KR101460750B1 - Electro-Vote Apparatus Wiht Each Classification Chamber Having Conting Unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The electronic money ticket apparatus according to the present invention includes a reading unit for inputting a ballot and reading the position of a marking portion of the ballot poured therein, a plurality of sorting chambers for sorting and storing the ballot based on the result read from the reading unit A counter unit provided on one side of the balloon inflow port of each of the plurality of sorting chambers and counting the number of the ballots fed into each of the sorting chambers, And a conveying unit for conveying the ballot paper.

Description

[0002] Electro-vote Apparatus Wiht Each Classification Chamber Having Conting Unit having a counting unit in each sorting chamber [0003]

The present invention relates to an electronic canneling apparatus, and more particularly, to an electronic canneling apparatus capable of accurately detecting only a marked part of a ballot by a voter even if the ballot marking unit written on the ballot paper is burnt or foreign matter is deposited, It is possible to recognize the marked marking part and to improve the reliability of the voting result by bringing out the promptness and accuracy of the voting result and to improve the reliability of the classification of the ballot by classifying the ballot according to the result of the vote quickly and accurately ≪ / RTI >

Parliamentary democracies, including Korea, have many elections, such as presidential elections, parliamentary elections, or elections for representatives of specific groups.

In most conventional voting schemes, a ballot printed on the ballot printed with the names and symbols of a number of candidates and a predetermined color suitable for each election was stamped on the ballot of the candidate to be selected, and voting was conducted on the ballot box.

As an example, on the ballot, the candidate's name and symbol are displayed according to the type of election, and the ballot itself or a portion of the ballot may be printed in green or red, depending on the election, so that voters can visually confirm the type of election. An identification display made of color is printed.

However, in this conventional voting method, a plurality of ballots must be prepared in advance at the time of multiple elections at one polling place.

In particular, it has been pointed out that it is possible to issue a ballot only after confirming the electoral list for each electorate at the polling place. For this reason, it has been pointed out that the voting process itself is not only inconvenient but also can not vote other than the designated polling place.

In addition, in the case where a large number of voters do not vote in the area, a large number of ballots remain after the voting ends, and such ballots are eventually disposed of.

When the voting is completed through the above-mentioned method, the election official opens the ballot box after the completion of the voting time and marks it as a manpower. However, there is a problem that it takes a long time when an election official manages as a manpower. In order to shorten the counting time, there is a problem that labor costs are increased because more election officials are employed.

In addition, the ballot papers that have been counted are marked separately according to the results of the counting results.

In order to solve such a problem, electronic voting system voting has been going on in recent years.

In other words, voters with voting papers printed with identification signs of several candidates or political parties with names and symbols printed on them, and voters with voting papers printed with identification mark of a certain color suitable for each election, The ballot papers are put into a predetermined counting scanning apparatus after using a predetermined stamp.

In this case, the scanning device recognizes the image of the ballot paper marked by using the internal scan module, and recognizes the image of the entire ballot paper using the scan module while passing the ballot paper.

Then, the recognized image is analyzed through the control unit of a computer or the like, that is, by analyzing the position of the image of the marked portion, the candidate who has been voted is identified.

However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional method, the ballot is marked on the ballot portion of the ballot using an inkling or the like, and the ballot position is determined using an image scanning method or the like, and the candidates selected by the voter are identified. The marked marking portion is spread or the ballot itself is formed with dirt.

In this case, the exact position of the marking unit that the voter actually casts can not be grasped by the conventional image scanning method. As a result, such a ballot is inevitably invalidated.

In addition, in the case of the former voting method, there is a risk of illegal voting, such as manipulation of the voting result, because voting is performed using ink or ink which is often easy to obtain.

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Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a ballpoint pen which can accurately detect only a marked part of a ballot, even if a marking part written on a ballot paper, , And it is also possible to recognize the marking unit marked with a mark, and to improve the reliability of the voting result by bringing out the promptness and accuracy of the voting result and to improve the reliability of the ballot classification by classifying the ballot according to the voting result quickly and accurately It is an object of the present invention to provide a counting device.

An electronic money counting apparatus for solving such a problem is provided with a reading unit for inputting a ballot sheet and reading a position of a marking unit of the ballot poured into the ballot, a unit for storing the ballot paper on the basis of the result read by the reading unit, A counter unit provided on one side of the balloon inlet of each of the plurality of sorting chambers and counting the number of the ballots flowing into each of the sorting chambers, And a transfer unit for transferring the ballot paper.

The counting unit may further include a second control unit for storing and counting counting information of the ballot paper fed into each of the sorting chambers counted by the counter unit.

Also, at least one of the first control unit and the second control unit can compare the read information stored in the first control unit and the coefficient information stored in the second control unit in real time.

The first control unit may send an abnormal signal to the reading unit when the comparison information does not match during real-time comparison of the read information and the coefficient information. At this time, the abnormal signal may be at least one of a stop signal or an error notification signal for stopping the inputting of the ballot paper into the reading unit.

The reading information of the ballot paper read by the reading unit and the coefficient information are compared with the read information of the ballot paper read out from the reading unit in consideration of a time difference depending on the distance of each of the classification chambers, The coefficient information can be compared.

The reading unit and the transfer unit of the sorting unit may be controlled individually so that the first control unit may cause the other ballot to flow into the sorting unit until the ballot that has been read by the reading unit is introduced into the sorting chamber The feeding speed of the feeding unit of the reading unit and the feeding unit of the sorting unit can be adjusted respectively.

The present invention has the following effects.

First, since the voting information written on the ballot is read by the reading unit, it is possible to perform real-time balloting, thereby confirming a faster result.

Second, since the read ballot is stored in the classification chamber, the ballot result can be confirmed as a stored ballot when problems occur after the completion of the ballot counting, thereby improving the reliability of the ballot result.

Third, since the ballot paper is stored separately for each voting type, candidate, or political party through the read out information, it is easy for the election official to collect it according to the ballot which is easy to check, There is an effect.

Fourthly, it is possible to check in real time the read information and the counting information on the number of balloons flowing into each sorting chamber, and when the balloons are fed into the wrong sorting chamber, it is confirmed in real time, It is possible to easily filter out the influenced ballot paper and improve the reliability of the ballot state of the classified ballot paper. This makes it possible for the election official to easily confirm the result of the election and the state of balloting of the classified ballots at the time of confirming the ballot.

Fifth, marking using special samples such as UV inks or IR inks, and detecting only special samples by using a reader that can detect special samples provided in the electronic counting device, accurate and prompt marking can be detected and polled It is effective.

Sixth, voting by using special samples can prevent illegal voting, etc., and it is possible to improve the accuracy of voting results by sensing special samples even if dirt gets on the ballot paper.

Seventh, since the voting result and the classification of the classified ballots are automatically realized in real time, the number of people and time for the ballot counting can be reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to further the understanding of the technical idea of the invention, And shall not be interpreted.
1 is a perspective view of a ballot paper;
2 is a block diagram of an electronic cancellation apparatus according to the present invention;
3 is a block diagram showing the main components constituting an electronic cancellation apparatus according to the present invention;
4 is a side view schematically showing the appearance of a reading unit and a classification unit according to the present invention;
5 is a sectional view of a reading unit and a classification unit according to the present invention;
6 is a perspective view showing a structure of a reading unit according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view for explaining a main configuration and operation principle of an irradiation module and a detection module according to the present invention; FIG. And
8 is a partial enlarged view of a sorting unit according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a ballot paper. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic voting ballot 800 includes a selection information item portion 820 and a signatory portion 810, in which a plurality of optional information items such as candidates and candidate parties are printed. As shown in the figure, the selection information item unit 820 includes a plurality of candidates and a name or a symbol of a party, and a plurality of cells corresponding to each cell of the selection information item unit 820 are formed The voting unit 810 is configured so that voters can mark using a separate marking member such as a paint.

In the present invention, the marking unit 811 is configured to be capable of marking by using a marking member provided separately using ink added with a special sample. In this case, the special sample used in the present invention is UV (Ultraviolet) ink or IR (Infrared) ink. Accordingly, the electronic counting apparatus 10 according to the present invention is provided with a detection sensor for detecting UV ink or IR ink, This will be described in more detail in the reading unit 100 described later.

In addition, although not shown in the drawings, the information for confirming the type of the election may be printed on the ballot paper 800 by a barcode or the like, and guidance and phrases about the voting direction of arrows and the like may be printed, It is desirable to allow voters to vote correctly.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic cancellation apparatus according to the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing main components constituting an electronic cancellation apparatus according to the present invention. 2 and 3, the counting apparatus 10 according to the present invention mainly comprises a reading unit 100, a classification unit 600, a first control unit 710, and a second control unit 720.

Fig. 4 is a side view schematically showing the appearance of a reading unit and a classification unit according to the present invention, Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a reading unit and a classification unit according to the present invention, and Fig. It is a perspective view. The reading unit 100 includes a main body 200, a reading unit 400, and a transfer unit 300, as shown in FIGS.

The main body 200 forms an appearance of the reading unit 100 and has a slot 210 through which the balloon 800 is inserted.

The conveying unit 300 conveys the balloon 800 flowing through the inlet 210 of the main body 200 and includes a conveying path unit 310, a conveying roller 320, and a driving motor (not shown) . The conveyance path unit 310 provides a conveyance path through which the ballot paper 800 flowing through the input port 210 of the main body 200 is conveyed and is conveyed from the input port 210 of the main body 200 To the sorting chamber 610 of the unit 600.

The conveying rollers 320 are provided at one side of the conveying path unit 310 to convey the balloons 800. The conveying rollers 320 are rotated by a driving motor to convey the balloons 800 .

The reading unit 400 recognizes the marking of the marking unit 811 displayed on the marking unit 810 of the balloon 800 conveyed by the conveying unit 300 and reads the marking position . The reading unit 400 receives the light reflected by the balloon 800 from the irradiation module 410 and the irradiation module 410 that irradiate the reading balloon 800 with light for reading, And a sensing module 420 for reading the memory 800. At this time, a receiving unit 430 and a pressing roller 431 are provided at positions corresponding to the irradiation module 410 for clearly reading the balloon 800. [ The pressure roller 431 allows the irradiation module 410 and the receiving unit 430 to irradiate light through the irradiation module 410 in a state that the balloon 800 transferred onto the receiving unit 430 is completely opened, And presses the ballot paper 800 so that the ballot can be printed. If a part of the balloon 800 is inserted into the reading unit 100 in a warped or wrinkled state, the sensing module 410 and the sensing module 420 may not be accurately sensed. Therefore, The ballot paper 800 can be completely unfolded by squeezing the ballot 800 using the ballot 800 to improve the accuracy of the reading unit 100. [

 FIG. 7 is a schematic view for explaining the main configuration and operation principle of the irradiation module and the detection module according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the irradiation module 410 includes an irradiation module case 411, a first light irradiation module 411, and a second light irradiation module 413. The irradiation module case 411 is a device for providing a space in which the first light irradiation module 411 and the second light irradiation module 413 can be seated and includes a transfer unit 300 having the above- The first light irradiation module 411 and the second light irradiation module 413 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance at a position capable of irradiating the first light and the second light from the first light irradiation module 411 and the second light irradiation module 413 toward the support portion 430, The ballot 800 is passed through the irradiation module case 411 between the irradiation module case 430 and the irradiation module case 411.

The first light irradiation module 411 is a device for irradiating light of a visible light wavelength range applied in a general conventional scanning method and includes a first light case 412a, a first light source 412b, and a first reflector 412c . The first light case 412a is provided on one side of the irradiation module case 411 to provide a space where the first light source 412b and the first reflector 412c can be provided, An opening is formed in the movement path of the first light irradiated and reflected so as to be reflected to the other side after the light irradiated from the light source 412b is irradiated to the ballot paper 800 side.

The first light source 412b is provided inside the first light case 412a and irradiates light of a wavelength range of visible light to the ballot paper 800. [ At this time, a first reflector 412c is provided at a proper position so that the first light emitted from the first light source 412b can be converged toward the ballot paper 800 side.

The second light irradiation module 413 includes the second light case 413a, the second light source 413b and the second reflector 413c, but has the same configuration as the first light irradiation module 411 as a whole. However, the second light source 413b irradiates light in the ultraviolet or infrared region, that is, the UV wavelength region or the IR wavelength region, in order to read the ballot paper marked with UV ink or IR ink. To this end, a UV lamp or an IR lamp is used as the second light source 413b for irradiating the second light.

The sensing module 420 includes a sensing module case 421, a first light sensing module 422, and a second light sensing module 423, as shown in FIG. Here, the sensing module case 421 is a device for providing a space in which the first light sensing module 422 and the second light sensing module 423 can be seated, And is provided at a position capable of receiving the light and the second light.

The first light sensing module 422 is disposed at a position capable of receiving the first light irradiated by the first light irradiation module 411 and reflected on the balloon 800, 1 light. The first light sensing module 422 includes a first slit 422a through which the first light reflected from the balloon 800 is passed and a first slit 422b through which a first light passing through the first slit 422a is sensed. (422b).

The second light sensing module 423 includes the second slit 423a and the second sensing sensor 423b and has the same configuration as the first light sensing module 422 as a whole. At this time, the second light sensing module 423 detects only the UV ink or the IR ink, so that even if the pollutant 830 is deposited on the ballot 800, the pollutant 830 is not recognized as a voting part, There is an effect.

The reading unit 400 having the above-described configuration may include a first light irradiation module 411 and a first light sensing module 422 using first light in the visible light region according to the type of ink marked on the balloon 800, Or by selectively using the second light irradiation module 413 and the second light detection module 423 using the second light in the UV wavelength region or the IR wavelength region to discriminate the state of the ballot paper 800 Perform counting.

8 is a partial enlarged view of a sorting unit according to the present invention. 8, the classification unit 600 divides the ballot paper 800, which has been read out in the reading unit 100, into a plurality of classification chambers 610 corresponding to the readout information, 800). The classification unit 600 is structured to be connected to the transfer unit 300 of the reading unit 100 and is automatically transferred to the sorting chamber 610 by the sorting cam according to the reading result. In this way, according to the voting result, the ballot paper 800 transferred to each of the classification chambers 610 can be utilized as a verification and proof of the election results in the future, and the ballot paper 800 can be easily utilized and stored There is one advantage.

At this time, a counter unit 620 for counting the number of the ballots 800 flowing into the sorting chamber 610 is provided at one side of the inlet of the balloon 800 of the sorting chamber 610. The counter unit 620 may be any device capable of counting the number of balloons 800 flowing into the inlet of the sorting chamber 610, It is preferable to use a photo sensor with a small volume, preferably a photo interrupter, and more preferably, use an actuator type photo interrupter. The photo interrupter of the actuator type moves the actuator of the photo interrupter provided at the inlet of each of the sorting chambers 610 at a predetermined angle as the balloon 800 is introduced into each of the sorting chambers 610, And counts the number of inflows of the ballot paper 800.

The first control unit 710 stores and compiles the read information of the ballot paper 800 that is electrically connected to the reading unit 400 of the reading unit 100 and read by the reading unit 100 to form a database, And sends the information to an external server such as the Central Election Commission. At this time, the first control unit 710 may be electrically connected to the conveyance unit 300 to control the speed of the driving motor to control the feeding and conveying speed of the ballot paper 800. Since the canvassing is possible in real time as soon as the ballot paper 800 is inserted, the billing time can be shortened and the labor cost can be reduced by reducing the number of persons required for the bill counting.

The second control unit 720 is electrically connected to the counter unit 620 included in the classification unit 600 to measure the number of the ballots 800 flowing into each of the sorting chambers 610 in real time, Aggregate and store the data into a database. At this time, the second controller 720 is connected to the first controller 710 so that the read information stored in the first controller 710 in at least one of the first controller 710 and the second controller 720, And compares the coefficient information stored in the coefficient information storage unit 720 in real time. If the read information and the coefficient information do not match in the process of comparing the read information stored in the first controller 710 and the coefficient information stored in the second controller 720 in real time, It is determined that a ballot sheet 800 other than the ballot 800 is inserted and the operation of the driving motor is stopped so as to stop the ballot 800 from flowing into the reading unit 100.

In this case, the coefficient information stored in the second control unit 720 may be used as the first control unit 710 due to the difference in distance between the respective sorting chambers 610, May not coincide with the readout information read out by the reader / writer. For example, assuming that the time for which the ballot paper 800 is conveyed to the first sorting chamber 610 located closest to the reading unit 400 is assumed to be 1 second, It is assumed that the time for which the ballot paper 800 is conveyed until 610 is 3 seconds. At this time, when the read information inputted to the first control unit 710 is 1, 10, 1 at the time of inputting the three ballots 800, the second control unit 720 sets the first sorting chamber 610, The first sorting chamber 610 and the first sorting chamber 610 are required to input count information in the order of the first sorting chamber 610 and the first sorting chamber 610. However, , And the 10th classification chamber (610). In this case, a difference occurs between the read information stored in the first controller 710 and the coefficient information stored in the second controller 720. At this time, if the error is due to a simple time difference and the balloon 800 is correctly inserted into each of the sorting chambers 610, the readout information input to the first control unit 710 and the input information to the second control unit 720 However, if the ballot sheet 800 is introduced into the wrong sorting chamber 610, it may be difficult to find the wrongly inputted ballot sheet 800. In order to prevent such a problem, the comparison between the read information of the first control unit 710 and the coefficient information of the second control unit 720 is performed by compensating the time due to the distance difference of each of the classification chambers 610, So that the read information and the coefficient information are compared with each other. Thus, by compensating the time due to the difference in distance of the sorting chamber 610, the coefficient information of the second control unit 720 can be accurately counted in the order of 1, 10, and 1 in the same manner as the readout information of the first control unit 710 Respectively. The first control unit 710 and the second control unit 720 compare the read information and the coefficient information in real time. If the information does not coincide with each other, it is judged as a system error The first control unit 710 sends an abnormal signal such as a stop signal or an error notification signal to the reading unit 400. [ Since the electronic voting machine 10 is immediately stopped when an error occurs, it is easy to check the ballot sheet 800 that has been misplaced, so that the ballot sheets 800 stored in the plurality of sorting chambers 610, Reliability of utilization as evidence is improved. Another method is that the reading unit 100 and the transfer unit 300 provided inside the sorting unit 600 are individually driven so that one balloon 800 read from the reading unit 100 The next ballot 800 is prevented from being input to the classification unit 600 until the classification balloon 600 is inserted into the classification chamber 610 of the classification unit 600. [ That is, when the balloon 800 having the read information of 1 is input to the classification unit 600, since the classification chamber 610 corresponding to 1 is close to the inlet of the classification unit 600, The transfer unit 300 of the unit 600 may be driven at the same speed. However, when the ballot paper having the readout information 10 is inserted into the (800) sorting unit 600, since the distance of the sorting chamber 610 corresponding to the readout information 10 is far from the inlet, The read information 10 corresponds to the read information 10 in the sorting chamber 610 corresponding to the read information 10 by reducing the speed of the transfer unit 300 of the sorting unit 600 or raising the transfer rate of the transfer unit 300 inside the sorting unit 600 It is possible to prevent the next ballot 800 from flowing into the classification unit 600 until the ballot paper 800 is introduced and prevent a counting error according to the distance difference of each of the classification chambers 610. [ At this time, the first control unit 710 controls the feeding speed of the feeding unit 300 in the reading unit 100 and the sorting unit 600.

As described above, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

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Claims (9)

A reading unit into which the ballot is inserted and reads the position of the marking portion of the ballot inserted;
A sorting unit having a plurality of sorting chambers for sorting and storing the ballots on the basis of the result read by the reading unit;
A counter unit provided on one side of a balloon inlet of each of the plurality of sorting chambers and counting the number of the ballots flowing into each of the sorting chambers;
A transfer unit provided inside the reading unit and the sorting unit to transfer the ballot paper;
A first control unit for storing and counting reading information of the ballot paper read by the reading unit; And
A second control unit for storing and counting coefficient information of the balloons flowing into each of the classification chambers counted by the counter unit;
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Wherein the at least one of the first control unit and the second control unit compares the read information stored in the first control unit and the coefficient information stored in the second control unit in real time. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein said counter unit is an actuator type photointerrupter. delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first control unit sends an abnormality signal to the reading unit when the comparison information does not match during real-time comparison of the read information and the coefficient information. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the abnormality signal is at least one of a stop signal or an error notification signal for stopping the inputting of the ballot paper into the reading unit. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the comparison of the reading information of the ballot paper read out by the reading unit and the coefficient information is made by comparing the reading information of the ballot paper read out by the reading unit and the coefficient information read by the reading unit in consideration of a time difference, Of the electronic ticket. The method according to claim 1,
The reading unit and the transfer unit of the classification unit are individually controlled so that the first control unit does not allow any other ballot to be introduced into the classification unit until the ballot that has been read by the reading unit has been introduced into the classification chamber Wherein the control unit controls the conveying speed of the conveying unit of the reading unit and the classifying unit, respectively.

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