JPH02245867A - Terminal equipment for betting at seat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform quick and accurate betting operation by displaying betting information and information related to operation explanation or the like in different colors on a display part. CONSTITUTION:A display part 6 is provided with a liquid crystal display device A7 where characters or the like are displayed in a preliminarily determined color, a liquid crystal display device B8 where characters or the like are displayed in another color, and a means 3 which displays betting information and a character string or the like related to the operation of a terminal equipment on liquid crystal display devices A7 and B8 respectively. Consequently, betting information and the other information (the character string or the like related to the operation explanation) are displayed in different colors on different liquid crystal display devices and are very easily distinguished. Thus, the erroneous operation due to complication or the like of the display is prevented and the terminal equipment is quickly operated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a voting terminal device used in an attended voting system in which a user directly operates the terminal device to vote, the present invention improves the operability of the terminal device, In order to prevent users from operating incorrectly, the display section of the voting terminal device is equipped with a liquid crystal display A that displays the characters, etc. to be displayed in a predetermined color, and a liquid crystal display A that displays the characters, etc. to be displayed in a predetermined color, which is different from the above color. a liquid crystal display B that displays in color;
It is constructed by comprising means for displaying voting information on the liquid crystal display A, and means for displaying a character string etc. related to an explanation of the operation of the terminal device on the liquid crystal display B.

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an attended voting terminal in a totalizer system such as a betting ticket sales system for horse racing, bicycle racing, etc., and particularly relates to its configurability.

In conventional voting ticket sales systems, one voting ticket sales terminal sells voting tickets to many customers, and the host system notifies the voting ticket sales terminal of the sales deadline. However, since customers are not directly informed, there are cases where they are unable to vote, resulting in extremely poor service to customers. Therefore, it has become possible to consider a voting ticket vending system that shortens the distance between the voting ticket vending terminal and the customer. The trend is that its time has come.

[Prior Art] As an example of the attended voting terminal device as described above, for example, “
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 185855/1983.

Hereinafter, such an attended voting terminal device will be explained.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a conventional attended voting terminal device, in which (a) is a block diagram of its configuration, and (b) shows an example of the display on the display unit. In the figure, 51 represents a built-in clock of the present voting terminal device 52, 53 represents a register for sale deadline time, 54 represents an arithmetic unit, and 55 represents a display section.

The configuration and operation of a conventional attended voting terminal device will be described below with reference to the same figure.

First, for example, at the time of notifying the start of selling voting tickets for each race, when the host system notifies the sales deadline time, the attended voting terminal 51:
The notified time is stored in the release deadline time register 53.

Thereafter, in the attended voting terminal device 51, the time stored in the sale deadline time register 53 and the built-in clock 5 are used.
2 is calculated in real time by the calculator 54, and for example, the display screen of the display unit 55 displays ( b
) As shown by a group of numbers 56 in the figure, it is displayed as "3rd race, 01 minutes 30 seconds before deadline".

Therefore, the customer can recognize in real time the remaining time until the sales deadline for each race, which is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 55 of the attended voting terminal device 51, so that the customer can make any remaining votes. disappears.

In this example, in a totalizer system such as a betting ticket sales system for horse racing, bicycle racing, etc., the attended voting terminal of the voting ticket sales terminal is equipped with a built-in clock, and the sales deadline time for each race sent from the host system is displayed. , calculates the difference with the built-in clock in real time, displays the remaining time until the sales deadline for the race, and notifies the customer in real time of the remaining time until the sales deadline for each race. That's what I do.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the above example, the case where the attended voting terminal device has a function of displaying the race deadline time is explained, but in reality, it can be operated other than the race deadline time. Various information such as instructions and explanations are displayed.

Therefore, information directly related to voting and other information (such as operational explanations to be described later) are often displayed together on the same screen.

However, due to its nature, this type of terminal device cannot necessarily be operated by a skilled person.

Moreover, as mentioned above, users often use the system in a hectic manner to the extent that it is necessary to display deadline times.

Therefore, the terminal device needs to be designed to prevent handling errors as much as possible.

As one measure to prevent erroneous operation of a terminal device, it is often done to display operational explanations such as manual procedures and instructions on a display device.

In many cases, these explanatory texts are displayed in a separate location from information directly related to voting, but they are displayed as strings of text in the same color on the same screen. Therefore, it is difficult to say that the identification can be performed intuitively.

This has the drawback of causing erroneous operations and deteriorating the usability of the terminal device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of these conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an attended voting terminal device that can clearly identify the type of displayed content, is less prone to erroneous operations, and has good operability.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, the above objects are achieved by the means described in the claims.

That is, the present invention is a terminal device used in an attended voting system in which a user directly votes for a race from a terminal device, and in which characters, etc. to be displayed are displayed in a predetermined color on a display section. a liquid crystal display A for displaying characters, a liquid crystal display B for displaying characters, etc. to be displayed in a color different from the above color, a means for displaying voting information on the liquid crystal display A, and a terminal device on the liquid crystal display This is an attended voting terminal device comprising means for displaying character strings etc. related to operation explanations.

[Function] In the attended voting terminal device according to the present invention, voting information is displayed on a liquid crystal display, and other information (character strings related to operation explanations, etc.) is displayed in different colors than on the liquid crystal display. It is very easy to identify as it is displayed on the LCD display as different character strings.

Therefore, there is no possibility of erroneous operations due to the complexity of the display, and it is possible to quickly operate the terminal device.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an attended voting terminal device, 2 is a control section, 3 is a display control section, and 4 is a liquid crystal display A. A display control circuit for displaying a display, 5 a display control circuit for displaying a display on the liquid crystal display B, 6 a display section, 7 a liquid crystal display A,
Reference numeral 8 represents a liquid crystal display B, and reference numeral 9 represents a power supply unit that supplies DC power for operation to each part.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display, and 10 is a display section (corresponding to display B6 in FIG. 1), 11 is a voting information display section, 12 is an operation explanation display section, and 13 is a voting information display section. Example 14 shows an example of operation explanation.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In FIG. 1, a control unit 2 having an interface with the host system exchanges information with the host system. Then, information regarding characters and the like to be displayed on the display section 6 is transferred to the display control section 3.

The display control section 3 is provided with a display control circuit 4 that controls the display on the liquid crystal display A of the display section 6, and a display control circuit 5 that controls the display on the liquid crystal display mortar. Then, the display unit 6 identifies which liquid crystal display should display the information, and passes information regarding the character string, etc. to be displayed to the corresponding side of the display control circuit 4 and the display control circuit 5. . Liquid crystal display A indicated by number group 7 and liquid crystal display B indicated by number group 8 are set to display in different colors.

These liquid crystal display types and liquid crystal display B can be used selectively, for example, as shown in FIG. 2.

That is, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the liquid crystal display type shown in FIG. 1 is used as the voting information display section, and the number group 13
Display voting information as shown in .

Further, the liquid crystal display B is used as an operation explanation display section, and displays an operation explanation text as shown by a group of numbers 14.

Since the voting information 13 and the operation explanation text 14 are displayed in different colors, even users who are unfamiliar with terminal devices can easily recognize the distinction, reducing the risk of erroneous operations. Also, you can expect quick terminal operations.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the attended voting terminal device according to the present invention, voting information and information related to operation instructions etc. are displayed in different colors on the display unit, so that it is easy to identify them. It has the advantage of being easy. Therefore, even when an inexperienced user uses the system, there is little risk of making operational mistakes, and there is an effect that voting operations can be performed quickly and accurately.

Takebe, 13...Example of voting information,

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A terminal device used in an attended voting system in which a user directly votes for a race from a terminal device, the display unit displaying characters, etc. to be displayed in a predetermined color. a liquid crystal display B for displaying characters to be displayed in a color different from the above-mentioned color; means for displaying voting information on the liquid crystal display A; and means for displaying voting information on the liquid crystal display B; 1. An attended voting terminal device comprising means for displaying a character string or the like related to an explanation of an operation.