比利时专利BE1025908B1 Method implemented by computer to ensure interactivity

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The present invention relates to a method for ensuring interactivity between an electronic system (200) and a first user (1) visiting a facility (5). The first user (1) is identified and provided with a first movable input element (21). The first movable input element (21) interacts with fixed input elements (22, 23). The interaction results in a feedback that is provided, via output means (32, 33), to the first user (1) or to his first mobile input element (21). The return is preferably determined according to the history of the first user (1).
公开号:BE1025908B1
申请号:E20185635
申请日:2018-09-17
公开日:2019-09-19
发明作者:Benoit Cornet；Stéphane Battaille；Laurence Beckers；Etienne Sainton；Benjamin Walravens
申请人:Alterface Holdings；
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Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing non-linear interactivity in an establishment.
Background of the invention
We know interactive scenic routes. They are often found in an amusement park. In a typical interactive scenic route, a user is provided with a movable entry element, such as a pistol. Then the user is transported through a number of scenes where he can shoot targets with the pistol.
If the user visits the interactive stage a second time, he is again provided with a pistol and transported through the same stages.
After several visits to the scenic route, the user no longer has the same surprise effect and their interest in the scenic route decreases sharply.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a solution aimed at increasing the interest of users who visit an establishment several times.
An object of the invention is a method for ensuring interactivity between an electronic system and a first user visiting an establishment, for example an amusement park, and comprising:
• the supply of a first fixed entry element to the establishment,
BE2018 / 5635 • the supply of a first exit means in the establishment, • the supply of a determination means comprising a determination software and a memory, in which, each of a first visit and a second visit of the first user to the establishment:
o a first mobile input element is associated with the first user (1), the first mobile input element being able to move with the first user, o the first fixed input element detects a first interaction between the first element mobile input and the first fixed input element, o the first fixed input element sends information relating to the first interaction by means of determination, o the determination software determines return information based on the information relating to the first interaction, o the determining means sends the feedback information to the first output means, and o the first output means provides feedback based on the feedback information.
Preferably, the first user is identified during each of his visits to the establishment, the memory stores the information relating to the first interaction detected during the first visit and the return information determined during the second visit is based on information relating to the first interaction detected during the first visit.
Preferably, the feedback information determined during the second visit is based on information relating to at least one interaction detected during the second visit.
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A first way to increase the interest of a user during a second visit to the establishment is to store information about what the user did during his first visit and to adapt the feedback to this stored information. .
For example, if the user has performed certain actions with their mobile input element during their first visit, these actions can influence the feedback received by the user during their second visit.
It is also possible that the first interaction is a logon. When the same user logs on during his second visit, the method according to the invention will then allow the user's second visit to be different from the first visit.
Preferably, the first interaction triggers recognition of the first user and / or of the first mobile input element.
The storage of information from the current visit and from the previous visit (s) can be called user history data or an archive of the previous visit (s).
The visit to the establishment preferably begins when the user moves inside the establishment by crossing the physical barrier around the establishment. The visit to the establishment preferably ends when the user moves outside the establishment by crossing the physical barrier around the establishment.
The second visit can begin as soon as the first visit is finished.
In one example, the establishment is an amusement park, and each visit corresponds to one day in the amusement park. For example, memory may be able to store information about a user for one year.
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In another example, the establishment is a scenic journey, and each visit is a journey. For example, memory may be able to store information about a user for a day or for a year.
In another example, the business is a collection of locations. For example, it could be a chain of museums or a chain of amusement parks. Preferably, each location is physically delimited, for example by a physical barrier.
The method according to the invention can be qualified as "non-linear interaction" because the experience of the first user can be adapted to each visit.
Preferably, the determination means archives information about all the interactions carried out by the first mobile input element and / or the first user associated with the mobile input element, so that the determination of the return information takes into account at least two, and preferably all, of the interactions previously carried out by the first mobile input element and / or the first user.
The identification of the first user can for example be carried out by a unique user ID. It can be carried out by a word or an access code and preferably a password.
Preferably, due to the association between the first user and the first mobile input element, each interaction of the first mobile input element is associated with the first user in the determination means.
Preferably, the first movable input element has a unique ID. Preferably, each first movable input element has a unique ID.
Memory can be any means of electronic storage.
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Preferably, the memory stores information relating to the first interaction detected during the first visit in relation to the first user.
The first mobile element can be different during the two visits. It can be for example a sword during the first visit and a magic wand during the second. The first mobile element can also be provided to the first user when they enter the establishment. The input mobile element associated with the user can be the same at each visit or each user. This is the case, for example, if the user purchases the magic wand that forms the movable input element.
The first output means can provide feedback to the first user and / or the first movable input element associated with the first user. Preferably, the feedback is capable of influencing the experience that the first user acquires in the establishment.
The association of the first mobile entry element and the first user could be carried out before the user enters the establishment. The association of the first mobile entry element and the first user could be carried out only once for the two visits to the establishment, for example if the user purchases the first mobile entry element.
The first fixed entry element can be a unit located at a given location in the establishment. It can also be a plurality of units, each unit being in a different location in the establishment. The first fixed entry element may be different during the first and second visits.
The first means of exit can be a unit located at a given location in the establishment. It can also be a plurality of units, each unit being in a different location in
BE2018 / 5635 the establishment. The means of exit may be different during the first and second visits.
Preferably, the first fixed entry element is stationary within the establishment. The first means of exit can be mobile or stationary in the establishment.
Preferably, the fixed input element is an electronic element. Preferably, the movable input element is an electronic element. Preferably, the output means is an electronic output means. Preferably, the determination means is an electronic determination means. Preferably, a send interaction uses electronic means such as wired or wireless electronic communication.
For the purposes of this document, an RFID device, even a passive RFID device, is an electronic device.
For the purpose of this document, a "visit" is the time spent by a user within the establishment.
In the context of this document, an “establishment” can for example be an amusement park, a building, a room or a plurality of rooms, an attraction, a route, a scenic route, a labyrinth, a promenade, a park aquatic, a museum or a set of several of them. The establishment is preferably delimited geographically, for example by a physical barrier such as a fence and / or a wall. If the establishment has more than one location, the physical barrier should be understood as the series of physical barriers from all locations.
In the context of this document, a “mobile input element” can for example comprise at least one of: a GPS, an electronic toy representing a weapon, a pistol or a magic wand, a part of the user such as his hands, an RFID identifier, an RFID bracelet, a light source, a laser, a
BE2018 / 5635 device comprising a button, a vehicle carrying the user or a combination thereof, a reflector suitable for reflecting an electromagnetic wave beam such as a laser beam. Preferably, the movable input element is passive, that is, it does not include any batteries.
In the context of this document, a “fixed input element” can for example comprise at least one of: a camera, a sensor, a motion sensor, a 3D camera, a camera with means of motion recognition, an RFID reader.
The fixed entry element may include a plurality of elements distributed throughout the establishment. The fixed entry element can be a unit located at a given location in the establishment.
The interaction between the mobile input element and the fixed input element can be of any type, for example any type currently used in interactive scenic routes.
In the context of this document, an “output means” can for example comprise at least one of: a screen, a display, an animatronic, a robot, a projection system, an electronic system managing vehicle movements, a vehicle or an actor.
In one embodiment of the invention, the fixed input element and the output means are arranged in a station. The station can for example be an electronic unit.
In the context of this document, a "means of determination" may for example comprise at least one of: a memory, a computer, a server, or a plurality of them.
In the context of this document, an "interaction" can for example include at least one of: a logon, pointing, performing a movement, shooting.
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Preferably, the interaction with the first fixed input element is carried out when the user performs a voluntary action with the mobile input element, for example when the user touches the mobile input element or moves to the minus part of the movable input element in a given way.
An interaction can be associated with a type of fixed input element. For example, a fire interaction can be associated with a fixed input element which is capable of detecting such a fire.
In the context of this document, a "return" can for example include at least one of: the display of a text, an image and / or a video, the broadcasting of an audio message, sending an electronic message asking a vehicle to move to a given target location.
The return preferably indicates to the first user and / or to the first mobile input element a future interaction to be carried out.
For the purposes of this document, a "location" is the location of the user and their input mobile component.
For the purposes of this document, a "target location" is the place where the user and their input mobile device are sent back. Return information may include a target location.
Preferably, a fixed entry element and a first exit means are located at each target location.
The feedback information is preferably also determined using a frame.
For the purposes of this document, a "frame" can for example include at least one of: a mandatory interaction, an optional interaction, a mandatory target location, an optional target location. Preferably, the frame is managed by the determination means. The frame may for example include a
BE2018 / 5635 decision tree in which a decision between several options is taken on the basis of at least one of: the interaction (s) carried out by the fixed input element, the location of the input movable element, one (s) previous target location (s) of the input movable element and timing. The frame can also include for example a list of chained interactions that the user must follow in a given order.
In one embodiment of the invention, the method comprises a step in which the first user enters information on a Web platform which is part of an electronic system according to the invention. The first user can for example modify his profile and / or his historical database on the Web platform.
In one embodiment of the invention, the first interaction is consciously carried out by the user with the first movable input element.
In one embodiment of the invention, a second user visits the establishment and is associated with a second mobile entry element capable of moving with him and:
The first fixed input element detects a second interaction between the second movable input element and the first fixed input element, the first fixed input element sends information relating to the second interaction by means of determination, • the determination software determines the feedback information also on the basis of the information relating to the second interaction, and • the determination means sends the feedback information to the first output means.
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The first exit means is then capable of influencing the experience of the first user in the establishment on the basis of the interaction due to the second user.
In other words, the feedback information is based on interactions made by at least two moving input elements.
This is another way of increasing the interest of users who visit an establishment more than once. The experiences during the two visits are different because the interactions of other users are different.
For example, if the first and second user are in the same vehicle in a scenic route, each user having a pistol, the fire scores of the two users can influence the movement of the vehicle. In this example, the pistols are the first and second movable entry elements and the vehicle is the first exit means.
In one embodiment of the invention, the return information is determined based on the size of a queue at the entrance to the establishment.
For example, the return information may be such that the first user will stay in the establishment for a shorter time if the queue is long than if the queue is short. The user can be sent faster to an exit space if the queue is long.
In one embodiment of the invention, the first fixed input element and the first output means are included in a first station and further comprising the step of providing a second station comprising a second fixed element inlet and a second outlet means and further comprising the following steps:
• the second fixed input element detects a subsequent interaction between the first mobile input element and the second element
BE2018 / 5635 fixed input, and sends information relating to the subsequent interaction by means of determination, • the determination software determines a second feedback information on the basis of the information relating to the first interaction and the information relating to the subsequent interaction, • the determining means sends the second feedback information to the second output means, and • the second output means provides a second feedback based on the second feedback information.
In other words, during any of the first and second visits, the second return can take into account two interactions (the first interaction and the subsequent interaction) which did not occur in the same place within the establishment. This is another way to increase the interest of users who visit an establishment more than once. It is also possible that the first interaction occurs during the first visit to the establishment and that the subsequent interaction occurs during the second visit of the establishment.
A station may include a housing for the fixed input element and the output means. The elements of a station are preferably located less than a meter from each other.
In one embodiment of the invention, the second return information comprises information about a target location and the second return information at least partially relates to the target location.
This is the case, for example, when the second station is a dispatch station which sends a user to various target locations where the first stations are located. Preferably, there is no information about a target location planned in the first stations.
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An example is as follows. The user is provided with a first movable input element which is an RFID tag which allows the user to log on. The user goes to the dispatch station (second station) and opens a session. There it obtains information about the first target location. It goes to the first target location where the first station is located. It opens a session (first interaction) and possibly performs a first additional interaction at the first target location. He returns to the dispatch station. It opens a session (subsequent interaction) and obtains a next target location (second return). Determining the next target location takes into account that the user has logged on to the first station and that the user has later logged on to the second station.
In one embodiment of the invention, the first user chooses a profile and the feedback information is based on the profile.
For example, the user can decide to be a wizard, the feedback being that their next interaction is to cast a spell.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination software determines a target location and the feedback information at least partially relates to the target location.
The user and their input mobile element are thus sent to this target location.
Preferably, the determining means stores a list of possible target locations, with the location of the possible target locations and possibly with achievable interactions at each possible target location.
Preferably, the determination software calls dispatcher software for determining the target location.
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In one embodiment of the invention, the determination means stores closure information indicating the closure of a possible target location and the determination software determines the target location on the basis of the closure information, so that the target location differs from the possible closed target location.
Closure information can be updated once the possible target location is suitable for visits again.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination software determines the target location in order to distribute the users within the establishment.
For example, the target location can be determined to distribute users approximately evenly across the establishment and / or to avoid more than a given number of users in any location. It ensures a better balance in terms of user load within the establishment or among the stations.
If the establishment has many rooms, the determination software can determine the target location so that there are fewer than a given number of users or moving parts entering a given room.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination software determines the target location on the basis of previous target locations, so that each target location is visited only once by a user, only only once in a predetermined period or only once per visit to the establishment.
This is another way to increase the interest of users who visit an establishment more than once. If the condition is that the first user can visit each target location only once, the
BE2018 / 5635 first user will not visit the same target location when he returns to the establishment for the second visit.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination software determines the target location based on the current location, so that the distance between the current location and the target location is below a given threshold.
If the first user walks between target locations, it is more comfortable if the walk is short. If the first user uses a vehicle between target locations, it is more efficient that the distance between two successive stations is short.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination software determines the feedback information on the basis of a timing.
In the context of this document, a "timing" can for example be the time of day or the time spent since a starting step of the input movable element. For example, an event can be scheduled at a given time and this event will influence any feedback information within a given duration. The timing may include a timed script.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination software determines the feedback information also on the basis of a constraint.
A constraint can include, for example, at least one of: a ban, an obligation, a prevention, or a preference.
A ban is a constraint that prohibits something. The ban is preferably that the return prevents the first user from doing something or going to a target location. For example, it avoids sending the first user to a location
BE2018 / 5635 target closed or it prevents two users from going to the same target location.
An obligation is a constraint which must be fulfilled. It can be that at least one user must go to a given target location and that each vehicle must visit each part of the scenic route.
Prevention is a constraint which preferably avoids something. For example, users should not walk too much.
A preference is a constraint which preferably induces something. For example, it is necessary that a maximum of users are grouped at a given target location because an impressive event is programmed in the timing or it is necessary that users move to a given side of the establishment because times wait there are low.
Constraints can change during the day or from an external entry such as establishment planning or waiting times for attractions.
In one embodiment of the invention, the first movable entry element comprises a vehicle which transports the first user within the establishment.
For example, the first user can sit in the vehicle. An interaction between the vehicle and the first fixed input element can lead to the detection of the vehicle position. This position is the information for the first interaction.
The vehicle is preferably a track vehicle.
In one embodiment of the invention, the first movable input element further comprises a device actuable by the first user.
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For example, the first movable input element may include a button.
For example, the vehicle can be equipped with pistols which are devices which can be actuated by users.
In one embodiment of the invention, the establishment comprises a distribution space, a plurality of additional spaces and the determination software determines a target location so that at least one of the following conditions is met :
• the target location is one of the additional spaces, • during a visit, all the additional spaces are visited by the first user, • during a visit, none of the additional spaces is visited more than once by the first user, • there is a maximum of a given number of mobile entry elements in each of the additional spaces, and • the additional spaces are visited in a different order during the first and second visits of the first user.
Preferably, all the conditions must be fulfilled. These conditions may for example apply when the first movable entry element comprises a vehicle.
In the context of this document, a "space" can for example be a room. Preferably, the establishment comprises a plurality of spaces.
The distribution space is preferably a central space which has direct communication with all the additional spaces.
The invention also relates to an electronic system comprising:
• a first fixed input element, • a first output means,
BE2018 / 5635 • a determination means comprising a determination software, and a memory, and • a first mobile input element, configured to carry out a method according to any embodiment of the invention.
At least part of the electronic system is located in the establishment. However, the means of determination need not necessarily be in the establishment, and the first movable entry element can move inside and outside the establishment.
The invention also relates to a computer program comprising instructions for causing a system according to any embodiment of the invention to execute a method according to any embodiment of the invention.
The computer program can be distributed among parts of the system.
The invention also relates to a computer-readable medium storing a computer program according to any embodiment of the invention.
The computer-readable medium can be distributed among the parts of the system.
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For a better understanding of the present invention, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the appended drawings in which:
- Figure 1 illustrates an electronic system according to an embodiment of the invention,
FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a method according to the invention for ensuring interactivity between an electronic system and a first user visiting an establishment,
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FIG. 3 illustrates a possible use of various elements of an electronic system according to an embodiment of the invention,
FIG. 4 illustrates another possible use of various elements of an electronic system according to an embodiment of the invention,
FIG. 5 is a top view of a first embodiment of an establishment including an electronic system according to the invention, and
- Figure 6 is a top view of a second embodiment of an establishment including an electronic system according to the invention.
Description of the invention
The present invention will be described in terms of particular embodiments and with reference to certain drawings, but the invention is not limited to them. The drawings described are only schematic and are not limiting. In the drawings, the size of some of the elements may be exaggerated and not drawn to scale for illustration purposes.
In addition, the terms first, second, third and the like in the description and in the claims are used to distinguish similar elements and not necessarily to describe a sequential or chronological order. The terms are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances and the embodiments of the invention can operate in sequences other than those described or illustrated here.
In addition, the various embodiments, although designated by "preferred" should be interpreted as examples that the invention can be implemented rather than as a limitation on the scope of the invention.
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The term "comprising", used in the claims, should not be interpreted as being restricted to the elements or steps listed below; it does not exclude other elements or steps. It must be interpreted as specifying the presence of the peculiarities, integers, stages or components stated as designated, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other peculiarities, integers, stages or components, or groups of these. Thus, the scope of the expression “a device comprising A and B” should not be limited to devices consisting only of components A and B, on the contrary concerning the present invention, the only listed components of the device are A and B , and further the claim is to be interpreted as including equivalents of these components.
In the figures, identical or analogous elements can be designated by the same number.
FIG. 1 illustrates an electronic system 200 according to an embodiment of the invention. The electronic system 200 is interactive with a first user 1 visiting an establishment 5. The establishment 5 is preferably delimited by a physical barrier 51.
The electronic system 200 comprises a determination means 4, which preferably includes a determination software 40 and a memory 42. The determination software 40 can be stored in the memory 42. The determination software 40 is preferably executed by a computer included in the determination means 4. The determination software 40 preferably comprises a frame software 41 and a distribution software 43. The determination means 4 can also include constraints 44 and a user history database 45, for example example stored in memory 42.
The electronic system 200 comprises a first movable input element 21, a first fixed input element 22 and a first
BE2018 / 5635 output means 32. The electronic system 200 may also include a second fixed input element 23 and a second output means 33. In one embodiment of the invention, the first fixed input element 22 and the first outlet means 32 form a first station at a first target location and the second fixed inlet member 23 and the second outlet means 33 form a second station at a second target location.
During a first visit, when the first user 1 enters the establishment 5 by crossing the physical barrier 51, he identifies himself and is provided with the first mobile entry element 21. The determination means 4 archives the association of the first mobile input element 21 to the first user 1.
The first user 1, moving with the first mobile input element 21, goes to the first station. Here, the first mobile input element 21 interacts with the first fixed input element 22. This interaction is detected by the first fixed input element 22, which sends information relating to the first interaction to the determination means 4. Using the information relating to the first interaction and possibly other information, the determination software 40 determines 107 return information. Then, the determination means 4 sends 108 the feedback information to the first output means 32. The first output means 32 provides the first user 1 and / or the first movable input element 21 with a return which depends on return information.
The return can for example be a video message for the first user 1 indicating that he must go to a next target location which is the second station.
It is preferred that at least certain information relating to interactions caused by the first user 1 during his
BE2018 / 5635 first visit are stored in memory 42 when the first user 1 leaves establishment 5.
Preferably, a similar chain of steps takes place when the first user 1 undertakes a second visit to the establishment 5. During the second visit, it is preferred that, at least once, the feedback information is determined by taking takes into account at least certain information relating to interactions caused by the first user 1 during his first visit.
Many users can visit establishment 5 at the same time and interact with electronic system 200 in a similar manner. A first user interaction can influence the feedback provided to a second user if the first and second users are at the same station or even if they are at different stations.
FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a method 100 according to the invention for ensuring interactivity between the electronic system 200 and the first user 1 visiting the establishment 5.
In step 101, the first user 1 enters establishment 5.
In step 102, the first user 1 is identified.
In step 103, the first mobile input element 21 is associated 103 with the first user 1 and this association is stored in memory 42.
In step 104, the first mobile input element 21 interacts with the first fixed input element 22. This interaction is carried out voluntarily preferably by the first user using the first mobile input element 21.
In step 105, this interaction is detected by the first fixed input element 22. Steps 104 and 105 can in fact be combined, for example if the interaction is the detection itself.
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In step 106, the first fixed input element 22 sends information relating to the first interaction by means of determination 4. This information is based on detection 105.
In step 107, the determination software 40 determines feedback information based at least on the information relating to the first interaction.
In step 108, the determination means 4 sends the feedback information to the first output means 32.
In step 109, the first output means 32 provides feedback based on the feedback information.
Steps 104 to 109 can then be repeated with the same first fixed input element 22 and first output means 32 or, for example, with the second fixed input element 23 and the second output means 33 (FIG. 1) .
In step 110, the first user 1 leaves the establishment 5. For example, he can transmit the first mobile input element 21. The departure of the first user 1 is preferably archived in the memory 42.
Steps 101 to 110 are repeated during the second visit of the first user 1, possibly with other mobile entry element, fixed entry element and / or exit means.
Each of the steps 101 to 110 may involve storage of information in the memory 42. Preferably, at least one item of information stored during the first visit of the first user 41 in the establishment 5 is used in step 107 of the second visit. of the first user 1.
The first user 1 can choose a profile, preferably at any one of the steps 101, 102 and 103. The profile corresponds to a data set in the memory 42 and data coming from this data set can be used at step 107 for determining
BE2018 / 5635 return information. For example, if the first user 1 chooses the profile of a wizard, his mobile input element 21 may resemble a magic wand, his interaction may be to make a gesture with the magic wand and the return may be relative to a fate supposed to be thrown by this gesture.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination of the feedback information 107 takes into account a timing.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination of the return information 107 takes into account certain constraints 44.
In one embodiment of the invention, the determination of the return information 107 takes into account the current location of the first user 1.
In one embodiment of the invention, determining the feedback information 107 determines a target location for the first user 1. For example, the target location can be determined such that the distance between the location current and the target location is below a given threshold.
FIG. 3 illustrates a possible use of various elements of an electronic system 200 according to an embodiment of the invention.
The first user 1 uses his first mobile input element 21 to interact with the first fixed input element 22. This interaction triggers the sending of information relating to the frame software 41. The interaction also triggers a recognition 49 of the first user 1 and a call to the historical database 45 of the first user 1. The frame software 41 uses the information relating to the interaction, the information relating to the recognition and the information relating to the historical data. The frame software 41 can call the dispatcher software 43 which determines the next target location. The
BE2018 / 5635 splitter software 43 can take into account constraints 44 to determine the next target location.
The frame software 41 uses the interaction information, the recognition information, the historical data information and the information received from the dispatcher software 43 to determine the feedback information. Then, the feedback information is sent to the first output means 32 and supplied to the first user 1 and / or to the first mobile input element 21.
FIG. 4 illustrates another possible use of various elements of an electronic system 200 according to an embodiment of the invention.
The first user 1 enters 101 into the establishment 5. He is identified 102, associated with the first mobile input element 21 and he interacts 104 with the first fixed input element 22. This interaction is detected 105 and the relative information at the first interaction is sent 106 to the frame software 41. The frame software 41 lists 111 the possible target locations.
The frame software 41 may request 121 information about the user history from the user history database 45. The user history data is checked 112 and information about the history user 122 are provided to frame software 41.
The frame software 41 can send 123 a list of possible target locations to the dispatcher software 43. The dispatcher software 43 determines the possible target locations in the list that meet all the constraints 44 by calling 124 the constraints 44. A response to this call is determined 114 and sent 125 to the splitter software 43. Next, the splitter software 43 provides a single target location to the frame software 41. The splitter software
BE2018 / 5635 frame 41 determines the return information so that the return information includes this unique target location, and sends it 108 to the first output means 32. The first output means 32 determines 115 the return which includes information about the single target location and provides it 127 to user 1. User 1 then goes 128 to that target location where a similar process is repeated.
FIG. 5 is a top view of a first embodiment of an establishment 5 including an electronic system 200 according to the invention.
The establishment 5 includes a series of spaces 52, 53, 54, 55, 56. The spaces are delimited by walls so that the space is a room. The central space 53, which includes a distribution station formed by a second fixed input element 23 and a second output means 33, can be qualified as distribution space. The peripheral spaces 52, 54, 55, 56, which include a fixed entry element 22, 24, 25, 26 and a fixed exit element 32, 34, 35, 36, can be qualified as additional spaces. Each additional space 52, 54, 55, 56 is a possible target location. Each additional space 52, 54, 55, 56 may include a plurality of stations, each station being formed by a fixed input element coupled to a fixed output element.
A visit to establishment 5 begins before entry 57 through the wall 51 around establishment 5 when an electronic magic wand which forms the first movable entry element 21 is given to a first user 1 before he enters the establishment 5. The name of the first user 1 is archived at the same time in the memory 42 in order to identify the first user 1 and to associate it 103 with the first mobile input element 21.
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The first user 1 enters the distribution space 53. He opens a session there, which includes an interaction between the first mobile input element 21 and the second fixed input element 23. Based on the interaction, the determination software 40 determines the return information and the second output means 33 displays a video explaining to the first user 1 his mission and to which target location he must go. The first user 1 can for example be sent to space 52.
He goes there and opens a session, which includes an interaction between the first mobile input element 21 and the first fixed input element 22. The first output means 32 shows the position of the first mobile input element 21 therein. to a movement gesture recognition device included in the first fixed input element 22. The first player 1 can interact in various ways with the first fixed input element 22 and obtain immediate feedback from the first output means 32. After a duration, the first output means 32 indicates to the first user 1 that he must return to the distribution space 53. In one embodiment of the invention, the duration is determined by the determination software 40 so it should be shorter if the queue at the entrance to the establishment is long.
It goes to the distribution space 53 and opens a session with its first mobile input element 21 on the second fixed input element 23. The determination software 40 takes into account the interactions that it had with the first fixed input element 22 for choosing the return information and the next target location. The determination software 40 can also take into account the interactions of a second user with the first fixed input element 22 or with any other fixed input element 23, 24, 25, 26 to determine the feedback information.
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The interactions of the first user 1 in spaces, for example several additional spaces, can be taken into account in determining the return.
Preferably, the following target location is chosen so that:
• the next target location is one of the additional spaces 52, 54, 55, 56 which is not closed, • each additional space 52, 54, 55, 56 is visited by the first user 1, • each additional space 52, 54, 55, 56 is visited only once by the first user 1 during each of their visits, • the additional spaces 52, 54, 55, 56 are visited in a different order during the first and second visits of the first user 1 in establishment 5, • there is a maximum X of users in each additional space 52, 54, 55, 56, X being the number of stations in the additional space, and • the users are distributed equally evenly as possible among the additional spaces 52, 54, 55, 56.
Another possible constraint is that the last additional space 52, 54, 55, 56 visited by the first user 1 is the outlet space 56 which has an outlet 58.
Once the first user 1 has visited the exit space 56, he leaves the establishment 5 and transmits his first mobile input element 21. The first mobile input element 21 is then dissociated from the first user 1 and can be given to another user.
Preferably, if the first user 1 returns, he will be identified, the same or another first mobile input element 21 will be given to him and this new mobile input element 21 will be associated with him.
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FIG. 6 is a top view of a second embodiment of an establishment 5 including an electronic system 200 according to the invention.
Establishment 5 is a scenic route. It includes a series of spaces 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257. Spaces are delimited by walls so that a space is a room.
The central space 253 can be described as a distribution space. The peripheral spaces 252, 254, 255, 256, 257 can be qualified as additional spaces. Preferably, there is direct communication between each peripheral space 252, 254, 255, 256, 257 and the central space 253. The space 251 can be qualified as an entry space. Preferably, each of the central space 253 and the peripheral spaces 252, 254, 255, 256, 257 includes a fixed input element and an output means. Preferably, each peripheral space 252, 254, 255, 256, 257 is a possible target location.
The movable entry member includes a vehicle 201 which carries a plurality of users. Vehicle 201 is equipped with one gun per user. Each pistol therefore also forms a movable entry element.
Preferably, each fixed input element comprises a location system capable of detecting the position of the vehicle 201 and a plurality of sensors capable of detecting the shots from the pistols. The electronic system is preferably capable of connecting a shot to a given pistol.
The interactions between vehicle 201 and the location system relate to the position of vehicle 201, and the information relating to this interaction preferably includes the location of vehicle 201.
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The interactions between the pistols and the sensors relate to shooting and the information relating to this interaction may include an identification of a shooting target and an identification of the pistol.
The output means in the peripheral space 252, 254, 255, 256, 257 preferably comprises displays 202 and at least part of a vehicle movement system capable of moving the vehicles.
After entering 301 in establishment 5, in entry space 251, each user is identified and associated with a pistol and a vehicle.
The vehicle 201 then moves to a first space 252 where users can shoot at targets appearing on the display 202. Preferably, if the target is hit, an effect appears on the display 202.
Next, the vehicle 201 moves to the central space 253. The detection of the vehicle 201 in the central space 253 is an interaction which is sent by the central space location system 253 by means of determination 4. The determination software 40 determines return information which includes the next target location. This determination can be based on the shots made in the first space 252. Then, the vehicle is sent, thanks to the feedback information received by the vehicle movement system, to another space 252, 254, 255, 256, 257. Here, users can pull on the display 202, and are then sent back to the central space 253. Finally, the users are sent to the exit space 257 and back to the entry space 251 where they leave the establishment 5.
The determination of the feedback information can be based on at least one of the following:
BE2018 / 5635 • a shot taken in peripheral spaces 252, 254, 255, 256, 257 already visited • information collected during a previous visit to the establishment 5 by a user in the vehicle, • a shot score or a position relating to another vehicle currently present in establishment 5, • a size of the queue at the entrance to establishment 5, • a closure of one of the peripheral spaces 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, • a density of vehicles in the peripheral spaces 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, and • peripheral spaces 252, 254, 255, 256 already visited by the vehicle 201 during this visit or by any user of the vehicle 201 during a previous visit.
In other words, the invention relates to a method for ensuring interactivity between an electronic system 200 and a first user 1 visiting an establishment 5. The first user 1 is identified and provided with a first mobile input element 21. The first movable input element 21 interacts with fixed input elements 22, 23. The interaction results in a return which is supplied, by means of output means 32, 33, to the first user 1 or to his first mobile input element 21. The return is preferably determined according to the history of the first user 1.
Although the present invention has been described above with regard to particular embodiments, it will easily be understood that other embodiments are also possible.

权利要求:
Claims (19)
[1]
claims
1. Method for ensuring interactivity between an electronic system (200) and a first user (1) visiting an establishment (5), for example an amusement park, and comprising:
• the supply of a first fixed entry element (22) in the establishment (5), • the supply of a first exit means (32) in the establishment (5), • the supply of a determination means (4) comprising determination software (40) and a memory (42), in which, on each of a first visit and a second visit of the first user (1) in the establishment (5) :
o a first mobile input element (21) is associated (103) with the first user (1), the first mobile input element (21) being able to move with the first user (1), o the first element fixed input (22) detects (105) a first interaction (104) between the first mobile input element (21) and the first fixed input element (22), o the first fixed input element (22 ) sends (106) information relating to the first interaction to the determination means (4), o the determination software (40) determines (107) feedback information based on the information relating to the first interaction, o the determining means (4) sends (108) the feedback information to the first output means (32), and o the first output means (32) provides (109) feedback based on the feedback information , in which the first user (1) is identified (102) during each of his visits to the establishment ement (5), memory (42)
BE2018 / 5635 stores information relating to the first interaction detected during the first visit and the feedback information determined (107) during the second visit is based on information relating to the first interaction detected during the first visit;
in which a second user visits the establishment (5) and is associated with a second mobile entry element (21) capable of moving with him and in which:
• the first fixed input element (22) detects a second interaction (104) between the second movable input element (21) and the first fixed input element (22), • the first fixed input element ( 22) sends information relating to the second interaction to the determination means (4), the determination software (40) determines (107) the feedback information also on the basis of the information relating to the second interaction, and • the determination means (4) sends (108) the return information to the first output means (32).
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2. Method according to the preceding claim, wherein the first interaction is consciously carried out by the user with the first movable input element (21).
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3. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the return information is also determined on the basis of the size of a queue at the entrance to the establishment (5).
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4. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the first fixed input element (22) and the first output means (32) are included in a first station and further comprising the step of supplying a second station
BE2018 / 5635 comprising a second fixed input element (23) and a second output means (33) and further comprising the following steps:
• the second fixed input element (22) detects a subsequent interaction between the first mobile input element (21) and the second fixed input element (33), and sends information relating to the subsequent interaction by means determination (4), • the determination software (40) determines a second feedback information on the basis of the information relating to the first interaction and of the information relating to the subsequent interaction, • the determination means ( 4) sends the second return information to the second output means (32), and • the second output means (32) provides a second return based on the second return information.
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5. Method according to the preceding claim, in which the second return information comprises information about a target location and in which the second return information relates at least partially to the target location.
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6. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the first user (1) chooses a profile and in which the feedback information is based on the profile.
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7. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the determination software (40) determines a target location and the feedback information relates at least partially to the target location.
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8. Method according to the preceding claim, in which the determination means (4) stores closure information indicating the closure of a possible target location and in which the determination software (40) determines the target location on the basis of the closure information, so that the target location differs from the possible closed target location.
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9. Method according to claim 7 or 8, in which the determination software (40) determines the target location in order to distribute the users within the establishment (5).
[10]
The method according to any of claims 7 to 9, wherein the determination software (40) determines the target location based on previous target locations, so that each target location is visited only only once by a user, only once in a predetermined period or only once per visit to the establishment.
[11]
11. The method according to claim 7, in which the determination software (40) determines the target location on the basis of the current location, so that the distance between the current location and the target location is below a given threshold.
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12. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the determination software (40) determines the feedback information also on the basis of a timing.
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13. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the determination software (40) determines the feedback information also on the basis of a constraint.
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14. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the first mobile input element (21) comprises a vehicle (201) which transports the first user within the establishment.
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15. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the first movable input element (21) further comprises a device actuable by the first user.
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16. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the establishment (5) comprises a distribution space (53, 253), a plurality of additional spaces (52, 54, 55, 56,
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252, 254, 255, 256, 257) and wherein the determination software (40) determines a target location so that at least one of the following conditions is met:
• the target location is one of the additional spaces (52, 54, 55, 56, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257), • during a visit, all of the additional spaces (52, 54, 55, 56, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257) are visited by the first user (1), • during a visit, none of the additional spaces (52, 54, 55, 56, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257) are is visited more than once by the first user (1), • there is at most a given number of mobile input elements (21) in each of the additional spaces (52, 54, 55, 56, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257), and • the additional spaces (52, 54, 55, 56, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257) are visited in a different order during the first and second visits of the first user (1 ).
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17. Electronic system (200) comprising:
• a first fixed input element (22), • a first output means (32), • a determination means (4) comprising a determination software (40), and a memory (42), and • a first movable input element (21), configured to carry out a method according to any one of the preceding claims.
[18]
18. A computer program comprising instructions for causing the system of claim 17 to execute the method according to any of claims 1 to 16.
[19]
19. The computer readable medium storing the computer program of claim 18.

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2019-10-10| FG| Patent granted|Effective date: 20190919 |

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