JPS63245791A - Ballot collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a voting and collecting system used in stadiums such as bicycle racing and horse racing, and particularly relates to a voting terminal machine in which voting operations are performed and a system in which subtraction operations are performed. The central processing unit is connected to the voting terminal and the subtraction terminal, and the central processing unit collects and cumulatively processes the voting data from the voting terminal. The present invention relates to a vote collection system configured to subtract data from a machine from the cumulative vote data.

(Prior art and its problems) A conventional vote collection system of this kind is, for example, as shown in FIG. )101 and
A plurality of ticket issuing machines (voting terminals) 102 are connected to the desk management device 101, and one machine is reduced by 1! (subtraction terminal) 103.

The desk management device LOT is connected to the host device Y of the stadium center, and the voting data from the ticket issuing machines 1, 2, etc. is collected and accumulated by the desk management device 10I, and the first place device Y In addition, ticketing data etc. from the first place device Y are sent to the ticketing machine 1 via the desk management device 101.
02..., are sent to the subtractor 103.

The subtraction machine 103 is used in the event of an operational error by the operator of the ticket issuing machine 1'02 or a voter's request for replacement of a voting ticket.When the operator inputs a subtraction, the subtraction data is (The number of votes for a specific group number) is sent to the desk management device 101, where a subtraction process is performed to correct the collected cumulative vote data, and the subtraction machine +03 issues a subtraction ticket. .

However, in the case of the conventional example with such a configuration, the operator inputs a large number of digits when inputting subtraction, and the number of votes for the specific group number of the subtraction data becomes greater than the cumulative number of votes for the specific group number. In this case, the desk management device 101 does not use the subtraction data and stops the subtraction process, and the subtraction machine 103 is not informed of this at all, which causes a problem in that the subtraction process is delayed. .

(Purpose of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when the subtraction process is stopped due to an error in the subtraction operation by the operator in the subtraction terminal, the subtraction terminal The purpose is to enable immediate detection on the machine side and to enable prompt re-operation of subtraction on the subtraction terminal.

(Structure and Effects of the Invention) In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides the vote collection system described at the beginning, in which the central processing unit is configured to perform subtraction of the subtraction data based on the cumulative vote data. A subtraction determination means for determining whether or not the subtraction determination means is possible; and a subtraction determination data transmission instruction means for instructing the subtraction terminal to transmit subtraction determination data from the subtraction determination means; , a subtraction not possible notification means for instructing to notify if subtraction is not possible in response to the subtraction determination data, and a subtraction not possible notification for notifying that subtraction is not possible in response to the instruction from the subtraction not possible notification instructing means. The configuration includes means.

According to this configuration, when subtraction data is sent from the subtraction terminal to the central processing unit, the subtraction judgment means judges whether subtraction is possible based on the cumulative voting data, and the subtraction judgment data transmission instruction means sends the subtraction judgment data. Make the subtraction terminal send it,
In the subtraction terminal, if the content of the subtraction determination data is not possible, the subtraction not possible notification instructing means issues a notification instruction, and the subtraction not possible notification means performs a notification operation.

Therefore, since the subtraction terminal immediately determines that there was an error in the subtraction operation and can perform the operation again, the central processing unit can prevent the subtraction process from being left in a stopped state as in the past. became.

By preventing the subtraction process from stopping, it is now possible to quickly publish data such as displaying the data to the fans.

(Description of Examples) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the system of the present invention, in which the system of the present invention has one desk management device (central processing unit).
1, a plurality of ticket issuing machines (voting terminals) 2 . . . and one subtraction machine (subtraction terminal) 3 are connected, and the basic configuration is unchanged from the conventional one.

The present invention provides a desk management device 1 among the above-mentioned components, a subtraction judgment means and a subtraction judgment data transmission instruction means, and a subtraction machine 3.
The present invention is characterized in that subtraction impossibility notification means and subtraction impossibility notification means are respectively provided.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the desk management device 1, where 4 is an operating vehicle, 5 is a CRT, and 6 is a journal printer, each of which is connected to a control section 7 (subtraction judgment means and subtraction judgment data transmission instruction means). Further, the control unit 7 is connected to a transmission line Ll connected to the host device side and a transmission line L2 connected to the terminal side of the ticket issuing machine 2 . . . and the subtraction machine 3. ing.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the control unit 7, in which 8 is a CPU, and the CPU 8 is connected to the memory IO1, the operation console 4, the operating vehicle control unit 11, and the CRT.
5, a journal printer control section 13 connected to the journal printer 6, and first and second transmission control sections 14 and 15 to which the transmission lines L+ and L2 are connected, respectively. has been configured.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the subtraction machine 3, in which reference numeral 16 and 16 are operating wheels, 17 and 17 are journal printers, and 18 is a printing section, each of which is connected to the control section 19 (subtraction failure notification indicating means). Further, the control unit 19 is connected to a transmission line L mentioned in "1" which is connected to the desk management device 1. As shown in FIG.
..., and the printing unit 18 is connected to a ticket issuing mechanism 22, 22, and the assembly structure of the subtraction machine 3 is exactly the same as the ticket issuing machine 2... ing.

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the control section 19 described in "1", and 23 is the CP
This CPU 23 is connected via a bus 24 to a memory 25, a console control unit 27 connected to the console 16.16, and a journal printer control unit 28 connected to the journal printer 17.17. A transmission control unit 29 to which the transmission line L2 is connected and a printing unit control unit 30 to which the printing unit I8 is connected are connected to each other.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

The system of the present invention collects and totals voting data from the ticket issuing machine 2 in the desk management device 1 and sends it to the higher-level device, and the ticketing data etc. from the higher-level device is sent to the ticket issuing machine 2 through the desk management device 1. In the basic operation of sending data to ..., a characteristic subtraction processing operation is realized due to the presence of the subtraction judgment means and subtraction data transmission instruction means of the desk management device l, and the subtraction impossibility notification instruction means and subtraction impossibility notification means of the subtraction machine 3. The overall operation of the system will be described below as part 7.
This will be explained with reference to the operation flowcharts of the CPUs 8 and 23 shown in FIGS.

First, the operation of the desk management device 1 will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, it is determined whether there is any reception from the host device (step 1), and if there is, it is determined whether the received data is not deadline or start data (step 2).

”The data received from the 1st place device to the desk management device is as follows:
If the above data is the deadline or start data or ticketing data, and it is determined in step 2 that it is not the deadline or start data, that is, if the received data is ticketing data, the data is received and stored in the memory IO (step 3 ). Next, the total data of the number of votes and the number of sheets stored in the memory 10 is transmitted to the host device (step 4).

If it is determined that the transmission mode from the desk management device I to the terminal side is the polling mode (step 5), preparations are made to transmit inquiry data regarding subtraction to the terminal side (
Step 6), if not, preparations are made to transmit the ticketing data stored in Step 3 (Step 7), and the data prepared in Step 6 or Step 7 is transmitted to the terminal side (Step 8). If the received data includes deadline or start data in step 2, preparations for transmitting the data are made (step 9), and the process moves to step 8 to perform transmission.

Next, it is determined whether there is reception from the terminal side (step 10), and it is determined whether the received data is ticket number data from the ticket issuing machine 2... side or subtraction data from the subtracting machine 3 side. (Step 11). If the data is the number of issued tickets, the collected cumulative data is processed (step 12), the collected cumulative data is displayed on the RT5 (step 13), and the contents are printed using the journal printer 6. Eject the sheet (step 14)
).

In step 11, if it is determined that the data is subtraction data,
The number of group number votes of the subtraction data is subtracted from the number of votes of the corresponding group number of the race for which tickets are being issued stored in the memory 25, and the subtracted value is 0.
If it is, it is determined that subtraction is possible (step 15).
, transmits a subtraction enable signal (subtraction determination data) to the subtractor 3 (step 16).

If the subtraction value is less than 0, it is determined in step 15 that subtraction is not possible, and a subtraction impossible signal (subtraction determination data) is transmitted to the subtracter 3 (step 17). After step 16, the process moves to step 12 to perform subtraction processing as cumulative collection processing.

From step I4 and step 17, both step 1
Return to

Next, the operation of the subtracter 3 will be explained with reference to FIG.

When the operator inputs a subtraction input on the operation console 16 (Step I), it is determined whether there is any reception from the desk management device I (Step 2). If there is reception, the received data is further used as inquiry data for subtraction. (Step 3) If it is inquiry data, the input subtraction data is sent to the desk management device 1 (step 4), and a subtraction judgment data signal from the desk management device 1 corresponding to the subtraction data is received (step 5). ).

If the subtraction determination data signal is a subtractable signal (step 6), the integration process is performed and the integrated data is displayed on the display section 20.Step 7), the printing section 18
Then, the ticket issuing mechanism 22 operates to issue a subtraction ticket (step 8), and the operation ends.

If the subtraction judgment data signal is a subtraction impossible signal in step 6, as shown in FIG.
Step 9), end the operation.

In step 3, if it is determined that the received data is not subtraction inquiry data but deadline or start data (step lo), a closing or start operation for the subtraction process for that race=11- is performed (step II). If it is determined in step 1O that the data is not the deadline or start data, that is, the ticket issuance data is to be written on the subtraction ticket, the ticket issuance data is stored in the memory 25 (step +2). After Step II and Step I2, the process returns to Step 2.

As mentioned above, if there is an error in the subtraction input in step 1 on the subtraction machine 3 side, the operator is immediately notified that the subtraction is not possible in step 9, and the operator can immediately reprocess. This prevents the subtraction processing on the desk management device l side from being left in a stopped state.

In addition to the display section 20 and the error lamp 31, a fuser may be used as the subtraction failure notification means.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a desk management device, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of a control section of the desk management device, and FIG. Figure 5 is a plan view showing the configuration of the subtracter console; Figure 6 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the control unit of the subtracter; Figure 7 is a desk management diagram. a flowchart showing the operation of the device;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the subtracter, FIG. 9 is a partial plan view showing the display state of the display unit, and FIG.
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a conventional example. 1 is a desk management device (central processing unit), 2... is a ticket issuing machine (voting terminal), and 3 is a subtraction machine (subtraction terminal).

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Consisting of a voting terminal for performing voting operations, a subtraction terminal for performing subtraction operations, and a central processing unit connected to the voting terminal and the subtraction terminal, in the central processing unit, the voting In a vote collection system configured to collect and cumulatively process voting data from terminals, and to subtract subtracted data from the subtraction terminal from the cumulative vote data, Based on the data,
A subtraction determination means for determining whether subtraction of the subtraction data is possible or not, and a subtraction determination data transmission instruction means for instructing the subtraction terminal to transmit the subtraction determination data from the subtraction determination means are provided. , subtraction not possible notification means for instructing the subtraction terminal to notify if subtraction is not possible in response to the subtraction determination data, and subtraction not being possible in response to an instruction from the subtraction not possible notification means. 1. A vote collection system comprising: a subtraction non-notifying means for making a notification.