JPS5824826B2 - Voting ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an unmanned voting ticket vending machine that can accurately inquire about the total cash amount without bothering the voting ticket purchaser who is operating the machine.

The conventional method of inquiring about the total cash amount at a manned voting ticket vending machine for horse racing, bicycle racing, etc. is that when the operator of the vending machine presses the inquiry button on the vending machine, the computer will automatically issue the vending machine. The amount received is sent to the bank, and this amount is printed on a receipt to check the contents against the cash.

In this case, since the person who operates the vending machine and the person who presses the inquiry button are the same person, it is possible to temporarily suspend sales to purchasers and perform verification work.

However, in the case of an unmanned voting ticket vending machine, the vending machine is operated by the purchasing customer, and the inquiring operation is performed by different people, such as the person who comes to collect the cash, and each person is not aware of the timing of the other's operation. Normally, operations are performed behind the scenes.

Therefore, the purchaser's operation and the bill collector's operation may conflict, resulting in a stoppage during the purchase, or the cash may not match, resulting in a disadvantage that accurate verification cannot be performed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an unmanned voting ticket vending machine that can accurately check the total cash amount without bothering the voting ticket purchaser who is operating the machine.

In order to achieve the above object, the voting ticket vending machine of the present invention is a voting system in which a purchasing customer inserts cash into a cash input section, inputs voting details using a selection button, and after aggregation processing is performed by a control section, a desired voting ticket is sold. The ticket vending machine is provided with an inquiry button for inquiring the total amount of the inserted cash and a means for outputting the total amount, and an inquiry command signal is temporarily held in the storage means by pressing the inquiry button,
When the inquiry button is pressed, waits for the detection of the sale end signal of the voting ticket of each purchase item being operated, displays the sale stop on the display section, sends an inquiry command signal from the storage means to the control section, and causes the tally processing means to It is characterized by outputting the total amount.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples.

To explain the present invention in detail, when the purchaser presses the inquiry button, he or she inserts a certain amount of cash, but he does not yet know how many voting tickets he will buy with that amount.

Also, the bill collector does not know when to press the inquiry button.

Therefore, as a method of not performing these two operations at the same time and not affecting the purchaser's operations, the fact that the inquiry button has been pressed is temporarily stored in a register.

After the customer's operation is completed, the last voting ticket is taken out, and cash is detected to be in the cash storage box, the system starts executing the inquiry command signal stored in the register.

In this way, a collision between the two operations is prevented. The figure is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, in the case of a normal sale of voting tickets, the purchaser inserts cash into the coin insertion section 1 or the bill insertion section 2 and the amount is determined, and the amount is stored in the memory in the main control section 4 through the money control section 3. be done.

Furthermore, by pressing each button on the keyboard 5 to indicate the desired race number, set number, amount, etc., the contents of the voting ticket are similarly stored in the memory, and the contents of the memory are sent to the display section 6.

When the amount button is finally pressed on the keyboard section 5, the voting details are sent from the main control section 4 to the computer via the interface section 7.

The electronic computer returns a ticket issuing command to the voting ticket vending machine if the voting contents can be sold.

In the voting ticket vending machine, a ticket issuing command is sent to the main control section 4 through the interface section 7, and from there, a ticket issuing command is sent to the voting ticket printing control section 8, and the voting ticket is issued from the ticket issuing slot 9.

In the present invention, an inquiry button 11 is provided, and when the button 11 is pressed, the fact that the inquiry button has been pressed is stored in the register 12.

On the other hand, if the sale of voting tickets to purchasers is successfully completed, a voting ticket sale end signal is output from the main control section 4.

This sale end signal and the inquiry request signal stored in the register 12 are ANDed in an AND circuit 13, and the output is used to send an inquiry command signal to the main control unit 4, and a stop command signal to the purchaser. It is sent to the sale stop display section 14 to display a sale stop display.

When the main control section 4 receives the inquiry command, it sends an inquiry code to the computer, and the computer sends the total value of the voting tickets sold from the computer to the printing section 16 via the copy printing control section 15 through the main control section 4. to print out a copy of the report.

When the bill collector finishes checking the cash, he presses the recovery button 17.
The register 12 and sale stop display section 14 are reset, and the voting ticket vending machine becomes on sale.

As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided an inquiry button for inquiring the total amount of inserted cash, and when the inquiry button is pressed, an inquiry command signal is temporarily held in the storage means, and when the inquiry button is pressed, Waiting for the end signal of the sale of voting tickets for each purchase item being operated, displays a sale stop indication on the display section, sends an inquiry command signal from the storage means to the main control section, and automatically outputs the total amount by the totalization processing means. It is something to do.

As a result, the total cash amount of the sold voting tickets can be inquired in a normal state without causing any inconvenience to the voting ticket purchaser who is operating the voting ticket, so highly reliable results can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and in the figure,
1 is a coin insertion part, 2 is a bill insertion part, 3 is a money control part, 4
is the main control unit, 5 is the keyboard unit, 6 is the display unit, 7 is the ink face unit, 8 is the voting ticket printing control unit, 9 is the ticket issuing slot, 1
1 is an inquiry button, 12 is a register, 13 is an AND circuit, 14
Reference numeral 15 indicates a sales stop display section, 15 indicates a copy printing control section, 16 indicates a printing section, and 17 indicates a recovery button.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The purchaser inserts cash into the cash input section, inputs the voting details using the selection button, and after the control section tallies and processes the voting ticket vending machine that sells the desired voting ticket, the total amount of the inserted cash is inquired. and an output means for outputting the total amount, and when the inquiry button is pressed, an inquiry command signal is temporarily stored in the storage means, and when the inquiry button is pressed, a sale end signal of the voting ticket of each purchase item being operated is provided. 1. A voting ticket vending machine characterized by displaying a sales stop on a display section after waiting for detection of the ticket amount, sending an inquiry command signal from the storage means to a control section, and outputting a total amount by a total processing means.