JPS5842508B2 - Voting ticket refund device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a refund device for voting tickets such as horse racing tickets.

In gambling for horse races, bicycle races, boat races, etc., fans buy betting tickets, car tickets, and betting tickets (these are called voting tickets), watch the races, and receive dividends depending on the race results.

Traditionally, dividends are paid to voters by handing a winning ticket to a refund processor at a refund office, and receiving cash after the dividend is calculated by comparing the winning ticket by the refund processor with a ledger. It is done by

Alternatively, recently, voting tickets made of magnetic sheets are also available, in which case the voting ticket is inserted into a refund machine,
The voting information is read by the magnetic head in the payout machine, and the host device determines and calculates whether the ticket is a winning ticket or the dividend amount.The results are displayed on the display section and the cash payment operation is performed.

However, the former method requires a large amount of manual work by the refund processor, resulting in a long waiting time for the fan, and has the disadvantage that it is easy to make operational errors.

In the latter case, the work of the refund processor is significantly reduced, but running costs are inevitably high because a magnetic sheet must be used as the voting ticket, and the device that issues the voting ticket also requires a magnetic sheet on the back side. It has the drawback that it requires more units for printing, is expensive, and is vulnerable to forgery and alteration.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is to reduce the burden on refund processors, make it possible to use inexpensive voting tickets, and thus reduce running costs while ensuring that counterfeit and altered voting tickets are prevented. The object of the present invention is to realize a voting ticket refund device that can eliminate the following problems.

Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to realize a voting ticket refunding device with high efficiency and high processing speed. A voting ticket transfer means for transferring, a forgery/alteration checking head disposed along the voting ticket transfer means and reading preprint information printed on the back side of the voting ticket, and a checking head disposed along the voting ticket transfer means. and a character reading section arranged at a later stage to read the voting information printed on the surface of the voting ticket, and only when the reading signal from the checking head is normal, the character reading section at the latter stage reads the voting information printed on the surface of the voting ticket. This can be achieved by providing a voting ticket refund device that is characterized by enabling the following.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the front and back sides of a voting ticket to which the present invention is applied.

The voting ticket used in the present invention consists of two pieces of paper made of plain paper.
0 has voting information 21 meaning voting details printed with normal ink on the front side, and preprint information 22 consisting of notes etc. printed with magnetic ink on the back side.

FIG. 2 shows an external view of the voting ticket refunding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2A shows a front view, and FIG. 2A shows a side view.

Further, FIG. 3 shows a voting ticket processing mechanism of the voting ticket refund device according to the present invention.

In both figures, 1 is an entrance guide that constitutes an insertion slot for the voting ticket 20, 2 is a processing unit that performs reading processing and waste ticket processing for the inserted voting ticket 20, 3 is a display unit, and 4 is a display unit that indicates whether the voting ticket 20 has been processed or not. a stacker that accumulates rejected voting tickets;
5 is a shutter for permitting or prohibiting entry of the voting ticket 20; 6 is a magnetic head for checking forgery and alteration provided on the back side of the voting ticket 20, that is, corresponding to the printing position of the preprint information 22; 7 is a voting ticket 20 is a leaf spring for pressing the head 6 side from the surface, 8 is a light source, 9 is an optical lens,
Reference numeral 10 denotes an image sensor, and the light source 8, lens 9, and image sensor 10 constitute a reading section.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a punch operated by an electromagnetic magnet, which punches a small hole at a predetermined position of the voting ticket 20 after processing, for example, in order to invalidate the voting ticket thereafter; 12 is a punch operated by an electromagnetic magnet; 13 is a switching guide for sorting the forms to a predetermined position in the stacker 4 according to the reading content of the voting ticket through the reading section; 14 is an entrance guide 1;
This conveyance roller forms a conveyance path for the form 20 to reach the stacker 4.

Next, the operation will be explained.

The winning ticket brought by the voter is inserted into the entrance guide 1 of the voting ticket refund device by the hand of a refund processor.

The voting ticket inserted through the entrance guide 1 is transferred to the left by a conveyance roller 14, passes under a shutter 5 opened by a refund operation permission command from a host device, and is sent to a magnetic head 6 for checking forgery and alteration.

The magnetic head 6 magnetically reads the character position, pitch between characters, etc. of the preprint information 22 shown in FIG. In order to make it effective, a reading command signal is outputted to the reading unit via a control system (not shown).

The reading section receives this output signal and reads the voting information 2 on the surface of the voting ticket.
1 optically and sends the reading result to the host device.

The host device receives the signal from the reading section, determines whether the ticket is a winning ticket, calculates the payout, and displays the results on the display section 3.

The display section 3 is composed of a voting information display section 31 and an alarm display section 32, as shown in FIG. 4, and displays predetermined information and notifies the refund processor.

Voting tickets that have passed through the reader are punched 11. to avoid duplicate refunds. A small hole is drilled at a predetermined position in a waste note processing section consisting of a stopper 12.

The punch 11 is operated by an instruction signal sent from a host device.

The voting ticket that has passed through the discarded ticket processing section is guided by a switching guide 13 that is also activated by an instruction signal from a higher-level device and is dropped into the stacker 4.

The above is a case where the inserted voting ticket is a winning ticket and a valid ticket, but if it is a valid ticket but not a winning ticket, the information read by the reading unit is not a winning ticket in the host device. is detected, and the failure lamp of the alarm display part 31 of the display part 3 is lit to notify the processor, while the voting ticket is ejected onto the upper part of the stacker 4 without being discarded.

At this time, the switching guide 13 is switched by a command from the host device and is displaced so as to guide the voting ticket upward.

In addition, if the ticket is an invalid ticket, that is, a counterfeit or altered ticket, the check head 6 identifies the absence of magnetic ink on the preprinted characters in a predetermined position, and transfers the ticket to the reading section and waste ticket processing section at high speed. Then, the invalid bills are discharged into the stacker 4.

At this time, the switching guide 13 is switched by a command from the host device and is displaced so as to guide the invalid bill upward.

At the same time, the caution lamp on the alarm display section 31 of the display section 3 lights up to immediately notify the processor that the inserted voting ticket is a forged or altered ticket.

As explained above, according to the present invention, a checking head for identifying whether the voting ticket is appropriate or not is provided before the reading section, and based on the identification signal from the head, the reading section of the next stage, and controls the discarded ticket processing section to enable or disable it, so that refund operations can be carried out efficiently.

Further, since the identification signal from the head is displayed on the display section, it can be immediately determined whether the voting ticket is a forged or altered ticket.

Of course, by configuring the system as in the present invention, the work of the refund processor can be significantly reduced, and operator errors can be minimized.

A further advantage of the present invention is that since inexpensive plain paper can be used as voting tickets, running costs can be significantly reduced, and its practical effects are very large.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a voting ticket used in the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 show an external view of a voting ticket refunding device, a voting ticket processing mechanism, and a display unit according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an entrance guide, 3 is a display unit, 4 is a stacker, 6 is a checking magnetic head, 7 is a plate blade, 8 is a light source, 10 is an image center, 11 is a punch, 12 is a stopper, 13 is a switching guide, 14 is a conveyance roller.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A voting ticket insertion slot, a voting ticket transfer means that transfers the voting ticket inserted from the voting ticket insertion slot, and a counterfeit device that is placed along the voting ticket transfer means and reads the preprint information printed on the back of the voting ticket. It is equipped with a falsification checking head, and a character reading section that is arranged downstream of the checking head along the voting ticket transport means and reads voting information printed on the surface of the voting ticket, and reads a reading signal from the checking head. Only when the read signal is normal, the voting information is read by the character reading section in the subsequent stage based on the reading signal, and when the reading signal from the check head is not normal, the voting information is read by the character reading section. A voting ticket refund device characterized in that the voting ticket is ejected without any problem.