JPH0465425B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voting ticket sales control device used for selling voting tickets in public gambling, and in particular, to a voting ticket sales control device that uses serial numbers printed on released voting tickets. The present invention relates to a voting ticket release control device.

(b) Technical background In public gambling such as horse racing and bicycle racing, voting tickets issued from voting ticket vending machines include a serial number (hereinafter referred to as serial number) in addition to the race number, finish order number, investment amount, etc. ) is printed.

This serial number is incremented by 1 each time a voting ticket is issued, and is printed and recorded on the ticket inside the voting ticket vending machine to manage and record the number of tickets issued.
It is used when dealing with voting tickets, calculating dividends for winning tickets, and handling troubles with voters. In addition, the voting ticket vending machine is a terminal device that only has a ticket issuing function, and the race number, order of arrival number printed on the voting ticket,
Voting data such as investment amount and serial number are transmitted to a central processing device.

(c) Conventional technology and problems By the way, an electromagnetic serial number counter is used to display the serial number of a voting ticket vending machine, and a micropressor is used to control the counting of the serial number counter each time a ticket is issued and to control the issuance of voting tickets. has been done. That is, by operating the keyboard attached to the voting ticket vending machine and issuing a ticket issuing command, the printing device prints out the race number a, order of arrival number b, investment amount c, serial number d, etc., as shown in Figure 1. Voting ticket A is issued. Further, the serial number d at this time is printed by reading the count value of the serial number counter by electrical means, and the counter is energized and counted up every time a ticket is issued.

On the other hand, after the serial number counter is excited to count up, read the counted value and check whether it is counting up normally. If there is an abnormality in the counted value, it will be determined as a machine error and the error will be detected. The voting ticket vending machine was stopped and no more tickets could be issued.

Using an electromagnetic counter as a serial number counter in this way is advantageous in that the serial number value can be retained even if there is a power outage or ticket issuing is stopped, and that maintenance personnel can easily read and confirm the serial number value.
However, if the serial number counter malfunctions, it will be impossible to issue tickets, and it will take a considerable amount of time to repair or replace the counter and get the vending machine to function properly. The voting ticket vending machine will no longer be able to issue tickets at all, leading to a decline in service to those who use the voting ticket vending machine to obtain voting tickets, and may also cause trouble.

(iv) Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and it is possible to avoid stopping the ticket issuing function of the voting ticket machine even if the serial number counter breaks down, and to print a normal serial number on the voting ticket. The purpose is to provide voting ticket sales control that allows printing and issuing of tickets.

(E) Structure of the Invention In order to achieve this object, the voting ticket vending control device of the present invention includes a readable non-volatile serial number counter that is incremented each time a ticket is issued, and the contents of the non-volatile serial number counter when the power is turned on. In a voting ticket vending device having a serial number register which can be initialized and is incremented each time a ticket is issued, and a ticket issuing processing unit which performs ticket issuing processing using the contents of the serial number register, the above-mentioned non-volatile serial number counter and A counter check means for checking a non-volatile serial number counter using the contents of the serial number register; and a control means for continuing the ticket issuing operation using the contents of the serial number register even if an abnormality is detected in the check by the counter check means. It is made up of the following.

(F) Embodiments of the invention Examples of the invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a voting ticket vending control device according to the present invention, in which 1 is a control section of a voting ticket vending machine;
2 is a printing device that performs the necessary printing on the voting ticket A shown in FIG. 1; 3 is a non-volatile serial number counter such as an electromagnetic type that also serves as an external display; 4 is a race number, an order of arrival number,
This is a keyboard for inputting voting data such as investment amount. The control unit 1 is a central processing unit (hereinafter simply referred to as a central processing unit) that calculates and executes a given job for issuing voting tickets based on input data from a keyboard 4.
5, a memory 6 having a ROM and RAM configuration that stores processing programs and processing data such as voting ticket issuing and serial number checking, a printing control device 7 that controls the printing device 2, and a serial number counter 3. It consists of a counter check device 8 for checking the contents, and the serial number counter 3
The contents of the count are read by the CPU 5 via the bus 9. Also, in the memory 6, a serial number register 6a is stored using a part of the memory.
The contents of the serial number counter 3 are initially set in the serial number register 6a when the power is turned on.
Similarly, it is counted up each time a ticket is issued, and is used to print the serial number on the voting ticket. The counter check device 8 is provided with an error flag 8a that is set when the serial number counter 3 becomes abnormal, and the set output of the error flag 8a is added to the error display section 10 and the print control device 7 as a counter error. It's getting old.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

First, when the power of the voting ticket vending machine is turned on when selling voting tickets, the CPU 5 is initialized and the initial setting program of the serial number register 6a is executed. The serial number register 6a on 6 is initialized. That is, the contents of the serial number counter 3 and the serial number register 6a are made to match.

By operating the keyboard 4 in such a state, if you input the race number, finishing order number, investment amount, etc., the voting data associated with this will be transferred to the CPU 5.
By performing predetermined arithmetic processing, a control command is given to the printing control device 7, and printing data is output to the printing device 2. At this time, the contents stored in the serial number register 6a on the memory 6 are also output to the printing device 2 as serial number printing data. Then, when a printing command is given to the printing device 2 from the printing control device 7, the printing device 2 performs a printing operation and prints the race number a, the order of arrival number b, the investment amount c, the serial number d, etc. as shown in FIG. Printed voting ticket A
Issue. Also, at the same time as the voting ticket A is issued, a count-up signal S is sent from the printing control device 7 to the serial number counter 3, which excites the serial number counter 3 to increase the count by +1, and also causes the contents of the serial number register 6a to count up by +1. Make it hot.

On the other hand, when the ticket issuance and the count-up operation of the serial number counter 3 are completed, a process is executed to check whether the serial number counter 3 has counted up normally. That is, the count value of serial number counter 3 is
The CPU 5 receives the data, and the counter check device 8 checks whether the serial number counter 3 is counting up normally by comparing it with the contents of the number register 6a. Here, if they match, it is determined to be normal and ticket issuing by the voting ticket vending machine is enabled. If it is determined that there is an abnormality, that is, the count-up operation is not normal, the error flag 8a is set, and the error display unit 10 is thereby activated to display that the serial number counter 3 is abnormal. A message indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the serial number counter 3 is output to the print control device 7. Upon receiving the abnormality command, the printing control device 7 instructs the receipt printing section (not shown) of the printing device 2 that an abnormality has occurred in the counter, and controls the receipt to print this fact on the receipt.
In this case, the voting ticket vending machine does not stop and continues issuing tickets based on the serial number register 6a on the memory 6. That is, even if the serial number counter 3 is out of order, the voting ticket vending machine can still issue tickets.

Therefore, the maintenance personnel learns of the abnormality of the serial number counter from the display on the error display section 10 or from the printed receipt.
It is only necessary to replace or repair the serial number counter when the operation of the voting ticket vending machine ends.

(G) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, there is no need to stop the voting ticket vending machine even if the serial number counter is out of order, and a normal serial number can be voted by using the serial number register in the memory. This has the effect of being able to be printed on tickets.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a voting ticket, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a voting ticket sales control device according to the present invention. 1... Control unit, 2... Printing device, 3... Serial number counter, 4... Keyboard, 5... CPU, 6...
...Memory, 6a... Serial number register, 7... Print control device, 8... Counter check device, 10...
Error display section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A readable non-volatile serial number counter that is counted up each time a ticket is issued, and the contents of the non-volatile serial number counter can be initialized when the power is turned on, and is counted up each time a ticket is issued. In a voting ticket vending device having a serial number register and a ticket issuing processing unit that performs ticket issuing processing using the contents of the serial number register, a counter check means for checking the nonvolatile serial number counter using the nonvolatile serial number counter and the contents of the serial number register. A voting ticket sales control device comprising: and a control means for continuing the ticket issuing operation using the contents of the serial number register even if an abnormality is detected in the check by the counter check means.