JPS5855491Y2 - Voting ticket terminal device with automatic ticket disposal function - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a vending machine for betting tickets such as horse racing tickets, which has an automatic ticket disposal function.

In gambling for horse races, bicycle races, boat races, etc., tickets such as horse racing tickets, car tickets, boat tickets, etc. (these are called voting tickets, and buying a ticket is said to be a vote) are sold, and fans buy these tickets to watch the races. .

Conventionally, each voting ticket has only one type of content; for example, 10 races, 1-2 groups, etc.
They are sold for each winning horse, and if you want to vote multiple times for the same combination in the same race, you have to buy multiple voting tickets with the same content.

However, with this method, at large racetracks where many fans gather, voting ticket sales terminals are
It is necessary to provide an extremely large number of fans, such as 0 fans, and even then, if a large number of fans rush in at 1 o'clock, it will not be possible to accommodate all the fans and a long line will form.

Therefore, the present inventor devised a voting ticket that allows multiple votes to be cast with one ticket, and proposed this separately.

With this voting ticket, you can make multiple votes by race, single win, double win, consecutive wins, winning horse number, etc. For example, with a voting ticket written as shown in the table below, there are 4 types of votes for the 3rd race.
827 units of votes can be cast.

Consecutive victory 3rd race 1-5 300 units 1-6 450 units 1-7 27 units 3-7 20 units If you use a voting ticket (hereinafter referred to as a multi-ticket) that costs ¥82,700,
Ticketing and refund operations become easier, and ticket congestion can be alleviated.

However, as the amount of information written on one voting ticket increases, a problem arises in which part of the information must be corrected.

For example, in the above example, the field for 27 units for groups 1-7 (this is called a bet) may be deleted because the voter requested it by mistake or the operator accidentally keyed in.
Alternatively, a request may be made to place another bet instead.

In the conventional system, although one bet is one ticket, deletion results in the cancellation of the entire bet, and this is done by an operation called subtraction.

In other words, a subtraction machine is installed separately from the voting ticket vending machine, and when you operate this subtraction machine and key in a bet on a cancellation-required voting ticket, this bet information is marked with a subtraction mark and transmitted to the central computer. , the electronic computer subtracts one from the bet in that file, and the voting ticket becomes discarded.

However, with multi-tickets, if you simply use the subtraction machine, all bets that do not need to be canceled will be canceled, and any bets that should be left will have to be keyed in again to issue a new ticket, making the operation extremely cumbersome and uneconomical. be.

In order to improve this, it is possible to draw a line through unnecessary bets on a voting ticket that has multiple bets written in it, and if there are changes to be made, write the new bets to be added in the bottom column. In this case, invalid data that has been deleted and valid data that has not been deleted are both present on the same ticket, which is not only unsightly, but also the revised voting ticket is handed over to the voter and there is nothing left in their possession. As a result, this creates an opportunity for fraud, which is extremely undesirable.

Therefore, in the case of partial corrections, it is effective to issue a new ticket with the corrections and to discard the original ticket, which is effective in preventing fraud and for other reasons.

In addition, although payouts have conventionally been performed manually, it is desirable to process them automatically, especially for multi-ticket tickets that consist of a large number of bets.

In this case as well, it is desirable to automatically mark a refunded voting ticket as obsolete so that the voting ticket will not be requested for payment more than once.

In view of these points, the present invention proposes a voting ticket subtraction or refund terminal device having an automatic ticket disposal function.

The voting ticket terminal device of the present invention having an automatic ticket disposal function uses a voting ticket on which voting information is visually recorded and magnetically recorded, and has an input slot for the voting ticket to be subtracted or refunded, and an ejecting slot for the voting ticket. an ejection port, a reading unit provided between the input port and the output port for the voting ticket, which reads information magnetically recorded on the voting ticket inserted from the input port; an erasing section for erasing the information on the voting ticket; a display section for visually displaying that the voting ticket has been processed; and a display section for transmitting the information read by the reading section to the computer and receiving instructions from the computer. In response to a subtraction or refund command for the voting ticket, the voting ticket itself is visually displayed as having been processed, and the ticket is discarded so that the magnetic recording information is erased, and the ticket is discarded through the ejection port. This is characterized by the fact that it discharges more water, and this will be explained in detail next with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a terminal device according to the present invention, and this terminal device 10 includes a keyboard 11. A control section 12 consisting of a transmission control section and input and output registers connected thereto, and a printing section 1
3, a display section 14, a reading section 15, a magnetic recording section 16, and a discarded ticket processing section 17.

Note that the detailed mechanisms of the portions 11 to 16 can be appropriately utilized as conventionally known mechanisms, so a description thereof will be omitted.

Two embodiments of the waste note processing section 17 are shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

In these figures, 21 is the case of this terminal device, 22 and 2
Reference numerals 3 and 24 designate appropriate locations, such as a voting ticket insertion slot provided on the top surface and a discharge port provided at the bottom of the side surface.

Since this terminal device has two display sections on one main body and is shared by two operators, two voting ticket ejection ports are provided.

A feed roller 25, a separating roller 26 and a reading head 27 are provided in the case, and the case in FIG. 2 further includes a punching device 28, 29, and the case in FIG. provided.

The read head 27 constitutes the reading section 15 in FIG. 1, and since the read head can also be used for writing, the magnetic recording section 16
Also serves as

Of course, a writing head may be provided separately.

This terminal device can be used for selling, subtracting, and refunding voting tickets.

To explain the operation, voting tickets are sold as follows.

That is, the operator operates the keyboard 11 while listening to the order of the voter, and keys in bet information such as race number, horse number, and number of units.

As mentioned above, in the case of a multi-voting ticket, there are a plurality of bet numbers, so all desired bets are heard from the voters, and these are sequentially keyed into the input register of the control unit 12.

The keyed-in information is displayed on the display unit 14 connected to the register.
is displayed and used to check for errors.

When the operator presses a send button (not shown) when all of the voters' desired bets have been keyed in, the information stored in the input register of the control unit 12 is sent to the computer CPU via the transmission control unit. Filed in this.

The keyed-in information and the total amount are stored in the output register of the control unit 12 (these are sent from the computer, but some or all of them may be obtained from within the own terminal), and the printing unit 13 stores the keyed-in information and the total amount in the output register. Print on the voting ticket paper according to the contents and issue the voting ticket.

At this time, a copy is also printed, and the same content is magnetically recorded on the voting ticket in the recording section 16 for convenient reading later.

Furthermore, the contents should be checked by reading it immediately after magnetic recording.

Subtraction is performed as follows.

First, the voting ticket 20b to be subtracted is put into the slot 22 of the terminal device 10, and the reading section 15 reads the magnetically recorded information.

The read information is input to the input register, and the result display section 14
For example, displays as shown in the table above.

Push buttons (hereinafter referred to as 19a to 19d) are provided, for example, at the left end of each horizontal shelf (referred to as a bet) in this display.

If the bets 1-7 of the displayed bets, the number of units 27, require cancellation, the operator presses the corresponding push button 19C.

Next, press the send button and all information will be sent to the computer CPU.
The calculator displays the bets ``1-7, 2'' with subtraction marks.
7 units" is received, the number of units 27 is subtracted from the set 1-7 of the file, and the remaining bet, its total, and the difference amount are transferred to the terminal device.

This information is input to the output register, and the printing unit 13 prints the bets other than the canceled bet "1-7.27 units" and their total amount on the voting ticket paper, and issues a new ticket. The difference amount of 2,700 yen is displayed on the display.

The operator pays the difference along with this new note, completing the partial subtraction operation.

Of course, the subtraction may be not only for one bet but also for multiple or all bets.

Further, a changing operation to change a part of the bet to another bet can be performed by deleting the bet as described above and then keying in the other bet by operating the keyboard 11 in the same manner as when issuing a new ticket.

The refund operation is performed as follows.

First, the payout ticket 20a is inserted into the slot 22, and the reading section 15 reads the bet and sends it to the computer CPU via the transmission control section.

The winning horse number and its payout are stored in the computer, and the payout is calculated from the transmitted bet.
This is transmitted to the terminal side.

This dividend etc. is displayed on the display unit 14, and the operator pays the dividend according to the display.

The voting ticket whose part or all has been subtracted and the voting ticket whose dividend has been refunded are discarded by the processing unit 17 in order to make them impossible to reuse.

To explain this with reference to FIG. 2, a voting ticket 20 for subtraction or refund is inserted into the slot 22 and sent to the reading head 27 by the feed roller 25.

The bet information magnetically written on the voting ticket is read by this machine and used for display or inquiry to the computer as described above.

Next, when a subtraction unit instruction or a refund instruction is given, the voting ticket is further transported by a feed roller 25 and then transferred to a separation roller 26.
leading to.

Although not shown, a switching mechanism is provided, and the voting ticket is distributed to each operator by this mechanism, and a hole is punched in a predetermined portion of the voting ticket, such as a magnetic recording part, by a punching device 28.

The voting tickets that have been discarded in this way are discharged from the exit 23 or 24.
and stored in a stacker (not shown).

FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 3, but in this case, a mark such as "out of stock" is printed by the printing device 31 or 32 instead of the perforation.

The magnetic recording section of the voting ticket is demagnetized by an erasing head 30 so that it can be reused.

Erasing magnetic records along with visible marks by perforation or printing is effective in preventing unauthorized use.

That is, if only the magnetic recording surface is erased, this recording surface may be erased by a magnetic key or the like, so that it becomes indistinguishable from that.

For valid tickets whose magnetic records have been erased, the operator operates the keyboard 11 to input bet information and the like.

In addition, if only the visible display is used, this terminal device performs reading etc. magnetically, so even if there is a discarded ticket mark, it will be read and a payment request will be made.

If visible and magnetic images are displayed, there is no risk of such damage and unauthorized use or misuse can be reliably prevented.

As is clear from the above explanation, in this invention, if there is a subtraction or refund command for a voting ticket, the ticket is automatically discarded, so there is no need to forget to mark the discarded ticket as in the conventional manual process. Therefore, it is possible to reliably process and store used tickets.

In addition, the discarded ticket processing method of the present invention visually indicates that processing has been completed on the voting ticket itself and erases the magnetically recorded information, so there is no device that automatically reads the magnetically recorded information on the voting ticket and issues a refund. Even if the operator forgets to check the display indicating that the ticket has been processed, the process of discarded tickets can be reliably detected and double refunds will not be made.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are mechanical diagrams showing the configuration of its waste note processing section. In the drawing, 201 is a refund ticket, 20b is a subtraction ticket, 15 is a reading section, and 17 is a waste ticket processing section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Using voting tickets on which voting information is visually recorded and magnetically recorded, there is an inlet for the voting ticket to be subtracted or refunded, an outlet for ejecting the voting ticket, and a connection between the input and output ports for the voting ticket. A reading section for reading information magnetically recorded on the voting ticket inserted through the slot, an erasing section for erasing the information magnetically recorded on the voting ticket, and an erasing section for erasing information magnetically recorded on the voting ticket; It is equipped with a display section that displays the information in a visible state, and a control section that transmits the information read by the reading section to a computer and receives instructions from the computer, and is capable of responding to subtraction or refund instructions for the voting ticket. Accordingly, an automatic ticket scrapping function is characterized in that the voting ticket itself is visually displayed as having been processed, and the ticket is scrapped so that the magnetically recorded information is erased, and the ticket is discharged from the discharge outlet. A voting ticket terminal device with a