JP2015184726A - Voting system, voting processor, voting processing method, and program for voting processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voting system for enabling a user to easily vote for a candidate whom the user is actually referring to.SOLUTION: The voting system includes: a user terminal 80; and a voting processor 90. The user terminal 80 includes: photographing means 81 for photographing a voting candidate; image transmission means 82 for transmitting the photographed voting candidate image to a voting processor 90; and instruction means 83 for performing a voting instruction to the voting processor 90 in accordance with the operation of a user. The voting processor 90 include: identification means 91 for identifying the voting candidate on the basis of identification information extracted from a received voting candidate image; specification means 92 for specifying voting instruction information to be used for performing the voting instruction to the identified voting candidate; information transmission means 93 for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal 80; and voting means 94 for performing voting processing in accordance with the voting instruction from the user terminal 80. The instruction means 83 of the user terminal 80 performs the voting instruction by using the voting instruction information received from the voting processor 90.

Description

  The present invention relates to a voting system, a voting processing device, a user terminal, a voting processing method, a voting image processing method, and a voting processing program that support voting performed by public game users.

  When purchasing voting tickets (winning voting tickets, winning boat voting tickets, winner voting tickets, etc.) in public competitions (horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing), generally mark the combination of the expected arrival order. Write on the card.

  In recent years, in order to improve the convenience of input by the user, a method of purchasing a voting ticket by selecting not only a mark card but also a combination of arrival order displayed on a tablet terminal has been widespread.

  In addition, a system for purchasing voting tickets outside the stadium has been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a voting system that can vote for a public competition using a multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store even for a user who has not registered in advance. .

JP 2013-257709 A

  While a system for purchasing voting tickets outside the stadium has been proposed, there are many users who actually go to the stadium and check the status of voting candidates before voting. For example, in a racetrack, there are many users who determine voting candidates based on the situation of returning horses or paddocks.

  For example, in the case of horse racing, when the user checks the racehorse status in a paddock or bleachers, the racehorses and odds of the racehorse are checked on the on-site monitor, and voting candidates are determined. After completing the above, checkout is done with an automatic settlement machine in the stadium. After such processing, voting is completed.

  However, even if the user actually confirms the voting candidates and tries to vote, the user has a great deal of effort to complete the voting. This is the same not only for the horse racing described above but also for other public competitions. Therefore, it is desirable to be able to vote quickly and easily for voting candidates that the user actually refers to and confirms.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a voting system, a voting processing device, a user terminal, a voting processing method, a voting image processing method, and a voting processing program that can easily vote for a candidate that is actually referred to by a user The purpose is to provide.

  A voting system according to the present invention includes a user terminal and a voting processing device, and the user terminal shoots a voting candidate, an image transmitting unit that transmits the shot voting candidate image to the voting processing device, and use Identification means for identifying a vote candidate based on identification information extracted from the received vote candidate image Voting in response to a voting instruction from a user terminal, a specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction to the voting candidate specified, an information transmitting means for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal And voting means for performing processing, wherein the instruction means of the user terminal issues a voting instruction using the voting instruction information received from the voting processing device.

  Another voting system according to the present invention includes a user terminal and a voting processing device, and the user terminal captures photographic means for photographing the voting candidate and identification information used for identifying the voting candidate from the photographed voting candidate image. The identification information received by the voting processor includes image transmitting means for extracting and transmitting the extracted identification information to the voting processor, and instruction means for giving a voting instruction to the voting processor in response to a user operation. An identification means for identifying a voting candidate based on the information, a specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction to the identified voting candidate, and information transmission for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal And voting means for performing a voting process in response to a voting instruction from the user terminal, wherein the instruction means of the user terminal votes using the voting instruction information received from the voting processing device. And performing shown.

  Still another voting system according to the present invention includes an identifying means for identifying a voting candidate based on identification information extracted from a voting candidate image including a voting candidate photographed by a photographing means, and a voting instruction for the identified voting candidate. And a voting unit that performs a voting process in response to a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information.

  A voting processing device according to the present invention is identified with identification means for receiving a voting candidate image including a voting candidate photographed by a user terminal, and identifying a voting candidate based on identification information extracted from the received voting candidate image. A specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction to a vote candidate, an information transmitting means for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to a user terminal, and a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information Voting means for receiving voting from the user terminal and performing voting processing in accordance with the voting instruction.

  Another voting processing device according to the present invention receives identification information used for identification of a voting candidate extracted from a voting candidate image including a voting candidate photographed by a user terminal, and based on the received identification information Identifying means for identifying, specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction for the identified voting candidate, information transmitting means for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal, and Voting means using voting instruction information is received from a user terminal, and voting means for performing voting processing according to the voting instruction is provided.

  The user terminal according to the present invention has a photographing means for photographing a voting candidate, and a voting instruction used to identify a voting candidate based on identification information extracted from the received voting candidate image and to give a voting instruction to the voting candidate The voting processing device that specifies the information and transmits the voting instruction information to the voting candidate image transmission source, the image transmitting unit that transmits the voting candidate image photographed by the photographing unit, and the voting according to the operation of the user The processing device is provided with instruction means for giving a voting instruction, and the instruction means issues a voting instruction using voting instruction information.

  In the voting processing method according to the present invention, a user terminal captures a voting candidate, the user terminal transmits the captured voting candidate image to a voting processing device, and the voting processing device is extracted from the received voting candidate image. The voting candidate is identified based on the identification information, the voting processing device specifies voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction to the identified voting candidate, and the voting processing device uses the specified voting instruction information as a user. The user terminal sends a voting instruction to the voting processing device in response to a user operation, the voting processing device receives a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the user terminal, and A voting process is performed according to a voting instruction.

  In another voting processing method according to the present invention, the user terminal captures a vote candidate, the user terminal extracts identification information used for identifying a vote candidate from the photographed vote candidate image, and the user terminal extracts Voting instruction information used for transmitting identification information to a voting processing device, the voting processing device identifying voting candidates based on the received identification information, and causing the voting processing device to give voting instructions for the identified voting candidates The voting processing device transmits the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal, the user terminal issues a voting instruction to the voting processing device in accordance with a user operation, and the voting processing device is specified. The voting instruction using the voting instruction information is received from the user terminal, and the voting process is performed according to the voting instruction.

  An image processing method for voting according to the present invention receives a vote candidate image including a vote candidate photographed by a user terminal, identifies a vote candidate based on identification information extracted from the received vote candidate image, and is identified Identify voting instruction information used to give voting instructions for voting candidates, send the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal, receive a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the user terminal, and A voting process is performed according to a voting instruction.

  Another voting image processing method according to the present invention receives identification information used to identify a voting candidate extracted from a voting candidate image including a voting candidate photographed by a user terminal, and based on the received identification information. Voting using the specified voting instruction information by identifying the voting candidates, identifying the voting instruction information used to give voting instructions to the identified voting candidates, transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal An instruction is received from a user terminal, and a voting process is performed according to the voting instruction.

  The voting processing program according to the present invention receives, in a computer, a voting candidate image including voting candidates photographed by a user terminal, and identifies voting candidates based on identification information extracted from the received voting candidate images , Specifying process for specifying voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction to the identified voting candidate, information transmitting process for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal, and using the specified voting instruction information The voting instruction received is received from the user terminal, and a voting execution process for performing a voting process according to the voting instruction is executed.

  Another voting processing program according to the present invention receives identification information used for identification of a voting candidate extracted from a voting candidate image including a voting candidate photographed by a user terminal, and the received identification information is included in the received identification information. Identification processing for identifying voting candidates based on, identification processing for identifying voting instruction information used to give voting instructions for the identified voting candidates, information transmission processing for transmitting the identified voting instruction information to the user terminal, and A voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information is received from the user terminal, and a voting execution process is performed to perform a voting process in accordance with the voting instruction.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that is actually referred to by a user.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of 1st Embodiment of the voting system by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the voting system of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the other operation example of the voting system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the modification of the voting system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the other modification of the voting system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of 2nd Embodiment of the voting system by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the voting system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of the voting system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the other outline | summary of the voting system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the other outline | summary of the voting system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of the voting processing apparatus by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of the user terminal by this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a first embodiment of a voting system according to the present invention. The voting system according to the present embodiment includes a mobile terminal 10 and a voting processing device 20.

  The mobile terminal 10 is a device used by a user who performs voting, and is, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, a wearable terminal, or the like. Since the mobile terminal 10 is used by a user, it can be called a user terminal.

  The portable terminal 10 includes a photographing unit 11, an image transmission unit 12, an instruction unit 13, a display unit 14, and an information request unit 15.

  The photographing unit 11 photographs a vote candidate according to a user operation. The photographing unit 11 is realized by, for example, a camera included in a mobile phone. For example, in the case of horse racing, the user uses the photographing means 11 to photograph a racehorse that appears in a paddock or a return horse.

  In addition, for example, in the case of a bicycle race, the user can shoot players and bicycles that appear in player introductions such as “face show”, “leg show”, and “ground ride” using the shooting means 11. Further, for example, in the case of a boat race, the user can take a picture of a boat appearing in a start display or a round exhibition using the photographing means 11. In addition, for example, in the case of auto racing, the user can photograph a race car that appears in a test run using the photographing means 11.

  In this way, candidates that are actually referred to by the user are photographed via the photographing means 11. In any public competition, the photographing unit 11 photographs an image including information necessary for identifying a vote candidate such as a bib.

  In addition, when photographing the vote candidate, the photographing unit 11 acquires position information indicating a place where the vote candidate is photographed and time information indicating a time when the vote candidate is photographed together with the image. The imaging unit 11 may acquire time information from a timer (not shown) built in the mobile terminal 10, for example. Moreover, the imaging | photography means 11 may acquire positional information via GPS (Global Positioning System), for example.

  Note that the method for acquiring the position information is not limited to the method using GPS. For example, the position where the user has performed the deposit process may be used as the position information. Further, it may be detected that the user's mobile terminal 10 has accessed an access point provided in the hall, and the position of the access point may be used as position information.

  In addition, the user may photograph a plurality of voting candidates participating in one race using the photographing means 11. In the following description, an image of a vote candidate taken by the photographing unit 11 may be referred to as a vote candidate image. Further, the vote candidate image may be a still image or a moving image.

  The image transmission means 12 transmits the shot vote candidate image to the vote processing device 20 by using a cellular phone communication network or near field communication. When the photographing unit 11 acquires position information and time information, the image transmission unit 12 transmits one or both of the position information and the time information to the vote processing device 20 together with the vote candidate image. May be.

  When the photographing unit 11 is photographing a plurality of voting candidates participating in one race, the image transmitting unit 12 transmits a plurality of voting candidate images obtained by photographing the voting candidates to the voting processing device 20. Also good.

  The instruction means 13 gives various instructions to the voting processing device 20 in accordance with the user's operation. Specifically, the instruction unit 13 detects a voting operation by a user, and gives a voting instruction to the designated candidate to the voting processing device 20. For example, the instruction unit 13 may detect the operation instruction to the voting candidate displayed on the display unit 14 and perform the voting instruction.

  Moreover, the instruction | indication means 13 may perform the response instruction | indication with respect to the inquiry and request | requirement, when the inquiry and confirmation request | requirement from the vote processing apparatus 20 are received.

  The display means 14 displays various information presented to the user. The display unit 14 is realized by a display device such as a liquid crystal panel included in a display device or a touch panel, for example. Specifically, the display unit 14 displays races and odds relating to voting candidates received from the voting processor 20.

  For example, in the case of horse racing, the display unit 14 may display the name of the racetrack, the race number, the frame number, and the like as information regarding the race in which the voting candidate participates. Also, the display means 14 displays the odds of the race in which the candidate for voting participates (single win, double win, double win single, ordinary double win double, extended double win double, triple win single, triple win double etc.) Good. At this time, the display means 14 may display only odds including only the voting candidates or only odds with the voting candidates as axes (first, second, third).

  Further, the display unit 14 may display an image captured by the imaging unit 11. Further, the display unit 14 may display past results of voting candidates received from the voting processing device 20.

  The information requesting unit 15 requests the voting processing device 20 for information regarding voting candidates. Then, the information request unit 15 causes the display unit 14 to display the information received from the voting processing device 20.

  The voting processing device 20 is connected to the mobile terminal 10 via a communication network. The voting processing device 20 includes an identification unit 21, a specifying unit 22, an information transmission unit 23, a voting unit 24, a race information storage unit 31, and a past result storage unit 32.

  Although the voting system illustrated in FIG. 1 includes only one voting processing device 20, the number of voting processing devices 20 is not limited to one and may be two or more. Further, all the functions described above may not be implemented in one voting processing device 20, and may be distributed and implemented in a plurality of voting processing devices 20. In the description of the present embodiment, a case where all of these functions are implemented in one voting processing device 20 will be described as an example.

  The race information storage unit 31 stores information necessary for specifying information used by the specifying unit 22 (to be described later) to cause the user to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidate. In the present embodiment, the race information storage unit 31 stores race information related to voting candidates.

  For example, in the case of horse racing, the race information storage means 31 stores information such as horse number, horse name, age, burden, weight, jockey, stable, etc. for each race of each schedule. The information stored in the race information storage unit 31 is not limited to information related to horse racing, and information related to horse racing is not limited to the above content. The race information storage means 31 may store information necessary for specifying a race for each corresponding public competition.

  Further, the race information storage unit 31 may store race odds information regarding voting candidates as race information. In addition, when acquiring odds information from another system (not shown), the race information storage means 31 may store the odds information received from another system.

  The past result storage means 32 stores past results of voting candidates. For example, in the case of horse racing, the past result storage means 32 may store information such as the date and place of the race in which the voting candidate has participated in the past, the location, the weather, and the jockey. The same applies to other public competitions.

  The identification unit 21 identifies vote candidates based on identification information extracted from the vote candidate images received from the mobile terminal 10. When a plurality of vote candidate images are received from the mobile terminal 10, the identifying unit 21 may identify a vote candidate for each vote candidate image.

  For example, in the case of horse racing, a horse number and a horse name are written on a race bib attached to a racehorse. Therefore, the identification unit 21 identifies a bib number from the vote candidate image, and extracts the horse number and the horse name written on the bib number as identification information. In addition, when the race number or race name is included in the race bib, the identification unit 21 may extract the race number or race name from the identified race bib as identification information. Further, the identification unit 21 may extract position information and time information received from the mobile terminal 10 as identification information.

  For example, in the case of boat racing, a boat number is written on a boat on which a player rides. Therefore, the identification unit 21 may identify a boat from the vote candidate image and extract the boat number written on the boat as identification information. Moreover, when the place name and the player name are written on the boat, the identification unit 21 may extract the place name and the player name as identification information together with the boat number.

  In addition, for example, in the case of a bicycle race, a car number is written on the game clothes worn by the players. Therefore, the identification unit 21 may identify a person from the vote candidate image and extract the vehicle number written on the game clothes worn by the person as identification information. For example, in the case of auto racing, a car number is written on a race car on which a player rides. Therefore, the identification unit 21 may identify the race car from the vote candidate image and extract the vehicle number written on the race car as identification information.

  The identification means 21 may use position information and time information received from the mobile terminal 10 in addition to the identification information extracted from the vote candidate images when identifying the vote candidates. That is, the identification means 21 uses the received information (position information, time information) in the case where information other than the identification information extracted from the vote candidate image is necessary to uniquely identify the vote candidate. May be identified. Even if it is difficult to identify the venue and the race in which the voting candidate participates only with the identification information extracted from the voting candidate images, the accuracy of identifying the voting candidate can be improved by supplementing the position information and time information. Can be improved.

  Here, even when the time information is not received from the mobile terminal 10, the identification means 21 pretends the time when the vote candidate image is received as the shooting time, and uses the time as time information for identification processing. Good. That is, the identification unit 21 may identify a vote candidate based on the time when the vote candidate image is received and the identification information. This is because it is considered that there is no significant time difference from when the vote candidate image is photographed until the vote candidate image is transmitted to the vote processing device 20.

  In addition, when the identification means 21 identifies a vote candidate, there may be a case where a vote candidate cannot be uniquely specified only by the obtained identification information. Therefore, when the voting candidate cannot be uniquely identified, the identification unit 21 may instruct the information transmission unit 23 described later to transmit information on the candidate voting candidate to the mobile terminal 10. By doing in this way, the precision which specifies a vote candidate can be improved more.

  In this embodiment, the object which the identification means 21 specifies from a vote candidate image is decided by each public competition. In addition, since the identification information is usually written so that it can be easily seen by the viewer, it has a characteristic that it is easily reflected in the vote candidate image.

  For example, the target specified for horse racing is a horse, and the target specified for boat racing is a boat. In addition, the position of the identification information existing in the specified target is roughly determined. For example, in the case of a horse race, the race bib exists near the specified horse, and in the case of a boat race, the boat number exists on the side of the specified boat.

  Therefore, the identification unit 21 may extract identification information from the vote candidate image by, for example, template matching. However, the method by which the identification unit 21 extracts the identification information is not limited to template matching, and other methods may be used as long as specific information can be extracted from the image.

  The specifying unit 22 specifies information used for causing the user to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidate. Hereinafter, this information is referred to as voting instruction information. For example, in the case of a public competition, the information for allowing the user to give a voting instruction is information on a race in which a voting candidate is scheduled to participate. Therefore, the specifying unit 22 of this embodiment specifies a race in which the identified voting candidate is scheduled to participate as voting instruction information.

  Specifically, the specifying unit 22 refers to the race information storage unit 31 and specifies the race for which the identified voting candidate is scheduled to participate. At that time, the specifying unit 22 may also specify the odds of the specified race with reference to the odds information stored in the race information storage unit 31. At this time, the specifying unit 22 may specify only odds including the identified vote candidate.

  Further, when a plurality of vote candidate images are received from the mobile terminal 10, the specifying unit 22 may specify a race in which the vote candidates specified from each vote candidate image are scheduled to participate together. Then, the specifying unit 22 may specify odds related to these voting candidates. In this way, information such as odds requested by the user can be provided accurately.

  Note that the voting instruction information is not limited to information related to the race. For example, in a scene where the order of vote candidates that are opened and exhibited in a certain event is determined, the voting instruction information may be, for example, information related to a department in which the vote candidates enter.

  The information transmission unit 23 transmits the specified voting instruction information to the mobile terminal 10. For example, in the case of a public competition, the information transmission unit 23 may transmit information regarding the identified race to the mobile terminal 10 as voting instruction information. For example, the information transmission unit 23 may transmit, to the mobile terminal 10, information that can identify a race for which a vote candidate is scheduled to participate. In addition, the information transmission unit 23 may transmit, for example, odds information, past results, prediction information, and the like of the identified race to the mobile terminal 10 as information regarding the race. The information transmitted by the information transmitting unit 23 may be determined in advance according to a voting scene (for example, the nature of a public competition), or may be selected according to an instruction from the mobile terminal 10.

  In addition, when the information transmission unit 23 receives a request for information related to a vote candidate from the mobile terminal 10, the information transmission unit 23 searches the past result storage unit 32 for past results of the vote candidate and transmits it to the mobile terminal 10.

  In addition, when an instruction to transmit information related to candidate vote candidates is given from the identification unit 21, the information transmission unit 23 may transmit information about the identified vote candidate to the mobile terminal 10. At this time, the display unit 14 of the mobile terminal 10 displays information regarding the vote candidate that is the received candidate.

  The voting unit 24 performs a voting process in response to a voting instruction from the mobile terminal 10 (specifically, the instructing unit 13). Specifically, the instruction means 13 of the mobile terminal 10 issues a voting instruction using the voting instruction information. For example, the instruction unit 13 issues a voting instruction for the race indicated by the voting instruction information. When the voting means 24 receives an instruction from the portable terminal 10 to vote for the voting candidate scheduled to participate in the specified race, the voting means 24 performs a voting process according to the instruction. At this time, the voting means 24 may perform a process related to the voting process by itself or may give a voting instruction to another system (not shown) that performs the voting process. That is, the voting means 24 may perform voting processing by a generally known method.

  In addition, the voting unit 24 may notify the portable terminal 10 of the voting result (for example, success or failure of voting, purchase amount, etc.). At this time, the display unit 14 of the mobile terminal 10 may display the vote result.

  The identification means 21, the identification means 22, the information transmission means 23, and the voting means 24 are realized by a CPU of a computer that operates according to a program (voting processing program). For example, the program is stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the voting processing device 20, and the CPU reads the program and operates as the identification unit 21, the identification unit 22, the information transmission unit 23, and the voting unit 24 according to the program. May be.

  Further, the identification means 21, the identification means 22, the information transmission means 23, and the voting means 24 may be realized by the same hardware, or may be realized by different hardware. Good.

  Moreover, the race information storage means 31 and the past results storage means 32 are realized by a magnetic disk or the like, for example.

  Next, the operation of the voting system of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the voting system of the present embodiment. Users of this system actually refer to voting candidates before participating in, for example, a paddock or a start exhibition.

  And according to a user's operation, the imaging | photography means 11 of the portable terminal 10 image | photographs a vote candidate (step S11). The image transmission means 12 transmits the photographed vote candidate image to the vote processing device 20 (step 12).

  When the vote processing device 20 receives the vote candidate image, the identification unit 21 identifies the vote candidate based on the identification information extracted from the received vote candidate image (step S13). The specifying unit 22 specifies the voting instruction information (here, the race in which the voting candidate is scheduled to participate) used to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidate (step S14), and the information transmitting unit 23 is specified. The voting instruction information (in this case, information regarding the race) is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 (step S15). The display means 14 of the portable terminal 10 displays the received voting instruction information (here, race information) (step S16).

  The user determines the content to vote based on the received information. And the instruction | indication means 13 performs voting instruction | indication using the voting instruction | indication information received from the voting processing apparatus 20 (for example, with respect to a race) according to a user's operation (step S19). Usually, this voting instruction includes voting contents for voting candidates identified by the identifying means 21 for the race identified by the identifying means 22. In other words, the instruction unit 13 is a voting instruction for the race received from the voting processing device 20, and performs a voting instruction for the voting candidate identified by the identifying unit 21.

  The voting means 24 of the voting processing device 20 performs a voting process in response to a voting instruction from the mobile terminal 10 (step S20). When the voting process is completed, the voting means 24 notifies the portable terminal 10 of the voting result (step S21).

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the operation of the mobile terminal 10 determining the content to vote based on the race information received from the voting processing device 20 has been described. The user may further request the voting processing device 20 for information other than the race information referenced in step S16. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation example in which the mobile terminal 10 further requests information from the voting processing device 20.

  The information requesting means 15 of the portable terminal 10 requests the voting processing device 20 for information regarding voting candidates in accordance with the user's operation (step S17). When the voting processing device 20 receives a request for information, the information transmitting unit 23 searches the past results storage unit 32 for past results of voting candidates, and transmits them to the portable terminal 10 (step S18).

  The process from step S11 to step S16 for transmitting the vote candidate image and receiving the information about the race, and the process from step S19 to step S21 for instructing the vote and notifying the vote result are shown in FIG. It is the same as the process illustrated.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the identification unit 21 identifies vote candidates based on the identification information extracted from the vote candidate images photographed by the mobile terminal 10, and the identification unit 22 identifies the identified vote candidates. The voting instruction information used for giving the voting instruction to the is specified. Further, the information transmission unit 23 transmits the specified voting instruction information to the mobile terminal 10. Then, the voting means 24 receives a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the portable terminal 10 and performs a voting process according to the voting instruction. Therefore, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user is actually referring to.

  In the voting system of this embodiment, the voting processing device 20 extracts information necessary for voting from the voting candidate images. If the identification information extracted for voting is insufficient, the voting processing device 20 uses other identification information to identify voting candidates and completes information for the user to vote. Therefore, it can be said that the method by which the voting processor 20 collects information is different from the method in which the requested information is simply retrieved.

  Next, a first modification of the first embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the method has been described in which the image transmission unit 12 transmits the vote candidate image to the vote processing device 20 and the identification unit 21 identifies the vote candidate based on the identification information extracted from the vote candidate image. The mobile terminal 10 itself may extract the voting candidate identification information from the voting candidate image. Note that the content of the identification information extracted from the vote candidate image is the same as the content extracted by the identification means 21 of the first embodiment.

  Specifically, the image transmission unit 12 may extract identification information from the photographed vote candidate image and transmit the extracted identification information to the voting processing device 20. In this case, the identification means 21 of the voting processing device 20 may identify voting candidates based on the received identification information. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user is actually referring to.

  Further, the mobile terminal 10 may include the identification unit 21 and the voting processing device 20 may not include the identification unit 21. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a voting system in which the mobile terminal 10 includes the identification unit 21. A mobile terminal 10 shown in FIG. 4 includes a vote candidate transmission unit 12 a instead of the image transmission unit 12. The vote candidate transmitting means 12a is realized by a CPU of a computer that operates according to a program (voting process program).

  In this case, the identification unit 21 of the mobile terminal 10 identifies the vote candidate, and the vote candidate transmission unit 12a transmits information indicating the identified vote candidate to the vote processing device 20. Then, the specifying unit 22 specifies the voting instruction information for the received voting candidate. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user is actually referring to.

  Next, a second modification of the first embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, a method has been described in which vote candidate images and vote instruction information are exchanged between the mobile terminal 10 and the vote processing device 20. However, these processes may be realized by a single device.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a modification of the first embodiment. The voting system 50 shown in FIG. 5 includes a photographing unit 11, an instruction unit 13, a display unit 14, an identification unit 21, a specifying unit 22, a voting unit 24, a race information storage unit 31, and a past result storage unit. 32.

  That is, the voting system of the present modification is different from the first embodiment in that it does not have means for transmitting images and information to other devices. The function of each means is the same as that of the first embodiment. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user is actually referring to.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the second embodiment of the voting system according to the present invention. In addition, about the structure similar to 1st Embodiment, the code | symbol same as FIG. 1 is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted. The voting system of the present embodiment presents various information to the user by using the result of voting by actually referring to the candidates.

  The voting system according to the present embodiment includes a mobile terminal 10 and a voting processing device 30. The configuration of the mobile terminal 10 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  The voting processing device 30 includes an identification unit 21, an identification unit 22, an information transmission unit 23, a voting unit 24, a counting unit 25, a race information storage unit 31, a past result storage unit 32, and a voting history storage unit. 33 and general vote information storage means 34.

  That is, the voting processing device 30 of the present embodiment includes a counting unit 25, a voting history storage unit 33, and a general voting information storage unit 34 in addition to the configuration of the voting processing device 20 of the first embodiment. The configurations of the identification unit 21, the identification unit 22, the information transmission unit 23, the race information storage unit 31, and the past performance storage unit 32 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  The voting means 24 stores the voting history performed by itself in the voting history storage means 33. The voting means 24 stores, for example, voting targets, voting target combinations, voting amounts, and the like for each race. Further, the voting means 24 may also store the positional information and time information at which the voting candidate image used when specifying the voting candidate is taken. By using these pieces of information, it is possible to identify the scene where the vote candidate was photographed (for example, in the case of horse racing, whether it is a paddock or a return horse).

  The voting history storage unit 33 stores information (voting history) regarding voting processing performed by the voting unit 24. That is, it can be said that the voting history stored in the voting history storage means 33 is a result of the user actually voting with reference to the candidates. The voting history storage unit 33 is realized by a magnetic disk device, for example.

  The general vote information storage unit 34 stores general vote information. That is, the voting information stored in the general voting information storage means 34 is not only information related to voting via the voting system of this embodiment, but also voting other than the voting process performed by the voting means 24 (voting by entering a mark card, etc.) ) Information.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the voting processing device 30 includes the general voting information storage unit 34 is illustrated. However, the general vote information storage unit 34 may be provided in another device (not shown) that can communicate with the vote processing device 30 other than the vote processing device 30.

  The counting unit 25 generates a counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting unit 24. Specifically, the counting unit 25 totals the voting history stored in the voting history storage unit 33, and totals the order of popularity and odds of each voting candidate. Further, the counting means 25 is performed by a counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting means 24 (hereinafter referred to as a first counting result) and other than the voting means 24 (for example, a general voting system). Comparison information that compares a totaling result (hereinafter referred to as a second totaling result) obtained by totaling the voting processes including the voting process may be generated as a totaling result.

  That is, the first tabulation result is information generated based on the result of voting by the voting unit 24 of the present embodiment. The second tabulation result is information generated based on information including not only the result of voting by the voting means 24 of this embodiment but also the result of voting by another method.

  The tabulating unit 25 may generate, for example, a difference between the odds calculated as the first tabulation result and the odds calculated as the second tabulation result as the comparison information. Moreover, the totaling unit 25 may generate, as comparison information, a difference between the popularity order calculated from the first collection result and the popularity order calculated from the second aggregation result.

  Further, for example, when the situation in which the voting candidates are referred to is different as in the relation between the paddock and the return horse, the counting unit 25 may total the information on the voting candidates for each of the referenced situations.

  Then, the aggregation unit 25 displays the aggregation results on various display devices. For example, the counting unit 25 may transmit the counting result to the portable terminal 10 and display the counting result on the display unit 14 of the portable terminal 10.

  Moreover, the totaling unit 25 may display the totaled information and the generated comparison information on a display device (not shown) other than the mobile terminal 10. The counting means 25 may display such information on, for example, a display device or a large video device installed in the venue.

  The counting means 25 is realized by a CPU of a computer that operates according to a program (voting processing program). The counting means 25 may be realized by the same hardware (voting processing device 20) as other means, or may be realized by other hardware.

  Next, the operation of the voting system of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the voting system of the present embodiment. The processes from step S11 to step S21 until the voting process is completed are the same as the processes illustrated in FIG.

  The counting unit 25 totals information on the voting candidates that have been voted by the voting unit 24 (step S22). And the totaling means 25 transmits the produced | generated total information to the portable terminal 10 (step S23). The display means 14 of the portable terminal 10 displays the received total information (step S24).

  As described above, in this embodiment, the counting unit 25 generates a counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting unit 24, and displays the counting result on the display device. Therefore, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, information that cannot be generally obtained can be presented to the user, such as voting that is actually referred to the voting candidates, so that the user's preference can be further enhanced. become.

  In addition, since the counting unit 25 creates the comparison information, it is possible for the user to easily compare the result of counting the votes actually performed with reference to the vote candidates and the general vote information. Become. In addition, the aggregation unit 25 outputs the aggregation result not only to the mobile terminal 10 but also to other display devices, so that it is possible to provide meaningful information to, for example, visitors in the hall.

  That is, the odds that are normally provided are calculated based on all voting situations due to the nature of public competition. Therefore, the user could not grasp the popularity order or odds based on the situation of voting. However, according to the present embodiment, the counting means 25 counts the odds and the order of popularity based on the history that the user actually voted with reference to the candidates. Can present. As a result, it becomes possible to further improve the user's preference.

  Next, the outline of the present invention will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an outline of a voting system according to the present invention. The voting system according to the present invention includes a user terminal 80 (for example, the mobile terminal 10) and a voting processing device 90 (for example, the voting processing device 20).

  The user terminal 80 includes a photographing unit 81 (for example, the photographing unit 11) for photographing the vote candidate, an image transmission unit 82 (for example, the image transmission unit 12) for transmitting the photographed vote candidate image to the voting processing device 90, Instructing means 83 (for example, instructing means 13) for giving a voting instruction to the voting processing device 90 in accordance with a user operation.

  The voting processing device 90 is used to identify a voting candidate based on the identification information extracted from the received voting candidate image (for example, the identifying unit 21) and to give a voting instruction for the identified voting candidate. Specifying means 92 (for example, specifying means 22) for specifying the designated voting instruction information (for example, a race scheduled to participate), and information transmitting means for transmitting the specified voting instruction information (for example, information regarding the race) to the user terminal 80 93 (for example, the information transmitting unit 23) and a voting unit 94 (for example, the voting unit 24) that performs a voting process in response to a voting instruction from the user terminal 80.

  Then, the instruction unit 83 of the user terminal 80 issues a voting instruction (for example, for a race) using the voting instruction information received from the voting processing device 90.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user is actually referring to.

  Further, the voting processing device 90 (for example, the voting processing device 30) generates a counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting means 94, and displays the counting result by a display device (for example, the display means 84 or other display). A totaling means (for example, the totaling means 25) to be displayed on the apparatus may be included.

  According to such a configuration, since the odds and the popularity order are totaled based on the history that the user actually refers to the candidates and voted, the information that could not be obtained can be presented to the user. As a result, it becomes possible to further improve the user's preference.

  The counting means counts the first counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting means 94 and the voting processes including the voting processes performed by other than the voting means 94 (for example, other general methods). Comparison information obtained by comparing the second totaled result may be generated as the totaled result.

  According to such a configuration, it becomes possible for the user to easily compare the result of counting the votes actually performed with reference to the vote candidates and the general vote information.

  In addition, the image transmission unit 82 of the user terminal 80 transmits a plurality of vote candidate images photographed by the photographing unit 81 to the vote processing device 90, and the specifying unit 92 of the vote processing device 90 includes the plurality of identified vote candidates. Voting instruction information (for example, a race scheduled to participate) may be specified that is used to give a voting instruction to. With such a configuration, it is possible to accurately provide information such as odds requested by the user.

  In addition, the image transmission unit 82 of the user terminal 80 votes at least one of position information indicating the location where the vote candidate is photographed and time information indicating the time when the vote candidate is photographed together with the vote candidate image. The identification means 91 of the voting processing device 90 may be identified based on the received information and identification information. According to such a structure, the precision which pinpoints a vote candidate can be improved.

  Further, the identification unit 91 of the voting processing device 90 may identify the voting candidate based on the time when the voting candidate image is received and the identification information.

  In addition, the user terminal 80 may include a display unit (for example, the display unit 14) that displays information received from the voting processing device 90. Then, when the voting candidate cannot be uniquely identified by the identifying unit 91, the information transmitting unit 93 of the voting processing device 90 transmits information on the candidate voting candidate to the user terminal 80, and the display unit of the user terminal 80 receives the received Information regarding the voting candidates that are candidates may be displayed. According to such a configuration, it is possible to further improve the accuracy of specifying the vote candidate.

  In the voting system illustrated in FIG. 8, the image transmission unit 82 transmits the vote candidate image to the vote processing device 90, and the identification unit 91 is based on the identification information extracted from the received vote candidate image. Had identified. Instead of such a configuration, the image transmission unit 82 may extract identification information used for identifying a vote candidate from the shot vote candidate image, and transmit the extracted identification information to the vote processing device 90. And the identification means 91 may identify a vote candidate based on the received identification information. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to further improve the accuracy of specifying voting candidates.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing another outline of the voting system according to the present invention. The voting system shown in FIG. 9 also includes a user terminal 80 (for example, the mobile terminal 10) and a voting processing device 90 (for example, the voting processing device 20).

  On the other hand, the user terminal 80 shown in FIG. 9 transmits to the voting processing device 90 information indicating the voting candidate, the photographing unit 81 (for example, the photographing unit 11), the identifying unit 91 (for example, the identifying unit 21). Voting candidate transmission means 82a (for example, voting candidate transmission means 12a) and instruction means 83 (for example, instruction means 13).

  Further, the voting processing device 90 includes a specifying unit 92 (for example, the specifying unit 22), an information transmitting unit 93 (for example, the information transmitting unit 23), and a voting unit 94 (for example, the voting unit 24).

  The contents of the photographing means 81, the identification means 91, the instruction means 83, the specifying means 92, the information transmission means 93, and the voting means 94 are the same as those shown in FIG. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user actually refers to.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing still another outline of the voting system according to the present invention. The voting system (for example, the voting system 50) shown in FIG. 10 identifies the voting candidates based on the identification information extracted from the voting candidate images including the voting candidates photographed by the photographing unit (for example, the photographing unit 11). Means 91 (for example, identification means 21), identification means 92 (for example, identification means 22) for specifying voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction for the identified voting candidate, and the specified voting instruction information Voting means 94 (for example, voting means 24) that performs voting processing according to the used voting instruction is provided.

  Even with such a configuration, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user is actually referring to.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an outline of a voting processing apparatus according to the present invention. The voting device according to the present invention includes an identification unit 91 (for example, identification unit 21), a specification unit 92 (for example, specification unit 22), an information transmission unit 93 (for example, information transmission unit 23), and a voting unit 94 ( For example, voting means 24) is provided.

  The content of each component provided in the voting processor shown in FIG. 11 is the same as the content of each component provided in the voting processor 90 shown in FIG. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user is actually referring to.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an outline of a user terminal according to the present invention. The user terminal according to the present invention includes an imaging unit 81 (for example, the imaging unit 11), an image transmission unit 82 (for example, the image transmission unit 12), and an instruction unit 83 (for example, the instruction unit 13) in response to a user operation. ).

  The content of each component provided in the user terminal shown in FIG. 12 is the same as the content of each component provided in the user terminal 80 shown in FIG. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to easily vote for a candidate that the user is actually referring to.

  The present invention is suitably applied to a voting system that supports voting performed by users of public competitions. The present invention is also suitably applied to, for example, a voting system that supports voting for determining the ranking of voting candidates that have opened and exhibited at a certain event.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile terminal 11 Image | photographing means 12 Image transmission means 12a Vote candidate transmission means 13 Instruction means 14 Display means 15 Information request means 20,30 Voting processing device 21 Identification means 22 Identification means 23 Information transmission means 24 Voting means 25 Counting means 31 Race information Storage means 32 Past results storage means 33 Voting history storage means 34 General vote information storage means

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A user terminal,
A voting processor,
The user terminal is
Photographing means for photographing the vote candidate;
Image transmitting means for transmitting the photographed vote candidate image to the vote processing device;
An instruction means for giving a voting instruction to the voting processor in response to a user operation,
The voting processing device includes:
Identification means for identifying a vote candidate based on identification information extracted from the received vote candidate image;
A specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidates;
Information transmitting means for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal;
Voting means for performing a voting process in response to a voting instruction from the user terminal,
The voting system, wherein the instruction means of the user terminal issues a voting instruction using the voting instruction information received from the voting processing device. The voting system according to claim 1, wherein the voting processing device includes a counting unit that generates a counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting unit and causes the display device to display the counting result. The counting means is a comparison information comparing the first counting result obtained by counting the voting process performed by the voting means and the second counting result obtained by counting the voting process including the voting process performed by other than the voting means, The voting system according to claim 2, which is generated as a total result. The image transmission means of the user terminal transmits a plurality of vote candidate images photographed by the photographing means to the vote processing device,
The voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the specifying unit of the voting processing device specifies voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction to a plurality of identified voting candidates. The image transmission unit of the user terminal transmits at least one of position information indicating a location where the vote candidate is photographed and time information indicating a time when the vote candidate is photographed together with the vote candidate image to the vote processing device. And
The voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an identification unit of the voting processing device identifies a voting candidate based on the received information and the identification information. The voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the identification unit of the voting processing device identifies a voting candidate based on the time when the voting candidate image is received and the identification information. The user terminal includes display means for displaying information received from the voting processing device,
If the voting candidate cannot be uniquely identified by the identifying unit, the information transmitting unit of the voting processing device transmits information on the candidate voting candidate to the user terminal,
The voting system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the display unit of the user terminal displays information regarding the received voting candidates. A user terminal,
A voting processor,
The user terminal is
Photographing means for photographing the vote candidate;
Image transmission means for extracting identification information used for identification of the vote candidate from the photographed vote candidate image, and transmitting the extracted identification information to the voting processing device;
An instruction means for giving a voting instruction to the voting processor in response to a user operation,
The voting processing device includes:
An identification means for identifying a vote candidate based on the received identification information;
A specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidates;
Information transmitting means for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal;
Voting means for performing a voting process in response to a voting instruction from the user terminal,
The voting system, wherein the instruction means of the user terminal issues a voting instruction using the voting instruction information received from the voting processing device. An identification unit for identifying a vote candidate based on identification information extracted from a vote candidate image including a vote candidate photographed by the photographing unit;
A specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidates;
A voting processing system comprising: voting means for performing a voting process in response to a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information. Identification means for receiving a vote candidate image including a vote candidate photographed by a user terminal, and identifying a vote candidate based on identification information extracted from the received vote candidate image;
A specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidates;
Information transmitting means for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal;
A voting processing device comprising: voting means that receives a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the user terminal and performs a voting process according to the voting instruction. The voting processing device according to claim 10, further comprising: a counting unit that generates a counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting unit and displays the counting result on a display device. Identification means for receiving identification information used to identify the vote candidate extracted from the vote candidate image including the vote candidate photographed by the user terminal, and identifying the vote candidate based on the received identification information;
A specifying means for specifying voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction to the identified voting candidates;
Information transmitting means for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal;
A voting processing device comprising: voting means that receives a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the user terminal and performs a voting process according to the voting instruction. Photographing means for photographing the vote candidate;
Based on the identification information extracted from the received voting candidate image, the voting instruction is identified and voting instruction information used for giving a voting instruction to the voting candidate is specified and the voting instruction is transmitted to the sender of the voting candidate image An image transmission means for transmitting a vote candidate image photographed by the photographing means to a voting processing device for transmitting information;
An instruction means for giving a voting instruction to the voting processor in response to a user operation,
The instruction means performs a voting instruction using the voting instruction information. The user terminal shoots the vote candidate,
The user terminal transmits the shot vote candidate image to the vote processing device,
The voting processor identifies voting candidates based on identification information extracted from the received voting candidate images,
The voting processing device identifies voting instruction information used for instructing voting for the identified voting candidates,
The voting processing device transmits the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal,
The user terminal gives a voting instruction to the voting processor in response to a user operation,
The voting processing method receives a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the user terminal and performs a voting process according to the voting instruction. The voting processing method according to claim 14, wherein the voting processing device generates a counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting processing device, and causes the display device to display the counting result. The user terminal shoots the vote candidate,
The user terminal extracts identification information used for identification of the vote candidate from the photographed vote candidate image,
The user terminal transmits the extracted identification information to the voting processing device,
The voting processor identifies voting candidates based on the received identification information;
The voting processing device identifies voting instruction information used for instructing voting for the identified voting candidates,
The voting processing device transmits the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal,
The user terminal gives a voting instruction to the voting processor in response to a user operation,
The voting processing method receives a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the user terminal and performs a voting process according to the voting instruction. Receiving a vote candidate image including a vote candidate photographed by a user terminal, identifying a vote candidate based on identification information extracted from the received vote candidate image,
Identify voting instruction information used to give voting instructions for identified voting candidates,
Transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal;
A voting image processing method, wherein a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information is received from the user terminal and a voting process is performed according to the voting instruction. The voting image processing method according to claim 17, wherein a counting result obtained by counting the voting processes performed by the voting processing device is generated, and the counting result is displayed on the display device. Receiving identification information used for identifying the vote candidate extracted from the vote candidate image including the vote candidate photographed by the user terminal;
Identify voting candidates based on the received identification information,
Identify voting instruction information used to give voting instructions for identified voting candidates,
Transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal;
A voting image processing method, wherein a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information is received from the user terminal and a voting process is performed according to the voting instruction. On the computer,
An identification process for receiving a vote candidate image including a vote candidate photographed by a user terminal and identifying the vote candidate based on identification information extracted from the received vote candidate image;
A specific process for identifying voting instruction information used to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidates;
An information transmission process for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal; and
A voting process program for receiving a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the user terminal and executing a voting process in accordance with the voting instruction. On the computer,
21. The voting process program according to claim 20, wherein a totaling result obtained by totaling the voting processes performed in the voting execution process is generated, and the totaling result is displayed on a display device. On the computer,
An identification process for receiving identification information used for identification of the vote candidate extracted from the vote candidate image including the vote candidate photographed by the user terminal, and identifying the vote candidate based on the received identification information;
A specific process for identifying voting instruction information used to give a voting instruction to the identified voting candidates;
An information transmission process for transmitting the specified voting instruction information to the user terminal; and
A voting process program for receiving a voting instruction using the specified voting instruction information from the user terminal and executing a voting process in accordance with the voting instruction.

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