JPS5845064B2 - refund device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a payout device for betting tickets for horse racing, etc.

In betting ticket refund systems for horse racing and the like, refunds are made by having a payout device equipped with an optical reader read and discriminate voting tickets.

The character pattern of the voting ticket read by the optical reader is binarized and then stored in the memory, but since the amount of image data is large, the capacity of the memory is limited.

Since the number of refund devices installed is extremely large, it is necessary to reduce the unit price of the device, and the number of memories is usually suppressed to one.

In such a refund device, the character pattern data of the voting ticket is not erased at the end of the refund process (because the time required for the erase process is long).

Therefore, when the refund process for the first voting ticket is completed and the next second voting ticket is read, the device may generate noise (
power supply noise, electrostatic noise, electromagnetic noise, etc.).
Therefore, if the circuit that notifies the end of reading malfunctions, the recognition circuit will operate based on the old (first) image data in the memory.

As a result, even though the second voting ticket was read, the recognition process for the first voting ticket was performed twice, resulting in a situation where the first voting ticket was refunded twice. do.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a refund device that prevents erroneous refunds of voting tickets.

The present invention provides an apparatus that has a reading section that reads a ticket and performs a refund process based on the identification result of the read ticket information. a memory for storing a pattern, pattern data in the predetermined format, discriminating means for comparing and collating the pattern data with a character pattern in the memory, and a means for updating data in the memory; After reading, the character pattern in the memory is compared and matched with the pattern data, and when the comparison results match, some data in the memory is rewritten (updated) with other data. It is a refund device.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

The drawing is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention,
1 is a voting ticket, 2 is a reading unit, 3 is a binarization circuit, 4 is a reading control unit, 5 is a flip-flop, 6 is a memory, 7.8 is an A
ND circuit, 9 is an OR circuit, 10 is a write circuit, 11 is an image memory, 12 is an address circuit, 13 is a read circuit,
14 is a pattern memory, 15 is a comparison and collation unit, 16 is a character memory, 17 is a recognition control unit, 18 is a control unit, 19 is a communication line, 20 is a processing device, 21 is a refund processing unit, AI t
A2 HAn is the address, B is the read command, C, I are the control signals, D is the read data, Dl, Dn are the character mask patterns, E is the write control signal, F is the read end signal, G is the write data, H is address data, J is read control signal, K
is the recognition data, O is the OK multiplication signal, P is the NG signal, and Q is the refund command.

In the drawing, a reader 2 reads the ticket information of a voting ticket 1, and the read signal is binarized by a binarization circuit 3 and sent as read data D to an AND circuit 7.

In the initial state, the AND circuit (on the other hand, the AND circuit 8 is closed).

The write circuit 10 is started by the write control signal E issued from the read control section 4, and the read data D that has passed through the OR circuit 9 is sequentially written into the image memory 11.

Upon completion of reading the voting ticket 1 (therefore, writing of the read data D to the image memory 11 is completed), the reading control unit 4
A reading end signal F is issued from.

Upon receiving this signal F, the recognition control section 17 issues a read control signal J, so that the read circuit 13 is started and the image memory 11 is activated.
Read data D within is read out.

The comparison/verification section 15 compares and verifies the read data D with the character mask patterns D1 to Dn in the pattern memory 14, and when a match is found, issues an OK signal O and converts the recognized recognition data K into a character. Store in memory 16.

If there is a mismatch, an NG signal is issued, so the recognition control section 17 sends a reject signal (not shown) to the reading control section 4 to cause the voting ticket 1 to be ejected.

The recognition control unit 17 that received the QK signal issues a control signal ■, so that the flip-flop 5 is set by the signal.
Also, the write data G in the memory 6 is read out, and the write circuit 1
0 is also activated.

At the same time, address data H (for example, address data that selects address An) is issued from the recognition control unit 17, so address An of image memo January 1 is selected, and this area (where part of the read data D is stored) is selected. ) and rewrites part of the read data.

On the other hand, the recognition data in the character memory 16 is sent from the control section 18 to the processing device 20 via the communication line 19.

The refund command Q is sent from the processing device 20 to the refund processing section 21, and refund processing is performed.

As described above, the refund process for the multiple voting ticket (first ticket) is performed, and then the second voting ticket (unsuitable voting ticket) is read, but at this time, the reading control unit 4 malfunctions due to noise, As if reading of the second voting ticket has been completed (reading completion signal F
is issued, in the conventional system, payment is made for the second (unread) voting ticket based on the data in the image memory 11 (that is, the data of the first voting ticket).

In the present invention, even if the reading end signal F is issued from the reading control unit 4 even though the second voting ticket has not been read, double payment can be prevented.

That is, upon receiving the read end signal F, the recognition control section 17 issues a read control signal J, which starts the read circuit 13 and reads out the read data D in the image memory 11.

The comparison/verification unit 15 compares and verifies this read data D with the character mask patterns D1 to Dn in the pattern memory 14, but the data in the image memory 11 is Since a portion has already been rewritten, the comparison result will naturally be a mismatch.

Therefore, the comparison and verification section 15 issues an NG signal, so no payment processing is performed.

In the above example, the data in the image memory 11 is immediately processed (write data G is written to the address Aa) when the comparison result of the comparison and verification unit 15 is OK, but the refund command Q
After receiving the data, the data may be processed.

In this case, as shown in the figure, when the refund command Q is given to the recognition control section 17, the address data H and the control signal ■ are issued.

As is clear from the above, even if noise is generated in the process of reading the next voting ticket (second ticket) and the logic circuit of the recognition control unit malfunctions, the read data D (ticket information ) has been rewritten, so even if the recognition data K due to the malfunction is sent to the processing device 20, the refund command Q will not be issued, so double payments can be prevented.

As described above, the present invention has the advantage of being able to prevent errors in refunds due to malfunction of the device due to power supply noise, electrostatic noise, electromagnetic noise, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention,
The symbols used in the figure are as follows. 1 is a voting ticket, 2 is a reading unit, 3 is a binarization circuit, 4 is a reading control unit, 5 is a flip-flop, 6 is a memory, 7 and 8 are A
ND circuit, 9 is an OR circuit, 10 is a write circuit, 11 is an image memory, 12 is an address circuit, 13 is a read circuit, 1
4 is a pattern memory, 15 is a comparison and collation section, 16 is a character memory, 17 is a recognition control section, 18 is a control section, 19 is a communication line, 20 is a processing device, 21 is a refund processing section, A1. A2.
An is an address, B is a read command, C, I are control signals, D
is read data, Dl, Dn are character mask patterns, E is write control signal, F is read end signal, G is write data, H is address data, J is read control signal, K is recognition data, O is OK signal, P indicates an NG signal, and Q indicates a refund command.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device that has a reading unit that reads a ticket and performs a refund process based on the identification result of the read ticket information, which stores the ticket on which characters are printed in a predetermined format and the character pattern read from the ticket. the pattern data in the predetermined format, a determining means for comparing and collating the pattern data with a character pattern in the memory, and a means for updating the data in the memory, and after reading the ticket, A refund device characterized in that the character pattern in the memory and the pattern data are compared and verified, and when the comparison results match, a part of the data in the memory is updated.