JPH07282153A - Electronic voting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electronic voting device without the danger of leakage of voting information or overlapped voting. CONSTITUTION:This device is constituted of a voting input terminal equipment 1 and a voting box terminal equipment 50. The voting input terminal 1 is provided with a CPU 2 for controlling all the internal part of the terminal, a filing device 4 for storing the information of candidates, a plane display panel 5 for displaying the information relating to the candidates and the operation method explanation of a voter, etc., and a touch panel 7 for inputting the selection of the candidates or the like to the terminal by the voter. The voting box input terminal 50 is provided with a CPU 52 for controlling all the internal part of the terminal, the filing device 54 for storing the information of the candidates (the obtained vote raumbers of the respective candidates and a total obtained vote number, etc.) the plane display panel 55 for displaying the explanation of an operation method or the like and the touch panel 57 for the voter to input a vote.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic voting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electronic balloting device stores information (hereinafter referred to as an "ID code") for identifying an individual voter.
The voting is performed by using a C card or the like, which can be used for voting in a horse race, a bicycle race, or the like. The voting operation in the conventional electronic voting device is summarized as follows. A voter inserts an IC card or the like into a terminal, and the voting right is judged based on the ID code of the inserted IC card. , Vote according to the instructions displayed on the terminal. Then, when the voting is finished, the voting information of the voter is transmitted to the center via the line to perform the totalization and the like.

[0003]

However, in the electronic voting device as described above, since the ID code is referred to when determining the presence or absence of the voting right by the IC card, the information indicating which candidate the voter has selected is displayed on the terminal. I will leave it on the machine. It is also possible to insert the IC card again and vote after the vote has been completed. Such a function is necessary in the case of general voting such as the above-mentioned horse races and bicycle races, but voting is subject to the condition that it is anonymous and one voter is cast per voter, for example, in elections. When used for, there is a risk of leaking information about who voted for which candidate and duplicate voting. Therefore, there is a problem that the conventional electronic voting device cannot be used for voting under the above conditions.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the electronic voting device of the present invention comprises an adequacy judgment means for reading the certification code stored in the recording card to judge the adequacy of the card, and a candidate. A first storage means for storing information regarding the information, and a second storage means for storing the number of votes and total number of votes of each candidate
Storage means, input means for performing a vote input, and voting execution means for updating the number of votes and the total number of votes of each candidate stored in the second storage means based on the vote input of the input means,
And a erasing means for erasing the certification code of the recording card.

[0005]

In the electronic voting device configured as described above, the adequacy determining means determines the adequacy of the recording card, and thereby the presence or absence of the voting right is determined. In addition, the voting execution unit determines the number of votes and the total number of votes of the candidate extracted by the candidate extraction unit from among the number of votes of each candidate stored in the second storage unit based on the voting input of the input unit. Update. Furthermore, the erasing means erases the certification code of the recording card so that the recording card cannot be reused.

[0006]

FIG. 2 is an external view of an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the present embodiment includes a voting input terminal 1 through which a voter selects a candidate and a ballot box terminal 50 through which a vote is made after selecting a candidate. Voting input terminal 1
A flat panel display 5 that displays information about candidates and operation procedures of the terminal to the voters, a touch panel 7 through which the voters select candidates and confirm the selection results, and an IC card are inserted. The IC card R / W 9 is mounted. On the other hand, the ballot box terminal 50 has a flat panel display 55 for displaying operation procedures of the terminal,
Touch panel 57 and I for voters to enter votes for votes
An IC card R / W 59 into which a C card is inserted is mounted.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the voting input terminal 1 and the voting box terminal 50. Next, based on FIG.
The details of the voting input terminal 1 and the voting box terminal 50 will be described. The voting input terminal 1 is a CPU that controls the entire inside of the terminal.
2, a memory 3 for storing a program of the CPU 2, a file device 4 for storing information on candidates, a flat display panel 5 for displaying information on candidates and an explanation of voting method of the voter, and display control of the flat display panel 5. The display control unit 6 that performs the operation, the touch panel 7 that allows the voter to input a candidate to the terminal, and the like.
To the IC card R / W9 for reading and writing information from the IC card, and an IC card R / W control unit for controlling the IC card R / W9.

Next, the structure of the ballot box terminal 50 will be described. The ballot box input terminal 50 includes a CPU 52 that controls the entire terminal, a memory 53 that stores a program of the CPU 52, a file device 54 that stores candidate information (the number of votes of each candidate, the total number of votes, etc.), and an operation method. Display panel 55 for displaying information such as explanations, and a display controller 5 for controlling display of the flat display panel 55.
6. A touch panel 57 on which a voter inputs a vote, a touch panel control unit 58 for controlling the touch panel 57 and notifying the CPU 52 of the input information from the touch panel 57, and an IC for reading / writing and erasing information on an IC card. A printer 61 that includes an IC card R / W 59 and an IC card R / W control unit 60 that controls the IC card R / W 59, and that outputs the number of votes, total number of votes, and voting rate of each candidate after the completion of voting. A printer control unit 62 that controls the printer 61 according to an instruction from the CPU 52 is provided.

Next, the operation process of the voting input terminal 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In addition,
The IC card used in this embodiment is lent at the acceptance of the election site as will be described later, and a proof code for certifying that the IC card is an IC card for voting (this proof code is Like the above-mentioned ID code, it is not a code for specifying the individual voter, but personal information is not written at all). After the device has been started up, the CPU 2 causes the display controller 6
To display the initial screen on the flat display panel 5 (S1), and wait for the IC card to be inserted (S).
3). On the initial screen, the face images of all candidates, names, ages,
Other attribute information is displayed. When the IC card is inserted by the voter here, the CPU 2 causes the IC card R
The / W control unit 10 is activated, and the IC card R / W reads the code from the IC card.

Next, the CPU 2 collates the certification code (S5), and the inserted IC card is a predetermined IC for voting.
It is checked whether the card is a card (S7). If it is determined that the card is not the predetermined card as a result of the check, the display control unit 6 is instructed to display a message, and the display control unit 6 instructs the flat display panel 5 to say "This IC card cannot vote. A message "" is displayed (S9). After this, the CPU
2 instructs the IC card R / W controller 6 to eject the IC card, and as a result, the IC card is ejected (S11), and the initial screen is displayed again. When it is determined that the card is a predetermined card as a result of the check, the CPU 2 causes the display controller 6
The display control unit 6 displays a message "Please select a candidate" on the flat display panel 5 according to this instruction (S13).

According to this message, the voter points his / her finger on the face of the candidate displayed on the flat display panel 5. When the touch panel 7 detects this (S1
5), the touch panel control unit 8 sends this input information to the CPU 2
Notify to. Receiving this notification, the CPU 2 instructs the display control unit 6 to enlarge and display the selected candidate on the entire display screen (S17), and further, the display control unit 6
The display control unit 6 receives the message and displays a message on the flat display panel 5 "Please press the confirmation button if the selected person is correct" (S19). This enlarged display allows the voter to easily confirm the candidate selected by the voter.

When a voter inputs a confirmation on the touch panel 7 (S21), the confirmation input is notified to the CPU 2 via the touch panel 7 and the touch panel control section 8. Upon receiving this notification, the CPU 2 instructs the IC card R / W control unit 10 to input the registration code of the selected candidate as I
Writing to the C card (S23), and then instructing the display control unit 6 to display the message "Vote input is completed." On the flat display panel 5 (S).
25). Finally, the CPU 2 is the IC card R / W control unit 1
The IC card is ejected from the IC card R / W 9 by instructing 0 (S27), voting input is completed, and the initial screen is returned (S).
29). The above is the operation processing of the voting terminal 1.

Next, the operation process of the ballot box terminal 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the device startup is completed, the CPU 52 causes the display control unit 5
6, the initial screen is displayed on the flat display panel 55 (S51), and the IC card waits for the IC card insertion. A message "Please insert the IC card." Is displayed on the initial screen. IC card is IC card R
When inserted in / W59, the IC card R / W59 becomes an IC
The card is inhaled, and the IC card R / W control unit 60 makes the CPU
Notify that the IC card is inserted in 52. The CPU 52 that has received this notification notifies the IC card R / W control unit 10
To read the certification code registered in the IC card and collate the code (S55).
It is determined whether the inserted IC card is a predetermined IC card (S57). The inserted one is the designated IC
If it is determined that the card is not a card, a message is displayed (S59) and the card is ejected (S61) by the same processing as that of the voting input terminal 1 described above, and the initial screen is displayed again.

When it is determined that the IC card is a predetermined IC card as a result of the code collation, the CPU 52 instructs the display control unit 56 to display a message, and the display control unit 56 which has received the instruction instructs the flat display panel 55. A message saying "I will vote. Please press the confirmation button." Is displayed above (S63). When the “Confirm” button is pressed by the voter, the touch panel 57
Detects this (S65), and in response to this, the touch panel control unit 58 notifies the CPU that there is a confirmation input.
Upon receiving this notification, the CPU 52 instructs the IC card R / W control unit 60 to read the registration code written in the IC card (S67).

Next, the CPU 52 accesses the file device 54, updates the number of votes and the total number of votes of the corresponding candidate based on the registration code read from the IC card, and updates the latest information into a file. The data is stored in the device 54 (S69). Next, the CPU 52 returns to the IC card R again.
The / W control unit 60 is instructed to delete the candidate registration code and certification code written on the IC card (S7).
1). Finally, the CPU 52 instructs the display controller 56 to display the message "Vote is complete" on the flat display panel 55 (S73),
Further, the IC card R / W control unit 60 is instructed to eject the IC card (S75), and the initial screen is displayed again (S7).
7). Here, even if an attempt is made to vote with the ballot box terminal 50 again using the voted IC card, the certification code is erased, so it is not recognized as an IC card for voting.
There will be no duplicate voting. Further, since the registration code of the candidate is deleted, even if another person searches for the voted IC card, the candidate cannot be known. When all the votes have been completed, the printer 61 outputs the number of votes, the total number of votes, the voting rate, etc. of each candidate according to an instruction from the operator. The above is the processing of the ballot box terminal 50.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view for explaining an example of the layout of the device of this embodiment at the voting hall, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the voting process of the voters at the voting hall. 5 and 6
The voting process will be described based on. Voters enter the voting hall from entrance A, and exchange ICs for voting in exchange for voting tickets.
Receive the card (S101). After receiving the IC card, the voter goes to the candidate selection field B in which a plurality of voting input terminals are set, and inserts the IC card into the voting input terminal (S103). After that, the voting input terminal 1 described above
The candidate is selected according to the instruction of (S105).
Thereafter, the voter removes the IC card from the voting input terminal 1 (S107), moves to the voting place C where the voting box terminal 50 is installed, and inserts the IC card into the voting box terminal 50 (S109). ). Then, the voting is performed by pressing the voting button according to the instruction of the voting box terminal 50 described above (S111). When the vote is completed, the voter removes the IC card from the ballot box terminal 50 (S113),
It moves to the exit reception D, returns the IC card to the exit reception D (S115), and exits from the exit E. The above is a series of voting work at the polling place.

Although the above embodiment has been described by taking the case of use in elections as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to other types of votes subject to the same conditions as in elections. Is also available.

In this embodiment, the voting input terminal and the ballot box terminal are provided so that the entire voting process is the same as the conventional method (the method of writing the candidate name on the paper). You can vote smoothly without confusion. In addition, since the voter inputs into the ballot box terminal in the voting work, it is possible to quickly process the aggregation of the number of votes and the voting rate of the candidate after the election voting.

[0019]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the presence or absence of the voting right is judged by the certification code of the recording card, and the certification code is erased after the voting. The condition of one vote per person can be satisfied.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an external view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of operation processing of a voting input terminal which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an operation process of a ballot box terminal which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a layout example of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a voter voting process when the present embodiment is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Voting input terminal 2,52 CPU 3,53 Memory 4,54 File device 5,55 Flat display panel 6,56 Display control unit 7,57 Touch panel 8,58 Touch panel control unit 9,59 IC card R / W 10, 60 IC card R / W control unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A propriety determination means for reading out a certification code stored in a recording card to determine the propriety of the card, a first storage means for storing information about a candidate, a number of votes and a total number of votes of each candidate. And a second storage unit for storing a vote, an input unit for performing a vote input, and the number of votes and the total number of votes of each candidate stored in the second storage unit are updated based on the vote input of the input unit. An electronic voting apparatus comprising: a voting executing means; and an erasing means for erasing the certification code of the recording card. 2. An electronic voting device comprising a ballot input device and a ballot box device, wherein the ballot input device comprises an adequacy determining means for reading a certification code stored in a recording card to determine the adequacy of the card. A first storage unit for storing information about the candidate; an input unit for inputting selection and confirmation of the candidate; a display unit for displaying information about the candidate selected by the input unit; And a writing unit that stores the registration code of the candidate displayed by the display unit by confirmation input in the recording card, and the ballot box device reads the certification code stored in the recording card to check whether the card is proper or not. Appropriate judgment means for judging, second storage means for storing the number of votes and total number of votes of each candidate, and reading for reading out the registration code stored in the recording card. A step, an input means for voting, and a vote of the candidate read out by the reading means out of the number of votes of each candidate stored in the second storage means based on the vote input of the input means. An electronic voting apparatus, comprising: a voting execution means for updating the number of votes and the total number of votes; and an erasing means for erasing the certification code and the registration code stored in the recording card.