KR20050015833A - Lotto lottery vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A lotto lottery vending machine is provided to detect a forged note and recognize the age of users automatically for preventing adolescents from buying a lotto lottery ticket. CONSTITUTION: A cash input processor(410) is used for detecting a forged note and recognizing a sum of money. An age recognition processor(420) is used for reading an identification card and recognizing the age of a user. A user input unit(430) receives the commands of the user. A control unit(440) controls operations of a lotto lottery vending machine by an instruction of the user when the age of user is more than a preset age. A communication unit(450) transmits selected lottery numbers to a central management server and receives a response message from the central management server. A lotto lottery issuing unit(470) records a lottery number, a lottery date, and an issuing time on a lotto lottery ticket and outputs the lotto lottery ticket.

Description

Lotto lottery vending machine {Lotto lottery vending machine}

The present invention relates to a lotto lottery ticket vending machine, and more particularly to a lotto lottery ticket vending machine that enables a purchaser to directly purchase a lottery ticket.

In general, lotteries are executed by government agencies to fund public works in various public institutions, and these lotteries are usually issued once a week by drawing the winners and paying the winners. Is implemented.

The lottery pays a large number of winners by ranking and wins, for example, hundreds of millions of won for the first and second place winners and less for first place winners than the first and second place winners. Paid. And, in order to win the first prize that lottery buyers can receive hundreds of millions of won, a probabilistic calculation of hundreds of thousands to a million comes out. Despite these sparse probabilistic calculations, the general public is buying lotteries in hopes of earning a margin.

Accordingly, various companies that are executing the lottery business are increasing the winnings paid to the first place in order to raise consumers' purchase psychology about the lottery.

Recently, the lottery lottery, which pays hundreds of billions of dollars in astronomical amounts to the winners in Korea, has been introduced.

The lotto lottery is made by selecting 6 numbers among the numbers from 1 to 45 and then selecting buyers who select the number that matches the 6 numbers drawn as first prize winners.

Then, with reference to Figure 1 looks at the sales method of the lotto lottery that is generally implemented.

1 is a schematic diagram of a general lotto lottery ticket sales system, the central management server 120 connected to the communication network 110, and the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 1301 to 1303 connected online with the central management server 120 through the communication network 110. )

Lotto lottery vending machines 1301 to 1303 are managed by lottery sellers approved by the lottery lottery providers, respectively.

Looking at the process of selling the lottery lottery through the general lotto lottery sales system having such a structure as follows.

First, if the lottery buyer checks the six numbers he wants with a pen on the game slip (input OMR card) with numbers from 1 to 45, and then gives the seller a certain amount of money for the game slip and lottery purchase. The seller inputs a game slip marked with six numbers into the lottery ticket vending machine 1301.

When the game slip is input in this way, the lottery ticket vending machine 1301 recognizes the six numbers displayed on the game slip, and issues a lottery ticket in which the recognized six numbers are written. In addition, the information about the six numbers selected by the user is transmitted to the central management server 120, so that the central management server 120 can manage the sales details. At this time, the lottery issued through the lotto lottery vending machine 1301 includes information on the date of the lottery and the issuance time, and such information is also transmitted to the central management server 120.

In addition, the lotto lottery vending machine 1301 also has a function to automatically select the six numbers according to the seller's instructions. Looking at the process of selling the lotto lottery through this automatic selection function as follows.

In order for the lottery purchaser to automatically designate 6 numbers for the lottery ticket vending machine 1301, the game slip is automatically selected and delivered to the lottery seller, and the lottery seller enters the game slip into the lottery ticket vending machine 1301. Then, the lotto lottery vending machine 1301 arbitrarily assigns six numbers, and then issues a lottery ticket in which the designated number is written in the form of a ticket. In addition, by transmitting information on the number to the central management server 120 to allow the central management server 120 to manage the sales history.

When the lotto lottery ticket is released through this process, the lottery seller provides it to the lottery buyer.

However, by selling the lottery lottery ticket through the lottery ticket vending machine as described above, the following problems occurred.

First, by using game slip, a high-quality paper, for disposal of lottery tickets, it not only causes waste of resources but also consumes a lot of costs unnecessarily.

Second, since the lottery lottery must go through an intermediate trader called a lottery seller in order to be sold to the general consumer, there was a problem that the cost of selling the lottery for the lottery business was high.

Third, although lottery lottery is prohibited from selling to juniors under the age of 19, the lottery sellers indiscriminately sell lottery lottery tickets, which has the problem that it can promote the sentimental psychology to the youth who are easily affected by the surrounding environment. .

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by providing a lotto lottery vending machine that can reduce the cost of selling the lottery lottery ticket by allowing the buyer to directly operate the device to purchase the lottery lottery. There is a purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a lotto lottery ticket vending machine that can prevent the purchase of a lotto lottery ticket by automatically confirming the age of the buyer when the lotto lottery ticket.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a lotto lottery vending machine that can automatically prevent the circulation of counterfeit money by automatically checking the authenticity of the currency used for purchase of the lottery lottery.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, in the lotto lottery ticket automatic ticket machine for lottery lottery ticket release under the approval of the central management server focused through the communication network, check whether the currency entered by the lottery buyers Money input processing means for recognizing the amount of money; Recognizing the identification card presented by the lottery buyer to confirm the authenticity of the identification card and age recognition means for determining the age of the lottery buyer: User input means for inputting a user command for purchasing the lottery; If a predetermined amount or more is input through the money input processing means and the age of the lottery buyer recognized by the age recognition processing means is more than a predetermined reference age, the lotto lottery according to the instruction of the lottery buyer input through the user input means. Control means for controlling the sale of the product; Communication means for transmitting data about a number input through said user input means or data about a number automatically selected by said control means to said central management server, and receiving response information transmitted from said central management server; And lottery ticket release means for releasing the lottery ticket by recording information on the lottery number, the lottery date, and the issuing time on the lottery paper previously stored under the control of the control means.

It includes.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of a lottery lottery ticketing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is connected to the central management server 200 through a communication network 300 and a central management server 200 for managing the sale of the lottery lottery ticket. Lotto lottery ticket vending machines (4001 to 4003).

Here, the lotto lottery vending machine (4001 to 4003) has its own unique number, using the unique number is connected to the central management server 200 through the communication network 300. Such a communication network 300 may include both a general network as well as a wireless network such as a private network, a mobile communication network, and a wireless internet.

The central management server 200 registers and manages the unique numbers of the lotto lottery vending machines 4001 to 4003, and when receiving data from the lotto lottery vending machines 4001 to 4003, any lotto lottery vending machine through the unique numbers. It is determined whether data has been received from. For example, when the lotto lottery vending machines 4001 to 4003 communicate with the central management server 200 through the Internet, each IP address of the lotto lottery vending machines 4001 to 4003 is a unique number. Can be used as

Referring to the operation of the lotto lottery ticket vending system according to the present invention having such a configuration as follows.

In order to connect the lottery ticket vending machine 4001 and the central management server 200, when the user presses a connection button attached on the lotto ticket vending machine 4001, the lotto ticket vending machine 4001 displays its own unique number. It transmits to the central management server 200 through the communication network (300).

In addition, the central management server 200 checks whether the received unique number matches a unique number registered in advance for the lottery lottery sale, and if it does not match, the connection with the lottery lottery vending machine 4001 is not allowed.

If the received unique number is confirmed as a registered unique number in advance, the central management server 200 allows a connection request and connects with the lottery lottery vending machine 4001 through the communication network 300.

As such, in the state of being connected through a communication network 200 such as the Internet or a private network, the lotto lottery vending machine 4001 automatically sells the lotto lottery through the following process.

When the lottery buyer enters a certain amount and presents an identification card, the lotto lottery vending machine 4001 permits the lottery purchaser who is over a certain age (19 years old) to purchase the lottery ticket.

In the state in which the lottery ticket is allowed to be purchased, if the lottery buyer designates six numbers by pressing the number buttons attached to the lottery ticket vending machine 4001, the lotto ticket vending machine 4001 recognizes the specified six numbers, and the user Sends the selection information of the central management server 200. At this time, when receiving a response signal from the central management server 200, the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 4001 issues a lottery ticket with six numbers specified through the number buttons. Here, the lotto lottery vending machine 4001 at the time of lottery release displays the approved lottery lottery date and issuance time with six numbers.

If the lottery purchaser presses an automatic selection button for automatically selecting the lottery number, the lotto lottery vending machine 4001 automatically assigns 6 numbers according to the lottery purchaser's instructions, and then automatically sends it to the central management server 200. Send the selected numeric information. When the response information is received from the central management server 200, the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 4001 issues a lottery ticket containing six numbers arbitrarily selected by the lottery buyer in the form of a ticket. And, as described above, the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 4001 displays the approved lottery lottery date and issuance time with six numbers.

As described above, the configuration and operation of the lotto lottery ticket vending machine of the present invention for automatically selling the lotto lottery ticket will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

Figure 3 is a block diagram of a lotto lottery ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 3, the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 400 of the present invention, the currency input processing unit 410 to check whether the lottery buyer put money and recognize the amount of the input money and the lottery buyer presented An age recognition processor 420 for checking the authenticity of the identification card and determining the age of the lottery buyer, a user input unit 430 for inputting a user command related to purchasing the lottery, and a currency input processor 410. In a state where a predetermined amount or more is input through the lottery purchaser recognized by the age recognition processing unit 420 is older than the reference age, the lotto lottery according to the instructions of the lottery buyer input through the user input unit 430 The control unit 440 for controlling sales, the data related to the number input through the user input unit 430, or the selection tick number automatically by the control unit 440 The communication unit 450 for transmitting the data to the central management server 200 through the communication network 300, receiving the response information transmitted from the central management server 200, and the lottery paper storage unit 460 for storing the lottery paper. And a lottery ticket release unit 470 for recording the lottery number and the information on the lottery paper stored in the lottery paper storage unit 460 under the control of the controller 400 to release the lottery ticket.

In addition, the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 400 of the present invention, the lottery ticket release information storage unit 480 for storing information about the released lottery ticket delivered by the control unit 440, and is transmitted by the control unit 440 Under the control of the display unit 490 for displaying text information indicating the lottery ticket release situation, the speaker 510 for outputting voice information indicating the lottery ticket release status delivered by the controller 440, and the control unit 440. From the money storage unit 520 for storing the money input through the money input processing unit 410 and the money and lottery paper storage unit 460 withdrawn from the money storage unit 520 under the control of the controller 440. It is provided with a lottery ticket and a refund outlet 530 for discharging the released lottery ticket to the outside.

Referring to FIG. 4, the money input processing unit 410 reads whether or not the money inputted through the money input port 411 and the money input port 411 is a counterfeit money to control coins and a bill. To the amount recognition unit 413 for transmitting the counterfeit reading unit 412 and the amount of money read by the plaque reading unit 412 to the control unit 440 to recognize the recognized amount of money. It is composed.

The money inlet 411 is attached to the lottery ticket vending machine 400 to be exposed to the outside in order to allow the lottery buyer to directly put coins or bills. And, the coin input 411 can be implemented to be made of a coin inlet for inserting coins and a banknote inlet for inserting the bill, but the convenience of the transaction because it costs about 2000 won when purchasing one lotto lottery ticket It would be desirable to practice the invention so that it is possible to purchase a lottery ticket using only bills. In this case, the money input slot 411 may be implemented as a bill input slot for inserting the bill.

The manner in which the counterfeit reading unit 412 reads the counterfeit may be variously disclosed. However, it may be most preferable to use the counterfeit reading method of the counterfeit reading apparatus used in a general bank to read the counterfeit.

The amount recognizing unit 413 may be implemented to recognize the amount of money by scanning the currency input through the money inlet 411, but the amount recognition method is not limited thereto. For example, since the size is different according to the amount of coins or bills, the amount recognition unit 413 may be implemented to recognize the amount of money input through the money inlet 411 by determining the size of the coins or bills.

5 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the age recognition processing unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the age recognition processor 420 may determine whether an ID card recognized by the ID card recognition unit 421 and an ID card recognized by the ID card recognition unit 421 is a fake ID card. The identification card authenticity reading unit 422 and an age reading unit 413 for reading the age of the lottery buyer through the identification card recognized by the identification card recognition unit 421.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the identification card recognition unit 421 scans the identification card presented by the lottery buyer and transmits the scanned image to the identification card authenticity reading unit 422 and the age reading unit 423. However, in recent years, various technologies for recognizing various images have been developed. Therefore, the identification card recognition method of the identification card recognition unit 421 is not necessarily limited to the scanning method. For example, the identification card recognition unit 421 may be implemented to recognize the identification card using a photographing method such as a digital camera attached to the mobile communication terminal.

The user input unit 430 includes a plurality of buttons as shown in FIG. 6 in order to input a user command according to a lottery purchase procedure.

6 is a detailed structural diagram of a user input unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user input unit 430 may include a number pad 431 consisting of buttons each displaying a number from 1 to 45 for selecting a lottery number, and the controller 440 may automatically select a lottery number. An automatic selection button 432 for inputting a user command to instruct the user to instruct a lottery ticket, and 6 digit buttons placed on the digit pad 431 to instruct the release of the lottery stamped with the lottery number while the lottery number is selected. A confirmation button 433, a lottery buyer pressing the six number buttons placed on the number pad 431 to select the lottery number, and a cancel button 434 for instructing the cancellation of the lottery number selection; After the lottery ticket has been released, a continuation button 435 for inputting a user command for continuing to purchase the lottery ticket is made.

However, the user input unit 430 is not limited thereto, and functions of a button for inputting a user command may also be diversified according to a function assigned to the lottery ticket vending machine 400.

In addition, it is preferable that the blind person can easily purchase the lottery lottery ticket by using letters or numbers displayed on the plurality of buttons 431 to 435 constituting the user input unit 430 as braille marks.

The communication unit 450 allows the central management server 200 to receive various data transmitted to the outside through the communication network 300. If the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 400 of the present invention transmits and receives data with the central management server 200 through the Internet network, the communication unit 450 is a protocol suitable for the Internet network to transmit various data to the control unit 440. It converts the data transmitted from the central management server 200 and received through the Internet network into a signal system suitable for the control unit 440.

In addition, the communication unit 450 has a function of transmitting information stored in the lottery ticket release information storage unit 480 to the outside through the communication network 300 when there is a user's instruction or a request of the central management server 200. have. The transmission of lottery ticketing information may be made through various communication networks.

For example, when the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 400 of the present invention includes a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a radio frequency signal (RF), such as a mobile communication terminal used in a wireless communication system, the communication unit 450 Not only may the lottery ticket release information stored in the lottery ticket release information storage unit 480 be converted into a radio frequency signal through the transceiver and transmitted to a wireless communication device or the like, and the communication unit 450 is transmitted from the wireless communication device. The RF signal may be converted into a baseband signal through the transceiver and received. Above all, since the conversion function of the radio frequency signal can be used by stealing the technology used in the wireless communication system, the lottery ticket vending machine 400 of the present invention can be relatively easily implemented to transmit and receive radio frequency signals. .

The lottery paper storage unit 460 stores a standardized lottery paper, and is supplemented with a standardized lottery paper.

The lottery ticket release unit 470 writes the lottery information such as the lottery number and the lottery date and issuing time, which are delivered by the control unit 440, on the lottery paper stored in the lottery paper storage unit 460. Discharge to the outlet 530.

The lottery ticket release information storage unit 480 may be embodied as a memory such as a RAM in which the controller 440 records or reads information regarding the lottery ticket release.

The display unit 490 is for displaying character information and various image information related to the lottery release delivered by the control unit 440. For example, when the lottery ticket cannot be released to the current lottery purchaser, the display unit 490 Under the control of the controller 440, text information indicating that the lottery ticket is released is displayed. The display unit 490 may be implemented as a liquid crystal display (LCD), but is not limited thereto. The display unit 490 may be implemented as various display devices such as a light emitting diode.

The speaker 510 outputs the information on the lottery ticketing procedure such as the lottery ticketing cannot be performed according to the instruction of the controller 440 so that the lottery buyer can listen.

As such, the lotto lottery ticket vending machine 400 of the present invention informs the lottery buyer of the situation generated during the lottery ticket release process by text or voice, so that the blind or hearing impaired person can easily purchase the lottery lottery ticket.

The money storage unit 520 classifies and stores the money introduced through the money inlet 411 under the control of the controller 440.

The lottery ticket and the cash outlet 530 is discharged from the lottery ticket and money storage unit 520 released by the lottery ticket release unit 470 under the control of the control unit 440 discharges the money to the outside.

Hereinafter, the process of releasing the lottery lottery ticket by the lottery ticket vending machine according to the present invention will be described in detail.

First, let's take a look at the case where the release of lottery ticket is stopped due to counterfeit money.

When the lottery purchaser injects counterfeit money into the money input port 411, the counterfeit reading unit 412 reads the input counterfeit money and informs the controller 440 that the counterfeit money is input.

The controller 440 outputs the text information and the voice information through the display unit 49 and the speaker 510, respectively, indicating that counterfeit money is not available to release the lottery ticket.

Second, the case in which the lottery buyers are determined to be less than the standard age, which is the ban on lottery sales, will be discussed.

When the lottery buyer presents his or her ID card, the ID card recognition unit 421 transfers the ID card information recognized and recognized to the ID card authenticity reading unit 422 and the age reading unit 423.

In this case, the identity authenticity reading unit 422 reads whether the recognized identity card is a fake ID card, and transmits the read result to the controller 440. If the read result is confirmed as a fake ID, the controller 440 outputs the text information and the voice information indicating that the identity cannot be released due to the fake ID through the display unit 49 and the speaker 510, respectively. .

If the read result confirms the authentic ID, the control unit 440 checks whether the age read by the age reading unit 423 is less than a predetermined reference age (for example, 19 years old). If it is less than the standard age, text information and voice information indicating that the lottery ticket cannot be released are output through the display unit 49 and the speaker 510, respectively.

Third, look at the process of lottery release.

In the state where more than a certain amount of authentic money is input through the money input processing unit 410 and the age of the lottery buyer recognized by the age recognition processing unit 430 is determined to be greater than or equal to the reference age, the lottery buyer is placed on the number pad 431. After pressing the arranged six numeric buttons and pressing the check button 433, the control unit 440 transmits the selected six numeric information to the central management server 200, and receives the response information from the central management server 200 After that, the lottery ticket release unit 470 is controlled to release the lottery ticket containing the lottery number, the lottery date, and the issue time.

After the lottery ticket is released through the above process, the lottery buyer may continue to purchase the lottery ticket through the above process after pressing the continue button 435.

However, when the lottery buyer presses the six number buttons and then presses the cancel button 434, the controller 440 stops the lottery release for the selected six numbers. In this way, the lottery buyer can cancel the selected number and then press the number button again to select the desired lottery number.

If the lottery purchaser presses the automatic selection button 432 without pressing the number button, the controller 440 arbitrarily selects six numbers and transmits information about the six numbers selected to the central management server 200. After receiving the response information from the central management server 200, the lottery ticket release unit 470 is controlled to release the lottery ticket containing the lottery number, the lottery date, the issuing time, and the like. After the lottery ticket is released in this way, the lottery buyer may continue to purchase the lottery ticket by pressing the continue button 435 and proceeding as described above.

The lottery ticket release unit 470 writes the lottery information such as the lottery number and the lottery date and issuing time, which are delivered by the control unit 440, on the lottery paper stored in the lottery paper storage unit 460. Discharge to the outlet 530.

On the other hand, if it is determined that there is an amount to be refunded after the release of the lottery ticket according to the input amount, the control unit 440 refunds the amount to be refunded among the amounts stored in the money storage unit 520 through the lottery ticket and the refund outlet 530. Discharge.

After the lottery ticket is released, the controller 440 stores the information about the lottery ticket in the lottery ticket release information storage unit 480. In this way, the stored information is transmitted by the control unit 440 to an external device previously designated by the user. In this case, the stored information may be transmitted to the outside through the Internet, wireless communication, or pager.

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above-described preferred embodiment, it should be noted that the above-described embodiment is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention enables the purchaser to directly purchase the lottery lottery ticket by operating the device, thereby reducing the cost of selling the lottery lottery ticket and preventing the purchase of the lottery lottery ticket for the youth.

1 is a schematic diagram of a general lotto lottery sales system.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a lotto lottery automatic sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a block diagram of a lotto lottery ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a currency input processing unit in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an age recognition processor of FIG. 3; FIG.

6 is a front view of the user input unit in FIG.

Claims (6)

It is a lotto lottery ticket vending machine for lottery lottery ticket that is combined with a central management server through a communication network. Money input processing means for checking whether or not the money entered by the lottery buyer is counterfeit and recognizing the amount of money entered; Age recognition processing means for recognizing the identity card presented by the lottery buyer to check the authenticity of the identification card and determine the age of the lottery buyer; User input means for inputting a user command for purchasing a lottery ticket; If a predetermined amount or more is input through the money input processing means and the age of the lottery buyer recognized by the age recognition processing means is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference age, the lotto lottery according to the instruction of the lottery buyer input through the user input means. Control means for controlling the sale of the product; Communication means for transmitting data about a number input through said user input means or data about a number automatically selected by said control means to said central management server, and receiving response information transmitted from said central management server; And The lottery ticket release means for releasing the lottery ticket by recording information on the lottery number, the lottery date and the issuing time on the lottery paper stored in advance according to the control of the control means. Lotto lottery ticket vending machine comprising a. The method of claim 1, Lottery ticket release information storage means for storing information on the ticket release issued by the control means Lotto lottery vending machine that includes more. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Display means for displaying text information informing of the lottery ticket release status delivered by the control means; And Voice output means for outputting voice information informing the lottery ticket release situation delivered by the control means Lotto lottery vending machine that includes more. The method of claim 1, The user input means, A number pad consisting of buttons each displaying a number from 1 to 45 for selecting a lottery number; An automatic selection button for inputting a user command instructing the control means to automatically select a lottery number; A confirmation button for instructing the release of the lottery ticket in which the lottery ticket is stamped while the lottery buyer selects the lottery number by pressing six number buttons placed on the number pad; A cancellation button for instructing the lottery purchaser to select the lottery number by pressing six number buttons placed on the number pad and instructing the cancellation of the lottery number selection; And Continue button to enter user command to continue purchasing lottery ticket after lottery ticket is released Lotto lottery ticket vending machine comprising a. The method of claim 1, The currency input processing means, Money input port for inserting coins or bills; A counterfeit reading unit that reads whether or not the money inputted through the money inlet is a counterfeit currency and transmits a read result to the control means; And Amount recognizing unit for recognizing the amount of money read in authenticity by the counterfeit reading unit and informing the control means of the recognized amount Lotto lottery vending machine comprising a. The method of claim 1, The age recognition processing means, Identification card recognition unit for recognizing the identification card presented by the lottery buyers; Identification card authenticity reading unit for determining whether the identification card recognized by the identification card recognition unit is a fake ID card; And Age reading unit for reading the age of the lottery buyer through the identification card recognized by the identification card recognition unit Lotto lottery vending machine comprising a.