screen generation process based on the user's request for use (STEP 120 / FIG. 3).

  FIG. 5 shows specific processing contents of the reservation screen generation processing in STEP 120.

  First, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 acquires a use request transmitted from the user terminal 3 (STEP 121 / FIG. 5).

  Next, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 specifies a store that the user desires to use from the acquired use request information (store code) (STEP 122 / FIG. 5).

  Here, registration information (name / address / phone number, latitude / longitude, affiliated store related information, etc.) of the store desired to be used is acquired.

  Next, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 specifies a store (corresponding to another space of the present invention) related to the store specified in STEP 122 (STEP 123 / FIG. 5).

  Here, as a related store, a store closer to the position of the user terminal 3 than the store specified in STEP 122 is specified based on the latitude and longitude of the registration information.

  Further, as related stores, for example, affiliate stores having the same owner or a capital relationship are identified based on affiliate store information in the registration information.

  Next, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 generates a reservation screen for the store specified in STEP 122 and the related store specified in STEP 123 (STEP 124 / FIG. 5).

  Here, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 determines whether reservation is possible as shown in FIG. 6 together with the generation of the reservation screen.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 first acquires the position information (LA, LO) of the user terminal 3 (STEP 131 / FIG. 6). The position information acquired here is position information based on latitude and longitude specified by the GPS built in the user terminal 3.

  Next, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 makes a point-to-point between the location of the user terminal 3 acquired in STEP 131 and the location (HoLA, HoLO) of the store specified in STEP 122 and STEP 123 and the related store (space and another section). The distance is calculated (STEP 132 / FIG. 6).

  Various calculation methods can be adopted as the calculation method of the distance between the two points here. For example, a conversion formula based on the cosine law can be applied to the spherical triangle.

  Next, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 determines whether the distance between the two points calculated in STEP 132 is within a reservation possible range that is a distance determination threshold (STEP 133 / FIG. 6).

  The reservation possible range can be arbitrarily set, but is set so as to exclude use where it is impossible to make a reservation at a distance such as far away.

  Then, if the distance between the two points is not within the reservation available range that is the distance determination threshold value (NO in STEP 133 / FIG. 6), the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 ends the reservation availability determination process.

  On the other hand, when the distance between the two points is within the reservation possible range that is the distance determination threshold (YES in STEP 133 / FIG. 6), the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 determines that the distance between the two points calculated in STEP 132 is the distance. It is determined whether the site is equal to or greater than the determination threshold (STEP 134 / FIG. 6).

  Although the site range here can also be set arbitrarily, it is set so as to exclude the case where an accommodation facility that is already a space is used.

  If the distance between the two points is not equal to or greater than the site range that is the distance determination threshold value (NO in STEP 134 / FIG. 6), the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 ends the determination process for whether reservation is possible.

  On the other hand, when the distance between the two points is not less than the site range that is the distance determination threshold (YES in STEP 134 / FIG. 6), the reservation screen generation processing unit 12, as described later in FIGS. 7 and 8, A reservation button is displayed for the vacancies of the accommodation facility, which enables the reservation of the accommodation facility (STEP 135 / FIG. 6).

  As described above, according to the reservation method in the reservation system of the present embodiment, it is impossible to make a reservation at a distance such as far away by determining whether or not the reservation is possible according to the distance between the user terminal 3 and the space. It is possible to easily and reliably make a reservation from the user terminal 3 by eliminating unnecessary use.

  Furthermore, in addition to limiting the distance determination threshold between the user and the space within a certain distance range so as to exclude the case of far away, the user is also excluded to exclude the case of already using the space. It is also possible to limit the distance determination threshold between the space and the space outside a certain distance range.

  Thus, by paying attention to the distance between the user and the space, it is possible to easily and reliably determine whether or not the reservation can be made from the user terminal.

  As for the restriction of reservation according to the distance, in addition to the case where the reservation button is displayed as in this embodiment, the reservation button is displayed and the button cannot be pressed or the reservation button is displayed. Whether or not the reservation is possible may be realized by a restriction such as issuing an alarm when the button is pressed while the button is displayed.

  Next, returning to FIG. 5, the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 rearranges the reservation screens of the specific store and the related stores generated in STEP 124 (STEP 125 / FIG. 5), and the rearranged reservation screen is used. To the user terminal 3 (STEP 126 / FIG. 5).

  Sorting of the reservation screens depends on the initial setting, but a plurality of related stores that are close to the user terminal 3 in the distance specified in STEP 123 are close to the user terminal 3 (including the specific store specified in STEP 122). Sort in order.

  In addition, the reservation screen may be rearranged so that the affiliated stores specified as the related stores in STEP 123 are rearranged in order from the store specified in STEP 122.

  7 and 8 show examples of the reservation screen generated in STEP 124 and the reservation screen rearranged in STEP 125. FIG.

  In FIG. 7, as described above, the reservation screens of the store specified in STEP 122 and the related store specified in STEP 123 are rearranged in the order close to the user terminal 3.

  In FIG. 7, the reservation screen for the store closest to the user terminal 3 is displayed on the first page from the top, and the reservation screen for the next closest store is displayed on the second page. In the following, pages are configured in order of increasing distance from the user terminal.

  In FIG. 8, the affiliated stores specified as the related stores in STEP 123 are rearranged in order from the store specified in STEP 122.

  In FIG. 8A, the reservation screen of the store (A hotel) specified in STEP 122 is displayed on the first page from the top, and the reservation screen of the affiliated store (B hotel) close to A hotel is displayed on the second page.

  And as shown to FIG. 8B, A hotel and B hotel can switch a display mutually.

  In addition, in supplementary explanation, in FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B, the reservation screen displayed as a list is divided into pages, and the previous page and the subsequent page can be switched. A tab may be displayed below and switchable via the tab.

  Here, in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, a reservation button is displayed for the vacant room based on the result of the reservation availability determination based on the store and the distance to the user terminal 3, and the accommodation facility can be reserved. Yes.

  The details of the reservation screen generation processing by the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 have been described above.

  Next, returning to FIG. 3, when the reservation screen generated by the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 is transmitted to the user terminal 3, the reservation processing unit 31 displays the reservation screen on the user terminal 3 (STEP340). / FIG. 3).

  When the user makes a reservation using the reservation button according to the reservation screen, the reservation request is transmitted to the provider terminal 2, and the provider terminal 2 receives the reservation request (STEP 23 / FIG. 3).

  The reservation request includes at least the telephone number that is the ID of the user terminal 3 and the room number where the reservation button is operated.

  Next, when the provider terminal 2 receives the reservation request in STEP 23, the reservation execution process is started by the reservation execution unit 23 of the provider terminal 2.

  Specifically, the reservation execution unit 23 (after authenticating whether the access is made through the server of the host device 1 if necessary) and the telephone number that is the ID of the user terminal 3 included in the reservation request Is authenticated with the host device 1 (STEP 24 / FIG. 3).

  The authentication here is determined by whether or not the ID included in the reservation request matches the authenticated ID (telephone number) stored in the third storage unit DB3 of the host device 1.

  Next, when STEP 24 is authenticated, the reservation execution unit 23 reacquires spatial information (STEP 25 / FIG. 3).

  Here, the reservation execution unit 23 reacquires the space information when the space is unavailable during the execution of the reservation process (STEP 31 (STEP 310 to 330)) by the user terminal 3. This is to prevent reservation registration.

  And the reservation execution part 23 registers the reservation information based on a reservation request in the said provider terminal 2, when the space information after reacquisition by STEP25 can also be reserved (STEP26).

  Next, the reservation execution unit 23 executes a reservation operation (STEP 27). Specifically, for example, when the reservation operation can be automatically performed, the reservation operation is performed for the front computer 20. On the other hand, if it is not automatically supported, the front computer 20 is urged to make a reservation operation by voice guidance or screen assist.

  And the reservation execution part 23 will transmit a reservation result to the user terminal 3, if execution of reservation operation of STEP26 is completed.

  Thus, the user terminal 3 receives the reservation result and notifies the user of the reservation result (STEP 350 / FIG. 3).

  Note that the reservation result here may be a notification of a reservation failure when a reservation fails due to an error occurring in STEPs 24 to 26 in addition to the case where the execution of the reservation operation is completed in STEP 26.

  The above is the content of the reservation process in the reservation system of the present embodiment.

  According to the reservation system of this embodiment, for example, when a reservation screen for a guest room (space) is individually generated on the provider terminal 2 side which is a store such as an accommodation facility, the use request from the user terminal 3 is desired. At this time, it is difficult to collectively provide information on different guest rooms (different spaces) of related stores from the host device 1 to the user terminal 3. When a user wants to use a guest room (space), a reservation screen for the guest room (space) is generated and a reservation screen for another guest room (another space) of the store related to the store is generated. In addition to guest rooms (spaces), information on other guest rooms (different spaces) of related stores can be generated and provided in real time.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 9, a management method for a guest room, which is a space, executed by the management unit 24 of the provider terminal 2 in association with the reservation process will be described. The management unit 24 repeatedly executes the following processing at a constant processing cycle.

  First, the management unit 24 checks whether or not the reservation request transmitted from the user terminal 3 to the provider terminal 2 has been processed (STEP 40 / FIG. 9).

  Whether or not the reservation request has been processed is determined by monitoring the state of the guest room that is the space acquired by the space information acquiring unit 21, for example, when the change from the vacant room to the reserved state is not completed within a certain time. Alternatively, the reservation result may be determined based on whether or not transmission of the reservation result from the provider terminal 2 to the user terminal 3 is completed within a certain time.

  If the reservation request is not processed (YES in STEP 40 / FIG. 9), a warning is issued from the provider terminal 2 (STEP 41 / FIG. 9).

  Thereby, for example, when the execution of the reservation operation (STEP 27 / FIG. 3) is manual, the front computer 20 can be urged to make a reservation operation. Moreover, even if a malfunction occurs in the provider terminal 2, this can be notified to the front person in charge at an early stage.

  On the other hand, if the reservation request is not yet processed (NO in STEP 40 / FIG. 9), it is checked whether the waiting time for visiting the store has elapsed (STEP 42 / FIG. 9).

  Whether or not the waiting time for visiting the store has elapsed is determined based on the elapse of time (for example, 40 minutes) from the reservation process (reservation operation in STEP 340 / FIG. 3) to the store set or designated in advance.

  If the waiting time for the store visit has elapsed (YES in STEP 42 / FIG. 9), an alarm is issued (STEP 43 / FIG. 9) to notify the front person in charge that the store waiting time has elapsed. At the same time, the front person in charge selects whether to cancel the reservation (STEP 44 / FIG. 9).

  Here, when the front person in charge selects cancellation of the reservation (YES in STEP 44 / FIG. 9), a cancellation notification is transmitted from the provider terminal 2 to the user terminal 3 (STEP 47 / FIG. 9), and the reservation is cleared. Initialization is performed (STEP 50 / FIG. 9).

  On the other hand, if the front person in charge does not select to cancel the reservation (NO in STEP 44 / FIG. 9), the waiting time for visiting the store is extended (STEP 45 / FIG. 9).

  Next, when the store waiting time has not elapsed (including the case where the store waiting time is extended in STEP 45) (NO in STEP 42 / FIG. 9), the management unit 24 checks the store visit confirmation ( (STEP 46 / FIG. 9).

  The visit confirmation is performed by monitoring the state of the guest room, which is the space acquired by the space information acquisition unit 21, for example, whether or not the state has been changed from reserved to resident by entering the room and entering the room. Is determined.

  If the store visit is not confirmed by the check of the store visit (NO in STEP 46 / FIG. 9), the process returns to the above step STEP 40 and repeats the steps 40 to 46 until the store visit is confirmed.

  On the other hand, when the store visit is confirmed by the check of the store visit (YES in STEP 46 / FIG. 9), the store exit flag is set (STEP 48 / FIG. 9) and the exit confirmation is checked (STEP 49 / FIG. 9).

  The confirmation of leaving the room is made by monitoring the state of the guest room that is the space acquired by the space information acquiring unit 21, for example, depending on whether or not the user has changed from the state where the user has come to the store to the room during cleaning. Determined.

  Then, if the exit confirmation is not confirmed (NO in STEP 49 / FIG. 9), the process is repeatedly executed until the exit is confirmed.

  On the other hand, when the exit is confirmed by the check of exit confirmation (YES in STEP 49 / FIG. 9), the reservation is cleared (STEP 50 / FIG. 9), assuming that the use of the guest room which is the space by the reservation is completed.

  The above is the detail of the management method of the guest room which is a space executed by the management unit 24 of the provider terminal 2 in association with the reservation process.

  By monitoring the state of the space acquired by the space information acquisition unit 21 of the provider terminal 2 by the management unit 24, the execution of the reservation can be monitored depending on whether the reservation execution has been completed. Furthermore, by monitoring whether the space is being used as reserved, the usage status based on the reservation can be monitored.

  Thus, a reservation system capable of realizing not only a simple and reliable space reservation from the user terminal 3 by specifying the user but also a reliable reservation execution and appropriate use based on the reservation is provided. Can be provided.

  Finally, with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12, a function as a status determination system provided in the provider terminal 2 will be described with respect to the old-type front computer 20 that does not have an external output of data, which has been described later.

The status determination system that acquires status information on the monitor screen
Image acquisition means for capturing the monitor screen and continuously acquiring it as an image;
Image determination means for determining whether the image is to be acquired with status information with respect to the image acquired by the image acquisition means;
Color information acquisition means for acquiring color information of a specific point of the image when the image determination means determines that the image is an image for which status information is to be acquired;
Status conversion means for converting the color information of the specific point acquired by the color information acquisition means into status information;
The status conversion unit converts the color information of the specific point acquired by the color information acquisition unit into status information when the color information of the specific point is the same between the continuously acquired images.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the status determination system is a system for acquiring status information on the monitor 20X screen, and includes an image acquisition unit 210, an image processing unit 215, an image determination unit 220, Color information acquisition means 230, status conversion means 240, and status information transmission means 250 are provided.

  The status information transmission unit 250 is used when transmitting status information to an external server or the like, but this may be omitted by a communication function provided in the provider terminal 2 itself.

  The screen of the monitor 20X to be determined is, for example, the screen of the front computer 20Y in an accommodation facility. For example, on the screen, “areas”, “vacant rooms”, “ “Cleaning”, “Reservation”, etc. are displayed in different colors (see FIG. 12).

  The image acquisition unit 210 captures and acquires a screen on the monitor 20X via the adapter device 20W. The adapter device 20W outputs an analog image signal of a monitor cable (VGA cable) 20Z connecting the front computer 20Y and the monitor 20X to the status determination system as image data sampled at a constant cycle.

  For example, the adapter device 20W may have a function as a VGA distribution cable in addition to the VGA video capture board. The adapter device 20W is not limited to video capture from a VGA cable, but a video capture board that captures from a video (S-Video or composite) input / output cable, a DVI capture board for digital display, It may be an SDI capture board for video, a security camera, an HDMI (registered trademark) capture board for general video equipment, or the like.

  The image processing means 215 performs a filtering process on the captured images (actually, captured images output at a predetermined cycle) acquired via the adapter device 20W.

  The filter process is, for example, RGBA conversion, and converts the captured image into an image having a specific number of colors. Note that the filtering process may be PNGA conversion with a small number of colors in addition to RGBA conversion.

  The image determination unit 220 determines whether the captured image subjected to the filter processing by the image processing unit 215 is a screen from which status information should be acquired.

  Specifically, the image determination unit 220 determines whether the captured image is an image for which status information should be acquired based on the color information of the specific exclusion point on the captured image that has been subjected to the filter processing.

  The specific exclusion point can be set in advance as a coordinate position (X, Y) on the image, and the image determination unit 220 acquires color information (RGB data) at the coordinate position, and the color information (RGB data). ) Is an excluded color (RGB component in a specific range), it is determined that the image is not an image for which status information should be acquired.

  When the image determination unit 220 determines that the captured image is an image for which status information should be acquired, the color information acquisition unit 230 acquires color information of a specific point of the capture image.

  The method for acquiring color information of a specific point (on the captured image) by the color information acquisition unit 230 will be described later in detail.

  The status conversion unit 240 converts the color information (RGB data) of the specific point acquired by the color information acquisition unit 230 into status information (“resident”, “vacant”, “cleaning”, “reservation”, etc.) using a conversion table or the like. ).

  The conversion from the color data to the status information by the status conversion unit 240 may be conversion of status code information.

  The status information transmission unit 250 transmits the status information (“resident”, “vacant”, “cleaning”, “reservation”, etc.) converted by the status conversion unit 240 to an external server or the like via a network NW such as the Internet. Send.

  In the above configuration, the status determination system is configured by hardware such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and executes processing by the processing means 210 to 250. By storing and holding a program to be stored in a memory (not shown) and executing the program, the computer functions as an arithmetic unit (sequencer) for executing the control processing.

  Next, a status information acquisition processing method by the status determination system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the status determination system acquires the screen on the monitor 20X as an captured image (actually, a continuous image captured at a certain period) via the adapter device 20W by the image acquisition unit 210 (STEP 210 / FIG. 11). ).

  Next, the status determination system performs filter processing on the captured image acquired in STEP 210 by the image processing means 215, and converts the captured image into RGB data of a specific number of colors (STEP 215 / FIG. 11).

  Next, the status determination system uses the image determination unit 220 for the captured image (RGBA data converted) that has been filtered in STEP 215, and the captured image (more precisely, one frame image of continuous captured images). Is a screen on which status information should be acquired (STEP 220 / FIG. 11).

  Specifically, the image determination unit 220 acquires the color information of the specific exclusion point (III) shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, and the acquired color information (RGB data) is the exclusion color (RGB component of the specific range). If it is not an excluded color (RGB component in a specific range), it is determined that the screen should be the status information (YES in STEP 220 / FIG. 11).

  For example, in the case of FIG. 12A, since the color information of the specific exclusion point (III) does not have a characteristic exclusion color in other operation screens, it is determined that the screen should acquire status information.

  On the other hand, when the color information (RGB data) of the specific exclusion point (III) is an exclusion color (RGB component in a specific range), the image determination unit 220 determines that the image is not an image for which status information should be acquired. (NO in STEP 220 / FIG. 11).

  For example, in the case of FIG. 12B, the color information of the specific exclusion point (III) includes a characteristic exclusion color in other operation screens, and therefore it is determined that the image is not an image for which status information should be acquired.

  In this way, by determining whether the image on the monitor screen is an image for which status information should be acquired based on the color information of the specific exclusion point, it is possible to easily and reliably identify the image for which status determination is to be performed. it can.

  The specific exclusion point can be set in advance as the coordinate position (X, Y) on the image. The specific exclusion point may be one point, but in order to improve the determination accuracy, a plurality of specific exclusion points may be used. It is preferable to set a specific exclusion point and determine whether or not the image is to acquire status information based on color information at a plurality of specific exclusion points.

  Thereby, for example, if an excluded color is included in part of the color information of a plurality of specific points, it can be determined that this is not an image for which status information should be acquired, and other operation screens can be displayed on the image. Even in the case of being displayed in a superimposed manner, this can be surely excluded.

  Next, when the image determining unit 220 determines that the captured image is a screen for which status information should be acquired (YES in STEP 220 / FIG. 11), the color information acquiring unit 230 determines the specific point of the captured image. Color information is acquired (STEP 230 / FIG. 11). For example, in the case of FIG. 12A, the color information of specific points (I) and (II) is acquired.

  On the other hand, if the image determination unit 220 determines that the captured image is not a screen for which status information should be acquired (NO in STEP 220 / FIG. 11), the process returns to STEP 210.

  Here, the color information acquisition means 230 is the color information of the pixel (pixel) at the coordinate position (X, Y) on the image set in advance as the specific points (I) and (II) corresponding to the room 201 and the room 202. In addition to (RGB data), color information (RGB data) of surrounding pixels is acquired.

  For example, in addition to the color information of the coordinate position (Xn, Yn) of the specific point, the color information acquisition unit 230 surrounds (Xn−1, Yn−1), (Xn, Yn−1), (Xn + 1, Yn-1), (Xn-1, Yn), (Xn + 1, Yn), (Xn-1, Yn + 1), (Xn, Yn + 1), (Xn + 1, Yn + 1) pixel color information (RGB data) Also get.

  Next, the color information acquisition unit 230 performs color information processing on the acquired specific point and surrounding color information (RGB data) (STEP 235 / FIG. 11).

  The color information processing here comprehensively determines the color (RGB) of the specific point from the acquired specific point and surrounding color information (RGB data).

  For example, in STEP 230, in addition to the color information of the coordinate position (Xn, Yn) of the specific point, (Xn-1, Yn-1), (Xn, Yn-1), (Xn + 1, Yn-1) surrounding this , (Xn-1, Yn), (Xn + 1, Yn), (Xn-1, Yn + 1), (Xn, Yn + 1), (Xn + 1, Yn + 1) peripheral pixel color information (RGB data) of 8 pixels is acquired. If the average color (RGB) is averaged, the nine colors of color information (RGB data) are calculated.

  In this way, not only the specific color information of the coordinate position of the specific point set in advance, but also the peripheral color information of the peripheral coordinates surrounding this is acquired, and the next status information is based on the specific color information and the peripheral color information By performing this conversion, for example, even if there is a color blur that occurs on an analog screen or the like, it can be reliably converted into status information by complementing with peripheral color information.

  Next, the status converter 240 converts the color information (RGB data) of the specific point subjected to the color information processing in STEP 235 into status information (“resident”, “vacant”, “cleaning”, “reservation”, etc.) (STEP 240 / FIG. 11).

  Specifically, the conversion from the color information (RGB data) to the status information is executed by a conversion table.

  For example, according to the color information (RGB data), the conversion table is for staying in the case of red, resting in the case of yellow, vacant in the case of blue, cleaning in the case of green, and in the case of light blue Is waiting for cleaning, and in the case of pink, a correspondence is formed like guidance / accounting.

  Further, the conversion table may be a one-step conversion table as described above, but the converted status may be re-converted in two steps. For example, in the two-stage reconversion table, a correspondence relationship is formed such as staying in the case of staying and resting, and cleaning in the case of cleaning and waiting for cleaning.

  Thereby, the types of status can be reduced, and the types can be limited when externally transmitting.

  For example, in the case of FIG. 12A, according to the conversion table, the specific point (I) corresponding to the room 201 (which is a green area on the image) is converted into “cleaning” or the corresponding code information as the corresponding status. Is done. Similarly, the specific point (II) corresponding to room 202 (which is a red area on the image) is converted into “in-room” or its code information as the corresponding status.

  Note that the status conversion unit 240 may convert the captured image (more precisely, one frame image of continuous captured images) into status information, but the status information is generated in a frame cycle. Therefore, it is preferable to execute the status conversion process only when the specific points (I) and (II) of consecutive captured images (for example, 10 frames) are the same.

  In the present embodiment, the specific color (red, yellow, blue,...) Is converted into the corresponding status by the conversion table. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a comparative inspection method based on a difference in color values. May be applied.

  In this case, the threshold value recognized in the color variation component (255 steps) is A, each RGB component of the determination table is RC / RG / RB, and each component of the acquired RGB value is R / G / B.

And
(R + A) <RC
(RA)> RC
(G + A) <GC
(GA)> GC
(B + A) <BC
(BA)> BC
If all the six conditions are true, it may be determined that the acquired RGB matches the determination table RGB and conversion is performed. As a result, the processing can be speeded up because only logical expression operations are performed.

  Finally, the status information transmitting means 250 uses the status information (“room”, “vacant”, “cleaning”, “reservation”, etc.) converted by STEP 240 or the code information thereof as a specific point (room 201, room 202). ) To an external server or the like via a network NW such as the Internet (STEP 250 / FIG. 11), and returns to STEP 210.

  The above is the details of the status information acquisition processing method by the status determination system. According to such a status determination system, the status information on the screen can be acquired easily and reliably from the monitor 20X screen.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the reservation screen generation processing unit 12 performs the reservation possibility determination shown in FIG. 6 together with the generation of the reservation screen has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. When the reservation processing unit 31 of the terminal 3 displays the reservation screen transmitted from the host device 1 to the user terminal 3 on the user terminal 3, the reservation processing unit 31 performs a determination process for determining whether reservation is possible, and a reservation button Whether or not to be displayed may be determined.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the reservation program is stored in the first storage unit DB1 of the host device 1 of the reservation system and downloaded from the host device 1 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the provider terminal 2 may be provided with a database so that it can be downloaded from the provider terminal 2.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, although the case where ID of the user terminal 3 was a telephone number was demonstrated, it is not limited to this, If it is an individual identification number of the user terminal 3, a user terminal (smart phone It may be an individual beacon identification number assigned to an information terminal).

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, although the example of the screen of the front computer 20Y in an accommodation establishment was demonstrated as a screen of the monitor 20X used as determination object, it is not limited to this.

  For example, the present invention can be applied to a monitor screen in various control systems, a captured image of a camera that captures a parking section of a parking lot or a seat in a hall.

  In this embodiment, the case where the color information processing is performed on the specific point and the surrounding color information (RGB data) in STEP 235 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. (1) The filtering process of STEP 215 is performed. (2) In addition to (i) the specific point and its surrounding color information, (ii) the specific exclusion point and its surrounding color are added to the filtered image in advance. Information may be acquired, and color information processing may be performed for each.

  In this case, the color information processing in STEP 235 is performed collectively in combination with the filter processing by the image processing means 215, so that the processing efficiency can be improved and the screen where the status information of STEP 220 by the specific exclusion point should be acquired. It is possible to improve the determination accuracy of whether or not.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Host device, 2 ... Provider terminal, 3 ... User terminal, 11 ... Authentication code production | generation part, 12 ... Reservation screen production | generation process part, 21 ... Spatial information acquisition part, 22 ... Spatial information transmission part, 23 ... Reservation execution , 24 ... management part, 31 ... reservation processing part, 32 ... authentication part, DB1 ... first storage part, DB2 ... second storage part, DB3 ... third storage part, NW ... network.

Claims (3)

A provider terminal provided on the provider side that lends space to the time, a user terminal provided on the user side that borrows the space for time, and the space between the provider terminal and the user terminal A reservation system including a host device that mediates the information of
The provider terminal is
A spatial information acquisition unit that acquires the state of the space;
A spatial information transmission unit that transmits the state of the space acquired by the spatial information acquisition unit to the host device;
A reservation execution unit that executes a reservation based on the reservation information transmitted from the user terminal;
The host device is
A space state storage unit that stores the state of the space transmitted from the provider terminal;
A reservation screen generation processing unit that generates a reservation screen of the space from the state of the space stored in the space state storage unit,
The user terminal is
A reservation processing unit that executes reservation processing according to a reservation program downloaded from the host device,
The host device generates a reservation screen for the space from the state of the space stored in the space state storage unit in response to a request for use of the space from the user terminal, and also stores the space reservation screen in the space state storage unit. Generate a reservation screen for the other space from the state of the other space related to the saved space,
The reservation processing unit transmits reservation information corresponding to the reservation of the space of the user to the provider terminal from the reservation screen generated by the reservation screen generation processing unit of the host device.
A reservation system,
When the host device desires to use the space from the user terminal, the host device uses the location information of the user terminal transmitted from the user terminal as a separate space related to the space from the space. A reservation screen for another space of the provider's line is generated as a separate space related to the space from a reservation screen for another space close to the provider or from the registration information of the provider of the space. A distance between the position information and the space and the other space is calculated from the position information, and when the calculated distance is within a predetermined distance determination threshold value, the space and the space are displayed on the generated reservation screen. A reservation system characterized by enabling reservation of another space . The reservation system according to claim 1,
The host device calculates the distance between the position information and the space and the separate space from the position information of the user terminal, and the calculated distance is within a reservable range that is a distance determination threshold and at least a site range A reservation system that enables reservation of the space and the separate space on the generated reservation screen . The reservation system according to claim 1 or 2,
The reservation processing unit
A reservation system, wherein the reservation screen of the space generated by the reservation screen generation processing unit of the host device and the reservation screen of the separate space are displayed in a switchable manner .