KR20090118223A - Apparatus for electronic voting - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic voting apparatus is provided to increase convenience by controlling a size of an external window. CONSTITUTION: An input unit selects and inputs a candidate. A recording unit records a selecting result inputted by the input unit to a vote record paper. The recording unit includes a cartridge(220), a printing part(240), and a loading part(270). The vote record paper is wound inside the cartridge. The loading part exposes a part of the vote record paper to an outer part of the cartridge. The loading part includes a loading bar(279) and a supporting plate(278) which supports the vote record paper.

Description

Electronic Voting Device {Apparatus For Electronic Voting}

The present invention relates to a voting apparatus, and more particularly to an electronic voting apparatus.

In the parliamentary democracy including Korea, many elections have become commonplace, such as presidential elections, parliamentary elections, or elections for representatives of specific organizations.

Most conventional voting methods were performed by voting a ballot box by stamping a ballot box of candidates to be selected on a ballot printed with names and symbols of various candidates.

However, the conventional voting method has been pointed out that it is possible to vote only by checking the electoral list at a specific polling place.

In order to solve this problem, a lot of researches on electronic voting have been conducted in recent years.

In general, in the case of the previously developed electronic voting apparatus, the voting result is printed separately on the voting record sheet and the like, and the voting contents printed on the voting record sheet are shown to the voter to confirm the result. Furthermore, the ballot record sheet recorded in this way should be kept to ensure the reliability of voting.

On the other hand, depending on the type and method of the election, the amount of record phrases or items recorded on the ballot record sheet will vary.

However, in the case of the conventionally developed electronic voting apparatus, it is difficult to change the whole electronic voting apparatus in order to secure such voting result depending on each election, or it is difficult to provide the contents to the voter to the voters easily. There is an urgent need to develop a new electronic voting device that is compatible with.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic voting apparatus that can be used in various elections with one electronic voting apparatus regardless of the type or method of the election.

Another object of the present invention is to be able to adjust the degree of visibility according to the election to conduct a ballot recording paper installed for checking and recording the result of the ballot in one electronic voting device. The reason for this is to alleviate the inconvenience of having to replace the entire electronic voting apparatus according to the election for the voting party, and to make it easy for the voters to check their own voting results.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is connected to the voting unit and the voting unit including a voting unit including an input unit for voting to select one of the candidates displayed on the monitor to print the voter's selection result on the ballot record sheet. It comprises a recording unit, the recording unit, the main body forming an appearance, the cartridge accommodated inside the main body; One side and the other side of the inside of the cartridge is rolled in a roll type, respectively, is mounted on a portion between one side and the other side of the rolled ballot recorded on the roll type pulls the mounted portion of the ballot recording paper to the outside one side of the cartridge It provides an electronic voting apparatus comprising a holding unit for pulling out to a length and a printing unit for printing the voter's selection result on the ballot recording paper.

Here, the mounting portion is mounted on a portion of the ballot recording paper, the cradle for pulling the mounted portion of the ballot recording paper to the outside of the cartridge, and is dragged out of the cartridge by the cradle is located at the bottom of the ballot recording paper And a support plate for supporting the ballot recording sheet drawn out of the cartridge.

The holder may be installed to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the support plate.

In addition, the support plate may be installed to be inclined downward toward the outside of the cartridge.

On the other hand, the support plate preferably comprises a moving part for moving the cradle, the moving part, a moving member to which the cradle is coupled, a moving guide for guiding the moving member to move along the longitudinal direction of the support plate and It may be made including a motor for moving the moving member.

In addition, the rotating shaft of the motor and the movable member may be connected by a belt to move the movable member by a belt power transmission method.

On the other hand, the main body, it may be provided with a window window in parallel with the support plate, the main body, it is preferable to further include an opening and closing door that can open and close the window window.

In addition, a plurality of voters' selection results may be continuously printed on the ballot recording paper, and the selection results may be printed in one or more forms selected from letters or barcodes.

The electronic voting apparatus may store the result of the voter's selection on an electronic recording medium.

In addition, the input unit is preferably made of a touch screen.

On the other hand, the printing unit may include a printhead for printing the voter's selection result on the ballot recording paper and a pressing unit for supporting the ballot recording paper while the printhead is in operation.

Here, the print head is a thermal transfer head, the ballot recording paper is preferably made of a thermal transfer paper.

The cartridge may further include an exposure window for checking the remaining amount of the ballot recording paper housed therein.

Referring to the effects of the present invention the electronic voting device configured as described above are as follows.

First, according to the present invention, it is possible to adjust the degree of exposure of the ballot recording paper shown to the voter to confirm the voting result according to the held election, regardless of the items and the amount of descriptions vary depending on the type or method of the election. .

Second, each election with a single electronic voting device can be used without changing the electronic voting device or changing the ballot record separately, thereby reducing the cost and convenience of use.

Third, the effect of increasing the convenience by allowing the size of the external window to be adjusted according to the degree to which the voter is exposed to the outside of the voting record paper adjusted for election so that the voter can easily check the recorded contents according to the result of his selection. There is.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of this embodiment, the same name and the same reference numerals are used for the same configuration and additional description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a view schematically showing the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a recording unit of the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing the internal structure of the recording unit, FIG. 5 is a side view showing a moving part in the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a connection between the main components of the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention. A block diagram showing the relationship.

First, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic voting apparatus according to the present invention includes a voting unit 100 and a recording unit 200.

The voting unit 100 includes a monitor 110 for displaying a voter's personal information and a input unit 120 for selecting one of the candidates displayed on the monitor 110. It is composed. In this case, the input unit 120 may have various forms, and may be configured by a touch screen method mounted directly on the monitor 110.

The recording unit 200 may be integrally formed with the voting unit 100, or may be electrically and mechanically separated and detachably connected. By doing so, the selection result input through the input unit 120 is configured to print on the ballot recording paper installed for the voting result and storage in the recording unit 200, which will be described later.

2 and 3, in the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention, the recording unit 200 includes a main body 210, a cartridge 220, a holder 270, and a printing unit 240.

Here, the main body 210 is provided with a cartridge mounting portion 213 on the side. The cartridge mounting portion 213 is preferably made of a storage type, as shown in Figure 2 so that the replacement of the cartridge 220 can be easily.

In addition, a locking member (not shown) is provided to separate the cartridge mounting portion 213 from the main body 210 only by an electrical signal or an arbitrary key to enable the collection of the cartridge 220 accommodated therein. More preferred.

One side surface of the main body 210 is provided with a window window 211.

Here, the window 211 is configured to check the voter's own selection result, the opening and closing door 212 for opening and closing the window 211 is provided separately.

The opening / closing door 212 closes the window 211 after the voter completes the voting work and checks the contents of the internal voting paper 224, and reopens the next voter when the voting work is performed. Do it.

In this case, the operation of the opening and closing door 212 is preferably to be opened and closed by a driving device (not shown) such as a motor or an air cylinder.

On the other hand, the cartridge 220 forms an appearance and has a case 221 in which the cartridge mounting portion 213 is mounted therein, and a supply reel 222 and a winding reel 223 are provided inside the case 221. do.

Then, the ballot recording paper 224 is installed to move from the supply reel 222 to the take-up reel 223. To this end, the main body 210 is provided with a motor assembly 230 geared to the supply reel 222 and the take-up reel 223. That is, the motor assembly 230 and the gear (not shown), when the cartridge 220 is mounted on the main body 210, the supply reel 222 and the winding reel 223 is the operation of the motor assembly 230 The ballot recording paper 224 is configured to be wound toward the winding reel 223 from the supply reel 222 by rotating at the time.

The case 210 is provided with auxiliary pulleys 241 and 242 at appropriate positions so that the ballot recording paper 224 smoothly moves from the supply reel 222 to the take-up reel 223. In addition, an exposure window 228 is provided at one side of the case 210 to facilitate checking the remaining amount of the ballot recording paper 224 installed therein.

In this case, as illustrated, the auxiliary exposure window 218 may be provided at a position corresponding to the cartridge mounting part 213 or an opening may be provided.

Various configurations can be adopted, and since there are many known technologies, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

And, in the upper center of the case 221, the operation groove 226 is installed in the shape of a 'V' shape is provided with a printing unit 240 for printing the ballot recording paper passing.

The operation groove 226 is provided with a print head 241 for printing the voter's selection result on the ballot recording paper, the pressing unit for supporting the ballot recording paper 224 while the print head 241 is in operation ( 242 is provided.

In addition, a cam unit 244 is provided which operates by an electrical signal so that the print head 241 contacts the ballot recording paper 224 and prints the selection result.

Here, the print head 241 is a thermal transfer head, and the ballot recording paper 224 may apply a thermal transfer paper.

A pinch roller 243 is provided to transport the ballot recording paper 224 for continuous printing.

 Due to such a configuration, a plurality of voters' selection results can be continuously printed on one cartridge (voting record paper).

And, one side of the cartridge 220 is provided with a cradle 270 that is mounted on a portion of the ballot recording paper 224 wound inside the cartridge 220.

The holder 270 is mounted on a part of the ballot recording paper 224 to serve to pull out a part of the ballot recording paper 224 mounted to the outside of the case 221. 3 and 4, the mounting portion 270 includes a mounting stand 279 and a support plate 278.

Here, the support plate 278 is disposed on the lower bottom of the ballot recording paper 224 located outside the case 221, the ballot recording paper 224 pulled out by the holder 279 is sag down. Do not.

The support plate 278 is formed to be inclined downward from one side to the outside from the case 221, it is preferable that the voter is configured to facilitate viewing the window 211. In this case, the window window 211 of the main body 210 is also provided to be inclined to one side corresponding to the support plate 278, so that the window window 211 and the ballot recording paper 224 are spaced apart. Do not The reason for doing this is to allow the voter to visually view the contents of the voting results described in the voting record sheet 224 by keeping the window window 211 and the voting record sheet 224 disposed below the same angle.

In addition, the case 221 forming the exterior of the cartridge 220 has an opening 225 for allowing a part of the ballot recording paper 224 to be drawn out to one side of the case 221 by the mounting portion 270. 2).

In addition, an insertion hole 229 (see FIG. 2) is provided in the case 221 so that the holder 279 is automatically inserted into the case 221 when the case 221 is mounted in the cartridge mounting unit 213. .

On the other hand, referring to Figure 5, one side of the support plate 278 is provided with a moving unit 280 for moving the cradle 279 by an external operation.

The moving part 280 includes a moving member 281 to which the holder 279 is attached, a motor 285, and a belt 284.

Here, the side of the support plate 278 is provided with a movement guide 289 along the longitudinal direction of the support plate 278, so that the movable member 281 can reciprocate on the movement guide 289 Is placed. To this end, various forms may be possible, but the accompanying drawings show a structure in which the movement guide 289 is formed to penetrate a part of the movement member 281 as an example.

In addition, the rotating shaft and the movable member 281 of the motor 285 is to be connected to the belt 284. That is, as the motor 285 rotates, the movable member 281 is reciprocated on the movable guide 289.

At this time, it is preferable that a plurality of pulleys 282, 283, and 286 are provided at appropriate positions between the rotating shaft of the motor 285 and the movable member 281 to facilitate power transmission through the belt 284.

Referring to FIG. 6, a control button 301 for controlling the rotation of the motor 285 is provided outside the recording unit 200, and a controller electrically connected to the control button 301 and the motor 285. 305 is provided.

Referring to the operation of the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention configured as described above and the electronic voting recording method by it as follows.

Referring to FIGS. 7 to 9, first, a person in charge of the election before the voter votes attaches a cartridge 220 to the cartridge accommodating part 213 for electronic voting (S10).

In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the holder 279 automatically forms a form inserted into one side of the ballot recording paper 224 inside the cartridge 220.

Then, a plurality of buttons for selecting an election type or a button for selecting an election method are provided to select an appropriate control button 301 (see FIG. 6) (S20, S30).

Next, when the selected external control button is pressed, the motor 285 is operated for a predetermined time t1, and as shown in FIG. 8, the holder 279 moves to an appropriate position according to the type and method of election. (S40, S50).

In this case, the moving member 281 connected by the motor 285 and the belt 284 moves along the longitudinal direction of the support plate 278. Since the ballot recording paper 224 is mounted on the holder 279 connected to the moving member 281, a part of the ballot recording paper 224 is moved through the opening 225 as the moving member 281 moves. It is drawn out of the case 221 by a predetermined length.

Meanwhile, the voter checks the personal information of the candidate displayed on the monitor 110 and selects one of the candidates and inputs it through the input unit 120 such as a touch screen.

The voter's selection result is transmitted to the recording unit 200 through an electrical connection. The recording unit 200 can print the selection result in the form of a character and a barcode by the printing unit 240 according to the electrical signal. have. After printing, the motor assembly 230 is rotated to transfer the printed section to the lower portion of the window 211, and the voter checks his or her selection result through the window 211 and votes. It ends (S60). In addition, the opening / closing door 212 may be closed just before the other voter enters the room after the voting ends so as to be opened immediately before the next voter's vote so that the contents of the previous voter's vote are not exposed.

As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, and the fact that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms in addition to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope thereof has ordinary skill in the art. It is obvious to them. Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive, and thus, the present invention is not limited to the above description and may be modified within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

1 is a view schematically showing the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention;

2 is an exploded perspective view showing a recording unit of the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention;

3 and 4 are perspective views showing the internal structure of the recording unit;

5 is a side view for showing a moving part in the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention;

6 is a block diagram showing a connection relationship between main components of the electronic voting apparatus of the present invention;

7 and 8 are views showing the mounting process of the ballot recording paper by the operation of the moving unit; And

9 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation process of the electronic voting apparatus according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110: monitor 120: input unit

200: recording unit 210: main body

211: window 212: opening and closing door

213: mounting portion 220: cartridge

221: case 222: supply reel

223: winding reel 224: ballot

225: opening 240: printing

241: printhead 270: mounting portion

278: support plate 279: holder

280: moving part 281: moving member

284: belt 285: motor

289: movement guide 301: control buttons

305: control unit

Claims (15)

An input unit for selecting and inputting candidates and a recording unit for recording the selection result input by the input unit on a ballot record sheet, The recording unit, A cartridge in which the ballot recording paper is wound in a roll type; A printing unit provided on a path on which the ballot recording paper is wound, and printing the selection result input by the input unit on the ballot recording paper; And A holder for exposing a portion of the ballot recording paper that has passed through the printing unit to the outside of the cartridge; Electronic voting apparatus characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 1, The mounting portion, A cradle mounted on a portion of the ballot recording paper to pull the mounted portion of the ballot recording paper out of the cartridge; And A support plate which is dragged out of the cartridge by the holder to be positioned under the ballot recording paper to support the ballot recording paper drawn out of the cartridge; Electronic voting apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 2, The cradle is Electronic voting apparatus characterized in that it is installed to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the support plate. The method of claim 3, The support plate, Electronic voting apparatus characterized in that it is installed inclined downward toward the outer side of the cartridge. The method of claim 3, The support plate, characterized in that it comprises a moving unit for moving the cradle. The method of claim 5, The moving unit, A moving member to which the cradle is coupled; A movement guide for guiding the movable member to move along the longitudinal direction of the support plate; And A motor for moving the moving member; Electronic voting apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 6, The rotating shaft of the motor and the moving member is connected by a belt, the electronic voting apparatus characterized in that the moving member is moved by a belt power transmission method. The method of claim 1, The main body, Electronic voting apparatus characterized in that the window window is provided in parallel with the support plate. The method of claim 8, The main body, Electronic voting apparatus further comprises an opening and closing door for opening and closing the window window. The method of claim 1, And a plurality of voters' selection results are continuously printed on the ballot recording paper, and the selection results are printed in one or more forms selected from a text or a bar code. The method of claim 1, The electronic voting device, Electronic voting apparatus characterized in that for storing the selection result of the voter in an electronic recording medium. The method of claim 1, The input unit, Electronic voting apparatus characterized in that the touch screen. The method of claim 1, The printing unit, A printhead that prints the voter's selection result on the ballot; And A pressing unit for holding the ballot paper while the print head is in operation; Electronic voting apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 13, And the printhead is a thermal transfer head, and the ballot recording paper is a thermal transfer paper. The method of claim 1, In the cartridge, Electronic voting apparatus comprising an exposure window for checking the remaining amount of ballot recording paper accommodated therein.

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