JPH06274730A - Betting ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the writing jobs to the betting cards and to reduce the burden of purchasers of the betting tickets in regard of a betting ticket issuing machine which issues the winning betting tickets after the ticket purchasers performed the prescribed writing jobs to the betting cards. CONSTITUTION:A betting care 1 includes a rank entry column where the rank symbols are written in response to plural numbers such as the horse numbers, etc. Then the card 1 is optically read by a reading part 2, and the written rank symbols are recognized as characters at a recognizing part 3. A corresponding part 4 secures the correspondence between those recognized rank symbols and the numbers of positions where the rank symbols are written. Then a conversion part 6 takes plural conversion rules consisting of combinations of paired rank symbols and defined previously out of a storage part 5. Then each rank symbol of conversion rules is replaced with each number of positions where the corresponding rank symbols of the part 4. Thus a set number consisting of a pair of numbers is generated, and issuing part 7 issues the betting tickets based on each set number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voting ticket vending machine which is a vending ticket vending machine for public competitions such as horse racing, boat racing, bicycle racing, and auto racing.

In recent years, public competitions such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing have become popular, and a voting ticket issuing machine has been introduced from the viewpoint of streamlining the sale of voting tickets. Those who wish to purchase voting tickets generally mark the voting card, which consists of a mark sheet, in advance with the desired voting ceremony, venue, race number, frame number / horse number (including car number, boat number, etc.), amount, etc. The voting ticket issuing machine reads the mark on the voting card and issues the corresponding voting ticket by directly or by requesting a dedicated operator to insert it into the voting ticket issuing machine and perform a predetermined operation.

In general, one voting card can specify a plurality of frame numbers or horse numbers or group numbers (a pair of frame numbers or horse numbers in the case of consecutive wins) for one race. It is desired to be able to easily and efficiently specify a plurality of serial numbers.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art In a machine for issuing a betting ticket using a voting card, when a person who wishes to purchase purchases a voting ticket, it is classified according to the voting formula (win, multi-win, frame number consecutive wins) that the voting card wishes to purchase , Horse number streak, etc.), venue, race number,
When the frame number or horse number, the amount of money, etc. are marked and given together with cash to the dedicated operator at the counter, the dedicated operator inserts the voting card into the card insertion slot of the voting ticket issuing machine and performs a predetermined key operation.

The mark written on the voting card is read by the card reader, the voting ticket issuing machine inquires of the host computer, and if there is no problem, the ticket issuing processing is executed to issue the winning horse voting ticket. The full-time operator hands over the change to the purchaser if there is a voting ticket and change.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a part (a race number, a group number and an amount designation column) of a voting card which is generally used at present. Voting cards correspond to the mark position by selecting the type of voting (win win, multi win, consecutive wins, etc.) and the mark entry field that specifies the venue (selectively fill in the relevant part with a pencil or draw a stick line) In addition to the fields where contents and numbers are designated, the same applies hereinafter, as shown in the figure, race numbers (“1” to “12”), frame numbers or horse numbers or group numbers (“1”) ~ "8"), purchase price ("1" ~
"5" and "10,000 yen", "thousand yen", "hundred yen") has a mark entry field for designating. With this voting card, five race numbers can be specified for one race. In the case of the same figure, for the eighth race, the race number [4-6],
It specifies that each of the five items [2-4], [2-6], [1-4], and [4-7] should be purchased for 20,000 yen each.

[0007]

As described above, the number of marks to be entered is conventionally set so that a plurality of serial numbers desired to be purchased on the voting card are designated independently of each other. However, there is a problem that it is a burden on the purchaser.

[0008] Here, the purchaser of the voting ticket is expected to have a high probability of predicting a winning horse or the like, instead of designating and purchasing a group number in which frame numbers or horse numbers are randomly combined. It is common to assign a rank (rank), and then purchase a proper combination from them.

Further, in general forecast papers (newspapers or the like in which articles that predict Katsuma etc. are published), commonly used symbols such as "favorite", "opposition", and "hole" indicate the rank (for example,
It is often posted as "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" or "◎", "○", "△", "▲", etc.).

[0010] Then, from the ranks that one has expected, such as the forecast paper, the so-called "sink buying" (a method of combining other numbers centering on one number,
For example, “1-2”, “1-3”, “1-4”, ...
"Three-point or four-point buying" (a method of buying each of three or four numbers, for example, "1-2",
The number is often specified according to a certain rule such as "1-3" or "2-3".

Therefore, it is very convenient if the voting card can be filled in as it is in accordance with the rank predicted by itself or the rank of the predicted paper. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to simplify the work of filling out a voting card and reduce the burden on the purchaser of a voting ticket.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a voting ticket issuing machine to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is a voting card to be inserted into this voting ticket issuing machine when purchasing a voting ticket. This voting card 1 is classified by voting formula (frame number consecutive win, horse number consecutive victory, etc.), venue, race number, and It has a mark entry field for designating the purchase amount by the mark position.

The voting card 1 corresponds to a plurality of numbers indicating the number (horse number, boat number, car number, etc.) given to the starting subject or the number (frame number) given to the group to which the starting subject belongs. Has a rank entry field for entering a rank symbol. The rank symbol is a predetermined number of simple symbols (for example, “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, “E”).
Alternatively, “⊚”, “◯”, “Δ”, “▲”, etc.) can be used.

A reading unit 2 scans the voting card 1 to optically read an image on its surface. Reference numeral 3 is a recognition unit for recognizing a rank symbol read by the reading unit 2 and written in the rank entry field of the voting card 1. Reference numeral 4 is an associating unit that associates the rank symbol recognized by the recognizing unit 3 with the number of the position where the recognized rank symbol is written.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a storage unit which stores a predefined conversion rule composed of at least one combination of rank symbols and rank symbols. For example, the conversion rule in the case of the "buy three points" is as follows: [rank symbol A-rank symbol B, rank symbol A-rank symbol C, rank symbol B-rank symbol C]. This conversion rule can be defined according to the above-mentioned "sink buying", "three-point or four-point buying", and other rules.

Reference numeral 6 takes out the conversion rule stored in the storage unit 5, replaces each rank symbol of the conversion rule with the number for the position in which the rank symbol associated by the association unit 4 is written, It is a conversion unit that generates a group number composed of the numbers. Reference numeral 7 denotes a voting ticket issuing unit that issues voting tickets in accordance with the number assigned by the conversion unit 6.

A plurality of conversion rules are stored in the storage unit 5, a rule identification symbol for identifying each other is given to each conversion rule, and a rule entry field for entering the rule identification symbol on the voting card 1 (A field similar to the rank entry field) is provided to allow the purchaser of the voting ticket to enter the rule identification symbol for the desired conversion rule, and the conversion unit 6 converts the conversion rule corresponding to the rule identification symbol entered in the voting card 1. Can be taken out from the storage unit 5 to generate a serial number.

In the specification of the present application, the "number given to the starting subject" is a number for identifying each of the starting horse, motor boat, bicycle or motorcycle, so-called horse number, boat number, Refers to the car number, etc. In addition, the "number given to the group to which the entry subject belongs" is divided into groups (frames) composed of one or more entry entities, and each number assigned to each group is identified. This is the so-called frame number.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the purchaser of the voting ticket fills in some of the rank entry fields of the voting card with the corresponding rank symbols based on the rank (rank) predicted by himself or the forecast paper, etc. These are converted according to a conversion rule defined in advance to generate a set number, and a voting ticket designating the set number is issued.

For example, when the frame number 1 is ranked 1st (rank symbol A), the frame number 3 is ranked 2nd (rank symbol B), and the frame number 5 is ranked 3rd (rank symbol C), a voting card "A" in the rank entry column that corresponds to the first rank entry column
If "B" is entered in the rank entry column corresponding to No. 3 and "C" is entered in the rank entry column corresponding to No. 5, and the conversion rule is "three points buy", Turn [1-
3], [1-5], and [3-5] are designated.

Therefore, it is very convenient because the user can fill in the voting card in the same format (the expression format may be different) according to the rank expected by himself or the rank of the expected paper, etc. Also, it is not necessary to develop these into a series number based on the ranks of one's own or a forecast paper, and the number of entries on the voting card is reduced, which significantly reduces the burden on the purchaser.

Since it is possible to randomly specify the set number without following the rank of the user's own expectation or the expected paper, it is preferable to use the conventional voting card together.

[0023]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a voting card, and this voting card 1
1 is a vote entry type (frame number consecutive wins, horse number consecutive wins, etc.), a mark entry field that specifies the venue (contents corresponding to the mark position by selectively filling or drawing a bar line with a pencil etc. Or a field in which a number is specified,
The same shall apply hereinafter), as shown in FIG. 3, a mark entry field 1 for designating one race number (“1” to “12”)
1a, one purchase amount (“1” to “5” and “10,000 yen”,
It has a mark entry field 11b for designating "thousand yen" and "hundred yen".

The voting card 11 has a rank entry field 11c for entering a rank symbol corresponding to the frame number or horse number ("1" to "8"). In this example, the rank symbols are “A”, “B”, “C”, for the predicted ranks 1st to 5th, respectively, as shown in FIG.
“D” and “E” are assigned. In addition to the above, rank symbols such as “⊚”, “◯”, “Δ”, and “▲” can be adopted.

Returning to FIG. 2, reference numeral 12a is a reading sensor such as an image sensor for optically reading the mark in the mark writing column of the voting card 11 and the rank symbol written in the rank writing column 11c. The data (contents) read by the reading sensor 12a is binarized by the binarizing unit 12b and stored in the memory 12c as read data.

The read data stored in the memory 12c is
The mark recognition unit 13 appropriately extracts the mark, and the mark recognition unit 13 recognizes the mark written on the voting card 11 and character-recognizes the rank symbol.

The rank symbol recognized by the mark recognizing unit 13 is associated with the number of the position where the rank symbol recognized by the character is written in the rank determining unit 14, and the number corresponding to the rank symbol is assigned. Assembly number converter 1
Sent to 5. Reference numeral 16 denotes a conversion rule storage unit, and the conversion rule storage unit 16 pre-defines and stores a conversion rule composed of a pair of rank symbols. The conversion rule is
For example, the configuration is as shown in FIG.

The group number conversion unit 15 receives the number corresponding to the rank symbol from the rank determination unit 14, extracts the conversion rule from the conversion rule storage unit 16, and receives the rank symbol of the conversion rule from the rank determination unit 14. A group number is generated by substituting the number corresponding to the rank symbol.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a person who wants to purchase a voting ticket, according to his / her own expected rank or the expected rank of an expected paper or the like, places 4th in 1st (A) and 6th in 2nd.
4 (B), 2nd is 3rd (C), 1st is 4th (D), and 7th is 5th (E). [4-6], [4-2], [6-2], [4-
1] and [4-7], five types of group numbers are generated and sent to the voting number group input unit 17.

The data regarding the mark recognized by the mark recognizing unit 13 is sent to the mark determining unit 18 and corresponds to the data indicated by the mark (for example, the voting type is the frame number consecutive winning type). It is attached and sent to the voting group number input unit 17.

In the vote numbering section input section 17, it is checked whether or not there is an error in the numbering or other designation. If there is no error, then the host computer is inquired, and if there is no problem, These data are sent to the betting ticket issuing unit 19.

The voting ticket issuing unit 19 prints and issues each designated content including the set number on the unprocessed voting ticket. The reading unit 2 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the reading sensor 12a, the binarization unit 12b and the memory 12c in FIG. 2, the recognition unit 3 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the mark recognition unit 13 in FIG. 2, and the correspondence in FIG. The attachment unit 4 corresponds to the rank determination unit 14 of FIG. 2, the storage unit 5 of FIG. 1 corresponds to the conversion rule storage unit 16 of FIG. 2, and the conversion unit 6 of FIG. 1 corresponds to the set number conversion unit 15 of FIG. Correspondingly, the issuing unit 7 of FIG.
It corresponds to the voting group number input unit 17 and the voting ticket issuing unit 19.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the expected rank is given in the rank entry field of the voting card 11.
In addition to entering the rank symbol corresponding to,
Since there is only one amount designation field for one voting ticket, the number to be entered is significantly smaller than that of the conventional technology in which all the item numbers to be purchased and the purchase amount for the item numbers are entered respectively. .

For example, in the case of FIG. 5, 21 marks were required to purchase a voting ticket by designating five types of serial numbers, but according to this embodiment, as shown in FIG. ,
Eight can be specified in the same way, and entry is easy.

In the above embodiment, the correspondence between the rank and the rank symbol and the conversion rule shown in FIG. 4 are merely examples, and it goes without saying that other rules can be adopted. Further, since the conversion rule needs to be known to many purchasers, the rule can be printed on the voting card.

Further, in the above embodiment, the voting card shown in FIG. 3 is used, but since it may not be possible to purchase it according to a fixed conversion rule, the conventional voting card shown in FIG. 5 is also used. It would be good to be able to.

A plurality of conversion rules are stored in the conversion rule storage unit 16, and a rule identification symbol for identifying each other is given to each conversion rule.
1 is provided with a rule entry field (similar to the rank entry field) for entering the rule identification code, and the voting ticket purchaser is allowed to enter the rule identification code for the desired conversion rule. The conversion rule corresponding to the rule identification symbol written on the card 11 is stored in the conversion rule storage unit 16
It is possible to generate a serial number by taking out the serial number. By doing so, the voting ticket purchaser can conveniently select and adopt the conversion rule according to his / her preference, which is convenient.

[0038]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, there is an effect that the work of filling out a voting card can be simplified and the burden on a voting ticket purchaser when purchasing a voting ticket can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of a voting card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a conversion rule according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a part of a conventional voting card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Voting Card 2 Reader 3 Recognition 4 Correspondence 5 Storage 6 Conversion 7 Issuing

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An optical voting card (1) having a rank entry field for entering a rank symbol corresponding to a plurality of numbers assigned to a starting subject or a group to which a starting subject belongs, respectively. Reading unit (2)
And a recognition unit (3) for recognizing the rank symbol entered in the rank entry field, and a correspondence unit for associating the recognized rank symbol with the number at the position where the recognized rank symbol is entered. (Four)
And a storage unit that stores a predefined conversion rule including at least one combination of a rank symbol and a rank symbol.
(5) and the conversion rule stored in the storage unit (5) are extracted, and each rank symbol of the conversion rule is associated with the rank symbol associated with the association unit (4). It is characterized by including a conversion unit (6) that replaces each number with a pair number and generates an assembly number, and an issuing unit (7) that issues a voting ticket according to the assembly number by the conversion unit (6). Voting ticket issuing machine. 2. The voting ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit (5) stores a plurality of conversion rules to which rule identification symbols for identifying each other are stored. The voting card (1) is provided with a rule entry field for entering the rule identification symbol, and the conversion unit (6) stores the conversion rule corresponding to the rule identification symbol entered in the voting card (1) in the storage unit (5). ), A voting ticket issuing machine, characterized in that it is designed to generate a serial number.