JP6249822B2 - Voting processing apparatus and voting processing program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a voting process apparatus and voting process programs.

  In public competitions such as horse racing, boat racing, and bicycle racing, when a voter purchases the voting ticket, he / she pays the voting processing device, and the desired place name, race number, ceremony, group number for voting, etc. The voting processing device is caused to read a mark type ballot (mark card) marked with the voting information. When the voting processor reads the mark card, it issues a voting ticket when a ticketing permission is notified from the management server. In this way, the voter can purchase a voting ticket.

  In recent years, voting using a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to Patent Document 1, the mobile terminal device converts the voting content input by the voter into a barcode using the installed voting template. When the voter holds the barcode displayed on the mobile terminal device over the reading device of the voting processing device, the voting processing device issues a voting ticket based on the voting contents converted from the read barcode. As a result, the voter can save time and effort to complete the voting.

JP 2003-77023 A

  By the way, some voters purchase commemorative voting tickets printed with names of players they support, racehorses, etc., race names of high-profile competitions, etc. as gifts. There are people to do. However, the content printed on the voting ticket is uniform, and it is not good to purchase or present as a memorial. Moreover, the voter who purchases such a voting ticket as a memorial is limited to some fans.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a voting processing apparatus and voting process programs can ticketing highly unique betting ticket against voter.

According to one aspect of the present invention, in a voting processing device that prints voting contents of a public competition on a voting ticket and issues the voting ticket, a voting information acquisition unit that acquires voting information of the voting contents, and the voting contents A comment information acquisition unit that acquires comment information representing a comment that a voter wants to print on the voting ticket, and the information amount of the comment information exceeds the upper limit of the information amount printed on one voting ticket. Further, when there are a plurality of votes of the voting content, the voting information is divided into a plurality of voting tickets according to the number of votes, and the comment information is printed across the plurality of voting tickets. voting processing apparatus is provided with a printing control unit that causes.

According to one aspect of the present invention, in a voting processing program for printing voting contents of a public competition on a voting ticket and issuing a ticket, the computer acquires voting information of the voting contents, and the voter of the voting contents Comment information representing a comment to be printed on the voting ticket is acquired, the information amount of the comment information exceeds the upper limit of the information amount printed on one voting ticket, and the number of votes of the voting content is plural. Provided is a voting process program for executing a process for dividing the voting information into a plurality of voting tickets according to the number of votes, and printing the comment information across the plurality of voting tickets. Is done.

  According to the disclosed technique, it is possible to improve the service for the voter and increase the number of visitors to the stadium where the voting processing device is installed and the off-site sales place.

It is a block diagram of the voting processing device concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a block diagram of the voting processing system concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows the voting processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example with which the portable terminal device which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is provided. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example with which the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is provided. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example with which the public competition management server which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is provided. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the two-dimensional encoding process performed with the portable terminal device which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the vote reception screen displayed at the time of a two-dimensional encoding process with the portable terminal device which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows an example of the voting reception process performed with the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows an example of the voting reception process performed with the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the reception screen at the time of the voting reception process by the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the character string input reception screen at the time of the voting reception process by the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the additional vote reception screen of the voting ticket at the time of the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment at the time of voting reception processing. It is a figure which shows an example of the printing method reception screen at the time of the voting processing apparatus which the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment receives. It is a figure which shows an example of the voting information which the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment hold | maintains, and an example of character string information. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the vote division | segmentation process performed with the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the voting information after the voting division | segmentation which the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment hold | maintains. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the printing information generation process performed with the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the printing information which the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment hold | maintains. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the betting ticket issuing process performed with the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and the betting ticket issuing acceptance process performed with a public competition management server. It is a figure which shows an example of the voting ticket which the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment issues. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the adjustment process performed with the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows an example of the two-dimensional encoding process performed with the portable terminal device which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows an example of the two-dimensional encoding process performed with the portable terminal device which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the voting reception process performed with the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
The voting processing device of the first embodiment accepts voting information on public voting contents and comments (character strings, etc.) from the voter, and prints the character strings together with the voting information on the voting ticket, The voting ticket is issued.

Such a voting processing device will be described with reference to FIG.
In addition, although the example which used comment information as a character string is demonstrated as this embodiment, as a structure of other comment information, not only a character but a number, a symbol, a code | symbol, a figure, and a handwritten character are similarly diverted. Is possible.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voting processing device according to the first embodiment.
The voting processing device 10 includes a receiving unit 11, a voting information acquisition unit 12, a character string acquisition unit 13, a voting information holding unit 14, a character string holding unit 15, a printing unit 16, a ticket issuing unit 17, and a printing control unit 18.

  The reception unit 11 receives voting information related to voting for public competitions and character strings to be printed on the voting ticket 50 from the voter. The voting processing device 10 includes, for example, a mark card reading device and a touch panel (both not shown), and a mark card marked with desired voting content is inserted into the mark card reading device and read by a voter. Then, the reception unit 11 receives voting information from the mark card. When the voter inputs comment information such as a character string to be printed on the voting ticket 50 on the touch panel of the voting processing device 10, the accepting unit 11 accepts the character string.

  The voting information acquisition unit 12 acquires voting information of voting contents. The voting information acquisition unit 12 acquires, for example, voting information related to voting marked on the mark card received by the receiving unit 11.

  The character string acquisition unit 13 acquires character string information of voting contents. For example, the character string acquisition unit 13 acquires a character string from the input received by the reception unit 11 from the voter to the touch panel. The voting information holding unit 14 holds the voting information acquired by the voting information acquisition unit 12.

The character string holding unit 15 holds the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit 13.
The printing unit 16 refers to the voting information holding unit 14 and prints the voting information on the voting ticket 50.
The ticket issuing unit 17 issues the voting ticket 50 printed by the printing unit 16.

  The print control unit 18 causes the voting ticket 50 to print a character string together with the voting information. For example, the print control unit 18 controls the printing of the printing unit 16 to print a character string when the printing unit 16 prints the voting information on the voting ticket 50.

  In addition, each part (especially the voting information acquisition part 12, the character string acquisition part 13, and the printing control part 18) which the voting processing apparatus 10 has is each by the central processing unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit) with which each voting processing apparatus 10 is provided. This is realized by executing the program.

The voting acceptance process executed by the voting processing apparatus 10 having such a configuration will be described.
The voter marks the mark card with voting information regarding a desired vote for the public competition (for example, in horse racing, “1-3”, “4-9” of “double-duplex” in a certain race). The voter causes the voting processor 10 to read such a mark card, and inputs a character string (for example, “THANK YOU”) to be printed on the voting ticket on the touch panel of the voting processor 10.

  In the voting processing device 10, the receiving unit 11 receives such voting information and a character string. Then, the voting information acquisition unit 12 acquires voting information and causes the voting information holding unit 14 to hold the voting information, and the character string acquisition unit 13 acquires the character string and causes the character string holding unit 15 to hold it.

The printing control unit 18 causes the printing unit 16 to print a character string together with the voting information on the voting ticket 50. The ticket issuing unit 17 issues the voting ticket 50 printed in this way.
The voting ticket 50 issued in this way is printed with voting information (“double duplex”, “1-3”, “4-9”) and a character string (“THANK YOU”). The

  In the voting processing device 10, the voting information acquisition unit 12 acquires the voting information of the voting contents of the public competition, the character string acquisition unit 13 acquires the character information of the voting contents, and the print control unit 18 votes the voting ticket 50. A character string is printed together with information. The voting ticket 50 printed in this way is printed with a character string desired by the voter in addition to the voting information, so that the uniqueness is enhanced and the serviceability can be improved. Furthermore, the use of the voting processing device 10 is increased due to the improvement in serviceability, and it is possible to improve the number of customers at the stadium where the voting processing device 10 is installed and the off-site sales place.

  In the voting processing device 10, when the number of characters in the character string exceeds the upper limit of the number of characters printed on one voting ticket, the print control unit 18 causes the printing unit 16 to reduce the character size of the character string. Alternatively, the character string can be printed by reducing the character size of the voting information to increase the print space of the character string. As another method, if there are a plurality of votes for public competition, a plurality of voting information is divided into a plurality of voting tickets and printed, and characters exceeding the upper limit of the number of characters printed on one voting ticket are printed. It is also possible to print the column across a plurality of voting tickets.

In addition, the voting processing method is not limited to the voting processing device 10, and a portable terminal device can also be used. This case will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the voting processing system according to the first embodiment.

  In this case as well, an example in which the comment information is a character string will be described, but the structure of the comment information is not limited to the character string. In addition, an example in which the identification code generated by the code generation unit is a two-dimensional barcode will be described. However, as other identification code configurations, a one-dimensional code such as a barcode, a QR code (registered trademark), and the like are similarly used. Diversion is possible.

The voting processing system 20 includes a mobile terminal device 30 and a voting processing device 40.
The mobile terminal device 30 includes a reception unit 31, a voting information acquisition unit 32, a character string acquisition unit 33, a voting information holding unit 34, a character string holding unit 35, a two-dimensional code generation unit 36, and a two-dimensional code generation control unit 37. Have.

  The accepting unit 31 accepts voting information related to voting for public competitions from a voter and a character string composed of a plurality of characters to be printed on the voting ticket 50. The mobile terminal device 30 includes, for example, a touch panel (not shown). From the voter, the voter can vote information on the touch panel of the mobile terminal device 30 and comment information such as a character string to be printed on the voting ticket 50. Is received, the reception unit 31 receives the voting information and the character string.

The voting information acquisition unit 32 acquires voting information of voting contents. The voting information acquisition unit 32 acquires voting information related to voting from the information received by the receiving unit 31, for example.
The character string acquisition unit 33 acquires character string information of voting contents. For example, the character string acquisition unit 33 acquires a character string from among the inputs received by the reception unit 31 from the voter.

The voting information holding unit 34 holds the voting information acquired by the voting information acquisition unit 32.
The character string holding unit 35 holds the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit 33.
Based on the acquired voting information, the two-dimensional code generation unit 36 generates an identification code representing voting information that is read by the voting processing device 40 and printed on the voting ticket 50. The two-dimensional code generation unit 36 converts the voting information into a two-dimensional code such as a QR code, for example.

  The two-dimensional code generation control unit 37 causes the two-dimensional code generation unit 36 to generate an identification code representing the acquired character string together with the vote information based on the acquired character string. The identification code generated in this way includes voting information and character string information.

In addition, the voting processing device 40 includes a conversion unit 41, a printing unit 42, and a ticket issuing unit 43.
The conversion unit 41 reads the identification code generated by the mobile terminal device 30 and converts the code into voting information (and a character string).

The printing unit 42 prints the voting information (and the character string) converted by the conversion unit 41 on the voting ticket 50.
The ticket issuing unit 43 issues the voting ticket 50 printed by the printing unit 42 to the voter.

  In addition, each part (especially voting information acquisition part 32, character string acquisition part 33, two-dimensional code generation part 36, two-dimensional code generation control part 37) which the portable terminal device 30 has, and each part (especially) which the voting processing apparatus 40 has (particularly The conversion unit 41) is realized by executing a program by the CPU provided in each of the mobile terminal device 30 and the voting processing device 40.

The voting process executed by the voting processing system 20 including the portable terminal device 30 and the voting processing device 40 will be described.
The voter can input voting information regarding a desired vote for the public competition (for example, “1-3”, “4-9” of “double duplication” in the same manner as in FIG. 1) by operating the touch panel of the mobile terminal device 30. ) And a character string to be printed on the betting ticket 50 (for example, “THANK YOU” as in FIG. 1).

  In the mobile terminal device 30, the reception unit 31 receives such voting information and a character string. Then, the voting information acquisition unit 32 acquires the voting information and holds it in the voting information holding unit 34, and the character string acquisition unit 33 acquires the character string and holds it in the character string holding unit 35.

The two-dimensional code generation control unit 37 causes the two-dimensional code generation unit 36 to code the character string together with the vote information into an identification code.
The voter causes the reading device (not shown) of the voting processing device 40 to read the identification code of the portable terminal device 30, for example.

  In the voting processing device 40, the conversion unit 41 converts the read identification code into voting information and a character string. The voting information and the character string converted by the printing unit 42 are printed on the voting ticket 50, and the ticket issuing unit 43 issues the voting ticket 50.

  The voting ticket 50 issued in this way is printed with voting information (“double duplex”, “1-3”, “4-9”) and a character string (“THANK”) as in FIG. YOU ”) is printed.

  In the portable terminal device 30, the voting information acquisition unit 32 acquires voting information for public competition voting, the character string acquisition unit 33 acquires a character string of voting contents, and the two-dimensional code generation unit 36 acquires the voting information. Based on the information, the identification code representing the voting information is generated, which is read by the voting processing device 40 and printed on the voting ticket 50, and the two-dimensional code generation control unit 37 Based on the acquired character string, an identification code representing the acquired character string is generated together with the voting information. In addition to the voting information, a character string desired by the voter is printed on the voting ticket 50 printed and issued by the voting processing device 40 based on such an identification code. Can be improved. Furthermore, the use of the mobile terminal device 30 and the voting processing device 40 is increased due to the improvement in serviceability, and it is possible to improve the number of customers at the stadium where the voting processing device 40 is installed and the off-site sales place. Further, since the voting ticket is issued from the voting processing device 40 and the portable terminal device 30 is used, it is possible to reduce the number of mark cards and to make the voter ticket issuing operation efficient.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a more specific second embodiment will be described for the case of FIG.
First, a voting processing system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a voting processing system according to the second embodiment.
The voting processing system 100 relates to horse racing, for example, and includes a portable terminal device 200 of a voter V, a voting processing device 300, and a public competition management server 400 as shown in FIG. In addition, the voting processing device 300 is installed in a racetrack, an out-of-field stadium, etc., and is connected to the public competition management server 400 via the network 500 so as to communicate with each other.

Next, a hardware configuration example of each device constituting the voting processing system 100 will be described.
The mobile terminal device 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example provided in the mobile terminal device according to the second embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 4, the mobile terminal device 200 includes a control unit 210, a display 220 electrically connected to the control unit 210, a touch panel 230, a microphone 240, and a speaker 250.

  The control unit 210 includes a CPU 210a, and the entire portable terminal device 200 is controlled by the CPU 210a. A random access memory (RAM) 210b, a flash memory 210c, a graphic processing unit 210d, an input / output interface 210e, an audio processing unit 210f, and a wireless communication module 210g are connected to the CPU 210a via a bus 210h.

  The RAM 210b temporarily stores at least part of an OS (Operating System) program and application programs to be executed by the CPU 210a. The RAM 210b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 210a. The flash memory 210c stores an OS and application programs.

  A display 220 is connected to the graphic processing unit 210d. The graphic processing unit 210d displays an image on the screen of the display 220 in accordance with a command from the CPU 210a.

  A touch panel 230 installed on the display 220 is connected to the input / output interface 210e. The input / output interface 210e transmits a signal sent from the touch panel 230 to the CPU 210a via the bus 210h.

  The sound processing unit 210f is connected to the microphone 240 and the speaker 250 and performs sound signal processing. Specifically, the audio processing unit 210f acquires an audio analog signal from the microphone 240, performs necessary signal conversion processing, and outputs audio data to the CPU 210a via the bus 210h. The audio processing unit 210f acquires audio data from the CPU 210a via the bus 210h, performs necessary signal conversion processing, and causes the speaker 250 to reproduce audio.

  The wireless communication module 210g performs wireless signal processing and realizes wireless communication with other communication devices such as a base station. The wireless communication module 210g demodulates and decodes a signal received via an antenna (not shown) mounted on the mobile terminal device 200, and outputs the obtained reception data to the CPU 210a via the bus 210h. The wireless communication module 210g encodes and modulates transmission data acquired from the CPU 210a via the bus 210h, and outputs the obtained transmission signal via an antenna.

  In the mobile terminal device 200, a dedicated application for receiving a vote is stored in, for example, the flash memory 210c. Such an application is downloaded by communicating with another management server (not shown) by the wireless communication module 210g of the mobile terminal device 200, for example.

Next, the voting processing device 300 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example provided in the voting processing device according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the voting processing apparatus 300 includes a control unit 310, a display 311, and a manager display 312. The voting processing device 300 includes a touch panel 321 installed on the display 311, an administrator touch panel 322 installed on the manager display 312, a banknote processing unit 331, and a coin processing unit 332. The voting processing device 300 includes a voting ticket issuing unit 341 and a refunded voting ticket reading unit 342. Further, the voting processing device 300 includes a mark card reading unit 350 and a two-dimensional code reading unit 360.

  The control unit 310 includes a CPU 310a, and the entire voting processing device 300 is controlled by the CPU 310a. A RAM 310b, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 310c, a graphic processing unit 310d, an input / output interface 310e, a disk drive 310f, and a communication control unit 310g are connected to the CPU 310a via a bus 310h.

  The RAM 310b temporarily stores at least part of OS programs and application programs to be executed by the CPU 310a. The RAM 310b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 310a. The HDD 310c stores an OS and application programs.

  A display 311 and an administrator display 312 are connected to the graphic processing unit 310d. The graphic processing unit 310d displays an image on the screen of the display 311 and the screen of the manager display 312 according to a command from the CPU 310a. The manager display 312 is an information display device for managers provided on the back side of the voting processor 300.

  A touch panel 321, an administrator touch panel 322, a banknote processing unit 331, and a coin processing unit 332 are connected to the input / output interface 310 e. In addition, a voting ticket issuing unit 341 and a refunded voting ticket reading unit 342 are connected to the input / output interface 310e. Further, the input / output interface 310e is connected to a mark card reading unit 350 and a two-dimensional code reading unit 360. The input / output interface includes a touch panel 321, an administrator touch panel 322, a banknote processing unit 331, a coin processing unit 332, a betting ticket issuing unit 341, a refundable betting ticket reading unit 342, a mark card reading unit 350, and a two-dimensional code reading unit 360. Is sent to the CPU 310a via the bus 310h. The administrator touch panel 322 is an information input device for an administrator provided on the back side of the voting processing device 300. The banknote processing unit 331 receives banknotes, discriminates the authenticity of banknotes, stores banknotes, returns banknotes, and pays out change (banknotes). The coin processing unit 332 receives a coin, discriminates the authenticity of the coin, stores the coin, returns the coin, and pays out a change (coin). The betting ticket issuing unit 341 prints and issues a betting ticket. The withdrawal voting ticket reading unit 342 receives the voting ticket and reads the contents of the vote. The mark card reading unit 350 is a unit for reading the contents of the vote from the mark card. The two-dimensional code reading unit 360 is a unit that reads a two-dimensional code displayed by the mobile terminal device 200. Note that the two-dimensional code is a general term for two-dimensional identification codes such as QR codes and bar codes.

  The disk drive 310 f is a device that can write information to the portable recording medium 370 and read information from the portable recording medium 370. The disk drive 310f transmits the signal read from the portable recording medium 370 to the CPU 310a via the bus 310h, and writes the signal received from the CPU 310a via the bus 310h to the portable recording medium 370.

The communication control unit 310g is connected to the network 500, and transmits and receives information to and from the public competition management server 400 (see FIG. 3).
Next, the public competition management server 400 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example provided in the public competition management server according to the second embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 6, in the public competition management server 400, a CPU 410a that controls the entire public competition management server 400 has a RAM 410b, an HDD 410c, a graphic processing unit 410d, an input / output interface 410e, a disk drive 410f, a bus 410h, It is connected to the communication control unit 410g.

  The RAM 410b temporarily stores at least a part of OS programs and application programs to be executed by the CPU 410a. The RAM 410b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 410a. The HDD 410c stores an OS and application programs.

  A display 420 is connected to the graphic processing unit 410d. The graphic processing unit 410d displays an image on the screen of the display 420 in accordance with a command from the CPU 410a.

  For example, a touch panel 430 is connected to the input / output interface 410e. The input / output interface transmits a signal sent from the touch panel 430 to the CPU 410a via the bus 410h.

  The disk drive 410 f is a device that can write information to the portable recording medium 470 and read information from the portable recording medium 470. The disk drive 410f transmits the signal read from the portable recording medium 470 to the CPU 410a via the bus 410h, and writes the signal received from the CPU 410a via the bus 410h to the portable recording medium 470.

The communication control unit 410g is connected to the network 500 and transmits / receives information to / from the voting processing device 300 (see FIG. 3).
Next, the voting process executed by the mobile terminal device 200 and the voting processing device 300 will be described.

First, voting information two-dimensional encoding processing executed by the mobile terminal device 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a two-dimensional encoding process executed by the mobile terminal device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a voting acceptance screen displayed during the two-dimensional encoding process in the mobile terminal device according to the second embodiment.
In the mobile terminal device 200, for example, when the “voting reception app” displayed on the display 220 is touched by the voter V, the CPU 210a activates and initializes the vote reception application, and executes the following processing To do.

[Step S11] The mobile terminal device 200 causes the display 220 to display, for example, a vote acceptance screen as shown in FIG.
[Step S <b> 12] The mobile terminal device 200 accepts a vote from the voter V for the vote acceptance screen displayed on the display 220 on the touch panel 230.

  For example, the touch panel 230 is displayed from the voter V for the “place name”, “race”, “how to buy”, “by formula”, “group number”, and “amount” on the voting reception screen shown in FIG. Accepts input. The purchase method is “Normal”, where you specify the number of each kit, and “Box”, where you select multiple horses to purchase their combinations. There are “Nagashi” to purchase in combination.

  [Step S13] When the touch panel 230 waits for an operation input of “input completion” on the vote acceptance screen displayed on the display 220 and detects an operation input of “input completion”, the mobile terminal device 200 performs the process of step S14. Proceed to

[Step S14] The mobile terminal device 200 encodes the voting content input in step S12 into a two-dimensional code.
The mobile terminal device 200 stores the encoded two-dimensional code image information, and displays the two-dimensional code image on the display 220 based on the operation input of the voter V.

Thus, the two-dimensional encoding process ends.
Next, voting acceptance processing by the voting processing device 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 and FIGS.

FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are flowcharts showing an example of voting acceptance processing executed by the voting processing device according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reception screen when the voting processing device according to the second embodiment is in the voting reception processing. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating when the voting processing device according to the second embodiment is during the voting reception processing. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a character string input acceptance screen, FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an additional vote acceptance screen for voting tickets when the voting processing device according to the second embodiment is voting acceptance processing, and FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the printing method reception screen at the time of the voting processing apparatus which concerns on 2 embodiment in a voting reception process.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of voting information and character string information held by the voting processing device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 15A illustrates voting information, and FIG. ) Represents character string information. In the screen according to the second embodiment, the character string information is represented as a comment.

[Step S21] The voting processor 300 displays a reception screen as shown in FIG.
[Step S <b> 22] The voting processing device 300 accepts payment from the voter V to the banknote processing unit 331 and the coin processing unit 332. Here, depositing means that cash or a hit ticket is inserted into the voting processor 300.

  [Step S <b> 23] In the voting processing device 300, the two-dimensional code reading unit 360 reads the two-dimensional code displayed by the portable terminal device 200 held by the voter V and receives a vote.

  In addition, for receiving a vote, for example, a method for causing the mark card reading unit 350 to read a mark card marked with voting contents without using the mobile terminal device 200, a voting reception screen displayed on the display 311 (not shown) There is a method of receiving a touch input to the touch panel 321 based on (omitted).

  [Step S24] The voting processing device 300 converts the received two-dimensional code, and acquires voting information included in the two-dimensional code. At this time, information on the voting amount is also acquired from the voting information.

In addition, when voting is received with a mark card, voting information is acquired from the mark card, and information regarding the voting amount is acquired from the voting information.
For example, as shown in FIG. 15A, the voting information acquired in this way is stored in the voting information holding unit 301 as “place name”, “race”, “how to buy”, “by formula”, “group number”. "/" Amount "is held for each item. In these items, “place name”, “race”, and “how to buy” are common items, and “by formula”, “class number”, and “amount” are changed items.

  [Step S25] The voting processing device 300 displays a comment (character string etc.) input screen on the display 311 as shown in FIG. 12, for example, and the character of the character string that the voter V wants to print on the voting ticket Accept input.

  When the voter V inputs a desired character string on the comment (character string etc.) input screen and touches “OK”, for example, as shown in FIG. The input character string (“Last race. Thank you for your hard work.”) Is held in the character string information holding unit 302. Further, when the voter V does not input a character string, the vote processing apparatus 300 does not accept the character string by touching “Cancel” on the character string input screen, and performs the process of the next step S26. Run.

  Alternatively, it is possible to newly provide a character string description area on the mark card. In this case, the voter V marks a desired vote on the mark card, writes a character string in the character string description area, and causes the vote processing device 300 to read the mark card in step S23. At this time, the voting processor 300 can read the character string together with the voting information. When this method is used, the voting processing device 300 performs the process of the next step S26 without performing the process of step S25.

[Step S26] The voting processor 300 counts the number of voting tickets required to print the voting information acquired in step S24.
In addition, since the upper limit of the number of votes that can be printed on one voting ticket is set, when the number of votes is specified from the voting information, the number of votes is divided by the upper limit to issue the voting ticket The number of sheets is counted. Therefore, when the number of votes exceeds the upper limit, the number of voting tickets increases.

  For example, in the second embodiment, the number of votes is 3 for one race, as shown in FIG. Since this can be printed on one voting ticket, one is counted as the number of issued tickets in step S26.

[Step S27] The voting device 300 counts the number of characters in the character string received in step S25.
For example, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15B, 21 characters of the character string accepted by the voting processor 300 are held in the character string information holding unit 302.

[Step S28] The voting processor 300 counts the upper limit of the number of characters of the character string that can be printed on the voting ticket.
In addition, the upper limit of the number of characters of the character string to be printed is set for one voting ticket, and the upper limit of the number of characters of the character string that can be printed on the voting ticket is the product of the upper limit and the number of issued tickets counted in step S26. Is counted. For example, if the upper limit of the number of characters of a character string that can be printed on one voting ticket is 15, and the number of tickets issued in step S26 is 2, the upper limit of the number of character strings is 30 characters.

[Step S29] The voting processor 300 compares the number of characters in the character string counted in step S27 with the upper limit counted in step S28.
If the number of characters in the character string is not less than or equal to the upper limit (the number of characters in the character string exceeds the upper limit), the voting processing device 300 proceeds to the process of step S30, and if the number of characters in the character string is less than or equal to the upper limit, The process proceeds to S50.

For example, in the second embodiment, since the number of characters in the character string is 21 characters and the upper limit is 15 characters, the process proceeds to step S30.
[Step S30] The voting processing apparatus 300 refers to the voting information holding unit 301 acquired and held in step S24, and determines whether or not there are a plurality of votes for one race.

The voting processing device 300 proceeds to the process of step S31 when there is no plurality of votes for one race, and proceeds to step S40 when there are a plurality of votes.
For example, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15A, since there are a plurality (three) of votes, the process proceeds to step S40.

  [Step S31] For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the voting processing device 300 displays an additional voting reception guide on the display 311 and receives from the voter V whether or not to perform additional voting.

The voting processing device 300 proceeds to the process of step S32 when accepting not to perform additional voting, and proceeds to the process of step S23 again when accepting additional voting.
[Step S <b> 32] The voting processing device 300 displays a comment printing method reception screen and receives a printing method from the voter V, for example, as shown in FIG. 14.

[Step S33] The voting processing apparatus 300 determines whether or not the printing method received in step S32 is ticketing cancellation.
The voting processor 300 proceeds to the process of step S34 when the printing method is ticketing cancellation, and proceeds to the process of step S50 when ticketing is not canceled.

[Step S <b> 34] The voting processing device 300 displays a voting acceptance process end guide (not shown) on the display 311 and ends the voting acceptance process.
[Step S40] The voting processing apparatus 300 refers to the voting information holding unit 301, divides a plurality of votes based on the voting information acquired in step S24, and holds the divided voting information in the voting information holding unit 301. And increase the number of voting tickets to be issued.

Details of the process in step S40 will be described later.
[Step S50] The voting processing device 300 executes a print information generation process for generating print information for printing on a voting ticket, and the generated print information is held in the print information holding unit 303 (FIG. 19).

Details of the process in step S50 will be described later.
[Step S60] The voting processor 300 prints voting information on a voting ticket and also prints a character string, and executes a voting ticket issuing process.

Details of the process in step S60 will be described later.
[Step S <b> 70] The voting processing apparatus 300 executes a settlement process between the accepted amount and the voting amount.

Details of the process in step S70 will be described later.
Next, voting division processing (step S40), print information generation processing (step S50), voting ticket issuing processing (step S60), and settlement processing (step S70) executed in the voting acceptance processing will be described.

First, the voting division process in step S40 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of voting division processing executed by the voting processing device according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 17 illustrates voting division held by the voting processing device according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of back vote information.

[Step S41] The voting processing apparatus 300 refers to the voting information holding unit 301 (FIG. 15) and acquires voting information to be divided.
In the case of the voting information holding unit 301 shown in FIG. 15, there are three common items (“place name”, “race”, “how to buy” are “△ 〇”, “11th”, “normal”). It has been voted, and this is acquired as a division target.

[Step S42] The voting device 300 clears the voting information acquired in step S41 from the voting information holding unit 301.
[Step S43] The voting processing apparatus 300 classifies the common item and the change item based on the voting information acquired in step S41.

  In the case shown in FIG. 15, the common items “place name”, “race”, and “how to buy” are “△ 〇”, “11th”, “normal”, and the change items “by expression” / “ “Class number” and “amount” are “double duplex”, “15-17”, “100 yen”, “double duplex”, “6-9”, “100 yen”, “double duplex”, “ 4-10 "and" 100 yen ".

[Step S44] From the classification in step S43, the voting processing apparatus 300 designates the common item and the first change item as the print items of one voting ticket.
In the case illustrated in FIG. 15, the voting processing device 300 designates “ΔO”, “11th”, and “Normal” as “place name”, “race”, and “how to buy” common items. Furthermore, the voting processing apparatus 300 designates “double-duplex”, “15-17”, and “100 yen” as the first “by formula”, “group number”, and “amount” of the change items.

  [Step S45] From the classification in step S43, the voting processing apparatus 300 designates the common item and the remaining change items classified in step S44 as the other voting ticket print items.

  In the case illustrated in FIG. 15, the voting processing device 300 designates “ΔO”, “11th”, and “Normal” as “place name”, “race”, and “how to buy” common items. Further, the voting processing device 300 can change the “change by formula”, “group number”, and “amount” as “changed”, “6-9”, “100 yen”, “double”, Specify "4-10" and "100 yen".

[Step S46] The voting processing apparatus 300 causes the voting information holding unit 301 to hold the common item and the change item specified in steps S44 and S45, respectively.
In the above case, for example, as shown in FIG. 17, the common items “place name”, “race”, “how to buy” are divided into “△ 〇”, “11th”, “normal”. Is done.

[Step S47] The voting processor 300 adds 1 to the number of tickets issued in step S26.
Next, the print information generation process in step S50 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an example of print information generation processing executed by the voting processing device according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of print information held by the voting device according to the second embodiment.

  [Step S51] If the voting processing device 300 does not accept that comment printing is not performed in step S32 (it accepts printing of the number of printable characters for the comment), the voting processing device 300 proceeds to the processing of step S52. . If the voting processing device 300 accepts that the comment is not printed, the voting processing device 300 ends the print information generation processing.

  [Step S52] The voting processing device 300 refers to the voting information holding unit 301 (FIG. 17) and the character string information holding unit 302 (FIG. 15B), and includes character string information as a common item of voting information to be printed. It is determined whether or not is supported.

  When the character string information corresponds to the common item of the voting information, the voting processing device 300 proceeds to the process of step S53, and when not corresponding to the common item of the voting information, the voting processing apparatus 300 ends the print information generation process.

  In the second embodiment, character strings (“the last race.” For the common items “place name”, “race”, “how to buy” “ΔO”, “11th”, “normal”. Thank you for your hard work. ”)

[Step S53] The voting processor 300 compares the number of characters of the character string counted in step S27 with the upper limit of the number of characters of the character string that can be printed on one voting ticket.
The voting processing device 300 proceeds to the process of step S55 when the number of characters in the character string is equal to or less than the upper limit of one, and proceeds to the process of step S54 when the number of characters in the character string exceeds the upper limit of one. .

  For example, in the second embodiment, since the upper limit of the number of characters that can be printed on one voting ticket is 15 characters, the character string in FIG. 15B is 21 characters, which exceeds the upper limit. Therefore, the voting processor 300 proceeds to the next step S54.

[Step S54] The voting processor 300 divides the character string for each number of characters in the printable character string of one voting ticket.
For example, in the second embodiment, since the upper limit of the number of characters that can be printed on one voting ticket is 15 characters, in the case of FIG. Race, thank you, tiredness (15 characters) "and" Resama (6 characters) ".

  [Step S55] The voting processing device 300 sequentially applies the character strings of the character string information holding unit 302 (FIG. 15B) divided in step S54 to the voting information to be issued by the voting information holding unit 301 (FIG. 17). Associate.

  For example, in the second embodiment, the divided character strings, “Last race. Thank you, tired”, and “Less,” are sequentially associated with the voting information in FIG. Print information held by the print information holding unit 303 as shown in FIG. 19 is generated.

  If the voting processing device 300 accepts printing of a character string of the number of characters that can be printed on the voting ticket in step S32, the voting processing device 300 can print on one voting ticket among the comments divided in step S54. Associate the same number of characters as the maximum number of comments.

Next, the voting ticket issuance process in step S60 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an example of voting ticket issuing processing executed by the voting processing apparatus according to the second embodiment and voting ticket issuing acceptance processing executed by the public competition management server.

  Moreover, FIG. 21 is a figure which shows an example of the voting ticket which the voting processing apparatus based on 2nd Embodiment issues, and FIG. 21 (A), (B) has a character string straddling two voting tickets. Is shown.

The voting processing device 300 executes the following process every time one voting ticket is issued.
[Step S <b> 61] The voting processing device 300 transmits voting information to be printed on the voting ticket to be issued to the public competition management server 400 as a telegram of ticket issuing guidance notification.

  For example, in the case of FIG. 17, the voting information includes common items “place name”, “race”, “how to buy” (“ΔO”, “11th”, “normal”), and “expression” of the change item. “Other”, “Class number”, “Amount” (“Double Duplex”, “15-17”, “100 Yen”).

[Step S62] The public competition management server 400 receives voting information.
[Step S63] The public competition management server 400 associates a management ID with the received voting information and stores the management ID therein.

For example, the public competition management server 400 associates “20131025100055” as the management ID with the voting information.
[Step S64] The public competition management server 400 transmits the management ID associated with the voting information to the voting processing device 300 as a telegram of the ticket issuing notification.

  [Step S65] The voting processor 300 receives the management ID from the public competition management server 400. The voting processing device 300 holds the received management ID in association with the voting information to be issued.

  [Step S66] The voting processor 300 controls the voting ticket issuance unit 341, refers to the print information holding unit 303 (FIG. 19), prints the voting information on the voting ticket, and issues the ticket. At this time, the management ID received from the public competition management server 400 is also printed.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 21A, the voting ticket printed in this way includes “△ 〇”, “11th”, and “normal” as common items, "Multiple", "15-17", and "100 yen" are printed. Further, “Last race. Thank you, tiredness” is printed as a character string, and “20131025100055” is printed as a management ID.

  In addition, the voting processing device 300 has “double duplex”, “6-9”, “100 yen”, and “double duplex” for the common items “△ 〇”, “11th”, “normal”. When the same processing is executed for “4-10” and “100 yen”, as shown in FIG. 21B, the comment “I was like” is displayed as the management ID “20131025100056”. A voting ticket printed with "" is issued.

[Step S <b> 67] The voting processing device 300 transmits a ticket completion notification to the public competition management server 400.
[Step S68] The public competition management server 400 receives a ticket completion notification.

[Step S69] If there is a remaining piece of voting information to be ticketed, the voting processing device 300 proceeds to the process of step S61 again, and if there is no remaining, the voting ticket issuing process ends.
Next, the settlement process in step S70 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a settlement process executed by the voting processor according to the second embodiment.
[Step S71] The voting processing device 300 compares the cash (acceptance amount) received in step S22 with the purchase amount (for all votes) in the voting information acquired in step S24.

The voting processing device 300 proceeds to the process of step S75 when the received amount is equal to or larger than the purchased amount, and proceeds to the process of step S72 when the received amount is less than the purchased amount.
[Step S <b> 72] The vote processing apparatus 300 displays a payment request guidance screen (not shown) on the display 311.

  [Step S <b> 73] The voting processing device 300 waits for payment from the voter V to the banknote processing unit 331 and the coin processing unit 332.

[Step S74] The voting processor 300 adds the deposit amount in step S73 to the accepted amount, and proceeds to the process in step S71 again.
[Step S75] The voting processing device 300 determines whether or not the received amount is equal to the purchase amount.

  If the received amount is equal to the purchase amount, the voting processing device 300 ends the settlement process. If the received amount is not equal to the purchase amount (the received amount is larger than the purchase amount), the voting processing device 300 proceeds to step S76. Proceed to processing.

[Step S76] The voting processing device 300 calculates an amount (change) obtained by subtracting the purchase amount from the received amount.
[Step S <b> 77] The voting processing device 300 causes the change calculated in step S <b> 76 to be withdrawn from the banknote processing unit 331 and the coin processing unit 332.

  In the voting processing device 300, voting information for public competition voting is acquired, a character string composed of a plurality of types of characters is acquired, and the character string is printed on the voting ticket together with the voting information. Further, in the voting ticket on which a plurality of votes are printed, the voting processing device 300 divides a plurality of votes when the number of characters in the character string printed on the voting ticket exceeds the upper limit of the voting ticket. It was printed on the voting ticket. As a result, even a character string having a length desired by the voter V can be printed on the voting ticket. In the voting ticket printed in this way, a character string desired by the voter V is printed in addition to the voting information, so that the originality is enhanced and the serviceability can be improved. Furthermore, the use of the voting processing device increases due to the improvement in serviceability, and it is possible to improve the number of customers at the stadium where the voting processing device 10 is installed and the off-site sales place.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a more specific third embodiment for the case of FIG. 2 will be described.
In the third embodiment, a voting processing system 100 similar to that in the second embodiment is used. Therefore, also in the third embodiment, the voting processing system 100 (FIG. 3) is used by the mobile terminal device 200 (FIG. 4), the voting processing device 300 (FIG. 5), and the public competition management server 400 (FIG. 6). It is done.

Next, the voting process by the portable terminal device 200 and the voting processing device 300 will be described.
First, the two-dimensional encoding process of voting information executed by the mobile terminal device 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 23 and 24, FIG. 8, and FIGS.

23 and 24 are flowcharts illustrating an example of a two-dimensional encoding process executed by the mobile terminal device according to the third embodiment.
In the processing of FIGS. 23 and 24, the description corresponding to the processing of FIGS. 7, 9, and 10 is simplified.

12 to 15 are used in the voting processing device 300 in the second embodiment, but can be used in the mobile terminal device 200 in the third embodiment.
As in the second embodiment, when the “voting acceptance application” displayed on the display 220 is touched by the voter V, the mobile terminal device 200 activates the vote acceptance application. When initialized, the following processing is executed.

[Step S101] The mobile terminal device 200 causes the display 220 to display a vote acceptance screen as shown in FIG.
[Step S102] The mobile terminal device 200 accepts a vote from the voter V for the vote acceptance screen displayed on the display 220 on the touch panel 230 (corresponding to step S12 in FIG. 7).

  As shown in FIG. 15A, for example, the voting information received in this way is stored in the voting information holding unit 301 as “place name”, “race”, “how to buy”, “by formula”, “group number”. "/" Amount "is held for each item.

  [Step S <b> 103] When the touch panel 230 waits for an operation input of “input completion” on the vote acceptance screen displayed on the display 220 and detects an operation input of “input completion”, the mobile terminal device 200 performs processing in step S <b> 104. Proceed to

  [Step S104] The mobile terminal device 200 displays a comment input screen on the display 220, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, and accepts character input of a character string that the voter V wants to print on the voting ticket (see FIG. 12). 9 corresponds to step S25).

  [Step S105] The mobile terminal device 200 counts the number of issued voting tickets necessary for printing the voting information acquired in Step S24 (corresponding to Step S26 in FIG. 9).

[Step S106] The mobile terminal device 200 counts the number of characters in the character string received in step S104 (corresponding to step S27 in FIG. 9).
The mobile terminal device 200 holds the counted number of characters in the character string information holding unit 302 as shown in FIG. 15B, for example.

[Step S107] The mobile terminal device 200 counts the upper limit of the number of characters in the character string to be printed on the voting ticket (corresponding to step S28 in FIG. 9).
In addition, the upper limit of the number of characters of the character string printed on one voting ticket is set to 15 characters, for example, and can be printed on the voting ticket by the product of the upper limit and the number of issued tickets counted in step S26. The upper limit of the number of characters in the string is counted.

[Step S108] The mobile terminal device 200 compares the number of characters in the character string counted in step S106 with the upper limit counted in step S107.
If the number of characters in the character string is not less than or equal to the upper limit (the number of characters in the character string exceeds the upper limit), the mobile terminal device 200 proceeds to the process of step S109, and if the number of characters in the character string is less than or equal to the upper limit, The process proceeds to S50 (corresponding to step S29 in FIG. 10).

  [Step S109] The mobile terminal device 200 refers to the vote information holding unit 301 received and held in step S102, and determines whether or not there are a plurality of votes for one race.

  When there are not a plurality of votes for one race, the mobile terminal device 200 proceeds to the process of step S110, and when there are a plurality of votes, the process proceeds to step S40 (corresponding to step S30 in FIG. 10).

  [Step S110] For example, as illustrated in FIG. 13, the mobile terminal device 200 displays an additional vote reception guide on the display 220 and receives from the voter V whether or not to additionally vote.

  The portable terminal device 200 proceeds to the process of step S111 when accepting not to vote additional, and proceeds to the process of step S102 again when accepted to vote additionally (corresponding to step S31 of FIG. 10).

  [Step S111] For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the mobile terminal device 200 displays a comment printing method reception screen and receives a printing method from the voter V (corresponding to step S32 in FIG. 10).

[Step S112] The mobile terminal device 200 determines whether or not the printing method received in step S111 is ticketing cancellation.
The portable terminal device 200 ends the two-dimensional encoding process when the printing method is ticketing cancellation, and proceeds to the process of step S50 when it is not ticketing cancellation (corresponding to step S33 in FIG. 10).

  [Step S40] The mobile terminal device 200 refers to the voting information holding unit 301, divides a plurality of votes based on the voting information received in step S104, and holds the divided voting information in the voting information holding unit 301. Then, the number of voting tickets to be issued is increased (see FIG. 16 for details).

  [Step S50] The voting processing device 300 executes print information generation processing for generating print information for printing on a voting ticket, and the generated print information is held in the print information holding unit 303 (FIG. 19) (for details). See the description of FIG. 18 of the second embodiment).

[Step S113] The mobile terminal device 200 encodes the print information generated in step S50 into a two-dimensional code.
Note that the portable terminal device 200 can store the encoded two-dimensional code image information and display the two-dimensional code image on the display 220 based on the operation input of the voter V.

Next, voting acceptance processing executed by the voting processing device 300 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating an example of voting acceptance processing executed by the voting processing device according to the third embodiment.

[Step S121] The voting processor 300 displays a reception screen for depositing cash or a hit ticket on the display 311 (corresponding to step S21 in FIG. 9).
[Step S122] The voting processing device 300 accepts payment to the banknote processing unit 331 and the coin processing unit 332 from the voter V (corresponding to step S22 in FIG. 9).

  [Step S123] In the voting processing device 300, the two-dimensional code reading unit 360 reads the two-dimensional code displayed by the portable terminal device 200 held by the voter V and accepts the vote (corresponding to step S23 in FIG. 9). ).

Further, the voting processor 300 converts the read two-dimensional code into print information including voting information and character strings as shown in FIG.
[Step S60] The voting processor 300 prints the voting information on the voting ticket based on the voting information and the character string of the print information, and also prints the character string to execute the voting ticket issuing process (for details, refer to (See the description of FIG. 20 of the second embodiment).

[Step S <b> 70] The voting processing device 300 executes a settlement process between the accepted amount and the voting amount (for details, refer to the description of FIG. 22 of the second embodiment).
In the portable terminal device 200, voting information for public competition voting is acquired, character string information is acquired, and based on the acquired voting information, the voting processing device 300 reads and the voting information is printed on the voting ticket. A two-dimensional code representing voting information is generated, and a two-dimensional code including the acquired character string together with the voting information is generated based on the acquired character string. Furthermore, the two-dimensional code of the mobile terminal device 200 divides a plurality of votes when the number of characters of a character string printed on the voting ticket exceeds the upper limit of the voting ticket in a voting ticket printed with a plurality of votes. Print on multiple voting tickets. In addition to the voting information, a character string desired by the voter is printed on the voting ticket issued by the voting processing device 300 based on such a two-dimensional code, so that the originality is enhanced and the serviceability is improved. Can do. Furthermore, the serviceability is improved, so that the use of the mobile terminal device 200 and the voting processing device 300 is increased, and it is possible to improve the attracting customers to the stadium where the voting processing device 300 is installed and the off-site sales place. Moreover, since the portable terminal device 200 is used to issue a voting ticket from the voting processing device 300, the number of mark cards can be reduced, and the voter's voting ticket issuing operation can be made efficient.

  Further, the above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In that case, a program describing the processing contents of the functions that the computer should have is provided. By executing the program on a computer, the above processing functions are realized on the computer.

  The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic storage device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical storage medium, and a semiconductor memory. Magnetic storage devices include HDDs, flexible disks (FD), magnetic tapes (MT) and the like. Optical discs include DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), DVD-RAM, CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable), and the like. Magneto-optical storage media include MO (Magneto-Optical disk). Semiconductor memory includes flash memory such as USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory.

  When the program is distributed, for example, a portable recording medium such as a DVD or CD-ROM in which the program is recorded is sold. It is also possible to store the program in a server computer and transfer the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. In addition, each time the program is transferred from the server computer, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

  Also, part or all of the processing described by the program can be replaced with an electronic circuit. For example, at least a part of the above processing functions may be realized by an electronic circuit such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a PLD (Programmable Logic Device).

  Although the above-described embodiment has been described in a public competition, the present invention can be similarly applied to a lottery ticket, a soccer lottery, and the like, and various modifications are made within a range not departing from the gist of the embodiment. be able to.

  Further, the above-described embodiments can be modified and changed by those skilled in the art, and are not limited to the exact configurations and application examples described.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vote processing apparatus 11 Reception part 12 Voting information acquisition part 13 Character string acquisition part 14 Voting information holding part 15 Character string holding part 16 Printing part 17 Ticket issuing part 18 Printing control part 50 Voting ticket

Claims (5)

In the voting processing device that prints the voting contents of public competitions on the voting ticket and issues the voting ticket,
A voting information acquisition unit for acquiring voting information of the voting content;
A comment information acquisition unit that acquires comment information representing a comment that the voter wants to print on the voting ticket of the voting content,
When the information amount of the comment information exceeds the upper limit of the amount of information printed on one voting ticket, and there are a plurality of votes of the voting content, the voting information according to the number of votes A print control unit that divides and prints the comment information across the plurality of voting tickets ;
A voting processor characterized by comprising: The print control unit
When the information amount of the comment information exceeds the upper limit of the amount of information printed on one voting ticket, and the number of votes of the voting content is one, a new vote for the public competition is accepted ,
The voting processing apparatus according to claim 1. The comment information is voting apparatus according to claim 1 Symbol mounting characterized in that it is a string. The print control unit
If the new vote for the public competition is not accepted, the comment information is printed up to the upper limit on the voting ticket.
The voting processing device according to claim 2 . In the voting processing program that prints the contents of voting for public competitions on voting tickets and issues them,
On the computer,
Obtaining voting information of the voting content;
Comment information representing the comment that the voter wants to print on the voting ticket of the voting content,
When the information amount of the comment information exceeds the upper limit of the amount of information printed on one voting ticket, and there are a plurality of votes of the voting content, the voting information according to the number of votes Is divided into a plurality of voting tickets and printed, and the comment information is printed across the plurality of voting tickets .
A voting process program for executing a process.

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