JPS6119071B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a voting ticket vending machine that can continuously issue maximum amount voting tickets and fractional amount voting tickets that satisfy the voting amount by one ticket issuing operation.

For example, a machine like the one shown in the block diagram shown in FIG. 1 is used as a voting ticket vending machine for publicly managed games. This vending machine has an operation console 1 for inputting necessary information such as group number and voting amount, stores the information signal generated by this in a storage section 2, and also prints a print start signal after these operations are completed. Part control part 3
Then, while referring to the printing information read out from the storage section 2, an electronic printing section, for example, an electrical discharge destruction type printing section 4 is controlled, and the paper is sent out using the paper feeding motor 5 by the electrical discharge poles. It consists of a control unit 6 and the like that prints on paper. However, laws and regulations set an upper limit on the face value of voting tickets that can be issued in publicly managed competitions, and this is set at, for example, 10,000 yen. Therefore, for example, if a voter wants to cast a vote of 25,000 yen, the ticket issuing operator operates the console to issue a 10,000 yen ticket, and then repeats the same operation to issue a 10,000 yen ticket. Then, three operations are required to issue a 5,000 yen note by inputting 5,000 yen into the operation console. For this reason, the larger the amount of votes, the more operations are required, which not only increases the time and effort involved in selling them, but also prevents errors such as insufficient number of voting tickets due to operational errors, and errors in printing amounts of odd-value voting tickets. There are drawbacks that are likely to occur.

The present invention provides a ticket vending machine that can automatically issue maximum amount voting tickets and fractional amount voting tickets that satisfy the voting amount with a single ticket issuing operation, and eliminates the complexity of the ticket issuing operation described above. This eliminates the shortcomings of the release machine all at once. Next, the details will be explained using the drawings.

The feature of the present invention is that the voting ticket vending machine repeatedly subtracts the upper limit amount from the voting amount entered on the operation console, and the printing machine repeatedly subtracts the upper limit amount from the voting amount entered on the operation console. The present invention is characterized in that a ticket issuing control section is provided which sends a request signal to print the upper limit amount, and when the amount becomes negative, sends a request signal to print the fractional amount. That is, the upper limit amount is set to 10,000 yen, and when the voting amount is 30,000 yen, the print request signal for the upper limit amount is sent three times until the subtraction result becomes "0", as shown in Figure 2 a. 10,000 yen voting tickets A ₁ , A ₂ , A ₃ are issued consecutively. When the amount is 35,000 yen, it detects that the subtraction result is negative and sends a request signal for the fractional amount of 5,000 yen instead of the request signal for the upper limit that was repeatedly given to the printing press. By sending, you can receive up to 3 voting tickets for the maximum amount as shown in Figure 2b.
A ₁ , A ₂ , and A ₃ are consecutively given a fractional amount voting ticket B with a face value of 5,000 yen, and the voting amount can be increased in one operation while satisfying the upper limit of 10,000 yen. This system is characterized by being able to issue matching voting tickets.

FIG. 3 is a block system diagram of one embodiment of the present invention based on the above idea. In the figure, 7 is an operation console, 8 and 9 are a printing control section and a printing section forming a printing machine, 10 is a paper feed motor, and C is a ticket issuing control section which is a feature of the present invention. 12 is a setting register, 12 is an upper limit amount setting register, 13 is an arithmetic unit, 14 is a subtraction result storage register, and 15 is a face amount setting register. These registers send a request signal corresponding to the voting amount entered into the operation console 7. Tickets are issued using the following procedure.

The voting amount entered into the operation console 7 is first stored in the voting amount setting register 11, and the arithmetic unit 13 subtracts the content pre-stored in the upper limit amount setting register 12 from the content, and calculates the result. The result is stored in the subtraction result storage register 14. If the content is greater than "0", the stored content is transferred to the voting amount setting register 11, and the content of the upper limit amount setting register 12 is transferred to the face amount setting register 15. The print control unit 8 refers to the contents of the ticket face value setting register 15 and controls the printing unit 9 and paper feed motor 10 to print the voting ticket. After printing is completed, the print control unit 8 sends a command to restart the calculation operation to the calculation unit 13, and calculates the contents of the upper limit amount setting register 12 from the contents of the voting amount setting register 11 subtracted by the previous subtraction amount. It is subtracted again and the result is stored in the subtraction result storage register 14. If the content is again greater than "0", the above-described operations are repeated to print the voting ticket again with the upper limit amount as the face amount. However, when the content of the subtraction result storage register 14 becomes "0" or negative, this is transferred to the face value setting register 15, and the control unit 8 controls the paper feed motor 10 and the printing unit 9 by referring to the content. Then, a voting ticket with a fractional amount whose face value is less than or equal to the upper limit amount is printed following a voting ticket printed with the upper limit amount to complete one ticket issuing operation. Note that when the voting amount is less than the upper limit amount or the upper limit printed portion, the contents of the subtraction result storage register 14 become "0" or negative by one subtraction operation, so the contents of the voting amount setting register 11 are transferred to the face amount. Referring to the contents of the setting register 15, one voting ticket is printed in the same manner as in the conventional method, and the ticket issuing process is completed.

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, even if the voting amount exceeds the upper limit amount, tickets can be issued quickly and without operational errors in a single ticket issuing operation, and its practical effects are There are some remarkable results.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block system diagram showing an example of a conventional voting ticket vending machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a voting ticket sold according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block system diagram showing an example of the present invention. It is. 7...Operation console, 8...Printing control unit, 9...Printing unit, 10...Paper feeding motor, C...Ticketing control unit, 11...Vote amount setting register, 12...Upper limit amount setting register, 13 ... Arithmetic section (subtraction),
14... Subtraction result storage register, 15... Face amount setting register, A ₁ , A ₂ , A ₃ ... Upper limit amount voting ticket, B... Fractional amount voting ticket.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Equipped with an operation console for setting the voting amount, a printing machine and a ticketing control section consisting of a printing control section and a printing section, and the ticketing control section subtracts a preset upper limit amount from the set voting amount. It has an arithmetic unit that repeats the subtraction until the result is "0" or negative, and prints a voting ticket with the maximum amount each time the subtraction is repeated, and when the subtraction result is negative, the amount of the subtraction is set to the above-mentioned upper limit. The printing unit is controlled so as to print on the paper following the amount voting ticket, so that voting tickets for the upper limit amount corresponding to the voting amount or the upper limit amount and a fractional amount less than the upper limit amount are successively issued by one operation. A voting ticket vending machine characterized by: