JPS58176770A - Vending machine of voting ticket - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an operation mistake of an automatic vending terminal machine of voting tickets, by providing an allotment control signal part between a center computer and a vending terminal and giving a guide display of exclusive for vending or exclusive for subtraction on a keyboard of the terminal machine. CONSTITUTION:The vending and subtraction key switches 10 of a vending terminal machine 1 are divided at the left and right or upper and lower sides along with lamps 11 and 11' concentrated at one place. An allotment control signal part is provided between a center computer and the machine 1, and logical circuit discriminates whether the vending machine is exclusive for vending or for subtraction. Then the vending machine is allotted to a machine exclusive for vending or a machine exclusive for subtraction by the code signal contained in the data signal supplied from the center computer. Then a lamp 11 or 11' is turned on with the output of the allotted machine. As a result, an operator can discriminate a machine of exclusive for vending or subtraction, at a glance. Furthermore a lamp display is given by a single-operation switch. This can eliminate the operation mistakes.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) The technical field of the invention + Yumei relates to a voting ticket vending machine (hereinafter simply referred to as vending machine) related to a prefecture data input terminal of a totalizer system installed at a public race track such as horse racing.

(b) Technical background The vending machine VC serves as an input terminal for the mechanized system, which transfers data information such as customer voting data, race number, group number, and amount to a total of 4 J machines at the center. Check the voting data at 11X'lb.

After the calculation process, the computer sends out 1! ! (Release) Based on No. 16, the terminal will issue voting tickets with the attached issuing machine.6
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The automatic issuance of voting tickets must be handled with great care, and due consideration must be given to the reliability of the transaction. Subtract (cancel) the window Rooberet zij Koito data Tokyo metropolitan answer.

However, the vending machines are divided into two types: one for ticket issuing (light emission) and one for subtraction. This is to prevent operational errors between the "ticket issue" key and the "1 subtraction" key.

(e) Prior Art and Problems Figures 1 and 2 are block diagrams of the conventional system according to the present invention described in the background, and Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the main configuration of the vending machine shown in Figure 1. It is.

In Figure W, 1, tens to hundreds of vending machines 1 are connected in parallel to the center computer 2 via the communication circuit i13, and voting tickets desired by customers are issued.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional vending terminal, and the vending machine 1 is composed of an operator-operated keyboard section 4 and a voting ticket issuing machine 5 having a printing function. Normally, two keyboards 4 are used in common. ! 5, and the issuing station 5 is connected to the center computer.

In the illustrated configuration, the vending machine automatically requests the necessary information for ticket issuance from the vending counter from the 1c center computer. Of course, such information is transmitted and received for all vending machines.

Vending machine 1 is a voting ticket issuing machine and voting data is the key.
When an input is made to the number switch 6 of the code 4, this is displayed.
The voting data is displayed in S9, and the voting data is printed and issued from the issuing machine 5. Key switch 8 is for sale, and key switch 7Fi
This is a key for subtraction. However, keys 7 and 8 are commonly used in both winding machines and subtraction machines, and are displayed. This causes operational errors and problems in system operation.

fd) Purpose of Defense The purpose of the present invention was made in view of the above points.
By simplifying the keyboard operation, we aim to fully improve the reliability of the above-mentioned machine.

(e) Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the purpose of MJ distribution, the present invention has a center total J! L
1. A control signal is provided between the terminal and the release terminal to determine whether the terminal is for release only, for subtraction, or for any function.
The trick is to move the guide to any key.

(f) Embodiments of the invention Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 [i5
! Figure 3 is a perspective view of the vending machine, and the same functional parts as in Figure 2 are given the same reference numerals. FIG. 4 is a block diagram in which the vending machine shown in FIG. 3 is connected to a center computer, and the function distribution of whether the terminal is exclusively for vending or for subtraction is controlled.

In the JGS diagram, numeral 10 is a release/subtraction key switch which is the essential part of the invention, and 11 is a plurality of lamps provided on the Fi key switch 10 (see the lower diagram). That is, the operator transmission keys operated by the keyboard 4, which were conventionally provided separately, are now gathered in one place, and the transmission key 10 is divided into left and right or upper and lower parts to distinguish whether it is used only for sales or for subtraction. A lamp 11 and a lamp 11' are provided to indicate whether the machine is selling Iro're or M&Nou by an easy lighting display. The key switch 10 may be a commercially available push button switch with a lamp or a switch having a rate-making contact configuration.

Next, the operation of the vending machine will be explained with reference to FIG. In the block diagram of FIG. 4, 12 is shown [1
an interface unit with a computer, 13#-j, a control unit hh comprising a register system for comparing the voting data of the vending machine with the center computer via the interface 12; furthermore, 18 is a control unit related to the 6-hole unit 9, and 19 is a switch f! for the numeral switch 6. tlj@h.

City 1. The wholesaler 19 determines whether the vending machine is a vending machine or a subtracting vending machine via the control unit 13 and the interface box 12.
0ν1 is equipped with an m-embedded circuit (not shown) for distinguishing between shoes, and the output of this circuit lights up the lamps 11 and 11' marked h1.
For example, in the signal transferred in a series of data bits from the center computer, the code is thoroughly divided by code No. 6, such as 01 if it is a machine dedicated to sales, or 02 if it is a machine dedicated to subtraction. This is the control section.

In the block diagram, 9 is the 6th indicator of the human keyboard, and as shown in Figure 2, this is the race code, Mi/v.
and the amount of the vote will be displayed electronically.

When desired O voting data is input by operating the numeric keypad 6, the voting data is expanded into a series of data bits by the control unit 19 via the code conversion circuit 16, and the expanded code signal is converted into a series of data bits by the control unit 13 as described above. The voting tickets are then printed in the printing section 14 based on a match.

Thanks to the effects of the invention, there is no erroneous operation because the lamp is displayed with a single operation switch. From this point of view, the present invention has great practical value.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the configuration of a conventional system, Figure 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an automatic voting ticket vending machine, and Figures 3 and 4 are of a vending machine as an example of the present invention. A perspective view and a block diagram of a vending machine in which functions are divided into nine categories, such as whether the terminal (previously shown in FIG. 3) is for sale only or for e-subtraction only. In the figure, 1 is the vending machine, 2 is the center computer, 4 is the keyboard, 5 is the issuing machine, 6 is the fi numeric keypad, 7 is is the subtraction key (
8Fi release key (switch), 10 is the release-#cX key of the present invention, 11 and 11' are both display rungs, 12 is the interface section, 13t1wllIl1 section,
14 is a printing unit, 16 is a code conversion circuit for voting data, 1
8 is a voting data display control section, and 19 is a key manual switch control section. Akira 1 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] A release key switch, a subtraction key switch, and a key switch for selectively inputting race numbers and other pitcher data.
The input voting data is transferred from a vending terminal equipped with a keyboard that smells a keyboard and an issuing machine that issues the voting data to a center computer, where the voting data is checked and tabulated, and then the inputted data is emitted. In automatic voting ticket vending terminals with a system configuration in which voting data is issued to the terminal, there is a connection between the center computer and the vending terminal to determine whether the terminal is for vending only or for subtraction. A voting ticket vending machine with a distribution control signal is set and a guide is displayed for either the sale or Fi subtraction key on the keyboard using the control signal.