JPH01155467A - System for recognizing amount of betting ticket refunding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a time to read a betting ticket by recognizing numbers exceeding a digit of hundreds, not recognizing the numbers at a digit of unit and tens and not recognizing the digit exceeding a prescribed mark when it exists by assuming the digit as the prescribed mark. CONSTITUTION:A reading part 24 reads the signal of a line sensor and stores it in a read data area 26 after applying binarization. An identification control part 25 segments read data, and recognizes characters one by one at a working area 27 and stores them in a data storage part 28. A main control part 20 reads out data and transmit is it to a center, and a refund amount is transmitted from the center and is displayed on a display part 29. At the time of recognizing an amount, firstly, the digit of hundreds is recognized, and the digits of the unit and tens are not recognized. After that, it is discriminated whether the digit of hundreds is the number or a mark (*), and when it is the number, the digit of thousands is recognized, and when it is the mark (*), the digit of thousands is assumed as the mark (*). Thus, the digits of thousands, ten thousands, and hundred thousands are recognized similarly, then, a processing is completed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Required II) Regarding the amount recognition method of a voting ticket reading device that performs optical reading, the aim is to shorten the reading time of voting tickets. In the amount recognition method of a voting ticket refund machine that optically reads voting tickets for public competitions where the digits are designated as predetermined marks, the digits above the hundredth digit of the amount are recognized in order from the hundredth digit, and the predetermined mark is recognized. Then, all the higher order digits are regarded as the predetermined mark and the amount is recognized.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a 7J method for recognizing the amount of money in a voting ticket refund machine, and the method for recognizing the amount of money in a voting ticket reader that performs optical reading. It consists of a series of operations such as , refund reduction, and refund, and the sale of voting tickets and refunds have already been automated.

Conventional voting tickets have been magnetic cards, but this increases the cost, so there is a demand for optical reading of voting tickets to reduce the cost of voting tickets.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 shows a voting ticket for optical reading. The voting ticket 10 is composed of sections of 9 rows x 20 columns, code data 11a and 11b for identifying the race are written in numbers in the 1st and 9th rows, and code data 11a and 11b for identifying the race are written in numbers in the 3rd to 8th rows. Bets 1 to 5 are listed. Each bet consists of a set/number 17 and an amount 18.

Conventionally, when reading this voting ticket 10, the entire surface of the voting ticket 10 is scanned with a line sensor, all read data is stored in memory, and the read data is cut out for each row name column and used as reference numbers and symbols (hereinafter referred to as " 17 characters in each row name column are recognized.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

The amount 18 of each bet written on the voting ticket 10 is a maximum of six digits in hundreds, and unused digits are marked with ★.

Conventionally, the amount 18 of each bet is recognized one character at a time. It takes time to recognize each character by mask matching, and in the past, there was a problem that it took a lot of time just to recognize the amount 18 of each bet, and it took a long time to read the voting ticket 10. Ta.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an amount recognition system for a voting ticket refund machine that shortens the reading time of voting tickets.

[Means for solving problems]

The amount recognition method of the voting ticket refunding machine of the present invention is a voting ticket refunding machine that optically reads a voting ticket (10) for a publicly managed competition in which the bet amount (18) is in hundreds and the highest unused technique is marked as a predetermined mark. In the amount recognition method, the digits above the hundredth digit of the amount (18) are recognized in order starting from the hundredth digit, and when a predetermined mark is recognized, all digits higher than that are regarded as the predetermined mark and the amount (18) is recognized in order from the hundredth digit.
8) Recognize.

(Operation) In the present invention, the hundreds digits and above of the amount (18) are recognized, but the ones and tens digits are not recognized, and if there is a predetermined mark, the higher digits are regarded as the predetermined mark and recognized. Therefore, the number of characters to be recognized by mask matching is reduced, and the time required to read the voting ticket is shortened.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of the amount recognition method of the voting ticket refund machine of the present invention.

Before explaining FIG. 1, an optical reading type voting ticket reading device will be explained together with FIG. 2.

In FIG. 2, 20 is a main control section 20, which is connected to the center through a circuit 121. Under the control of the main control section 20, the roll conveyance section 22 conveys the voting ticket 10 to the optical system 2:3 and the line sensor in the reading section 24. Reading section 24
reads out the line sensor signal in response to a reading command from the recognition control unit 25, binarizes this signal, and stores it in the read data area 26.

The recognition control unit 25 cuts out read data for each row name column from the read data area 26, and serves as a reference in the work area 27. The characters written in each row name column are recognized one by one by matching with each mask pattern of one character, and the recognized characters are encoded and stored in the data storage section 28 as character data.

The main control unit 20 reads out the character data of the read voting ticket 10 from the data storage unit 28 and transmits it to the center,
As a result, the refund amount is transmitted from the center. The main control unit 20 displays the reading contents of the voting ticket 10, the refund amount, etc. on the display unit 29.

The console 30 is used to manually input characters that cannot be read due to dirt or the like.

1st to 5th bets 12 to 16 of the voting ticket 10 shown in FIG.
Each amount 18 is recognized according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, first, the hundredth place of the amount 18, that is, the 17th column is cut out and recognized by mask matching (step 4).
0). The reason why the - rank and the middle rank are not x*b is because the amount 18 is in units of 100 yen.

After this, it is determined whether the hundredth place is a number or a ★ mark (step 41).
). If it is a number, the lower order is recognized (step 42), and if it is a ★ mark, the lower order is recognized as a star (step 43).

After executing step 42, determine whether the lower order is a number or a ★ mark (step 44), and if it is a number, recognize the 10,000 digit (step 4)
5), if it is marked with a ★, consider the ten million rank as marked with a ★ (Step 46)
). After executing step 43, the process proceeds to step 46.

After executing step 45, it is determined whether the ten thousand place is a number or a ★ mark (step 47), if it is a number, it is recognized as the hundred thousand place (step 48), and if it is a ★ mark, the ten thousand place is regarded as a star mark (step 47). 49). After executing step 46, the process proceeds to step 49, and the process ends by executing step 48 or 49.

As a result, out of the amount of 18, the first portion shown in satin in Figure 4 is
- 10 first and middle-ranking characters for each of the 5th bets 12-16, characters 3W4 of 10,000th place for each of the 3rd-5th bets 14-16, and 10 characters for each of the 1st-5th bets 12-16 Extraction and mask matching are not performed for a total of 18 characters including the 5 characters of the 10,000-man rank. Therefore, the time required to recognize the amount 18 becomes shorter, and the time required to read the voting ticket 1o is shortened.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the amount recognition system of the voting ticket refund machine of the present invention, the reading time of voting tickets is shortened, and it is extremely useful in practice.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a voting ticket refund device to which the method of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a voting ticket for optical reading. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining recognition according to the method of the present invention. In the figure, 11a and 11b are code data, 12 to 16 are bets, 17 is a set/number, 18 is an amount, and 40 to 49 are steps. Hon Yuho Fat -

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an amount recognition method of a voting ticket refund machine that optically reads a voting ticket (10) for a public competition in which the bet amount (18) is in hundreds and the upper unused digit is a predetermined mark, The digits above the hundredth digit of the amount (18) are recognized in order from the hundredth digit, and when the predetermined mark is recognized, all digits higher than that are regarded as the predetermined mark and the amount (18) is recognized. A distinctive feature of the voting ticket refund machine is its amount recognition method.