JPH11212509A - Entrance guide system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a visitor to effectively use a wait time for his entrance by visiting other event sites or the like and to be informed that he can enter an event site in the case that there is a queue of visitors who want to enter this event site or there are limitations on the entrance. SOLUTION: An entrance reservation application accepting terminal part 11a of an event site terminal equipment 1a accepts the application of an entrance reservation applicant. An entrance/leaving condition data input terminal part 12a inputs data showing the entrance/leaving condition. An intra-site communication information input terminal part 13a inputs intra-site communication information to be reported to entrance reservation applicants. A data processor 21 of an intra-site central processing unit 2 receives and processes output information from the event site terminal equipment 1a to generate and output an entrance permission message and entrance/leaving condition message to report the entrance/leaving condition of the event site and the estimated wait time. A mobile radio transmitter 22 transmits the entrance permission message and the entrance/leaving condition message to pagers 3a to 3b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an admission guide system, and more particularly to an admission guide system for providing information on waiting time for entry to a popular event venue such as an exposition hall or a notice of admission to an individual who wishes to enter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional entrance guidance system, as described in JP-A-05-120292,
What kind of events do visitors who enter various venues, such as exposition venues, look at at various pavilion and venues where various events take place (hereinafter referred to as event venues)? There has been proposed a guide device that can be used by a visitor when it is difficult to determine the order in which to walk the venue. When a visitor enters what he or she wants to see using the guide device provided in the venue where the various events are performed, what kind of event venue should the visitor enter? In addition, the guide device determines the order in which to enter each event venue, and the event venue where the attendees look and walk so that the total waiting time when entering each event venue is the shortest. The order is also determined, and the obtained result can be output as a guide to the visitors. The guide device described above is very convenient for visitors when it is used when visitors do not know how to walk inside the event venue, and it is also useful for the event venue organizer. In particular, the present invention has an advantage that it is possible to provide effective guidance by asking visitors to view the event venue according to an optimal guidance schedule, and thus to secure the number of customers.

[0003]

The above-mentioned guide device, which is a conventional entrance guidance system, adopts a guidance system which minimizes the waiting time of the visitors and maximizes the total number of customers in all the venues. It provides a venue guidance schedule with little waiting time to the person based on the latest information on the entrance / exit status. If you use it when you do not know how to look at the event venue and walk in the venue where various events are held, based on the latest information on entrance and exit status to the visitors, It is very convenient for visitors because they can provide a venue guide schedule with little waiting time. However, if the number of attendees increases during walking while watching each event venue according to the provided venue guidance schedule, the waiting time of each event venue will not always be as originally scheduled, and there are some visitors If you want to enter the event venue and go up to the event venue, if the prospective admission to the event venue is in a state of making a long queue, it will be queued It has the drawback that if you are wondering if it should be, give up arranging in the matrix, or have to be in the matrix without knowing how much time it takes to be in the matrix .

[0004] An object of the present invention is that when there is a queue of applicants at an event venue or when there is an entrance restriction, the waiting time until entry can be effectively used at other event venues, and entry is possible. It is an object of the present invention to provide an entrance guidance system which can receive a notice when the person becomes an emergency.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an entrance guidance system in a facility, wherein there is a queue of entrance applicants to an event venue provided in the facility or entry restriction. Means for accepting an application for admission reservation in the case where there is, and when the admission reservation applicant who has applied for the admission reservation comes closer to the event venue, it is determined that admission is possible. Means for transmitting a message notifying the applicant to the wireless terminal lent to the applicant for the admission reservation.

[0006] Further, an entrance guidance system according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises:
In the in-facility entrance guidance system, (A) the admission reservation applicant accepts an admission reservation application when there is a queue of applicants to the event venue provided in the facility or when there is an entrance restriction. (B) a wireless terminal to be rented when receiving an application for an admission reservation by the admission reservation application receiving means;
(C) entry / exit status data input means for inputting entry / exit status data of the event venue, and (D) admission reservation application reception which is information on acceptance of an admission reservation output from the admission reservation application reception means. It is determined whether to permit the entrance reservation applicant to enter based on the information and the entrance / exit status data which is data indicating the entrance / exit status to / from the event venue output from the entrance / exit status data input means. Data processing means, (E) an admission permission message generating means for generating a message for notifying the admission reservation applicant of a result of the admission decision by the data processing means, and (F) a message generated by the admission permission message generating means. Wireless transmission means for transmitting to the wireless terminal lent to the entrance reservation applicant.

[0007] Further, an entrance guidance system according to a third aspect of the present invention includes:
In the in-facility entrance guidance system, an event venue terminal device provided in each of a plurality of event venues which are installed in the facility and each of which has a theme-specific event is provided, and (A) an event venue provided in the facility If there is a queue of applicants to enter, or if there is an entrance restriction, a wireless terminal to lend to the admission reservation applicant who applies for reservation for entrance to the event venue to carry it as a guide for entrance guidance, (B) receiving an application from the admission reservation applicant, issuing an admission reservation reference number to the admission reservation applicant, and calling the number assigned to the wireless terminal, the admission reservation reference number, and the admission reservation applicant. An admission reservation application reception terminal unit that outputs admission reservation application reception information for event venues including admission reservation applicant information for identifying An entrance / exit status data input terminal unit for inputting data indicating the entrance / exit status to the event venue and outputting event venue entry / exit status information; (D) the entrance reservation application reception terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit A terminal-side interface unit that sends output information from the in-facility central processing unit provided in the facility according to the communication procedure,
Wherein the in-facility central processing unit receives (E) output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit from the terminal side interface unit in accordance with the communication procedure. (F) receiving and processing the output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit from the central processing unit side interface unit, and processing the received information. A first data processing device for generating and outputting an admission permission message to be transmitted to the admission permitter including admission reservation applicant information for identifying a reservation applicant, (G) the first data processing device And a first mobile wireless transmission device for transmitting the entrance permission message generated by the first mobile communication device to the wireless terminal. Receiving the event venue entrance reservation application reception information and the event venue entrance / exit status information output from the entrance reservation application reception terminal and the entrance / exit situation data input terminal provided respectively at a plurality of event venues; For each of the plurality of event venues, a new admission reservation applicant is added based on the event venue admission reservation application reception information, and an admission reservation applicant list, which is a list of the order of application of all the admission reservation applicants, is created. And, for each of the plurality of event venues, based on the event venue entry / exit status information, calculate the number of people who can newly be permitted to enter from the number of the event venues, the number of existing visitors, and the number of exits. , For the calculated number of persons who can be admitted, the number of admission reservation applicants who have not yet been admitted from the admission reservation applicant list A first reception data processing unit which reads out in the order of application and creates an admission permitted person list, and (I) generates the admission permission message for each of the plurality of event venues based on the admission permitted person list and assigns the message to the wireless terminal. An admission permission message generating unit for giving and outputting a calling number, wherein the mobile radio transmitting apparatus receives the admission permission message from the admission permission message generating unit of the first data processing device, According to the call number of the wireless terminal attached to the admission permission message, the admission reservation message is lent to the admission reservation applicant to the event venue and is called to the radio terminal carried by the admission reservation applicant to transmit the admission permission message. It is configured to transmit.

[0008] Further, an entrance guidance system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes:
In the in-facility entrance guidance system, an event venue terminal device provided in each of a plurality of event venues which are installed in the facility and each of which has a theme-specific event is provided, and (A) an event venue provided in the facility If there is a queue of applicants to enter, or if there is an entrance restriction, a wireless terminal to lend to the admission reservation applicant who applies for reservation for entrance to the event venue to carry it as a guide for entrance guidance, (B) receiving an application from the admission reservation applicant, issuing an admission reservation reference number to the admission reservation applicant, and calling the number assigned to the wireless terminal, the admission reservation reference number, and the admission reservation applicant. An admission reservation application reception terminal unit that outputs admission reservation application reception information for event venues including admission reservation applicant information for identifying An entrance / exit status data input terminal unit for inputting data indicating the entrance / exit status to the event venue and outputting event venue entry / exit status information; (D) the entrance reservation application reception terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit A terminal-side interface unit that sends output information from the in-facility central processing unit provided in the facility according to the communication procedure,
Wherein the in-facility central processing unit receives (E) output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit from the terminal side interface unit in accordance with the communication procedure. (F) receiving and processing the output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit from the central processing unit side interface unit, and processing the received information. An admission permission message to be transmitted to the admission permitter including the admission reservation applicant information for identifying the reservation applicant, and for contacting the admission reservation applicant waiting for admission, the event venue Generate and output an entry / exit status message for notifying the entry / exit status and the remaining estimated waiting time of each of the entry reservation applicants. (H) a second mobile radio transmission device for transmitting the entrance permission message and the entrance / exit status message generated by the second data processing device to the radio terminal; A control unit that controls the second data processing device and the second mobile radio transmission device to transmit the entrance permission message and the entrance / exit status message to the wireless terminal at the specified timing. (I) the event venue entry application input terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input provided at each of the plurality of event venues at a predetermined time interval for each of the plurality of event venues. Receiving the event venue entrance reservation application acceptance information and the event venue entrance / exit status information respectively output from the terminal unit; For each of the plurality of event venues, a new admission reservation applicant is added based on the event venue admission reservation application reception information, and an admission reservation applicant list is created, which is a list of the order of application of all the admission reservation applicants, And, for each of the plurality of event venues, based on the event venue entrance / exit status information, calculate the number of people who can newly enter from the event venue capacity and the number of existing visitors and the number of exiters, For the calculated number of persons who can be admitted, read out the admission reservation applicants who have not yet been admitted from the admission reservation applicant list in the order of application and create an admission permission list, and further, A second received data processing unit that calculates the remaining estimated waiting time of all the admission reservation applicants who do not enter the list, (J) the plurality of admission requester lists based on the admission permitted person list; An entrance permission message generating unit (K) for generating the entrance permission message for each event venue, adding the call number assigned to the wireless terminal, and outputting the call number, the entry / exit status data input terminal for each of the plurality of event venues The entrance / exit status based on the event venue entry / exit status information from the section and the remaining estimated waiting time of all admission reservation applicants who do not enter the admission permitted list calculated by the second received data processing unit An entry / exit status message generation unit that generates and outputs a message, wherein the mobile radio transmission device receives the entry permission message from the entry permission message generation unit of the second data processing device, and Is lent to the applicant for admission reservation to the event venue by the calling number of the wireless terminal given to The event venue for each of the plurality of event venues, which calls the wireless terminal carried by the entry space reservation applicant to transmit the entrance permission message, and is output from the entrance / exit status message generation unit. The system is configured to receive the entrance / exit status message, call all the wireless terminals lent to each of the plurality of event venues at once, and transmit the event venue entry / exit status message.

[0009] Further, an entrance guidance system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention comprises:
In the entrance guidance system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the event site terminal device provided at each of the plurality of event sites includes: (A) a facility including a message to the admission reservation applicant waiting for permission to enter the event site. An in-facility communication information input terminal unit for inputting in-flight communication information, wherein the second data processing device at the event site includes:
An in-facility communication information message for informing the in-facility communication information to the admission reservation applicant in a waiting state for entrance permission based on the in-facility communication information input terminal from the in-facility communication information input terminal. An in-facility communication information message generation unit that generates and outputs a message, wherein the mobile radio transmission device is configured to output the in-facility communication information message from the in-facility communication information message generation unit of the second data processing device. Is received, and the call number of the wireless terminal attached to the in-facility communication information message is lent to the admission reservation applicant for the event venue and is called to the wireless terminal carried by the admission reservation applicant. And transmits the in-facility communication information message, and the control unit gives priority to the entrance permission message and the entrance / exit status message to the facility. Contact various information message for transmission to the wireless terminal, configured to control the second data processing device and the second mobile radio transmitting device.

[0010] Further, an entrance guidance system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention provides
In the entrance guidance system according to the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth invention, the wireless terminal is configured using a pager.

[0011] Further, an entrance guidance system according to a seventh aspect of the present invention,
In the entrance guidance system according to the third or fourth invention, the entrance reservation applicant information is a name of the entrance reservation applicant and the number of accompanying persons.

[0012]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an entrance guidance system according to the present invention.

The entrance guidance system according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes event venue terminal devices 1a-1b provided in a plurality of event venues each of which is installed in a facility and in which an event according to a theme is performed. When the output information from the venue terminal devices 1a-1b is received and data processed, the result is processed. If there is a queue of applicants who could not enter due to restrictions on entrance, apply for an entrance reservation and wait for entrance. And an in-facility central processing unit 2 that transmits as entry guidance information to a pager (wireless terminal) lent to a desired applicant.

The event venue terminal device 1a is provided with pagers 3a to 3b lent to admission reservation applicants for admission guidance while waiting for entrance permission, and an admission for accepting an admission application by an input operation of the admission reservation applicant. A reservation application reception terminal 11a, an entrance / exit status data input terminal 12a for inputting data indicating the entrance / exit status to the event venue as entrance / exit status data, and a facility including information to notify the admission reservation applicant. In-facility information input terminal 13a for inputting communication information of the terminal, output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal 11a, entrance / exit status data input terminal 12a, and in-facility information input terminal 13a And an interface unit 15a that sends the data to the in-facility central processing unit 2 provided in the facility according to the communication procedure. The pagers 3a to 3b are included in the event site terminal device 1a as attached devices.

The event site terminal 1b has the same function as the event site terminal 1a, has the same configuration as the event site terminal 1a, and has pagers 4a to 4a.
b, an entrance reservation application receiving terminal 11b, an entrance / exit status data input terminal 12b, an in-facility communication information input terminal 13b, and an interface 15b.

The in-facility central processing unit 2 is provided with an admission reservation application receiving terminal 1 via interface units 15a to 15b.
1a to 11b, entrance / exit status data input terminals 12a to 1
2b and an interface unit 28 for receiving output information from the in-facility communication information input terminal units 13a to 13b in accordance with the communication procedure; an entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit 11a to 11b from the interface unit 28; -12b and in-facility information input terminal 13a
13b, receive and process the output information, and include the admission reservation reference number and the admission applicant information for identifying the admission applicant, the admission message for transmission to the admission person, admission permission To inform the admission reservation applicant who is in a waiting state, an entrance / exit status message to inform the entrance / exit status of the event venue and the estimated remaining waiting time of each admission applicant, and to the admission reservation applicant A data processing device 21 for generating and outputting an in-facility communication information message for notifying the in-facility communication information, and an entrance permission message, an entrance / exit status message, and an in-facility communication information message generated by the data processing device 21; A mobile radio transmitting device 22 transmitting to a pager from a built-in antenna 27 and an entrance permission message and a To send the entry and exit status message to a pager, and a control unit 29 which controls the data processing apparatus 21 and the mobile radio transmitting apparatus 22.

The data processing device 21 includes an event site entry application input terminal, an entry / exit status data input terminal, and an entry / exit status data input terminal provided at the plurality of event venues at predetermined time intervals for the plurality of event venues. Receiving event venue entry reservation application information, event venue entry / exit status information, and facility contact information output from the in-facility contact information input terminal, and accepting event venue admission reservation applications for multiple event venues Based on the information, a new admission reservation applicant has been added, an admission reservation applicant list that is a list of all admission reservation applicants in the order of application is created, and event entry / exit status information is set for each of multiple event venues. Based on the number of participants at the event venue, the number of existing visitors, and the number of exits, calculate the number of people who can newly enter From the list of applicants, read out the reservation admission applicants who have not yet been admitted, by the number of persons who can admit admission calculated in the order of application, create an admission admission list, and then enter the admission admission list. A reception data processing unit 23 that calculates the remaining estimated waiting time of all the no-entry reservation applicants, and an entry permission message is generated for each of a plurality of event venues based on the list of admission persons, and a call number assigned to the pager , An entry permission message generating unit 24 that outputs the entry site information, an event site entry / exit status information from the entry / exit status data input terminal unit for each of the plurality of event sites, and an admission permitted person list calculated by the reception data processing unit. An entrance / exit status message that generates and outputs an entrance / exit status message based on the remaining estimated waiting time of all entry reservation applicants who do not enter A facility for notifying the in-facility communication information to the admission reservation applicant waiting for entrance permission based on the in-facility communication information input from the message generation unit 25 and the in-facility communication information input terminals 13a to 13b. An in-facility communication information message generation unit 26 that generates and outputs an in-house communication various information message.

Next, the general operation will be described.

Event venue terminal devices 1a to 1 shown in FIG.
b, the event including the call number, the entry reservation reference number, and the admission reservation applicant information for identifying the admission reservation applicant assigned to the pager from the entrance reservation application reception terminals 11a to 11b that accept the entrance application. The venue entry reservation application reception information is output, and the interface unit 15
The data is sent to the in-facility central processing unit 2 via a to 15b. This event venue admission reservation application acceptance information shows that visitors entering facilities such as expositions walk sequentially through multiple event venues that are installed in the facility and each theme-based event is held, If you come to an event venue where it is unlikely that you will be able to enter immediately due to a queue of entrance applicants due to entry restrictions etc., make a reservation for entry waiting and once look around other event venues etc. This is output when you make a reservation application that is waiting for your entry to return to the event venue there. In addition, when the host of the event venue inputs data indicating the entrance / exit status to the event venue, the entrance / exit status data input terminal units 12a to 12b of the event venue terminal devices 1a to 1b are input.
From 12b, event venue entry / exit status information, which is data indicating entry / exit status to / from the event venue, is sent to the in-facility central processing unit 2 via the interface units 15a to 15b. Also, from the in-facility communication information input terminals 13a to 13b of the event site terminal devices 1a to 1b, the in-facility communication information including the communication items to the admission reservation applicant waiting for the admission to the event site, that is, The in-facility communication information is transmitted to the in-facility central processing unit 2 via the interface units 15a to 15b.

In the in-facility central processing unit 2, the interface unit 28 is provided with the admission reservation application receiving terminal units 11a to 11 transmitted via the interface units 15a to 15b.
(b) Receives output information from the entry / exit status data input terminals 12a to 12b and the in-facility communication information input terminals 13a to 13b in accordance with a predetermined communication procedure.
The interface unit 28 receives the respective output information and outputs the information to the data processing device 21. The data processing device 21
Upon receiving and processing the output information from the interface unit 28, and sequentially receiving the event venue admission reservation application information transmitted for each of the plurality of event venues at predetermined time intervals, each event venue admission reservation application is received. Based on the information, a new admission reservation applicant is added to create an admission reservation applicant list, which is a list of application orders of all admission reservation applicants for each event venue. In addition, the data processing device 21 includes an entry reservation reference number and an entry reservation applicant information for identifying the entry reservation applicant, an entry permission message to be transmitted to the entry permitter, and an entry waiting for the entry permission. For contacting the reservation applicant, an entrance / exit status message to notify the entry / exit status of the event venue and the remaining estimated waiting time of each admission applicant, and information on the facility to the admission applicant Generates and outputs a communication information message within the facility to inform the user. The mobile radio transmission device 22 transmits the entry permission message, the entry / exit status message, and the in-facility communication information message generated by the data processing device 21 to the pager. The control unit 29 transmits the entry permission message and the entry / exit status message at a predetermined timing to the pager 3a.
3b and the pagers 4a to 4b to control the data processing device 21 and the mobile radio transmission device 22.

Next, the detailed operation will be described.

Here, the operation of the event site terminal device 1a of the plurality of event site terminal devices 1a and 1b having the same function as shown in FIG. 1 will be mainly described.

An admission candidate who has come to an event venue where a line of admission applicants has been formed due to restrictions on entry and is unlikely to be able to enter directly is an event venue terminal device 1a
The user inputs a predetermined item such as a name and the number of accompanying persons by using input means such as a keyboard of the admission reservation application receiving terminal 11a. Admission reservation application reception terminal 1
1a outputs to the admission reservation applicant a pager lending slip on which the admission reservation reference number and the serial number assigned to the pager to be lent to the admission reservation applicant are printed. The admission reservation applicant sends the output pager lending slip to a pager lending window at the event site, and receives the pager lending and carries it. Here, it is assumed that the pager 3a among the pagers 3a to 3b attached to the event site terminal device 1a shown in FIG. 1 is lent.

The admission reservation application receiving terminal 11a
Predetermined predetermined items such as the name of the admission reservation applicant and the number of accompanying persons are inputted, and an admission reservation application is accepted. The admission reservation application reception terminal unit 11a
Creates data in which the name of the admission reservation applicant is associated with the admission reservation reference number issued to the admission reservation applicant, further calls the pager 3a lent to this data, and the admission reservation applicant. The central processing unit in the facility via the interface unit 15a as the event venue entrance reservation application reception information by adding data including the name of the entrance reservation applicant and the number of accompanying persons, which are the entrance reservation applicant information for identifying the event reservation applicant. Send to 2. The event venue admission reservation application reception information transmitted from the entrance reservation application reception terminal unit 11a to the in-facility central processing unit 2 is received by the reception data processing unit 23 of the data processing device 21 via the interface unit 28. The interface unit 28 is connected to the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit 11 from the interface units 15a to 15b.
The output information items a to 11b are sequentially received according to a predetermined communication procedure. The reception data processing unit 23 is a list of the application order of all the admission reservation applicants who have added the new admission reservation applicant based on the event venue admission reservation application reception information sent from the admission reservation application reception terminal unit 11a. Create an admission reservation applicant list.

On the other hand, the entry / exit status data input terminal 12a of the entry reservation application receiving terminal 11a stores data indicating the entry / exit status of the event venue where these terminals are installed, on the side of the organizer of the event venue. The input / output status data input terminal unit 12a sends the input data to the in-facility central processing unit 2 via the interface unit 15a as event site entry / exit status information. The event site entry / exit status information transmitted from the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit 12a to the in-facility central processing unit 2 is received by the reception data processing unit 23 of the data processing device 21 via the interface unit 28. From the entry / exit status data input terminal unit 12a to the in-facility central processing unit 2
The event venue entry / exit status information sent to the data processing unit 21 is received by the reception data processing unit 23 of the data processing device 21 via the interface unit 28. Also in this case, the interface unit 28 sequentially receives the output information of the entry / exit status data input terminal units 12a to 12b from the interface units 15a to 15b in accordance with a predetermined communication procedure. The reception data processing unit 23 also receives the event venue entry / exit status information transmitted from the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit 12a to the in-facility central processing unit 2.

The reception data processing unit 23, based on the event site entry / exit status information sent from the entry / exit status data input terminals 12a to 12b, determines the number of attendees, the number of attendees and the number of exits at each event site. Calculate the number of people who can be newly admitted from the list, and read the admission reservation applicants who have not yet been admitted from the admission reservation applicant list in the order of application for the calculated number of admission possible people, and A list of permitted visitors is created for each event venue, and the remaining estimated waiting time of all admission reservation applicants who are not included in the list of permitted visitors is calculated. At this time, the reception data processing unit 23 sets the entry / exit status data input terminal unit 12a.
It also processes the event venue entry / exit status information sent from the above-mentioned event venue, and based on the event venue entry / exit situation information from the entry / exit situation data input terminal unit 12a, the number of event venues and the number The number of people who can newly enter is calculated from the number of people who have left and the number of people who have left, and the admission reservation applicants who have not yet been admitted from the list of admission reservation applicants for the calculated number of people who can admit. Are read out in the order of application, an admission permitted person list is created, and the remaining estimated waiting time of all admission reservation applicants who are not included in the admission permitted person list is calculated.

When the reception data processing unit 23 completes the creation of the permitted admission list for each event venue and the calculation of the remaining estimated waiting time of all the admission reservation applicants who are not included in the permitted admission person list, To the control unit 29. The control unit 29 that has received the notification activates the entry permission message generation unit 24 and the entry / exit status message generation unit 25, respectively.

The entry permission message generator 24 reads from the reception data processor 23 data of the entry permitter list, the name of the entry reservation applicant, the entry reservation reference number, and the call number assigned to the pager 3a. Based on the read data, the entrance permission message generation unit 24
According to the format of the predetermined admission message to be sent to the admission person, the admission number to inform the admission permission by adding the admission reservation reference number and the admission reservation applicant information for identifying the admission reservation applicant Generate an authorization message.

The entry / exit status message generation unit 25 receives from the reception data processing unit 23 a list of admission reservation applicants who do not enter the admission permitted user list, entry / exit status data of the event venue, and individual entry / entry included in the list. The remaining waiting time of the reservation applicant and the data of the name of the entrance reservation applicant, the entrance reservation reference number, and the call number assigned to the pager 3a are read. Based on the read data, the entrance / exit status message generation unit 25 sends an entry reservation reference number, and an entrance reservation reference number according to a predetermined format of an entrance / exit status message to be transmitted to the entrance reservation applicant who is waiting for entrance permission. Generates entry / exit status data to notify the entry / exit status data of the event venue and the remaining estimated waiting time of each admission applicant by adding the admission applicant information to identify the admission applicant. I do.

The entry permission message generator 24 and the entry / exit status message generator 25 notify the controller 29 of the completion of the message generation, respectively. Upon receiving the notification, the control unit 29 sends the admission permission message to the pager of the admission reservation applicant in the admission permitted person list and the entrance reservation applicant who does not enter the admission / exit status message to the admission permitted person list at a predetermined timing. , An entry permission message generator 24, an entry / exit status message generator 25, and a mobile radio transmission device 22.
And control. In order to transmit any one of the above messages to the pager of each admission reservation applicant, the admission permission message generation unit 24 and the entrance / exit status message generation unit 25 sequentially add the individual admission reservation applicants to the generated messages. , And sequentially output them to the mobile radio transmitting apparatus 22 at the timing instructed by the control unit 29. The mobile radio transmission device 22 sends the entry permission message output from the entry permission message generation unit 24 and the entry / exit status message output from the entry / exit status message generation unit 25 to the pager of the call number assigned to each message. , And sequentially transmitted from the built-in antenna 27 at the timing designated by the control unit 29.

For example, when an entrance reservation applicant carrying the pager 3a is permitted to enter, a message as shown in FIG. 2A is displayed on the display unit 30 of the pager 3a. “Event venue (1)” shown in FIG. 2A is an event venue where the event venue terminal device 1a is installed, and is the first event among a plurality of event venues. Indicates that this is a venue.
When the admission reservation applicant carrying the pager 3a is not yet permitted to enter, the display unit 30 of the pager 3a is displayed.
Displays a message as shown in FIG.

Next, in the case of an emergency call to an admission reservation applicant waiting for admission to the event venue, for example, common communication information within the facility such as a message to be reported when a lost child is found, that is, communication information within the facility. When information is generated, the communication various information input terminals 13a to 13b of the event site terminals 1a to 1b are used.
13b, the above-mentioned notification items in the event that the child is lost are input as in-facility communication information from the communication information input terminal of the nearest event site terminal device. Here, it is assumed that the in-facility contact information has been input from the contact information input terminal 13a by the organizer of the event venue. The in-facility contact information input from the contact information input terminal unit 13a is transmitted to the interface unit 15a and the interface unit 28.
Is transmitted to the reception data processing unit 23 via At this time, the in-facility communication information input from the communication information input terminal unit 13a is transmitted by the communication procedure between the interface unit 15a and the interface unit 28 according to the above-described event venue admission reservation application reception information and event venue The interruption is performed during the transmission of the entrance / exit status information. The received data processing unit 23 that has received the in-facility communication information notifies the control unit 29 of this fact. The control unit 29 that has received the notification activates the in-facility communication various information message generation unit 26.

In-facility communication information message generator 26
Reads out the in-facility communication information from the reception data processing unit 23. In-facility communication information message generator 26
Are the event venue terminal devices 1a-1
Regardless of whether the information is input from any of the in-facility communication information input terminals 13a to 13b, the in-facility communication information is applied to all the pagers rented out by applying for an admission reservation using the event site terminal devices 1a to 1b. The data of the call number assigned to all of the lent pagers is read from the reception data processing unit 23 so that the message is transmitted. The in-facility communication information message generating unit 26 generates an in-facility communication information message for informing the in-facility communication information to the admission reservation applicant who is waiting for entrance permission based on the in-facility communication information. When the generation of the message is completed, the in-facility communication various information message generation unit 26 notifies the control unit 29 of this.

Upon receiving the notification, the control unit 29 moves with the in-facility communication information message generating unit 26 to transmit the in-facility communication information message to the pagers of all the admission reservation applicants at a predetermined timing. It controls the wireless transmission device 22. The in-facility communication information message generation unit 26 sequentially assigns the pager call numbers of the individual admission reservation applicants to the generated in-facility communication various information messages, and is instructed by the control unit 29 to the mobile radio transmission device 22. Output sequentially at the timing. The mobile wireless transmission device 22 includes:
The in-facility communication information messages output from the in-facility communication information message generation unit 26 are sequentially transmitted to the pager of the call number assigned to each in-facility communication information message at the timing designated by the control unit 29. Send. A message as shown in FIG. 2C is displayed on the display units 30 of all the pagers.

In the above description, the event venue terminal device 1
As described in the case of applying for an admission reservation to the first event venue where a is installed, the display unit 30 of the pager 3a
In the range permitted by the display space of, after applying for an entrance reservation to the first event venue, it is also possible to apply for an entrance reservation to a plurality of other event venues. For example, after applying for an admission reservation to the first event venue, and applying for an admission reservation to the nth event venue where the event venue terminal device 1b is installed, the display unit 30 of the pager 3a is displayed. As shown in FIG. 2 (d), an admission permission message is displayed for the reservation application for the first event venue, and the remaining estimated waiting time for the reservation application for the nth event venue. Displayed as 20 minutes.

As described above, since each event venue uses the in-facility central processing unit 2 in common, the admission reservation applicant does not need to carry a pager for each event venue. You can receive information about the status of entry and exit from the event venue.

[0038]

As described above, the admission guide system of the present invention can be applied to an admission reservation applicant when there is a queue of applicants to the event venue provided in the facility or when there is an entrance restriction. Enter the admission reservation application receiving means for accepting the admission reservation application, the wireless terminal to be lent when the admission reservation application is accepted by the admission reservation application receiving means, and input data of the entrance / exit status of the event venue Means for inputting / leaving status data for inputting and receiving the application for admission reservation, which is information relating to acceptance of the application for admission reservation output from the application means for receiving admission reservation, and the event venue output from the input / output status data input means. It is determined whether or not to permit the entrance reservation applicant to enter based on the entrance / exit status data which is the data indicating the entrance / exit status of the entrance reservation Data processing means, an admission permission message generating means for generating a message informing the admission reservation applicant of a result of the admission judgment by the data processing means, and a message generated by the admission permission message generating means, By providing a wireless transmission means for transmitting to the wireless terminal lent to the reservation applicant, the admission reservation applicant, when approaching the order to enter the event venue, by the loaned wireless terminal,
A message notifying that the order of entry is approaching can be received immediately from the mobile wireless transmission means. No more waiting in queues, and you can see other less crowded event venues until you are notified that your turn has arrived at the venue you want to enter This has the effect that the entrance waiting time can be used effectively.

Further, by providing an entrance / exit status message generating means, the admission reservation applicant receives information on the status of entrance / exit to the event site desired to enter and information on the remaining estimated waiting time. It has the effect that it can be done.

The data processing means, the entrance permission message generating means, the entrance / exit status message generating means, and the wireless transmission means are commonly used in each event venue, so that a person who wants to enter each event venue is provided. Is
Only one common wireless terminal needs to be carried in each event venue, and the one wireless terminal can receive a message from each event venue.

Further, in-facility communication information input means for inputting in-facility communication information including information to the admission reservation applicant waiting for admission to the event venue is provided in each of the event venues. The in-facility communication information message generating means for generating and outputting the in-facility communication information message for notifying the admission reservation applicant of the in-facility communication information is provided in common in each of the event venues. The admission reservation applicant who has lent the terminal has the effect of being able to receive a message about information on entertainment in the facility or emergency information such as the occurrence of a lost child.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an entrance guidance system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a message displayed on a pager used as a wireless terminal in the entrance guidance system of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a, 1b Event venue terminal device 2 Central processing unit in facility 3a, 3b Pager 4a, 4b Pager 11a, 11b Entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit 12a, 12b Entrance / exit situation data input terminal unit 13a, 13b In-facility communication various information input terminal Units 15a, 15b Interface unit 21 Data processing unit 22 Mobile radio transmission unit 23 Received data processing unit 24 Entrance permission message generation unit 25 Entrance / exit status message generation unit 26 In-facility communication various information message generation unit 28 Interface unit 29 Control unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] A means for accepting an application for admission reservation when there is a queue of applicants to enter an event venue provided in said facility or when there is an entrance restriction, When the admission reservation applicant who made the admission reservation is approaching the event venue in turn, a message notifying the admission reservation applicant that the admission has become available is sent to the admission reservation applicant. Means for transmitting to the lent wireless terminal. 2. An entrance guidance system in a facility,
(A) When there is a queue of applicants to the event venue provided in the facility or when there is an entrance restriction,
An admission reservation application accepting means for accepting an admission reservation application by an admission reservation applicant; (B) a wireless terminal to be lent when an admission reservation application is accepted by the admission reservation application accepting means; (C) an event venue Entry / exit status data input means for inputting entry / exit status data of
(D) Admission reservation application reception information, which is information relating to reception of an application for admission reservation output from the admission reservation application reception means, and the status of entry / exit to the event venue output from the entrance / exit status data input means. Data processing means for determining whether to permit entry to the entrance reservation applicant based on entrance / exit status data which is data,
(E) an admission permission message generating means for generating a message for notifying the admission reservation applicant of a result of the admission judgment by the data processing means, and (F) a message generated by the admission permission message generating means for the admission reservation message. A wireless transmission means for transmitting to the wireless terminal lent to the applicant; 3. An entrance guidance system in a facility, comprising: (A) an event venue terminal device provided in each of a plurality of event venues which are installed in the facility and in which an event according to a theme is performed. When there is a queue of applicants to the event venue that has been set up or when there are restrictions on entry, to have the admission reservation applicant who applies for reservation for the event venue carry it as a guide for admission guidance A wireless terminal to be lent, (B) receiving an application from the admission reservation applicant, issuing an admission reservation reference number to the admission reservation applicant, calling a number assigned to the wireless terminal, the admission reservation reference number, and An admission reservation application receiving terminal unit that outputs event venue admission reservation application reception information including admission reservation applicant information for identifying the admission reservation applicant; (C) an entry / exit status data input terminal unit for inputting data indicating the entry / exit status of the event site, and outputting event site entry / exit status information, (D) the entry reservation application reception terminal unit and the entry / exit status A terminal-side interface unit that sends output information from a data input terminal unit to the in-facility central processing unit provided in the facility according to the communication procedure, and the in-facility central processing unit includes:
(E) a central processing unit-side interface unit that receives output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit from the terminal-side interface unit in accordance with the communication procedure; and (F) the central processing unit. Receiving and processing the output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit from the side interface unit, and processing the entrance reservation application number and the entrance reservation application for identifying the entrance reservation applicant The first data processing device for generating and outputting an admission permission message for transmitting to the admission permitted person including the user information, and (G) transmitting the admission permission message generated by the first data processing device to the wireless communication device. A first mobile radio transmission device for transmitting to the terminal,
The first data processing device is configured to: (H) receive the event venue entry reservation application output from the entrance reservation application acceptance terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit respectively provided at the plurality of event venues; Information and the event venue entry / exit status information, and for each of the plurality of event venues, a new entrance reservation applicant has been added based on the event venue entrance reservation application acceptance information, and all of the entrance reservation applicants have applied. Create an admission reservation applicant list, which is a list in order, and, for each of the plurality of event venues, based on the event venue entrance / exit status information,
The number of people who can newly enter is calculated from the number of people at the event venue, the number of existing visitors, and the number of people who have left the event venue, and the calculated number of people who can enter is displayed in the admission reservation applicant list. A first received data processing unit that reads out the admission reservation applicants who have not yet been admitted in the order of application and creates an admission admission list, (I) based on the admission admission list, for each of the plurality of event venues, An admission permission message generating unit for generating an admission permission message, adding a call number assigned to the wireless terminal, and outputting the call permission message, wherein the mobile radio transmission device is configured to transmit the admission permission message of the first data processing device. Receiving the entrance permission message from the generation unit, the call number of the wireless terminal attached to the entrance permission message, to the event venue Admission guidance system and transmits the admission message and call to the radio terminal to which the admission reservation applicant is lent to place reservation applicant is mobile. 4. An in-facility entrance guidance system, comprising: (A) an event venue terminal device provided in each of a plurality of event venues, each of which is installed in the facility and in which a theme-specific event is performed; When there is a queue of applicants to the event venue that has been set up or when there are restrictions on entry, to have the admission reservation applicant who applies for reservation for the event venue carry it as a guide for admission guidance A wireless terminal to be lent, (B) receiving an application from the admission reservation applicant, issuing an admission reservation reference number to the admission reservation applicant, calling a number assigned to the wireless terminal, the admission reservation reference number, and An admission reservation application receiving terminal unit that outputs event venue admission reservation application reception information including admission reservation applicant information for identifying the admission reservation applicant; (C) an entry / exit status data input terminal unit for inputting data indicating the entry / exit status of the event site, and outputting event site entry / exit status information, (D) the entry reservation application reception terminal unit and the entry / exit status A terminal-side interface unit that sends output information from a data input terminal unit to the in-facility central processing unit provided in the facility according to the communication procedure, and the in-facility central processing unit includes:
(E) a central processing unit-side interface unit that receives output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit from the terminal-side interface unit in accordance with the communication procedure; and (F) the central processing unit. Receiving and processing the output information from the entrance reservation application receiving terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal unit from the side interface unit, and processing the entrance reservation application number and the entrance reservation application for identifying the entrance reservation applicant Admission message for sending to the admission person including the admission information, and for contacting the admission reservation applicant who is waiting for admission, the entry / exit status of the event venue and the individual admission reservation application A second data processing device for generating and outputting an entrance / exit status message for notifying a remaining estimated waiting time of a user, (G) the second data processing device; A second mobile radio transmission device for transmitting the entrance permission message and the entrance / exit status message generated by the data processing device to the wireless terminal; (H) the entrance permission message and the entrance / exit status at a predetermined timing; A control unit that controls the second data processing device and the second mobile wireless transmission device to transmit a message to the wireless terminal;
(I) The event venue entry application input terminal unit and the entrance / exit status data input terminal respectively provided at the plurality of event venues at a predetermined time interval for each of the plurality of event venues. Receiving the event venue admission reservation application reception information and the event venue entrance / exit status information respectively output from the department, and for each of the plurality of event venues, based on the event venue admission reservation acceptance information, the new admission applicant Create an admission reservation applicant list, which is a list of application order of all the admission reservation applicants, and, for each of the plurality of event venues, based on the event venue entrance / exit status information, Calculate the number of people who can newly enter from the number of people, the number of existing visitors and the number of people who have left,
For the calculated number of persons who can be admitted, read out the admission reservation applicants who have not yet been admitted from the admission reservation applicant list in the order of application and create an admission permission list, and further, A second received data processing unit for calculating the remaining estimated waiting time of all the admission reservation applicants who are not included in the list; (J) the admission message is output for each of the plurality of event venues based on the admission list. An admission permission message generating unit (K) for generating and giving a call number assigned to the wireless terminal and outputting the event venue entry / exit status information from the entrance / exit situation data input terminal unit for each of the plurality of event venues And the remaining estimated waiting time of all the admission reservation applicants who do not enter the admission permitted list calculated by the second reception data processing unit An entry / exit status message generation unit that generates and outputs the entry / exit status message, wherein the mobile radio transmission device transmits the entry / exit message from the entrance / entry message generation unit of the second data processing device. Receiving the call, calling the wireless terminal carried by the admission reservation applicant and renting the admission reservation applicant to the event venue by the call number of the radio terminal attached to the admission message, and entering the admission Sending a permission message, and also output from the entrance / exit status message generation unit, receive the event venue entrance / exit status message for each of the plurality of event venues,
An entrance guidance system, wherein all the wireless terminals lent to each of the plurality of event venues are called at once and the event venue entrance / exit status message is transmitted. 5. The entrance guidance system according to claim 4, wherein the event venue terminal devices provided at the plurality of event venues respectively comprise: (A) the entrance reservation applicant waiting for the entrance permission to the event venue; An in-facility communication information input terminal for inputting in-facility communication information including communication items, wherein the second data processing device at the event venue comprises: (B) the in-facility communication information input terminal In-facility communication that generates and outputs an in-facility communication information message for informing the admission reservation applicant in the entrance permission waiting state of the in-facility communication information based on the in-facility communication information input from the department. An information message generation unit, wherein the mobile radio transmission device is configured to transmit the in-facility communication information message from the in-facility communication information message generation unit of the second data processing device. The message is received, and the call number of the wireless terminal attached to the in-facility communication information message is lent to the admission reservation applicant for the event venue and is transmitted to the radio terminal carried by the admission reservation applicant. To call and transmit the in-facility communication information message, the control unit transmits the in-facility communication information message to the wireless terminal in preference to the entrance permission message and the entrance / exit status message, An entrance guidance system for controlling the second data processing device and the second mobile radio transmission device. 6. The entrance guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the entrance guidance system according to claim 1,
The entrance guidance system, wherein the wireless terminal is a pager. 7. The entrance guidance system according to claim 3, wherein said entrance reservation applicant information is the name of the entrance reservation applicant and the number of accompanying persons.