KR20060097365A - Apparatus and method for ride scheduling at an amusement park - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing an order of use of a play equipment, the position information of the user by GPS, the position information of the play equipment by a predetermined wireless communication means installed in the amusement park and the waiting personnel for each play equipment. An apparatus and method are provided for providing an order of use of a playground equipment by using information to enable a user to use a playground equipment selected by a user at a shortest distance or a minimum time.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for providing an order of use of a play equipment may include: a receiver configured to receive a location of a user, a list of the play equipment selected by the user, and waiting person information on the play equipment; The position extraction unit for extracting the position of the ride, and the order of using the ride in the shortest distance or minimum time using the location of the received user, the received waiting personnel information and the location of the extracted rides And a transmitter for transmitting a path extraction unit for extracting and an order in which the extracted play equipment can be used.

Rides, order of use, GPS, terminal, user's unique information, location code

Description

Apparatus and method for ride scheduling at an amusement park}

1 is a diagram showing a system for providing an order of use of a play equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing an apparatus for providing an order of use of a play equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a table showing unique information of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an order of use of a playground equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an order of using a playground equipment based on unique information of a user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a ride order using a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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210: receiver 220: transmitter

230: storage unit 240: control unit

250: location extraction unit 260: path extraction unit

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing an order of use of a playground equipment, and more particularly, to a user's position information by a satellite positioning system (GPS) and a predetermined radio installed in an amusement park. Apparatus for providing the order of use of the rides to enable the user to use the ride selected by the user at the shortest distance or the minimum time by using the position information of the rides by the communication means and the waiting personnel information for each rides; It is about a method.

A user who wants to use a ride in a conventional amusement park uses a map and other guide handouts provided by the amusement park to a place where a desired ride is located and uses the ride. Here, the map and guide handouts indicate the location of the amusement facilities provided by the amusement park, and the convenience facilities such as restaurants, canteens, toilets, etc., and the user may move them to the corresponding rides or facilities.

In this case, it is assumed that the user knows his or her location on the map in order to move to a corresponding ride or facility. It is not easy to determine the location of the user by matching the picture on the map with the actual facility. If you are in, location becomes more difficult.

In addition, even if the movement is completed, the user may look for other rides or amenities if there are more waiting people than expected to use the rides or amenities.

Therefore, there is a need for a system that easily locates its own location in an amusement park and moves to a ride or facility so that the ride or facility is available in less time.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-0059961 provides a user with a PDA with a GPS receiver module when entering an amusement park, and then makes an optimal reservation by referring to information on checking a user's moving position and a reservation status of a playground equipment. It is disclosed that the reservation time is displayed, which merely provides a reservation service for the rides and is not considered for travel time and waiting time.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. Hei 10-160818 provides information such as the user's current location, the order in which the rides to the destination can be used, the travel time, and the ride wait time using a terminal with a built-in GPS receiver module. It is disclosed that this is only for one ride and no service is provided for the use of rides throughout the amusement park.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for enabling a user to use a ride selected by a user at a shortest distance or a minimum time using location information of a user, location information of a ride, and information on waiting equipment for a ride. There is this.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a customized service to each user by using the unique information on the usage status of the rides for each user.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for providing an order of use of a play equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiving unit for receiving a location of a user, a list of the play equipment selected by the user, and waiting person information for the play equipment. A location extracting unit for extracting a location of the play equipment by referring to a stored map, and using the received location of the user, the received waiting staff information, and the location of the extracted play equipment, at a shortest distance or at a minimum time; And a path extracting unit for extracting the order in which the apparatus can be used, and a transmitting unit transmitting the order in which the extracted play equipment can be used.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of using a play equipment, the method comprising: receiving a location of a user, a list of the play equipment selected by the user, and waiting person information on the play equipment; Extracting the position of the ride, and extracting an order in which the ride can be used in the shortest distance or the minimum time by using the received user's position, the received waiting personnel information, and the extracted position of the ride. And transmitting an order in which the extracted rides can be used.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing a system for providing an order of use of a play equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The system includes a user terminal 110, a central server 120, and a play equipment 130.

The user terminal 110, such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a wireless laptop, receives a GPS signal from a GPS satellite to confirm its location, and checks its own location and selected rides 130 of the ride. It serves to send the list to the central server (120). Therefore, the user terminal 110 is preferably provided with a GPS receiving module, it is preferable that a predetermined communication module for communicating with the central server 120 is provided. In addition, the user terminal 110 is preferably provided with a display unit that can display the order to use the rides received from the central server (120).

The user terminal 110 is preferably provided with a separate dedicated program to communicate with the central server 120, the dedicated program may be received and installed through a wired or wireless communication method.

The central server 120 receives from the user terminal 110 a list of the position of the user terminal 110 and a list of the rides 130 selected by the user, and refers to the stored map of the rides 130 selected by the user. After confirming the position serves to transmit to the user terminal 110 an order in which the ride 130 is available at the shortest distance or minimum time. At this time, the central server 120 may receive the waiting personnel information from each of the rides 130 and use it to extract the order in which the rides 130 can be used.

In addition, the central server 120 stores the user's unique information, and when the user requests a ride usage order based on the user's unique information, the central server 120 transfers the ride usage order according to the user's unique information to the user terminal 110. You can also send. Here, the unique information of the user may include the preferred ride according to the age, gender, and weather of the user, the number of times the preferred ride is used, and the use time of the amusement park.

The play equipment 130 serves to transmit waiting personnel information to the central server 120. At this time, the waiting personnel information by the play equipment 130 may be transmitted in real time, or may be transmitted at the request of the central server 120. Therefore, it is preferable that the play equipment 130 is equipped with the means which can confirm a waiting person.

As a means for confirming the waiting personnel, a method by a reservation person or a sensor method for the corresponding ride 130 may be used. In this case, the reservation method is based on the real-time reservation number and ride user status when the user makes a reservation at the ticket office of the ride 130 or by using a wireless terminal (mobile phone, PDA, wireless laptop, etc.). This is how you can check the number of people. In other words, the total number of reservations minus the number of ride users (the number of people discharged after use of the ride) becomes the waiting number. On the other hand, the sensor-based method is a method of confirming the waiting personnel by installing the sensor in the place of the waiting space where the user who wants to use the ride 130 is waiting.

In the system for providing a play order using the present invention, a communication method between the user terminal 110 and the central server 120 may be provided by a direct information providing method such as wireless Internet (802.11) or WiBro (Wireless Broadband) and an internet connection. Indirect information provision may be used.

In the case of the direct information providing method, the user terminal 110 may directly transmit and receive information by wirelessly communicating with the central server 120. For this purpose, the user terminal 110 may perform wireless Internet or WiBro wireless communication. It is preferable that a module is provided.

On the other hand, in the indirect information providing method, the user terminal 110 can transmit and receive information with the central server 120 over the Internet, for this purpose, it is preferable that the central server 120 is provided with a home page for the user interface. Here, the home page for the user interface may be installed in a separate server, wherein the central server 120 transmits and receives information with the user terminal 110 by wired or wireless communication with a separate server.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing a play order according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which corresponds to a central server 120 and includes a storage unit 230, a receiver unit 210, and a location extractor unit 250. ), A path extractor 260, a controller 240, and a transmitter 220.

The storage unit 230 stores the unique information of the user. The unique information of the user may include a user's preferred ride according to the age, gender, and weather, the number of times the user uses the preferred ride, and the usage time of the amusement park. The unique information of the user is preferably updated every time the user visits the amusement park and uses the rides 130 or amenities. The user terminal 110 can reserve the use of the rides or pay for the amenities. It may be automatically updated when the information is input directly by the user or updated.

The user's unique information is constantly updated, and the user may be provided with a ride order using his own information at a later visit to the amusement park.

In addition, the storage unit 230 is preferably stored in the map of the amusement park, the stored map is preferably matched with the location code for the location of each zone as well as the location of the ride 130 and amenities. . Here, the location code may include information of longitude and latitude as information for identifying each location in the amusement park, and may include a bearing unit (2D or 3D) manufactured separately. In this case, when a separately prepared azimuth unit is used, it is preferable that a conversion means capable of converting a user's position by a GPS satellite received from the user terminal 110 is provided, and a three-dimensional azimuth unit is used. In this case, it is preferable to receive GPS location information from the user terminal 110 accordingly.

The receiver 210 receives a user's location and a list of the rides 130 selected by the user from the user terminal 110, and receives waiting person information on the rides 130 from the ride 130. do.

The user terminal 110 incorporating the GPS reception module may generate its own location information by analyzing radio waves received from a plurality of GPS satellites, which are transmitted to the central server 120. Here, the location information corresponds to the location of the user identified by the GPS reception module, and the reception unit 210 receives the location information.

The reception unit 210 also receives a list of the rides 130 selected by the user. The location of the user and the list of the rides 130 are determined by using the wireless communication method such as 802.11 wireless Internet or WiBro. It is received through session communication between the terminal (110).

On the other hand, the receiving unit 210 receives the waiting personnel information for the play equipment 130 from the play equipment 130, the communication method with the play equipment 130, similar to the user terminal 110, such as 802.11 wireless Internet or WiBro This may be used, or wired communication means provided in the amusement park may be used.

Accordingly, the receiver 210 may be separated into a first receiver (not shown) for communication with the user terminal 110 and a second receiver (not shown) for communication with the play equipment 130.

The location extraction unit 250 serves to extract the location of the play equipment 130 selected by the user with reference to the map stored in the storage 230. In other words, the two-dimensional or three-dimensional azimuth value for the selected play equipment 130 is extracted.

The path extractor 260 uses the location of the user received from the user terminal 110, the location of the ride 130 received from the location extractor 250, and the waiting personnel information received from the ride 130. It serves to extract the order in which the rides 130 can be used in the shortest distance or the minimum time.

At this time, in the case of extracting the order in which the play equipment 130 can be used at the shortest distance, the path extractor 260 may not consider waiting person information of the play equipment 130.

However, when extracting the order in which the rides 130 can be used for the minimum time, the path extractor 260 determines the order in which the rides 130 can be used in consideration of the waiting personnel information of the rides 130. Although it is preferable to extract, the order in which the play equipment 130 may be used may be extracted according to the movement speed of the user and the change of waiting personnel. In other words, if there are rides A with fewer waiters and rides B with more waiters at this point in time, if A's wait-rate growth rate is significantly higher than B's, after waiting for the user to complete There could be more. Therefore, the path extracting unit 260 extracts the order in which the play equipment 130 can be used according to the movement speed of the user and the change of the waiting number, and the discharge rate of the waiting number per unit time may be considered.

As described above, the central server 120 may extract an order in which the play equipment 130 may be used at the shortest distance or the minimum time by using user-specific information stored in the storage 230. The 210 receives a path extracting request message based on user specific information from the user terminal 110, and the location extracting unit 250 and the path extracting unit 260 play the equipment 130 according to the information included in the user specific information. Position and the order in which the ride 130 is available.

The transmitter 220 transmits the usage order of the play equipment 130 extracted by the path extractor 260 to the user terminal 110. Like the receiver 210, the transmitter 220 may communicate with the user terminal 110 by using a communication method such as 802.11 wireless Internet or WiBro, and the receiver 210 and the transmitter 220 are configured as one module. May be

The controller 240 performs overall control of the storage 230, the receiver 210, the location extractor 250, the path extractor 260, the transmitter 220, and the central server 120.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 110 is preferably a mobile phone, PDA or wireless laptop, etc., a separate dedicated program to exchange information with the central server 120 It is preferable to be installed. The dedicated program may be installed in the user terminal 110 using a wired or wireless communication means (serial communication, USB, bus communication, wireless Internet and infrared communication, etc.), and is preferably provided from the central server 120. The user terminal 110 includes a location checker 330, an information transmitter 320, an information receiver 310, a display 350, and a controller 340.

The positioning unit 330 including the GPS receiving module serves to extract position information of the user terminal 110 by receiving radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites. In this case, two-dimensional or three-dimensional location information may be extracted according to the performance of the GPS receiving module.

The information transmitter 320 transmits the location information extracted by the location checker 330 and a list of the play equipment 130 selected by the user. The information transmitter 320 performs a session connection with the central server 120 using a wireless communication method such as 802.11 wireless Internet or WiBro, and transmits information through the session. In addition, the information transmitter 320 may transmit a path extraction request message by the user.

The information receiver 310 receives a sequence in which the play equipment 130 can be used in the shortest distance or the minimum time from the central server 120 using a wireless communication scheme such as 802.11 wireless Internet or WiBro, similar to the information transmitter 320. It plays a role.

The order in which the received rides 130 can be used is transmitted to the display 350, and the display 350 outputs the order in which the rides 130 can be used according to the format of the received information on the screen. .

The order in which the rides 130 may be used may be received as text, or may be received as the location information of the rides 130. When received as text, the display 350 outputs a list of the rides 130 on the screen in order, and when received as position information, the display 350 displays an image of the positions of the rides 130 as images. The order in which the rides 130 may be used may be displayed, and for this purpose, a map storage unit (not shown) in which a map of an amusement park is stored may be provided. Here, it is preferable that the map of the map storage unit (not shown) be stored when a dedicated program is installed in the user terminal 110.

The controller 340 performs overall control of the location checker 330, the information transmitter 320, the information receiver 310, the display 350, and the user terminal 110.

For reference, the user terminal 110 may include a path extraction unit (not shown). Basically, the path extracting unit 260 for extracting the order in which the play equipment 130 can be used in the shortest distance or the minimum time is installed in the central server 120, and the user terminal 110 simply receives the information. It can only play the role of output. However, when there are many users who want to receive the order service that can use the play equipment 130, it may be difficult to provide real time information due to the overload of the central server 120. Therefore, the central server 120 transmits only waiting personnel information from each of the rides 130 to the user terminal 110, and the path extraction unit of the user terminal 110 in order of using the rides 130. Not shown).

4 is a table showing unique information of a user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The unique information of a user includes preferred rides according to age, gender, and weather, the number of times of use of rides, and the use time.

The path extractor 260 of the central server 120 automatically selects the ride 130 based on the user's personal information and existing tastes, not the list of the rides 130 selected by the user. It is also possible to provide an order that can be used in minimum time.

A user who visits the amusement park for the first time can use his or her personal information (gender, age), weather, ride time, etc. to the central server 120 through the user terminal 110 to use the optimal ride 130. The user may be provided with an order, and the visited user may be provided with an order of using the optimum rides 130 by transmitting only the weather to the central server 120. In this case, the first visitor or the existing visitor may input the necessary rides, and the path extractor 260 of the central server 120 may use the rides 130 suitable for a given use time or existing use time. Extract the order in which

For example, when the first-time visitor inputs his / her personal information, weather, and usage time (10 o'clock to 12 o'clock or 2 hours), the route extractor 260 is suitable for the personal information and the weather, and from 10 o'clock. Extract and provide the order of the rides 130 available to the user within 2 hours, if the existing visited user enters only the weather, it is suitable for the stored personal information and the weather, during the time by the time of using the amusement park The order of the play equipment 130 available to the user is extracted and provided. In this case, the central server 120 may transmit a plurality of orders to the user terminal 110 when there are a plurality of orders for using the rides 130 meeting the conditions.

The unique information of the user is preferably updated after each use of the play equipment. The user's unique information may be updated manually by the user or automatically updated after a certain time.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an order of use of a playground equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user transmits his or her location and a list of selected rides by using the user terminal 110, the reception unit 210 receives and transmits it to the control unit 240 (S510). Accordingly, the control unit 240 confirms that the received information is not a path extraction request based on the unique information of the user, and causes the location extraction unit 250 to extract the location of the play equipment 130 (S520). . Meanwhile, the waiting personnel information may be received from the corresponding rides 130 whenever the central server 120 requests, and the waiting personnel information for all the rides 130 is automatically updated every predetermined time. It may be stored in the server 120, in order to reduce the communication load of the central server 120, it is preferable that the waiting personnel information for the entire play equipment 130 is received and updated every predetermined time.

When the position of the play equipment 130 is extracted by the position extractor 250, the path extractor 260 may use the position of the user, the waiting staff information, and the position of the play equipment 130 at the shortest distance or the minimum time. An order in which the play equipment 130 may be used is extracted (S530). In this case, the path extractor 260 may refer to the moving time of the user and the increase / decrease speed of the waiting personnel.

The order in which the extracted rides 130 may be used is transmitted to the user terminal 110 through the transmitter 220 in the form of text or position information of the rides 130 (S540). At this time, the usage completion time and waiting time for each of the play equipment 130 may be further transmitted.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an order of using a playground equipment based on unique information of a user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

When the reception unit 210 receives an order request message for using the amusement ride 130 based on the user's unique information from the user terminal 110 (S610), the received control unit 240 is the first visitor or the existing visitor. It is determined whether the user (S620). At this time, the control unit 240 may use the unique code assigned to the existing visited user, or may use the login information.

Thus, when the receiver 210 is the first visited user, the user's personal information (gender, age, etc.) is received (S630), and when the information is transmitted to the path extractor 260 through the controller 240, the path extractor 260 extracts an order in which the rides can be used at the shortest distance or the minimum time (S640), and in the case of an existing visiting user, extracts an order in which the rides can be used at the shortest distance or the minimum time (S640).

The user may provide a path extraction condition to the central server 120, and the condition may include weather, time of use, and required play equipment. Accordingly, the path extracting unit 260 extracts the order in which the ride equipment 130 that meets the conditions can be used. If no condition is provided from the user, the path extraction unit 260 automatically extracts the ride equipment according to the existing user-specific information. 130 may be selected and a usage order thereof may be extracted.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a ride order using a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user may be provided with an order in which the amusement equipment 130 may be used in the shortest distance or the minimum time from the central server 120 through the user terminal 110 or the dedicated terminal provided in the amusement park.

The user terminal 110 first receives and executes a dedicated program using a wired or wireless communication method (S710), and checks whether the user is an initial visitor or an existing visitor (S720). Thus, if the first visited user receives the user's personal information (S730) and receives the login information is sent to the central server 120 (S740), if the existing visited user immediately receives the login information to the central server 120 Transmit (S740).

Then, a path extraction condition is input from the user. Here, the path extraction conditions may include weather, time of use, and the necessary rides 130. The received path extraction condition is transmitted to the central server 120 through the information transmitter 320 (S750), and receives the use order of the rides in the form of text or position information of the rides 130 (S760). ). The received information is output on the screen through the display unit 350 (S770), the waiting time and the end time in each of the play equipment 130 may be output.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

According to the apparatus and method for providing the order of use of the play equipment of the present invention as described above, there are one or more of the following effects.

First, by using the user's location information, the location information of the rides and the information on the play equipment waiting personnel, the user can save time and convenience by allowing the user to use the selected rides in the shortest distance or the minimum time. There is an advantage.

Second, there is an advantage in providing convenience to the user by providing a customized service to each user by using the unique information on the usage status of the rides for each user.

Claims (5)

A receiving unit for receiving a location of a user, a list of rides selected by the user, and waiting person information on the rides; A location extraction unit for extracting a location of the play equipment with reference to a stored map; A path extracting unit configured to extract an order in which the play equipment can be used at the shortest distance or the minimum time by using the received location of the user, the received waiting staff information and the location of the extracted play equipment; And And a transmitter for transmitting an order in which the extracted rides can be used. The method of claim 1, And the path extracting unit is configured to provide an order of use of the play equipment for extracting an order in which the play equipment according to the stored user's unique information can be used in the shortest distance or the minimum time. The method of claim 2, And the unique information of the user includes a preferred ride according to the age, gender, and weather of the user, the number of use of the preferred ride, and the use time of the amusement park. Receiving a location of a user, a list of rides selected by the user, and waiting personnel information for the rides; Extracting the location of the ride with reference to a stored map; Extracting an order in which the playground equipment can be used at the shortest distance or the minimum time by using the received user location, the received waiting staff information, and the location of the extracted playground equipment; And Transmitting an order in which the extracted rides can be used. The method of claim 4, wherein The extracting of the order may include providing an order of use of the play equipment for extracting an order in which the play equipment according to the stored unique information of the user may be used at the shortest distance or the minimum time.

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