JP7380336B2 - gate management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gate management system.

At amusement facilities, etc., in order to alleviate congestion when entering, purchase tickets in advance on the website and insert the two-dimensional code displayed on the screen of your smartphone or the printed two-dimensional code into the reader at the entrance gate. An automatic check-in system has been introduced that requires you to hold your hand over the screen to enter.

In such amusement facilities, there is a service that discounts admission fees for guests wearing specific costumes during events such as Halloween. However, because conventional automatic check-in systems cannot confirm whether guests are wearing a specific costume, guests cannot use automatic check-in machines and must enter through a gate staffed by an attendant, which is time-consuming. Amusement facilities also had to arrange for staff to check costumes. In this way, it was inefficient for both the guests and the amusement facility.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-157825 discloses that a special entrance gate is installed at the entrance gate of a facility where general visitors, who enter after receiving an admission ticket from a ticket vending machine, and special visitors, such as free or discounted visitors, enter the facility. A touch panel input method is installed, which includes an visitor registration section that counts each special visitor type each time a visitor enters, and a correction section that corrects the count value input for each special visitor type. , has disclosed an attendance counting management system that accurately counts the number of special visitors. However, this visitor counting and management system only counts the number of special visitors, and cannot confirm whether the visitors are wearing costumes that meet the above-mentioned discount conditions.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004-157825

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gate management system that automatically determines whether a ticket purchaser is wearing an outfit that satisfies the discount conditions when entering a facility.

The gate management system according to the present invention generates ticket information of a discount ticket when the costume shown in the costume image received from the user terminal satisfies the ticket discount conditions, transmits the ticket information to the user terminal, and sends the ticket information to the user terminal. a server device that links and registers ticket information and the costume image; a reader installed at an entrance gate that reads ticket information presented by a guest; and a photographic device that photographs the guest and generates a photographed image. , the server device compares the costume image registered in association with the same ticket information as the ticket information read by the reader and the photographed image acquired from the photographing device, and If it is determined that the person is wearing the costume shown in the costume image, the person is allowed to pass through the gate.

In the gate management system according to one aspect of the present invention, the server device instructs the user terminal whether to photograph the guest wearing the costume or the costume alone, and The costume image is received from the terminal.

In the gate management system according to one aspect of the present invention, the server device causes the costume image to be displayed on a display unit of an examiner terminal, and the examiner terminal allows the costume image shown in the costume image to display ticket discount conditions. Receive the judgment result of whether the condition is satisfied or not.

The gate management system according to the present invention accepts the purchase of costumes that meet ticket discount conditions from a user terminal, generates ticket information of the discount ticket, transmits the ticket information to the user terminal, and combines the purchased ticket information with the purchased ticket information. a server device that associates and registers the costume image of the costume; a reader that is installed at the entrance gate and reads ticket information presented by the guest; and a photographing device that photographs the guest and generates a photographed image. The server device compares the costume image registered in association with the same ticket information as the ticket information read by the reader and the photographed image acquired from the photographing device, and If it is determined that the person is wearing the costume shown in the costume image, the person is allowed to pass through the gate.

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically determine whether the ticket purchaser is wearing an outfit that satisfies the discount conditions when entering the facility.

1 is a schematic diagram of a gate management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. (a) and (b) are diagrams showing examples of photographing costume images. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a user terminal. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a server device. It is a flowchart explaining a ticket purchasing method. It is a flowchart explaining the costume confirmation method when entering a facility.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

The gate management system according to the embodiment of the present invention is installed in an amusement facility, etc., and at an event such as Halloween, guests (visitors) wearing costumes that match a predetermined theme can use the gate management system purchased in advance. This allows automatic check-in (admission) from the gate with a discounted ticket. As shown in FIG. 1, this gate management system includes a server device 1, a reader 3, a photographing device 4, and a user terminal 6.

The user terminal 6 is, for example, a smartphone owned by a guest. The user terminal 6 and the server device 1 are communicably connected via a network such as the Internet.

A ticket purchase program (app) is stored in advance in the user terminal 6, and when this program is executed on the user terminal 6, a ticket purchase screen is displayed. On the ticket purchase screen, you can purchase regular tickets or discount tickets that give you a discount if you go to the facility wearing costumes that match a predetermined theme. Costumes include clothes, hats, glasses, etc.

When the guest selects to purchase a discount ticket, a selection screen is displayed where the guest selects whether to wear an existing costume or purchase a new costume. When the user selects an existing costume, the camera function of the user terminal 6 is activated. The guest uses the camera of the user terminal 6 to take a picture of the costume he/she wears when going to the facility. For example, as shown in FIG. 2(a), a photograph is taken while wearing costumes 7a and 7b. Further, as shown in FIG. 2(b), only the costumes 7a and 7b are photographed individually.

The user terminal 6 transmits the captured image to the server device 1.

The server device 1 determines whether the costumes 7a and 7b match the theme from the captured images received from the user terminal 6. The determination may be made by the server device 1, or may be displayed on a monitor and visually determined by a facility staff member.

If the costume is determined to match the theme, a discounted ticket can be purchased. The guest purchases the discount ticket by credit card payment or the like. The server device 1 generates ticket information and transmits it to the user terminal 6. Ticket information consists of multiple digits of alphanumeric characters and symbols, and is unique to the guest and is different from other ticket information. For example, the server device 1 converts ticket information into a two-dimensional code and transmits the two-dimensional code image to the user terminal 6. Additionally, the server device 1 associates and registers the ticket information and the costume image received from the user terminal 6.

When the guest selects to purchase a new costume after selecting to purchase a discount ticket on the ticket purchase screen, a purchase screen for costumes that match the theme and are sold by the facility is displayed on the user terminal 6. The guest selects an outfit and purchases the discount ticket and outfit by credit card payment or the like. The server device 1 generates ticket information and transmits it to the user terminal 6. The server device 1 also registers the ticket information and the image of the costume purchased by the guest in association with each other. The costumes purchased by the guest may be delivered to the guest's home in advance, or may be received at the facility's store 5 (see FIG. 1) before entering the facility.

The guest goes to the facility wearing costumes that he or she already has or newly purchased costumes, displays ticket information on a user terminal 6, and holds the ticket information over a reader 3 installed at an entrance gate 2. If it is a discount ticket, the photographing device 4 photographs the guest. The server device 1 compares the costume image linked to the ticket information read by the reader 3 and the photographed image of the guest taken by the photographing device 4, and determines whether the guest is wearing the pre-registered costume. Determine if there are any. If the server device 1 determines that the guest is wearing the pre-registered costume, the server device 1 allows the guest to pass through the gate and opens the entrance gate 2.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a guest can purchase a discount ticket in advance, and it can be automatically determined at the entrance gate whether the guest is wearing an outfit that satisfies the discount conditions. As a result, guests do not have to line up at the gate, which requires visual confirmation by an attendant, which saves time and effort. Facilities can also reduce the cost of staffing staff to check costumes.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the user terminal 6. The user terminal 6 is, for example, a smartphone equipped with a CPU (not shown), a storage unit 60 (RAM, ROM), a touch panel (not shown), a camera (not shown), etc., and the CPU is stored in the storage unit 60. By executing the ticket purchase program, the functions of the ticket selection section 61, photography processing section 62, image transmission section 63, purchase costume selection section 64, purchase processing section 65, ticket information reception section 66, and ticket display processing section 67 are realized. be done. The processing of each part will be explained along with the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, which will be described later.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the server device 1. As shown in FIG. The server device 1 is a computer equipped with a CPU (not shown), a storage section 10 (RAM, HDD, SSD, etc.), and includes a ticket purchase reception section 11, an image acquisition section 12, a first determination section 13, and a costume purchase reception section. 14, a ticket information generation section 15, a guest information reception section 16, and a second judgment section 17. The processing of each part will be explained along with the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, which will be described later.

A method for a guest to purchase tickets in advance will be explained along the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the guest starts the ticket purchase application on the user terminal 6. The ticket purchase reception unit 11 of the server device 1 notifies the user terminal 6 of the types of tickets on sale. The ticket selection unit 61 of the user terminal 6 displays a ticket purchase screen on the touch panel for selecting the type of ticket on sale. If the guest selects the regular ticket (step S1_No), the process directly proceeds to payment (step S6).

If the guest selects a discount ticket in which the fee is discounted by wearing a specific costume that matches the theme of the event (step S1_Yes), the user terminal 6 determines whether to wear the costume that you already have or to purchase a new costume. Display the selection screen for selection. When the guest selects the costume that he or she owns (step S2_Yes), the photographing processing unit 62 activates the camera of the user terminal 6. The guest photographs the costume with the camera of the user terminal 6 (step S3). For example, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the user may be photographed wearing the costumes 7a and 7b, or only the costumes 7a and 7b may be photographed alone. The image transmitting unit 63 transmits the photographed image (costume image) to the server device 1.

The image acquisition unit 12 of the server device 1 acquires a captured image from the user terminal 6. A first determination unit 13 determines whether the costume shown in the photographed image matches the theme of the event and satisfies the ticket discount conditions. For example, the first determination unit 13 displays a captured image on the monitor of a computer (examiner terminal) of a facility staff member who conducts the examination, and receives input of a determination result from the examiner (staff member) via the examiner terminal. Alternatively, the first determination unit 13 may extract the costume from the photographed image through image processing, classify the categories, and make the determination. Ticket discount conditions include, for example, "two or more Halloween-related costumes" or "three or more red costumes."

If the costume shown in the photographed image satisfies the discount conditions (step S4_Yes), the ticket purchase reception unit 11 transmits a payment screen to the user terminal 6. The purchase processing unit 65 of the user terminal 6 displays a payment screen, accepts input of credit card number, etc., and performs payment (step S6).

After the payment is completed, the ticket information generation unit 15 of the server device 1 generates ticket information and notifies the user terminal 6 of the ticket information. The ticket information receiving unit 66 of the user terminal 6 receives ticket information (for example, a two-dimensional code) from the server device 1 and stores it in the storage unit 60. Further, the server device 1 associates the generated ticket information with the photographed image (costume image) received from the user terminal 6 and registers it in the storage unit 60 (step S7).

When purchasing a new costume is selected in step S2 (step S2_No), the costume purchase reception unit 14 of the server device 1 transmits to the user terminal 6 a selection screen for sale costumes that meet the discount conditions. The purchase costume selection unit 64 of the user terminal 6 receives the selection of the costume to purchase from the guest and notifies the server device 1 (step S5). After that, the server device 1 pays for the ticket and costume (step S6), and notifies the user terminal 6 of the ticket information. The server device 1 also registers the ticket information and the costume image of the costume purchased by the guest in the storage unit 60 in association with each other (step S7).

Next, a method for checking costumes when a guest enters a facility will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 6.

The guest wears the costume he or she owns or has purchased, goes to the entrance gate 2 of the facility, starts the ticket purchase application on the user terminal 6, and displays the purchased ticket information. The ticket display processing unit 67 of the user terminal 6 retrieves ticket information from the storage unit 60 and displays it on the touch panel. The guest holds the displayed ticket information (two-dimensional code) over the reader 3 at the entrance gate 2. The reader 3 reads the ticket information and notifies the server device 1 (step S11).

If the ticket information received from the reader 3 is a discount ticket (step S12_Yes), the guest information receiving unit 16 of the server device 1 instructs the photographing device 4 to photograph the guest. The photographing device 4 photographs the guest at the entrance gate 2 based on the instruction from the server device 1, and transmits the photographed image to the server device 1 (step S13).

The second determination unit 17 of the server device 1 retrieves the costume image linked to the ticket information received from the reader 3 from the storage unit 10 and compares this costume image with the photographed image acquired from the photographing device 4. , determine whether the guest is wearing a pre-registered costume. Whether or not the costume shown in the costume image is included in the image taken by the photographing device 4 can be determined using a known image processing technique.

If the second determination unit 17 determines that the guest is wearing the pre-registered costume (step S14_Yes), the second determination unit 17 allows the guest to pass through the gate and instructs the guest to open the entrance gate 2 (step S15). Entrance gate 2 opens and the guest can enter the facility.

If it is determined that the guest is not wearing the pre-registered costume (step S14_No), the entrance gate 2 provides audio guidance to the guest to go to the gate where the attendant is located (step S16).

If the ticket information received from the reader 3 is not a discount ticket (step S12_No), the visitor guest information receiving unit 16 of the server device 1 checks whether the ticket information is legitimate and instructs the opening of the entrance gate 2. (Step S15).

In the embodiment described above, when photographing the costume with the user terminal 6 when purchasing a discount ticket, a guide may be displayed to instruct what to photograph. For example, the user instructs whether to photograph the user wearing the costumes 7a and 7b, as shown in FIG. 2(a), and/or to photograph the costume alone, as shown in FIG. 2(b).

Further, as shown in FIG. 2(a), when a photograph is taken of the person wearing the costumes 7a and 7b, the user can operate the user terminal 6 to determine which part of the photographed image is the costume that corresponds to the discount condition. You may also be able to specify whether there is one. For example, the part of the costume that corresponds to the discount condition can be circled. Thereby, costumes can be easily extracted from photographed images.

The server device 1 determines whether the guest's costume photographed with the user terminal 6 is an official item sold by the facility in the past, and if it is an official item in the past, guides the guest to the latest official item. A screen may be generated and displayed on the user terminal 6.

The server device 1 may guide the guest to recommended destinations and shooting spots within the facility based on the guest's own costume photographed with the user terminal 6 or the guest's newly purchased costume. Additionally, the guest may be alerted to rides that (there is a high possibility of) not being possible to board based on the costumes the guest already has or newly purchased costumes.

In the above embodiment, an example was explained in which the guest displays the ticket information on the user terminal 6 and presents it on the reader 3. However, the guest also prints out the ticket information and displays the ticket information printed on the printed material on the reader. 3 may be presented.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and in the implementation stage, the components can be modified and embodied without departing from the gist of the invention. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining the plurality of components disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiments. Furthermore, components of different embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

1 Server device 2 Entrance gate 3 Reader 4 Photographing device 6 User terminal

Claims (4)

If the costume shown in the costume image received from the user terminal satisfies the ticket discount conditions, ticket information of the discount ticket is generated, the ticket information is transmitted to the user terminal, and the ticket information and the costume image are combined. A server device to be linked and registered,
A reader installed at the entrance gate to read ticket information presented by guests;
a photographing device that photographs the guest and generates a photographed image;
Equipped with
The server device compares the costume image registered in association with the same ticket information as the ticket information read by the reader and the photographed image acquired from the photographing device, and the guest A gate management system that allows the person to pass through the gate if it is determined that the person is wearing the costume shown in the image. The server device instructs the user terminal whether to photograph the guest wearing the costume or the costume alone, and receives the costume image from the user terminal. The gate management system according to claim 1. The server device causes the costume image to be displayed on a display unit of the examiner terminal, and receives from the examiner terminal a determination result as to whether the costume shown in the costume image satisfies the ticket discount condition. The gate management system according to claim 1 or 2. Accepts the purchase of costumes that meet ticket discount conditions from a user terminal, generates ticket information for the discount ticket, transmits the ticket information to the user terminal, and links the ticket information with the costume image of the purchased costume. a server device to be attached and registered;
A reader installed at the entrance gate to read ticket information presented by guests;
a photographing device that photographs the guest and generates a photographed image;
Equipped with
The server device compares the costume image registered in association with the same ticket information as the ticket information read by the reader and the photographed image acquired from the photographing device, and the guest A gate management system that allows the person to pass through the gate if it is determined that the person is wearing the costume shown in the image.

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