JPS5844431Y2 - Voting ticket refund machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a machine for dispensing voting tickets for horse racing tickets, boat tickets, etc., and particularly relates to a machine for dispensing voting tickets with an "unknown" display.

Conventional voting ticket refund machines only determine whether a ticket is a hit or a hit when the ticket is paid out using a button.

For this reason, tickets for which the race has not yet been determined, tickets for which the statute of limitations has expired, and tickets that should not have been processed by the system are displayed as unmatched, which is unreasonable.

The present invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks,
This purpose is achieved by adding an "unknown" display in addition to the hit and miss displays to improve the accuracy of judgment and perform rational voting ticket processing.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voting ticket refund system according to the present invention, where 1 is a computer and 2 is a voting ticket refund machine.

Those who wish to receive a refund bring their voting ticket and hand it to the operator.

Usually, the same information as the visible ticket information is magnetically recorded on the back of the voting ticket.

Therefore, the operator inserts the voting ticket into the insertion slot of the payout machine (not shown), reads it with a magnetic reader, and temporarily stores it in an internal input register.

Next, by operating a transmission key (not shown), the computer 1 stores the contents of the input register in the memory once the ticket face information is sent, and determines whether the voting ticket is a winning ticket or not by a pre-stored determination program. It is checked whether there is a ticket, whether it is a missed ticket, or whether it is an unknown ticket.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the determination program. First, it is checked based on the annual ticket face information whether or not the statute of limitations has already expired.

That is, if one year has passed since the event date, the ticket can no longer be refunded, even if it is a winning ticket.

However, if the statute of limitations has expired, the first code 001 is returned to the refund machine 2 to display "unknown".

If the statute of limitations has not expired, then check 2 is performed to determine whether the voting ticket is a ticket that should be handled by the main refund machine.

If you throw away a ticket that should be handled by this refund machine, the same code as above is sent back to the refund machine to display an "unknown" message.

If the ticket should be handled by this system, we will check whether the response has already been confirmed or not, and if it is not confirmed, we will perform the same “unknown” process as above, and if it is confirmed, we will Check whether it is correct or not.

If it is a missed hit, the second code 0 is sent to display a missed hit.
10 is returned to the refund machine, and if it is a hit, processing such as calculation of the refund amount is performed by a routine not shown, and the refund amount and the third code 100 to be displayed as a hit are returned to the refund machine and displayed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the display section of the refund machine according to the present invention, and REG is the hit code returned from the computer;
Register for storing hit codes and unknown codes, Dv1
~DV3 is a lamp driver, and L1 to L3 are lamps.

Normally, the contents of register REG are reset to zero and none of the lamps are lit.

Now, if unknown code 001 is transferred from the computer, the information is stored in the register REG, and the lamp driver DV3 is driven to light only the "unknown" indicator lamp L3.

Similarly, if 010 or 100 is stored in the register, lamp drivers DV2 and DV3 are driven, respectively.
The hit lamp L2 or the hit lamp L3 lights up.

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to displaying hits and misses, "unknown" is displayed, so rational voting ticket processing can be carried out, and service to customers can be significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the refund system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of computer processing for refunds of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the display section of the refund machine according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a computer, 2 is a voting ticket refund machine, REG is a register, Dv1-3 are lamp drivers, and L1-L3 are lamps.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In addition to displaying a hit or miss depending on whether the voting ticket is a hit or a miss, if the race of the voting ticket has not been determined, regardless of whether the voting ticket is a hit or a miss, “ not clear"
A voting ticket refund machine characterized by being equipped with a display means for displaying.