JPH05193293A - Method for issuing vote card - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The voting ticket issuing device is downsized, the application details and ticketing details can be easily checked to improve service to ticket purchasers, and it can be installed in a narrow installation location such as a sales window. It enables the configuration of the voting ticket issuing device. [Structure] An application card 11 (having an application number mark portion 12) and a ticket piece area 13 which becomes a voting ticket are integrally formed, and it is not necessary to provide roll paper or the like for the ticket in the voting ticket issuing device. , Downsize the voting ticket issuing device. Therefore, it can be installed in a small installation place such as a sales window. Also,
The application card and the voting ticket are integrated, making it easy to check the application details and ticketing details.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to sports such as horse races and bicycle races,
And voting method for issuing voting tickets such as number-selection lottery tickets, especially issuance of voting tickets suitable for downsizing the voting ticket issuing device, reducing operating costs, and improving service to ticket purchasers Regarding the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional voting ticket issuing device describes application information such as a voting number on an application form and discloses the application form as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 302891/1990. It is read by the reading section and the ticket is issued on a different form from the application form.

[0003]

According to the above prior art, it is necessary to equip the apparatus with paper for ticketing (for example, roll paper), and it is inevitable to increase the size of the voting ticket issuing device. In addition, since the application form and the issued ticket are separate media, it is not always easy to check the application content and ticket issue content. It included factors that caused troubles among purchasers.

According to the present invention, a ticketing area is provided on an application form, and the ticketing area is used to issue a ticket, thereby reducing the size of the voting ticket issuing device and facilitating the checking of the application content and the ticketing content. To provide a voting ticket issuing method that improves the service to ticket purchasers, enables the configuration of a voting ticket issuing device (terminal) that can be installed in a narrow installation location such as a sales window, and can reduce operating costs. With the goal.

[0005]

According to the method of issuing a voting ticket of the present invention, a voting number is input using a mark-type application card, and unique information corresponding to the input mark-type application card is generated. A ticket piece on which a voting number and the unique information are printed is issued as a voting ticket, and in particular, the ticket piece is formed integrally with the mark type application card.

Further, it is judged whether or not the voting number and the unique number are printed on the inputted mark type application card, and only when it is judged that they are not printed, the above-mentioned ticket piece is It is a process that is integrally formed with the mark type application card. Further, the coupon is formed on the same surface as the mark type voting number entry surface of the application card, and the coupon is separable or non-separable.

Further, the ticket piece is formed on the back side of the mark type voting number entry surface of the application card, and the ticket piece is inseparable. Further, the ticket piece is machine-readable and visible. Print unreadable characters or patterns.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the medium for printing the voting number and the unique information is the same medium as the application card,
It is printed in the print area provided in advance on the application card. This print area is separated from the application card so that it can be separated, for example, by perforations, so that the purchaser of the voting ticket can store the voting ticket part separately. Further, the print area may be configured to be inseparable from the application card and may be the front surface or the back surface of the application card.

Furthermore, by printing a machine-readable character or a pattern such as a tint block on the above-mentioned ticket piece, which cannot be visually read, it is possible to check the forgery and forgery of the voting ticket, and forge it. It is possible to prevent fraud caused by a modified ticket.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a voting ticket issuing system for executing the voting ticket issuing method of the present invention. Figure 1
As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 includes a control unit 2, an application card reading unit 3, a printing unit 4, a connecting unit 5 for connecting to a host computer, a display unit 6, and a keyboard unit 7. The host computer 8 is composed of a control unit 9 and a storage unit 10.

The terminal device 1 is installed at a voting ticket sales window, and an application card 11 in which a race code, a serial number, a game type, the number of purchases, a voting number, etc. are entered by a mark code or the like.
Is accepted, and the voting card is issued by inputting the application card 11 into the terminal device 1. The application card 11 is inserted into the application card reading unit 3 of the terminal device 1 to be read, and the read voting number and the like are transmitted to the host computer 8 at a higher level. The host computer 8 of higher rank accepts the vote number, assigns a ticket unique number, and transmits ticket issuing information including the ticket unique number to the terminal device 1.
When the terminal device 1 receives the ticket issuing information, the printing unit 4 turns the ticket into a printing area and issues the ticket as a voting ticket.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a first example of the application card, and shows an example of the configuration of the application card which can be separated from the ticket area. As shown in Figure 2, application card 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes an application number mark portion 12 on which printing for marking a voting number is performed, a ticket piece area 13, an application number printing portion 14, a ticket unique number printing portion 15, and a perforation 1
6, printed mark area 17, and secret area 18
It consists of and.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a second example of the application card, and the same parts as those of the first example shown in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. The application card of the second example shown in FIG. 3 is
The application number mark part 12 and the ticket strip area 13 are integrally configured, and a configuration example of an application card that cannot be separated is shown. Although not shown in FIG. 3, in the ticket strip area 13, as in the application card shown in FIG. 2, the application number printing section 14, the ticket unique number printing section 15, and the secret area 18
Shall be provided.

FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of the application card reading unit (3) and the printing unit (4) shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the application card reading unit and the printing unit include a card transport path 20, a card insertion / ejection sensor 21, a secret information print head 22, a voting data print head 23, a vote number reading head 24 on the application card, and an application card transport. It is composed of a roller 25, an application card insertion / ejection port 26, and a printing platen 27.

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described. Insertion slot 2 of application card reader 3
When the application card 11 is inserted from 6 and the card insertion / emission sensor 21 detects the insertion of the card, the control unit 2 of the terminal device 1 starts to convey the application card 11, and the application number mark portion 12 of the application card 11 is marked. The read voting number data is read by the read head 24. When the reading of the voting number data is completed, the control unit 2 stops the transportation,
The read data is transmitted to the host computer 8 via the control unit 2 and the connection unit 5.

When the control unit 9 of the host computer 8 receives the above-mentioned data from the terminal device 1, a ticket unique number for the data (ticket unique number; a number uniquely given to one application card by the control unit 9). Numbered and the terminal device 1
The storage unit 10 stores the data transmitted from
Remember. After that, the control unit 9 creates and edits data necessary for printing on the ticket strip area 13 to make a voting ticket,
It is transmitted to the terminal device 1.

Upon receiving the above data from the host computer 8, the control unit 2 of the terminal device 1 edits the data for printing on the ticket area 13 and the data for displaying on the display unit 6, and reads the application card. The section 3 and the printing section 4 are activated to restart the transportation of the application card 12, and further, the voting contents, the ticket specific number, etc. are printed in the ticket strip area 13 to form a voting ticket, which is ejected from the application card insertion / ejection slot 26. To do. At this time, the printed mark is the application number mark part 12
It is printed in the printed mark area 17 inside. At the same time, secret information is printed on the secret area 18 in the ticket area 13 by the secret information print head 22 with invisible ink such as fluorescent ink.

The operator of the terminal passes the ejected application card to the voting ticket purchaser (applicant) and is printed on the ticket piece area 13 of the issued application card 11 or displayed on the display unit 6. Receive the application fee,
Finish the operation for one application. Here, the application number mark portion 12 and the ticket piece area 13 are cut off by the terminal operator or the purchaser by the perforations 16.

When the ticket-issued application card 11 is reinserted, the reading unit 3 checks the printed mark area 17, and if there is a printed mark, an error message is displayed without performing ticketing processing as an application medium error. Is displayed on the display unit 6, the application card 11 is ejected to the application card insertion / ejection slot 26, and the process ends.

The secret information printed in the secret area 18 is used to check forgery / alteration when the winning / disabling judgment is automatically made for the ticket piece area 13 composing the voting ticket. is there. That is, as described above, when the secret information is printed with the invisible fluorescent ink, the fluorescent ink is detected by the fluorescent ink sensor or the like, and when detected, it is confirmed that the voting ticket is normal. You can The detection method may be presence / absence of secret information, or may be a check of secret characters or patterns. Regarding the secret information printing position, the secret area 18 may not be specially provided, and for example, the ticket specific number portion 15 may be overprinted.

In the above embodiment, the application number mark portion 12 and the ticket strip area 13 are formed on the same surface of the application card, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the application number mark portion 12 and the ticket piece area 13 may be separately formed on both sides of the application card 11.

Further, in the above embodiment, the secret information is printed with the fluorescent ink by using the secret information print head, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the marking of the fluorescent ink by the ink roller is also possible. It is also possible to mark with fluorescent ink using an ink stamp.

As is clear from the above description, according to the above-described embodiment, it is not necessary to provide a voting terminal medium for inputting a voting number or the like to issue a voting ticket with a voting ticket medium, which is small and simple. It becomes possible to realize a voting terminal having a configuration. Therefore, it is possible to configure a terminal device that can be installed in a narrow place such as a sales window, and it is possible to issue a highly reliable voting ticket that can cope with forgery and forgery of a voting ticket.
Further, since the application card and the voting ticket can be integrated, the operation of the terminal operator can be simplified and the handling error can be effectively prevented.

[0024]

According to the present invention, it is not necessary to provide a voting ticket issuing device (terminal device) for issuing a voting ticket by inputting a voting number or the like with a voting ticket medium, and the voting is small and simple. It becomes possible to realize a ticket issuing device. Therefore, it is possible to configure a voting ticket issuing device that can be installed in a narrow space such as a sales window, and it is possible to reduce operating costs.

Further, since the application card and the voting ticket can be integrated, it becomes easy to check the application contents and the ticket issuing contents, and it is possible to improve the service to the ticket purchaser. In addition, it is possible to simplify the operation of the terminal operator and effectively prevent a mistake in handling.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a voting ticket issuing system for executing a ticket issuing method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a first example of an application card.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a second example of an application card.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of an application card reading unit and a printing unit shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Terminal device, 2 ... Terminal device control unit, 3 ... Application card reading unit, 4 ... Printing unit, 5 ... Connecting unit, 6 ... Display unit, 7 ...
Keyboard, 8 ... Host computer, 9 ... Host computer control section, 10 ... Storage section, 11 ... Application card, 12 ... Application number mark section, 13 ... Ticket area, 14
… Application number printing part, 15… Ticket unique number printing part, 16…
Perforations, 17 ... Printed mark area, 18 ... Secret area, 21 ... Card insertion ejection sensor, 22 ... Secret information print head, 23 ... Voting data print head, 2
4 ... Voting number reading head, 25 ... Application card transport roll
La, 26 ... Including card insertion and discharge port.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A mark-type application card is used to input a voting number, unique information corresponding to the inputted mark-type application card is generated, and at least a ticket printed with the vote number and the unique information is printed. A voting ticket issuing method for issuing as a voting ticket, wherein the ticket piece is formed integrally with the mark type application card. 2. A judgment is made as to whether or not the voting number and the unique number are printed on the inputted mark type application card, and only when it is judged that they are not printed, the ticket piece is 2. The method of issuing a voting ticket according to claim 1, further comprising the step of forming the mark type application card integrally with the mark type application card. 3. The issuance of a voting ticket according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ticket is formed on the same surface as the mark type voting number entry surface of the application card, and the ticket is separable. Method. 4. The voting ticket according to claim 1, wherein the ticket is formed on the same surface as the mark type voting number entry surface of the application card, and the ticket is inseparable. Issuing method. 5. The issuance of a voting ticket according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ticket is formed on the back side of the mark type voting number entry surface of the application card, and the ticket is inseparable. Method. 6. The method for issuing a voting ticket according to claim 1, wherein a character or a pattern that can be read by a machine but cannot be visually read is printed on the ticket piece.