KR102325108B1 - Electronic Voting Rods and Electronic Voting System Including The same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic voting rod for reducing ballot counting time and an electronic voting system including the same, comprising: a voting rod housing body having a voting mark formed on a lower edge surface and accommodating a circuit board and a battery therein; The upper part is accommodated in a part of the bottom surface of the voting rod housing body, and the lower part is exposed to the outside of the marking rod housing body and is connected to the marking rod housing body through an elastic member. an information obtainer fixing member in which an information obtainer for obtaining information is installed; a sign detection unit for generating a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the sign bar housing body; It characterized in that it comprises a; to drive the information obtainer when the sign detection signal is generated to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and store it in the storage means.

Description

Electronic voting rods and electronic voting system including the same

The present invention relates to an electronic voting system, and more particularly, to an electronic voting rod for reducing the time for counting votes and an electronic voting system including the same.

Currently, most of the voting methods in national elections are using a ballot paper containing general ink on paper ballots. The basic voting procedure is that voters go to a polling place, check their identity, receive a ballot paper, place their mark in the ballot box of the desired party or candidate, and put the marked ballot into the ballot box. After the voting time is over, the ballot box is opened at the polling place to count the ballot, or the ballot box is transferred to the counting place for counting. This method is the current traditional throwing and ballot counting method.

The problem with this traditional ballot counting method is that it is impossible to verify whether the ballot papers and ballot counting results are forged or falsified, it takes a lot of time and manpower because the counting is done by people, and human error and intentional distortion are likely to be involved. and it will take a lot of time to publish the results of the vote counting.

In order to solve the above problems, an electronic voting system using an electronic voting machine has been developed, but to use the electronic voting machine, it is necessary to change the election laws for each country, and there is a sense of reluctance to use the electronic voting machine due to the difference from the traditional voting method. There is a problem that the cost for introducing an electronic voting machine is enormous. In addition, in order to introduce the electronic voting machine, it is necessary to secure the infrastructure for the stable use of the electronic voting machine and ICT technology capability for the operation and management of the electronic voting machine. .

To solve this problem, voters can easily participate in voting based on the electronic voting system by selecting a political party or candidate from a paper ballot in the same way as in the traditional voting method, and using a ballot tool similar to the existing method. At the same time, it is necessary to develop a new device necessary to create an environment in which voting results can be extracted and transmitted to the National Election Commission as soon as voting ends and the results can be announced in real time.

In particular, it guarantees the reliability of the voting procedure by making it impossible to forge or falsify the ballot papers and ballot counting results. There is no difficulty, and in preparation for the introduction of the existing electronic voting system, a device that enables electronic voting at a low cost of about 1/10 is required.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-0987549

Accordingly, the present invention is an invention devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the main object of the present invention is to provide an electronic voting stick capable of dramatically shortening the ballot counting time and an electronic voting system including the same,

Further, another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic voting stick as a support tool that can count and publish voting results immediately after voting ends, as well as prevent distortion of the voting results.

Another object of the present invention is to accumulate the voting results voted by voters and carry the cumulative results for easy movement, transmit only to a designated external device, or connect to an external device to provide an electronic voting stick for quick ballot counting. is in providing.

Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic voting system that can ensure the reliability of voting results by using the above-described electronic voting stick, but also using a ballot paper that can prevent copying.

Electronic marking rod according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object,

a lower body in which a sign mark is formed on the lower edge surface;

an upper body accommodating the circuit board and the battery therein;

an elastic member connecting the upper and lower bodies and contracting according to a previously indicated pressure;

The lower body of the upper body and the lower body and the elastic member are accommodated therein, the lower body case having a lower opening so that the mark formed on the lower body moving according to the pressure applied to the upper body protrudes out of the housing Wow;

an information obtainer installed in the lower rim of the lower body to face the ballot to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot;

a sign detection unit for generating a sign detection signal according to the applied pressure;

It characterized in that it comprises a; to drive the information obtainer when the sign detection signal is generated to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and store it in the storage means.

Electronic marking rod according to another embodiment of the present invention,

a marking rod housing body having a marking mark formed on the lower edge surface and accommodating a circuit board and a battery therein;

The upper part of the bottom surface of the voting rod housing body is accommodated and connected to the marking rod housing body through an elastic member, and an information obtainer is installed inside the center of the bottom surface to obtain the identification information of the candidate to be marked on the ballot paper. an acquirer fixing member;

a sign detection unit for generating a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the sign bar housing body;

It characterized in that it comprises a; to drive the information obtainer when the sign detection signal is generated to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and store it in the storage means.

Each of the electronic marking rods of the above configuration,

It may further include an operation state display unit for externally expressing the sign operation state as any one of light, sound, voice, vibration, and a mark, and in this case, the controller drives and controls the operation state display unit when the signage detection signal is generated is another feature.

Furthermore, each of the above-described electronic marking rods is

It may further include an interface unit for data interface with the external storage means, and may further include a communication unit for wirelessly transmitting the stored identification information of the candidate to an external device.

On the other hand, the electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

a ballot paper distributed at the polling place through voter identification, on which identification information of at least a plurality of candidates is recorded;

It is characterized in that it includes a; electronic voting rods provided at each voting booth, which obtains identification information of candidates to be marked on the ballot paper according to the downward pressure applied by the voters and stores them in a storage means,

Each of the electronic voting sticks in this electronic voting system is,

a marking rod housing body having a marking mark formed on the lower edge surface and accommodating a circuit board and a battery therein;

The upper part of the bottom surface of the voting rod housing body is accommodated and connected to the marking rod housing body through an elastic member, and an information obtainer is installed inside the center of the bottom surface to obtain the identification information of the candidate to be marked on the ballot paper. an acquirer fixing member;

a sign detection unit for generating a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the sign bar housing body;

A controller for driving the information obtainer when the ballot detection signal is generated to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and store it in the storage means; may include.

Furthermore, in the ballot paper, the candidate information recording area and the marking area in which the candidate information of each candidate is recorded are matched, and the candidate's identification information is recorded in ink that cannot be visually identified in the candidate information recording area and the matching marking area. Another feature is that

According to the above-described technical problem solving means, the present invention is to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked by the voter from the electronic voting stick when the voter marks the ballot paper produced using special ink or general ink using the electronic voting stick. Effect of saving vote counting time and cost by transferring the storage means or only the storage means to the polling office or election management agency when voting is completed can get

In addition, since the electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention can prevent copying of the ballot by using a special ink in the process of producing the ballot in some cases, there is an effect that can guarantee the reliability of the voting result.

Furthermore, the electronic voting stick and the electronic voting system according to the embodiment of the present invention are the same as the traditional voting environment, that is, the method of using a marking tool on paper ballot paper to mark the ballot, and the change and change of the electoral system necessary for the introduction of the electronic voting system. There is no need for voters' rejection of the electoral system or ICT technology competency to operate and manage the electronic voting environment. there are advantages to

1 is an exemplary flow diagram of a procedure for explaining the process of voting and counting using an electronic voting stick and an electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exemplary view of a ballot according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is an exemplary view of the appearance of the electronic marking rod according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic marking rod shown in Figure 3;
5 is an exemplary block configuration diagram of an electronic marking rod according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a partial cross-sectional view of an electronic marking rod according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 is an exemplary view of the electronic marking rod according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic marking rod shown in Figure 7;
Figure 9 is a partial cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the electronic marking rod shown in Figure 7;
10 is an exemplary view of the external appearance of a pen-type electronic marking rod according to another embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic marking rod shown in FIG.
12 is a cross-sectional view of another form of the electronic marking rod shown in FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following detailed description of the present invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which show by way of illustration a specific embodiment in which the present invention may be practiced, in order to clarify the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention.

Also throughout this description and claims, the word 'comprise' and variations thereof are not intended to exclude other technical features, additions, components or steps. Other objects, advantages and characteristics of the present invention will appear to a person skilled in the art, in part from this description, and in part from practice of the present invention. The following illustrations and drawings are provided by way of illustration and are not intended to limit the invention. Moreover, the invention encompasses all possible combinations of the embodiments indicated herein. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different but need not be mutually exclusive. Accordingly, the detailed description set forth below is not intended to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the invention, if properly described, is limited only by the appended claims, along with all scope equivalents to those claimed. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same or similar functions throughout the various aspects.

Unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context, items referred to in the singular encompass the plural unless the context requires otherwise. In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, in order to enable those skilled in the art to easily practice the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Among the terms below, voters and electors shall be interpreted as having the same meaning, and candidate identification information is information that can identify a candidate registered for an election, including personal information of the candidate, election information, polling place information, ballot identification number, and ballot paper. It may consist of position information on the top, and the candidate identification information expression method is a coded form such as barcode, 3D barcode, QR code, dot pattern, etc. as well as simple numbers, symbols, characters, or their It is preferable to interpret it as a concept including a combination or a serial number. In addition, it is preferable to interpret the electronic marking rod as having the same meaning as the marking tool.

First of all, Figure 1 illustrates a flow chart of a procedure for explaining the process of voting and counting using an electronic voting stick and an electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 illustrates a ballot paper according to an embodiment of the present invention did it

The electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention is largely distributed at the polling place through voter confirmation, and at least a ballot paper on which identification information of a plurality of candidates is recorded, is provided at each polling station, according to the downward pressure applied by the voters It includes electronic voting rods for obtaining identification information of candidates marked on the ballot and storing them in a storage means.

According to an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, on each ballot paper, a candidate information recording area in which candidate information is recorded and a voting area for writing a mark on the candidate are matched, and the candidate information recording area and a mark matching it In the area, the identification information of the candidate is recorded in either visually identifiable ink or invisible ink. Identification information of candidates recorded with ink that cannot be identified with the naked eye will be described later, but information can be obtained through an information acquisition device such as a UV camera.

For reference, the candidate information may be a candidate photo or candidate profile, a candidate's political party and name, or a combination thereof. The reason for recording the identification information of a candidate even in the candidate information recording area with ink that cannot be visually identified is to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked by the voter through the information acquisition device, which will be described later, even if it is marked in the candidate information recording area, not the voting area, This is to satisfy the characteristics of the election system, including the area where the votes can be made according to the national election system including the candidate information recording area.

Although the embodiment of the present invention exemplifies that the identification information of the candidate is recorded with ink that cannot be identified with the naked eye, this is only an example, and the identification information of the candidate with ink that can be identified with the naked eye is a marking area as shown on the left side of FIG. 2 . You may also use the ballot paper recorded on the .

With reference to FIG. 1, the procedure of electronic voting and ballot counting using the electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described.

First, at the polling place, if it is confirmed through voter confirmation (①), the ballot paper described above is issued to the voter (②). Accordingly, the voter moves to the voting booth with the received ballot paper and marks (③) on the ballot paper using the electronic voting stick 100 provided in the voting booth.

When the electronic voting stick 100 is used to mark the ballot, the identification information of the candidate to be marked on the ballot is obtained and stored in the storage means or combined storage means provided inside the electronic voting stick 100. Accordingly, when voting is completed, only the electronic voting stick 100 itself or the combined storage means can be transferred to a polling place or an election management agency, or a real-time vote counting can be performed by wire or wireless transmission (⑥) to a designated external device. Of course, it is also possible to connect to an external device at a designated place and read the stored candidate identification information to count the votes.

On the other hand, when the ballot is marked on the ballot paper using the electronic voting rod 100, the voting mark (also referred to as the seal face) formed on the bottom surface of the electronic voting rod 100 is stamped on the ballot paper. If the electronic voting rod is a pen type, the marking symbol is recorded. The voter puts the ballot paper in the voting area of the candidate of his/her choice with the voting mark stamped into the ballot box (④) and ends the voting (⑤).

As described above, since the electronic voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention is the same as the traditional voting environment, that is, the method of using a balloting tool on a ballot paper, changes in the electoral system required for the introduction of the electronic voting system, changed elections It does not require voters' objection to the system or ICT technology competency to operate and manage the electronic voting environment. There are advantages.

Hereinafter, the mechanical and circuit features of the electronic voting rod 300 constituting the above-described electronic voting system will be described in more detail.

First, Figure 3 illustrates the appearance of the electronic voting rod 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic voting rod 100 shown in Figure 3, Figure 5 is one of the present invention It illustrates a block diagram of the electronic marking rod 100 according to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the electronic voting rod 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is largely composed of a marking rod housing body 200 and an information obtainer fixing member coupled to the lower portion of the marking rod housing body 200 . (300). Depending on the implementation method of the marking rod housing body 200, an upper cap 400 coupled to the upper portion of the marking rod housing body 200 may be further included.

As shown in FIG. 3, the marking rod housing body 200 has a receiving groove 203 capable of accommodating a circuit board and a battery therein. ) may be formed or protruded. The signifier mark 205 may be implemented as a face slab that absorbs ink. As shown in FIG. 3 in order to continuously supply ink to the voting mark 205 , an ink reservoir 207 may be formed in the lower body of the voting rod housing body 200 to be filled with ink. For reference, an opening 209 for accommodating the information obtainer fixing member 300 to be described later is formed in a part of the lower bottom surface of the above-mentioned signifying rod housing body 200 .

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 , the information acquisition device fixing member 300 coupled to the lower portion of the writing rod housing body 200 is accommodated in the upper part of the bottom surface of the writing rod housing body 200 and the lower portion is the marking rod. Exposed to the outside of the housing body 200 and connected to the marking rod housing body 200 through the elastic member 500, the inside of the lower center is an information obtainer 110 for obtaining the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot paper ) is installed.

Strictly speaking, the information obtainer 110 that is fixedly installed on the information obtainer fixing member 300 is a mechanical component constituting the information obtainer 110, and the circuit component constituting the information obtainer 110 is It is preferable to understand that it is located on the circuit board accommodated in the housing body 200 . For example, when the information obtainer 110 is implemented as an ultraviolet (uv) camera, an optical system configuration such as a lens may be fixedly supported by the information obtainer fixing member 300 . Of course, the optical system configuration such as a lens and the image sensor are modularized so that as shown in FIG. 3 , it is located inside the lower center of the information obtainer fixing member 300 , so that the signal processed by the image sensor can be transmitted to the circuit board You could also design it. The information obtainer 110 may be implemented as any one of a UV camera, a barcode reader, a QR code reader, and a camera according to the type of identification information of the candidate recorded on the ballot. If necessary, a lighting lamp may be further provided, and when a sign is detected, the lighting lamp may be controlled to be turned on by a controller to be described later.

On the other hand, the electronic voting rod 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a voter detection unit 105 for generating a vote detection signal according to the pressure applied to the voting rod housing body 200 by the voter.

As shown in FIG. 3, the sign detection unit 105 is formed on the bottom of the signifying rod housing body 200 and the information obtainer fixing member 300 that come close to each other according to the applied pressure, respectively. It can be implemented as an electrically switched contact 105 or a Hall sensor (which can also be denoted as 105) for detecting proximity. The installation position or number of the sign detection unit 105 is arranged in multiple directions (for example, south (6 o'clock) and north (12 o'clock) or east and west to prevent malfunctions due to the tilt of the electronic sign bar 100. Or, it is preferable to be installed in both east, west, north, and south directions). It will be a self-evident fact that the above-exemplified height of the switch contact 105 should be formed so that the two contact points 105 positioned above and below can contact each other when the voting mark 205 is in contact with the ballot paper.

When the circuit configuration of the electronic voting rod 100 having such mechanical characteristics is described in detail with reference to FIG. 4, first, the electronic voting rod 100 is basically used to obtain the identification information of the candidate recorded on the ballot paper. The information obtainer 110 and the controller 115 for obtaining the identification information of the candidate who votes on the ballot by driving the information obtainer 110 when the ballot detection signal is generated from the ballot detection unit 105 and storing it in the storage means ) is included. The storage means may be a built-in memory included in the controller 115, and may be a removable removable storage medium such as an SD card. In some cases, it may be a USB memory that can be coupled to the interface unit 135 . To this end, the electronic marking rod 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include an interface unit 135 for data interface with an external storage means (USB memory).

Depending on the implementation method, the controller 115 may store only the candidate identification information (corresponding to the voting result) stored in the storage means, or the stored candidate identification information together with its identification information or externally with its identification information and polling place identification information. It may interface with a USB memory as a storage means, and further, the controller 115 may accumulate and store the obtained candidate identification information as a voting result for each candidate rather than simply storing the obtained candidate identification information in the storage means. To this end, the controller 115 must be able to read the identification information of the candidate obtained from the ballot.

On the other hand, the above-described electronic voting stick 100 may further include a communication unit 120 for transmitting the identification information of the candidate stored in the storage means to a preset external organization (election management organization) server by wire or wirelessly,

It may further include an operation state display unit 125 for externally expressing the voter operation state with any one of light, sound, voice, vibration, and a mark so that the voter can recognize that his or her markup has been performed normally. The operation state display unit 125 may be configured by any one of a display window, an indicator light, a buzzer, a vibration motor, and a voice output unit controlled by the controller 115 , or a combination thereof.

In addition, the electronic voting rod 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with an operation button operated by the voter as a means for the controller 115 to recognize the voting action without the vote detection unit 105, and the information obtainer 110 ) may be driven.

The operation of the electronic marking rod 100 including the mechanical configuration and the circuit configuration as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 3 . The following is a description of the case of using a ballot paper on which identification information of a candidate is recorded with ink that can be visually identified.

First, voters who are given a ballot paper choose the candidate they want to vote for from among the candidates recorded on the ballot paper. Then, the voter puts the bottom of the electronic marking rod 100 in contact with the position where the identification information of the candidate recorded in the marking area located next to the area in which the candidate information selected by the voter can be obtained. In this case, the voting mark 205 formed in the lower part of the voting rod housing body 200 by the height difference is in a state spaced apart from the ballot by a predetermined height, and a part of the bottom surface of the information obtainer fixing member 300 is in contact with the ballot paper. become a state

In this state, when the voter presses the voting rod housing body 200 downward, the voting rod housing body 200 moves downward, so that the voting mark 205 formed on the lower edge surface of the voting rod housing body 200 is voted. It is marked by contact with the paper. In this case, as the height of the bottom surface of the signifying rod housing body 200 is also lowered, the separation distance from the upper part of the information acquisition device fixing member 300 accommodated in a part of the bottom surface is narrowed, and eventually the information acquisition device fixing member facing each other ( 300), the switch contact of the sign detecting unit 105 formed on the upper part and the switch contact formed on the bottom of the signifying rod housing body 200 come into contact with each other, so that the level change occurs in the sign detection signal, which has no level change. When the controller 115 recognizes this and drives the information obtainer 110, for example, an ultraviolet camera, the identification information of the candidate recorded on the ballot is obtained by the UV camera and stored in the internal storage means. In addition, the controller 115 expresses the sign operation state to the outside in response to the mutual contact of the switch contact.

Accordingly, when the pressure applied downward by the voter is released, the voting rod housing body 200 moves upward by the elastic member 500, so that the voting mark 205 that was in contact with the ballot paper is also spaced apart from the ballot paper.

When each voter marks on the ballot using the electronic voting stick 100 that operates in this way, the identification information of the candidate is stored in the storage means (internal memory or removable SD memory or USB memory) of the electronic voting rod 100. Because it is stored, the electronic voting stick 100 itself or only the storage means can be transferred to an election management institution (or a ballot-counting place) at the end of voting to be used for counting the ballot quickly. If wireless transmission is possible, the identification information of the candidate stored in the storage means can be wirelessly transmitted.

Therefore, the electronic voting stick 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides the effect of minimizing the time, manpower, and cost required for counting and counting.

On the other hand, in the above embodiment, the voting mark 205 is formed on the lower edge surface of the voting rod housing body 200 constituting the electronic voting rod 100 to be on the ballot paper according to the vertical movement of the voting rod housing body 200 . Although the configuration in which the signatory mark 205 is sealed has been described, it may be configured so that the signatory mark can be sealed by moving the information obtainer fixing member.

6 illustrates a partial cross-sectional view of an electronic marking rod according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 6, the electronic marking rod according to another embodiment of the present invention,

A voting mark 720 is formed on the surface of the lower rim and is installed in the lower rim and includes an information obtainer fixing member 700 installed with an information obtainer 710 for obtaining identification information of candidates marked on the ballot paper. do. Although described above, the information obtainer 710 shown in FIG. 6 is preferably interpreted as a lens unit corresponding to the mechanical configuration of the information obtainer. In this embodiment as well, in order to continuously supply ink to the signifier mark 720, an ink reservoir 707 may be formed in the lower body of the information obtainer fixing member 700 shown in FIG. 6 to be filled with ink. . In this case, a filling hole and a hole plug capable of filling ink into the ink reservoir 707 may be formed, or an electronic marking rod may be designed so that only the ink reservoir 707 can be simply replaced.

In addition to the information acquisition device fixing member 700 of the above-described structure and configuration, the electronic marking rod according to another embodiment of the present invention accommodates a circuit board and a battery therein, but extends to the outside of the body to form a stepped lower end 601 is formed and an upper body 600 in which a part of the lower surface of the lower end 601 is opened;

An elastic member 500 that connects the upper portion of the information obtainer fixing member 700 facing the bottom of the lower end 601 and contracts according to the applied pressure;

Surrounding the lower end 601 of the upper body 600 and the fixing member 800 of the information obtainer, the lower portion is opened so that the voting mark 720 is in contact with the ballot paper, and the upper opening groove 820 is The lower body case 800 is formed, and

and a sign detection unit 105 for generating a sign detection signal according to the applied pressure. The sign detection unit 105 is formed on the lower surface of the lower end 601 of the upper body 600 and the upper part of the information obtainer fixing member 700 that come close to each other according to the pressure applied by the voting voter, respectively. It is characterized in that it is an electrically switched contact 105 or a Hall sensor for detecting proximity. Electrically switched contacts 105 also have the same installation direction and number as described in the previous embodiment.

For reference, the lower portion of the information obtainer fixing member 800 preferably has a height that can be accommodated in the lower body case 800 in the state before pressing as shown. In addition, the inner side of the lower body case 800 and the information obtainer fixing member facing it ( 800), one of a guide rail and a rail insertion part fitted to the rail may be formed on each of the outer surfaces.

Since the electronic configuration of the electronic marking rod shown in FIG. 6 is the same as the configuration described in FIG. 4 , it will be omitted below.

The electronic voting rod shown in FIG. 6 is also the lower end 601 of the upper body 600 when the voter puts the electronic marking rod on a specific marking area of the ballot for voting and presses the upper body 600 downward. The information obtainer fixing member 800 moves downward and comes into contact with the ballot paper. The distance between the lower end 601 of the upper body 600 and the upper portion of the information obtainer fixing member 700 is narrowed by the continuous downward pressure, and when a predetermined pressure is transmitted to the information obtainer fixing member 800, the signifier At the same time as the sign mark 720 is stamped in the area, the switch contact 105 is brought into contact with each other by the downward pressure, so that the level change occurs in the sign detection signal, which has no level change. The controller 115 that senses the level change of the sign detection signal drives the information obtainer 710 and also expresses the signifier operation state to the outside.

As a result, the voter releases the downward pressure so that the information obtainer fixing member 700 rises to the original position by the restoring force of the elastic member 500, and the identification information of the marked candidate is stored in the storage means of the electronic voting rod.

Since the identification information of the candidate is also stored in the storage means, the electronic voting stick itself or only the storage means is transferred to the election management agency (or the voting place) at the end of voting or connected to a designated device to read the vote counting. can proceed. Therefore, the electronic voting rod having the structure shown in FIG. 6 also provides the effect of minimizing the time, manpower, and cost required for counting and counting.

7 is an external view of the electronic voting rod according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic voting rod shown in FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is for explaining the operation of the electronic voting rod shown in FIG. Some cross-sectional views are respectively illustrated.

The electronic voting rod shown in FIG. 7 is also an electronic voting rod configured to allow the information acquisition device fixing member 1100 to move and seal the voting mark, accommodates a circuit board and a battery therein, and has a bottom part of the lower part open The upper body 900, and the voting mark 1120 is formed on the surface of the lower rim and is installed in the lower rim to obtain the information obtainer 1110 for obtaining the identification information of the candidate to be marked on the ballot. The fixing member 1100, coupled with the lower end of the upper body 900, surrounds the lower end and the information obtainer fixing member 1100, and the lower part is opened so that the voting mark 1120 is in contact with the ballot paper. The upper body includes a lower body case 1000 having an opening groove formed therein. An upper cap coupled to the upper portion of the upper body 900 may be further included depending on the implementation method.

The electronic marking rod also includes a sign detection unit 105 that generates a sign detection signal according to the applied pressure and an elastic member 500 for repositioning the information obtainer fixing member 1100 when the pressure is released.

The elastic member 500 is accommodated in the upper coupling box 1130 in which the second screw thread 1135 is formed on the outer circumferential surface and is compressed according to the downward pressure applied to the upper body 900 . To this end, a first screw thread 1136 coupled to the second screw thread 1135 is formed inside the lower end of the upper body 900 .

On the other hand, the sign detection unit 105 for detecting the pressure applied to the mark is a lower body case facing the bottom surface of the upper coupling box 1130 and the bottom surface of the upper coupling box 1130 as shown in FIG. 8 ( It is formed in a part of 1000) to sense the downward movement of the upper coupling box 1130, that is, the downward movement of the upper body 900.

The electronic voting rod having this configuration is also placed so that the bottom of the electronic voting rod touches the position where the voter can obtain the identification information of the candidate recorded in the voting area as shown in FIG. 8 . In this case, the voting mark 1120 formed in the lower part of the information obtainer fixing member 1100 by the height difference is in a state spaced apart from the ballot by a predetermined height.

In this state, when the voter presses the upper body 900 of the voting bar downward, the upper coupling box 1130 that is threadedly coupled to the lower end of the upper body 900 as shown in FIG. 9 moves downward as well as , the barrel 1105 of the structure communicating with the circuit board in the upper body 900 also moves downward, so that the voting mark 1120 formed on the lower edge surface of the information obtainer fixing member 1100 is in contact with the ballot paper and is marked . In this case, the switch contact constituting the sign detection unit 105 also comes into contact with each other, so that the level change occurs in the signatory detection signal, which has no level change.

Accordingly, the controller 115 drives the ultraviolet camera to obtain the identification information of the candidate recorded on the ballot paper, stores it in the internal storage means, and expresses the state of the voting operation to the outside in response to the mutual contact of the switch contact.

As a result, when the pressure applied downward by the voter is released, the upper body 900 moves upward by the restoring force of the elastic member 500, so that the voting mark 1120 in contact with the ballot is also spaced apart from the ballot.

Therefore, the electronic voting stick having the mechanical configuration as shown in FIG. 8 also transfers the electronic voting stick itself or only the storage means to the election management institution (or the voting place) at the end of voting so that it can be quickly used for counting and counting. It provides the effect of minimizing the time, manpower and cost required for

In the above embodiment, an example of the implementation of the stamp-type electronic ballot stick has been described, but since there may be an electoral system or a country in which voters directly mark the ballot symbol (eg, ○, ×, √, etc.) on the ballot paper, pen-type electronic balloting The rod may be implemented as an example of another electronic marking rod. In the case of implementing the electronic ballot stick as a pen type, it is assumed that the ballot paper in which the candidate information recording area and the balloting area in which the candidate information is recorded match the ballot paper because the voter must perform a ballot act.

Hereinafter, the pen-type electronic marking rod will be described in detail. A cross-sectional view, FIG. 12 illustrates a cross-sectional view of another form of the electronic marking rod shown in FIG. 10, respectively.

10, as shown in (a), a pen-type electronic marking rod 1200 according to another embodiment of the present invention,

A pen-type marking rod body 1210 in which a circuit board (112 in FIG. 11) and a battery are embedded inside one side and a pen nib 1220 in which a nib 1225 is exposed inside the other side;

A sign detection unit (not shown) that is located inside the pen-type signifying rod body 1210 and generates a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the pen nib 1220;

The identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot paper which is integrated with the pen-type marking rod body 1210 and faces the nib 1225 of the pen nib 1220 and the trajectory information of the nib 1225 Acquiring information flag 1240, and

A controller that is formed on the circuit board 112 and obtains the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and the trajectory information of the pen tip 1225 by driving the information obtainer 1240 when the sign detection signal is generated and stores it in the storage means (115).

The pen-type marking rod body 1210 is screwed to the lower end of the upper body 1212 and the upper body 1212 for accommodating the circuit board 112 and the battery therein, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 . Alternatively, it includes a lower body 1214 that is coupled in a fitting manner and has a pen nib through hole (1227 in FIG. 11) formed on the other side. In some cases, the upper cap 1230 may be coupled to the other end of the upper body 1212 to which the lower body 1214 is coupled. have.

It is preferable that the information obtainer 1240 integrated in the pen-type signifying rod body 1210 be understood as the information obtainer already mentioned in FIGS. 3 and 5 . When the information obtainer 1240 is a camera, the lens unit is exposed to the outside and installed in the direction in which the nib 1225 faces, and the remaining circuit components constituting the camera are the circuit board 112 accommodated in the writing rod body 1210. located in That is, the reference numeral 1240 shown in FIG. 10 is strictly a lens unit 1240 constituting the information obtainer. This lens unit 1240 is in the lower body 1214 or the upper body 1212 constituting the pen-type marking rod body 1210 according to the implementation method as shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and (b). It may be formed or formed to protrude, and may be supported by a separate support means 1241 as shown in FIG. As such, the formation or attachment/mounting position of the lens unit 1240 integrated with the pen-type marking rod body 1210 may be variously modified.

For reference, as described in the previous embodiment, the pen-type electronic marking rod of the above configuration is also an operation state for expressing the marking operation state to the outside of the marking rod body 1200 as any one of light, sound, voice, vibration, and marking. It may further include an expression unit 125 .

In this case, the controller 115 located on the circuit board 112 generates a sign detection signal, for example, during the sign detection signal generation section or sign detection signal generation section + α (α: additional time) operation state display unit ( 125) is driven and controlled.

Furthermore, the pen-type electronic marking rod 1200 may further include an interface unit 135 for data interface with an external storage means. In this case, the controller 115 interfaces the plurality of candidate identification information stored in the storage means and the trajectory information of the pen tip to an external storage means or interfaces to an external storage means together with their identification information or their identification information and polling place identification information. can do.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the sign detection unit constituting the pen-type electronic voting bar 1200 and the operation of the pen-type electronic voting bar 1200 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12 .

Preferentially, the sign sensor unit 1221 is coupled to the tip of the pen nib 1220 accommodated in the pen-type signifying rod body, more specifically, the lower body 1214 as shown in FIG. 11, and,

and a pressure sensor 1223 which is inserted into the pen nib holder 1221 or has one surface adhered to the top to generate a sign detection signal according to the pressure of the nib 1220 applied to the pen nib holder 1221 . The pressure sensor 1223 is adhered to the bottom of the stopper 1219 for limiting movement of the pen nib formed in the lower end of the upper body 1212 .

The pen nib holder 1221 is preferably made of an elastic member to transmit the pressure applied by the nib 1220 to the pressure sensor 1223 and to restore the nib 1225 to its original position when the pressure is released.

Meanwhile, in the center of the stopper 1219 for limiting movement of the pen nib, a through hole through which a signal line electrically connects the circuit board 112, the pressure sensor 1223, and the lens unit 1240 is formed.

When describing the operation of the voting detection unit including the configuration as described above, the voter places the pen tip 1225 in a specific marking area on the ballot paper and applies the pressure while applying the voting symbol (eg, ○, ×, √, etc.) When marked, the pressure applied to the nib 1225 is transmitted to the nib holder 1221 and the pressure sensor 1223 having elasticity.

Accordingly, a vote detection signal is generated from the pressure sensor 1223 and transmitted to the controller 115 located on the circuit board 112, and the controller 115 drives the information obtainer 1240 in the vote detection signal generation section to vote The identification information of the candidate marked on the paper and the trajectory information of the pen tip 1225 are acquired and stored in the storage means. A method of using the identification information of each candidate stored in the storage means and the trajectory information of the pen tip will be omitted since it has been described in the previous embodiment.

The pen-type electronic voting stick described above also stores the identification information of the candidate marked by each voter in the storage means and the trajectory information of the pen tip matching it, so when voting ends, only the electronic voting stick itself or the storage means is stored at the election management agency ( Alternatively, it is possible to quickly count the ballot by transporting it to the counting place) or by connecting it to a designated device and reading it.

12 shows the configuration of another type of signage detection unit. The sign detection unit shown in FIG. 12 includes a pen-type signifying rod body 1212, more specifically, a pen nib holder 1221 coupled to the end of the pen nib 1220 accommodated in the lower body 1214, and,

The pen-type marking rod body, more specifically, the upper portion of the pen nib holder 1221 facing the bottom surface of the stopper 1219 for limiting movement of the pen formed in the lower end of the upper body 1212 is connected but contracted according to the applied pressure. an elastic member 1231 and

It includes one or more switching contacts 1233 protruding from the bottom of the pen nib movement limiting stopper 1219 and the upper part of the nib holder 1221, respectively, and generating a sign detection signal upon contact.

When pressure is applied to the pen nib 1225 by the markup act, the pen nib holder 1221 coupled to one side of the pen nib 1220 moves upward by the pressure, and thus the stopper 1219 for limiting the movement of the pen nib. ) and the switching contacts 1233 respectively protruding from the top of the pen nib holder 1221 are in contact with each other to generate a sign detection signal of a different level from the previous state. Accordingly, the controller 115 drives the information obtainer 1240 in the voting detection signal generation section to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and the trajectory information of the pen tip 1225 and store it in the storage means. As described above, the stored information can be read quickly by transferring the electronic voting stick itself or only the storage means to the election management agency (or the voting place) at the end of voting, or by connecting it to a designated device and reading it. can do.

The above has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, which are merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Accordingly, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

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a marking rod housing body having a marking mark formed on the lower edge surface and accommodating a circuit board and a battery therein;
The upper part is accommodated in a part of the bottom surface of the voting rod housing body, and the lower part is exposed to the outside of the marking rod housing body and is connected to the marking rod housing body through an elastic member. an information obtainer fixing member in which an information obtainer for obtaining information is installed;
a sign detection unit for generating a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the sign bar housing body;
Electronic voting stick comprising a; when the ballot detection signal is generated, by driving the information obtainer to obtain the identification information of the candidate to be marked on the ballot and store it in the storage means. An information obtainer fixing member having a mark formed on the surface of the lower rim and installed in the lower rim to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot paper;
an upper body accommodating the circuit board and the battery therein, but extending to the outside of the body to form a stepped lower end, and having a lower surface partly opened at the lower end thereof;
an elastic member connecting the upper portion of the information obtainer fixing member facing the lower surface of the lower portion, and contracting according to the applied pressure;
a lower body case that surrounds the lower end of the upper body and the fixing member of the information obtainer, the lower part is opened so that the voting mark comes into contact with the ballot paper, and the lower body case is formed with an opening groove at the upper part;
a sign detection unit for generating a sign detection signal according to the applied pressure;
Electronic voting stick comprising a; when the ballot detection signal is generated, by driving the information obtainer to obtain the identification information of the candidate to be marked on the ballot and store it in the storage means. The method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an operation state display unit for externally expressing the sign operation state as any one of light, sound, voice, vibration, and mark, wherein the controller further comprises the operation state when the sign detection signal is generated. Electronic marking rod, characterized in that the driving control of the expression part. [Claim 4] The electronic marking rod according to claim 3, further comprising an interface unit for interfacing data with an external storage means. The method according to claim 4, The controller,
Electronic voting stick, characterized in that the interface with the identification information of the candidate stored in the storage means to the external storage means or interface to the external storage means together with their identification information or their identification information and polling place identification information. The method according to claim 3, The controller,
Electronic marking rod, characterized in that the obtained identification information of the candidate is accumulated and stored as a vote result for each candidate. The electronic voting stick according to claim 3, further comprising: a communication unit for wired or wirelessly transmitting the identification information of the candidate stored in the storage means to a set external server server. The method according to claim 1, The sign detection unit,
Electronic, characterized in that it is a contact point that is electrically switched or is a hall sensor for detecting proximity or not formed on the bottom of the housing body of the marking rod and the upper portion of the fixing member of the information obtainer, which come close to each other according to the applied pressure sign stick. The method according to claim 2, The sign detection unit,
Electronic signifier, characterized in that it is a contact point that is electrically switched or a hall sensor for detecting proximity, which is formed on the lower surface of the lower end of the upper body and the upper part of the fixing member of the information obtainer that come close to each other according to the applied pressure pole. The electronic marking rod according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage means is a removable and removable storage medium. The electronic marking rod according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information acquisition unit is one of an ultraviolet camera, a barcode reader, a QR code reader, and a camera. a pen-type marking rod body having a built-in circuit board and a battery inside one side and one side of a pen nib exposed inside the other side;
a sign detection unit located inside the pen-type signifying rod body and generating a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the pen tip;
an information obtaining unit integrated with the pen-type marking rod body to obtain identification information of a candidate marked on a ballot paper facing the nib of the pen nib and trajectory information of the nib;
A controller formed on the circuit board and configured to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot paper and the trajectory information of the pen tip by driving the information obtainer when the vote detection signal is generated and store it in a storage means; including, the vote detection unit ,
a pen nib holder coupled to the end of the pen nib accommodated in the pen-type marking rod body;
an elastic member that connects the upper portion of the pen nib holder facing the bottom surface of the pen nib movement limiting stopper formed in the pen-type marking rod body and contracts according to the applied pressure;
and one or more switching contacts respectively protruding from the bottom surface of the stopper for limiting movement of the pen nib and the upper part of the pen nib holder to generate a sign detection signal upon contact. The method according to claim 12, further comprising an operation state display unit for expressing the sign operation state to the outside of the pen-type signifying rod body as any one of light, sound, voice, vibration, and mark, wherein the controller further comprises the sign detection signal A pen-type electronic marking rod, characterized in that it drives and controls the operation state display unit when it occurs. [Claim 14] The pen-type electronic marking stick according to claim 12 or 13, further comprising an interface unit for interfacing data with an external storage means. The method according to claim 14, wherein the controller,
A plurality of candidate identification information stored in the storage means and the trajectory information of the pen tip are interfaced with the external storage means or interfaced with the external storage means together with one's own identification information or with one's own identification information and polling place identification information The electronic voting stick of the pen type to say. a pen-type marking rod body having a built-in circuit board and a battery inside one side and one side of a pen nib exposed inside the other side;
a sign detection unit located inside the pen-type signifying rod body and generating a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the pen tip;
an information obtaining unit integrated with the pen-type marking rod body to obtain identification information of a candidate marked on a ballot paper facing the nib of the pen nib and trajectory information of the nib;
A controller formed on the circuit board and configured to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot paper and the trajectory information of the pen tip by driving the information obtainer when the vote detection signal is generated and store the information in the storage means; including,
The pen-type marking rod body includes an upper body for accommodating a circuit board and a battery therein, and a lower body coupled to the lower end of the upper body and having a pen nib through hole formed on the other side,
The sign detection unit includes a pen nib holder coupled to the tip of the pen nib accommodated in the pen-type signifying rod body, and a pressure sensor that is inserted or adhered to the pen nib holder and generates a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the pen nib holder. A pen-type electronic marking stick characterized by a closure. The method according to claim 16, further comprising; an operation state display unit for expressing the signifying operation state to the outside of the pen-type signifying rod body as any one of light, sound, voice, vibration, and mark, wherein the controller further comprises the sign detection signal A pen-type electronic marking rod, characterized in that it drives and controls the operation state display unit when it occurs. [18] The pen-type electronic marking stick according to claim 16 or 17, further comprising an interface unit for interfacing data with an external storage means. delete a ballot paper distributed at the polling place through voter identification, on which identification information of at least a plurality of candidates is recorded;
Electronic voting rods provided at each voting booth, which obtains identification information of candidates to be marked on the ballot paper according to the downward pressure applied by the voters and stores them in a storage means; including, the electronic voting rods each,
An information obtainer fixing member having a mark formed on the surface of the lower rim and installed in the lower rim to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot paper;
an upper body accommodating the circuit board and the battery therein, but extending to the outside of the body to form a stepped lower end, and having a lower surface partly opened at the lower end thereof;
an elastic member connecting the upper portion of the information obtainer fixing member facing the lower surface of the lower portion, and contracting according to the applied pressure;
a lower body case that surrounds the lower end of the upper body and the fixing member of the information obtainer, the lower part is opened so that the voting mark comes into contact with the ballot paper, and the lower body case is formed with an opening groove at the upper part;
a sign detection unit for generating a sign detection signal according to the applied pressure;
Electronic voting system comprising: a controller for driving the information obtainer when the sign detection signal is generated to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and store it in the storage means. a ballot paper distributed at the polling place through voter identification, on which identification information of at least a plurality of candidates is recorded;
Electronic voting rods provided at each voting booth, which obtains identification information of candidates to be marked on the ballot paper according to the downward pressure applied by the voters and stores them in a storage means; including, the electronic voting rods each,
a marking rod housing body having a marking mark formed on the lower edge surface and accommodating a circuit board and a battery therein;
The upper part is accommodated in a part of the bottom surface of the voting rod housing body, and the lower part is exposed to the outside of the marking rod housing body and is connected to the marking rod housing body through an elastic member. an information obtainer fixing member in which an information obtainer for obtaining information is installed;
a sign detection unit for generating a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the sign bar housing body;
Electronic voting system comprising: a controller for driving the information obtainer when the sign detection signal is generated to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and store it in the storage means. a ballot paper distributed at the polling place through voter identification, on which identification information of at least a plurality of candidates is recorded;
Electronic voting sticks provided at each voting booth, which acquire identification information of candidates to be marked on the ballot paper according to the downward pressure applied by the voters and store them in a storage means; Containing, the ballot paper,
A candidate information recording area and a marking area in which candidate information of each candidate is recorded are matched, wherein the candidate's identification information is recorded in ink that cannot be visually identified in the candidate information recording area and the matching marking area Electronic voting system. a ballot paper distributed at the polling place through voter identification, on which identification information of at least a plurality of candidates is recorded;
Electronic voting rods provided at each voting booth, which obtains identification information of candidates to be marked on the ballot paper according to the downward pressure applied by the voters and stores them in a storage means; including, the electronic voting rods each,
a pen-type marking rod body having a built-in circuit board and a battery inside one side and one side of a pen nib exposed inside the other side;
a sign detection unit located inside the pen-type signifying rod body and generating a sign detection signal according to the pressure applied to the pen tip;
an information obtaining unit integrated with the pen-type marking rod body to further obtain information on the trajectory of the pen tip in addition to the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot paper facing the pen tip;
Formed on the circuit board, when the sign detection signal is generated, driving the information obtainer to obtain the identification information of the candidate marked on the ballot and the trajectory information of the pen tip and a controller for storing it in a storage means; Electronic comprising a voting system.

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