JPS60193071A - Automatic voting ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To discriminate assuredly the end of a ticket purchasing action of a customer and to avoid a misoperation by blinking the zero display for a period during which the residual amount display is set at zero and a voting ticket is received by the customer and discontinuing the blinking display at a time point when the customer receives the ticket with only the zero display kept. CONSTITUTION:When the residual count value of an amount counter 21 is set at ''0'', an AND circuit 26 delivers a blink signal to a residual amount display part 22. The part 22 blinks the zero display with the blink signal. Thus the customer's residual amount is set at ''0'' by the blink of the zero display. In this case, however, it is informed to the maintenance side that an automatic voting ticket vending machine is under operation. When a reception signal is supplied to a reception signal input terminal 3, the operation of a flip-flop circuit 25 is discontinued. Then an under-operation signal which is under transmission to the circuit 26 from the circuit 25 is discontinued, and the blink signal under transmission to the part 22 from the circuit 26 is discontinued. Thus only the zero display is kept at the part 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic voting ticket vending machine that sells voting tickets for races.

tb) Background of the technology Traditionally, in horse racing, 11-wheel racing, II boat racing, auto racing, etc., voting tickets were sold, tallied, and recorded in one display.

It is operated by an online voting ticket information processing system that processes everything online, including refunds.

This online voting ticket information processing system collects sales information at an online center from multiple voting ticket sales terminals inside and outside the venue. 2. Understanding the sales status 1. Aggregating the number of votes sold, etc., and calculating the refund amount after the race is confirmed. processing, a display function that displays this information on a large display device or TV, a refund processing function ring at the voting ticket refund terminal device, a host computer or front computer inside and outside the venue, and a connection with the main computer of the online center. It is operated as a system that processes voting ticket information online.

Furthermore, in recent years, voting ticket sales terminals have been introduced that are operated by customers themselves by inserting banknotes, in addition to the hand-selling terminals operated by hundreds of counter operators inside and outside the venue. Automatic voting ticket vending machines that allow you to select up to 5 different numbers or group numbers for the same race number and purchase the desired voting ticket have become popular, and this automatic voting ticket vending machine It is also operated in conjunction with the online center.

(C) Prior Art and Problems A conventional automatic voting ticket vending machine for this type of online voting ticket processing system will be explained.

Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of the configuration of a conventional automatic voting ticket vending machine.
1 is a bill/coin reading section, and 2 is an amount counter.

3 is a main control section, 4 is a memory section, and 5 is a remaining amount display section.

6 is a display, 7 is a purchase money stacker, 8 is a keyboard, 9 is a set button, 10 is a key control unit, 11 is a ticket issue button, 12 is an interface unit, 13 is a voting ticket issue unit,
Reference numeral 14 indicates a ticket printing section, and 15 indicates a change refund section.

The procedure for purchasing voting tickets and the control system will be explained below. First, two customers insert banknotes, coins, etc. into the purchase money slot to purchase voting tickets, and the banknote/coin reader 1 reads the amount inserted each time and sends an addition signal for each inserted face value to the amount counter 2. The amount is added by the amount counter 2 and the total amount is notified to the main control section 3. The main control section 3 temporarily stores the total amount in the memory section 4, and also displays this total amount on the remaining amount display section 5 on the maintenance side of the maintenance side and displays it on the display 6 on the customer side. Let me know. The purchased money, such as banknotes and coins, is deposited into the purchased money Sukusoka 7. The amount displayed on the display 6 serves as a purchasing guide for the nine customers. While looking at the display 6, the customer uses the keyboard 8 to enter the details of one type of voting ticket (voting format, race number 5).
(number or set number, amount, etc.) manually. If the contents of the entered voting ticket are good, press the set button 9.

When the customer presses the set button 9, a signal is sent to the main control section 3 via the key control section 10, and the main control section 3 sends a subtraction signal to the amount counter 2, which subtracts the total amount on the amount counter 2 and calculates the remaining amount. The remaining amount is displayed on the amount display section 5 and the display 6. At the same time, the contents of the voting ticket manually entered are stored in the memory section 4. Next, the first customer looked at the remaining amount on display 6.

Furthermore, input the contents of 2 to 4 types of voting tickets that you want to purchase one after another, press the set button 9, and follow the same procedure as described above to display the remaining amount on the remaining amount display section 5 and display 6, and the contents of the voting ticket are stored in the memory section. 4 are stored sequentially. The customer completes the keystrokes for the contents of the plurality of types of voting tickets he or she wishes to purchase, or presses the ticket issue button 11 because the remaining amount on the display 6 has become zero. By pressing the ticket issue button 11, the main control section 3 reads out the contents of multiple types of voting tickets stored in the memory section 4.

The information is transmitted to the front computer side (not shown) via the interface section 12 to obtain permission to create a voting ticket. The main control section 3 transmits the approved voting contents to the voting ticket issuing section 13 and the receipt printing section 14. After receiving the voting details, the voting ticket issuing unit 13 issues a voting ticket and does not present it to the second customer. Further, the receipt printing unit 14 which receives the same voting details prints the voting details as a receipt. Further, when the total amount of the purchased voting tickets is less than the total amount inserted from the purchase money input slot, the remaining amount displayed on the remaining amount display section 5 and the display 6 is refunded as change from the change refund section 15. When the customer receives the voting ticket, a receipt signal is sent from the voting ticket issuing section 13, and the amount counter 2 is reset under the control of the main control section 3, and the remaining amount displayed on the remaining amount display section 5 and the display 6 becomes zero.

The above are the procedures and control system functions of the automatic voting ticket vending machine that automatically sells voting tickets to customers. If you wish to do so, remove the voting ticket/receipt ticket or remove the purchase money stacker for one bill/coin, and the automatic voting ticket vending machine will go into an alarm state.

Since the sale will be cancelled, you must confirm that no one is purchasing voting tickets before proceeding. This is because the conventional voting ticket vending machine is installed with a wall separating the operation side for the customer and the operation side for the maintenance side.

From a maintenance perspective, it is impossible to see the customer side. Therefore.

Whether a customer is operating the machine or not is determined by checking the remaining amount displayed on the remaining amount display section, which is added by inserting money and subtracted by purchasing a voting ticket, and whether there is any remaining amount. However, the remaining amount is determined by the customer's key vote.
Since the amount is deducted when the set button is pressed, even if the balance reaches zero, it takes a considerable amount of time for the customer to press the ticket issue button, the automatic voting ticket vending machine to issue a voting ticket, and for the two customers to receive the ticket and leave. Therefore, even if the balance is zero, if you accidentally remove the voting ticket, receipt, purchase money stacker, etc., the sale will be canceled and voting tickets will not be issued, causing inconvenience to customers who are purchasing. had drawbacks that caused trouble with customers.

(dl Purpose of the Invention The present invention is based on the invention, since the remaining amount displayed on the automatic voting ticket vending machine during the purchase became zero, the voting ticket, receipt, purchase money stacker, etc. were removed and the sale was stopped, causing trouble with one customer. The purpose of this project is to improve the drawbacks of the conventional method, which tend to cause errors in operations.

(11) Structure of the Invention The above object is to provide an amount counter that counts up by inserting the purchase amount for purchasing a race voting ticket and counts down by selecting the content of the race voting ticket, and to display the count value of the amount counter. It has a remaining amount display section, a blinking means that is activated to send out a blinking signal when the remaining amount on the remaining amount display section becomes zero, and a voting ticket issuing section that sends out a receipt signal when receiving a race voting ticket. In an automatic voting ticket vending machine, when the amount of the race voting ticket (p14) is inserted and the content of the race voting is selected and the count value of the amount counter becomes zero, the blinking means is activated to display the remaining amount. Sending a blinking signal to the display section, blinking the remaining amount zero display on the remaining amount display section, and sending out the blinking signal by the blinking means in response to a reception signal sent from the voting ticket issuing section upon receiving a race voting ticket. stop working,
This is achieved by the present invention, which is configured such that only a zero remaining amount is displayed on the remaining amount display section.

That is, the automatic voting ticket machine has an amount counter that counts the remaining amount of the race voting ticket purchase amount, a remaining amount display section that displays the remaining amount, and a voting ticket issuing section that sends out a reception signal upon receiving the race voting ticket. The vending machine is equipped with a flashing means that sends out a flashing signal when the remaining amount reaches zero,
When the remaining amount on the amount counter becomes zero, the zero display on the remaining amount display section is made to blink by the blinking means, and upon receipt of the race voting ticket, the blinking signal of the blinking means is stopped by a receipt signal from the voting ticket issuing section; By configuring so that only the zero display is displayed on the remaining amount display section, the zero display will blink for a considerable time until one customer selects the contents of the race voting ticket, the remaining amount display becomes zero, and the voting ticket is received. However, as soon as the voting ticket is received, the blinking stops and only zero is displayed, so the maintenance side can reliably determine that the customer has completed the voting ticket purchase operation, and may mistakenly place the voting ticket, receipt, purchase money stacker, etc. To provide an automatic voting ticket vending machine which can prevent erroneous operation of removing voting tickets and does not cause trouble to customers who are purchasing them.

(f) Example of the Invention An example of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 2 shows a circuit configuration block diagram of the blinking display function of the automatic voting ticket vending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows a time chart diagram of the blinking display function according to the present invention.

In FIG. 2, 21 is an amount counter, 22 is a remaining amount display section, 23 is a decoder generator, 24 is a fall detection circuit, 25 is a free-knob flop circuit, 26 is an AND gate circuit, ■ is an addition signal input terminal, ■ is the subtraction signal input end,
■ indicates the receiving signal input terminal.

The amount counter 21 counts up the amount by the addition signal inputted from the addition signal input terminal ■, and the amount is counted up by the addition signal inputted from the addition signal input terminal ■.
This is a counter that counts down the amount by a subtraction signal input from the remaining amount display section 2.
2 and is output to the decoder generator 23. The remaining amount display section 22 displays the count value of the remaining amount input from the amount counter 21, and the display section blinks the remaining amount display in response to the blinking signal input from the AND gate circuit 26. The decoder generator 23 displays the remaining amount input from the amount counter 21. The decoder generator 23 is a generator that generates the remaining amount "O" signal when the amount count value is "0" and stops the remaining amount "O" signal when the remaining amount count value is input. The flip-flop circuit 25 is a circuit that detects the presence or absence of the remaining amount "0" signal output from the remaining amount "0" signal and sends a falling signal to the flip-flop circuit 25 when the remaining amount "0" signal is no longer present. The AND gate circuit 26 is activated by inputting the falling signal of
AND gate circuit 2, which is a circuit that sends a signal to the terminal and stops sending the signal during operation by inputting a reception signal from the reception signal input terminal ■.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a gate circuit that outputs a blinking signal in response to the remaining amount "0" signal from the decoder generator 23 and the operating signal from the flip-flop circuit 25.

In FIG. 2, an addition signal input from the addition signal input terminal ■, a subtraction signal input from the subtraction signal input terminal ■, and
The procedure for manually inputting a reception signal etc. from the reception signal input terminal (3) is the same as that described above, so it will be omitted and only the 9 blinking display function will be described below.

An addition signal is input to the amount counter 21 from the addition signal input terminal (2) to count up, and a subtraction signal from the subtraction signal input terminal (2) causes the amount counter to count down, and the count value of the remaining amount is displayed on the remaining amount display section 22.

At the same time, the count value is also sent to the decoder generator 23. Based on the count value from the amount counter 21, the decoder generator 23 stops the remaining amount "0" signal. The fall detection circuit 24 detects the stoppage of the remaining amount "0" signal of the decoder generator 23.

A falling signal is sent from the falling detection circuit 24 to the flip-flop circuit 25. The flip-flop circuit 25 is activated by this falling signal and sends an operating signal to the AND gate circuit 26. However, the AND gate circuit 26 receives this operation signal even if the signal is input manually to the decoder generator 23.
Since the remaining amount "0" signal is not inputted from , the blinking signal is not output. Next, when the remaining amount count value of the amount counter 21 becomes the remaining amount "0", the decoder generator 23
regenerates the remaining amount "0" signal and outputs the remaining amount "0" signal to the AND gate circuit 26. AND gate circuit 26
outputs a blinking signal to the remaining amount display section 22 by ANDing the remaining amount "0" signal from the decoder generator 23 and the operating signal from the flip-flop circuit 25.

The remaining amount display unit 22 flashes a zero display in response to this flashing signal, and this flashing zero display notifies the maintenance side that the customer's remaining purchase amount is zero but the voting ticket vending machine is being operated. . Next, when a reception signal is input to the reception signal input terminal ■, the flip-flop circuit 25 stops operating, the operation signal being sent from the flip-flop circuit 25 to the AND gate circuit 26 is stopped, and the AND gate circuit 26 stops operating. Then, the blinking signal being outputted to the remaining amount display section 22 stops, and the remaining amount display section 22 only displays zero.

Next, FIG. 3 will be explained with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 2. a in Figure 3 is the decoder generator 2
b
is the output timing of the falling signal output from the falling detection circuit 24, C is the output timing of the operating signal sent from the flip-flop circuit 25, and d is the input timing of the reception signal input to the reception signal input terminal ■. , e is the output timing of the blinking signal output from the AND gate circuit 26, and f is the remaining amount displayed on the remaining amount display section 22 or "0".
The 8 mark indicates the time when the customer inserts the purchase amount to purchase the voting ticket.

In the explanation of FIG. 3, the characters in parentheses indicate the respective timing points. Before the customer inserts the voting ticket purchase amount, "0" is displayed in "f" of the remaining amount display section 22.

At 8 mark! ! When all 14 people pay the full amount, the remaining amount "0" signal of the decoder generator 23 stops at "a" and "
The input amount is displayed in "f". Every time you specify the voting details, the remaining amount is displayed on rfJ. At rbJ, the fall detection circuit 24 detects the stoppage of the remaining amount "O" signal of the decoder generator 23 and sends out a fall signal. At rcJ, the flip-flop circuit 25 sends out an operating signal based on the input falling signal. When the remaining amount on the amount counter 21 becomes "0", the decoder generator 23 generates and outputs the remaining amount "0" signal again at "a". By outputting this remaining amount "0" signal, the reJ blinking signal is output to the AND gate circuit 26.
The "f" display becomes a blinking "0".

When a reception signal is input at rdJ, the operating signal of "C" stops, and the output of the blinking signal of "e" is stopped. Therefore, the "f" display becomes the normal "O" display.

(g) As described in detail of the invention, there is an amount counter that counts the remaining amount of the purchase amount of the race voting ticket, a remaining amount display section that displays the remaining amount, and a receipt signal that is sent out by receiving the race voting ticket. In an automatic voting ticket vending machine having a voting ticket issuing section, a flashing means is provided to send out a flashing signal when the remaining amount becomes zero, and when the remaining amount on the amount counter becomes zero, the remaining amount is displayed by the flashing means. According to the present invention, a zero display is flashed on the display section, and when a race voting ticket is received, the flashing means is stopped by a receiving N signal from the voting ticket issuing section, and only a zero display is displayed. After selecting the content, the remaining amount display will be zero and the zero display will blink for a considerable time until you receive the voting ticket, and once the voting ticket is received, the flashing will stop and only zero will be displayed. Be sure to judge the end of the voting ticket purchase operation, and avoid accidentally purchasing voting tickets or receipts.

This has the effect of preventing erroneous operations such as removing the purchased money stacker.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a conventional automatic voting ticket vending machine. FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration block diagram of the blinking display function of the automatic voting ticket vending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a time chart diagram of the blinking display function according to the present invention. In the drawing, 21 is an amount counter, 22 is a remaining amount display section, 23 is a decoder generator, 24 is a fall detection circuit, 25 is a flip-flop circuit, 26 is an Antgelt circuit, ■ is an addition signal input terminal, ■ is a subtraction signal input The end and ■ indicate the reception signal input end, respectively. Dormitory IK Figure 2 Figure 3 Dojin

Claims (1)

[Claims] an amount counter that counts up by inserting the purchase amount for purchasing a race voting ticket and counts down by selecting race voting details; a remaining amount display section that displays the count value of the amount counter; and the remaining amount display. An automatic voting ticket vending machine having a flashing means that is activated to send out a flashing signal when the remaining amount in the section becomes zero, and a voting ticket issuing section that sends out a receipt signal when receiving a race voting ticket, When the count value of the amount counter becomes zero after inserting the purchase amount of the voting ticket and selecting the content of the race vote, the blinking means is activated and sends a blinking signal to the remaining amount display section to display the remaining amount. The remaining amount zero display on the amount display section is blinked, and when a race voting ticket is received, the operation of sending out the blinking signal of the blinking means is stopped in response to a reception signal sent from the voting ticket issuing section, and the remaining amount display section is displayed. An automatic voting ticket vending machine characterized by being configured so that only a zero remaining amount is displayed.