JP2003256899A - Voting terminal and program and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a fair voting result by realizing the quickening and simplification of the voting work of a voter who votes by using electronic equipment. <P>SOLUTION: This voting terminal 1 is provided with a non-voting confirming means 13 for judging whether or not a voter 17 has already voted based on identification information 19 acquired from the voter 17, an information acquiring means 14 for acquiring election name information 6 indicating a plurality of election names which the voter 17 is allowed to vote for and candidate name information 7 where the election names are made to correspond to candidate names, a picture control means 15 for displaying the corresponding candidate names for each election name indicated by the election name information 6 based on the election name information 6 and the candidate name information 7 when it is judged that the voter has not voted yet by the non-voting confirming means 13, and a voting means 16 for accepting the designation of the candidate names by the voter 17 for each selection name indicated by the election name information 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voting terminal, a program, and a method for accepting designation of candidates from voters in elections.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Elections for members of the Diet, prefectural governors, prefectural members, mayors of municipalities, members of municipalities, etc. are conducted based on the Public Office Election Act.

[0003] In general, a voter goes to a polling place with a voting admission ticket (postcard) mailed to him / herself. At the polling place, the voters and the electoral list are matched based on the admission ticket for voting. Once the voter is confirmed, the voter is given a ballot. The voter writes the candidate's name on the ballot and posts it in the ballot box.

In recent years, in order to improve the efficiency of election affairs, an electronic voting system using electronic devices for voting in elections has been studied.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing an outline of the electronic voting system under consideration.

The voter 61 carries a voting admission ticket 62 or the like, and a polling place 64 where an electronic voting system 63 is installed.
go to. At the polling place 64, identity verification is performed by matching the voting admission ticket 62 with the electoral list.

When the confirmation is completed, the voter 61 selects a candidate by using one of the electronic voting systems 63, confirms the selected candidate, and the contents of the vote are recorded in the recording medium.

In the electronic voting system 63 as described above,
The special nature of election work is taken into consideration. Main examination contents of the electronic voting system 63 are to secure reliability, a procedure of election work to be carried out, and networking.

[0009]

However, the electronic voting system 63 has some points to be improved from the viewpoint of the voting work by the voter 61.

A plurality of elections may be held on the same day, for example, an election of a member of the Diet and an election of a governor of a prefecture. When the number of elections held on the same day increases, voters need to repeat the voting work, so it is desirable to improve the efficiency of the voting work and smooth the voting work.

When there are many candidates for the election, the display position and display order of the candidate names affect the voting result, and it becomes difficult to secure fairness among the candidates. For example, when displaying candidate names across multiple pages,
In order to select candidates for the second and subsequent pages, it is necessary to switch pages, which increases the voter's operations.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when an election using an electronic device is carried out,
An object of the present invention is to provide a voting terminal, a program, and a method for ensuring fairness among candidates and supporting voter voting work.

[0013]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Specific means taken to realize the present invention will be described below.

The voting terminal of the first invention is an unvoted confirmation means for judging whether or not a voter has not voted based on the identification information obtained from the voter, and a plurality of elections in which the voter is allowed to vote. The information acquisition means for acquiring the election name information indicating the first name and the candidate name information in which the election name and the candidate name are associated with each other. Based on the name information, the screen control means for displaying the corresponding candidate name for each election name indicated by the election name information, and accepting the designation of the candidate name by the voter for each election name indicated by the election name information It has a voting means.

Thus, when a plurality of elections are held on the same day, a single voting terminal can vote for a plurality of elections. Also, for each election, only the candidates for that election are displayed on the screen.

Therefore, the voter can vote for a plurality of elections with a single terminal simply by repeating the designation of the candidate for each election along the screen displayed on the terminal. This makes it possible to improve the efficiency, smoothness, and speed of the voting work by the voters.

The unvoted confirmation means may acquire the identification information recorded on the voting card of the voter.

Even if the screen control means acquires the election order information recorded on the voting card and displays the corresponding candidate name for each election name indicated by the election name information according to the order indicated by the election order information. Good.

The information acquisition means may acquire the election name information recorded on the voting card.

When the non-voting confirmation means determines that the information has not been voted, the information acquisition means generates the candidate name information based on the information in which the candidate names are assigned to all the election names and the election name information. May be With this, even when the voting to be voted by each voter is different, an appropriate screen can be displayed for each voter.

The voting terminal of the second invention is an unvoted confirmation means for judging whether the voter has not voted based on the identification information obtained from the voter, and the voter has voted if the voter has not voted. Information acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of candidate names in the election, and screen control means for displaying and scrolling the candidate names acquired by the information acquisition means.

As a result, even if the number of candidates is large and cannot be displayed on one screen, for example, the names of the candidates are scrolled, so that fairness among the candidates can be secured.

The screen control means may divide the plurality of candidate names into a plurality of groups and perform scrolling in group units.

Further, the voting terminal of the second invention is provided with an instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction for scrolling from a voter, and the screen control means stops scrolling when the scroll stop instruction is received by the instruction receiving means. May be The screen control means may perform the scroll in the direction indicated by the scroll direction instruction when the scroll direction instruction is accepted by the instruction acceptance means. The screen control means may perform scrolling at a speed indicated by the scroll speed instruction when the scroll speed instruction is received by the instruction receiving means.

As a result, the operability of the voter can be improved.

Each of the above inventions can be implemented by a computer. That is, the functions that operate in the same manner as the respective means of the above inventions may be realized by a computer program read by a computer. By using this program or a recording medium recording this program, a computer, a computer system,
Each of the above inventions can be easily realized by a computer for a server and a client.

The voting method implemented by the voting terminal of each of the above inventions may be the subject of the invention.

[0028]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) In the present embodiment, a voting terminal for accepting votes for a plurality of elections by one unit will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a voting terminal according to this embodiment.

The voting terminal 1 includes a card reader 2 and a CRT.
3 and an interface device 4.

Further, the voting terminal 1 uses the unvoted confirmation information 5, the election name information 6, the candidate name information 7, the format information 8 for forming a screen, and the voting information indicating the voting result, which is used to confirm the unvoted. 9. The recording unit 10 records the election order information 22 indicating the order of elections for voting.

The voting terminal 1 reads the voting program 12 from the recording medium 11 and executes it. Voting program 12
Is read by the voting terminal 1 and executed, the unvoted confirmation function 13, the information acquisition function 14, the screen control function 15, and the voting function 16 of the voting terminal 1 are realized.

The card reader 2 receives the voting card 18 inserted from the voter 17 and reads various information recorded on the voting card 18. In this embodiment, a card ID 19 which is information for identifying a voter is recorded on the voting card 18, and the card I
D19 is read by the card reading device 2.

The CRT 3 displays a screen according to the screen display control by the screen control function 15.

The interface device 4 receives various operations from the voter 17. For example, the interface device 4 receives the selection of the candidate from the voter 17. For the interface device 4, for example, a touch panel is used.

The unvoted confirmation function 13 is used by the card reading device 2
The newly read card ID 19 and the unvoted confirmation information 5 including the previously read card ID are acquired, and it is determined whether or not the newly read card ID 19 is included in the unvoted confirmation information 5. It is determined and it is confirmed whether the voter 17 has not voted yet.

Then, when the newly read card ID 19 is not included in the unvoted confirmation information 5, the unvoted confirmation function 13 includes the newly read card ID 19 in the unvoted confirmation information 5 and records it. The unvoted confirmation information 5 recorded in the section 10 is updated.

When it is confirmed that the voter 17 has not voted, the information acquisition function 14 acquires the election name information 6, the candidate name information 7, and the election order information 22.

The election name information 6 includes the names of a plurality of elections for which the voter 17 is allowed to vote. Here, the election name E ₁ , which is the election name for which the voter 17 is allowed to vote,
E ₂ is recorded.

The candidate name information 7 includes the candidate name corresponding to the election name. Here, the candidate's name for the election Name E ₁ C _1, C _2, the candidate's name C _3, C ₄ of the election name E ₂ are recorded.

The screen control function 15 acquires the various information 6, 7, 22 and the screen format information 8 acquired by the information acquisition function 14.

The screen control function 15 generates screen information for displaying a corresponding candidate name for each of the plurality of election names E ₁ and E ₂ indicated by the election name information 6. The screen information is generated, for example, by incorporating the election name and the candidate name thereof into the screen format information 8.

Further, the screen control function 15 CRs the screen information for a certain election name according to the election order information 22.
When it is output to T3 and the voter 17 selects from the interface device 4 that the voter 17 has selected a candidate name according to the output screen information, the screen information for the next election name is output to the CRT 3.

The voting function 16 uses the voter 17 for each election name.
The candidate name selected by is accepted from the interface device 4 and recorded in the recording unit 10 as voting information 9.

The voting function 16 also transmits the voting information 9 to the totaling server 21 via the network 20.

Table 1 shows an example of the file format of the election name information 6 recorded in the recording unit 10. Election name information 6
Mainly has an election number, an election name, and the number of candidates as items.

[0048]

[Table 1]

Table 2 shows an example of the file format of the candidate name information 7 recorded in the recording unit 10. The candidate name information 7 mainly has election numbers, candidate numbers, candidate surnames, candidate names, and political party names as items.

[0050]

[Table 2]

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a voting method by the voting terminal 1 according to this embodiment.

In step S1, the voter 17 brings his own voting admission ticket to the polling place, receives the voting admission ticket and the electoral list, and obtains the voting card 18.

In step S2, the screen control function 15
Outputs screen information for prompting the voter 17 to insert the voting card 18 to the CRT 3.

FIG. 3 shows the voter 1 inserting the voting card 18.
It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which urges No.

In step S3, the voter 17 inserts the voting card 18 into the card reading device 2.

In step S4, the card reading device 2
Reads the card ID 19 of the voting card 18.

In step S5, the unvoted confirmation function 1
3 determines whether or not the card ID 19 is included in the unvoted confirmation information 5, and confirms whether or not the card ID 19 is unvoted. If already voted, the vote ends.

In the case of not voting, the information acquisition function 14 reads the election name information 6, the candidate name information 7, and the election order information 22 from the recording unit 10 in step S6.

In step S7, the screen control function 15
Selects an arbitrary election name included in the election name information 6 and not yet voted according to the election order information 22.

In step S8, the screen control function 15
Generates screen information for displaying the selected election name and outputs it to the CRT 3.

In step S9, the voter 17 confirms the name of the election for which he / she is going to vote, and performs an operation to that effect.

In step S10, the interface device 4 receives the confirmation operation of the voter 17.

In step S11, the screen control function 1
The CRT 3 displays screen information for displaying the election name confirmed by the voter 17 and the candidate name for the election name.
Output to.

The screen information for displaying the election name and the candidate name for the election name is the screen control function 15
It is also possible to collect and generate the election name information 6, the candidate name information 7, and the screen format information 8 in advance. The screen control function 15 may generate the screen information for displaying the election name and the candidate name for the election name each time before the screen information is output to the CRT 3.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying the selected election name and the candidate name for the election name.

In step S12, the voter 17
A candidate is selected according to the screen displayed on the CRT 3.

In step S13, the interface device 4 receives the selection of the candidate name from the voter 17.

In step S14, the screen control function 1
5 generates screen information for confirming the candidate name selected by the voter 17, and outputs it to the CRT 3.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the confirmation screen for the selected candidate name.

In step S15, the voter 17
Check the displayed candidate name and instruct confirmation or correction.

In step S16, the interface device 4 receives a confirmation or correction instruction from the voter 17.

In step S17, the screen control function 1
5 determines whether the instruction from the voter 17 is confirmation or correction.
In the case of correction, the processing from step S8 onward is repeated.

In the case of confirmation, in step S18, the voting function 16 records the voting information 9 including the election name and the selected voter name in the recording unit 10.

In step S19, the screen control function 1
Step 5 determines whether candidates have been selected for all election names included in the election name information 6.

When the election name information 6 includes an election name that has not been voted yet, the processing from step S7 is repeated.

If candidates have been selected for all election names, the screen control function 15 is selected in step S20.
Outputs voting end screen information to the CRT 3.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the voting end screen.

In the embodiment described above, one voting terminal 1 can vote for a plurality of elections.

As a result, the number of voting terminals can be reduced as compared with the electronic voting in which a voting terminal dedicated to each election is prepared and the voter 17 moves between the terminals for each election to vote. . The voter 17 does not need to move between voting terminals to vote. Therefore, the burden on the voter 17 is reduced.

Further, the voter 17 only has to select the candidate name according to the displayed screen, so that the operability of the terminal is improved.

The voter 17 can easily and appropriately select a candidate, which can reduce the number of invalid votes and facilitate the counting operation.

(Second Embodiment) In this embodiment, a modification of the voting terminal according to the first embodiment will be described.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a voting terminal according to the present embodiment. In addition, the voting terminal 23 of FIG.
Then, only the parts different from the voting terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the parts necessary for explaining the different parts are described, and the other parts are omitted.

On the voting card 24, unvoted confirmation information 25, which is identification information indicating whether the voting by the voting card 24 is unvoted, election name information 6, and election order information 22, are recorded.

In Table 3, the unvoted confirmation information 25, the election name information 6, and the election order information 22 recorded on the voting card 24 are shown.
An example of the file format of is shown below. In the present embodiment, the election name information 6 designates the election name for which the voter 17 is allowed to vote by the election number, and the information 26 that associates the election number with the actual election name is the recording unit. 10 is recorded. Further, the recording order of the election numbers means the election order information 22 as it is. The unvoted confirmation information 25 indicates that the value is “0”, that is, no voting has been performed, and that the value is “1”, that is, that voting is completed.

[0086]

[Table 3]

The card reading device 27 of the voting terminal 23, in addition to reading various information recorded on the voting card 24, also updates the unvoted confirmation information 25 of the voting card 24.

The voting terminal 23 realizes an unvoted confirmation function 28 and an information acquisition function 29 in place of the unvoted confirmation function 13 and the information acquisition function 14 according to the first embodiment.

In the recording section 10, in addition to the screen format information 8 and the voting information 9, all voter name information 30 and information 26 associating the election number with the actual election name are recorded.

The total voter name information 30 is information in which each candidate name is associated with all election names held on the same day.

The unvoted confirmation function 28 is used by the card reading device 2
It is determined whether or not the unvoted confirmation information 25 read by 7 indicates unvoted, and when the unvoted “0”, the card reading device is instructed to update the value of the unvoted confirmation information 25 to “1” which has been voted. To 27.

When the unvoted confirmation function 28 determines that the voting is unvoted, the information acquisition function 29 acquires the election name information 6 and the election order information 22 from the card reading device 27, and all the candidate name information from the recording unit 10. Get 30.

Then, the information acquisition function 29 determines the candidate names for the election name indicated by the election name information 6 as all candidate name information 3
0 is selected, and candidate name information 7 indicating the candidate name for each election name for which the voter 17 is allowed to vote is generated.

In the embodiment described above, a plurality of election names for which the voter 17 is allowed to vote are recorded on the voting card 7. The voting terminal 23 sequentially displays screens for accepting votes for the election recorded on the vote card 24, and accepts votes from the voters 17.

That is, the voting terminal 23 uses the voting card 2
The election name information 6 is acquired from 4, and the candidate names of the election in which the voter 17 is allowed to vote are acquired based on the all candidate name information 30 and the election name information 6.

As a result, even when the elections are switched according to the voter 17, a single vote can be accepted for a plurality of elections.

By using the election order information 22 recorded on the voting card 24, the election order can be changed for each voter.

The above-described respective embodiments may be modified so that the election name information 6 is recorded in the voting card 24 and the election order information 22 is recorded in the recording unit 10. Alternatively, the election name information 6 may be recorded in the recording unit 10 and the election order information 22 may be recorded in the voting card 24.

(Third Embodiment) In the present embodiment, a voting terminal for displaying and scrolling candidate names will be described.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of the voting terminal according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 8, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 or 7 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

On the voting card 31, the unvoted confirmation information 25
Is recorded.

The voting terminal 32 includes a CRT 3, an interface device 4, a card reading device 27, and a recording unit 10. The recording unit 10 records the candidate name information 7, the screen format information 8, and the voting information 9. In the present embodiment, the candidate name information 7 includes candidate names C _{1 to} C _n .

The voting terminal 32 reads the voting program 33 from the recording medium 11 and executes it. Voting program 3
3 is read by the voting terminal 32 and executed, the non-voting confirmation function 28, the information acquisition function 34 for acquiring the candidate name information 7 from the recording unit 10, the screen control function 35, the voting function 1
Achieve 6.

The screen control function 35 displays the candidate name and scrolls or moves it based on the candidate name information 7 and the screen format information 8 acquired by the information acquisition function 34.

An example of the candidate name display control by the screen control function 35 will be described below.

FIG. 9 is an example of a screen for moving the candidate names within a predetermined number (for example, about 9 people) that can be displayed on one screen.
On this screen 36, the candidate names are written vertically, and the moving direction of the candidate names is leftward. The candidate name at the end on the moving direction side is next displayed at the end on the opposite side.

FIG. 10 is an example of a screen in which the number of candidate names that exceeds the predetermined number that can be displayed on one screen is scrolled. When scrolling is performed in one direction, the candidate name moves in the opposite direction.

On the screen 37, the scroll direction is the right direction and the movement direction of the candidate for display is the left direction. The candidate name at the end on the moving direction side of the candidate name is in a display waiting state. Then, the name of the candidate with the longest waiting time among the names in the display waiting state (the name of the candidate in the waiting state first) becomes the candidate for the new display target and is displayed at the end opposite to the moving direction. Is displayed.

Note that, in FIGS. 9 and 10, the moving direction and scrolling direction of the candidate name may be opposite directions. Further, the candidate name may be written horizontally, and the scrolling direction and the moving direction of the candidate name may be upward or downward.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a screen in which a number of candidate names exceeding a predetermined number is divided into pages (groups) and scrolled page by page.

The page 38 to be displayed next enters a waiting state. Then, among the pages in the display waiting state, the page with the longest waiting time (the page in the waiting state first) is newly displayed as the page to be displayed.

The candidate names within one page may be moved as shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is an example of a screen in which the displayable area is automatically scrolled to the left and right. The candidate name is arranged in a wider area than the area 39 displayed on one screen, and the displayable area 39 is automatically scrolled.

The candidate names may be written horizontally, and the scrolling direction and the moving direction of the candidate names may be upward or downward.

Each scroll or movement of the candidate name in FIGS. 9 to 12 is automatically performed every time a predetermined time elapses or at a predetermined speed. The display position of the candidate name is switched by such scrolling or movement of the candidate name.

Further, the screen control function 35 executes control for changing the display content and the scrolling or moving state based on the operation content received from the voter 17 by the interface device 4.

For example, the screen control function 35 uses the voter 17
When the operation to stop the scroll is received from, the scroll stop control is executed, and when the operation to change the scroll direction is received, the scroll direction change control is executed. In addition, the screen control function 35 executes the switching control of the page to be displayed when receiving the operation for displaying the previous page or the next page, and moves the position of the candidate when receiving the operation for changing the scroll speed. Change the interval or speed.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the voting method by the voting terminal according to the present embodiment.

At step T1, the voter 17 brings his or her own voting admission ticket to the polling place, receives the voting admission ticket and the electoral list, and obtains the voting card 31.

At step T2, the screen control function 35
Outputs screen information for prompting the voter 17 to insert the voting card 31 to the CRT 3. As a result, a screen for prompting the insertion of the voting card 31 is displayed as shown in FIG.

At step T3, the voter 17 inserts the voting card 31 into the card reading device 27.

At step T4, the card reading device 2
7 reads the unvoted confirmation information 25 on the voting card 31.

At step T5, the unvoted confirmation function 2
8 determines whether or not the unvoted confirmation information 25 indicates unvoted. If already voted, the vote ends.

In the case of not voting, in step T6, the unvoting confirmation function 28 instructs the card reading device 27 to update the unvoted confirmation information 25 of the voting card 31 to the voted, and the card reading device 27 outputs the command. The unvoted confirmation information 25 of the voting card 31 is updated according to the instruction.

At step T7, the information acquisition function 34
Acquires the candidate name information 7 from the recording unit 10.

At step T8, the screen control function 35
Generates screen information for displaying the candidate name indicated by the candidate name information 7, outputs it to the CRT 3, and scrolls the candidate name.

At step T9, the voter 17 performs an operation for scrolling or selects a candidate name.

In step T10, the interface device 4 receives the operation of the voter 17.

At step T11, the screen control function 3
5 determines whether the voter 17 is operating a scrolling operation or selecting a candidate name.

In the case of the scroll operation, step T12
In, the screen control function 35 executes the scroll control according to the operation content of the voter 17, and the processing from step T9 onward is repeated.

In the case of selecting the candidate name, in step T13, the screen control function 35 generates screen information for confirming the candidate name selected by the voter 17, and outputs it to the CRT 3. As a result, the candidate name confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed.

At step T14, the voter 17
Check the displayed candidate name and instruct confirmation or correction.

In step T15, the interface device 4 receives an instruction from the voter 17 for confirmation or correction.

At step T16, the screen control function 3
5 determines whether the instruction from the voter 17 is confirmation or correction.
In the case of correction, the processing from step T8 onward is repeated.

In case of confirmation, in step T17, the voting function 16 records the voting information 9 including the selected voter name.

Then, in step T18, the screen control function 35 outputs the voting end screen information to the CRT 3. As a result, the voting end screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.

In the present embodiment described above, since the candidate names are scrolled, it is possible to prevent the number and display positions of the candidate names from affecting the result of the election, and it is possible to realize a fair election.

(Fourth Embodiment) In this embodiment, a modification of the screen control function described in each of the above embodiments will be described.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a transition example of screens displayed by the screen control function according to the present embodiment.

The screen control function 40 has a search function 41 for searching the candidate name based on the search key designated by the voter 17.

The screen control function 40 first displays the voting card insertion screen 42. When the voting card is inserted, the screen control function 40 displays any of the screens 43 to 47 depending on the situation.

When the number of candidate names is less than or equal to a predetermined number (for example, 9 persons), the screen control function 40 displays the candidate name selection screen 43 without the previous page and the next page.

When the number of candidate names exceeds the predetermined number, the screen control function 40 displays the candidate name selection screen 44 having the previous page and the next page.

The screen control function 40 uses the Japanese syllabary search screen 45.
Is displayed, and the candidate name selection screen 48 without the previous page and the next page is displayed based on the search result of the candidate name by the designated character.

The screen control function 40 also displays a candidate name scroll screen 46 and a candidate number selection screen 47.

When the voter 17 selects a candidate name according to the screen display, the screen control function 40 displays the confirmation screen 49.

The screen control function 40 displays the voting end screen 50 when the voter selects confirmation, and again displays any of the screens 43 to 47 when correction is selected.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the Japanese syllabary search screen 45.

On the Japanese syllabary search screen 45, Japanese syllabary characters are displayed in order to enter the first character of the candidate name as a search key.

The voter 17 designates one of the Japanese syllabary characters using the interface device 4 such as a touch panel. The search function 41 of the screen control function 40 collates the designated character with the initials of a plurality of candidate names, and selects and displays only the matching candidate names.

If the candidate names cannot be narrowed down to the number that can be displayed on one page by only specifying one character, the search function 41 of the screen control function 40 uses the next character following the previously specified character. Accept the designation of and search.

In addition, the search function 41 may receive designation of a political party and retrieve the candidate name belonging to the designated political party.

Further, in FIG. 15, numbers are displayed in addition to the Japanese syllabary characters. This number corresponds to, for example, a sequence of Japanese syllabary. That is, the number "1" corresponds to "A" to "O", the number "2" corresponds to "ka" to "K", and when the number "1" is pressed once, "A" is specified and twice. When pressed, "i" is specified. In this way, by making the number input correspond to the character input, the character input can be performed if the position of the number is known, and the candidate can be easily specified.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a candidate number selection screen 47 for selecting candidates by number.

The screen control function 40 uses the various screens 43 described above.
Change ~ 47 according to the instructions of the voter 17.

By using the screen control function 40 according to the present embodiment described above, the voter 17 can select the candidate names after narrowing them down to some extent even if the number of candidate names is large. Therefore, the voting work can be speeded up and facilitated.

In each of the above embodiments, it is confirmed whether or not the voter 17 has not voted based on the information read by the card readers 2 and 27. The voter 17 may be recognized by inputting a password, and whether the voter 17 has not voted yet. Alternatively, the physical information of the voter 17, such as the retina and the fingerprint, may be collated to recognize the voter 17 and confirm whether the voter 17 has not voted.

In each of the above embodiments, the unvoted confirmation function 13, 28, the information acquisition function 14, 29, 34,
The screen control functions 15, 35, 40 and the voting function 16 are realized by software, but the above functions may be implemented as hardware and installed in the voting terminals 1, 23, 32.

The constituent elements described in each of the above embodiments may be freely combined or may be divided into a plurality of elements. For example, the information acquisition function 14, 29, 3
4 and the screen control functions 15, 35 and 40 may be combined, the recording unit 10 and the recording medium 11 may be integrated into one recording medium, and the card reading devices 2 and 27, the CRT 3 and the interface device 4 may be combined. May be one input / output device.

In addition, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the various information recorded in the recording unit 10 is, for example, the totaling server 2
The voting terminals 1, 23, 32 may read from another device such as 1 via the network 20.

In each of the above embodiments, the various information recorded on the voting cards 18, 24 and 31 is not read from the voting cards 18, 24 and 31, but the voting terminals 1, 23 and 32 are connected to the network. Via voter 17
May be obtained from.

[0162]

As described above in detail, in the present invention,
It is possible to speed up and facilitate the voting work of a voter who votes using an electronic device, and obtain a fair voting result.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a voting terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a voting method by the voting terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen prompting a voter to insert a voting card.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying an election name and a candidate name for the election name.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen of a selected candidate name.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a voting end screen.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a voting terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of a voting terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for moving a number of candidate names that can be displayed on one screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for scrolling a number of candidate names that exceeds the number that can be displayed on one screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for scrolling a page.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which a displayable area moves.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a voting method by a voting terminal according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a transition example of screens displayed by a screen control function according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a Japanese syllabary search screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a candidate number selection screen.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing an outline of an electronic voting system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 23, 32 ... Voting terminal 2, 27 ... Card reader 3 ... CRT 4 ... Interface device 5, 25 ... Confirmation information not voted 6 ... Election name information 7 ... Candidate name information 8 ... Screen format information 9 ... Voting information 10 ... Recording section 11 ... Recording medium 12, 33 ... Voting program 13, 28 ... Unvoted confirmation function 14, 34 ... Information acquisition function 15, 35, 40 ... Screen control function 16 ... Voting function 17 ... Voter 18, 24, 31 ... Voting card 19 ... Card ID 22 ... Election order information 30 ... All candidate name information 41 ... Search function

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. An unvoted confirmation means for determining whether or not the voter has not voted based on identification information obtained from the voter, and an election name indicating a plurality of election names for which the voter is allowed to vote. Information acquisition means for acquiring information and candidate name information in which the election name and the candidate name are associated with each other, and if the unvoted confirmation means determines that there is no vote, the election name information and the candidate name Screen control means for displaying a corresponding candidate name for each election name indicated by the election name information based on the information, and designation of the candidate name by the voter for each election name indicated by the election name information A voting terminal, comprising: 2. The voting terminal according to claim 1, wherein the non-voting confirmation means acquires the identification information recorded on the voting card of the voter. 3. The voting terminal according to claim 2, wherein the screen control means acquires election order information recorded on the voting card, and a candidate corresponding to each election name indicated by the election name information. A voting terminal characterized by displaying names in the order indicated by the election order information. 4. The voting terminal according to claim 2, wherein the information acquisition unit acquires the election name information recorded on the voting card. 5. The voting terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information acquisition unit assigns candidate names to all election names when the unvoted confirmation unit determines that the voting is unvoted. A voting terminal, wherein the candidate name information is generated based on the information and the election name information. 6. A non-voting confirmation means for judging whether or not the voter has not voted based on the identification information obtained from the voter, and in the election in which the voter votes if the voter has not voted. A voting terminal comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of candidate names; and a screen control unit that displays the candidate names acquired by the information acquisition unit and automatically scrolls. 7. The voting terminal according to claim 6, wherein the screen control unit divides the plurality of candidate names into a plurality of groups and performs the scrolling in group units. 8. The voting terminal according to claim 6, further comprising: an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction for scrolling from the voter, wherein the screen control unit stops scrolling by the instruction receiving unit. A voting terminal, wherein the scrolling is stopped when an instruction is accepted. 9. The voting terminal according to claim 6, further comprising an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction for scrolling from the voter, and the screen control unit uses the instruction receiving unit to scroll a direction. A voting terminal, wherein when the instruction is accepted, the scroll is performed in the direction indicated by the scroll direction instruction. 10. The voting terminal according to claim 6, further comprising an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction for scrolling from the voter, and the screen control unit uses the instruction receiving unit to scroll a speed. A voting terminal characterized in that, when an instruction is accepted, the scrolling is performed at a speed indicated by the scrolling speed instruction. 11. A non-voting confirmation function for determining whether or not the voter has not voted based on the identification information acquired from the voter, and a plurality of election names for which the voter is allowed to vote on the computer. An information acquisition function for acquiring candidate name information in which the election name information shown and the election name and the candidate name are associated with each other; Based on the candidate name information, for each election name indicated by the election name information, a screen control function for displaying a corresponding candidate name, and for each election name indicated by the election name information, a candidate by the voter A voting program that realizes a voting function that accepts designation of names. 12. A non-voting confirmation function for determining whether a voter has not voted on a computer based on identification information obtained from the voter, and if the voter has not voted, the voter has voted. A voting program for realizing an information acquisition function of acquiring a plurality of candidate names in the election and a screen control function of displaying the candidate names acquired by the information acquisition means and automatically scrolling the screen. 13. A voting method using an electronic device, comprising: obtaining identification information from a voter; determining whether the voter has not voted based on the identification information; If is not voted, based on the election name information indicating a plurality of election names that the voter is allowed to vote, and the candidate name information in which the election name and the candidate name are associated, A voting method comprising the step of displaying a corresponding candidate name for each election name indicated by the election name information and accepting the designation of the candidate name from the voter. 14. A voting method using an electronic device, comprising: obtaining identification information from a voter; determining whether the voter has not voted based on the identification information; If is not a vote, the step of acquiring a plurality of candidate names in the election in which the voter votes, and displaying the candidate name in the election in which the voter votes,
A method of voting including the step of automatically scrolling.