METHOD, COMPUTER AND PROGRAM FOR MAKING OUT SEAT LAYOUT

• US 20090187839A1
• Filed: 06/26/2007
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: P&W Solutions Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: P&W Solutions Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Omiya, Toshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,087,177 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2111/12 Symbolic schematics
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/13 Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/18 Network design, e.g. design based on topological or interconnect aspects of utility systems, piping, heating ventilation air conditioning [HVAC] or cabling circuit design at the physical level G06F30/39; network planning tools for wireless communication networks H04W16/18

Abstract

The present invention has the objective of providing a method for reducing trouble in creating a seating layout by a method other than with templates. The computer 1 accepts a designating operation on position coordinates forming a base point in the prescribed display area from a user, accepts a designating operation of a direction of generating the seating symbol data from position coordinates as the base point in the prescribed display area, determines a position for displaying the seating symbol data in the prescribed display area, based on the base point and the direction, generates seating symbol data comprising position data representing the position determined, adds to the combination of the seating symbol data composing the seating layout data, and stores thereof in the memory 120, and displays the seating symbol data in the display unit 150 based on position data included in the generated seating symbol data.

Claims

1. A method of a computer creating a seating layout, wherein:

the computer includes a memory for storing seating layout data composed to include a combination of a plurality of seating symbol data displayed at prescribed positions in a prescribed display area of a display unit, the method comprising steps of;

accepting a designating operation on position coordinates forming a base point in the prescribed display area from a user of the computer for the purpose of generating the seating symbol data;

accepting a designating operation of a direction of generating the seating symbol data from position coordinates as the base point in the prescribed display area from the user;

determining a position for displaying the seating symbol data in the prescribed display area, based on position coordinates as the base point and the direction of generating the seating symbol data;

generating seating symbol data comprising position data representing the position determined, adding to the combination of the seating symbol data composing the seating layout data, and storing thereof in the memory; and

displaying the seating symbol data in the prescribed display area in the display unit based on position data included in the generated seating symbol data.

2. The method described in claim 1, comprising steps of:

storing in the memory the display position of the seating symbol data generated as position coordinates to be the next base point;

further accepting a designating operation from the user of a direction generating the seating symbol data;

determining a position for displaying the seating symbol data in the prescribed display area, based on position coordinates as the base point and the direction of generating the seating symbol data;

generating seating symbol data comprising position data representing the position determined, adding to the combination of the seating symbol data composing the seating layout data, and storing thereof in the memory; and

based on position data included in the generated seating symbol data, displaying the seating symbol data in the display unit in the prescribed display area.

3. The method described in claim 1, comprising steps of:

accepting a selection operation of one or a plurality of the seating symbol data from the user for the purpose of numbering numbers to seating symbol data included in the combinations;

accepting an instructional operation of numbering numbers from the user;

determining the numbers and storing thereof in the memory based on prescribed numbering rules relating to respective position coordinates in the prescribed display area in relation to seating symbol data having received the selection operation; and

displaying the determined numbers in the display unit.

4. The method described in claim 3, further comprising a step of, regarding the prescribed numbering rules, accepting from the user a designating operation of assigning priority to x-coordinates and y-coordinates constituting the position coordinates and designating operations of ascending or descending order to the position coordinates.

5. The method described in claim 1, further comprising steps of:

accepting a designating operation of starting numbering numbers of the seating symbol data from the user in a selected order;

accepting a selection operation of the seating symbol data; and

incrementally numbering in sequence the seating symbol data for which the selection operation has been accepted.

6. The method described in claim 1, comprising steps of:

accepting a selection operation of a plurality of the seating symbol data from the user;

accepting a designating operation of storing a template; and

storing in the memory, as new template data, relative position coordinates of each of the plurality of seating symbol data for which the selection operation was accepted.

7. A computer for creating a seating layout, the computer comprising:

a memory for storing seating layout data composed to include a combination of a plurality of seating symbol data displayed at prescribed positions in a prescribed display area of a display unit;

a unit for accepting a designating operation on position coordinates forming a base point in the prescribed display area from a user of the computer for the purpose of generating the seating symbol data,

a unit for accepting a designating operation of a direction of generating the seating symbol data from position coordinates as the base point in the prescribed display area from the user,

a unit for determining a position for displaying the seating symbol data in the prescribed display area, based on position coordinates as the base point and the direction of generating the seating symbol data,

a unit for generating seating symbol data comprising position data representing the position determined, adding to the combination of the seating symbol data composing the seating layout data, and storing thereof in the memory, and

a unit for displaying the seating symbol data in the prescribed display area in the display unit based on position data included in the generated seating symbol data.

8. A program for creating a seating layout in a computer, the computer comprising:

a memory for storing seating layout data composed to include a combination of a plurality of seating symbol data displayed at prescribed positions in a prescribed display area of a display unit, wherein the program executes steps of;

accepting a designating operation of position coordinates forming a base point in the prescribed display area from a user of the computer for the purpose of generating the seating symbol data;

accepting a designating operation of a direction of generating the seating symbol data from position coordinates as the base point in the prescribed display area from the user;

determining a position for displaying the seating symbol data in the prescribed display area, based on position coordinates as the base point and the direction of generating the seating symbol data;

generating seating symbol data comprising position data representing the position determined, adding to the combination of the seating symbol data composing the seating layout data, and storing thereof in the memory; and

displaying the seating symbol data in the prescribed display area in the display unit based on position data included in the generated seating symbol data.