JPH09212699A - Election voting card and its processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the working efficiency of a series of jobs including voting through the ballot counting without changing the voting form where the voters perform their own hardwriting by adding a mark to every conventional voting card and then arranging and accumulating the voting cards in a prescribed direction based on the detected marks of voting cards. SOLUTION: A voting card opening part 404 opens a voting card 101 which is thrown into a easing 401 through a slot 403, and a voting card reading part 405 reads the images included in a prescribed area of the card 101 opened at the part 404. Both sides and upper and lower parts of every card 101 are arranged in one direction and carried via a voting card both-side inversion part 406, a voting card upper/lower part inversion part 407, etc., based on the mark positions detected out of the images read out of the prescribed area of every card 101. Then the carried cards 101 are stacked on each other by a stacker 408 and accumulated together. The number of accumulated cards 101 are counted by a voting card counter 410 and shown at a voting card number display part 411.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an election voting ticket and an election voting ticket processing device used in election voting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At the time of voting for an election, a large number of voters and a huge amount of election voting tickets are handled at a polling place, so that a series of processes are desired to be automated.

As shown in FIG. 16, an election voting ticket 201 which has been conventionally used in an election is called an election title 20.
2. Generally, it is composed of a frame for entering a candidate name for voting 203, an approval mark 204, notes 205, etc., and a fold line 206 printed in the central portion.

[0004] At present, when a voter uses this voting ticket 201 to vote for an election, the voter writes the name of the desired candidate in the candidate name entry frame 203 of the voting ticket 201 by hand. Fold it along the line 206 at the center crease and place it in the ballot box.

The voting ballots put into the ballot box are manually put out from the ballot box and divided into candidates, and then the number of votes for each candidate is counted and counted as a result of counting the votes.

On the other hand, the voting ticket 201 is issued in exchange for an admission ticket brought by a voter at an election polling place. The admission ticket will be mailed to voters several days before the election voting day.

In this case, the voter hands the admission ticket to the reception staff at the election polling place, the staff checks the resident's card, and then issues the election voting ticket to the voter. All of these operations are also manually performed by hand.

The following techniques are known as techniques for this election voting.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-199084 proposes a technique relating to election voting tickets. As shown in FIG. 17, the voting ballot proposed here has a face 3
01, a deletion section 302, magnetic information recording sections 303, 304, 305 in which the voter's gender, personal identification number, voter's candidate name, etc. are magnetically recorded, and these magnetic recording sections 303,
Visual information recording units 306, 307, 308, and 309, on which the information recorded in 304 and 305 are printed, are provided.

In this case, the voter inserts the voting ticket 301 into the voting device provided at the polling place and inputs various data on the operation panel on the voting device.
Various information is recorded in the magnetic recording units 303, 304, 305 and the visual information recording units 306, 307, 308, 309, and the voting ticket 301 having such various information recorded is accumulated in a predetermined storage box.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-199084 discloses a technique of an automatic counting device for the number of votes for each candidate. This automatic counting device is a device which automatically counts the number of votes in a form linked with an election voting ticket, and the magnetic recording units 303 and 304 of the election voting ticket described above.
By reading 305 and automatically counting the number of votes for each candidate based on the information, the efficiency of the vote counting work is improved.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 3-240896 and 4-64191, the names of the candidates described on the face of the election voting ticket are read, and the voting tickets are classified for each candidate. A technique for counting the number of each voted ticket is disclosed.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-9864 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-106270 disclose a technique for an admission ticket for an election polling place.

The technology of the admission ticket for the election polling place disclosed here is such that the information indicating the identity of the voter is embedded in the face of the ticket as a bar code or a magnetic stripe, and is read by a corresponding reader to obtain the election voting ticket. Is automatically issued.

[0015]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional voting technology, the current voting method is completely changed, and only a part of the whole is automated, and most of the remaining work is manually performed. Since there is no choice but to rely on, there is a problem that the voting results cannot be aggregated quickly.

That is, in the technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-199084, the voting system is completely changed, and therefore it is necessary to thoroughly inform the voter of the new voting system, and also the new system. There are problems of securing reliability and security problems with the introduction, and there are still many uncertain factors, so practical application is not possible.

In introducing this technique, the greatest advantage of the current voting system, that is, the voter himself no longer writes the name of the candidate himself, and thus the reliability of voting is lost. .

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 3-240896 and 4-64191, there is no description about the method of reading and determining the election voting ticket surface, and from the context of the embodiment, the voting ticket to be inserted into the voting box is described. It seems that it is necessary to align the orientation, but this requires more work for the voters to align the voting tickets in addition to the current voting work. Makes it difficult.

In the technology disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-9864 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-106270, barcode and magnetic stripe data must be created for each voter and the election polling place is required. Since the admission ticket to is sent by mail, there are problems such as falsification of data during mailing and leakage of privacy of personal data.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and an election voting ticket that can streamline a series of work from voting to voting without changing the handwritten voting form by voters. And an election voting ticket processing device.

[0021]

In order to achieve the above object, an election voting ticket according to a first aspect of the invention is characterized in that a direction identifying mark is recorded at a predetermined position on the face of the ticket.

According to the first aspect of the invention, since the mark is simply added to the conventional election voting ticket, it is not necessary to change the voting form in which the voter directly writes.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electoral voting ticket processing device which detects a mark position from an electoral voting ticket in which a direction identification mark is recorded at a predetermined position on the face of the ticket, and the mark detecting means. Based on the mark position, the voting ticket collecting means for transporting the election voting tickets in a predetermined direction, and the voting ticket for accumulating the election voting tickets arranged and transported by the voting ticket collecting means. It is characterized in that it comprises an accumulating means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the election voting tickets are arranged and conveyed in a predetermined direction based on the mark positions detected by the mark detecting means, and are stacked and stacked by the voting ticket stacking means. It will be very easy to manually open the voting ballot after the voting deadline.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electoral voting ticket processing device, wherein an election voting ticket having a direction identification mark recorded at a predetermined position on the face of the ticket is folded in two and has a slot for inserting in one direction. A voting ticket opening means for opening a bi-folded election voting ticket placed in the slot of the housing, and an image reading means for reading an image of a predetermined area of the election voting ticket opened by the voting ticket opening means, A mark detecting means for detecting the position of the mark based on the image read by the image reading means, and a vote for transporting the election voting tickets while collecting them in a predetermined direction based on the mark position detected by the mark detecting means. It is characterized by comprising a ticket collecting means and a voting ticket collecting means for accumulating and stacking the election voting tickets which are collected and conveyed by the voting ticket collecting means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, as in the conventional case, even when the folded voting ballot is put in the insertion slot, the image is read after the voting ball opening means opens the voting ballot. The voting position is detected and the voting ballots are collected in a predetermined direction and then stacked, so even if the votes are cast in a form that conforms to the conventional voting form, the voting tickets are collected and stacked in the same direction. This makes it very easy to manually open the voting tickets after the voting deadline.

The voting ballot processing apparatus according to claim 4 is the voting ballot processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the voting ticket counting means counts the voting tickets accumulated by the voting ticket accumulating means. It is characterized in that it is provided with a means and a voting rate calculation means for calculating a voting rate based on the count value counted by the voting ticket counting means.

In the invention according to claim 4, since the voting rate is calculated by counting the voting ballots accumulated by the voting ticket accumulation means by the voting ticket counting means, after the deadline for voting, at each polling place, You can immediately know the voting rate.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the election voting ticket processing device according to any one of the second and third aspects, wherein the voting ticket procuring means reverses the election voting ticket upside down or upside down. A reversing mechanism, and reversing control means for controlling the reversing mechanism so that the mark position of the election voting ticket is at a predetermined position when the mark position detected by the mark detecting means is not at a predetermined position. It has a feature.

According to the present invention, when the mark position detected by the mark detecting means is not at the predetermined position, the reversing mechanism moves the election voting ticket up or down so that the mark position of the election voting ticket becomes the predetermined position. It is turned inside out. Therefore, even if the voting ballots are posted upside down or upside down, they can be collected and collected in a certain direction. The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 6, wherein an election voting ticket in which a direction identification mark is recorded at a predetermined position on the face of the ticket is folded in two and has an insertion slot into which the election voting ticket is mailed in one direction, and this housing. Voting ticket opening means for opening a bi-folded election voting ticket placed in the slot, an image reading means for reading an image of a predetermined area of the election voting ticket opened by the voting ticket opening means, and this image reading means A candidate name recognition means for recognizing a candidate name from an image of a predetermined area read by, and a totaling means for totaling the number of votes and the total voting rate for each candidate name recognized by the candidate name recognition means , A voting ticket accumulating means for each candidate, which collects the election voting tickets separately for each candidate name recognized by the candidate name recognition means or for each political party to which each candidate belongs There is.

In the invention according to claim 6, when the folded voting ballot is put in the slot, the voting ticket opening means opens each facet of the voting ballot in a predetermined area. The image is read, the candidate name recognized by the candidate name recognition means is recognized, and the number of votes for each candidate and the total voting rate are counted by the counting means. Most of the manual work that was required can be automated.

The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 7 is the election voting ticket processing device according to any one of claims 3 and 6, wherein the voting ticket opening means is folded in two in a slot of the housing. The transport mechanism that shifts one side of the voting ticket while transporting the voting ticket, and the opening mechanism that opens the election voting ticket by inserting a member for opening into the two-folded part whose one side is shifted by this transportation mechanism. It has a feature.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the bi-folded voting ballot is displaced by one side while being conveyed by the conveying mechanism. Then, the opening member is inserted into the folded two-fold portion of the election voting ticket to open the voting ticket. Therefore, it is possible to automate the work of opening the bi-folded voting ballot, which was conventionally performed at the time of voting.

The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 8 is the election voting ticket processing device according to claim 7, wherein the transport mechanism is arranged so as to sandwich the bi-folded voting ticket from both sides. A plurality of rollers that rotate while pressing each surface of the, and a conveyance control unit that shifts one surface of the election voting ticket by changing the rotation speed of a predetermined roller among the plurality of rollers as compared with the other rollers. It is characterized by becoming.

In the invention according to claim 8, each surface of the bi-folded election voting ticket is conveyed while being rotated while being pressed from both sides by a plurality of rollers, and the rotation speed of a predetermined roller among the plurality of rollers is set. Shift one side of the voting ballot by changing it compared to other rollers. Therefore, it is possible to automate the work of opening a bi-folded voting ticket, which is conventionally performed when the votes are counted.

An election voting ticket processing device according to claim 9 is a device for reading admission ticket reading means for reading inhabitant information from an admission ticket to an election polling place brought by a voter, and inhabitant information read by this admission ticket reading means. , When the resident card database in which the resident card data is stored in advance is collated with the collation means and the collation result by this collation means is recognized as a resident,
A voting ticket issuing means for issuing an election voting ticket in which a direction identifying mark is recorded at a predetermined position is provided.

In the invention according to claim 9, the resident information is read by the admission ticket reading means from the admission ticket to the election polling place brought by the voter, and the resident information is stored in advance as a resident card database. As a result of the collation, if it is recognized that the person who brought the admission ticket is a resident, the voting ticket is issued, so that the resident's card check work and the voting ticket issuance work at the election polling place can be automated.

The election voting ticket processing apparatus according to claim 10 is:
The voting ticket processing device according to claim 9, further comprising display means for displaying a processing process from the time when the entrance ticket is read by the entrance ticket reading means to the time when the voting ticket is issued. .

According to the tenth aspect of the invention, the process from the entry of the voter into the voting ticket processing device to the issuance of the election voting ticket is displayed on the display means at any time. Even if it takes a long time to process, the voter can be relieved.

The election voting ticket processing apparatus according to claim 11 is:
In the election voting ticket processing device according to claim 9, the voting ticket issuance number counting means for counting the number of voting tickets issued by the voting ticket issuing means, and the voting tickets counted by the voting ticket issuance number counting means. It is characterized by comprising a voting rate calculation means for calculating a voting rate based on the number of issued sheets.

In the eleventh aspect of the invention, the number of election voting tickets issued by the voting ticket issuing means is counted by the voting ticket issuance number counting means, and the voting rate is calculated based on the counted issuance number. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a certain voting rate when the election voting ticket is issued.

The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 12 is:
4. The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 2, wherein voting ticket counting means for counting the election voting tickets accumulated by the voting ticket accumulation means, and entrance to an election polling place brought by a voter. An admission ticket reading means for reading the resident information from the ticket, a collation means for collating the resident information read by the admission ticket reading means with a resident card database in which resident card data is stored in advance, and a collation result by the collating means, If it is recognized that you are a resident, the voting ticket issuing means that issues an election voting ticket with a direction identification mark recorded at a predetermined position and the number of election voting tickets issued by this voting ticket issuing means Election voting ticket by counting counting means for counting the number of issued voting tickets and comparing the count value counted by this counting means for voting ticket number with the counting value counted by the voting ticket counting means It is characterized by comprising a voting confirmation means for checking the consistency between the issuance and the integrated number of sheets.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the voting confirmation means compares the count value counted by the voting ticket issuance number counting means with the count value counted by the voting ticket counting means to issue the voting ticket number. Since it checks the consistency between the number and the number of collected sheets, it can play a part in the security management at the polling place.

As a result of the above, it is possible to improve the efficiency of a series of operations from voting to voting without changing the voting form of the voter's handwriting.

[0045]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of a voting ticket for an election according to the present invention.

In the figure, 101 is an election voting ticket (hereinafter referred to as a voting ticket). The voting ticket 101 includes an election name 102, a candidate name entry frame 103 for voting, and a mark 10.
4. The precautions 105 and the like are printed (described). In addition, a line 106 indicating a fold line is printed in the central portion of the face of the voting ticket 101. Further, a direction identification mark 107 is recorded (printed) at the upper right corner of the face of the voting ticket 101. In the candidate name entry frame 103 of the voting ticket 101, a character entry partition line 108 for entering the candidate name in character units is recorded (printed) as a dotted line.

The voter writes the desired candidate name in the candidate name entry frame 103 of the voting ticket 101 by handwriting, and then the voting ticket 1 is drawn at the fold line 106 so that the entry contents cannot be seen.
Fold 01 into two and place it in the election ballot box.

The mark 107 on the voting ticket 101 is shown in FIG.
Not limited to the shape shown in, and the mark writing position,
Not only the position shown in FIG. 1 but also any position on the surface of the voting ticket 101, and a plurality of marks may be recorded. Furthermore, this mark 107 is the name of the election 1
In addition to recording in the same printing form (recording form) as 02, etc., in addition to this, it may be printed with fluorescent paint or the like, and the voting ticket 101 may be subjected to watermark processing such as bills,
The recording form is also not particularly limited. Further, as the mark 107, a hole may be provided at a predetermined position of the voting ticket 101. Further, the character entry partition line 108 is not limited to the dotted line shape shown in FIG. 1, but may be, for example, a solid line or a broken line, or may be a circular frame so that the voter can identify the entry frame. If so, the line type and shape are not limited.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an election voting box (voting ticket processing device) with a voting ticket collecting function for processing the voting ticket 101.

In this figure, this election ballot box has a housing (unit) 40 provided with an insertion opening 403 for inserting a folded voting ticket 101 in one direction.
1, a voting ticket opening unit 404 for opening the voting ticket 101 placed in the slot 403 of the housing 401, and a voting ticket reading unit for reading an image of a predetermined area of the voting ticket 101 opened by the voting ticket opening unit 404. 405 and this voting ticket reading unit 4
Voting ticket surface reversing unit 406 that reverses the front and back of the voting ticket 101 according to the mark position detected from the image of the predetermined area read by 05, and the voting ticket surface that flips the voting ticket 101 up and down according to the detected mark position. Upside-down unit 407
And the stacker 40 for accumulating and stacking the voting tickets 101, which are conveyed by being aligned in one direction by the voting ticket front / back reversing unit 406, the voting ticket vertical reversing unit 407, and the like.
8, a voting ticket counter 410 that counts the number of voting tickets 101 stacked on the stacker 408, and a housing 401
And a voting ticket number display section 411 for displaying the number of tickets counted by the voting ticket counter 410. The width of the insertion slot 403 is set so that the voting ticket 101 is folded in half from the fold line 106 and is inserted from the smaller side. The voting ticket counter 410 has a sensor such as an infrared sensor, and counts up when the voting ticket 101 passes through the front surface of the infrared sensor.

In the case of this election ballot box, the voting ticket 101 folded in half from the fold line 106 by the voter is put in the box opening 403 of the housing 401.

Inside the housing, the cast voting ticket 101 is conveyed to the voting ticket opening portion 404 by a conveyor belt or roller, and the voting ticket opening portion 404 opens the folded portion of the voting ticket 101 to read the voting ticket surface. Sent to section 405.
The voting ticket surface reading unit 405 reads images on both front and back surfaces of the opened voting ticket 101. And the voting ticket surface reading unit 40
5 detects the position of the mark 107 on the face of the voting ticket 101 based on the image data read here.

When the position of the mark 107 is detected, the voting ticket face front / back reversal unit 406 and the voting ticket face up / down reversal unit 407 are controlled according to the detected position of the mark 107 so that the mark 107 can be located at a certain position. On voting ticket 101
After the orientations have been collected, the voting tickets 101 are sequentially stacked on the stacker 408. At the same time as the voting tickets 101 are stacked on the stacker 408, the voting ticket counter 410
The number of voting tickets 101 is counted by. The data (count value) of the number of votes counted by the betting ticket counter 410 is displayed on the betting ticket count display portion 411 installed on the front surface of the housing 401 and sent to the host computer or a betting ticket automatic issuing machine described later. It is used for matching with the number of issued voting tickets and for calculating the voting rate.

The voting ticket opening unit 404 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3A is a view of the voting ticket opening unit 404 as seen from the front, and FIG. 3B is a view of the voting ticket opening unit 404 as seen from the side.

When the folded voting ticket 101 is inserted, first, the voting ticket pressing rollers 502a, 50 on the left and right sides are inserted.
Both sides of the voting ticket 101 are pressed by 2b, and the rollers 502a and 502b rotate in the arrow direction at the same rotation speed a to open the voting ticket 101 to the voting ticket opening roller 50.
3a, 503b side down.

Two voting ticket opening rollers 503a, 50
Among the 3b, the voting ticket opening roller 503a arranged on the left side is a voting ticket pressing roller 502a, 50b.
2b, etc. rotate at the same rotation speed a, and the voting ticket opening roller 503b arranged on the right side is the roller 50
It rotates at a rotation speed b which is slightly slower than 3a or the like.

Therefore, when the voting ticket 101 passes through the voting ticket opening rollers 503a and 503b, the
As shown in (c), the overlapping of the respective surfaces of the voting ticket 101 folded in half is deviated, resulting in a step (bend).

Then, as shown in FIG. 3D, the opening pin 504a on the right side is moved to the one-sided portion 101a of the voting ticket 101 having the step, and after the contact, the opening pin 504a is slightly moved to the right side. When a little gap is formed between the two-folded surfaces, the left opening pin 504b is inserted into the gap, and the respective opening pins 504a and 504b are moved to the left and right at the same time so that the half-folded voting ticket 101 is removed. Can be opened on one side. Subsequently, FIG. 4 and FIG.
The voting ticket surface reading unit 405 will be described with reference to FIG. 4A is a front view of the voting ticket surface reading unit 405, FIG. 4B is a side view thereof, and FIG. 5 is a voting ticket surface reading unit 4
15 is a flowchart showing processing of an image processing unit 605 of 05.

As shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), in the voting ticket surface reading section 405, the CCD line sensors 6 are provided on both sides of the voting ticket conveyance path constituted by the rollers 602.
03 and 606, and an illumination device 604 that illuminates a portion to be read by each sensor.

Therefore, when the voting ticket 101 is sent to the voting ticket surface reading unit 405, the roller 602 rotates to hold the voting ticket 101 and convey it downward, and the CCD
A lighting device 604 is provided by the line sensors 603 and 606.
The image of the surface of the voting ticket 101 illuminated by is read. The image reading here is performed by the two CCD line sensors 603 and 606 on both sides (back side and front side) of the voting ticket 101.
The image processing unit 60
Process at 5.

In the image processing unit 605, as shown in FIG. 5, the analog signal from the CCD line sensor 603 is converted into a digital signal (A / D conversion) (step 701).
) From this digital signal, a plurality of specific areas where the marks 107 are considered to exist, for example, images (four or eight areas) of rectangular areas at the four corners of each surface are cut out (step 702).

Then, the plurality of specific areas are matched with the image of the mark 107 previously stored in the image processing unit 605 (step 703).

As a result of this matching, when the mark 107 is detected in a specific area, the current orientation of the face of the voting ticket 101 is calculated based on the position data of the specific area (step 704), and the obtained voting ticket is obtained. 101 is oriented in a normal direction, for example, the mark 107 is located on the upper right side of the surface,
Voting ticket face upside-down unit 406 and voting ticket face upside-down unit 4
By sending a control signal to 07, the face and direction of the voting ticket 101 can be aligned in a fixed direction. Although FIG. 4 describes only one processing system in which the image signal from the CCD line sensor 603 is processed by the image processing unit 605, the above processing is actually performed on the image signal from the CCD line sensor 606. The mark detection operation is performed on the front and back of the voting ticket surface.

Various methods of matching with the mark 107 in the above process can be considered. For example, there are known pattern matching method, simple similarity method, composite similarity method, and the like. In addition, the mark 107 is printed (recorded) on the voting ticket surface with a paint that emits light of a certain wavelength such as ultraviolet rays, for example, fluorescent paint, and the light is applied to the voting ticket surface, so that the position of the mark can be easily adjusted. Can be detected. Further, by forming the mark as a hole, it is possible to detect the mark simply by using an optical sensor or the like to determine whether or not the opposing light passes through the hole.

Here, a specific operation from the mark position detecting operation to the operation of the voting face will be described. FIG.
(A) is the surface of the voting ticket 101 (CCD line sensor 60
FIG. 6B shows a voting ticket 101.
Of the voting ticket front and back (FIG. 7 is a view showing the surface read by the CCD line sensor 606).
In fact, since the voting ticket 101 is folded in half along the line 106 in the central portion and is inserted into the voting ticket slot 403 from the narrow side,
It is either upward in the valley fold, upward in the mountain fold, downward in the valley fold, or downward in the mountain fold, and it is not necessary to consider the horizontal posting.

Therefore, if the mark check areas 1602 and 1603 shown in FIG. 6A and the mark check areas 1604 and 1605 shown in FIG. Checks and position checks can be performed.

As a result of this check, for example, when the mark 107 is detected in the mark check area 1605, the image processing unit 605 determines that there is a mark at the lower left of the back surface of the voting ticket 101 based on the position data of the mark check area 1605 (mountain). Folding face down)
A control signal of inverted Ν is outputted to 06, and a control signal of inverted ΟN is also outputted to the voting ticket surface up-down reversing unit 407.

In the voting ticket front / back reversing unit 406, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the voting ticket 101 sent from the voting ticket surface reading unit 405 is conveyed downward by the roller 802,
The Ben drive unit 804 drives the vane 803 arranged below the roller 802 so as to incline to the left or right, thereby performing an operation as to whether or not to reverse the face of the voting ticket 801. The Ben drive unit 804 is the image processing unit 6.
The Ben 803 is controlled in accordance with the control signal from 05.

As in this case, the Ben drive unit 804
For example, when the reverse ON control signal is input, the voting ticket 101
In order to invert, as shown in FIG.
Tilt 03 to the right. As a result, the voting ticket 101 slides down to the left side of the Ben 303 along the inclined surface of the Ben 303 and falls along the side wall onto the roller with a belt 805a in the arrow p direction.

On the other hand, when the inversion OFF control signal is input to the Ben drive unit 804, the voting ticket 101 is conveyed so as not to be inverted. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8C, the Ben 303 is on the left side. The ballot ticket 101 slides down on the right side of Ben 303 along the inclined surface of Ben 303.
Along the side portion of the upper roller 805b with a belt, the roller 805a with a belt falls down in the direction of arrow q,
Rolled voting ticket 101 is belted rollers 805a, 8
It is pinched by 05b and conveyed in the direction of arrow r. In this way, the voting ticket 10 is placed on the roller with a belt 805a.
When 1 is dropped, the front and back directions of the voting ticket 101 are determined.

The voting ticket 101 is a roller with a belt 80.
5a and 805b convey the voting ticket face upside down portion 407.

As shown in FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b), the voting ticket surface upside-down unit 407 has an image processing unit 605.
In response to the control signal from the pin drive unit 904,
It is controlled whether or not a and 903b are projected into the transport path of the voting ticket 101. The pin driving unit 904 has a protruding pin 9 at one end portion deviated from the center of the voting ticket 101 transferred downward.
03a and 903b are arranged to hit.

Therefore, when the voting ticket 101 is conveyed from the voting ticket front / back reversing unit 406 and is transported downward by the roller 902, when the reversal ON control signal is input from the image processing unit 605 to the pin driving unit 904, As shown in FIG. 9A, a pin 903a is projected right below the voting ticket 101 so that the voting ticket 101 hits the pin 903.
As shown in (b), it is rotated 90 ° to the left and transferred downward. Then, the pin 903b that is further projected hits the voting ticket 101 that has been rotated 90 °, and as shown in FIG. 9C, the voting ticket 101 is further rotated 90 ° to the left side so that the vertical direction of the voting ticket 101 is Invert.

When the voting ticket 101 is not inverted, that is, when the inversion OFF control signal is input from the image processing unit 605 to the pin driving unit 904, the pin driving unit 904 does not project the pins 903a and 903b and the voting ticket is not. 101 is conveyed downward as it is.

As described above, according to the voting ticket and the voting ballot box with the voting ticket collecting function of this embodiment, the voting ticket 10
Almost the same as the conventional one can be used as 1, and the voter can vote by describing the candidate name by handwriting as in the conventional case. In addition, the election voting tickets 101 can be automatically collected and collected in one direction. Election voting ticket 101
Can be automatically counted to calculate the voting rate and collate the voting number.

Next, an election ballot box according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an election ballot box of another embodiment, that is, an election ballot box with a sorting function for each voting ticket candidate, FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the voting ticket face reading unit, and FIG. 12 is a voting ticket 101 for each stacker. It is a figure which shows a mode that it is sorted into 1009a-1009c.

As shown in FIG. 10, an election ballot box with a sorting function for voting ticket candidates (hereinafter referred to as an election ballot box) is housed in a housing (unit) 1001 having a slot 1003, and this housing 1001. The voting ticket opening section 1004,
Voting ticket face reading unit 1005, voting ticket face front and back reversing unit 100
6, voting ticket face upside down unit 1007, voting ticket sorting unit 10
08, stackers 1009a to 1009c for each candidate, respective voting ticket counters 1011 and this housing 10
01 display unit 1012 and the like arranged on the front surface. The voting ticket counter 1011 has, for example, an infrared sensor as in the first embodiment, and counts up when the voting ticket 101 passes through the front surface of the infrared sensor. One of the plurality of stackers 1009a to 1009c, for example, the stacker 1009b is a reject stacker in which the candidate name cannot be read.

In the case of this election ballot box, when the folded voting ticket 101 is posted from the slot 1003 of the housing 1001, the voting ticket opening unit 1004 folds the voting ticket 1 into two.
01 is opened in one sheet. The opened voting ticket 101 is conveyed to the voting ticket surface reading unit 1005 and both sides of the voting ticket surface are read. The voting ticket surface reading unit 1005 detects the mark 107 shown in FIG. 1 based on the read image information of the voting ticket surface, outputs a control signal so that the mark comes to a certain position, and the control signal is input. Voted ticket front and back flip section 10
06, the voting ticket surface upside-down unit 1007 aligns the voting tickets 101 in a certain direction. The operation of each part of this series is shown in FIG.
The operation is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG.

On the other hand, in the voting ticket face reading unit 1005,
Not only the mark 107 is detected, but also the candidate name is read.
The direction of the voting ticket 101 is identified by detecting the mark 107, and it is possible to determine at which position of the voting ticket 101 the candidate name is described.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the voting ticket surface reading unit 1005 cuts out the writing area of the candidate name from the read image (step 1101), and extracts the characters delimited by the line 108 indicating the one-character entry frame. Each character is cut out (step 1102), and each character is identified by, for example, the composite similarity method (step 1103).

Since the candidate name is stored in advance in the memory of the voting ticket surface reading unit 1005, even if the character identification performance is poor, the character name can be selected by selecting an approximate one from the stored candidate names. Collation is performed (step 1104) and the candidate name is determined.

Then, the voting ticket face reading unit 1005 determines which stacker 100 the voting ticket 101 is based on, based on the result of the character collation.
9a to 1009c is calculated (step 1105). In the worst case, when the character written on the voting ticket 101 cannot be identified, the voting ticket 101 is once rejected. The above-mentioned processing is the normal OCR processing itself, and will not be described here in detail.

The result of the sort operation is as control data.
The voting ticket 101 outputted to the voting ticket sorting unit 1008 and conveyed through the voting ticket surface reversing unit 1006 and the voting ticket vertical reversing unit 1007 is the voting ticket sorting unit 100.
The corresponding stackers 1009a to 1009 by the control of 8
9c, collected in each.

The control data is, for example, data of "1" for the candidate A and "2" for the candidate B, and the vane control unit 1204 determines the stacker 10 according to this numerical value.
The Bens 1203a and 1203b are operated so as to send the voting ticket 101 to 09a to 1009c.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when the control data "1" from the voting ticket surface reading unit 1005 is sent to the Ben operation units 1204a and 1204b, the Ben operation unit 1204a extends the Ben 1203a and the Ben operation unit 1204a is extended. 120
4b does not extend Ben 1203a. As a result, the voting ticket 101 carried by the roller 1202 is sent to the stacker 1009a along the ben 1203a.
In addition, the control data “2” indicates that the Ben operation unit 1204a,
When it is sent to 1204b, the Ben operation unit 1204a contracts the Ben 1203a, and the Ben operation unit 1204b moves to the Ben 1 unit.
Extend 203b. As a result, the voting ticket 101 conveyed by the roller 1202 is transferred to the stacker 1009c.
Sent to Further, when control data (unreadable) other than the above is sent, the Ben operation units 1204a, 1204
04b does not stretch Ben 1203a and 1203b, and the transported voting ticket 101 is the stacker 1009b in the center.
Is sorted to. In this example, the number of stackers is only three, but the number of stackers may be more or less than this, and if there are many candidates, the stacker should be enlarged to accommodate the outer shape. It is conceivable that the part of is removable. In this case, the stackers are replaced according to the number of candidates. Alternatively, a plurality of candidates may be divided into political parties and placed in the same stacker.

The voting ticket 101 is the stacker 10 for each candidate.
When they are stacked on 09a to 1009c, the number of voting tickets is counted by the voting ticket counter 1011 provided for each. The count value counted by the voting ticket counter 1011 is displayed on the voting ticket number display unit 1012 installed on the front surface of the housing 1001, and is also sent to a host computer or a voting ticket automatic issuing machine to be described later to determine the number of voting tickets. It is used for collation and check of the number of votes for each candidate.

As described above, according to the voting ballot box with the sorting function for voting ticket candidates according to this embodiment, the voting ballot 101
Can be arranged in one direction. Further, voting tickets 101 for election can be collected and accumulated for each candidate. Furthermore, the voting rate can be calculated quickly.

As a result, the voter can vote without changing the current form of voting, that is, the form in which the voter manually fills out the voting ticket 101, and the efficiency of the counting work of the voted voting ticket is improved. Can be planned.

Regarding the processing of reading the name of the candidate and the processing of reading the face of the entrance ticket itself, all of them may be automatically performed, but it is also possible to manually check them. Therefore, it is possible that the data read by each reading unit is temporarily stored in an optical disc, a magnetic disc, a magnetic tape, or the like, and the data is confirmed later. In this case, a magnetic disk device or a magnetic tape device for data storage is connected to the election ballot box in advance, and each image data read from the voting ticket 101 or the admission ticket is stored in each device to display an image. Check with a dedicated terminal.

Also, the voting ticket 10 posted in the election ballot box
It is also possible to directly check 1 (by counting votes, counting, etc.).

In this case, since the voting tickets 101 are aligned in a fixed direction and stored in one place in the stacker 408, the checking work becomes easier and the counting work becomes more efficient. Can be planned.

Furthermore, since the voting ticket 101 is divided for each candidate, it is easy to re-sort it for each political party to which the candidate belongs. Further, in the election ballot box, the candidates may be sorted by political party from the beginning instead of each candidate.

In the description so far, it has been explained that the counting and classification for each candidate are performed in the election ballot box, but when it is necessary to manually classify the voting tickets one by one later. , The voting ticket surface reading unit 405, the voting ticket number display unit 411 or the voting ticket surface reading unit 1005, the voting ticket sorting unit 1008, the voting ticket number display unit 1012, etc. are removed from the unit (housing), and only the counting and assembling of voting tickets is performed. It is also possible to do. Also, it goes without saying that the respective embodiments described so far are merely examples, and various applications are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Next, an election voting admission ticket (hereinafter referred to as an admission ticket) and an election voting ticket automatic issuing machine will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an admission ticket, FIG. 14 is a view showing the appearance of an election voting ticket automatic issuing machine, and FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of this election voting ticket automatic issuing machine.

Normally, an admission ticket for a voter to enter an election polling place is mailed to each voter several days before the election voting day.

As shown in FIG. 13, this admission ticket is based on the resident card of each voter, voting area 1401, page 1
402, number 1403, name 1404, gender 1405, etc. are described.

As shown in FIG. 14, this election voting ticket automatic issuing machine 1301 has a private ticket insertion slot 1302, a voting ticket exit 1303, a message display section 1304, etc. A reading unit 1310, an online communication unit 1311, a voting ticket issuing unit 1312, a voting ticket counter 1313, and the like are provided.

In the case of this election ballot ticket issuing machine 1301, as shown in FIG. 15, when the admission ticket brought by the voter is inserted into the place ticket insertion slot 1302 of the ballot ticket issuing machine 1301, the election The admission ticket face is read by the admission ticket face reading unit 1310 inside the voting ticket issuing machine 1301 (step
1501), the online communication unit 1311 notifies the external host computer of the image data.

In the host computer, the image data from the election voting ticket automatic issuing machine 1301 is analyzed and collated with the resident card database (step 1502).

Here, the mutual data match, and the collation is OK.
Then, the voting ticket issuing unit 1312 causes the voting ticket exit 1303.
Issues the voting ticket 101 (step 1503).

During this processing, the message display unit 1304
The current processing status is displayed at any time.

For example, when an admission ticket is inserted into the admission ticket insertion slot 1302, a message such as "verifying with resident's card" is displayed, and when the verification is over and the voting ticket 101 is issued,
A message such as "Please receive your voting ticket" is displayed.

Further, in this voting ticket automatic issuing machine 1301,
Whenever the voting ticket 101 is issued, the counter 131 is issued each time.
3 is counted up and the number of issued voting tickets 101 is counted (step 1504). The number of issued tickets counted here is notified to the host computer by the online communication unit 1311 and compared with the number of voting tickets 101 put in the election ballot box to check the mutual consistency.

If the voting ballot automatic issuing machine 1301 is connected to the resident card database of a specific area online, there is no need to vote at the designated polling place as in the current voting form, and other It is also possible to vote at the polling place. Since the format of this admission ticket is predetermined, with respect to the character extraction processing, the character cutting processing, the character identification processing of the specific area, etc.
It can be realized by the same processing method as the case of the processing of 1.

As described above, according to this election voting ticket automatic issuing machine, it is possible to automate the issuance of the voting ticket 101 and the calculation of the voting rate to the voter who has brought the entrance ticket.

[0108]

As described above, according to the voting ticket of the present invention, it is possible to automate the processing related to the election simply by adding a mark to the conventional voting ticket, and the voting form in which the voter directly writes is not changed. Complete.

Further, according to the voting ticket processing apparatus of the present invention, the position of the mark on the voting ticket is detected, and the voting tickets are arranged in the predetermined direction and accumulated in the voting ticket accumulating means based on the detection. You can efficiently perform voting work for voting tickets that will be performed manually later. Furthermore, it is possible to process even a voting ticket that is folded in half and placed in the slot as in the conventional case. Further, since the voting tickets accumulated by the voting ticket accumulating means are automatically counted and the voting rate is calculated based on the counted value, the counting operation can be automated. Further, the voting tickets are classified and accumulated for each candidate, and each is counted to calculate the number of votes of each candidate, so that the counting operation can be automated. In addition, the information on the admission ticket brought to the election polling place is read, and the voting ticket is issued by collating the information with the resident's card database, so that the work of checking the resident's card and issuing the voting ticket at the election polling place can be automated.

As a result, a series of operations from voting to voting can be made more efficient without changing the handwritten voting form by the voter.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a voting ticket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an election ballot box with a voting ticket collecting function for processing the voting ticket of FIG.

3 (a) is a view of the voting ticket opening portion of the election ballot box of FIG. 2 as viewed from the front. (B) is the figure which looked at the voting ticket opening part from the side surface. (C) is a figure which shows the state which the overlap | superposition of each surface of the voting ticket folded in half was shifted. (D) is a diagram showing a state in which the voting ticket is opened on one surface.

FIG. 4A is a front view of the voting ticket surface reading unit. (B) is a side view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of an image processing unit of a voting ticket surface reading unit.

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing a read image on the front surface of a voting ticket. (B) is a diagram showing a read image on the back surface of the voting ticket.

FIG. 7A is a view showing a front and back face of a voting ticket.
(B) is a figure when reversing the voting ticket surface. (C)
Is a diagram when the voting ticket is sent as it is.

FIG. 8A is a front view of the voting ticket surface upside-down portion. (B) is a side view thereof.

FIG. 9A is a diagram showing a case where a downward voting ticket comes into contact with a pin. (B) is a figure which shows the time when the voting ticket turned 90 degrees to the left and turned sideways. (C) is a diagram showing a state where the voting ticket is rotated 90 ° further leftward from the state of (b) and turned upward.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the configuration of an election ballot box with a sorting function for voting ticket candidates according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation of a voting ticket face reading unit of this election voting box.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing how voting tickets are sorted into a plurality of stackers.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an entrance ticket.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration of an election voting ticket automatic issuing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of this automatic voting ballot issuing machine.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a conventional voting ticket.

FIG. 17 is a view showing a conventional voting ticket in a form of magnetically writing data.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... Voting ticket, 107 ... Mark, 108 ... Character entry partition line, 401 ... Enclosure (unit), 403, 1003
… Entry slot, 404, 1004… Voting ticket opening section, 405,
Reference numeral 1005 ... Voting ticket surface reading unit, 406, 1006 ... Voting ticket surface front / back reversing unit, 407, 1007 ... Voting ticket surface vertical reversing unit, 408, 1009a to 1009c ... Stacker, 41
0, 1011, 1313 ... Voting ticket counters, 411, 1
012 ... Display unit, 502a, 502b ... Voting ticket holding roller, 503a, 503b ... Voting ticket opening roller, 5
04a, 504b ... Opening pins, 603, 606 ... CCD
Line sensor, 602, 902 ... Roller, 604 ... Illumination device, 605 ... Image reading unit, 803 ... Ben, 804 ...
Ben drive unit, 805a, 805b ... Roller with belt, 903a, 903b ... Pin, 904 ... Pin drive unit,
1310 ... Admission ticket face reading unit, 1311 ... Online communication unit, 1312 ... Voting ticket issuing unit.

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An election voting ticket, characterized in that a mark for identifying a direction is recorded at a predetermined position on the face of the ticket. 2. A mark detecting means for detecting the position of the mark from an election voting ticket in which a mark for identifying a direction is recorded at a predetermined position on the face of the ticket, and the election voting ticket based on the mark position detected by the mark detecting means. And a voting ticket collecting means for collecting and transporting the voting tickets in a predetermined direction, and a voting ticket collecting means for stacking and stacking the voting voting tickets collected and carried by the voting ticket collecting means. Election voting ticket processing device. 3. An election voting ticket in which a direction identification mark is recorded at a predetermined position on the face of the ticket is folded in two and has a slot into which the slot is inserted in one direction, and the slot is inserted into this slot. A voting ticket opening means for opening a bi-folded election voting ticket, an image reading means for reading an image of a predetermined area of the election voting ticket opened by the voting ticket opening means, and an image reading means for reading the image read by the image reading means A mark detecting means for detecting the position of the mark, and a voting ticket collecting means for carrying the election voting tickets in a predetermined direction based on the mark position detected by the mark detecting means. An election voting ticket processing device comprising: voting ticket collecting means for stacking and accumulating the election voting tickets that are collected and conveyed by the collecting means. 4. The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 2, wherein the voting ticket counting means counts the election voting tickets accumulated by the voting ticket accumulation means, and the voting ticket counting means. An election voting ticket processing device, comprising: a voting rate calculation means for calculating a voting rate based on the counted value. 5. The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 2, wherein the voting ticket procuring means detects the election voting ticket upside down or upside down and the mark detecting means. An election betting ticket processing device, comprising: a reversing control means for controlling the reversing mechanism so that the mark position of the election voting ticket is at a predetermined position when the marked position is not at the predetermined position. 6. An election voting ticket in which a direction identification mark is recorded at a predetermined position on the face of the ticket is folded in two and has a slot for inserting in one direction, and the slot is inserted in this slot. A voting ticket opening means for opening a bi-folded election voting ticket, an image reading means for reading an image of a predetermined area of the election voting ticket opened by the voting ticket opening means, and a predetermined area read by the image reading means A candidate name recognizing means for recognizing the candidate name from the image, a totalizing means for totaling the number of votes and the total voting rate for each candidate name recognized by the candidate name recognizing means, and this candidate name recognizing means An election betting ticket processing device comprising: a betting ticket collecting means for each candidate, which collects the election voting tickets separately for each candidate name or for each political party to which each candidate belongs. 7. The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 3 or 6, wherein the voting ticket opening means conveys a two-folded voting ballot that is placed in the slot of the housing. An election voting ticket processing device comprising: a transportation mechanism for shifting the direction and an opening mechanism for opening the election voting ticket by inserting a member for opening into the two-folded portion shifted by the transportation mechanism. 8. The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 7, wherein the transport mechanism is arranged so as to sandwich the bi-folded voting ballot from both sides, and rotates while pressing each face of the bi-folded. An election voting ticket comprising a plurality of rollers and a conveyance control means for shifting one surface of the election voting ticket by changing the rotation speed of a predetermined roller of the plurality of rollers as compared with the other rollers. Processing equipment. 9. An admission ticket reading means for reading inhabitant information from an admission ticket to an election polling place brought by a voter, and an inhabitant information in which the inhabitant information read in advance by the admission ticket reading means is read. A collating means for collating with the vote database, and a voting ticket issuing means for issuing an election voting ticket in which a direction identification mark is recorded at a predetermined position when the result of the collating means indicates that the user is a resident. An election voting ticket processing device comprising: 10. The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 9, further comprising display means for displaying a processing process from the time the admission ticket is read by the admission ticket reading means to the time the election voting ticket is issued. An election voting ticket processing device characterized by being provided. 11. The voting ballot processing device according to claim 9, wherein the voting ticket issuance number counting means for counting the number of election voting tickets issued by the voting ticket issuing means, and the voting ticket issuance number counting means. An election voting ticket processing device, comprising: a voting rate calculating means for calculating a voting rate based on the counted number of issued voting tickets. 12. The election voting ticket processing device according to claim 2, wherein the voting ticket counting means counts the election voting tickets accumulated by the voting ticket accumulation means, and an election brought by a voter. An admission ticket reading means for reading the resident information from the admission ticket to the polling place, and a verification means for verifying the resident information read by the admission ticket reading means with a resident card database in which resident card data is stored in advance. If the result of the verification by the means indicates that the person is a resident, a voting ticket issuing means for issuing an election voting ticket in which a direction identification mark is recorded at a predetermined position, and an election issued by this voting ticket issuing means A voting ticket issuance number counting means for counting the number of voting tickets, a count value counted by the voting ticket issuance number counting means, and a count value counted by the voting ticket counting means. An election betting ticket processing device, comprising: a voting confirmation means for comparing the number of issued election betting tickets and the number of collected sheets in comparison.