JPS5840229B2 - Voting ticket vending device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a voting ticket vending device that is equipped with an optical mark reading device and improves the efficiency of voting ticket vending.

When purchasing voting tickets for races such as horse racing and boat racing, there are many types of specifications such as winning streaks, etc., so simply installing an unmanned vending machine tends to take a long time for customers to operate the ticket.

Therefore, as shown in Figure 1, the voting ticket vending device main body VDM
One or two operator consoles OHT are connected to the machine, and sales are performed by the operator's operation.

When an operator listens to the customer's voting information and processes it on the console α■, it can be processed in a shorter time than when using an unmanned vending machine alone, but it takes a long time when the order is complex, and it can also cause misinterpretation. Troubles are likely to occur due to misunderstandings.

Furthermore, since the operator requires a skilled person, there is a drawback that the labor cost is enormous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide a voting ticket vending device which greatly improves the vending processing efficiency by optically reading a mark sheet in which all customer specifications are filled in. be.

Embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the appearance of an optical mark reading device used in the present invention that sells betting tickets for horse racing, and FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the mark sheet used in FIG. 2.

In Fig. 2, 1 is the main body of the reading device, 2 is the mark sheet loading table, 3 is the sheet conveying section, 4 is the sheet accumulated in the sheet holder, 5 is the display board, 6 is the release/subtraction display, and 7 is the date of the year, month, and year. Display, 8 is the bet type, display, 9 is the part that is displayed when there is a format error due to poor reading of the sheet, CHL
11 indicates the race number, 12 indicates the group number, 13 indicates the amount for each group and the total amount, and 14 indicates the ticket issue button. .

In Fig. 3, the arrow 15 and the paper cutout 16 indicate the direction of sheet insertion, the blackened area 17 is the bet type column, 18 is the race number column, 19, 20, 21° 22, 2
3 is a field for entering multiple bets, each pairing a group number and an amount; in this case, the areas that can be displayed are colored as shown in Figure 2.

4 is a side view showing only the sheet conveying section in FIG. 2, 24 is a roller, 25 is a belt for rotating the roller, 26 is an electric motor for rotating the roller, 27 is a mark reading head, 28
2 is a sheet detection photoelectric device, and 29 is a sheet conveyance guide.

When the operator inserts the mark sheet from the mounting table 2,
The electric motor 26 detected by the photoelectric device 28-1 rotates, and the reading head 27 starts operating.

When the optical mark reading device reads the mark sheet and displays the information on the display board 5 in FIG. 2, 11.12.1
There may be cases where the display in step 3 is not completely displayed.

At that time, the current processing method is for the operator to take out the mark sheet and check it with the naked eye, and if an omission is found during the check, it is necessary to make handwritten corrections while listening to the customer's notes, which is a big time loss. It was.

Therefore, it is preferable that the display board of FIG. 2 is provided with a display device such as a check indicator lamp indicated as CHL.

The reason why a complete display cannot be obtained when reading the sheet in Figure 3 is due to omissions in the sheet rather than malfunction of the equipment.
There are far more cases of incompleteness, so especially race numbers and
If the format is such that the number of numerical digits is determined, such as in the group number/amount field, any missing digits will be detected immediately and an error will be displayed.

In other words, the lamp in column 5 lights up or flashes, or a buzzer sounds to alert the operator, so the operator can immediately find the error location by looking at the display board, and take corrective action. time can be significantly reduced.

As a correction means, in addition to directly correcting the sheet, it is also possible to use an operator's console as described later, or to use another mark sheet or another mark reading device.

Next, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a specific configuration when using an optical mark reading device as the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the optical mark reading device 0MR1 and the operator console OHT are common. The signal is input to the terminal TM1 of the voting ticket vending device main body VDM via the ink face ITF, and the other optical mark reading device 0MR2 is input to the other terminal TM2.

The main memory VDM of the sales device has a built-in main memory IJMEM, and information is stored while being switched and connected to each terminal.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing details of a part of the common interface ITF and optical mark reading device OMR in FIG. 5.

In Fig. 6, the drive/receiver DV/'RV■ serves as a common interface, and DV, /RV■, ■ are provided in the optical mark reading device OMR and the operator console OHT to send and receive signals. .

IOC is input/output control circuit, SMEM is secondary memory, DCH
is a data check circuit, CRC is a transport path control circuit, CR
M is a transport mechanism, MRH is a mark reading head, AMP is an amplifier, and SMP is a sampling circuit.

When the mark sheet is inserted, the sheet is fed by the conveyance path control circuit CRC, the mark is read by the mark reading head MRH, and the mark is read by the memory SME via the amplifier AMP.
Stored in M.

At this time, the sampling circuit SMP generates a timing signal only for the signal in the entry field where the mark is present.

Furthermore, the data stored in the memory is processed by a data check circuit DC.
The contents are checked by H, and the input/output control circuit l0C
1 drive, data is sent to the vending machine VDM through the receiver DV/RV (■).

In this case, the signal from the operator console OHT can be sent to the vending machine VDM via the drive/receiver DV/RV■,■, so if the mark sheet is incompletely filled out, the operator can By operating the numeric keypad, it is possible to issue tickets without using an optical mark reader, and if there is a slight mistake in filling out the mark sheet, you can correct it from the console before pressing the ticket issue button. Therefore, the configuration shown in FIG. 5 combines the advantages of the optical mark reading device OMR and the advantages of an operator console, and enables highly efficient operation.

Naori SP is a customer display and is a display drive device DSP-DV.
is driven by.

By reading the information entered on the mark sheet, displaying it in front of the customer, and confirming that the notes have been made in accordance with the customer's wishes, and then operating the ticket issuing button, trouble will not occur.

Next, FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a mark reading device showing a second embodiment of the present invention, which is a device that can easily correct mistakes in marking sheet entries.

That is, in FIG. 7, 30 is a correction button, 31 is an auxiliary memory,
32 is a memory switching circuit, and 33 is a data rewriting control circuit.

Before the correction button 30 is operated, the switching circuit 32 is the amplifier AM.
It operates to store the P output in the sub memory SMEM.

The sampling circuit SMP determines the timing of data storage, and when the ticket issue button 14 is pressed, the data is sent to the memory device on the vending machine side.

Before pressing the release button 14, a check is performed on the reader display board as shown in Figure 2, or when displayed on the customer display as shown in Figure 6, deficiencies are discovered and it is determined that corrections are necessary. When this occurs, it is necessary to delete the sheet and the memory contents, rewrite all the entries on another new sheet, and then apply the mark reading device to the mark reading device, which is extremely troublesome.

According to the present invention, first the correction button 30 is pressed and the switching circuit 32
is switched to the auxiliary memory 31 side.

The corrected parts should be written down by painting only the relevant positions on other new sheets.

When a new sheet is passed to the mark reading device, the auxiliary memory 3
1 is stored so that it is the same as the address of the sub memory SMEM.

When the new sheet has been read and data stored in the auxiliary memory 31 has been completed, a signal is sent to the data rewrite control circuit 33 to rewrite the same address part of the contents of the submemory IJsMEM.

If the ticket issue button 14 is pressed when the rewriting operation is completed, the desired voting ticket will be obtained.

FIG. 8 is a third embodiment of the present invention intended to efficiently use one optical mark reading device.

The display board DP as shown in FIG. 2 is placed in front of the operator, and when the operator inserts a mark sheet into one optical mark reading device OMR, the mark reading device OMR has an insertion opening and an insertion switch SW in its vicinity. Since the sheet is provided in combination with the above, the sheet is fed into the reading device OMR only after the insertion switch SW is operated.

For this purpose, it is preferable to provide a shutter ST, which can be opened and closed by operating the switch SW, in the reading device OMR insertion slot.

The information output terminal is also switched so that the information read by the reading device OMR is displayed only on the display board DP on the side of the operated switch SW.

Since the operating time of the mark reading device OMR is extremely short compared to the time required for the operator to exchange money and voting tickets with customers, it is efficient for two operators to share the reading device OMR. .

In this way, according to the present invention, by using the optical mark reading device, voting tickets can be issued in a short time in accordance with the customer's order, eliminating troubles caused by customer's misunderstanding or operator's misunderstanding. , efficiency is improved.

It is especially effective when the content of the annotation becomes complicated, and even if there is a mistake in filling in the mark sheet or a small scratch on the sheet itself that requires correction, it is a quick way to deal with it without making the customer wait unnecessarily. can be removed.

It also has the effect of not requiring a skilled operator.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional voting ticket vending device, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of an optical mark reading device used in the present invention, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a mark sheet, Fig. 4 is a side view of the sheet conveying section in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a part of FIG. 5, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of a third embodiment of the present invention. VDM...Voting ticket vending device main body, OHT...Operator console, 1. OMR...optical mark reading device, 2
...Mark sheet mounting table, 3...Sheet transport section, 4
... Mark sheet, 5... Display board, 6... Release subtraction display, 9... Format error display, 13...
Amount display section, 14...Ticket issue button, 24...Roller, 2
7. MRH...mark reading head, CHL...check indicator lamp, ITF...interface, SME
M... Secondary memory, DSP... Customer display device, 30... Correction button, 31... Auxiliary memory, 33... Data rewrite control circuit, DP... Table plate, SW. ...Insertion switch, SHT...Shutter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a voting ticket vending device that prints and issues designated units of voting information in accordance with the operation of a ticket issuing button, optically reads a sheet on which designated units of voting information are written. In addition, a sub-memory for storing the entered unit voting information among the read information, a correction button for instructing rewriting/correction of the correction unit voting information for the issued voting ticket, which is read after the correction button is operated. an auxiliary memory for storing modified unit voting information; and modified unit voting information stored in the auxiliary memory in response to the operation of the modification button; and a secondary memory corresponding to an address of the modified unit voting information in the secondary memory. an optical mark reading device comprising a memory rewriting control circuit for rewriting and controlling unit voting information of the optical mark reading device; a main memory that stores the unit voting information read by the optical mark reading device; means for supplying unit voting information to the printing device according to the operation of the ticket issuing button; A voting ticket vending device characterized in that when a mark sheet is read, the entry contents of the sheet are rewritten with voting information in the sub-memory.