JPH0635934A - Election terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To improve the efficiency and reliability of voting and counting work by making it possible to automate voting and counting work in elections. [Structure] It is possible to prevent unauthorized use of the voting terminal 10 by using the key card 6 that is distributed to qualified voters in exchange for voting postcards at the acceptance of the polling place and by determining the suitability of the key card 6. I am trying. In this case, since the used information is recorded in the key card 6 and the card 6 is invalidated at the end of voting, it is possible to prevent the same voter from voting multiple times. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of voting in the election and the counting work, and improve the operability and reliability.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an election terminal device used for voting in an election, and more particularly to an election terminal device excellent in operability and reliability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the election of Diet members, prefectural governors, members of the Diet, mayors of municipalities, members of the Diet, etc., postcards, which will be polling place admission tickets, are mailed from local governments to voters based on the Public Offices Election Act. , Voters bring it to the polling place, and it is confirmed that they are who they are by comparing it with the electoral list. Then, when the ballot is given, the name of the candidate is filled in on the ballot, and the ballot is put in a ballot box for voting.
When multiple elections are held at the same time, multiple ballots are distributed, the names of the candidates are filled in, and the votes are placed in the respective ballot boxes. After that, the ballot boxes were collected in facilities such as gymnasiums, the voting work was performed by human tactics, and the voting results were collected.

As described above, in the conventional election voting, OA has not been advanced in the voting act and the counting work, and time is spent for counting. A considerable amount of time was spent in the determination of question marks that required determination. Moreover, when a vote counting error occurred, the counting operation had to be redone from the beginning.

In this case, the names of the candidates who have voted are only written by hand on the ballot paper. Therefore, in the counting operation, the handwritten characters are read for each ballot paper. Such work is required. For this reason, the counting work requires a great deal of time and labor.

[0005]

Conventionally, there has been a drawback that time is spent on counting because OA is not progressing in voting and counting work.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and makes it possible to automate the voting action and the counting work of elections, to improve the efficiency of the voting and counting work, and to have excellent operability and reliability. The purpose is to provide an election terminal device.

[0007]

Means and Actions for Solving the Problems
An election terminal device equipped with a coordinate input device and a flat display device interlocked with the coordinate input device, wherein an election terminal use token inserted by a voter is read and the eligibility of the election terminal use token is determined. Means, means for permitting or prohibiting the operation of the election terminal device for voting according to this determination result, and inputting using the coordinate input device and the flat display device when the operation of the election terminal device is permitted. And means for recording voting information.

In this election terminal device, data can be entered for voting on the screen, and furthermore, for example, the use of an election terminal which is distributed to qualified voters in exchange for voting postcards at the acceptance of the polling place. Using tokens,
By determining the eligibility of the election terminal use token, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use of the election terminal device. Therefore, it is possible to realize an election terminal device that can improve the efficiency of voting and counting work in elections and that is excellent in operability and reliability.

Further, by invalidating the token used by the election terminal at the end of the vote, it is possible to prevent the same voter from making illegal votes a plurality of times.

Further, the election terminal device of the present invention stores the candidacy name input by the voter as an identifier such as a candidate number and handwriting data, and transmits it to the host device at the voting place via the network. It has a configuration. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the efficiency of the counting operation.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of an election terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This election terminal device is used as a voting terminal, and the voting terminal 10
Is realized by a pen-input type computer as shown. The voting terminal 10 is configured such that its use is permitted by inputting a token. Here, the token means, for example, a pen itself, a magnetic stripe card, a wireless card, an ID card, or the like. Less than,
In this embodiment, a case where a key card composed of a magnetic stripe card or the like is used as a token will be described.

In the voting terminal 10, an integrated display / input device 2 is provided on the upper surface of the housing 1. The integrated display / input device 2 is formed integrally by laminating an LCD 20 (liquid crystal display), which will be described later with reference to FIG. 2, and a transparent tablet 21 for coordinate input, and performs display and data input on the same coordinate plane. It is possible.

The stylus pen 3 is for indicating the coordinate position of the tablet and has a built-in switch for detecting contact with the tablet surface. The detection result of the switch is notified to the internal processing circuit via the code 5. Magnetic card reader
The writer 4 comprises a magnetic head, a sensor, a card carrying belt, and a key card 6 including a magnetic stripe card (hereinafter referred to as a magnetic card) inserted from an insertion slot.
Can be read and written. The key card 6 is distributed to qualified voters in exchange for voting postcards at the polling place, for example. By inserting the key card 6 into the magnetic card reader / writer 4, the voting terminal 10 is operated. Will be possible.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal hardware configuration of the election terminal device of the present invention.

The respective devices are connected by a bus. The transparent tablet 21 forming the integrated display / input device 2 is
Transparent electrodes in the X and Y directions orthogonal to the glass plate are arranged in a matrix. A pulse voltage is sequentially applied to these electrodes, and the XY coordinate position designated by the stylus pen 3 is detected by electrostatic coupling. The transparent tablet 21 and the stylus pen 3 are controlled by the tablet controller 22. On the other hand, LCD
20 is controlled by the LCD controller 23.

The memory 24 is a device for storing a program for controlling the voting terminal 10 and buffer data, and is composed of a RAM having an I / O area indicating the state of the hardware device, and a ROM. CPU25
Is constituted by a microprocessor and has a memory 24
Execute the program described in. VRAM26
Is a bit map memory for storing display information displayed on the LCD 20. LCD controller 23
Display control such as display information transfer control from the VRAM 26 to the LCD 20 and display information transfer control from the CPU 25 to the VRAM 26 is performed. Tablet controller 22
Performs scan control of the X and Y electrodes of the transparent tablet 5, voltage detection processing at a position designated by the stylus pen 3, and XY coordinate data generation processing. The card reader controller 27 is a magnetic card reader / writer 5.
It is a device for controlling the above, and sends the command sent from the CPU 25 via the bus to the magnetic card reader / writer 4 and also sets the internal state of the magnetic card reader / writer 4 to a predetermined value in the I / O area of the memory 24. Reflect on the address. The communication interface 28 controls data communication with an external terminal control device or a host computer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the memory 24.

The memory 24 includes a program section 31-36, a buffer / data section 3a-3b, and an I / O area 3c-3.
It is divided into d. The initialization unit 31 is a program that initializes each hardware device and the buffer, the voting process start unit 32 is a program that detects the insertion of a magnetic card and starts the process, and the eligibility determination unit 33.
Is a program for checking the contents of the magnetic card, the selection unit 34 displays a list of candidates on the screen, and a program for letting one voter be selected from this, the decision unit 35 makes the voter make a decision At the same time, the program for transmitting the determination result to the outside through the communication interface 28, the magnetic data writing unit 36, the card reader controller 2
7 can be used as a storage area for a program for writing that the voting has been completed on the magnetic card. The return status buffer 3a is a buffer that stores the return value of each process.

The card status buffer 3c and the card data buffer 3d are buffers for exchanging data between the CPU 25 and the card reader controller 27.

A specific processing flow using the above components will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

At the time of voting, the voter first checks whether or not the person is listed on the electoral list at the time of acceptance. At this time, if it is determined that the condition is satisfied, then FIG.
Receive a key card 6 as shown in. The key card 6 includes a magnetic stripe 6 made of a strip-shaped magnetic material.
a is applied. As shown in FIG. 6, for example, 16 bytes of information can be stored in the magnetic stripe 6a, and writing / reading can be performed by the magnetic card reader / writer 4. The information to be written here is predetermined. In the first 1 byte, information indicating whether or not the card has been used is written. For example, "0" is stored if unused and "1" is stored if used. In the initial state, "0" is written.

In the voting terminal 10, first, the program of the initialization unit 31 is activated to initialize each hardware device and initialize the buffer (step 1).
1). After the initialization processing, the card reader controller 27 performs processing in parallel with the CPU 25, detects the insertion of the magnetic card 6 by the sensor in the magnetic card reader / writer 4, drives the carrying belt, and The contents of the card 6 are read by using the magnetic head at the same time when the card is taken into the housing. The state and the read result at this time are written in the card status buffer 3c and the card data buffer 3d in the I / O area of the memory 24. The contents of the value written in the card status buffer 3c are as follows.

00: card not inserted 01: card inserted, reading successful 02: card inserted, reading failed When reading succeeded, card data buffer 3d
Write the data contents read in.

The card reader controller 27 is controlled by writing from the CPU 25 side to the card status buffer 3c. The value of the control command to be written is as follows.

08: Card sending 16: Processing start 32: Writing the contents of the card data buffer to the card

Next, the program of the voting process starting unit 32 is activated (step S12). The flow of this voting process start processing will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the card status buffer 3c in the I / O area of the memory 24 is read (steps S31, S32, S33). If the result is "0", the process of step S31 is repeated. If the result is “2”,
It is determined that some error has occurred in reading the card 6, and "0" is stored in the card status buffer 3c in the I / O area.
8 "is written, the card is sent out (step S34), the return value is set to" 0 ", and the process returns from the voting process start process of FIG. 4 (step S35). If the result is not" 2 ", the return value is returned. The process returns from the voting process start process with "1" (step S36).

In FIG. 4, if the reading in step S12 fails, that is, if the return value of the process is "1", "1" is stored in the card status buffer 3c in the I / O area.
6 "is written (step S14) to reset the card reader controller 27. After that, the processing from step S12 is repeated.

If the reading is successful in step S12, that is, if the return value of the process is not "1", the control moves to step S15. In step S15, the program of the eligibility determination unit 33 is activated. The process flow of the eligibility determination process will be described with reference to FIG. Here, first, the card data buffer 3 in the I / O area of the memory 24
The value of the first byte of d is checked (step S41). If this is "1", a message is displayed on the screen using the LCD controller 23 and VRAM 26,
Informs the voter that he / she cannot vote multiple times (step S44), and the card status buffer 3c in the I / O area
Write "08" in and write out the card (step S4
5) Then, the return value is set to "1" to return from the eligibility determination process (step S46). On the other hand, if the value is not "1" in step 42, the return value is set to "0" and the eligibility determination process is returned (step S43).

If it is determined in step S15 that the card is an ineligible card, that is, if the return value of the process is "1", "1" is stored in the card status buffer 3c in the I / O area.
6 "is written (step S17) to reset the card reader controller 27. After this, step S1
The process from 2 is repeated.

If it is determined in step S15 that the card is a qualified card, that is, if the return value of the process is not "1", the control proceeds to step S18 of FIG. Step S
In 18, the program of the selection unit 34 is activated. Here, for example, the LCD controller 23 and the VRAM 2
6 is used to display a list of candidates on the screen. After that, the voter selects the candidate on the screen using the stylus pen 3 and the tablet 21. The state of the screen at this time is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 9, a list of candidate names or political party names or numbers corresponding to them is displayed on the screen, and the voter is prompted to select and designate the candidate or political party. When the voter selects a specific candidate or political party, the designated position on the screen is detected under the control of the tablet controller 22, and which of the rectangular frames shown in FIG. 9 is designated. Be examined. Then, the number indicating the candidate name corresponding to the rectangular frame number is stored in the candidate number storage buffer of the data buffer unit.

Subsequently, the program of the decision unit 35 is activated (step S19). The flow of processing in this determination processing will be described with reference to FIG.

Here, first, the LCD controller 23 and the VRAM 26 are used to display a message and a rectangular frame as shown in FIG. 10 on the screen (step S61).
Next, give the voter a stylus pen 3 and a tablet 21.
Use to select either the rectangular frame corresponding to "Yes" or the rectangular frame corresponding to "No" on the screen, and then detect the specified position on the screen using the tablet controller 22. If a rectangular frame corresponding to "Yes" is specified (step S63), the contents of the candidate number storage buffer are transferred to the external host device via the communication interface 28. (Step S65), the return value is set to "1" and the process returns from the determination process (step S6).
6).

On the other hand, if the rectangular frame corresponding to "No" is designated (step S63), the return value is set to "0" and the determination process is returned (step S64).

If it is detected in step S20 in FIG. 4 that the rectangular frame corresponding to "No" is specified, that is, if the return value of the process is "0", the process from step S18 in FIG. repeat.

When it is detected that the rectangular frame corresponding to "Yes" is designated, the program of the magnetic data writing unit 36 is activated (step S21). The flow of the magnetic card writing process will be described with reference to FIG.

Here, first, the card data buffer 3
"1" is stored in the first byte of d (step S7).
1). After this, "3" is displayed in the card status buffer 3c.
2 "is written, and the contents of the card data buffer 3d are written in the card 6 (step S72). With this, it is written in the card that the voting is completed. After this processing, the process from step S11 is started again. Repeat the process.

As described above, in this embodiment, data can be entered for voting on the screen, and furthermore, for example, at the acceptance of the polling place, a qualified voter can be exchanged for a postcard. Use the distributed key card 6,
By determining the suitability of the key card 6, the illegal use of the voting terminal 10 can be prevented. In this case, since the used information is recorded in the key card 6 and the card 6 is invalidated at the end of voting, it is possible to prevent the same voter from voting multiple times. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of voting in the election and the counting work, and improve the operability and reliability.

Here, although the suitability of the key card 6 is determined only by whether or not the card has been used, various kinds of encrypted data are recorded in the key card 6 in advance, and the encrypted data of the encrypted data is recorded. It is also possible to determine the suitability of the key card 6 together with the verification result.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 13 shows the voting terminal device 1 of the second embodiment.
An appearance of 0 is shown. The voting terminal device 10 has a first
In addition to the configuration of the voting terminal device of the embodiment, an external storage device 7 is provided. The external storage device 7 includes a memory card interface 8 and a memory card 9.
This memory card 9 is inserted into the voting terminal device 10 by an election management committee member at the polling place, and the memory card 9 stores a password for collating with the stored data of the key card 6.

FIG. 14 shows the voting terminal device 10 of the second embodiment.
3 is a block diagram showing the internal hardware configuration of FIG.

This configuration is different from that of the first embodiment only in that a memory card controller 29 is added, and the other points are the same as those of the first embodiment. The memory card controller 29 sends the command sent from the CPU 25 via the bus to the memory card interface 8 and reflects the state of the memory card interface 8 in a predetermined address of the I / O area of the memory 24.

FIG. 15 shows the internal structure of the memory 24. The memory 24 is divided into a program section 31-36, a buffer / data section 3a-3b, and an I / O area 3c-3d. The initialization unit 31 is a program that initializes each hardware device and the buffer, the voting process start unit 32 is a program that detects the insertion of the key card 6 and starts the process, and the password verification unit 33.
Is a program for collating the content of the collated password in the key card 6 with the content of the collated password in the memory, and the selection unit 34.
Is a program that displays a list of candidates on the screen, and one of them selects a voter. The decision unit 35 causes the voter to make a decision, and at the same time, the communication interface 28
The magnetic data writing unit 36, which is a program for transmitting the determination result to the outside via the, is a storage area of a program for writing the fact that voting has been completed on the magnetic card using the card reader controller 27. Return status buffer 3a
Is a buffer for storing the return value of each process, and the password storage buffer 3b is a buffer of 4 bytes for storing the password. The card status buffer 3c and the card data buffer 3d are buffers for exchanging data between the CPU 25 and the card reader controller 27.

As described above, in the fourth embodiment, it is possible to temporarily store, for each vote, a predetermined identifier corresponding to the candidate selected and designated by the voter. It becomes possible to accumulate this and store a plurality of identifier data designated by a plurality of voters. Furthermore, by receiving a command from the host computer of the counting place, it becomes possible to send the accumulated plural identifier data to the host computer, and it is possible to perform the counting work of voting data online. Become. Further, since the identifier data stored inside is erased by receiving a command from the host computer, even if multiple requests for data transmission are received from the host computer within the voting time, duplication is repeated. It becomes possible to transmit data without doing so.

Here, the case has been described as an example where the identifiers corresponding to the voted candidates are accumulated and then collectively transferred, but the corresponding identifiers are sequentially transmitted each time the voting operation is executed. You can also In addition, managing the candidates and the corresponding number of votes in the voting terminal 10,
The number of votes can also be sent with the candidate identifier. This management of the number of votes can be easily realized by incrementing the number of votes of the corresponding candidate by +1 each time a vote is made.

Next, referring to FIGS. 35 to 40, the fifth
An example will be described.

The fifth embodiment does not transmit the identifier corresponding to the voted candidate as in the fourth embodiment, but uses the handwriting data of the candidate name handwritten by the voter during the voting operation. It is configured to send. The voting terminal device of the fifth embodiment can be realized by the same hardware configuration as that of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 35 shows a screen situation during input of a candidate name by handwriting. When the voter uses the stylus pen 3 and the tablet 21 to handwrite the candidate name on the screen, the point sequence data of the handwriting image is detected using the tablet controller 22, and the coordinates of each point sequence data are detected. The value is sequentially stored at a predetermined position in the handwriting data storage buffer. Simultaneously with the input of point sequence data, LCD controller 23 and VRAM2
The dot row is displayed on the screen using 6.

FIG. 37 is a diagram showing the configuration of the memory 24 of the voting terminal device of the fifth embodiment. The memory 24 is divided into program sections 31 to 36, buffer / data sections 3a to 3b, and I / O port areas 3c to 3d. The initialization unit 31 is a program for initializing each hardware device and a buffer, and a voting process starting unit 32.
Is a program that detects that the key card 6 has been inserted and starts processing, and the password verification unit 33
A program for collating the collated password in the collation password with the content of the collation password in the memory, the handwriting data input unit 34 is a program for allowing the voter to select the handwriting data of the candidate name, and the determining unit 35 is for the voter to make a decision. At the same time, the magnetic data writing unit 36, which is a program for storing the handwriting data obtained by the program of the handwriting data input unit 34 in the external storage device 15, uses the card reader controller 27 to indicate that the voting has been completed for the magnetic card. The program to be written and the handwriting data transfer unit 37 determines whether or not a data transmission command is issued from the host computer at the counting place, and if it is, the data is stored in the external storage device 15 for the host computer. The storage area of the program for transferring the handwriting data stored therein and erasing the handwriting data in the external storage device 15 after the transfer is completed. It is.

The return status buffer 3a is a buffer for storing the return value of each process, and the password storage buffer 3b is a buffer of 4 bytes for storing the password. The handwriting data storage buffer 3h is a buffer that stores the handwriting data of the candidate name input by the voter, and can store the total number of point sequence data forming the handwriting data and the coordinate value of each point. FIG. 39 shows the structure of data to be stored in the handwriting data storage buffer 3h. As shown in the figure, the handwriting data is the X of each point sequence data of the handwriting image.
It is managed by the value of the coordinate and the Y coordinate.

The data counter buffer 3i stores the total number of handwriting data stored in the external storage device 15. The card status buffer 3c and the card data buffer 3d are buffers for exchanging data with the CPU 25 and the card reader controller 27. The LAN status buffer 3e and the LAN data buffer 3f are buffers for exchanging data between the CPU 25 and the LAN controller 28.

A specific processing flow using the above components will be described below with reference to FIG.

Since the initialization processing from step S211 to the card reader resetting processing from step S217 are the same as those in the fourth embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here. Step S
In 218, the program of the handwriting data input unit 34 is activated. Here, first, the voter is made to use the stylus pen 3 and the tablet 21 to input the point sequence data constituting the handwriting data representing the candidate's name on the screen. By detecting the designated position on the screen using the tablet controller 22, the coordinate value of each point sequence data is sequentially stored at a predetermined position in the handwriting data storage buffer 3h. LCD controller 2 at the same time when point sequence data is input
3 and the VRAM 26 are used to display a dot row on the screen. The status of the screen during input of handwriting data is as shown in FIG. If the point sequence data has not been input for a certain period of time or more, the handwriting data storage buffer 3
At a predetermined position in h, the number of all input point sequences is stored.

Subsequently, the program of the decision unit 35 is activated (step S219). In the decision process, first the LCD
A message and a rectangular frame as shown in FIG. 36 are displayed on the screen by using the controller 23 and the VRAM 26. Next, let the voter select either the rectangular frame corresponding to “Yes” or the rectangular frame corresponding to “No” on the screen by using the stylus pen 3 and the tablet 21, and further using the tablet controller 22. The specified position on the screen is detected, which rectangular frame is specified is checked, and if the rectangular frame corresponding to "Yes" is specified, first, 1 is added to the value of the data count buffer 3i, then The data stored in the handwriting data storage buffer 3h is called and added to the handwriting data storage file in the external storage device 15. The handwriting data storage file has a format as shown in FIG. 40, and a plurality of handwriting data having the same structure as the handwriting data storage buffer 3h described in FIG. 39 are lined up and sequentially added. After that, the return value is set to "1" and the process returns from the determination process. If the rectangular frame corresponding to "No" is designated, the return value is set to "0" and the process returns from the determination process.

When the rectangular frame corresponding to "Yes" is designated, the program of the magnetic data writing unit 36 is activated (step S221). In the magnetic data writing process, it is recorded on the card 6 that the voting of each voter is completed. The processing from step S212 to step S221 is for one voter.

After the processing of step S221, the program of the handwriting data transfer unit 37 is activated (step S22).
2). In the handwriting data transfer process, first, the LAN controller 28 is driven to check whether a data transfer request is made from the host computer at the collection place. At this time, the LAN status buffer 3e in the I / O port area is read. If the value is "01", it is considered that a data transfer request is made. If a data transfer request is made, the LAN controller 28 is driven to send the external storage device 1 to the host computer.
The contents of the handwriting data storage file in 5 are transferred.
This processing is performed by the LAN data buffer 3 in the I / O port area.
This is performed by sequentially storing the contents of the file in f. After that, the data counter buffer 3h is initialized, the handwriting data storage file in the external storage device 15 is erased, and the handwriting data transfer process ends and the process returns.

As described above, in the fifth embodiment,
Since it is configured to send handwriting data of the candidate's name handwritten by the voter at the time of voting operation, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the counting work at the counting place and the existing handwriting based on the handwriting of each voter. It is also possible to judge the invalid votes of, and a more reliable system can be realized.

Regarding the transmission of the handwriting data,
It is also possible to sequentially transmit each time a vote is made by handwriting input without passing through the handwriting data storage file.

FIG. 41 shows the system configuration of the entire election system when the voting terminal 10 of the fourth or fifth embodiment is used.

In this election system, when the voting data such as the candidate number and the writing data are sequentially transmitted,
The voting data is the voting terminal 1 as shown by the broken line.
0, transmitted to the network via the LAN controller 44, and transmitted to the collection point. At the counting place, the LAN controller 203 receives the voting data and sends it to the host computer that functions as the counting terminal 201 for terminal control. Further, when a plurality of voting data such as the candidate number and the writing data are collectively transmitted, the voting data is indicated by the solid line in the voting terminal 1
0, the external storage device 15, and the LAN controller 44 to be sent to the network and sent to the collection point. At the counting place, the LAN controller 203 receives the voting data, saves the voting data in the database of the external storage device 202, and then sends the voting data to the host computer that functions as the counting terminal 201 for terminal control.

Further, as described above, the voting data is not directly transmitted from the voting terminal 10 to the counting terminal 201, but the transmission data from a plurality of voting terminals 10 arranged in the polling place is controlled by the terminal in the polling place. The device may receive the voting data from the terminal control device and send the voting data to the aggregation terminal 201.

FIG. 42 conceptually shows an example of a polling place monitoring system.

This monitoring system is intended to prevent the key card 6 from being illegally taken out of the polling place. For this reason, the key card 6 is provided with a thin simple electric wave transmitter 6c. . Further, a sensor 301 and an alarm device 302 are installed at the exit gate. When the key card 6 is taken out of the polling place, the electric wave emitted from the simple electric wave transmitter 6c is detected by the sensor 301, and the alarm device 302 emits an alarm sound. By using this monitoring system, the reliability of elections can be further improved.

The specific configurations and processing procedures of the first to fifth embodiments have been separately described above, but it is possible to use various combinations of the qualification verification processing and the transmission processing of these embodiments. It is an opinion.

Next, referring to FIG. 43, the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An example will be described.

This embodiment is intended to prevent double voting by the same voter. A sensor is provided in the voting booth at the polling place, and the voting terminal is only once when it is detected that one person has entered the booth. It is configured so that a voting operation using 10 can be performed.

That is, as shown in FIG.
The voting terminal 10 is a voting booth (voting room) 400 in the voting hall.
A light source 401 and a sensor 402 are provided at the entrance gate of the voting booth 400. The light source 401 and the sensor 402 are for detecting that a voter has entered the voting booth 400, and a detection signal is sent from the sensor 402 to the voting terminal 10 every time one voter enters the voting booth 400. It

The voting terminal 10 is set so that the voting operation can be performed only once when the sensor 402 detects that the voter has entered the room. This can be performed by the same method as the voter verification process using the key card 6 described above. That is, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the double voting is prevented by writing the used information in the key card 6 after the voting is completed, but in this embodiment also, the information indicating the entry of the voter is held, Double voting can be prevented by rewriting after voting.

In this configuration, double voting by the same voter can be prevented without using the key card 6.

As a mechanism for detecting the entry of a voter, a mechanism in which a rotating gate is placed at the entrance of the voting booth 400 and the entrance of the voter is detected by the rotating gate can be used.

Next, a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 44 and 45.

This embodiment takes into consideration the response to the hardware failure of the voting terminal 10, and is constructed so that the voting terminal 10 is not used when a failure is discovered by the simple test program. Is.

That is, as shown in FIG.
The simple test program 501b is stored together with the election program 501a in the IC memory card 501 of EPROM (fixed memory that can be erased all at once with ultraviolet rays, but contents not written individually by other methods). It is supplied from the IC memory card 501.
The election program 501a is for executing the series of processes described in FIG. 4, and particularly controls the voting operation including the selection process and the decision process. The simple test program 501b is for executing the test of the hardware of the voting terminal 10, etc., and the test is always executed while the voting operation is not performed in the voting terminal 10, and the voter starts using it. And control is automatically transferred to the election program 501a. If a failure is discovered by the simple test program 501b, a message such as "unavailable" is displayed on the screen to prevent the voting terminal 10 from being used.

The switching operation between the election program 501a and the simple test program 501b in the voting terminal 10 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the voting terminal 10 is not in use, that is, in the initial setting state (step S301), the simple test program 501b is executed (step S30).
2) Until the interrupt request indicating the use of the terminal is generated (step S303), the test of hardware and the like is repeatedly executed (step S303). The interrupt request is generated, for example, when the key card 6 is inserted into the voting terminal 10.

When the key card 6 is inserted, the voting terminal 1
0 is in use, and the election program 501a is executed (step S304). This election program 501
The a executes, for example, the above-mentioned voting process start processing, eligibility determination processing, selection processing, determination processing, etc., and performs input control of the candidate name or political party name and registration processing of the input voting data. When the voting operation is completed, the control is transferred to the simple test program 501b again (step S302), and the test is repeatedly executed until the next voter uses the voting terminal 10.

If a failure is found by the test in step S302, a message such as "unavailable" is displayed on the screen, and even if a card is inserted thereafter, interruption is prohibited and the election program 501a. Is configured not to run.

In this embodiment, since the test is always performed except during the period when the voting terminal 10 is used, the reliability of voting by the voting terminal 10 can be significantly improved.

Next, referring to FIG. 46, the eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An example will be described.

This embodiment is for the purpose of managing the program and preventing switching to an unauthorized program. That is, in this embodiment, the election management committee,
After confirming that the contents of the plurality of distributed memory cards 501 are the same by using a predetermined device, a test program is inserted into each of the plurality of voting terminals to check the hardware, and then, The election program is inserted, the memory card 501 is sealed so as not to be illegally exchanged, and then distributed to the polling place, and the seal is confirmed after the voting is completed.

FIG. 46 shows the procedure.

That is, first, in the election management committee etc.,
The identity of the program contents of the distributed memory cards 501 is confirmed (step S401). This confirmation of the identity is performed by using, for example, a dedicated device supplied from the hardware supplier of the voting terminal 10. By this confirmation processing, the presence of an erroneous program or an error memory card such as an illicit card is checked (step S402).

Next, the election management committee or the like tests the plurality of distributed election terminals 10 (step S4).
03). This test is performed by using, for example, a detailed test program supplied from the hardware supplier of the voting terminal 10. The detailed test program is supplied, for example, by a ROM (write / erase fixed memory) dedicated IC memory card. As a result of this test, the defective election terminal 10 is checked (step S404).

Thereafter, the election management committee, etc., attaches the memory card 50 whose program content has been confirmed to each normal election terminal 10 having no failure, seals the memory card 50, and then Distribute to polling place (step S
405). As shown in the figure, this sealing is performed by sealing the sealing paper 601 from above the memory card 50 mounting portion and printing the seal on the sealing paper 601.

Needless to say, the sealing method can be variously changed depending on the position and structure of the mounting portion of the memory card 50.

[0089]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
It will be possible to automate voting and counting work in elections, so that voting and counting work can be done more quickly and efficiently, and moreover, unauthorized use of terminals by key cards and unauthorized use by the same voters. It is possible to effectively prevent multiple votes. Further, since the voting data can be communicated to the counting place as an identifier corresponding to the candidate name or handwriting data, the counting work can be performed more efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a voting terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a voting terminal according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of a memory of the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a specific processing flow of the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a key card used in the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data format of internal information stored in a key card used in the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure at the time of starting voting processing in the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of eligibility determination processing in the voting terminal according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state of a screen when a candidate name list is displayed on the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state of a screen at the end of voting processing in the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining an operation procedure for determining a candidate selected and designated by the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a writing operation to a key card in the voting terminal of the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an external view showing a voting terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a voting terminal according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a view showing the contents of the memory of the voting terminal of the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a specific processing flow of the voting terminal according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a key card used in the voting terminal of the second embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining an operation procedure of eligibility determination processing in the voting terminal of the second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an external view showing a voting terminal according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a voting terminal according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the contents of the memory of the voting terminal of the third embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating a specific processing flow of the voting terminal according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of a key card used in the voting terminal of the third embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a view showing a state in which the bar code of the key card used in the voting terminal of the third embodiment is deleted.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart for explaining the operation procedure of the eligibility determination process in the voting terminal of the third embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of a bar code reader and a printer provided in the voting terminal of the third embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a state of the printer during printing in the structure of FIG. 26.

FIG. 28 is an external view showing a voting terminal according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of a voting terminal according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a view showing the contents of the memory of the voting terminal of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart illustrating a specific processing flow of the voting terminal according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart for explaining an operation procedure when determining a candidate who is selectively designated in the voting terminal of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart for explaining the data transfer operation of the candidate number in the voting terminal of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a data storage format of a candidate number storage file provided in the voting terminal of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a screen state when a candidate name is handwritten in the voting terminal according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a state of a screen at the end of voting processing in the voting terminal of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a view showing an example of memory contents of the voting terminal of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart illustrating a specific processing flow of the voting terminal according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example of a data storage format in a handwriting data storage buffer provided in the voting terminal of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing an example of a data storage format of a handwriting data storage file provided in the voting terminal of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 41 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an election system using the voting terminal of the fourth or fifth embodiment.

FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a configuration of a polling place monitoring system in which the voting terminal of the present invention is installed.

FIG. 43 is a view for explaining a configuration for preventing double voting in the voting terminal according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing an example of stored contents of a memory card used in the voting terminal according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart for explaining the switching operation between the simple test program and the election program in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 46 is a view for explaining a voting terminal according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Housing, 2 ... Integrated display / input device, 3 ... Stylus pen, 4 ... Magnetic card reader / writer, 6 ... Key card,
10 ... Voting terminal, 21 ... Transparent tablet, 22 ... Tablet controller, 23 ... LCD controller, 24 ...
Memory, 25 ... CPU, 26 ... VRAM, 27 ... Card reader controller, 28 ... Communication interface.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yasuo Tanozaki 70 Yanagimachi, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Toshiba Yanagimachi Factory

Claims (26)

[Claims] 1. An election terminal device comprising a coordinate input device and a plane display device interlocked with the coordinate input device, wherein an election terminal use token inserted by a voter is read and the eligibility for using the election terminal is met. Determination means for determining, and means for permitting or prohibiting the input operation of the election terminal device for voting according to the determination result, and the coordinate input device and the flat display device when the operation of the election terminal device is permitted. And a means for recording the voting information inputted by using the election terminal device. 2. The election terminal use token has a predetermined storage area in which used information indicating whether the election terminal use token has been used is stored, and the determining means qualifies the election terminal use token according to the used information. The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The apparatus further comprises means for invalidating the election terminal use token at the end of voting so that the same voter is prohibited from voting a plurality of times, and the used information is converted to the election terminal use token at the end of voting. The election terminal device according to claim 1, which is recorded. 4. The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the election terminal use token is a magnetic stripe card, a wireless card, or an ID card. 5. An election terminal device comprising a coordinate input device and a plane display device interlocked with the coordinate input device, wherein the password recorded in an election terminal use token inserted by a voter and the election terminal. A discriminating means for collating a password stored in the external storage device of the device and discriminating the eligibility of the election terminal use token according to the collation result, and permitting the operation of the election terminal device for voting according to the discrimination result Alternatively, the election terminal device is provided with means for prohibiting and means for invalidating the election terminal use token at the end of voting so that a plurality of votes by the same voter are prohibited. 6. The election terminal according to claim 5, wherein the election terminal use token and the password of the external storage device have polling place information indicating a polling place where the election terminal device is located. apparatus. 7. The election terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the election terminal use token and the password of the external storage device have date and time information indicating a voting date and / or a voting time. 8. The method according to claim 5, further comprising means for invalidating the election terminal use token at the end of voting so that the same voter is prohibited from voting multiple times.
Election terminal device described. 9. The election terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the external storage device is composed of a memory token in which a password can be rewritten. 10. The election terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the election terminal use token is a magnetic card, a wireless card, or an ID card. 11. An election terminal device comprising a coordinate input device and a flat display device interlocked with the coordinate input device, wherein a bar code attached to an election terminal use token inserted by a voter is read, Judgment means for judging the eligibility of the election terminal use token according to the reading result, means for permitting or prohibiting the operation of the election terminal device for voting according to the judgment result, and when the operation of the election terminal device is permitted An election terminal device, comprising: means for recording voting information input using the coordinate input device and the flat display device. 12. The printing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a printing unit for filling the bar code of the election terminal use token at the end of voting so that the same voter is prohibited from voting multiple times. Election terminal equipment. 13. An election terminal device comprising a coordinate input device and a plane display device interlocking with the coordinate input device, wherein a candidate name or political party name entered by a voter via the coordinate input device is used. An election terminal device comprising communication means for transmitting a corresponding identifier to a host device at a voting place via a network. 14. An election terminal device comprising a coordinate input device and a flat display device linked to the coordinate input device, wherein an election terminal use token inserted by a voter is read and the election terminal use token is qualified. Determination means for determining the sex, means for permitting or prohibiting the operation of the election terminal device for voting according to the determination result, and input by each voter via the coordinate input device by the operation of the election terminal device. Candidate identifier storage means for storing and holding an identifier corresponding to the candidate name or political party name, and a communication means for collectively transmitting the identifier stored in the candidate identifier storage means to the host device at the balloting place via the network. An election terminal device comprising: 15. The election terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the communication unit transmits the identifier in response to a transmission request from the host device. 16. The election terminal according to claim 14, further comprising means for erasing data stored in said candidate identifier storage means when transmission of said identifier by said communication means is completed. apparatus. 17. An election terminal device comprising a coordinate input device and a plane display device linked to the coordinate input device, wherein the candidate name or political party name handwritten by a voter through the coordinate input device. An election terminal device, comprising: communication means for transmitting the handwriting data of 1. to a host device at a voting place via a network. 18. An election terminal device comprising a coordinate input device and a plane display device interlocking with the coordinate input device, wherein an election terminal utilization token inserted by a voter is read and the election terminal utilization token is qualified. Determining means for determining sex, means for permitting or prohibiting operation of the election terminal device for voting according to the determination result, and handwriting input by each voter through the coordinate input device by operation of the election terminal device The handwriting data accumulating means for accumulating and holding the handwriting data of the selected candidate name or political party name, and the communication means for collectively transmitting the handwriting data stored in the handwriting data accumulating means to the host device at the voting place via the network. An election terminal device characterized by being provided. 19. The election terminal device according to claim 18, wherein the communication unit transmits the handwriting data in response to a transmission request from the host device. 20. The election terminal according to claim 18, further comprising means for erasing the data accumulated in said handwriting data accumulating means when transmission of said handwriting data by said communication means is completed. apparatus. 21. An election terminal device comprising a coordinate input device and a flat display device interlocked with the coordinate input device, wherein an election terminal use token inserted by a voter is read and the election terminal use token is qualified. And a means for permitting or prohibiting the operation of the election terminal device for voting according to the result of the discrimination, and the election terminal use token is a monitor for detecting taking out from the polling place. An election terminal device comprising a radio transmitter capable of detecting radio waves by the device. 22. An election terminal equipped with a coordinate input device and a flat display screen on which an operation input of the coordinate input device is reflected, and an optical, electronic or mechanical device provided at the entrance of the voting room. An election terminal device, comprising: a detection sensor, wherein the election terminal is set to allow a vote input operation by the election terminal only once when the sensor detects a voter entering the room. . 23. An election terminal device comprising a position input device and a flat display screen on which an operation input of the position input device is reflected, the external storage device storing an election program and a simple test program, A means for booting the election program and the simple test program from the external storage device into the election terminal device; and executing the simple test program during idle time when the election terminal device is not used to test the election terminal device. An election terminal device comprising: 24. The election terminal device according to claim 23, wherein when the election terminal device is used, the test by the simple test program is interrupted and the election program is automatically executed. 25. The election terminal device according to claim 23, wherein the external storage device is a memory card containing an EPROM as a memory element. 26. The identity of a plurality of distributed program storage media is checked, a plurality of election terminal devices also distributed are tested, and the election terminal device determined to be normal in the test is checked by the above check. An election terminal device, which is characterized in that it seals after mounting a program storage medium judged to be normal.