JPH06101009B2 - Voting system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a voting ticket discriminating method, and in particular, it is possible to apply for a plurality of units with a single voting ticket, and allow duplicate voting numbers. In the voting system that performs voting application, ticketing and online voting of the issued voting ticket,
The present invention relates to a voting ticket discriminating method suitable for efficiently and surely determining whether a voting ticket is won or won.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as a method for determining whether a voting ticket is won
The methods described in JP-B-58-26589 and JP-A-59-146391 have been known.

The former is a device that provides a partial quick reference table for the retrieval of voting ticket refund request data, and if there is no data for the relevant voting ticket in this quick reference table, it is a device that searches for a higher-level machine. It is a general, conventional, normal lottery lottery automatic discrimination device.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the former method described above, the winning ticket is always searched for, but the missed ticket is not registered in the above quick reference table, so it is necessary to search for the top machine. Since the misplacement can be discriminated, there is a lack of consideration for the search for the misplaced ticket.

That is, in the above method, there is a problem in that when a ballot ticket is judged to be a win or a refund request, a missed ticket cannot be judged as a missed ticket unless the highest-ranking machine is searched.

Further, regarding the latter device described above, there is a lack of consideration regarding real-time grasp of winning information, and it is possible to apply for a plurality of numbers with a single voting ticket, as is the subject of the present invention, and the voting number. Allow duplicates and apply for voting,
It cannot be applied to a voting system that determines online whether a ticket is issued or a voting ticket that has been issued.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional voting ticket determination method, and to apply for a plurality of numbers with one voting ticket. Further, it is to provide a voting ticket win / loss determination method capable of efficiently and reliably performing the voting ticket win determination and the winning prize search in a voting system in which the voting numbers can be duplicated.

[Means for solving problems]

The above-mentioned purpose has a plurality of terminal devices for inquiring about the winning of a voting ticket, and a central device for discriminating whether or not a win is inquired from the terminal device and transmitting the discrimination result to the terminal device. In a voting system in which a voting number specified for each and a ticket identification number unique to each voting ticket are recorded, the central device uses a ticket identification number from the terminal device and means for transferring the winning voting number to the terminal device. The terminal device stores the winning vote number transferred from the central device, and has a means for determining whether or not the voting ticket is won based on the ticket identification number in response to the winning inquiry and transmitting the determination result to the terminal device. With respect to the winning vote number storage means and the inquiry about the winning of the voting ticket, the winning of the voting ticket is determined based on the stored content of the winning vote number storage means, and the determination result is the ticket identification of the voting ticket with respect to the winning voting ticket. Refer to the central device for the winning number It is achieved as a means for performing.

[Action]

In the present invention, since the voting number already known to have been won in the lottery or the like has been transferred to the storage means of the terminal device, the voting number input for the win / loss determination in the terminal device is first the terminal. A search is performed in the device. Usually, there are many cases of misses, and the number of hits is extremely small. Therefore, the amount of data to be searched is usually small, and it is possible to determine whether or not the prize has been won.

In the case of a hit, the central system makes an inquiry with the unique identification number of each betting ticket, but since the central system can perform a search with the unique identification number, the search time is shortened and the inquiry is answered. Obtained immediately.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a terminal device and 7 is a central device. The terminal device 1 includes a voting ticket input unit 2, a display unit 3, a storage unit 4,
It is composed of a control unit 5, a search unit 19 and a connection unit 6 with the central unit 7. Further, the central unit 7 is a data processing unit 8
And a voting data storage device 9, and is connected to a plurality of terminal devices 1.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a betting ticket, and the betting ticket 10 of this embodiment includes at least a voting number 11 and an identification number 12, both of which are set by the voting ticket input unit 2. This is the number to be read. The identification number 12 includes a serial number described later.

Further, FIG. 4 shows the configuration of storage in the storage unit 4 of the terminal device 1, and the voting number 14 and the issue number 13 constitute one record. Here, the "number of times" is a number indicating the number of times the voting has been performed, and this and the voting number are paired,
Voting is identified.

FIG. 5 shows the structure of the record in the voting data storage device 9 of the central device 7, which is the identification number 17 uniquely assigned to the voting number 16, the indicator portion 15 indicating whether the voting number is lost or not, and the winning. It consists of 18 winning numbers. The identification number 17 includes data indicating the issue number.

In addition, in the voting data storage device 9 of the central device 7, the voting number 16 of the vote applied through each terminal device 1,
An identification number 17 uniquely assigned to each of the voting numbers 16 is stored.

When a lottery is conducted in a lottery and the winning number is determined, the voting data storage device 9 including the winning voting number
Data indicating the winning is stored in the indicator portion 15 of the record in the record, and the winning amount 18 is set in the winning amount column. This process is performed as a process in the central device.

When the terminal device 1 starts up and online starts,
The central device 7 searches for a record indicating the winning in the sign portion 15 of the voting data storage device 9, and uses the issue number data contained in the voting number 16 and the identification number 17 of the record to find the record of the winning number
6, transfer to the storage unit 4 via the control unit 5.

The storage unit 4 stores the transferred issue number data and voting number,
It is stored in the 13th and 14th columns shown in FIG. When this transfer is completed, the terminal device 1 is ready for business operation.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the business operation of this system. The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings.

When the voting ticket 10 is input to the voting ticket input unit 2 of the terminal device 1, the voting number 11 and the identification number 12 on the voting ticket 10 are read (step 21), and the control unit 5 reads the identification number 12 read. Send the issue number data and voting number 11 included in
The search unit 19 is activated.

The search unit 19 stores the storage unit 4 based on the issue number data and the vote number 11.
Is searched (step 22), and if there is no match with the issue number 13 and the vote number 14, the data showing the deviation is displayed on the display unit 3 (steps 23, 24), and the process ends. If there is a match (step 23), the search unit 19 notifies the control unit 5 accordingly.
To the control unit 5 via the connection unit 6
12 is transferred to the data processing unit 8 of the central unit 7 (step 25).

The data processing device 8 searches the voting data storage device 9 by the identification number 12 (step 26), and if there is a match, transfers the winning amount to the terminal device 1 (steps 27, 2).
At the same time, the data indicating "paid" is set in the indicator portion 15 of the voting data storage device 9 (step 29).

If there is no match in step 27, the mismatched data is transferred to the terminal device 1. In this case, it is considered to be due to a fake bill or the like, so special processing is performed.

The terminal device 1 receives the response from the central device 7, displays the data on the display unit 3 (step 30), and the operator of the terminal device 1 performs business such as payment of winning money based on the display.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, the issue number data included in the identification number is stored in the storage unit when the voting ticket of the issue number is read before the winning number is transferred from the central device 7. Four
No. in No. 13 is an identification number directly to the central unit 7.
It is sufficient to perform a search based on 12 to determine whether or not the player has won or won the winning amount.

According to the above-described embodiment, since the number of vote numbers won is usually very small, it is possible to shorten the search time in the terminal device 1 and also reduce the storage capacity, so that the terminal The structure of the device 1 is simplified, and the data transfer time with the central device 7 is shortened.

Further, since the identification number is uniquely assigned to each betting ticket, the search time at the central device 7 can be shortened, the waiting time at the terminal device 1 can be reduced, and it is also effective for counterfeit bills. There is also an equal effect.

In the above embodiment, an example in which only one terminal device 1 is connected to the central device 7 has been shown, but it is possible to connect a plurality of terminal devices as described above.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, in response to a voting ticket winning inquiry, the terminal device first determines whether or not the voting ticket is won based on the voting number, and only the winning voting ticket is inquired to the central device by the ticket identification number. Since the central device determines whether or not there is a win based on the ticket identification number, it is possible to efficiently determine whether or not the voting ticket has won. In particular, in a voting system in which multiple votes can be applied with a single voting ticket and voting numbers can be duplicated, it is possible to efficiently and reliably determine whether a voting ticket is won or lost and search for winnings. This is a remarkable effect that a voting ticket winning / losing determination system can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a business operation of a voting ticket discrimination system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 and 5 are diagrams showing a storage configuration in the storage unit of the terminal device, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of records in the voting data storage device of the central device. 1: Terminal device, 2: Voting ticket input part, 3: Display part, 4: Storage part, 5:
Control part, 6: connection part, 7: central device, 8: data processing device, 9:
Voting data storage device, 10: Voting ticket, 11, 14, 16: Voting number,
12, 17: identification number, 13: issue number, 15: sign part, 19: search part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of terminal devices for inquiring about whether or not a voting ticket is won, and a central device for discriminating whether or not the voting ticket is won or not and transmitting the discrimination result to the terminal device. In the voting system having a voting number specified for each vote in the voting ticket and a unique ticket identification number for each voting ticket, the central device includes the plurality of winning voting numbers. Means for transferring to the terminal device, and whether or not the voting ticket is won based on the ticket identification number in response to the voting inquiry of the voting ticket by the ticket identification number from the terminal device, and the determination result to the terminal device And a means for transmitting the winning vote number storage means for storing the winning vote number transferred from the central device, and the winning vote number storage means for the winning inquiry of the voting ticket. Based on the memory content of A voting system for determining whether the voting ticket has won or not, and for the voting ticket that is judged to be winning, making a referral to the central device for the winning by the ticket identification number of the voting ticket. .