KR102254417B1 - Apparatus for Issuing Lottery and Driving Method Thereof, System for Issuing Lottery and Driving Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lottery issuing device and a driving method thereof, and a lottery issuing system and a driving method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lottery issuing device comprises: a printing unit printing a lottery issued under approval of a lottery issuing management device using a lottery purchase ticket of a customer; a scan unit providing the printed lottery after scanning the printed lottery; and a control unit requesting automatic cancellation of the approval of the lottery issuing management device when the printed lottery is judged as abnormal printing by judging whether the printed lottery is normally printed based on an original image of the scanned lottery and a preset reference value related to the lottery. Therefore, efficient lottery operation is possible.

Description

Lottery ticket issuing device and driving method thereof, and lottery ticket issuing system and driving method of the system {Apparatus for Issuing Lottery and Driving Method Thereof, System for Issuing Lottery and Driving Method Thereof}

The present invention relates to a lottery ticket issuing apparatus and a driving method thereof, and to a lottery ticket issuing system and a driving method of the system, and more particularly, to prevent fraudulent acts on lottery such as lottery, Toto, horse racing, bicycle/boat racing, etc. It relates to a lottery ticket issuing device capable of efficient and efficient lottery operation, a driving method of the device, and a lottery ticket issuing system and a driving method of the system.

In general, lottery is a ticket issued and sold by the state or public institution for the purpose of preparing specific business funds, and the type of lottery is a lottery ticket, lotto, instant lottery, number game, and competition. And lottery tickets. When dividing the type of lottery according to the participation method of the lottery purchaser, lottery tickets and instant lottery tickets are the methods of purchasing those that have numbers or symbols printed in advance, which are the deciding factors of winning the lottery, and lottery purchasers use numbers or symbols. There are lottery, number games, and game lotteries (for example, horse racing, bicycle racing, horse racing, bullfighting, etc.).

As described above, when a lottery purchaser directly selects or fills in a number or symbol to purchase, conventionally, the lottery purchaser writes the desired number or symbol on the Betting Slip and then sends the purchase slip to the seller with cash. When submitting a request for purchase, the seller puts the purchase ticket submitted from the lottery purchaser into the lottery ticket vending machine.The lottery ticket vending machine reads the purchase information written on the purchase slip through a scanner and sends it to the main server, and the main server After issuing a lottery ticket based on the purchase information received from the lottery ticket machine, the issued lottery ticket information is transmitted to the lottery ticket machine. In this way, the lottery ticket vending machine receiving the lottery ticket information from the main server prints the lottery ticket information received from the main server on paper to issue a lottery ticket, and the seller delivers the issued paper lottery ticket to the lottery purchaser.

However, most of the conventional lottery ticket vending machines only have a printing function, and once issued lottery tickets are often impossible to cancel, and in the case of printed lottery tickets, there is a problem that fraud is also frequently occurring.

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An embodiment of the present invention is a lottery ticket issuing device that prevents fraudulent behavior on lottery tickets such as lotto, Toto, horse racing, bicycle racing/motorcycle, etc., and is capable of efficient lottery operation, and a driving method of the device, and a lottery ticket issuing system and driving the system. Its purpose is to provide a method.

A lottery ticket issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a printing unit that prints a lottery ticket issued under the approval of a lottery ticket sales management device using a customer's lottery purchase ticket, a scanning unit that scans the printed lottery ticket, and the scanned lottery ticket. And a control unit for requesting automatic cancellation of the approval to the lottery ticket sales management device when it is determined that the printed lottery is normally printed based on the scanned image of the lottery ticket and a preset reference value related to the lottery ticket. It is characterized by that.

The control unit may include a recognition engine for determining the abnormal printing, and may determine abnormal printing by checking the size and code of the lottery ticket as the reference value.

The control unit may determine the abnormal printing based on at least one of a printing pattern of the lottery ticket, a printing state of the code, and code information of the code through the recognition engine.

The control unit may be characterized in that, after determining the normal printing of the lottery ticket, upon request of the lottery ticket issuing management device for dispute settlement, the control unit may provide the stored scanned image as an original image.

The control unit may determine the abnormal printing in consideration of a supply state of the printing paper supplied for printing.

In addition, the driving method of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of printing a lottery ticket issued under the approval of the lottery ticket sales management device using the customer's lottery ticket in a printing unit, and the scanning unit, the printed lottery ticket. The scanning step, and the control unit determines whether or not the printed lottery is normally printed based on the original image of the scanned lottery ticket and a reference value set in relation to the lottery ticket, and when it is determined as abnormal printing, the lottery ticket issuing management device sends the And requesting automatic cancellation of approval.

The driving method may be characterized in that the recognition engine determines the abnormal printing, and determines the abnormal printing by checking the size and code of the lottery ticket as the reference value.

The driving method may be characterized in that the abnormal printing is determined based on at least one of a printing pattern of the lottery ticket, a printing state of the code, and code information of the code through the recognition engine.

The driving method may be characterized in that, after determining the normal printing of the lottery ticket, when the lottery ticket issuing management device requests for dispute settlement, the stored scanned image is provided as an original image.

The determining may include determining the abnormal printing in consideration of a supply state of the printing paper supplied for printing.

On the other hand, the lottery ticket sales management system according to an embodiment of the present invention prints a lottery ticket using a customer's lottery purchase ticket, scans the printed lottery ticket, and scans the scanned image of the lottery ticket and a preset reference value related to the lottery ticket. Based on the lottery ticket issuing device that determines whether the printed lottery ticket is normally printed, and the lottery ticket issuing device approves the printing of the lottery ticket. It characterized in that it comprises a lottery ticket issuance management device for canceling the approval when there is an automatic cancellation request.

In addition, in the driving method of the lottery ticket sales management system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the lottery ticket issuing device prints a lottery ticket using a customer's lottery purchase ticket, scans the printed lottery ticket, and scans the scanned image of the scanned lottery ticket. And determining whether the printed lottery ticket is normally printed based on a preset reference value related to the lottery ticket, and the lottery ticket issuing management device approves the printing of the lottery ticket with the lottery ticket issuing device, and as a result of the determination, abnormal printing is performed. And canceling the approval when there is an automatic cancellation request for the approval from the lottery ticket issuing device when it is determined.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to automatically cancel a printed lottery ticket without human intervention when abnormal printing of a lottery ticket due to various factors.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention will be able to smoothly resolve unfavorable disputes such as fraudulent actions surrounding the lottery.

1 is a view showing a lottery ticket issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the internal structure of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1 from a mechanical point of view;
3 is a view for explaining an abnormal printing state of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1;
4 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed structure of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1;
5 is a diagram for explaining an operation process of the lottery ticket issuing system of FIG. 1;
6 is a diagram showing an automatic cancellation operation of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1;
7 is a diagram showing the operation of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1 during a dispute, and
8 is a flowchart illustrating a driving process of a lottery ticket issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in this specification or application are exemplified only for the purpose of describing the embodiments according to the present invention, and the embodiments according to the present invention may be implemented in various forms. And should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in this specification or application.

Since the embodiments according to the present invention can be modified in various ways and have various forms, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and will be described in detail in the present specification or application. However, this is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention to a specific form of disclosure, and it should be understood that all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention are included.

Terms such as first and/or second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components, for example, without departing from the scope of the rights according to the concept of the present invention, the first component may be named as the second component, and similarly The second component may also be referred to as a first component.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components exist in the middle. It should be understood that it may be possible. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in the middle. Other expressions describing the relationship between components, such as "between" and "directly between" or "adjacent to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terms used in the present specification are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the present specification, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to designate the presence of a set feature, number, step, action, component, part, or combination thereof, but one or more other features or numbers. It is to be understood that the presence or additional possibilities of, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof are not preliminarily excluded.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein including technical or scientific terms have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms as defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and should not be interpreted as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present specification. Does not.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by describing a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals shown in each drawing indicate the same members.

1 is a diagram showing a lottery ticket issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the internal structure of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1 from a mechanical point of view, and FIG. 3 is a diagram of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. It is a diagram for explaining an abnormal printing state.

1, a lottery ticket issuing system 90 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a part or all of a lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100, a communication network 110, and a lottery ticket sales management apparatus 120.

Here, "including some or all" means that the lottery ticket issuing device 100 operates in a stand alone form, or a part or all of the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 is a network constituting the communication network 110 It means something that can be integrated and configured in a device (eg, a wireless switching device, etc.), and will be described as including all in order to help a sufficient understanding of the invention.

The lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lottery ticket vending machine for issuing various types of lottery tickets used in, for example, lotto, Toto, horse racing, bicycle racing, and racing. Rather than an automatic system of issuing lottery tickets, a manual system of lottery ticket issuance may be more preferable in which the customer, i.e., the user, marks the lottery purchase ticket (or purchase ticket) and inserts the marked lottery purchase ticket to issue the lottery ticket. In such a manual lottery ticket vending machine, due to various factors, the information marked on the customer's lottery ticket and the actual printed lottery ticket information may be different. For example, lottery tickets that are exposed to dusty external environments, such as when marking is not done correctly on lottery tickets, and errors in rollers that feed the printing paper of the lottery ticket inside the lottery ticket machine (e.g., rolling speed). In the case of vending machines, these problems can occur frequently. More specifically, the problem is that in winter, static electricity may cause the feed roller rubber to harden and malfunction, or the firmware may malfunction due to static electricity. In addition, abnormal printing may occur due to paper defects. Therefore, when the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 detects an abnormal print, and when it is determined that a continuous error occurs, it is notified to the person concerned so that a fundamental response can be made through replacement of parts, or the like. Accordingly, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the lottery ticket issuing device 100 issues and prints a lottery ticket under the approval of the lottery ticket sales management device 120 in consideration of this situation, the scanned image is scanned by performing a scan on the printed lottery ticket. Through this, it can be determined whether there is an error in printing.

2 shows the internal components of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 of FIG. The lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 includes a printer 100 ′ including a scanner as shown in FIG. 2 therein, and a more detailed look at the perspective of the mechanism (or structure) is the outer edge, that is, the main body constituting the frame. The unit 200 may include a printing unit 210 for printing a lottery ticket, and a scanning unit 220 for scanning the printed lottery ticket. The printing unit 210 may include a Thermal Print Head (TPH) printing module, and the scanning unit 220 may include a Contact Image Sensor (CIS) scan module. The printing unit 210 may be connected to a transfer unit that transfers printing paper, and receives paper for printing at a constant speed through a roller. In addition, the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 may further include a driving device for operating and controlling the internal printing unit 210 and the scanning unit 220. This will be covered later.

For example, when a customer's purchase ticket is inserted through an inlet, the purchase voucher may be recognized through a purchase ticket scanning unit (or a first scanner) provided in the inlet, and a driving device (eg, CPU, etc.) Based on the information, the lottery ticket issuance management device 120 requests approval for lottery issuance and printing, and if there is approval, the driving device restarts the printing unit 210 so that printing of the recognized information can be printed on the lottery paper. Control. In addition, the printed lottery ticket in the printing unit 210 equipped with a printer is scanned again by the scanning unit 220, that is, a print lottery scanning unit (or a second scanner) to store the scanned image, and constitute a driving device. The control unit or the recognition engine reads the scanned image of the stored lottery ticket and determines whether there is a printing error. Depending on whether such a printing error has occurred, it is possible to automatically cancel the approval of the release of the lottery ticket. In an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable to configure a purchase ticket scanning unit that recognizes the above purchase ticket and a scanning unit 220 that scans the lottery ticket printed by the printing unit 210.

As described above, after the lottery ticket issuing device 100 prints the lottery ticket in the printing unit 210 under the approval of the lottery ticket issuing management device 120, the printed lottery ticket is transferred to the scanning unit 220 and scanned, The image of the lottery ticket scanned by the unit 220, that is, a scanned image (or an original image) is stored in a storage unit, and the scanned lottery ticket is provided to the user. For example, printing may be performed in various ways, but a printing method using a laser rather than ink may be preferable. When the scan is complete, the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 may determine the printing state of the lottery ticket by executing an internal recognition engine to determine the normal or abnormal state of printing. Various parts can be recognized through the recognition engine, but in an embodiment of the present invention, the image size is typically checked as shown in FIG. 3. Saved lottery images can be loaded and aligned vertically. In order to check the size of the image, an abnormal state of printing may be identified by measuring the lengths of the horizontal 300 and the vertical 310 as shown in FIG. 3. Accordingly, the recognition engine may pre-store or preset and use reference values related to the lengths of the horizontal 300 and vertical 310 of the lottery ticket. In addition, the recognition engine can check the printing status of the code, or even code information. The codes in the lottery may include 1D and 2D barcodes containing data, and for example, the first code 330 at the top and the second code 340 at the bottom may be identified. The first code 330 may be a QR code, and the second code 340 may be PDF417. In addition, the recognition engine may check if the Hollerith code is generated in the lottery as the third code. The Hollery's code is a type of code that expresses numbers and letters by perforation. The first column represents one character, and each decimal number, alphabetic character, and special character are distinguished by 1 to 3 holes perforated at a designated position in the column. . However, since the recognition engine according to an embodiment of the present invention can check at least one of a QR code, PDF417, and Hollerless code, it will not be specifically limited to what code to check. Furthermore, although the printing state of the code can be determined in order to check the abnormal state of printing, since information containing data can also be confirmed, the embodiment of the present invention will not be particularly limited to any one form. When determining whether or not to print abnormally in the code, a feature point-based analysis method may be used, and an abnormal state of printing may be determined by comparing image patterns corresponding to the feature point regions.

The lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 determines whether the scanned image of the printed lottery is in an abnormal state through a recognition engine, and when it is determined to be normal, provides the lottery ticket to the customer, i.e., the user. After printing it to the user, it can notify that there is an abnormal print on the screen. Of course, when in an abnormal state, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 requests that the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 that has approved the release of the lottery to cancel the approval of the lottery, so that the automatic cancellation of the approval is made. In other words, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 performs an automatic cancellation operation with the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 by self-diagnosing the printed lottery ticket without intervention by a person such as an administrator. Of course, when requesting automatic cancellation, it is clear that identification information related to the lottery must be provided.

In addition, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 can provide a scanned image, i.e., an original image, related to the lottery stored in the storage unit according to a request from the lottery ticket issuing management device 120, in case a dispute arises with respect to a normally issued lottery ticket. have. Here, the original image may mean a normally printed scanned image. It is possible to respond to a dispute by receiving the original image and determining whether it is authentic or not. In addition, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 may not provide the original image upon request of the lottery ticket sales management device 120, but may process the original image based on a block chain in order to prevent accidents about fraudulent activities such as hacking. . In other words, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 and the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 have the same data, and when the data is changed or modified, that is, when a transaction occurs, the data is changed or modified under the approval of other devices, so that all devices are in the same ledger. In other words, you own the data. To prepare for disputes, such blockchain technology can also be applied. Whether or not such a technique is applied can be changed as much as possible according to the intention of the system designer, and thus the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited to any one form.

The communication network 110 includes all wired and wireless communication networks. For example, a wired or wireless Internet network may be used or interlocked as the communication network 110. Here, the wired network includes an Internet network such as a cable network or a public telephone network (PSTN), and the wireless communication network includes CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, Evolved Packet Core (EPC), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and Wibro networks. It is meant to include. Of course, the communication network 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be used as an access network for a next-generation mobile communication system to be implemented in the future, for example, a cloud computing network or a 5G network under a cloud computing environment. For example, if the communication network 110 is a wired communication network, the AP in the communication network 110 can access the switching center of the telephone station, but in the case of a wireless communication network, it accesses SGSN or GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node) operated by a communication company to process data. Alternatively, data can be processed by accessing various repeaters such as BTS (Base Station Transmission), NodeB, and e-NodeB.

The communication network 110 may include an AP. APs include small base stations such as femto or pico base stations that are frequently installed in buildings. Here, the femto or pico base station is classified according to how many lottery ticket issuing apparatuses 100 can be accessed according to the classification of the small base station. Of course, the AP includes a short-range communication module for performing short-range communication such as the lottery ticket issuing device 100 and Zig-bee and Wi-Fi. The AP can use TCP/IP or RTSP for wireless communication. Here, short-range communication includes various standards such as RF and ultra wideband communication (UWB) such as Bluetooth, ZigBee, infrared, UHF and VHF in addition to Wi-Fi as mentioned above. Accordingly, the AP extracts the location of the data packet, designates the best communication path for the extracted location, and transfers the data packet to the next device, for example, the lottery ticket management device 120 along the designated communication path. APs can share multiple lines in a general network environment, and include routers, repeaters, and repeaters.

The lottery ticket sales management apparatus 120 may include a server operated by a lottery issuing institution. Of course, it may further include a manager device such as an administrator's computer that manages it. The lottery ticket issuing management device 120 may manage information on the issued lottery ticket together with the identification information on the lottery ticket issuing device 100 at each sale location. Therefore, based on this, it is possible to know where the lottery ticket owner purchases the lottery ticket. However, since unpleasant things surrounding the lottery frequently occur, in this case, the person concerned requests the lottery ticket issuing device 100 of the place of purchase to provide the original image stored inside, or if a blockchain-based technology is applied, the authenticity You can also ask whether or not.

In addition, as mentioned above, when the lottery ticket issuing device 100 determines that the printing of the currently issued lottery ticket is abnormal through self-diagnosis and requests to cancel the issuance of the previously approved lottery ticket, As a basis, the issuance of the lottery ticket will be automatically cancelled. Of course, for automatic cancellation, it is clear that identification information for the lottery must be provided.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 has been described so that the printing status can be checked directly on the spot including the recognition engine, but under the current communication network 110, the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 It can be possible to check the condition as much as possible. This is because the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 is more likely to be an expensive device than the lottery ticket issuing device 100, and thus, it is highly likely to have high-performance hardware and software resources as it is an expensive device. However, if there is a failure of the communication network 110, data processing may be difficult, so various settings may be made according to the intention of the system designer. For example, in a place where the lottery ticket issuing device 100 is supplied at a low price, the operation, that is, an abnormal state of printing, is confirmed by the lottery ticket issuing management device 120, but the expensive lottery ticket issuing device 100 is the corresponding lottery ticket issuing device ( 100) is to make the status check. In addition, if communication of the communication network 110 is smooth, the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 checks the status, but if the communication network 110 is broken, the operation is performed in the on-site lottery ticket issuing device 100. . Since various types of operations are possible as described above, the embodiment of the present invention will not be particularly limited to any one method.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed structure of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1.

The lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may have the configuration of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 ″ as in FIG. 4 in terms of a driving mechanism, and the communication interface unit 400, Including some or all of the control unit 410, the printing unit 420, the scanning unit 430, the storage unit 440, and the recognition engine unit 450, and some or all of the display unit, the lottery ticket input unit, etc. Of course, the display unit may include a touch panel to configure the touch screen.

Here, "including some or all" means that some components such as the storage unit 440 are omitted to configure the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 ″, or some components such as the recognition engine unit 450 are used in the control unit ( 410), which may be integrated into and configured with other components, and will be described as including all in order to help a sufficient understanding of the invention.

The communication interface unit 400 communicates with the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 via the communication network 110. In the process of performing communication, an operation such as encryption may be additionally performed to protect data information. Of course, various operations, such as encoding/decoding and muxing/demuxing, can be performed in the communication process, but this is obvious to those skilled in the art, so further description will be omitted.

The communication interface unit 400 may request approval from the lottery ticket sales management device 120 under the control of the control unit 410 when the customer's lottery ticket purchase ticket is put into the lottery ticket issuing device 100". Information about the information may be received and provided to the control unit 410.

In addition, when it is determined that the lottery is in an abnormal state after determining whether the lottery is in an abnormal state of printing, the communication interface unit 400 approves the lottery ticket determined to be in an abnormal state by the lottery issuing management device 120 at the request of the control unit 410. You can ask to cancel. This operation is automatically canceled without human intervention.

In addition, when there is a request from the lottery ticket sales management device 120 to provide a scanned original image for a lottery ticket in which a dispute has occurred, the communication interface unit 400 may receive the request and transmit it to the control unit 410.

The control unit 410 includes a communication interface unit 400, a printing unit 420, a scanning unit 430, a storage unit 440, and a recognition engine unit 450 constituting the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 ″ of FIG. 4. For example, when a lottery ticket is input through the input unit, the control unit 410 recognizes the lottery ticket purchase ticket through the scanning unit 430. Then, the communication interface unit 400 is controlled to control the lottery ticket. A request for approval of the issuance of the lottery is requested to the ticket management device 120. And, based on the information on the lottery ticket that has been approved for the approval request, the printing unit 420 is controlled to print the lottery ticket. The printing paper supply unit may be controlled. The printed lottery ticket may be moved back to the scanning unit 430 to perform a scanning operation, and the control unit 410 receives a scanned image from the scanning unit 430 so that the control unit 410 is Can be stored in.

Subsequently, the control unit 410 may retrieve the scanned image, that is, the lottery image stored in the storage unit 440 and provide it to the recognition engine unit 450. It is to request the recognition engine unit 450 to determine whether the lottery ticket has been normally issued based on the printing state. When a result of the determination as being in a normal state is presented from the recognition engine unit 450, the user may be notified that the output lottery ticket has been normally issued through a screen. However, in the case of an abnormal state, the user may be notified of the abnormal issuance, and at the same time, the communication interface unit 400 may be controlled to request the lottery issuing management device 120 to cancel the approval for the corresponding lottery ticket. In addition, the control unit 410 may print a new lottery ticket.

As mentioned above, the printing unit 420 and the scanning unit 430 may generate a scanned image by scanning the printing operation of the lottery ticket and the printed lottery ticket under the control of the control unit 410. The printing unit 420 may include a TPH printing module, and the scan unit 430 may include a CIS scan module.

The recognition engine unit 450 is a kind of recognition program according to an embodiment of the present invention. A reference value for determining whether a lottery ticket printed through a scanned image of an internally printed lottery ticket is normally printed may be stored or set. In general, data storage in software is stored in a registry or the like. Representatively, the recognition engine unit 450 may determine whether printing has been normally performed by measuring the horizontal and vertical lengths of the scanned lottery image. In the process of objection, the code formed in the lottery can also be checked to increase the accuracy of the judgment. It is also possible to determine whether it is a normal printing state through the printing state of the code, or to check the characteristic points of the code in the process. Furthermore, the recognition engine unit 450 may determine the abnormal state of printing by comparing the information of the code. In this way, in order to determine the abnormal printing of the printed lottery ticket, various checks are possible in addition to this, and thus the embodiment of the present invention will not be particularly limited to any one form. For example, if you measure the feed speed of printing paper through a sensor (eg, an encoder) or photograph and analyze the feeding state, it may be helpful to identify an abnormal state of printing.

The storage unit 440 may store various types of information or data processed under the control of the controller 410, and may store a scanned image of the lottery ticket as described above and then output it under the control of the controller 410. In addition, in the event of a dispute related to the lottery, the image may be provided under the control of the control unit 410 even when there is a request from the lottery issuing management device 120.

Meanwhile, as another embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 410 of FIG. 4 may include a CPU and a memory. The CPU and memory may be formed in one chip. The CPU includes a control circuit, an operation unit (ALU), an instruction interpretation unit, a registry, and the like, and the memory may include RAM. The control circuit can perform control operations, the operation unit operates on binary bit information, the instruction analysis unit interprets high-level language into machine language and machine language into high-level language, and the registry is responsible for software data storage. I can. As a result of the above configuration, when the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 is initially driven or when necessary, a program or algorithm stored in the recognition engine unit 450 is stored in a memory and then executed, thereby rapidly increasing the operation processing speed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation process of the lottery ticket issuing system of FIG. 1.

For convenience of explanation, referring to FIG. 5 together with FIG. 4, when viewed in FIG. 5, the control unit 410 performs a printing operation based on a print command from the recognition engine unit 450, and then scans the printed lottery ticket. Then, the scanned image is stored (S500, S510). To this end, the control unit 410 controls the printing unit 420 for printing and controls the scan unit 430 for scanning, respectively.

In addition, the controller 410 may request a determination of whether printing is normal by providing a scanned and stored image while responding to the print command (S530). The recognition engine unit 450 may provide a result of determining whether printing is normal to the control unit 410, for example.

Accordingly, when printing is abnormal, the control unit 410 may make an automatic cancellation request to the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 (S540).

In addition, the control unit 410 and the recognition engine unit 450 may transmit the stored image when there is a dispute or the like related to the lottery and there is a request for the stored image from the lottery ticket sales management device 120 (S550, S560). Since the detailed operation may be changed according to the configuration of the control unit 410 and the recognition engine unit 450 and the operation is set, the embodiment of the present invention will not be particularly limited to any one type.

Hereinafter, the automatic cancellation operation and the image request operation will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

6 is a diagram illustrating an automatic cancellation operation of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the lottery ticket issuing apparatus of FIG. 1 during a dispute.

The lottery ticket issuing device 100 may recognize the lottery ticket purchased through the scanning unit 430, for example, through the scanning unit 430 (S600). In this case, the control unit 410 may check the purchase ticket with the lottery ticket issuance management device 120 and request the issuance of the lottery ticket and output approval (S610 and S630).

If there is approval from the lottery ticket sales management device 120, the control unit 410 controls the printing unit 420 and the scanning unit 430 to scan and store the discharged ticket, that is, the lottery ticket along with the ticket output (S630 to S650). ).

Subsequently, the recognition engine unit 450 receives the stored image and determines whether printing is normal (S660). In order to determine whether or not it is normal, as shown in FIG. 3, the horizontal and vertical length of the scanned image may be determined, or the code printed on the lottery ticket may be checked.

If it is determined that it is abnormal as a result of the verification, the recognition engine unit 450 notifies this to the control unit 410, and accordingly, the control unit 410 requests cancellation of the lottery ticket approved by the lottery issuance management device 120 and issues the lottery ticket When a cancellation process is performed in the management device 120, a result thereof may be received (S670 to S695).

In the process as described above, the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 may determine a lottery ticket in which printing is abnormal, automatically cancel the approval through a recognition engine without human intervention, and then allow a new printing to be made.

In addition, as can be seen in FIG. 7, after the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention analyzes the image of the printed lottery ticket, it determines that normal printing has been made (S700 to S770), and then surrounds the lottery ticket. When a dispute with a customer occurs (S780), the lottery ticket sales management device 120 requests the original image stored in relation to the lottery ticket to the lottery ticket issuing device 100 (S790), and receives the original image according to the request ( S795) Through this, disputes can be resolved smoothly.

In addition to the above, the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 and the lottery ticket sales management apparatus 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform various operations. For example, in FIG. 7, the original image is requested from the lottery ticket issuing device 100 to the lottery ticket issuing device 100 from the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 at a specific point in time when a dispute occurs. ) Stores the original image, so if there is a request to determine the authenticity or not related to the processing of the image, or if there is correction, it will be handled under approval, so it will be possible to safely cope with the risk of hacking, not just disputes. . For example, the original image may be requested from the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 in order to determine whether the lottery ticket is authentic or not by duplicating the lottery ticket in an abnormal path.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a driving process of a lottery ticket issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For convenience of explanation, referring to FIG. 8 with FIG. 1, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention prints a lottery ticket issued under the approval of the lottery ticket sales management device 120 using the customer's lottery purchase ticket. Can (S800). For example, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 may transmit time information and lottery information issued together with the device identification information of the lottery ticket issuing device 100 to the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 to be managed. Such information may be systematically classified and managed in the DB 120a.

In addition, the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 scans the printed lottery ticket. After scanning, you can even offer a printed lottery ticket to your customers. Whether to issue a printed lottery ticket can be done in a variety of ways. For example, a printed lottery ticket is provided to a customer only when printing is in a normal state, but if it is in an abnormal state, the customer may be requested to reissue it after being discarded, so the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited to the above method. .

Further, the lottery ticket issuing device 100 determines whether or not the printed lottery is normally printed based on the original image of the scanned lottery and a preset reference value related to the lottery, and when it is determined as abnormal printing, the lottery ticket issuing management device 120 approves it. It is possible to request an automatic cancellation of (S820). In practice, in the case of a recognition engine, since the abnormal state of printing can be confirmed by checking the characteristic points or patterns of the image, the reference value may be interpreted as including this.

In addition to the above contents, the lottery ticket issuing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can perform various operations, and other details have been sufficiently described above, and thus the contents will be substituted.

On the other hand, even if all the constituent elements constituting an embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined into one or operating in combination, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this embodiment. That is, within the scope of the object of the present invention, all of the constituent elements may be selectively combined and operated in one or more. In addition, although all the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, a program module that performs some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware by selectively combining some or all of the components. It may be implemented as a computer program having Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art of the present invention. Such a computer program is stored in a non-transitory computer readable media that can be read by a computer and is read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing an embodiment of the present invention.

Here, the non-transitory readable recording medium is not a medium that stores data for a short moment, such as a register, cache, memory, etc., but a medium that stores data semi-permanently and can be read by a device. . Specifically, the above-described programs may be provided by being stored in a non-transitory readable recording medium such as a CD, DVD, hard disk, Blu-ray disk, USB, memory card, ROM, or the like.

In the above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and is generally used in the technical field to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be understood individually from the technical idea or perspective of the present invention.

100, 100', 100": lottery ticket issuing device 110: communication network
120: lottery ticket sales management device 200: main body
210, 420: printing unit 220, 430: scanning unit
400: communication interface unit 410: control unit
440: storage unit 450: recognition engine unit

Claims (12)

As a lottery ticket issuing device that communicates with a lottery ticket issuing management device that manages a plurality of lottery ticket issuing devices,
A printing unit for printing a lottery ticket issued under the approval of a lottery ticket sales management device using a customer's lottery purchase ticket;
A scanning unit that scans the printed lottery ticket; And
Automatic cancellation of the issuance of the lottery ticket for the approval by the lottery ticket sales management device when it is determined that the printed lottery ticket is normally printed based on the scanned image of the scanned lottery ticket and a preset reference value related to the lottery ticket. Including; a control unit for performing an automatic cancellation operation with the lottery ticket issuance management device by requesting,
When it is determined that the lottery ticket is normally printed, the control unit provides the scanned image stored at the request of the lottery ticket sales management device as an original image to the lottery ticket sales management device for dispute settlement,
The control unit determines the abnormal printing when an error of the roller supplying the printing paper is determined by further considering a supply state of the printing paper supplied for printing,
The control unit, the lottery ticket issuing apparatus, characterized in that when it is determined that a continuous error occurs after detecting the abnormal printing, informs a related person and requests replacement of parts. The method of claim 1,
The control unit includes a recognition engine for determining the abnormal printing, and determines abnormal printing by checking the size and code of the lottery ticket as the reference value. The method of claim 2,
And the control unit determines the abnormal printing based on at least one of a printing pattern of the lottery ticket, a printing state of the code, and code information of the code through the recognition engine. delete delete A method of driving a lottery ticket issuing device in communication with a lottery ticket issuing management device that manages a plurality of lottery ticket issuing devices,
Printing a lottery ticket issued under the approval of a lottery ticket sales management device using a customer's lottery purchase ticket in a printing unit;
Scanning the printed lottery ticket by a scanning unit; And
The control unit determines whether the printed lottery ticket is normally printed based on the original image of the scanned lottery ticket and a reference value set in relation to the lottery ticket, and automatically cancels the approval by the lottery ticket sales management device when it is determined that it is abnormal printing. Including, the step of performing an automatic cancellation operation with the lottery ticket issuance management device by requesting,
When it is determined that the lottery ticket is normally printed, providing a scanned image stored at the request of the lottery ticket sales management device for dispute settlement to the lottery ticket sales management device as an original image;
Determining the abnormal printing when an error of the roller supplying the printing paper is determined by further considering the supply state of the printing paper supplied for printing; And
When it is determined that a continuous error occurs after detecting the abnormal printing, notifying the relevant person and requesting replacement of the parts;
Driving method of a lottery ticket issuing apparatus, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 6,
A method of driving a lottery ticket issuing apparatus, characterized in that the recognition engine determines the abnormal printing, and determines the abnormal printing by checking the size and code of the lottery ticket as the reference value. The method of claim 7,
And determining the abnormal printing based on at least one of a printing pattern of the lottery ticket, a printing state of the code, and code information of the code through the recognition engine. delete delete A lottery ticket that prints a lottery ticket using the customer's lottery purchase ticket, scans the printed lottery ticket, and determines whether the printed lottery ticket is normally printed based on the scanned image of the scanned lottery ticket and a preset reference value related to the lottery ticket. Ticketing device; And
Including; a lottery ticket sales management device that approves the printing of the lottery ticket with the lottery ticket issuing device, and cancels the approval when an automatic cancellation request for the approval is requested from the lottery ticket issuing device when it is determined as abnormal printing as a result of the determination,
The lottery ticket issuing device provides a scanned image stored at the request of the lottery ticket issuing management device as an original image to the lottery ticket issuing management device for dispute settlement when it is determined that the lottery ticket is printed normally,
The lottery ticket issuing apparatus determines the abnormal printing when an error of the roller supplying the printing paper is determined by further considering a supply state of the printing paper supplied for printing,
The lottery ticket issuing apparatus, when it is determined that a continuous error has occurred after detecting the abnormal printing, informs a related person and requests replacement of parts. The lottery ticket issuing device prints the lottery ticket using the customer's lottery purchase ticket, scans the printed lottery ticket, and normally prints the printed lottery ticket based on the scanned image of the scanned lottery ticket and a preset reference value related to the lottery ticket. Determining whether or not; And
A step of, by the lottery ticket issuing device, approving the printing of the lottery ticket with the lottery ticket issuing device, and canceling the approval when there is an automatic cancellation request for the approval from the lottery ticket issuing device when it is determined as abnormal printing as a result of the determination; Including,
Providing, by the lottery ticket issuing device, a scanned image stored at the request of the lottery ticket issuing management device to the lottery ticket issuing management device as an original image for dispute settlement when it is determined that the lottery ticket is normally printed;
Determining, by the lottery ticket issuing apparatus, the abnormal printing when an error of a roller supplying the printing paper is determined by further considering a supply state of the printing paper supplied for printing; And
The lottery ticket issuing apparatus, when it is determined that a continuous error occurs after detecting the abnormal printing, notifying the relevant person and requesting replacement of parts;
Driving method of a lottery ticket sales management system, characterized in that it further comprises.

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