JPH06290199A - Voucher processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent blank voting slips from being discarded to keep the environment clean and to provide voucher processing system without the useless consumption of paper resources in a voucher processing system for purchasing the voting slips by using a voucher. CONSTITUTION:When a voting slip is purchased by inserting a voucher with a prescribed amount of money imparted to vote discharge devices (80-1 to 80-n), a voting slip with change information appending the change information subtracting the amount of money of the voting slip from the amount of money shown by the voucher amount of money information is issued from the devices 80-1 to 80-n. When a new voting slip is purchased by inserting the voting slip with charge information into the devices 80-1 to 80-n again, new voting slip with charge information appending change information subtracting the amount of money of the voting slip from the amount of money shown by the change information is issued from the devices 80-1 to 80-n.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voucher processing system for purchasing a voting ticket by using a voucher to which predetermined amount of money information is added, and more particularly, by providing change information to the issued voting ticket. , A voucher processing system that prevents a misplaced voting ticket from being discarded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the advancement of cashlessness, a system has been considered in which a voucher to which a predetermined amount of money information is added can be used to purchase voting tickets such as various gambling.

In this case, first, by using cash or a bank card or the like, a voucher to which a predetermined amount of money is added is purchased, and then this voucher is inserted into a voting machine together with a mark sheet showing the contents of voting. Purchase voting tickets within the voucher amount.

The balance of this voucher is issued as another voucher to which the balance information corresponding to this balance has been added.

The voting ticket purchased by inserting the voucher is
From the content of the vote, it is later determined whether the hit or the hit.

Therefore, the voter who purchased the winning voting ticket will later receive a predetermined dividend based on the winning voting ticket.

[0007]

By the way, in such a structure, it is assumed that the purchased voting ticket is out of order. In this case, the misplaced voting ticket has no value to the voter, and is therefore often thrown into ruin.

However, this discarded ballot ticket pollutes the environment and wastes paper resources.

In view of the above, the present invention prevents discarding of a misplaced ballot ticket in a voucher processing system for purchasing a ballot ticket using a voucher, thereby beautifying the environment and eliminating waste of paper resources. The present invention aims to provide a voucher processing system.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a voucher processing system for purchasing a voting ticket using a voucher to which predetermined amount of money information is added. If you want to buy
If it becomes possible to purchase a voting ticket within the range of the amount indicated by the amount information of the voucher, and if the voting ticket is purchased using the voucher, the amount of the voting ticket is deducted from the amount indicated by the amount information of the voucher. It is characterized in that a voting ticket with change information attached with change information is issued.

The present invention also provides a first voucher issuing device.
Terminal, a second terminal for processing a voting ticket, and a center management terminal connected to the first terminal and the second terminal via a network, wherein the first terminal is a bank card. By communicating with the center management terminal via the network, the voucher with the amount information within the balance of the bank card account is issued, and the second terminal uses the voucher. And by inserting the mark sheet showing the voting contents, the center management terminal communicates with the center via the network, and according to the voting contents of the mark sheet, the amount of the voting ticket is deducted from the amount indicated by the amount information of the voucher. It is characterized in that a voting ticket with change information attached with change information is issued.

[0012]

In the present invention, when purchasing a voting ticket using a voucher, if there is a remaining amount in the voucher, change information corresponding to the remaining amount is added to the voting ticket and issued.

If the change information-equipped voting ticket is a winning voting ticket, a new voting ticket is purchased within the range of the sum of the amount indicated by the change information and the dividend amount corresponding to the voting ticket. If you purchase a voting ticket using the above-mentioned change information voting ticket, the amount of money will be calculated from the sum of the amount indicated by the change information of the above change information voting ticket and the dividend amount corresponding to the voting ticket. A voting ticket with change information with new change information obtained by subtracting the amount of the voting ticket is issued.

When the change information voting ticket is a misplaced voting ticket, a new voting ticket can be purchased within the amount indicated by the change information by inserting the change information voting ticket. When the voting ticket with the change information is purchased, a voting ticket with change information is added with new change information obtained by subtracting the amount of the voting ticket from the amount indicated by the change information of the voting ticket with change information. Is issued.

With such a configuration, even if the misplaced voting ticket has change information, it is necessary for the voter, and the misplaced voting ticket will not be discarded without help.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a voucher processing system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a voucher processing system according to the present invention. The voucher processing system of this embodiment is an operator operated voucher vending machine 6 for issuing a voucher by an operator's operation.
0, bank card type voucher vending machine 70 that can automatically obtain vouchers without an operator by inserting a predetermined bank card, issuing vouchers by inserting vouchers, voting by inserting voting tickets with change information Equipped with a plurality of voting and dispensing machines 80-1 to 80-n for performing processing such as ticket issuing, voucher, or change information for voting tickets with change information, operator operated voucher vending machine 60, bank card type voucher vending machine 70. , Multiple voting machines 80-1 to 80-n
Is connected to a voting sub-center 40 via a bus line 50, and the voting sub-center 40 is connected to a voting payout management unit 10 and a bank 30 via a public telephone line network 20 such as a digital data exchange network (DDX). There is.

Here, the operator operation voucher vending machine 6
0, a bank card type voucher vending machine 70, a plurality of voting and dispensing machines 80-1 to 80-n, a bus line 50, and a portion 90 including the voting sub-center 40 are centrally arranged at predetermined locations.
Although not shown in FIG. 1, those having the same configuration as this portion 90 are distributed and arranged at a plurality of locations, and these portions are centrally managed by the voucher management unit 10 via the public telephone line network 20. It is configured.

The operator-operated voucher vending machine 60 is a so-called manned voucher vending machine, which issues a voucher by an operator's operation. At least one operator is always on standby in the operating state of the operator-operated voucher vending machine 60, and this operator receives cash or a bank card from a voucher purchase applicant, whereby the operator-operated voucher vending machine 60 is received. To issue a voucher corresponding to the desired amount. Specifically, the operator operated voucher vending machine 60
Communicates with the voucher management unit 10 and the bank 30 via the bus line 50, the voting sub-center 40, and the public telephone line network 20, and in the case of cash, within the range of this cash amount,
In the case of a bank card, the voucher will be issued within the balance of the balance of the account corresponding to this bank card. Here, the voucher is a card-shaped piece of paper corresponding to a predetermined amount of money, and in this voucher processing system, the voucher can be used to purchase a voting ticket.

The bank card type voucher vending machine 70 automatically inserts a predetermined bank card, and inputs the amount of the voucher to be purchased together with the personal identification code of the bank card using a mark sheet or a numeric keypad, so that the desired voucher is automatically provided. The bank card type voucher vending machine 70 is basically unmanned. An example of the structure of this bank card type voucher vending machine 70 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, this bank card type voucher vending machine 70 is mainly composed of a central processing unit (CPU) 71, and a reading processing section 7 is provided on a bus 79 of the CPU 71.
2, a numeric keypad 74, a display unit 75, a memory 76, a communication control unit 77, and a voucher issuing unit 78 are connected.

A bank card reading unit 73 is connected to the reading processing unit 72. The bank card reading unit 73 reads predetermined information from the inserted bank card and outputs the read output to the reading processing unit 72. Output. The reading processing unit 72
The read output of the bank card reading unit 73 is processed, and the processing information is output to the bus 79.

The bank card reading unit 73 is constituted by, for example, a well-known magnetic sensor that reads the information of the bank card and outputs an analog signal corresponding to the read data. , An amplifier, an analog / digital converter, etc., and converts the analog signal input from the bank card reading unit 73 into digital information and outputs it to the bus 79.

The ten-key pad 74 is used to input a personal identification code of the bank card, the amount of the purchase voucher, and the like when purchasing the voucher using the bank card.

In this apparatus, a voucher can be purchased by inserting a mark sheet instead of operating the numeric keypad 74. In this case, although not shown, a mark sheet reading section and a mark sheet reading process portion are separately provided. Good.

The display unit 75 displays various guidance regarding the purchase of a voucher using this bank card, information input by the ten-key pad 74, and the like, and the voucher can be displayed using the bank card type voucher vending machine 70. The purchasing user performs various operations for purchasing the voucher according to the display on the display unit 75.

The memory 76 stores a control program of the CPU 71 and various kinds of information for controlling the bank card type voucher vending machine 70. The CPU 71 performs various kinds of voucher sale according to the data stored in the memory 76. Perform an action.

The communication control unit 77 is connected to the bus line 50 shown in FIG. 1 and communicates with the voucher management unit 10 and the bank 30 via the voting sub-center 40 and the public telephone line network 20, and the voucher management unit 10 and Exchange various information for voucher sale with the bank 30.

The voucher issuing unit 78 is for performing a voucher issuing operation, has a paper feeding unit, a printer unit and the like, and issues a voucher on which desired amount of money information is printed.

Next, the voucher selling operation by the bank card type voucher selling machine 70 will be described in detail with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

When purchasing a voucher using this bank card type voucher vending machine 70, first, a predetermined bank card is inserted into the bank card reading section 73 (step 10).
1). Then, the personal identification code of this bank card is input using the ten keys 74 (step 102). As a result, the information read from the bank card reading unit 73 is read by the reading processing unit 72, the bus 79, the communication control unit 77, and the bus line 5.
0, the voting sub-center 40, information transmitted to the bank 30 through the public telephone line network 20 and corresponding to the personal identification code input from the numeric keypad 74 is the bus 79, the communication control unit 77, the bus line 50, the voting sub-center. 40, the data is transmitted to the bank 30 via the public telephone line network 20, and it is determined whether or not this personal identification code is correct (step 103). Here, if it is determined that the personal identification code is correct, then the amount of the voucher desired to be purchased is input using the ten keys 74 (step 104). This numeric keypad 74
The money amount information entered in is the bus 79, the communication control unit 77, the bus line 50, the voting subcenter 40, the public telephone line network 2.
0 to the bank 30 where it is checked whether the entered amount is within the balance of the account corresponding to this bank card (step 105).

Here, when the input amount of money is within the range of the account balance, the voucher issuing unit 78 is driven, and the voucher to which the amount information corresponding to the input amount of money is added is the voucher issuing unit 7.
8 is issued (step 106).

If it is determined in step 103 that the personal identification code is incorrect, the process returns to step 102,
Again, the input of the secret code using the ten keys 74 is permitted. In addition, for example, if the correct personal identification code is not input even if the personal identification code is input three times, this bank card is automatically returned and voucher purchase by this bank card is prohibited.

If it is determined in step 105 that the input amount exceeds the range of the account balance, step 1
Returning to 04, input of the amount of money using the ten keys 74 is permitted again. Also in this case, for example, if the entered amount does not fall within the range of the account balance even if the entered amount is entered three times,
This bank card will be automatically returned and vouchers cannot be purchased with this bank card.

The above operation is interactively executed according to various guidances displayed on the display unit 75.

The voting and paying machines 80-1 to 80-n are for issuing a voting ticket by inserting a voucher, issuing a voting ticket by inserting a voting ticket with change information, and adjusting the change of a voucher or a voting ticket with change information. The processing is performed, and specifically, the following operation is performed.

1) When a mark sheet with a predetermined voting content is inserted following the insertion of the voucher, change information obtained by subtracting the amount of the voting ticket corresponding to the voting content of the mark sheet from the amount indicated by the voucher amount information is given. Issue a voting ticket with change information.

2) When a mark sheet with a predetermined voting content is inserted after the insertion of the voting ticket with the winning change information, the amount of money indicated by the changing information of the voting ticket with the winning change information corresponds to this winning voting ticket. The dividend amount is automatically added, and a new change information-added voting ticket to which change information obtained by subtracting the amount of the voting ticket corresponding to the voting content of the mark sheet from the amount indicated by the added change information is issued.

3) When a mark sheet with a predetermined voting content is inserted following the insertion of the off-change information voting ballot, the amount of money indicated by the off-change information voting ticket corresponds to the mark sheet voting content. Issue a new voting ticket with change information, which has change information obtained by subtracting the amount of the voting ticket.

4) When only the voting ticket with the winning change information is inserted, the dividend amount corresponding to the winning voting ticket is automatically added to the amount indicated by the changing information of the voting ticket with the winning change information. The amount of cash corresponding to the change information provided is paid out.

5) When only the ballot ticket with the offset change information is inserted, the amount of cash corresponding to the amount indicated by the change information of the offset ticket with the offset change information is paid out.

The operations shown in 4) and 5) above are configured to be performed by using a separately provided cash payout terminal instead of using the payout payout machines 80-1 to 80-n. Good. FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of the voting and paying machines 80-1 to 80-n. Note that, in FIG. 4, the operations shown in 4) and 5) in FIG. 4 are performed using a separately provided cash payout terminal, and a cash payout configuration is not shown.

The voting and payout machine 80 is mainly composed of a central processing unit (CPU) 81, and a read processing section 82, a display section 84, a memory 85, a bus 88 of the CPU 81,
It is configured by connecting a communication control unit 86 and a voting ticket issuing unit 87.

Here, the reading processing unit 82 has a voucher,
A reading unit 83 for reading the mark sheet and the change information voting ticket is connected, and the reading unit 83 reads predetermined information from the inserted voucher, the mark sheet, and the change information voting ticket, and the read output is a reading processing unit 82. Output to.
The reading processing unit 82 processes the reading output of the reading unit 83 and outputs the processing information to the bus 88.

The reading unit 83 is configured to include, for example, a well-known optical sensor that reads the information of the voucher, the mark sheet, and the betting voucher with change information and outputs an analog signal corresponding to the read data. Read processing unit 82
Is configured to include an amplifier, an analog / digital converter, and the like, and converts an analog signal input from the reading unit 83 into digital information and outputs the digital information to the bus 88.

The display unit 84 displays various guidance regarding various operations of the voting and dispensing machine 80, the amount of money corresponding to the amount information of the voucher, the amount of money corresponding to the change information of the change information voting ticket, the amount of dividend, and the like. Therefore, the user who uses the voting and dispensing machine 80 to purchase the change information-attached voting ticket and to add the payout amount performs various operations according to the display on the display unit 84.

The memory 85 stores a control program of the CPU 81 and various kinds of information for controlling the voting and dispensing machine 80. The CPU 81 purchases a change information voting ticket according to the data stored in the memory 85 and Various operations for the process of adding the dividend are executed.

The communication control unit 86 is connected to the bus line 50 shown in FIG. 1, communicates with the voucher management unit 10 via the voting subcenter 40 and the public telephone line network 20, and communicates with the voucher management unit 10. Exchange various information for purchasing change information voting tickets and adding dividends.

The betting ticket issuing unit 87 is for issuing a betting ticket with change information, is equipped with a paper feeding unit, a printer unit, and the like, and is a betting ticket with change information printed with desired voting content and change information. To issue.

Next, the operation of the voting and payout machine 80 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

The flow chart shown in FIG. 5 shows the operation when a voting ticket is purchased using a voucher.

When purchasing a voting ticket using a voucher with the voting and dispensing machine 80, first, the reading section 8 of the voting and dispensing machine 80 is used.
A voucher to which a predetermined amount of money information is added is inserted into step 3 (step 201), and subsequently, a mark sheet with desired voting contents to be purchased is inserted (step 20).
2). The information of the voucher and the mark sheet inserted in the reading unit 83 is read by the reading unit 83, and the reading processing unit 8
2, output to the bus 88. This causes the CPU 81 to
Communication control unit 86, bus line 50, voting sub-center 4
0, communicate with the voucher management unit 10 via the public telephone line network 20, and determine whether or not the amount of the voting ticket corresponding to the voting content described on the mark sheet is within the amount of the amount information of the voucher ( Step 203).

Here, if the amount of the purchase voting ticket is within the range of the amount of the voucher, the change amount is obtained by subtracting the amount of the purchase voting ticket from the amount indicated by the amount information of the voucher (step 204). Then, the betting ticket issuing unit 87 is driven to issue a betting ticket with change information to which change information corresponding to the amount of change is added from the betting ticket issuing unit 87 (step 205).

When the amount of change calculated in step 205 is "0", the voting ticket with change information corresponding to the amount of change "0" is attached to the voting ticket issuing section 87 in step 205. Will be issued from.

If it is determined in step 203 that the purchase voting ticket amount exceeds the range of the voucher amount, the process returns to step 201. In this case, the voucher and the mark sheet inserted into the reading unit 83 are returned, and the purchase operation of the voting ticket is performed again using the mark sheet and the voucher whose voting contents have been changed.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 6 shows the operation in the case of purchasing a new voting ticket using the voting ticket with change information.

When a new voting ticket is purchased with the voting information-equipped voting ticket at the voting dispensing machine 80, the voting information-equipped voting ticket is first inserted into the reading section 83 of the voting dispensing machine 80 (step 301), and then insert a mark sheet in which desired voting contents to be purchased are described (step 30).
2). The information about the voting ticket with change information and the mark sheet inserted into the reading unit 83 is read by the reading unit 83 and output to the reading processing unit 82 and the bus 88. This allows the CPU8
1 is the voucher management unit 1 via the communication control unit 86, the bus line 50, the voting sub-center 40, and the public telephone line network 20.
Then, it is determined whether or not this change information-added voting ticket is a hit (step 303).

When it is determined that the voting ticket with change information is a win, the amount of the dividend corresponding to the winning is added to the amount of change indicated by the change information of the voting ticket with change information (step 304). ).

If it is determined in step 303 that the change information-added voting ticket is out of position, step 304
The dividend addition process is not performed.

Next, it is judged whether or not the amount of the voting ticket corresponding to the voting content written on the mark sheet is within the amount indicated by the change information of the change information-added voting ticket (step 3).
05).

Here, if the amount of the purchase voting ticket is within the amount of the change information of the change information-equipped voting ticket, the amount of the purchase voting ticket is subtracted from the amount indicated by the change information of the change-information voting ticket. To obtain the change amount (step 30)
6). Then, the betting ticket issuing unit 87 is driven to issue a betting ticket with change information to which the change information corresponding to the amount of change obtained in step 306 is attached from the betting ticket issuing unit 87 (step 307).

If the change amount calculated in step 306 is "0", a new change information-added voting ticket with change information corresponding to the change amount "0" is issued in step 307. Tickets are issued from department 87.

If it is determined in step 305 that the amount of the purchase voting ticket exceeds the amount indicated by the change information of the change information-added voting ticket, the process returns to step 301. In this case, the voting ticket with change information and the mark sheet inserted into the reading unit 83 are returned, and the purchase operation of the voting ticket is performed again using the mark sheet and the voting ticket with change information with the changed voting contents.

The above operation is interactively executed according to various guidances displayed on the display section 84.

In the above explanation, when there is a change when purchasing a voting ticket, the change information is also added to issue one voucher. However, in addition to the voting ticket voucher, another change voucher is issued. Of course, you can do that.

[0065]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When purchasing a voting ticket using a voucher, if the voucher has a remaining amount of money, the change information corresponding to this remaining amount is added to the voucher to issue the ticket, so even if it is a misplaced voting ticket, the change information If there is any, it becomes necessary for the voter, and this prevents the misplaced voting ticket from being discarded, so that the environment can beautified and the waste of paper resources can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a voucher processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the bank card type voucher vending machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a voucher selling operation by the bank card type voucher selling machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the voting and dispensing machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when a voting ticket is purchased using a voucher with the voting dispenser shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when a new voting ticket is purchased using the voting ticket with change information by the voting dispensing machine shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 voucher management unit 20 public telephone line network 30 bank 40 voting sub-center 50 bus line 60 operator operation voucher vending machine 70 bank card type voucher vending machine 71 central processing unit (CPU) 72 reading processing unit 73 bank card reading unit 74 numeric keypad 75 Display unit 76 Memory 77 Communication control unit 78 Voucher issuing unit 79 Bus 80-1 to 80-n Voting dispenser 81 Central processing unit (CPU) 82 Reading processing unit 83 Reading unit 84 Display unit 85 Memory 86 Communication control unit 87 Voting Ticketing Department 88 Bus

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[Submission date] April 7, 1993

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In a voucher processing system for purchasing a voting ticket using a voucher to which predetermined amount information is added, when the voting ticket is purchased using the voucher, the amount of money indicated by the amount information of the voucher is calculated. If you can purchase a voting ticket within the range and purchased a voting ticket using the voucher, with change information with change information obtained by subtracting the amount of the voting ticket from the amount indicated by the amount information of the voucher. A voucher processing system characterized by issuing a voting ticket. 2. When the change information voting ticket is a winning voting ticket, it is possible to purchase the voting ticket within a range of the sum of the amount indicated by the change information and the dividend amount corresponding to the voting ticket. If you purchase a voting ticket using the above change information voting ticket, the voting ticket will be calculated from the sum of the change information of the above change information voting ticket and the dividend amount corresponding to the voting ticket. The voucher processing system according to claim 1, wherein a voucher with change information, to which new change information obtained by subtracting the amount is added, is issued. 3. When the voting ticket with change information is a misplaced voting ticket, the voting ticket can be purchased within the amount indicated by the change information by inserting the voting ticket with change information. When you purchase a voting ticket using the voting ticket with information, issue a voting ticket with change information with new change information obtained by subtracting the amount of the voting ticket from the amount indicated by the change information of the voting ticket with change information. The voucher processing system according to claim 1. 4. A first terminal for issuing a voucher, a second terminal for processing a voting ticket, and a center management terminal connected to the first terminal and the second terminal via a network. The first terminal communicates with the center management terminal via the network by inserting a bank card, thereby providing a voucher with money amount information within the balance of the account of the bank card. Issued, the second terminal communicates with the center management terminal via the network by inserting the mark sheet showing the voucher and the voting content, and according to the voting content of the mark sheet, and the amount of the voucher. A voucher processing system, wherein a voucher with change information is issued, which is provided with change information obtained by subtracting the amount of the voting ticket from the amount indicated by the information.