JPH06180707A - Terminal equipment for election - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a election terminal equipment using an integrated type display/input device superposing coordinate input board for a stylus pen to a display surface with a function allowing respective voters to simultaneously select and vote plural candidates. CONSTITUTION:The election terminal equipment is provided with the integrated type display/input device 2, the stylus pen 3, a CPU 12 for attaining a means for selecting a unit of plural candidates registered in an election information file 17, and when several candidates are selected on the same screen, displaying the detailed information of respective selected candidates less than the previously determined number of candidates, and a RAM 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an election terminal device suitable for various elections such as national elections, local elections, and union elections. In particular, each voter has a plurality of candidates. The present invention relates to an election terminal device having a function of simultaneously selecting and voting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the election of members of the Diet, prefectural governors, members of the Diet, mayors of the mayor, members of the Diet, etc., a postcard to be used as a polling place admission ticket is mailed from local governments to voters based on the Public Office Election Act. Voters bring the postcards to the polling place and verify that they are the voters themselves by checking them against the electoral list. Then, when the ballot sheet is handed over, the name of the candidate is entered on the ballot sheet, and the ballot box is posted to vote. After that, the ballot boxes were collected in facilities such as gymnasiums, and the staff members performed the ballot counting work and totaled the voting results. Further, the explanation of the entry on the ballot sheet at the time of voting was based on the oral explanation of the staff at the polling place when giving the ballot sheet and the posting of the sheet at the place of entry on the ballot sheet.

Therefore, conventionally, there has been a problem that the operation burden and work burden on the voter and the election manager are large, and that it takes a lot of time and labor for voting, which is one of the factors that hinder the improvement of the voting rate. It was

Further, the acquisition of the candidate information by the voters has been a form in which it is acquired through a lecture, poster display, etc. during election activities, and further through mass media such as television and newspapers. Therefore, in the past, it was difficult to equalize the election activities, and a large amount of election cost was required.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional election voting, there is a problem that the operation burden and work burden on the voter and the election manager are large, and that voting requires a lot of time and labor. , This was one of the factors that hindered the improvement of the voting rate. Furthermore, it was difficult to equalize the election activities, and a large amount of election costs remained.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
The work load on voters and managers can be reduced to facilitate and facilitate voting operations and vote management work, and errors can be eliminated and election activities can be evenly suppressed to carry out reliable and fair elections. It is an object to provide an electronic election terminal device.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an election terminal device with high functionality that can be applied to various election forms by providing each voter with a function of simultaneously selecting and voting for a plurality of candidates. .

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an election terminal device having a function in which each voter can select a plurality of candidates and vote at the same time. A coordinate input board with a pen (stylus) is provided on a display surface. A pen device for inputting by selecting the selector displayed on the display screen by pen operation with the pen list, and the candidate list associated with each candidate list and each candidate registered in the list. Storage means of each file for saving information, and a list of candidate names registered in the file on the display screen as selection targets by pen operation, with the number of candidates of a predetermined plurality as an upper limit, First screen display means for setting the selector of the selected candidate to a specific display form indicating completion of selection, and when the candidate is selected on the screen, the file is searched in advance, Second screen display means for displaying detailed information (for example, political party belonging, face photograph, career, etc.) on the above-mentioned display screen with the number of candidates of the plurality of candidates set as an upper limit and prompting confirmation. It is characterized by comprising:

[0009]

In the present invention, the candidate names of the candidates registered in the candidate list are displayed in a list as a selection target, and predetermined on the screen (for example, the initial screen) by the voter's pen operation. If you select a candidate with the number of selected candidates as the upper limit, the details of each selected candidate (for example, political party to which you belong, face portrait, career, pledges, advertisement) are displayed (for example, window display) and confirmed. Encourage (voting) or reselection operation. FIG. 10 shows a flowchart of such a basic operation of the present invention.

First, the candidate names of the candidates registered in the candidate list are displayed as a selection target (see FIG. 12), and predetermined on the screen (initial screen) by the voter's pen operation. The maximum number of candidates for
When a candidate is selected (steps S1 to S5, see FIG. 13), details of each selected candidate (for example, belonging political party,
A face photograph, a background, a commitment, an advertisement) is displayed (for example, displayed in a window), and a confirmation (voting) or reselection operation is prompted (step S6, see FIG. 14). Here, when it is desired to select again, a plurality of candidates can be selected again by operating the cancel button on the display screen (step S9). In addition, if you want to vote for each selected candidate from the details of each selected candidate, operate the end (confirm) button on the display screen, and the vote content (candidate name) will be stored in memory. It is registered (stored) in the vote number counting buffer (319 shown in FIG. 9) provided in the candidacy buffer (31B shown in FIG. 6) in (RAM 13 shown in FIG. 1), and the voting candidates are determined.

By providing the candidate selection function and the detailed display function with the predetermined number of candidates as the upper limit, it is possible to immediately and fairly provide the candidate with the candidate information. The voter's career, commitment,
Advertising and the like can be easily recognized with a simple operation, and labor saving in election management can be achieved. Further, since each voter has a function of simultaneously selecting and voting for a plurality of candidates, it is possible to provide an election terminal device having high functionality applicable to various election forms.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an election terminal device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 5 are configuration explanatory diagrams of the integrated display input device shown in FIG. 1, respectively.

In this embodiment, a man-machine interface mechanism operated by a voter during a voting operation is realized by an integrated display input device composed of an electrostatic transparent tablet and a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a stylus pen. However, a system configuration is illustrated in which the terminal device individually incorporates files that provide various information to voters.

The election terminal device in this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the integrated display / input device 2 and the stylus pen 3 provided on the upper surface of the box-shaped casing 1, and the tablet controller 10 and the LC provided inside the casing 1
D controller 11, CPU 12, RAM 13, ROM
14, video RAM (VRAM) 15, communication interface (communication IF) 16, election information file 17, memory card interface 18, audio output device 19A,
It is realized by each component such as an input / output interface (I / O-I / F) 19B.

As shown in FIG. 3, the integrated display / input device 2 is formed by laminating a liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 and an electrostatic type transparent tablet 5 for coordinate input, and has the same coordinate plane. Can be displayed and data can be input.

The stylus pen 3, as shown in FIG.
A switch for instructing the coordinate position of the transparent tablet 5 is built in, and the switch detection result is notified to the internal processing circuit via the code 4. That is, the switch signal of the stylus pen 3 is received by the CPU 12 via the code 4 and further via the tablet controller 10 inside the main body, and is input and processed. At this time, the CPU 12 uses the voter's eligibility check means to send confirmation information indicating that the person is an eligible person to the communication interface 16.
Or, after receiving via the input / output interface 19B (or after the CPU 12 has performed the eligibility check),
Although the switch signal input of the stylus pen 3 can be accepted, description of the eligibility checking means will be omitted here.

As shown in FIG. 4, the transparent tablet 5 constituting the integrated display / input device 2 includes a pair of transparent glass plates 5.
1, 52 are joined via an insulating protection layer (not shown). A plurality of transparent electrodes 53 and 54 are arranged in parallel on the transparent glass plates 51 and 52 at a predetermined interval, and the transparent electrodes 53 and 54 are arranged on the transparent glass plates 51 and 52 so as to be orthogonal to each other. Has been done. That is, transparent electrodes in the X and Y directions orthogonal to each other are arranged in a matrix on the transparent glass plates 51 and 52. As shown in FIG. 5, the transparent electrodes 53 and 54 are connected to the shift registers 55 and 56 so as to operate under the control of the shift controller 54, respectively. A pulse voltage is sequentially applied to the transparent electrodes 53 and 54 arranged on the transparent glass plates 51 and 52, and the X and Y coordinate positions designated by the stylus pen 3 are detected by electrostatic coupling. At this time, the transparent tablet 5 and the stylus pen 3 are controlled by the tablet controller 10, respectively. The liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 is CP
It is controlled by the LCD controller 11 under the control of U12.

With such a configuration, the position coordinate series input via the integrated display / input device 2 is input to the CPU 12 via the tablet controller 10 for recognition processing, and the transparent tablet 5 is subjected to the coordinate input processing. The above input is reflected on the display screen of the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6. For example, in the item selection mode, the selected area (selection item,
Buttons, selectors, etc.) change to the selected display state (inversion, screen switching, etc.). Each of these input information is stored in the RAM 1 as necessary.
Election information file 17 stored in 3 as needed
Will be reflected including registration.

The CPU 12 is composed of a microprocessor and controls the entire apparatus.
According to the program stored in, the voting terminal process as shown in FIG. 11 (first embodiment) or the voting terminal process as shown in FIG. 16 (second embodiment) is executed.

The RAM 13 is a readable / writable memory which is accessed under the control of the CPU 12.
It stores 12 operation programs and various data. This R
The AM 13 also stores information (for example, display information, position information, etc.) about the software keyboard displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6, data and commands according to the input coordinates on the transparent tablet 5.

The ROM 14 is a read-only memory that is accessed under the control of the CPU 12, and stores a diagnostic program after the power of the election terminal device is turned on, a boot program for starting the system, and the like.

The VRAM 15 is a liquid crystal display (LC
D) A bit map memory for storing display information to be displayed on 6. LCD controller 11 is VRAM
Display control such as display information transfer control from 15 to the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 and display information transfer control from the CPU 12 to the VRAM 15 is performed.

The tablet controller 10 controls scanning of the X and Y electrodes of the transparent tablet 5, voltage detection control at a position (X and Y coordinates) designated by the stylus pen 3 (electrostatic coupling method), and X and Y coordinate data. And R
Each tablet control such as transmission of X / Y coordinate data to the AM 13 is performed.

The communication interface 16 is provided with a wired or wireless communication device, and controls data communication with a terminal control device of an external device or a host computer. Here, via the communication interface 16, the voting result information is immediately transmitted to the external tallying device.

The file storage device 17 is, for example, an HDD.
(Hard disk device), etc., where various databases (DB) such as political party management database, candidate database, guidance database, voting management database, etc. are stored, and dictionary data for character recognition and this device are used. The input storage target information and the like are stored. A memory card presented from the outside is connected to the memory card interface 18, and an election voting application program for operating as an election terminal device is stored in the memory card. At the time of raising, it is stored in the RAM 13 via the memory card interface 18 under the control of the CPU 12.

The voice output device 19A uses a speaker (SP) or a headphone speaker (HP) as voice guidance based on the operation procedure of this terminal device and / or the name of the candidate.
To output audio via.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state when the election voting application program is stored in the RAM 13. This application program is the processing control unit 2
0, input control unit 21, aptitude (qualification) check unit 22,
Various processing programs such as the recognition processing unit 23A, the area determination processing unit 23B, the candidate search processing unit 24, the screen page output control unit 25, the communication control unit 26, and the position data buffer 2
7, dictionary data buffer 28, area data buffer 2
9, recognition result buffer 30, candidate registration buffer 31
A, a candidate buffer 31B, a screen page output buffer 32, a political party name registration buffer 33, and other various data areas. The screen page output control unit 25
Is a screen display control unit 25a and a detailed information display processing unit 25.
b and the voice control unit 25c.

The processing control unit 20 is a program that controls the processing of the entire system. The input control unit 21 has an input control function when the CPU 12 loads the position when the stylus pen 3 points on the transparent tablet 5 as coordinate data via the tablet controller 10. The eligibility check unit 22 checks the eligibility of the voters. For example, a control function that checks that the same voter does not vote more than once, and instructs invalidation of the operation when an unqualified voter is detected. With. The recognition processing unit 23A has a processing function of performing character recognition processing from a coordinate data series indicating a character input from the input control unit 21 when handwriting character recognition is instructed. The area discrimination processing unit 23B has a processing function of recognizing an area on the display screen designated by the stylus pen 3 and its command. The candidacy search processing unit 24 uses the coordinate data obtained by the control of the input control unit 21 or the recognition character obtained by the processing of the recognition processing unit 23 to obtain a block of the corresponding candidate number in the candidacy buffer 31B (for example, FIG. 9). Search for the candidate n buffer 310n) shown in FIG. The display control unit 25 a of the screen page output control unit 25 transfers the display data stored in the screen page output buffer 32 to the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 via the LCD controller 11 or inputs it under the control of the input control unit 21. It has a function of displaying in real time strokes such as characters and lines written by the stylus pen 3 based on the coordinate data thus obtained, and displaying a command instructing the processing contents in the table area. The detailed information display processing unit 25b has a display processing function of displaying detailed (attribute) information of each candidate. Further, the audio control unit 25c performs control to output the audio output data stored in the screen page output buffer 32 to the audio output device 19A. Communication control unit 2
Reference numeral 6 controls the communication interface 16 to control data transmission with an external terminal control device or the like.

The position data buffer 27 stores the coordinate data input under the control of the input control unit 21. The dictionary data buffer 28 stores dictionary data used for character recognition processing in the recognition processing unit 23A. This dictionary data is stored in the election information file 17,
It is stored in the RAM 13 when the system is started up. In the area data buffer 29, as shown in FIG. 7, area data (X) of a graphic displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 is displayed.
・ Y coordinate data etc.) is stored. Recognition result buffer 3
The character data recognized by the recognition processing unit 23A is stored in 0. In the candidate registration buffer 31A, as shown in FIG. 8, the candidate number, name, political party name, etc. of each candidate are registered in a fixed order. Candidate buffer 3
As shown in FIG. 9, various data including detailed information of each candidate is stored in 1B.

The candidate buffer 310 (a to n)
Is the registration number area coordinate data 31 as shown in FIG.
1, candidate registration number 312, candidate kanji data 31
3. Candidate furigana data 314, age data 31
5, political party name data 316, candidate image data 317, candidate / history / advertisement information block 318, vote counting buffer 319, and the like. These pieces of identification information are prepared for all candidates (a to n) to be managed by the election terminal device.

The vote count counting buffer 318 has a counter function and counts up by +1 when a voting confirmation operation is executed. Candidate Kanji data 313, candidate furigana data 314, age data 315, political party name data 316, and candidate photo image data 317 are:
As the confirmation information of the selected candidate, the display control unit 25
Liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 is selectively controlled by controlling a.
Is displayed in. Registration candidate number area coordinate data 311
Is used as comparison and collation data when the identification information of the corresponding candidate is output from the designated coordinate data in the selection designation operation of the transparent tablet 5. Further, the candidacy registration number 312 is used as comparison and collation data when the identification information of the corresponding candidacy is output from the number recognized by handwriting in the case where the registration number of the candidacy is input by handwriting.

As shown in FIG. 7, the area data buffer 29 has area start point x coordinate data 29a, area start point y coordinate data 29b, area end point x coordinate data 29c, area end point y coordinate data 29d, and processing form data 29e. 1
It is configured to include data for an area and include these for an input area. FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining the basic operation of the present invention.

Here, first, the candidate names of the candidates registered in the candidate list are displayed as a selection target, and predetermined on the screen (see the initial screen shown in FIG. 12) by the voter's pen operation. When a candidate is selected with the number of candidates of the plurality of candidates set as an upper limit (steps S1 to S5, S1
~ (See the initial screen shown in FIG. 13) and details of each selected candidate (for example, political party to which he / she belongs, portrait, career, pledge,
Advertisement) is displayed (for example, displayed in a window), and a confirmation (voting) or reselection operation is prompted (step S6).
(See voting screen shown in FIG. 14)). Here, when it is desired to select again, a plurality of candidates can be selected again by operating the cancel button on the display screen (step S9). In addition, if you want to vote for each selected candidate from the details of each selected candidate, operate the end (confirm) button on the display screen, and the vote content (candidate name) will be stored in memory. It is registered (stored) in the vote number counting buffer (319 shown in FIG. 9) provided in the candidacy buffer (31B shown in FIG. 6) in (RAM 13 shown in FIG. 1), and the voting candidates are determined.

By providing the candidate selection function and the detailed display function with the predetermined number of candidates as the upper limit, it is possible to provide the voter with the candidate information immediately and fairly. The voter's career, commitment,
Advertising and the like can be easily recognized with a simple operation, and labor saving in election management can be achieved. Further, since each voter has a function of simultaneously selecting and voting for a plurality of candidates, it is possible to provide an election terminal device having high functionality applicable to various election forms. FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure in the first embodiment of the present invention.

12 to 15 show the display screens in the first embodiment, respectively, and FIG. 12 shows an initial stage in which the candidate names of the candidates registered in the candidate list are displayed as selection targets. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of the screen, FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display state example when a candidate is selected and designated (first in the figure) on the screen of FIG. 12, and the selected candidate name is highlighted. It FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a detailed information display state of the selected candidates. A predetermined number of candidates (for example, 3) are selected by the candidate selection on the screen shown in FIG. 13, and the end button is operated by a pen. As a result, the details of each selection candidate (for example, political party to which they belong, face portrait, career, pledges, advertisement) are displayed (for example, window display), and confirmation (voting) or reselection operation action is prompted. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the display state of the white vote voting screen when the white vote button is selected by the pen operation on the initial screen shown in FIG. 12, and the confirmation (affirmation) button is operated by the pen to vote by the white vote. Is completed and the user operates the cancel (negative) button with the pen to clear the selected contents, and then the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG. Figure 1 above
The operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the election terminal device described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9, when the voting process is activated, the CPU 12
Under the control of, the system initialization process including the initialization of the process data for performing the voting process and the process of securing the memory is executed, and the candidate list and the same list stored in the file storage device 17 are stored. The election information file including detailed candidate information associated with each of the registered candidates is accessed, the candidate list is read into the RAM 13, and the candidate names of the candidates registered in the candidate list ( Alternatively, the names of the candidates and the political parties to which they belong) are displayed as a list on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 as selection targets (step S11 in FIG. 11). In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the candidate's name is a white vote selection button 61, an end (confirmation) button 62,
It is displayed together with the cancel button 63 and the like.

Here, an elector, that is, a voter here, operates the pen (stylus) 3 on the display screen of this device, that is, the transparent tablet 5, to designate the name of the candidate who wants to vote and select the candidate. Then, the selected candidate name is highlighted (FIG. 11, steps S12 to S15). An example of this display state is shown in FIG. Here, the first candidate is selected.

At this time, the voter displays on the display screen of this device,
That is, when the pen (stylus) 3 is brought close to the position input section on the transparent tablet 5, the coordinate value instructed by the pen (stylus) 3 and the switch state are detected by the integrated display / input device 2. The state information of the pen (stylus) 3 detected at this time is obtained by interrupting the driver of the transparent tablet 5 at a certain fixed time, the acquired coordinate value, and the switch state data as a position data buffer. It is stored in 27 and referred to. In this device, since the coordinate value and the switch state can be detected within a certain distance of the pen (stylus) 3 on the transparent tablet 5, at the time when the coordinate value of the pen (stylus) 3 is detected, Based on the data in the area data buffer 29, the area discrimination processing unit 23B checks which input area of the display screen to be displayed before the user starts to input the input area. To do. Then, if the switch state of the pen (stylus) 3 is turned on and there is an input area at that position, processing corresponding to that position is performed. That is, in this embodiment, the candidate selection and the highlighted display processing of the selected candidate are performed based on the input coordinates.

Such a selection operation is repeated,
When a predetermined number of selection candidates (here, three) are selected, or after a candidate (here, one or two) who does not reach the number of selection candidates is selected, the end button 62
When the pen is operated, the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6
In place of the initial screen shown in FIG. 13 (or by opening a window), a voting screen having detailed information of each candidate selected is displayed (steps S16, S17, S in FIG. 11).
19).

At this time, the corresponding candidate number is recognized from the position data of each selected candidate, and the detailed data (corresponding to the corresponding candidate as shown in FIG. Buffer content of the candidate number to be obtained), belonging party data, candidate's kanji name,
A voting screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 with detailed information such as hiragana name, age, face image, and history. FIG. 14 shows an example of the voting screen display state at this time. Here, an example of detailed information display of each candidate when three persons are selected is shown.

On the voting screen shown in FIG. 14, the voter judges whether or not to vote for each selected candidate, and when he / she wants to vote for each selected candidate, the vote is confirmed (YES). Operate the button 66 with a pen (see FIG. 11).
Step S21).

By the operation of this confirm button, the content of the vote (name of the candidate) is registered (stored) in the number-of-votes counting buffer 319 of the corresponding candidate provided in the candidate buffer 31B in the RAM 13 shown in FIG. The candidates are confirmed (step S22 in FIG. 11).

When it is desired to select again each candidate selected on the voting screen shown in FIG. 14, the cancel (NO) button 67 on the voting screen is operated to select the candidate already selected. Data is deleted, and multiple candidates can be selected again (steps S23 and S1 in FIG. 11).
1).

When the white vote selection button 61 is selected by pen operation on the initial screen shown in FIG. 12, a white vote voting screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed in a window, and confirmation (affirmation) is given on this screen. ) By operating the button 68 with a pen,
Voting by white votes is completed (steps S20 to S2 in FIG. 11).
2).

On the white vote voting screen shown in FIG.
After the selection contents are cleared by operating the cancel (negative) button 69 with the pen, the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG. 12 (steps S20, S21, S23, S11, ... In FIG. 11).

In this way, the voting is sequentially performed by the voters so that a plurality of candidates can be voted, the information of the voting result is buffer-stored in the election terminal device, and the information of the buffered voting result is predetermined. Is transmitted to the external totaling device via the communication interface 16 in units of the data amount of. Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the second embodiment. Here, the processing up to the candidate selection and the white vote selection for a plurality of candidates is performed as shown in FIG.
Processing operation of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 (steps S11 to S20)
Since it is similar to the above, here, the processing (step S11
To S20) are collectively shown in step S30.

FIGS. 17 to 21 show the display screens in the second embodiment, respectively, and FIG. 17 shows an initial stage in which candidate names of candidates registered in the candidate list are displayed as selection targets. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display example of the screen, FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display state example when a candidate is selected and designated (second person in the figure) on the screen of FIG. 17, and the selected candidate name is highlighted. In addition, each selected candidate is given a rank (here, the first to third positions) in the order of selection. Figure 1
9 is a diagram showing an example of detailed information display state of the selected candidates, a predetermined number of candidates (for example, 3) are selected by the candidate selection on the screen shown in FIG. 18, and the end button is operated with a pen. Details of each candidate (for example, political party
A portrait, career, pledge, and advertisement are displayed (for example, displayed in a window), and a confirmation (vote; YES) button, a reselection (cancel; NO) button, or a rank change button is displayed to confirm (vote) ; YES), reselection (cancellation; NO), or a change of order is prompted. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of the display state of the white vote voting screen when the white vote button is selected by pen operation on the initial screen shown in FIG. 17, and by voting the white vote by confirming (affirmation) button pen operation. Is completed,
After the selection contents are cleared by operating the cancel (negative) button with the pen, the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG. 17, and by operating the order changing button with the pen, the order changing screen shown in FIG. 21 is displayed. FIG. 21 is a ranking change screen, and the ranking is changed in the selection order by selecting candidates by pen operation in the order of candidates who want to vote on the screen.

The operation in the second embodiment is the same as the processing operation (steps S11 to S20) of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 11 regarding the processes up to the candidate selection and the white vote selection for a plurality of candidates. ) Is the same as the above), the processing (steps S11 to S20) is collectively shown in step S30, and the details of the processing are omitted.

In the second embodiment, when a candidate is selected by pen operation on the initial screen shown in FIG.
As shown in, the selected candidate name is highlighted and the selected candidates are ranked in the order of selection. FIG. 18 shows a state in which two candidates are selected, the first selected candidate is given the first rank, and the next selected candidate is the second rank. Is given.

When the selection operation of the candidates on the initial screen described above is repeated and a predetermined number of selection candidates (three in this case) are selected, or the number of selection candidates is changed. When the end button 62 is pen-operated after a candidate (one or two here) who does not reach is selected, the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 is replaced with the initial screen shown in FIG. A voting screen is displayed with detailed information (attribute information) for each candidate selected (opened).

At this time, in the second embodiment, in addition to the above detailed information, a confirmation (vote; YES) button and reselection (cancel; N)
The (O) button or the order change button is displayed to confirm (vote;
An operation action of YES), reselection (cancellation; NO), or order change is prompted.

When the voter decides whether or not to vote for each selected candidate on the voting screen shown in FIG. 19 and wants to vote for each selected candidate, the vote is confirmed (YES). Operate the button with a pen.

By this operation of the confirm button, the content of the vote (name of the candidate) is registered (stored) in the vote count buffer 319 of the corresponding candidate provided in the candidate buffer 31B in the RAM 13 shown in FIG. Candidates are confirmed.

When it is desired to select again each candidate selected on the voting screen shown in FIG.
By operating the cancel (NO) button on the voting screen, the data of the candidates already selected are deleted, and it becomes possible to select a plurality of candidates again.

On this voting screen, the vote is confirmed (YE
Since the processing associated with the operation of the S) button or the operation of the cancel (NO) button is the same as the conventional one, the description thereof is omitted here.

Further, when it is desired to change the candidate rank for each selected candidate on the voting screen shown in FIG. 19, the rank change button shown in FIG. 21 is displayed by operating the rank change button. The candidate rank can be changed on the screen (steps S31 to S34 in FIG. 16).

That is, on the order change screen shown in FIG. 21, by selecting the candidates in the order of candidates to be changed by pen operation, the order is changed in the order of selection, and the changed order is selected candidates. Is displayed in association with. For example, on the initial screen shown in FIG. 17, the second selected and the second
For the candidate who is given the rank, the candidate is ranked first
When it is desired to change the rank to the rank, the rank of the candidate is changed from the second rank to the first rank by first selecting the candidate on the rank change screen. In this way, it is possible to easily change the rank of each of the selected candidates on the rank change screen by a simple pen operation.

When the white vote selection button is selected by the pen operation on the initial screen shown in FIG. 17, a white vote voting screen as shown in FIG. 20 is displayed in a window and confirmed (affirmative) on this screen. By operating the button 68 with the pen, the voting by the white vote is completed. Further, after the selection contents are cleared by pen operation of the cancel (negative) button on the white vote voting screen shown in FIG. 20, the initial screen shown in FIG. 17 is returned to. This white-voting vote is the same as in the first embodiment described above. Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

In the third embodiment, the function of setting the candidate ranks of the selected candidates in the second embodiment is different from the function of setting the candidate ranks. %), And as shown in FIG. 22, an arbitrary degree (%) can be set by pointing the setting bar (SB) with a pen.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, the integrated display input device 2 may be a pressure sensitive type or an opaque tablet. Further, the stylus pen 3 which is a part of the integrated display / input device 2 may not be provided with a code, and the pointing position may be detected by an electromagnetic induction method instead of the electrostatic induction method. As for the display device, a liquid crystal display (LC
Besides D) 6, it may be constituted by a plasma display or the like. Further, the display and detailed information of the candidacy may be written horizontally instead of vertically as in the embodiment, and the format may be other than the embodiment.

Further, regarding the detailed information display processing of the candidacy, in the embodiment, it has been stated that data such as the name of the political party to which the candidate belongs, the kanji and kana names of the candidate, age, face data, and history are displayed as detailed information. Need not be limited to
Besides, the political idea, the abbreviation name of the political party to which it belongs, etc. may be displayed, or the arrangement, name, type, etc. of each operation button may be arbitrarily changed.

Regarding the flow of processing, in the embodiment, the voting area (confirmation button) and the detailed information are described as being provided on the same screen, but the voting processing and the detailed information display processing are performed on different screens. The area may be set as follows. Regarding the deletion of the detailed information, in the embodiment, it is stated that the operation button is also displayed at the time of displaying the detailed information, and the operation button is deleted when the voters (votes) select and operate it.
The timer monitoring process may be performed when the detailed information is displayed, and the information may be automatically deleted after the display for a certain period of time.

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As described in detail above, according to the election terminal device of the present invention, by having the function of selecting a candidate and the detailed display function, which has the predetermined number of candidates as the upper limit, It is possible to provide voters with candidacy information immediately and fairly, and the voters can easily recognize the careers, promises, and advertisements of voluntary candidates by a simple operation, and save labor in election management. . Further, since each voter has a function of simultaneously selecting and voting for a plurality of candidates, it is possible to provide an election terminal device having high functionality applicable to various election forms.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an election terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view of the integrated display / input device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a structural explanatory view of the integrated display input device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a structural explanatory view of the integrated display / input device shown in FIG. 1.

5 is a configuration explanatory view of the integrated display input device shown in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing the structure of a control program and the structure of a data buffer stored in a RAM 13 shown in FIG.

7 is a diagram showing a data structure of a region data buffer 29 shown in FIG.

8 is a diagram showing a data structure of a candidacy registration buffer 31A shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing a data structure of a candidacy buffer 31B shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a screen display state diagram according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a screen display state diagram in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a screen display state diagram in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a screen display state diagram in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a screen display state diagram according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a screen display state diagram in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a screen display state diagram according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a screen display state diagram according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a screen display state diagram according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a screen display state diagram according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Housing, 2 ... Integrated display input device, 3 ... Stylus pen, 4 ... Code, 5 ... Transparent tablet, 6 ... Liquid crystal display (LCD), 10 ... Tablet controller, 1
1 ... LCD controller, 12 ... CPU, 13 ... RA
M, 14 ... ROM, 15 ... VRAM, 16 ... Communication interface (communication IF), 17 ... Election information file, 1
8 ... Memory card interface (Memory card I
F), 19A ... Voice output device, 19B ... Input / output interface (I / O-I / F), 20 ... Processing control section, 21 ... Input control section, 22 ... Aptitude (qualification) check section, 23A ...
Recognition processing section, 23B ... Area discrimination processing section, 24 ... Candidate search processing section, 25 ... Screen page output control section, 26 ... Communication control section, 27 ... Position data buffer, 28 ... Dictionary data buffer, 29 ... Area data buffer , 30 ... Recognition result buffer, 31A ... Candidate registration buffer, 31B ... Candidate buffer, 32 ... Screen page output buffer, 33
… Political party name registration buffer.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Naoko Shimojima 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Inside the Toshiba Ome Factory (72) Inventor Katsutoshi Ishikawa 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Stock Association Company Toshiba Ome Factory (72) Inventor Kunio Ueda 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome City, Tokyo Stock Company Toshiba Ome Factory (72) Inventor Yoshiyuki Miura 70 Yanagimachi, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Toshiba Yanagimachi Factory Within

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A pen device for selecting a selector displayed on a display screen by a pen operation, a candidate list, and detailed candidate information associated with each candidate registered in the list, respectively. File storage means and a list of candidate names registered in the file to be selected by pen operation on the display screen, and the selected candidates with a predetermined number of candidates as the upper limit. First screen display means for setting a selector of a person to a specific display form indicating completion of selection, and when a candidate is selected on the screen, the file is searched to select a plurality of predetermined candidates. With the maximum number of people
An election terminal device comprising: second screen display means for displaying detailed information of the selected candidate on the display screen. 2. The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein each candidate selected by the first screen display means is given a rank or score according to a selection order. 3. The second screen display means has a plurality of display areas partitioned based on a preset number of candidates of a plurality of persons, and detailed information of each selected candidate is provided in each of the above-mentioned items. The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the election terminal device is simultaneously displayed in the display area. 4. The election terminal device according to claim 3, wherein each of the plurality of display areas displayed by the second screen display means is provided with an operation unit for setting the rank or score of each candidate. 5. The second screen display means has an operation button for updating the screen, and in accordance with the operation of the button, the detailed information of each selected candidate is switched and displayed for each candidate.
Election terminal device described. 6. The second screen display means has an operation button for updating the screen, and in accordance with the operation of the button, the detailed information of each selected candidate is switched and displayed for each candidate. Election terminal device described. 7. The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a cancel button, an end button and a white vote selection button is provided on the screen displayed by the first screen display means. 8. The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the screen displayed by the second screen display means is provided with at least one of a vote confirmation button, a rank or score change button, and a cancel button. 9. The detailed candidate information includes the registration number, name, age, gender, political party name, face photograph image, career, relevant election member history, pledges, and advertisement information of each candidate, The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a part or all of the election terminal device is included. 10. A pen device for selecting a selector displayed on a display screen by a pen operation, and a file storage means for storing a candidate list in which information of each candidate including a political party name is registered, The first screen display means for displaying a list of the political party names registered in the file as a selection target by pen operation on the above display screen, and when the political party name is selected on the same screen, the selected political party name is used. Refer to the candidate list in the above file and select the candidates belonging to the selected political party name on the above-mentioned display screen as a selection target, and the candidate is selected on the same screen. When the above is done, the above file is searched, and the number of candidates of a predetermined plurality is set as an upper limit,
An election terminal device comprising: third screen display means for displaying detailed information of each selected candidate on the display screen.