KR101474993B1 - Electro-Vote Apparatus Having Printing Part for Serial Number - Google Patents

Abstract

The electronic money ticket apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a main body having an inlet port through which a ballot paper is inserted into the main body and a feeding port through which the ballot poured through the input port is fed, A reading unit that scans the ballot sheet fed along the feeding unit and reads the position of the marking unit marked on the writing unit of the ballot sheet, a selection unit that selects, based on the reading information read by the reading unit, And a unique number printing unit provided on the path of the conveyance unit and printing a unique number of each of the ballots allocated from the control unit on the ballot paper.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic voting apparatus,

More particularly, the present invention relates to an electronic ticket counting apparatus, and more particularly, to a voting apparatus that automatically counts ballots automatically when an error occurs due to jamming or the like in a device at the time of canvassing, It is possible to improve the reliability of the result of the counting result by easy identification of the paper and the unread ballot, and the scan image of the ballot paper, the serial number and the selection information item are stored together in the database storing the counting result, And more particularly to an electronic cancellation apparatus which is easy to operate.

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 a ballot printed with a name and a symbol of a plurality of candidates and an identification mark of a predetermined color suitable for each election was stamped on the candidate of the candidate to be selected,

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, a ballot printed on the ballot printed with the signatures printed with the names and symbols of a number of candidates or political parties, and the identification mark of the predetermined color suitable for each election is paid to the voters, 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 conventional electronic money ticket machines, there is a problem that frequent paper jams occur while passing through a large number of ballot papers, and therefore, it is difficult to identify which of the ballot papers inserted in the machine is the paper counted .

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a voting machine, It is possible to improve the reliability of the result of the counting result by easy identification of the paper and the unread ballot, and the scan image of the ballot paper, the serial number and the selection information item are stored together in the database storing the counting result, And it is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic cancellation apparatus which is easy to use.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic money ticket apparatus comprising: a main body including an input port through which a ballot paper is inserted, the electronic money cannon being installed in the main body and conveying the ballot paper inserted through the input port, A reading unit for reading the position of the marking unit marked on the writing unit of the ballot paper, the reading unit reading the position of the marking unit by the reading information read by the reading unit, And a unique number printing unit provided on the path of the conveyance unit and printing the unique number of each of the ballots allocated from the control unit on the ballot paper.

At this time, the unique number may include numerical information sequentially determined according to the input order of the ballot paper.

In addition, the unique number may include selection item information according to the position of the marking unit of the ballot paper.

In addition, the unique number printing unit may separately print selection item information corresponding to the position of the marking unit on the ballot paper.

When the electronic voting system is stopped due to a malfunction of the electronic voting system, it is recognized that the ballot from the unique number printing unit to the ballot that has been finally printed has been counted, and the reading is completed by the reading unit, And the ballot paused between the unique number printing units and not printed by the unique number printing unit can be collected and re-introduced.

In addition, the controller may store the scan image and the read information together as an image, and display the image so that the scan image and the read information overlap each other.

The classification unit may further include a classification unit that receives and stores the ballot paper printed by the unique number printing unit. The classification unit may include a plurality of sorting chambers for sorting and storing the ballot paper based on the reading result of the reading unit, . ≪ / RTI >

The present invention has the following effects.

First, since the voting information written on the ballot paper is automatically read by the reading unit, it is possible to perform real-time charting so that a faster result can be confirmed.

Second, when an error occurs due to a paper jam or the like in the apparatus at the time of canvassing, it is easy to identify the read ballot and the unread ballot depending on whether or not the ballot is printed on the ballot. Thereby, there is an effect that the reliability of the balloting result can be improved by preventing duplicate counting votes or missing votes counting of the ballots which have been stopped by the apparatus.

Third, the scan image of the ballot paper, the serial number, and the selection information item are stored together in the database storing the result of the counting, so that the counting result can be easily verified.

Fourthly, by storing the billing information through various processes, the election manager can more clearly confirm the counting situation and can prevent the suspicion of illegal voting in advance.

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.

In addition, since the readout ballot is stored in the classification unit, the ballot result can be confirmed as a stored ballot when a problem occurs after completion of the ballot counting, thereby improving the reliability of the ballot result.

Ninth, since the ballot paper is stored separately for each voting type, candidates, or political parties through the read out information, it can be easily confirmed by the election official in the future, There is an effect.

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 sectional view of an electronic cancellation apparatus according to the present invention;
5 is a schematic view for explaining a main configuration and operation principle of a reading unit according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a rear view of a ballot paper on which readout contents are printed by a unique number printing unit according to the present invention; FIG.
7 is a perspective view of a display unit on which readout information read by the control unit is displayed;
8 is a perspective view of a display unit displaying a scan image and an image obtained by combining unique numbers.

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 comprises a selection information item portion 810 and a writing portion 820 in which a plurality of optional information items such as a candidate and a candidate party are printed. As shown in the figure, the selection information item portion 810 includes a plurality of candidates and a name or a symbol of a party for each of a plurality of cells, and a plurality of cells corresponding to each cell of the selection information item portion 810 are formed The entry unit 820 is configured to allow the voter to mark using a separate marking member such as a paint.

In the present invention, the marking unit 830 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 section 300 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 or count accurately.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic cancellation apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the main constituent elements constituting the electronic cancellation apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an electronic cancellation apparatus according to the present invention . 2 to 4, the counting apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes a main body 100, a feeding unit, a reading unit 300, a control unit 400, a unique numbering unit 500, 600).

The main body 100 forms an external appearance of the electronic voting system 10 and has a slot 110 through which the balloon 800 is inserted at one side and an outlet 120 through which the ballot 800 is discharged at the other side .

The conveying portion is largely constituted by a conveying path portion and a conveying roller. The conveyance path unit 200 provides a conveyance path through which the ballot paper 800 flowing through the input port 110 of the main body 100 is conveyed. Unit 600, preferably to the fractionation chamber 610 of the fractionation unit 600. [

The conveying roller 210 is a device for conveying the ballot paper 800 along a path of the conveying path unit 200. The conveying roller 210 is rotated by a driving motor 800).

5 is a schematic diagram for explaining the main configuration and operation principle of the reading unit according to the present invention. 5, the reading unit 300 scans the ballot paper 800, which is provided at one side of the conveying path unit 200 and is conveyed along the conveying path unit 200, to write the ballot paper 800 And reads the marking position by recognizing the marking of the marking unit 830 displayed on the unit 820.

The reading unit 300 receives the reflected light reflected by the balloon 800 and irradiates the balloon 800 to the balloon 800. The irradiation module 310 irradiates the balloon 800 with light for reading, And a sensing module 320 for reading the memory 800. At this time, the receiving part 330 and the pressing roller 330 are provided at positions corresponding to the irradiation module 310 for the clear reading of the balloon 800. The pressing roller 330 includes the irradiation module 310, The balloon 800 transferred onto the balloon 330 can be irradiated through the irradiation module 310 in a completely unfolded state to press the balloon 800 so that an accurate sensing operation can be performed. If a part of the balloon 800 is inserted into the reading unit 300 in a bent or wrinkled state, the sensing module 310 and the sensing module 320 may not be accurately sensed. Therefore, The balloon 800 can be completely opened by pressing the balloon 800 using the balloon 800 so that the accuracy of the reader 300 can be improved. Such a receiving portion 330 and the pressing roller 330 are optional and may be omitted depending on the use state.

As shown in FIG. 5, the irradiation module 310 includes an irradiation module case 311, a first light irradiation module 312, and a second light irradiation module 313. Here, the irradiation module case 311 is a device for providing a space in which the first light irradiation module 312 and the second light irradiation module 313 are seated, in which the first light irradiation module 312 and the second light The irradiation module 313 is spaced apart from the receiving part 330 by a predetermined distance d at a position where the first light and the second light can be irradiated toward the receiving part 330, And is provided so that the ballot sheet 800 can pass through the irradiation module case 311.

The first light irradiation module 312 is a device for irradiating light in a visible light wavelength range applied when a general conventional ballot paper 800 is used. The first light irradiation module 312 includes a first light case 312a, a first light source 312b, And a reflecting mirror 312c. The first light case 312a is provided at one side of the irradiation module case 311 to provide a space where the first light source 312b and the first reflector 312c can be provided, An opening is formed in the movement path of the first light irradiated and reflected so as to be reflected toward the other side after the first light irradiated from the light source 312b is irradiated to the ballot paper 800 side.

The first light source 312b is provided inside the first light case 312a and irradiates light of a wavelength range of visible light to the ballot paper 800. [ The first reflector 312c controls the irradiation path of the first light irradiated in the direction other than the ballot paper 800 so that the first light irradiated from the first light source 312b can be intensively irradiated toward the ballot paper 800 Is provided at an appropriate position.

The second light irradiation module 313 includes the second light case 313a, the second light source 313b and the second reflector 313c, and has the same configuration as the first light irradiation module 312 as a whole. However, the second light source 313b irradiates the second 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 applied to the second light source 313b for irradiating the second light.

The sensing module 320 includes a sensing module case 321, a first light sensing module 322, and a second light sensing module 323, as shown in FIG. The sensing module case 321 provides space for the first light sensing module 322 and the second light sensing module 323 to receive the first light And the second light are received in the first light sensing module 322 and the second light sensing module 323, respectively.

 The first light sensing module 322 is disposed on the inner side of the sensing module case 321 so as to receive the first light irradiated from the first light irradiation module 312 and reflected on the balloon 800, And detects the first light reflected from the paper 800. [ The first light sensing module 322 includes a first slit 322a through which the first light reflected from the balloon 800 passes and a first slit 322a through which the first light passes through the first slit 322a, (322b).

The second light sensing module 323 includes the second slit 323a and the second sensing sensor 323b and has the same configuration as the first light sensing module 322 as a whole. At this time, the second light sensing module 323 detects only the UV ink or the IR ink, so that even if the pollutant 840 is deposited on the ballot paper 800, the pollutant 840 is not recognized as a voting part, There is an effect.

The reading unit 300 having the above-described configuration may include a first light irradiation module 312 and a first light detection module 322 using first light in the visible light region in accordance with the type of ink marked on the balloon 800, Or by selectively using the second light irradiation module 313 and the second light detection module 323 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. At this time, depending on the usage, only the first light irradiation module 312 and the first light sensing module 322 may be provided, or only the second light irradiation module 313 and the second light sensing module 323 may be provided .

The control unit 400 is electrically connected to the reading unit 300, the driving motor for driving the feeding roller 210, the scan module 700 and the unique numbering unit 500 to be described later, And transmits the information to be printed by the unique number printing unit 500 to the printing apparatus.

6 is a rear view of the ballot paper 800 on which the readout contents are printed by the unique number printing unit 500 according to the present invention. The inherent number printing unit 500 is provided on the path of the conveying path unit 200, preferably behind the reading unit 300, and transmits a unique number corresponding to each of the ballots allocated from the control unit 400, (800). At this time, the printed unique number 850 includes a serial number 851 according to the order of the ballot sheet 800 input to the electronic voting apparatus 10 and a selection information item 852 corresponding to the writing unit 820 selected by the voter ). ≪ / RTI > At this time, the serial number 851 can sequentially write the serial number 851 from the ballot sheet 800 firstly input to the ballot sheet 800 lastly inserted, and repeatedly write up a predetermined number in preparation for paper jam only can do. In addition, the selection information item 852 may print the characters corresponding to the selection information item 852 as they are, or may be printed with a numeric code by giving a numeric code corresponding to each selection information item 852. [ For example, the selection information item 852 may be given a code number as described above, and the serial number and the numeric code may be printed in one line. That is, the input order of the ballot paper 800 and the selection information item 852 can be printed with one serial number using a method of the expression that the preceding three-digit number represents the serial number and the two-digit number represents the numeric code have. As another example, when the voter firstly signs the entry section 820 of the ballot sheet 800 inserted first in the electronic voting apparatus 10, the serial number 851 ' 0001 'and the selection information item 852 corresponding to the symbol 1 can be printed. As another example, the selection item information according to the position of the marking unit 830 of the ballot paper 800 can be separately printed in the character format. That is, in the case where the ballot paper 800 inserted for the third time in the electronic voting apparatus 10 is marked at symbol 4, as shown in FIG. 6B, the serial number 851 '0030' The selection information item corresponding to the marking unit 830 of the ballot paper 800 may be separately printed in the character format, such as 'Candidate North Korea,' which is the candidate name of the four candidates. In this way, the unique number printing unit 500 prints the serial number 851 on one side of the ballot sheet 800 and a unique number 850 corresponding to any one of the selection information items 852 according to the selection of the voters according to the readout contents The selection information item 852 to be printed may be selected in the control unit 400 and the selected information item 852 may be changed in the printing form while all the ballots 800 are counted . At this time, the readout contents printed by the unique number printing unit 500 are printed on the billboard 800 so as not to damage the front of the ballot paper 800 in order to prevent the ballot paper 800 from being damaged, Is printed on one side of the back side of the sheet.

7 is a perspective view of a display unit on which readout information read by the control unit is displayed. The control unit 400 sends the read information to the unique number printing unit 500 while aggregating and reading the image information scanned by the reading unit 300 and the read information read by the reading unit 300, (410) in real time. At this time, the screen displayed on the display unit 410 includes a serial number 851 of the balloon 800 printed on the unique number printing unit 500 and a selection information item 852 corresponding to the serial number 851 One can be displayed in tabular form, and the aggregate status according to each candidate can be displayed at the same time. As described above, the information displayed on the display unit 410 is not limited to the above-described contents, and may be displayed in any form as long as it can be visually confirmed by the election manager watching the current state of the ballot-counting table. In this way, since the same contents are printed on the ballot paper 800 at the same time as being displayed on the display unit 410 of the control unit 400 in real time, when a situation such as a failure of the electronic cancellation paper or a paper jam occurs, Only the serial number 851 of the ballot paper 800 is recognized as the counting state and the ballot paper 800 located before the unique number printing unit 500 is re-collected and the ballot counting process is performed again. At this time, because the readout information of the ballot paper 800 that has been read by the reading unit 300 but is not printed due to the difference in distance from the reading unit 300 to the unique number printing unit 500 may be stored in the control unit 400 In this case, the serial number 851 of the last printed ballot 800 is checked and the read information stored in the control unit 400 is deleted thereafter. In addition, when the printing is completed and the balloons 800 not flowing into the sorting chamber 610 of the sorting unit 600 are separately collected, they flow into the respective sorting chambers 610. As described above, even if the electronic voting apparatus 10 stops due to malfunction of the electronic voting machine 10, it is possible to clearly distinguish between the ballot paper 800 on which the balloting is counted and the ballot paper 800 which is not counted, 800) are not duplicated, accuracy and reliability of counting can be improved.

8 is a perspective view of a display unit displaying a scan image and an image obtained by combining unique numbers. 7, the scan image transmitted to the control unit 400 and stored as an image is transmitted from the control unit 400 to the scan image and the unique number print unit 400. In addition, And synthesizes the read contents to be printed on the display unit 500 to produce and display one image. When the corresponding serial number 851 is selected in FIG. 7, the synthesized image is linked to display the synthesized image as shown in FIG. Thus, by storing the counting information through a plurality of processes, the election manager can more clearly check the counting situation and can prevent the occurrence of suspicions of illegal voting in advance.

4, a sorting unit 600 for storing the read ballot 800 may be provided at one side of the discharge port 120 formed in the main body 100 of the electronic counting apparatus 10 . After the completion of the balloting, the ballot papers 800, which have been voted on, should be kept separately from the election manager so as to confirm the state of the ballot according to the reading result. The ballot paper 800 can be easily stored. At this time, a plurality of sorting chambers 610 are provided in the sorting unit 600, and the sorting chamber 610 corresponding to each of the sorting chambers 610 according to the read information read by the reading unit 300, According to the type of the user. 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.

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 (8)

A main body having an appearance and having an input port into which a ballot is inserted;
A conveying unit provided in the main body for conveying the ballot poured through the input port;
A reading unit which is provided on the path of the conveying unit and scans the ballot paper conveyed along the conveying unit and reads the position of the marking unit marked on the writing unit of the ballot paper;
A control unit for counting selection item information corresponding to the position of the marking unit by the readout information read by the reading unit; And
A unique number printing unit provided on the path of the conveyance unit and printing a unique number of each of the ballots allocated from the control unit on the ballot;
And an electronic billing device. The method according to claim 1,
The unique number,
And numeric information sequentially determined in accordance with the input order of the ballot paper. 3. The method of claim 2,
The unique number,
And information on the selection item according to the position of the marking unit of the ballot paper. The method according to claim 1,
The unique number printing unit,
And prints the selection item information corresponding to the position of the marking unit of the ballot sheet separately. The method according to claim 1,
When the electronic voting system is stopped due to a malfunction of the electronic voting machine, the balloting process from the unique numbering unit to the ballot paper on which the last printing has been completed is recognized as the ballot count completion, Wherein the electronic voting apparatus stops the balloon between the unique number printing units and prints the ballots not printed by the unique number printing unit. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit stores the scan image and the read information together as an image, and displays the image so that the scan image and the read information are overlapped on the display unit. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a classifying unit for accommodating and storing the ballot paper printed by the unique number printing unit. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein said sorting unit includes a plurality of sorting chambers for sorting and storing and storing said ballots on the basis of the read result of said reading unit.

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