JPH0757021A - Election terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To assign the display position of respective candidates equally without any deviation by providing a means which does not fix the display positions (or display order) of the respective candidates. CONSTITUTION:When an application program for voting is actuated under the control of a CPU 12, a candidate display array control program PA in a RAM 13 is actuated. Before the candidate's names are displayed, the count value of a counter which stores the number (n) of candidates whose positions are fitted is initialized to 0 and then the number N of candidates to be registered is calculated by using a candidate data base in an election information file 17; while n<N, a random number generating process for generating a number which is less than N and not generated even once is performed. Once the number (n) of position-assigned candidates reaches N and it is confirmed that all the registered candidates are assigned (N = n), candidate information is displayed on the liquid crystal display 6 of an integrated display input device 2 in an array based upon the allocation order in units of a specific number of candidates.

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 used for voting in elections, and particularly to a display position (display order) of each candidate in a candidate list display, a candidate attribute display, etc.
Randomly change the size of the displayed characters according to the size of the candidate selection button and keep the button occupancy area of each candidate constant, and have a function to treat all candidates fairly Regarding election terminal equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the election of members of the Diet, prefectural governors, members of the Diet, mayors of the mayor, members of the Diet, etc., a postcard that serves as a polling place admission ticket is mailed from local governments to voters in accordance with the Public Offices Election Act. It Voters bring the postcard to the polling place,
Confirm the identity of the person by checking with the electoral list. Then, when the ballot is given, the name of the candidate is written on the ballot, and the ballot is put in a ballot box for voting. After that, the ballot boxes are collected in a facility such as a gymnasium, the vote counting work is performed by human tactics, and the voting results are totaled.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional election voting, OA is not progressed in the voting action and the counting work, and humans depend on it. Especially for the list of candidates,
Since they are in the order of notification, there is a problem that when displaying on a terminal, all the participants cannot fit on one screen, or the display position of the screen causes inequalities such as advantages and disadvantages.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an election terminal device capable of imparting fair allocation to the display positions of each candidate in the case where an election which has been conventionally conducted manually is converted into an electronic system. .

Further, according to the present invention, the button occupancy area of each candidate is made constant by making the size of the button area to be occupied constant even when the character strings such as the names and political party names of the candidates are different. It is an object of the present invention to provide an election terminal device capable of fair allocation.

Further, according to the present invention, when the candidate list, attributes, etc. are displayed and all the candidates to be displayed cannot be displayed at one time (in one screen), the initials of the candidate name are input. It is an object of the present invention to provide an election terminal device capable of selectively displaying applicable candidates by doing so.

[0007]

The present invention is an election terminal device that introduces a plurality of registered candidates on the screen or displays them as selection targets, and displays the plurality of registered candidates on the screen. When being introduced or displayed as a selection target, it is provided with means for determining the display order of each of the registered candidates and means for rearranging the registered candidates in the display order according to this determination and displaying them on the screen. It is characterized by

Further, the present invention comprises a coordinate input device and a flat display device linked to the same device, and directly or indirectly displays a list of a plurality of candidates via the display device, and displays the candidates to the voter. In an election terminal device having a means for prompting a selection operation, a layout processing means for randomly changing the display position of each of the above candidates is provided, and for each voter (elector), The feature is that the display order of the candidates is changed.

[0009] To give a specific example, a coordinate input device and a flat panel display device linked thereto, a means for directly or indirectly displaying a list of candidates and urging the voter to perform a selection operation, and a candidate for the voter In the election terminal device equipped with a means for displaying the attributes of the candidates selected by performing the selection operation and prompting the voter to confirm the final intention, the candidate list and the attributes are displayed. In this case, it is characterized in that it has means for randomly changing the display position of each candidate so that the display position of each candidate is not fixed.

The present invention further comprises means for changing the display character size in the list of candidates, attribute display, etc.
It is characterized in that the display character size is selected according to the length of the character string such as the political party name, and the occupation area of the display button of each candidate on the display screen is made constant. Further, the present invention is characterized by comprising means for selecting and displaying a corresponding candidate by inputting the initials of the candidate.

[0011]

[Operation] When a plurality of candidates registered for the voter are displayed on the display screen, the display position (or display order) of each candidate is reset each time using a random number, for example. Each candidate is displayed according to the set display position.

By providing a means that does not fix the display position (or display order) of each candidate, the display position of each candidate can be assigned fairly and evenly, and a large number of voters (elections). It is possible to provide the candidate information fairly to other people.

In addition, in the candidate list, attribute display, etc.,
Regardless of the length of character strings such as candidate name or political party name, make the display area of each candidate's display button constant, and if the character strings such as candidate or political party name do not fit in the display button area , By reducing each character of the character string to an appropriate size, the occupation area of the display button of each candidate is reduced to the candidate name,
A uniform and fair display is possible regardless of the length of a character string such as a political party name.

Further, by providing a means for selecting and displaying the corresponding candidates by inputting the initials of the candidates, all candidates to be displayed when displaying a list of candidates, attributes, etc. When a candidate cannot be displayed at one time (on one screen), an arbitrary candidate name can be specified (narrowed) and displayed.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an election terminal device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a man-machine interface mechanism operated by a voter during a voting operation is realized by an integrated display input device composed of an electrostatic transparent tablet and a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a stylus pen. 3 illustrates an example of a system configuration in which a terminal device individually incorporates files that provide various information to a person.

The election terminal device in this embodiment comprises an integrated display / input device 2 and a stylus pen 3 provided on the upper surface of a box-shaped casing, and a tablet controller provided inside the casing. 10, LCD controller 11,
CPU 12, RAM 13, ROM 14, video RAM
(VRAM) 15, communication interface (communication IF)
16, election information file 17, card interface 18, voice output device 19, input / output interface (I
/ O-I / F) 20 and the like.

The integrated display / input device 2 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 and an electrostatic transparent tablet 5 for coordinate input.
And are integrally formed by stacking and can display and input data on the same coordinate plane.

The stylus pen 3 indicates the coordinate position of the transparent tablet 5, and has a built-in switch for detecting contact with the tablet surface, and the detection result of the switch is notified to the internal processing circuit. That is, the switch signal of the stylus pen 3 is received by the CPU 12 via the tablet controller 10 inside the main body and input processing is performed. On this occasion,
The CPU 12 receives confirmation information indicating that the person is a qualified person by the suitability checking means of the voter via the communication interface 16 or the input / output interface 20 (or C
Although the switch signal input of the stylus pen 3 can be received after the PU 12 performs the eligibility check), the eligibility check means will not be described here.

The structure of the transparent tablet 5 constituting the integrated display / input device 2 is described in detail in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 4-192192 (election terminal device), and the description thereof is omitted here.

A liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 is a CPU 1
It is controlled by the LCD controller 11 under the control of 2. With such a configuration, the characters or other pattern information handwritten through the integrated display input device 2, that is, the position coordinate series is input to the CPU 12 through the tablet controller 10 and subjected to recognition processing,
According to the coordinate input process, the input on the transparent tablet 5 is reflected on the display screen of the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6. For example, in the handwriting input mode (handwriting input screen), the handwriting input by handwriting on the transparent tablet 5 is directly displayed and output at the same position on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6. Therefore, the pattern input by handwriting on the transparent tablet surface is simultaneously displayed as the handwriting input locus, and characters or other patterns are input as if writing on the paper surface with a pen. Further, in the input character recognition mode, characters input on the handwriting input screen and recognized by the CPU 12 are displayed and output in a predetermined input character string display area on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6, and the items are displayed. In the selection mode, the selected area (selection item, button, selector, etc.) on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 changes to the selected display state (inversion, screen switching, etc.). Each of these pieces of input information is stored in the RAM 13 as needed, and further reflected and included in the election information file 17 as needed.

The CPU 12 is composed of a microprocessor and controls the entire apparatus. In this embodiment, the CPU 12 executes the processes shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 according to the program stored in the RAM 13.

The RAM 13 is a readable / writable memory which is accessed under the control of the CPU 12.
It stores 12 operation programs and various data. This R
The AM 13 also stores information about the software keyboard displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 (for example, display information, position information, etc.), a pattern input by handwriting on the transparent tablet 5, and the like. Furthermore,
A program provided via the memory card 7 is stored in the RAM 13. Here, via the memory card 7, a candidate display array control program PA for realizing the processing function as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 for replacing the candidate array each time the candidate list is displayed is stored.

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

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

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

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

The election information file 17 is, for example, an HDD
(Hard disk device), etc., where various databases (DB) such as political party management database, candidate database, guidance database, voting management database, etc. are stored, and dictionary data for character recognition and this device are used. The input storage target information and the like are stored.

The card interface 18 is connected to a circuit of a memory card (or IC card) 7 presented from the outside. At this time, the memory card 7 has an election voting application program for operating as an election terminal device, Also, each time the candidate list is displayed, a candidate display array control program PA for realizing the processing function shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 for replacing the candidate array is stored, and the election voting application program and the candidate display are stored. The array control program PA has a card interface 1 under the control of the CPU 12 when the system is started up.
It is stored in the RAM 13 via

The voice output device 19 has a voice generation and voice amplification function to output voice from the speaker (SP) or the headphone speaker (HP) as voice guidance using the operation procedure of the terminal device, the name of the candidate, etc.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a procedure of a process of randomly allocating the display position of the candidate information such as the name and attribute of the candidate (that is, determining the display order of the candidate information) in the above embodiment. Yes, it is realized by the CPU 12 executing the candidate display array control program PA in the RAM 13 when displaying the candidate list.

In FIG. 2, A1 is a step of initializing the number of candidates (n) whose position (display order) is fixed,
A count value of a counter that stores the number (n) of candidates whose display order is fixed is initialized to "0".

A2 is the number of registration candidates (N) to be displayed
Is a step of calculating, and the number (N) of registered candidates is calculated from the candidate database in the election information file 17.

A3 is a step of judging whether or not the process of allocating the candidates to the screen is completed, and it is confirmed that the allocation of all the candidates has been completed (N = n), and the above allocation process is completed.

A4 is a step of generating a random number for allocating candidates to the screen, and is a numerical value within the number of candidates, which is a number that has never been generated. Details of this random number generation processing are shown in FIG.

A5 is a step of associating the candidate data with the candidate information display position. The candidate is assigned to the position on the screen corresponding to the random number generated by the random number generating means shown in FIG.

A6 is a step for counting (+1) the number of candidates who have been assigned positions, and confirms that the assignment of all registered candidates has been completed (N = n). A
7 displays candidates in units of a predetermined number according to the above allocation.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the details of the random number generation process (A4), where B1 is a random number (standard function).
x is a step of generating x, and B2 is a step of comparing the generated random number x with the number N of registration candidates. B3 is a step of determining whether or not the generated random number x is the value already used for allocation by searching a random number generation reference table provided in the storage area of the candidate display array control program PA. B4 is a step of updating the random number generation reference table when the generated random number x is not a generated value, that is, a non-generated value, and B5 is the generated random number x which is a non-generated value as candidate allocation position (rank) information. This is the output step.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for making the display area constant irrespective of the length of the character string such as the name and attribute of the candidate in the above embodiment. Figure 4
In the above, C1 and C2 are steps for calculating the number of character strings of the candidate name and the attribute, and the character strings such as the name and the attribute from the candidate database (the character string of the name; the character strings such as Z and the attribute). ; Z) is calculated.

C3 and C4 are steps for calculating and displaying the character size for displaying the data of each candidate from the size of the display selection button on the screen, that is, the size of the displayable area. The size of characters, the deformation rate, etc. are calculated.

C5 is a step for judging whether or not the processing for keeping the display area constant is ended, and the processing is ended after the processing of the final candidate is ended. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a process for displaying all the applicable candidates by inputting the initials of the candidate in the above embodiment.

In FIG. 5, D1 is a step for accepting character input, and the initials of the candidate are input.
Here, the stylus pen 3 is used to input initial letters on the tablet 5, and the handwritten input initial letters are recognized by the CPU 12 and used for candidate selection by searching the candidate data buffer.

D2 is a step for performing the above-mentioned character recognition processing, and a character (initial character) input under the control of the CPU 12 is recognized. D3 and D4 are steps for searching for a corresponding candidate from the recognized characters (initial letters), and the CPU 12 searches the candidate data buffer of the election information file 17 to recognize the recognized characters (initial letters). Search the information of the candidate corresponding to (character). D5 is a step for displaying a message and prompting for re-input when there is no corresponding person. D6 is a step for displaying the searched candidates, and a list of the corresponding candidates is displayed.

6 to 9 are views for explaining the operation of randomly changing the display position of each candidate in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a paper used in the current election. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the candidate list shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the candidate list display on the display screen, and FIG. 8 is an example of candidate numbers given to each candidate shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence state between the candidate information shown in FIG. 7 and the candidate number shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show the above embodiment.
It is an operation explanatory view for making the candidate information display area of each candidate constant regardless of the length of the character strings such as names and attributes,
When the number of characters of the candidate information (candidate name in this example) is larger than the specified value, the characters are reduced and stored in a preset candidate information display area.

FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 show the above embodiment.
It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement which displays all the applicable candidates by inputting the initials of a candidate, The initials of the candidate who wants to selectively display on the display screen shown in FIG. 12 (in this example, By inputting "Sa") with a pen, as shown in FIG. 13, the candidate information (here, the candidate name) of the candidate corresponding to the initials (Sa) is displayed on the screen. 12 and 13, 51 and 52 are message display areas, 53 is an initial letter input area, and 54 is a corresponding candidate information display area.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the above figures. First, the operation of randomly changing the display position of each candidate in the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and 6 to 9.

FIG. 6 is a list of candidates written on the paper used in the current election, and can be updated relatively easily even when the number of candidates increases. However, in the election terminal in the electronic voting system, the size (display area) of the display screen is limited, and a sufficient area cannot be taken like the paper described above. Particularly, in the integrated display input device 2 in which the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 and the electrostatic transparent tablet 5 for coordinate input are integrated as shown in the embodiment of the present invention, the display area is enlarged. It is difficult to display all candidates at once.

An example of this is shown in FIG. FIG. 7A is a screen displaying a list of candidates in an election using a terminal,
In this example, the number of people that can be displayed on one screen is eight. Therefore, if it cannot be displayed on one screen, it is necessary to display it on the next screen by page operation as shown in FIG. 7B.

At this time, not only in the second screen but also in the first screen, unfairness such as difficult to see and difficult to select occurs depending on the location. In order to eliminate this unfairness, as shown in FIG. 8, a number (# 1,
# 2, # 3, ...), and as shown in FIG. 9, the candidate numbers are randomly assigned (step A in FIG. 2).
5) With this, each time the voting application is started, the candidate information display position is switched for each candidate, and the candidate information of each candidate is displayed at a different candidate information display position. (FIG. 2 step A7).

The processing operation at this time will be described with reference to FIGS. When the voting application program is started under the control of the CPU 12, within that routine,
The candidate display array control program PA in the RAM 13 is activated, and the processing shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is executed.

In this process, prior to displaying the candidate name,
First, after the count value of the counter that stores the number (n) of candidates for which positions have been assigned is initialized to "0" (see FIG. 2).
In step A1), the number of registered candidates (N) is calculated from the candidate database in the election information file 17 (step A2 in FIG. 2), and the number of registered candidates (N) and the number of position-allocated candidates are calculated. By comparing with (n), it is judged whether or not the process of assigning the candidate to the screen is ended (step A3 in FIG. 2). Here, since the position allocation processing of the first candidate has not been completed yet, the number of candidates already allocated (n) has not reached the number of registered candidates (N). At this time, the number of registered candidates (N A random number generating process is executed to generate a number that is within () and has not yet occurred (step A4 in FIG. 2).

This random number generation process is performed as shown in FIG.
First, a random number (standard function) x is generated (step B in FIG. 3).
1) Comparing the generated random number x with the registration candidate number N, and when the generated random number x is equal to or less than the registration candidate number N, searches a random number generation reference table provided in the storage area of the candidate display array control program PA. Then, it is determined whether or not the value has already been used for allocation (steps B2 and B3 in FIG. 3).
Here, when the generated random number x is larger than the number N of registration candidates (step B2 in FIG. 3) or when it is the value already used for allocation (step B3 in FIG. 3), a new random number x is generated again. (FIG. 3 step B1).

When it is determined by referring to the random number generation reference table that the generated random number x is not a generated value, that is, a non-generated value, the random number generation reference table is updated (the generated random number x is changed from the non-generated value to the generated value). The generated random number x, which is the ungenerated value, is output as the candidate number (steps B4 and B5 in FIG. 3).

In this way, a number within the number of candidates that has not occurred has been generated. The position on the screen corresponding to the random number generated by this random number generation (#
(See step A in FIG. 2).
5). Then, the number (n) of candidates for which the position has been allocated is updated (+1) (step A6 in FIG. 2).

The updated number of positions-allocated candidates (n) is compared with the number of registered candidates (N) to determine whether to end the process of assigning the candidates to the screen (step A3 in FIG. 2). ), When the number of candidates (n) for which the position has been allocated has not reached the number (N) of registration candidates, the number within the number (N) of registration candidates is again set to a number that has not yet occurred. The random number generation process (step A4 in FIG. 2) to be generated is executed, and the position allocation process for the candidate is repeatedly executed (step A5 in FIG. 2).

The position allocation processing for such candidates is repeatedly executed (steps A3 to A6 in FIG. 2), and the number of candidates (n) having undergone position allocation reaches the number of registered candidates (N).
Confirm that all the registration candidates have been assigned (N =
n), the array according to the allocation order (see FIGS. 7 to 9).
(See FIG. 7), the candidate information (e.g., candidate name) is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 6 of the integrated display input device 2 in a predetermined number of people (in the example of FIGS. 7 and 8, a unit of eight people).

By providing such a means that does not fix the display position (or display order) of each candidate, the display position of each candidate can be evenly assigned without any bias, and a large number of voters (elections It is possible to provide the candidate information fairly to other people.

Next, a process for keeping the display area constant regardless of the length of the character string such as the name and attribute of the candidate is shown in FIG.
Will be described with reference to. In this process, first, from the candidate database stored in the election information file 17, character strings such as the name and attribute of the candidate to be displayed (character string of name; Z, character string of attribute; z). Is calculated (steps C1 and C2 in FIG. 4). Then, the character size for displaying the data of each candidate is calculated from the size of the display selection button on the screen, that is, the size of the displayable area (steps C3 and C4 in FIG. 4).

This processing is repeated until the processing of the final candidate is completed (step C5 in FIG. 4), and when the processing of the final candidate is completed, the candidate information of each candidate is displayed and output according to the calculated character size (FIG. 4). 4 step C6).

An example of display processing at this time is shown in FIGS. By having such a processing function, in the candidate list, attribute display, etc., the occupied area of the display button of each candidate is irrelevant regardless of the length of the character strings such as the candidate name and political party name. A constant and fair display is possible.

Next, in the above embodiment, the processing operation of displaying the corresponding candidate by inputting the initials of the candidate will be described. Here, by selecting the mode for pen inputting the initials of the candidate, a screen as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed, and the initials of the candidate to be extracted are input by pen input on the screen.

In this process, first, the stylus pen 3 is used on the tablet 5 to input the initials of the candidate to be extracted in the initial input area 53 on the screen shown in FIG. 12 (step D1 in FIG. 5). . The initial characters input by handwriting are character-recognized by the character recognition processing of the CPU 12 (see FIG. 5).
Step D2), further, this recognized character (initial)
Is used as a search key to search the candidate data buffer of the election information file 17, and the candidate information (here, the candidate name) of the candidate corresponding to the recognized character (initial letter) is searched (step in FIG. 5). D3). When there is no corresponding candidate, a message is displayed again and the input is prompted again (steps D4 and D5 in FIG. 5). When there is a corresponding candidate, a list of the corresponding candidates is displayed and output in the corresponding candidate information display area 54 on the screen as shown in FIG. 13 (step D6 in FIG. 5).

By having such a function of selecting and displaying the corresponding candidate by inputting the initials of the candidate, it becomes a display target when displaying a list of candidates, attributes, and the like. When all candidates cannot be displayed at one time (on one screen), any candidate name can be specified (narrowed down) and displayed.

In the embodiment described above, the layout processing function of randomly changing the display position of each candidate (see FIG. 2,
(Refer to Fig. 3), and the function to select the display character size according to the length of the character string of the candidate, political party, etc., and to make the occupied area of the display button of each candidate on the display screen constant (Figure 4) and the function of selecting and displaying the corresponding candidate by inputting the initials of the candidate (see FIG. 5), but the present invention is not limited to this, and if necessary, the above Any one of the functions may be provided, and at this time, the memory card 7 may selectively provide an application program that realizes any desired function.

Further, in the above embodiment, the configuration in which the candidate display array control program PA is stored in the RAM 13 with the memory card 7 interposed is shown as an example.
The configuration may be such that it is resident in the hard disk that constitutes the OM 14 or the election information file 17.

In the above embodiment, the random number generating means is provided and the display order of each candidate is determined by the random number. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, every time the election voting application program is started. , The candidate information that was displayed at the highest position last time is displayed at the lowest position,
The display order of each candidate may be determined according to a predetermined rule such as that the display order of each candidate is circulated.

In the above embodiment, the candidate information display position is switched for each candidate each time the voting application is activated, but the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, 5 people can vote. The candidate information display position may be changed every predetermined event, such as changing the candidate information display position each time a voter (elector) finishes voting.

Further, in the above embodiment, all registered candidates are rearranged, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the candidate name list shown in FIG. The arrangement may be such that the rearrangement processing is performed for some candidates, such as a rearrangement arrangement.

Further, in the above embodiment, the candidate information is explained as a display target. However, for example, in the list display of the political party names, the display order of the political party names is reset for each predetermined event and rearranged. It can also be applied in

[0070]

As described above in detail, according to the election terminal device of the present invention, the display positions of the respective candidates can be fairly assigned when the election which was conventionally performed manually is converted into an electronic system. it can.

Further, according to the present invention, even if the lengths of character strings such as the names and political party names of the candidates are different, the size of the occupied button area is made constant, so that the button of each candidate is The occupied area can be assigned fairly.

Further, according to the present invention, when all candidates to be displayed cannot be displayed at one time (in one screen) when displaying a list of candidates, attributes, etc., the initials of the candidate names are displayed. By inputting, the corresponding candidate can be selectively displayed.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a process of randomly assigning a display position of candidate information such as a name and an attribute of a candidate (that is, determining a display order of candidate information) in the above embodiment.

3 is a flowchart showing details of random number generation processing (A4) in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for making the display area constant irrespective of the length of the character string such as the name and attribute of the candidate in the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for displaying all applicable candidates by inputting the initials of the candidates in the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a candidate list written on a paper used in the current election, for explaining the operation of randomly changing the display position of each candidate in the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a candidate list display example on the display screen for explaining the operation of randomly changing the display position of each candidate in the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a candidate number given to each candidate shown in FIG. 7 for explaining the operation of randomly changing the display position of each candidate in the above-described embodiment.

9 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence state between the candidate information shown in FIG. 7 and the candidate number shown in FIG. 8 for explaining the operation of randomly changing the display position of each candidate in the above embodiment. .

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram for making the candidate information display area of each candidate constant regardless of the lengths of character strings such as names and attributes in the above embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram for making the candidate information display area of each candidate constant regardless of the lengths of character strings such as names and attributes in the above embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view for explaining an operation of displaying all the corresponding candidates by entering the initials of the candidate in the above embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view for explaining an operation of displaying all the corresponding candidates by inputting the initials of the candidate in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Integrated display / input device, 3 ... Stylus pen, 5 ... Electrostatic transparent tablet, 6 ... Liquid crystal display (LC
D), 7 ... memory card (or IC card), 10 ... tablet controller, 11 ... LCD controller, 1
2 ... CPU, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... ROM, 15 ... Video RAM (VRAM), 16 ... Communication interface (communication IF), 17 ... Election information file, 18 ... Card interface, 19 ... Voice output device, 20 ... Input / output Interface (I / O-I / F), PA ... Candidate display sequence control program.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Yoshiyuki Miura, 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Stock company Toshiba Ome factory (72) Naoko Shimojima 2--9, Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Shareholders Company Toshiba Ome Factory (72) Inventor Katsutoshi Ishikawa 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome City, Tokyo Stock Company Toshiba Ome Factory (72) Inventor Kunio Ueda 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome City, Tokyo Stock Company Toshiba Ome Factory

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[Claims] 1. In an election terminal device that introduces a plurality of registered candidates on a screen or displays them as selection targets, introduces a plurality of registered candidates on a screen or displays them as selection targets At this time, an election characterized by comprising means for deciding the display order of each of the registered candidates and means for rearranging the registered candidates in the display order according to this decision and displaying them on the screen. Terminal device. 2. The election terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising random number generating means, and the display order of each candidate is determined by the random number. 3. The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the display order of each candidate is determined according to a predetermined rule. 4. The order of each candidate is determined by rearranging all of the candidates to be displayed, and the candidate information is displayed in units of a predetermined number of candidates according to the order. Election terminal device according to 1 or 2 or 3. 5. When displaying a candidate list in units of a plurality of predetermined candidates, the rank of each candidate is determined for the candidates in the screen of each candidate list, 4. The election terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the candidate list is displayed in a candidate arrangement according to the rank. 6. The display order of the candidate list is determined on a screen-by-screen basis when the candidate lists for a plurality of screens are switched and displayed one screen at a time, and the candidate list is displayed according to the order. 2 or 3 or 5 election terminal devices. 7. A coordinate input device and a plane display device interlocking with the device are provided, and a plurality of candidates are directly or indirectly displayed as a list through the display device to prompt a voter to perform a selection operation. An election terminal device having means is characterized by having layout processing means for randomly changing the display position of each of the candidates, and changing the display order of the voters every time the list is displayed. Election terminal equipment. 8. A display screen for selecting a display character size according to the length of a character string of the candidate name and political party name, which has means for changing the display character size in the candidate list and attribute display. 8. The election terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the occupation area of the display button of each candidate is constant. 9. The election terminal device according to claim 7, further comprising means for selecting and displaying a corresponding candidate by inputting the initials of the candidate.