JPH06251048A - Electron terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the vote acceptance processing only at the time when voting state information in an individual identification card and the voting state information in elector register data are in an unfinished voting state together in the acceptance processing of election. CONSTITUTION:This equipment is characterized by providing an elector data base (register of electors) 14 where election information of respective electors including voting state information indicating the unfinished voting/finished voting are stored, a port for presentation of an individual identification IC card 3, the individual identification IC card 3 where voting state information 32d indicating the unfinished voting/finished voting completion state is stored in a specific storage area, a check part 11a which discriminates whether voting state information stored in the specific storage area of the individual identification IC card 3 submitted to the port for presentation and voting state information of the elector possessing the card stored in an elector file are in the unfinished voting state together or not, and a retrieval part 11b.

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 characterized by personal authentication and acceptance processing at the time of vote acceptance using a card held by an elector.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the election of members of the Diet, prefectural governors, members of the Diet, mayors of municipalities, members of the Diet, etc., postcards that are used as polling place admission tickets are mailed from local governments to voters in accordance with the Public Offices Election Act. , Voters bring the postcard to the polling place, and they are confirmed to be who they are by comparing it with the electoral list. Then, when the ballot is given, the name of the candidate is filled in on the ballot, and the ballot is put in a ballot box for voting. After that, the ballot boxes were collected in facilities such as gymnasiums, and the vote counting work was performed by human tactics, and the voting results were collected.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional election voting, since OA is not progressing in the voting act and the counting work, and it depends on human labor, a lot of time is required for counting. He was hurt and required a lot of manpower and labor.

[0004] In particular, at the vote reception, the staff members searched the ledger, which is an electoral list, based on the address and name written on the postcard, and directly entered the presence or absence of the reception on the ledger, but the postcard alone confirmed the residence. Even if you can do it, you can't confirm yourself.
For example, even if a person of a similar age receives a so-called replacement ball, it may not be possible to detect the dishonesty.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
An object of the present invention is to provide an election terminal device capable of mechanizing the vote acceptance work which has been conventionally performed manually and smoothly performing personal authentication and acceptance processing at the time of vote acceptance with high reliability.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a voter file (voteer list) in which election information of each elector including vote status information indicating unvoted / voted has been stored, and a personal authentication card presentation port. , A personal identification card storing voting status information indicating unvoted / voted in a specific storage area, and voting status information stored in a specific storage area of the personal identification card presented at the presentation port, and It is characterized by comprising collating means for comparing with the voting status information of the voters who own the card stored in the voter file.

Further, the present invention is provided with a password check (personal authentication processing of the elector who owns the card) mechanism of a voter who presents the card, and after the individual authentication of the elector who owns the card has passed, the above voting state. The feature is that the information can be collated.

The present invention also provides a means for checking the password of a voter who presents the card (personal authentication processing for the elector who owns the card) and a password check for the election management committee (authentication for card access by the election management committee). Processing) means, and after the personal authentication of the elector who owns the card, the election information storage area in the card is released only for the legitimate election management committee, and the above voting status information can be verified. It is characterized in that it is configured as.

[0009]

[Function] When the voting status information in the personal authentication card indicates a non-voting status and the voting status information of the voter who owns the card stored in the voter file indicates a non-voting status, the vote acceptance process is executed. to enable. By providing such a vote acceptance confirmation unit, it is possible to accept the vote of a voter (elector) who has excluded an illegal vote, a double vote, etc., only by processing in the election terminal device.

Further, by enabling personal information to be obtained from the card through personal authentication, that is, after the personal password is matched (after personal authentication of the elector who owns the card), the above-mentioned voting is performed. By checking the status information, it becomes possible to accept the vote of highly-reliable voters (electors) who have eliminated illegal votes such as so-called ball replacement votes and double votes only by the processing in the election terminal device. .

[0011] Also, after passing through individual authentication, after passing through the election committee member's authentication, that is, checking the personal password (personal authentication processing of the elector who owns the card) and password checking of the election management committee (election management After performing the authentication process for card access by the committee member), the election information storage area in the card is released to the election management committee, and the above voting status information can be collated so that only the processing within the election terminal device is possible. As a result, it becomes possible to accept more reliable voters (electors) for voting, which excludes illegal voting such as so-called ball replacement voting and double voting.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an election terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, a mechanism section (referred to as a selection terminal) operated by an election management committee and a voter (elector) ) Is a mechanism unit (referred to as a reception terminal) that presents (inserts into a card slot) a personal authentication card (for example, an IC card) and operates it so that a plurality of reception terminals can be connected to one selected terminal. There is. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a selection terminal operated by an election committee member, and a plurality of reception terminals 2 are provided via a terminal interface 15.
2, ... Can be connected.

The tube selection terminal 1 is a control unit 11 including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, which controls the entire apparatus, and an input / output control unit 1 which controls various input / output devices.
2. A host interface (HOST-I) that enables data transmission / reception with an external processing device connected to the network.
/ F) 13, a voter database 14 realized by a hard disk, a terminal interface 15 for connecting the reception terminals 2, 2, ..., An operation input unit 16 such as a keyboard (KB) operated by an election management committee, as necessary. A bar code reader (BC) that is connected and operated by an election committee according to
R), various guides, display unit (DIS)
P) 17, Floppy disk drive (FDD) for reading and writing data using a floppy disk as a recording medium
18 and the like.

The control unit 11 which controls the entire apparatus includes a check unit 11a for checking unvoted / voted votes, a search unit 11b for obtaining personal information, and a registration unit 11c for updating voting state information. Sections are provided.

The checking unit 11a includes voting status information (unvoted / unvoted / unvoted / unvoted / unvoted / unvoted / unvoted / non-voted) included in the election management information 32c stored in the IC card 3 for personal authentication presented in the card slot of the reception terminal 2. Voted flag) 32d,
It is determined whether or not the voting status information contained in the voter personal information of the card holder stored in the voter database 14 is in the non-voting status.

The search unit 11b uses the presented IC card 3
The voter database 14 is accessed according to the read personal information, and information (personal data) of the voter (elector) who owns the card is searched for and acquired from the voter database 14.

When the registration unit 11c finishes accepting votes, the voting status information (unvoted / voted flag) 32d included in the election management information 32c stored in the personal information storage unit 32 of the personal authentication IC card 3 is displayed. , And the voting status information of the corresponding voters in the voter database 14 are updated (changed) to “registered”. At this time, IC card 3
The updating process to "registered" is executed via the card information writing unit 24w provided in the card control unit 24 of the reception terminal 2.

Under the control of the control unit 11, the input / output control unit 12 has a host interface 13, a voter database 14, a terminal interface 15, and an operation input unit (K
B) Input / output control of 16, display unit (DISP) 17, floppy disk drive (FDD) 18, etc.

Host interface (HOST-I /
F) 13 transmits / receives data to / from an external device connected to the network (for example, a host computer installed in a central pipe) under the control of the control unit 11.

The voter database 14 stores the voter information in the corresponding electoral district, which is supplied from the outside via the host interface 13 or from the floppy disk via the floppy disk drive 18. Voting status information indicating non-voted / voted has been provided for each personal information.

The terminal interface 15 interface-connects a plurality of receiving terminals 2, 2, ... To a single tube selecting terminal 1, and a single tube selecting terminal 1 and a plurality of receiving terminals 2, 2.
Allows mutual data exchange between 2, ...

The reception terminal 2 includes a control unit 21 that controls the entire apparatus and an input / output control unit 2 that controls various input / output devices.
1, a selection interface (selection I / F) 23 that enables interface connection with the selection terminal 1, and data transmission between the card slot and the IC card 3 presented (inserted) in the same slot Card controller 24,
A voting card issuing unit 25 that issues a voting card (election voting token), an operation input unit 26 such as a keyboard (KB) operated by a voter (elector) who has presented the card, and a barcode connected as necessary. Reader (BCR), various guides, display unit (DISP) 27 for displaying status, etc.
And so on.

The card control unit 24 has a card access control unit 24a for controlling the exchange of data with the IC card 3 connected via the card interface 24b.
A card interface 24b for interfacing with the IC card 3 presented in the card slot;
A card information reading unit 24R for reading and controlling the storage unit of the C card 3 and a card information writing unit 24w for controlling writing of the storage unit of the IC card 3 are provided.

The voting card issuing unit 25 issues voting cards (tokens) to voters (electors) who have completed the vote acceptance work. As the voting card (token), an electronically or magnetically readable card medium, a card medium having a bar code recorded thereon, a card medium having a mark sheet structure, or a specific voting tag can be used. is there.

The IC card 3 includes an in-card control unit 31 that controls the inside of the card, and a personal password determination unit 31 that performs personal authentication processing under the control of the in-card control unit 31.
a, a one-chip microprocessor that realizes a selected password determination unit 31b that performs authentication processing of card use for pipe selection, a device ID determination unit 31c that determines permission / prohibition of use of the card with respect to a connected device, and an individual A non-volatile memory that realizes the information storage unit 32 is provided.

The personal password judgment unit 31a compares the password of the voter (elector) who owns the card input from the operation input unit 26 with the personal check password 32a stored in the personal information storage unit 32. Performs authentication processing.

The selected password judging section 31b is provided with the password of the clerk (election management committee) input from the operation input section (KB) 16 and the election management information 33 in the personal information storage section 32.
Authentication processing for card access for the staff (election management committee) is performed by matching with the card access check password (PW) of the staff included in c.

The device ID determination unit 31c compares the device ID information of the device using the card (here, the reception terminal 2) with the access-permitted device ID information (S) stored in the nonvolatile memory in the card. , Determine whether access is permitted / prohibited with the connected device used.

In the personal information storage unit 32, personal data 3 such as a check password 32a for personal authentication, address, name, sex, date of birth, various insurance data, medical data, etc.
2b and the like are stored, voting status information (unvoted / voted flag) 32d indicating unvoted / voted, reception information 32e such as date and time and place of reception of voting, password for card access check (PW) of staff Election management information 32c and the like including the like are stored. In addition, as other areas, there are provided areas where various kinds of licenses, qualification information, passport information, check recognition information corresponding to electronic recognition information provided on the passport, etc. can be stored as necessary. It is also possible to authenticate yourself at the time of voting by using. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an election acceptance process using a personal authentication card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, S1 is a step in which a voter (elector) sets a card, and according to the screen shown in FIG. 3 displayed on the display unit (DISP) 17 of the reception terminal 2, a voting action is performed. Voter (elector) to do is IC card 3
Is inserted into the card slot of the reception terminal 2, and the personal authentication IC card 3 is presented to the reception terminal 2.

S2 is a step for determining whether or not the device ID numbers match, and the device ID in the IC card 3 is determined.
This is executed by the determination unit 31c, and determines whether the device presenting the IC card 3 is a device permitted to access (read or read / write) the information in the card. That is, the device ID determination unit 31c compares the device ID information of the device that uses the card (here, the reception terminal 2) with the access-permitted device ID information (S) stored in the nonvolatile memory in the card, Determines whether access is permitted / prohibited with the connected device used.

S3 is a step of inputting a personal password, in which the presented personal authentication card (IC card 3) is displayed on the screen (DISP) 17 of the reception terminal 2 shown in FIG. The voter who owns (elector) inputs the personal password from the operation input unit 26 of the reception terminal 2. At this time, in the display mode of the password input state display section on the screen shown in FIG. 4, the first display mode in which only the input digit number state is displayed and the second in which the input value is directly displayed as a real value are displayed. A display mode is prepared, and any one of the modes can be selected by a specific administrator.
Also, this password input state is displayed on the display unit (D
ISP) 17 is displayed on the monitor.

S4 is a step for judging whether or not the personal passwords match, which is executed by the personal password judging unit 31a in the IC card 3 here, and the personal password inputted from the operation input unit 26. Check the legitimacy of. That is, the personal password determination unit 31
a performs personal authentication processing by collating the password of the voter (elector) who owns the card input from the operation input unit 26 with the personal check password 32a stored in the personal information storage unit 32.

S5 is a step of inputting a selection password, and an attendant (election management committee member) operates the selection terminal 1 on the screen shown in FIG. 5 displayed on the display unit (DISP) 17 of the selection terminal 1. The section (KB) 16 is operated to input the password for the election in which elections are held. At this time, FIG.
In the display mode of the password input status display section on the screen shown in, the first display mode in which only the input digit status is displayed and the second in which the input value is displayed as a real value as it is
And display modes, and any one of them can be selected by a specific administrator.

S6 is a step for judging whether or not the selected passwords match, which is executed by the selected password judging section 31b in the IC card 3 and is inputted from the operation input section (KB) 16. Check the validity of the selected password. That is, the selected password determining section 31b is used by the operation input section (KB) 16 to input the password of the clerk (election management committee) and the personal information storage section 3
Authentication processing for card access of the clerk (election management committee) is performed by collating with the card access check password (PW) of the clerk included in the election management information 33c in 2.

S7 is a step for determining whether or not the information in the personal authentication card has not been voted yet. Here, it is executed by the check unit 11a included in the control unit 11 in the selected terminal 1. Unvoted in the authentication IC card 3 /
It is determined whether or not the voting state information indicating that voting has been completed has not been voted. That is, under the control of the input / output control unit 12, the input / output control unit 22 of the reception terminal 2 and the card information reading unit 24.
The election management information 32c in the personal authentication IC card 3 presented in the card slot of the reception terminal 2 via R is read, and the voting status information (unvoted / voted flag) 32d included in this election management information 32c Is passed to the check unit 11a, and the check unit 11a determines whether or not the voting state information 32d is in a non-voting state.

S8 is a step of retrieving the personal data of the card presenting voters (electors) from the voter list, and further retrieving voting status information indicating unvoted / voted from the personal data, which is presented to the reception terminal 2. Based on the personal information of the personal authentication IC card 3, personal data of the corresponding voters is searched from the voter database 14 which is a list of voters, and voting state information indicating unvoted / voted has been searched from the personal data. That is, the search unit 11b displays the I
According to the personal information read from the C card 3, the voter database 14 (or the host computer connected to the network) is accessed and the voter database 14 (or the host computer connected to the network) holds the card (the elector). ) Information (personal data) is searched, and voting state information is acquired from the personal data.

S9 is a step of judging whether or not the voter (elector) who has presented the card has not voted from the voter (elector) data registered in the voter database. It is determined from the voting state information in the personal data of (person) whether or not the vote has been made.
That is, the check unit 11a determines whether or not the voting status information included in the voter personal data of the cardholder stored in the voter database 14 is in the non-voting state.

S10 is a step of outputting a confirmation message, which is displayed on the display unit (DISP) 27 of the reception terminal 2 as shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the retrieved data is displayed to prompt the voter (elector) who has presented the IC card 3 for confirmation.

Step S11 is a step of judging whether or not to confirm the individual who receives the vote, and it is judged whether or not the vote of the searched individual is completed. That is, on the screen shown in FIG. 6, a confirmation button (here, function key F1
By operating (0), it is confirmed that he is an individual who accepts votes.

S12 is a step of registering the voted information in the voter data, and corresponds to an elector (that is, the owner of the IC card 3 presented to the acceptance terminal 2) in the voter database 14 to accept votes. Set voting status information of personal data to voted. That is, when the vote acceptance is completed (step S11 yes), the registration unit 11c updates (changes) the vote status information of the corresponding voter in the voter database 14 to "registered".

S13 is a step of registering the voted information in the personal authentication card, and sets the voting state information in the personal authentication IC card 3 to voted. That is, when the vote acceptance is completed (step S11 yes), the registration unit 11c
IC presented to the reception terminal 2 (inserted in the card slot of the reception terminal 2) via the card information writing unit 24w provided in the card control unit 24 of the reception terminal 2
The voting status information (unvoted / voted flag) 32d included in the election management information 32c stored in the personal information storage unit 32 of the card 3 is updated (changed) to "registered".

Step S14 is a step of outputting a reception end message, which indicates that the reception has been completed. That is, the voting status information of the personal authentication IC card 3 and the voting status information of the personal data in the voter database 14 corresponding to the card holder are both updated (changed) to "registered", thereby receiving the information. Display of terminal 2 (DIS
P) 27 and the display unit (DISP) 17 of the tube selection terminal 1
Then, the screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed to notify the voters (electors) who presented the card to the reception terminal 2 and the clerk that the voting reception processing has been completed. S15 is a step of issuing a voting card, and the voting card issuing unit 25 issues a voting card (token) to a voter (elector) who has accepted the vote.

Step S16 is a step of ejecting the personal identification card, and the personal identification card presented to the reception terminal 2 is returned to the owner of the card. That is, the personal authentication IC card 3 is ejected from the card slot provided in the reception terminal 2, the screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit (DISP) 27 of the reception terminal 2, and the IC card 3 for personal authentication is displayed. Guide the inspection.

Step S17 is a step for outputting an error message, which indicates that information cannot be read from the personal authentication card. In this case, the display unit (DISP) of the reception terminal 2
As shown in FIG. 9, a screen prompting the user to re-enter the password or a screen showing that the presented card is different is displayed on the screen 27, and that effect is displayed on the display unit (DISP) 17 of the tube selection terminal 1 on the monitor. It

S18 is a step of outputting a vote completed message, which indicates that the vote has already been voted. At this time, a screen indicating that the voting has already been completed, as shown in FIG. 10, is displayed on the display unit (DISP) 27 of the reception terminal 2 and the display unit (DIS) of the tube selection terminal 1 is displayed.
In P) 17, the fact is displayed on the monitor. 3 to 1
0 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at each operation stage in the above embodiment. The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. When the voting reception process is possible, the display unit (DISP) of the reception terminal 2
At 27, an initial screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.

In this state, when the personal authentication IC card 3 is inserted into the card slot of the reception terminal 2 and is interface-connected to the reception terminal 2, first, the device ID determination unit 31c in the personal authentication IC card 3c. The device ID information of the device that uses the card (here, the reception terminal 2) is collated with the access-permitted device ID information (S) stored in the non-volatile memory in the card, and the device is connected to the connected device. Access permission / prohibition is determined (steps S1 and S2 in FIG. 2).

Here, if the personal authentication IC card 3 inserted in the card slot of the reception terminal 2 is valid (that is, if access is permitted), the display section (DISP) 27 of the reception terminal 2 is displayed. A screen as shown in 4 is displayed to prompt the input of the personal password.

When a personal password is input on the screen shown in FIG. 4, the personal password judging unit 31a of the personal authentication IC card 3 causes the personal password and personal information storage unit inputted through the operation input unit 26. A personal authentication process is performed by collating with the personal check password 32a stored in 32 (step S3 in FIG. 2).

When the individual's legitimacy is confirmed by this personal authentication processing (step S4 Yes in FIG. 2), the screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit (DISP) 17 of the selected terminal 1, and the staff (election) Prompt the management committee member) to enter the selection password.

On the screen shown in FIG. 5, when the clerk operates the operation input unit (KB) 16 of the tube selection terminal 1 to input the password for tube selection for election, the tube selection terminal 1 password judgment Operation input section (KB) by the section 31b
Authentication processing for card access of the staff is performed by collating the staff password input from 16 with the staff card access check password (PW) included in the election management information 33c in the personal information storage unit 32 ( Figure 2 step S5).

When the validity of the selected password is confirmed (step S6 Yes in FIG. 2), the input / output control unit 22 of the reception terminal 2 and the card information reading unit 24R are controlled by the input / output control unit 12. Via the personal information storage unit 32 and the election management information 32c in the personal authentication IC card 3 presented in the card slot of the reception terminal 2, the voting status information (unvoted) included in the election management information 32c among them is read. /
The voted flag) 32d is passed to the check section 11a,
The checking unit 11a determines whether or not the voting state information 32d is in a non-voting state (step S7 in FIG. 2).
).

When it is confirmed here that the voting state information 32d in the personal authentication IC card 3 is in the non-voting state (step S7 Yes in FIG. 2), then the personal identification presented by the retrieval unit 11b is presented. The voter database 14 (or the host computer connected to the network) is accessed according to the personal information read from the IC card 3 for use, and the voter who owns the card from the voter database 14 (or the host computer connected to the network) (election) (Person) information (personal data) is retrieved (step S8 in FIG. 2), and the check unit 11a determines whether or not the voting state information in the personal data is in a non-voting state (step S9 in FIG. 2).

The personal authentication IC card 3 presented to the reception terminal 2 and the voting status information of the cardholder stored in the voter database 14 of the tube selection terminal 1 are
If not voted (Yes in both steps S7 and S9 in FIG. 2), a confirmation message as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit (DISP) 27 of the reception terminal 2 and the voters (electors) are informed. Prompt for confirmation (step S10 in FIG. 2). At this time, a monitor screen is displayed on the display unit (DISP) 17 of the tube selection terminal 1.

When the confirmation button (function key F10) is operated on the screen shown in FIG. 6, the registration section 11c
With the processing control of, the voting state information of the personal data corresponding to the elector in the voter database 14 (that is, the owner of the IC card 3 presented to the reception terminal 2) is set to voted (Fig. 2 steps S11 yes, S12),
Further, it is presented to the reception terminal 2 via the card information writing unit 24w provided in the card control unit 24 of the reception terminal 2 (inserted in the card slot of the reception terminal 2).
The voting status information (unvoted / voted flag) 32d included in the election management information 32c stored in the personal information storage unit 32 of the IC card 3 is set to registered (step S13 in FIG. 2).

After that, the display section (DISP) of the reception terminal 2
27, and the display unit (DISP) 17 of the selected terminal 1 displays the screen shown in FIG. 7, and the vote acceptance process is completed for the voters (electors) who have presented the card to the acceptance terminal 2 and the attendants. Is notified (step S14 in FIG. 2).

Furthermore, the voting card issuing unit 25 issues a voting card (token) to the voter (elector) who has accepted the vote (step S15 in FIG. 2), and performs personal authentication from the card slot provided in the reception terminal 2. 8 is displayed, and the screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit (DISP) 27 of the reception terminal 2 to guide the inspection of the personal authentication IC card 3.

If any of the device ID, personal password, selected password, etc. does not match (step S2 No / S4 No / S6 No in FIG. 2), the display (DISP) 27 of the reception terminal 2 is displayed. , A screen prompting the user to re-enter the password, or a screen showing that the presented card is different, as shown in FIG. 9, and displayed on the display unit (DIS) of the tube selection terminal 1.
In P) 17, the fact is displayed on the monitor.

When the voting status information in the personal authentication IC card 3 has already been voted, or the voter database 1
If the voting state information of 4 has already been voted, the reception terminal 2
On the display unit (DISP) 27 of FIG. 10, a screen showing that the vote acceptance is already finished is displayed as shown in FIG. 10, and on the display unit (DISP) 17 of the selected terminal 1, the fact is monitored. The card is displayed, the card is ejected, and the processing ends (steps S18 and S16 in FIG. 2).

As described above, the voting status information in the personal authentication IC card 3 indicates the non-voting status, and the voting status information of the voter who owns the card stored in the voter database 14 indicates the non-voting status. For the first time, the personal data 32b, the election management information 32c, etc. in the personal authentication IC card 3 can be accessed and the voting acceptance process can be performed.

By providing such a vote acceptance confirmation means, an illegal vote can be made only by the process in the election terminal device.
It becomes possible to accept votes from voters (electors) who have excluded double voting.

Further, by making it possible to obtain the personal information from the card through the personal authentication, that is, after the personal password is matched (after the personal authentication of the elector who owns the card), the voting is performed. By checking the status information, it becomes possible to accept the vote of highly-reliable voters (electors) who have eliminated illegal votes such as so-called ball replacement votes and double votes only by the processing in the election terminal device. .

Further, after the personal authentication, after being authenticated by the election committee member, that is, the personal password check (personal authentication processing of the elector who owns the card) and the election board password check (election management After performing the authentication process for card access by the committee member), the election information storage area in the card is released to the election management committee, and the above voting status information can be collated so that only the processing within the election terminal device is possible. As a result, it becomes possible to accept more reliable voters (electors) for voting, which excludes illegal voting such as so-called ball replacement voting and double voting.

In the above embodiment, the voting card issuing unit 25 is provided in the reception terminal 2 to issue a voting card (token) to the voters (electors) who have accepted the voting. The invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to construct a system such as permitting entry to a polling place after the acceptance of votes.

In the above embodiment, the configuration using the multi-purpose IC card 3 is taken as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a magnetic card instead of a vote acceptance postcard is a dedicated card for election (for example, an automatic ticket gate). It is also possible to use a disposable card similar to the commuter pass) or the like.

The bar code recorded on the certificate of the passport or the like is read by the bar code reader (BCR) of the selection terminal 1 and the elector who presents the certificate of the passport or the like is provided on the operation terminal of the reception terminal 2. It is also possible to perform personal authentication by inputting the personal information required for personal authentication from 26. In addition, the elector enters the personal information necessary for personal authentication recorded on the certificate such as the passport with the barcode reader (BCR) provided in the reception terminal 2, and the staff member enters the items to be printed on the certificate such as the passport, the photograph, It is also possible to issue a token for voting by performing personal authentication from the voter database 14 or the like and inputting a token issuance instruction from the operation input unit 16 of the tube selection terminal 1. In this case, voter database 14
In addition to registering that the electoral vote has been accepted,
Double voting etc. can be prevented by recording that voting has been accepted on the presented certificate such as passport.

Further, in the above embodiment, each of the tube selection terminals 1 is provided with
Although the voter database 14 of the relevant constituency is provided, the voter database 1 is not limited to this.
Alternatively, a configuration in which necessary data is acquired from an external database via the host interface 13 without having the configuration 4, or an offline configuration having the voter database 14 may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the selection terminal 1 operated by the staff member and the reception terminal 2 operated by the voter (elector).
Although a system configuration in which 2 and ... are connected as an interface as separate configurations is taken as an example, the configuration is not limited to this, and is, for example, a configuration in which a pipe selection terminal portion operated by an attendant and a reception terminal portion operated by a voter are integrated. May be.

[0070]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to mechanize the vote acceptance work which has been conventionally performed manually and smoothly perform the personal authentication and acceptance processing at the time of vote acceptance with high reliability. An election terminal device that can be provided can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at the operation stage in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at an operation stage in the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at an operation stage in the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at the operation stage in the above embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at an operation stage in the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at an operation stage in the above embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at the operation stage in the above embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display at the operation stage in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Selection terminal, 2 ... Reception terminal, 3 ... Personal authentication IC card, 11 ... Control unit, 12 ... Input / output control unit, 13 ... Host interface, 14 ... Voter database, 15 ...
Terminal interface, 16 ... Operation input unit (KB), 1
7 ... Display unit (DISP), 21 ... Input / output control unit, 22 ...
Input / output control unit, 23 ... Pipe selection interface, 24 ... Card control unit, 25 ... Voting card issuing unit, 26 ... Operation input unit, 27 ... Display unit (DISP), 31 ... In-card control unit, 31a ... Personal password determination unit , 31b ... Selected password judgment section, 31c ... Device ID judgment section, 32 ... Personal information storage section, 32a ... Check password, 32b ... Personal data, 32c ... Election management information, 32d ... Voting status information, 32e ... Reception information, 33 ... Terminal interface,
BCR ... Bar code reader.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takayuki Tsuchida 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Incorporated Toshiba Ome Plant (72) Inventor Yasuo Tanozaki 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Shareholders Inside the Toshiba Ome Plant (72) Inventor Yoshiyuki Miura 70 Yanagicho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Yanagicho Plant, Toshiba Corporation (72) Inventor Katsutoshi Ishikawa 2-9 Suehirocho, Ome City, Tokyo Stock Corporation Toshiba Ome Plant (72) Inventor Kunio Ueda 2-9, Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Stock company Toshiba Ome factory

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[Claims] 1. A voter file storing election information of each elector including voting status information indicating unvoted / voted, a personal authentication card presentation port, and voting status information indicating unvoted / voted. A personal authentication card stored in a specific storage area, voting status information stored in the specific storage area of the personal authentication card presented in the above presentation port, and a voter who owns the card stored in the voter file The above card stored in a voter file, in which the voting state information in the personal authentication card indicates the unvoted state An election terminal device characterized by enabling voting acceptance processing when the voting status information of a voter who owns the voting status indicates a non-voting status. 2. A voter file storing election information of each elector including voting status information indicating unvoted / voted, personal information including password check information, and voting status information indicating unvoted / voted. An electorate stored in a specific storage area, which handles the individual cards held by the elector, a password setting means, a password set by this password setting means, and password check information possessed by the card presented in the presenting entrance. When the password collating means to be compared and the password collating means are matched, the voting state information in the card presented in the presentation port and the voting state information of the voters who own the card stored in the voters file are compared. Both have a judgment means for judging whether or not they are in a non-voting state, and the above-mentioned judgment means determines the voting status information in the card Who when voters state information owned stored the card file has been recognized that both a No vote state, election terminal apparatus, characterized in that to allow voting reception process. 3. A voter file storing election information of each elector including vote status information indicating unvoted / voted, a first password check information for personal authentication, and a first password for election manager authentication. An entry port for handling cards individually held by electors who store password check information of No. 2 and voting status information indicating unvoted / voted, respectively, and a first password setting entered by the elector Means, a means for setting a second password entered by the election manager, a password set by the first password setting means, and first password check information held by the card presented in the presentation port. When the first collating means to be compared and the first collating means are in agreement, the password set by the second password setting means and presented to the presenting port Second collation means for comparing the second password check information possessed by the registered card with the second collation means, and when a match is found by the second collation means, the voting state information in the card presented in the presentation port and the voters The voting state information of the voter who owns the card stored in the file is provided with a determining means for determining whether or not both are in a non-voting state, and the voting state information in the card and the voter file are stored in the determining means. An election terminal device, which enables a vote acceptance process when it is recognized that the voter status information of the voters who own the stored card is unvoted. 4. When the voting status information in the card and the voting status information of the voter who owns the card stored in the voter file are both unvoted, the vote of the corresponding voter in the card and the voter file The election terminal device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, which has means for setting the status information to "voted". 5. When the voting status information in the card and the voting status information of the voter who owns the card stored in the voter file are both unvoted, the voting status information in the card and the voter file has been voted. 4. The election terminal device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising means for issuing a voting token. 6. The election terminal device according to claim 1, 2 or 3 having a password check processing means inside the card presented at the presentation port. 7. The voter file is constructed based on a database of external devices connected to the network.
Or the election terminal device described in 2 or 3. 8. A first device operated by an election manager, a second device operated by an elector, and an interface connecting means for exchanging data between the devices. The election terminal device according to claim 3. 9. A storage area for personal information including personal identification information and a storage area for election information including voting status information indicating unvoted / voted, and used as a token for voting acceptance over an election period. A versatile IC card characterized by 10. Based on a storage area of personal information including personal identification information, a storage area of election information including voting status information indicating unvoted / voted, and first recitation information input from the outside. First authentication means for performing personal authentication processing, second authentication means for performing authentication processing for a specific operation based on second recitation information input from the outside, and after the first authentication,
A multi-purpose IC card, comprising: a control unit that permits access to the election information storage area through second authentication. 11. A storage unit for storing ID information of an access-permitted device, a device ID information input from the outside, and ID information of an access-permitted device stored in the storage unit are collated with each other to access the card of the connection device. 11. The multipurpose IC card according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising: a determination means for determining permission / prohibition of the above.