JPH05324689A - Seat reserving terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To promote the efficiency of the selection of a seat, and to reduce data quantity by using three-dimensional picture generation processing to read out the sketch drawing and the three-dimensional shape data of a meeting place, and execute hidden surface processing and shading processing from a viewpoint and the direction of a line of sight. CONSTITUTION:When items such as a date, a place, and the number of persons, etc., required for issuing a ticket are inputted from a keyboard 17, inputted data is sent to a center by a line processing part 14 through an input part 16, and a result from the center is received. Next, it is confirmed whether there is a vacant seat or not by data from the center, and if there is the vacant seat, a vacant seat state is displayed by a display part 20, and further, the sketch drawing and the three-dimensional shape data of the corresponding meeting place are read out of a recording part 24 based on this data, and the desired seat is selected from among the vacant seats, and the viewpoint and the direction of the line of sight are set by referring to height, etc. Then, the implicit hidden surface processing and the shading processing are executed in a three-dimensional picture generating part 23, and a scene picture seen from the seat is generated, and if this seat is decided, ticket issuing procedure is executed by a printing part 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seat reservation terminal device which communicates with a center device through a communication line to reserve seats and issue tickets for events such as concerts.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional seat reservation terminal device communicates with a center device through a communication line, displays the seat reservation status of an event such as a concert performed on the screen in characters, and reserves / issues a desired seat. It was supposed to do.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the overall construction of a conventional seat reservation terminal device 10. In FIG.
Performs the overall control of the seat reservation terminal device 10 by using the working RAM 13 as appropriate according to the program stored in the program ROM 12.

Further, the seat reservation terminal device 10 has an input section 16 for inputting a desired date, seat, etc. from a keyboard 16.
Or a line processing unit 14 for communicating the input data with the center via the communication line 15, a display unit 20 and a CRT 21 for displaying the result from the center in characters, and a printing unit 18 and a printer 19 for issuing a ticket issuing procedure. Was undergoing the procedure.

Further, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing in the seat reservation terminal device described above.

First, items necessary for ticketing such as date, venue, and number of people are input from the keyboard 17 (SP20). The data input from the keyboard is sent to the center through the input unit 16 and further by the line processing unit 14, and the result from the center is received (SP21).

It is confirmed whether or not the data from the center is vacant (SP22), and if not, the process ends, and if there is, the status of the vacant seat is displayed on the display unit 20 (SP23). In addition, select one or more desired seats from the vacant seats (SP
24) If the decision is made (SP25), the printing section 18 performs the ticket issuing procedure (SP26). If not, another seat is selected.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of a conventional seat reservation terminal device. As shown in FIG. 6, the status of vacant seats and the like are displayed in characters on the screen, and when the vacant seat is selected, it is selected using the floor plan of the venue in order to know which seat.

[0009]

As described above, in the conventional seat reservation terminal device, when the vacant seat is selected because the display is only characters, the two-dimensional floor plan of the venue is used to know which seat. Since I could not grasp the view of the venue from that seat because I chose it, I could not judge the good or bad of that seat unless I actually went to the venue.

Further, it is possible to save the scenery viewed from the seat as a still image corresponding to the seat in the sketch, but this requires a huge amount of data and the image is fixed, so The landscape may differ slightly depending on the height.

[0011]

In order to solve such a problem, according to the present invention, a recording section recording a floor plan of a hall and three-dimensional shape data of the hall and its shape data are read out, and from a viewpoint or a line-of-sight direction, It is equipped with a 3D image generation unit that performs hidden surface processing and shading processing to generate a 3D image of the venue and obtains the scenery from the desired seat, and a means to display the scenery from the desired seat together with vacant seat information and floor plan. It was

[0012]

According to the present invention, seat selection is performed by reading out the three-dimensional shape data of the venue, using the three-dimensional image generation processing that performs the hidden surface processing and the shading processing from the viewpoint and the line-of-sight direction based on the three-dimensional shape. It is possible to improve ticketing efficiency and reduce the data volume of the entire device.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall construction of this embodiment. The same parts as those in FIG. 4 are designated by the same reference numerals. As shown in FIG. 1, in the embodiment, in addition to the conventional configuration, a three-dimensional image generation unit 23 that performs hidden surface processing and shading processing, a sketch of the venue, and a recording unit 24 that records the three-dimensional shape data of the venue. Is provided.

The flowchart of FIG. 2 shows the processing method in this embodiment.

First, items necessary for ticketing such as date, venue, and number of people are input from the keyboard 17 (SP10). The data input from the keyboard is sent to the center by the line processing unit 14 via the input unit 16 and the result from the center is received (SP11).

It is confirmed whether or not the data from the center is vacant seat (SP12), and if it is not present, the process ends, and if there is, the vacant seat status is displayed on the display unit 20 (SP13). Further, based on the data sent from the center, the floor plan and the three-dimensional shape data of the venue are read from the recording unit 24 (14).

Further, one or more desired seats are selected from the vacant seats (SP15), and the viewpoint and line-of-sight direction from the seats are set with reference to height and the like (SP16).

The three-dimensional image generation unit performs hidden surface processing and shading processing to generate a landscape image viewed from the seat (SP1
7) If the decision is made (SP18), the printing section 18 performs a ticket issuing procedure (SP19). If not, another seat is selected.

Further, FIG. 3 shows an outline of the venue landscape map generated in this embodiment.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, a sketch of a separate sheet is required for displaying only characters, but the sketch of the venue and the three-dimensional shape data are read from the recording unit. By using the three-dimensional image generation processing that performs the hidden surface processing and the shading processing from the viewpoint and the line-of-sight direction, the efficiency of seat selection by the landscape image and the reduction of the data amount can be achieved as shown in FIG.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing method in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a venue landscape map generated in an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a conventional device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing method of a conventional device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of a conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 seat reservation terminal device 11 CPU 12 program ROM 13 working RAM 14 line processing unit 15 communication line 16 input unit 17 keyboard 18 printing unit 19 printer 20 display unit 21 CRT 22 CPU bus 23 three-dimensional image generation unit 24 recording unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A seat reservation for displaying the performance information and the seat reservation information seat, which is connected to a central processing means that accommodates the performance information of the event to be performed at the venue to be handled and the seat reservation information for each performance. The terminal device is provided with a storage unit that stores the three-dimensional shape data of the venue, and a three-dimensional image generation unit that reads out the stored three-dimensional shape data and generates a three-dimensional image from the viewpoint or line-of-sight direction. A seat reservation terminal device configured to display a sketch, vacant seat information, and a three-dimensional view from a desired seat in stages.