KR100438152B1 - A ballot box for electronic voting - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a ballot paper storage box for an electronic balloting machine installed in the ballot room, which is mounted in an electronic ballot machine that can be voted on by a ballot box. In the ballot storage for storing the ballots voted by the voter with a locker capable of fastening, the guide plate is installed on the lower surface of the box cover, between the lower surface of the box cover and the upper surface of the guide plate An insertion opening / closing plate having an insertion opening and closing plate inserted and movable in a linear direction to open and close the insertion opening, and a locking plate installed at one side of the moving direction of the opening and closing plate, and the ballot holder is mounted on the electronic voting machine by the electronic voting machine. Open / close board opens the slot and the ballot box is separated from the electronic ballot. The ballot box for the electronic voting machine characterized in that it comprises an opening and closing device for closing the input hole, the ballot paper storage box for the electronic ballot by using the e-voting machine mounted / detached for the electronic ballot. The opening of the ballot box is automatically opened and closed, which prevents fraudulent acts in the work process from the completion of the ballot to the balloting process, and also eliminates the process of sealing the ballot box. Promptness can be achieved.

Description

Ballot box for electronic voting machine {A ballot box for electronic voting}

The present invention relates to a ballot box for an electronic ballot box, and relates to a ballot box for an electronic ballot box installed in an electronic ballot that can be installed by a ballot.

The conventional ballot box has a box, a box cover in which a ballot paper is formed, and a lock device capable of fastening the box and the box cover.

In addition, after the ballot was closed, the inlet was sealed and finally the counting device was released from the counting place to count the ballots.

In order to explain the ballot box of the electronic voting machine, a conventional voting method will be described.

Conventional voting method is because the voter printed the ballot on the candidate ballot printed on the ballot, and then folded the ballot and put it in the ballot box. During the folding process, the rice ball was buried on the folding side, which resulted in unclear voting results, and the voting and counting tasks themselves were very complicated, such as uncertain counting in the ballot counting process.

In order to solve this problem, Patent Publication No. 1998-9041 has been proposed, but the electronic voting machine of Patent Publication No. 1998-9041 has a need for punching ballots into a ballot, collecting punched ballots, and putting them into a separate ballot box. There was a feeling. Also, since the electronic voting machine of Special Publication No. 1998-9041 presents mechanically selectable candidates, it can be applied when only one election is held on the election day, but as recently, two or more elections are held on the election day. Depending on the number of elections, there is the hassle of voting by voting on multiple electronic voting machines.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a ballot storage box for an electronic voting machine that can be employed in an electronic voting machine to make the voter's voting simple and accurate, and at the same time identify the exact voting situation quickly and accurately to increase the efficiency of the voting business. The purpose of the ballot box is to enable the opening and closing of the ballot box for the electronic ballot box by using the mounting / detaching on the electronic ballot box.

1 is a front view of an electronic voter equipped with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the electronic voting machine equipped with one embodiment according to the present invention

Figure 3 is an internal side view of the electronic voting machine equipped with one embodiment according to the present invention

Figure 4 is a side view of the main part of the electronic voting machine equipped with one embodiment according to the present invention

5 is a system block diagram of an electronic voter equipped with an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment according to the present invention;

Figure 7 is a schematic separation perspective view of the ballot box according to the embodiment

8 is a schematic cross-sectional view when the ballot box according to the embodiment is mounted;

9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a state in which the ballot drop box according to the embodiment is separated;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: case 11: door

21: card insertion unit 22: card reader

23: identification card check lamp

30: touch screen 31: touch screen height adjustment knob

41: ballot roll 42: thermal printing machine

43: automatic cutting machine 44: print paper length sensor

45: sensor for remaining print paper shortage

51: drive roller 52: support roller

53: timing belt 54: outside the voting machine

60: ballot box 61: input sensor

62: sensor groove 63: inlet

64: box 65: box cover

66: guide plate 67: input opening and closing plate

67a: opening and closing plate 67b: locking plate

68: closed elastic member 69: locking bar

69a: bend section 69b: middle section

69c: unlocking part 70: opening and closing bar

71: unlocking rod 72: opening and closing rod insertion opening

73: unlocking rod insert 74: locking elastic member

75: opening and closing plate blocking member

100: ballot box storage confirmation sensor 101: earphone jack

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a box, a box cover formed with an input hole into which the ballot paper is inserted, and a ballot box voted by a voter with a key device capable of fastening the box and the box cover. In the ballot box for the storage, the guide plate is installed on the lower surface of the box cover, the opening and closing plate which is inserted between the lower surface of the box cover and the upper surface of the guide plate and linearly movable to open and close the inlet and the opening and closing An opening / closing plate having a locking plate installed on one side of the moving direction of the plate, and the ballot opening box being opened in the electronic voting machine so that the entrance opening and closing plate opens the slot and the ballot paper box is separated from the electronic balloting machine. It characterized in that the inlet opening and closing plate is provided with an inlet opening and closing device for closing the inlet Gong.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention in detail according to an embodiment.

This embodiment is described with an electronic voter equipped with the present embodiment for the purpose of understanding the present invention, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the electronic voter described below.

1 is a front view of an electronic voting machine equipped with an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear view of an electronic voting machine equipped with an embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an electron equipped with an embodiment according to the present invention. An internal side view of the voting machine, FIG. 4 is a side view of the main part of the electronic voting machine equipped with an embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a system block diagram of the electronic voting machine equipped with an embodiment according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment according to the present invention, Figure 7 is a schematic separated perspective view of the ballot box according to the embodiment, Figure 8 is a schematic when the ballot box according to the embodiment is mounted. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the state in which the ballot box according to the embodiment is removed.

The electronic voting machine is operated by a power supply by a power supply device and has a case 10.

The rear of the case 10 is provided with a door 11 that can open and close the case 10.

On the front of the case 10, an identification card input unit is provided. In the identification card input unit, an identification card can be entered, and the identification card is issued by the notifier after identification.

In other words, the voter refers to the voter who wants to vote, and the donor presents the identification card to the voting manager to confirm his / her identity and receives an identification card from the voting manager who can operate the electronic voting machine. It will be entered into the identification card input section.

As the identification card, a smart card or a magnetic card may be used. Smart cards are referred to by various names such as integrated circuit chip card, electronic card, IC card, chip card, micro process card, CPU card, and the like. Non-built-in smart cards, microprocessors and microprocessors with built-in memory, microprocessors, memory, I / O protocols, and interactive smart cards with embedded applications are known.

The identification card input section includes a card insertion section 21 and a card reading section 22.

The card insertion section 21 is for inserting an identification card.

The card reader 22 detects whether the identification card is inserted into the card insertion unit 21 and receives the input stored in the inserted identification card. The card reading unit 22 is provided at the rear side of the case of the card insertion unit 21. .

The identification card input unit automatically ejects the identification card when the ticket is completed.

Therefore, if the voter returns the identification card discharged after the ballot is completed, the voting procedure is completed.

Once used, the identification card can be recharged and used again.

When the identification card is input to the identification card input unit, the identification card check lamp 23 provided on the front of the case 10 is turned on to indicate the start of operation of the present electronic voting machine.

When the identification card is input to the identification card input unit, a candidate that is selectable by an input / output device installed on the case 10 is output to the donor, and the candidate selected by the notifier is input.

As an input / output device, an input / output device using a keyboard, a mouse, etc. may be assumed as a general monitor, but the input / output device of the present electronic voting machine is made of a touch screen 30 provided in the upper part of the case 10 so as to be immature in a computer. Provides voters with the convenience of voting.

The touch screen 30 refers to a screen equipped with a special input device that receives a position when a person's hand or an object touches the touch screen 30.

That is, the touch screen 30 means that if a person's hand or an object touches a character or a specific location displayed on the screen without using a keyboard, the touch screen 30 can directly input the screen so that the position can be determined and processed by the stored software. Refers to a screen that allows you to receive data.

The touch screen 30 usually functions by attaching a device such as a touch panel to a screen such as a monitor, and the touch panel allows a large number of square grids to be formed on the screen by allowing invisible infrared light to flow from side to side. Thus, when the user touches the grid with a fingertip or other object, the position thereof can be determined, so that the user selects what the user has selected according to the position of the touched screen and processes the corresponding command by the central processing unit or the like. .

When the identification card is input, the types of elections that can be announced on the touch screen 30 are displayed in the form of icons.

The kinds of elections refer to the presidential election, the election of the head of metropolitan cities, the election of the members of the National Assembly, the election of the city council.

When the voter clicks on the icon of the election to vote, photos, names, symbols, political parties, etc. of each candidate running on the touch screen 30 are output.

Clicking on the candidate column output on the touch screen 30 outputs the candidate's biographies and election pledges.

If the desired candidate is selected, the symbol, picture, etc. of the candidates indicated on the right side of the touch screen 30 are displayed, and the remaining election types are displayed in the center of the touch screen 30.

When the voter selects the type of election again, a process of selecting candidates is performed by the same procedure as described above.

When candidates are selected for all kinds of elections, pressing the check boxes displayed on the touch screen 30 completes the processing in the input / output device.

The input / output processing of this input / output device is not limited to this embodiment. In other words, if necessary, a method of eliminating the process of selecting an election type and controlling to automatically go through each election may be considered.

The data on the candidates input by the input / output device is printed by the marking device via a central processing unit to be described later.

The balloting device is for printing the candidates input by the input / output device on the stored ballot paper roll 41 and cutting the ballot paper roll 41 by one unit.

This embodiment prints the ballot results by a thermal printer 42 (thermal printer) using a ballot paper roll 41 made of thermal paper provided in the form of a roll, the printed thermal paper is a paper paper length sensor 44 1 piece length is checked, and is automatically cut into 1 piece length by the automatic cutting machine 43. Such a labeling device is a known technique commonly used for ATMs and the like.

Thermal paper refers to heat-treated paper that has been specially processed, and only the part where the heat is applied is changed to black to print desired characters.

The thermal printer 42 is a type of non-impact printing machine that prints by heating the surface of the thermal paper by color development. An impact printing machine taps a ribbon with a pin so that ink is imprinted on the paper. In (42), when the pin is heated and gently brought into contact with the paper, a special coating on the surface of the paper is heated by the heated pin to discolor the portion where it is heated, resulting in spots.

The remaining amount of the ballot paper roll 41 can be confirmed by the printing paper remaining amount detection sensor 45.

The ballot paper printed and cut by the candidate selected by the ballot device is transferred to the ballot paper storage box to be described later by a ballot paper transfer device provided between the ballot device and the ballot container to be described later.

The ballot paper conveying apparatus of this embodiment is comprised by the drive part provided with the drive roller 53, the belt of the support roller 52, the timing belt 53, etc.

The driving unit rotates the driving roller 53 by rotating means such as a stepping motor (not shown).

The timing belt 53 is driven by the driving roller 53 and the support roller 52 which are rotated.

The ballot paper is transferred to the case 10 front direction by the timing belt 53 and then to the ballot paper storage unit.

The upper side of the timing belt 53 in which the ballot paper is conveyed toward the front of the case 10 is provided with a transparent ballot outer window 54 so that the voter can check the printing result of the ballot paper.

Therefore, the voter can check the ballot with his own eyes, and if abnormalities are found, he / she may request a separate action from the voting manager.

The ballot paper printed by the candidate selected by the voting device and cut one by one is fed into the inlet 63 of the ballot box 60 by the ballot paper transporting device.

Ballot box 60 is provided at the bottom of the ballot device.

Ballot box 60 is composed of a box 64 and a box cover (65).

The box cover 65 is formed with an inlet 63 through which the ballot paper is inserted.

The box 64 and the box cover 65 are fastened by a locking device (not shown).

Typically, the box 64 and the box cover 65 are fastened to one side by a hinge coupling, while the other side is made of a coupling by the locking device, but both sides may be fastened by the locking device.

The ballot box 60 is inserted into the electronic voting machine, and the opening / closing board 67 opens the inlet 63. Also, the ballot box 60 is removed from the electronic ballot box. This inlet 63 was closed.

A guide plate 66 is provided on the lower surface of the box cover 65.

The inlet opening and closing plate 67 includes an opening and closing plate 67a and a locking plate 67b.

The opening and closing plate 67a is inserted between the lower surface of the box cover 65 and the upper surface of the guide plate 66, and the inlet 63 is opened and closed by the linear movement of the opening and closing plate 67a.

The locking plate 67b is provided at one side of the moving direction of the opening and closing plate 67a.

The ballot opening and closing device allows the input and output opening and closing board 67 to open the input port 63 by the ballot box 60 is mounted on the electronic ballot, and the input and output opening and closing by the ballot box 60 is separated from the electronic ballot box. The plate 67 allows the inlet 63 to close.

In this embodiment, the inlet opening and closing device is configured by the closing elastic member 68, the locking bar 69, the locking elastic member 68, the opening and closing bar 70, the unlocking rod 71 and the like.

The closing elastic member 68 is elastically supported so that the inlet opening and closing plate 67 can close the inlet 63 in the absence of external force.

In the case of this embodiment, the closed elastic member 68 is to be connected to the box 64 of the input opening and closing plate 67 and the ballot box 60.

The locking rod 69 is hinged to the lower surface of the box cover 65. Therefore, the lock bar 69 may be rotated on a plane parallel to the box cover 65.

The lock bar 69 is formed of a bent portion 69a, an unlocking portion 69c, and an intermediate portion 69b.

The bent portion 69a has a bent surface in the shape of "a" to lock the locking plate 67b.

The middle portion 69b is rotatably supported about a rotation axis located in a plane perpendicular to the plane formed by the box cover 65.

In the present embodiment, since the middle portion 69b is rotatably supported about a rotation axis perpendicular to the box cover 65, the bent portion 69a rotates on a horizontal plane, but the middle portion 69b is the box cover 65. It can be rotatably supported about a rotation axis parallel to the bent, in this case the bent portion (69a) is to rotate on a vertical plane.

An inclined surface is formed at the end of the unlocking portion 69c.

As described below, the bent portion 69a forms an inclined surface in addition to the “a” -shaped bent surface so that the opening and closing plate 67a smoothly closes the inlet 63 when the ballot holder 60 is separated from the electronic balloting machine, as will be described later. Doing.

When the inclined surface of the unlocking portion 69c is pushed, the bent portion 69a rotates.

In the present embodiment, for the convenience of manufacturing and installation, the unlocking portion 69c and the bent portion 69a are symmetrical in the same shape.

The locking elastic member 74 is elastically supported so that the bent portion 69a of the locking rod 69 locks the locking plate 67b in the absence of external force. That is, the locking elastic member 74 prevents the opening and closing plate 67a from moving in the opening direction of the ballot opening.

In the present embodiment, the locking elastic member 74 is connected to the unlocking portion 69c of the locking bar 69 and the box 64 of the ballot box 60.

The electronic voting machine is provided with an opening and closing bar 70 and an unlocking bar 71.

In addition, the side of the ballot locker is formed with the opening and closing rod insertion opening 72 and the unlocking rod insertion slot 73 is formed to be inserted into the opening and closing rod (70) is inserted.

An opening and closing plate blocking member 75 is fixedly installed between the side surface of the ballot storage box 60 in which the inlet opening and closing plate 67 and the opening and closing bar insertion opening 72 are formed. In this embodiment, the opening and closing plate blocking member 75 is to be fixed to the lower surface of the box cover (65).

The opening and closing plate blocking member 75 restricts the movement of the locking plate 67b.

The opening and closing bar 70 is inserted into the opening and closing bar insertion hole 72 when the ballot box 60 is mounted in the electronic voting machine to push the locking plate 67b of the opening and closing plate 67, the opening and closing plate 67 If it is pushed, the inlet 63 will open.

When the ballot box 60 is mounted in the electronic ballot box, the unlocking bar 71 is inserted into the unlocking bar insertion slot 73 to push the unlocking part 69c of the locking bar 69, and the unlocking part ( When the 69c is pushed, the locking bar 69 is rotated so that the bent portion 69a is separated from the locking plate 67b of the inlet opening and closing plate 67.

When the ballot box 60 is removed from the electronic voting machine, the inlet opening and closing plate 67 is closed by the closing elastic member 68.

When the inlet opening and closing plate 67 closes the inlet, the inlet opening and closing plate 67 is blocked by the opening and closing plate blocking member 75, and the lock elastic member 74 is released when the ballot holder 60 is removed from the electronic voting machine. As a result, the bent portion 69a of the locking rod 69 is snapped to the opening and closing plate 67a to lock the closing opening 67.

That is, when the ballot box 60 is removed from the electronic ballot box, the inlet 63 is automatically closed, and when the ballot box 60 is mounted in the electronic ballot box, the inlet 63 is automatically opened.

The sensor groove 62 is formed on an upper side of the ballot box 60.

The electronic voting machine is provided with an inlet sensor 61.

The inlet sensor 61 is installed in a line on the extension line formed by the inlet 63 and the sensor groove 62, and whether or not the ballot paper is put into the ballot box 60 and the ballot box 60, respectively. Detects whether the ballots are full, and when two or more ballots are put in the ballot box 60, the ballot is jammed in the slot 63, or the ballot box 60 is full. A warning signal is generated externally.

The inlet sensor 61 of the present embodiment is composed of a light receiving unit and a light emitting unit, and the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit can detect the state of the ballot paper passing between the sensor groove 62 and the inlet 63.

The process of entering the ballot paper into the ballot box 60 from the ballot paper transport device allows the ballot paper to fall freely into the ballot box 60 at the end of the timing belt 53.

The ballot loaded in the ballot box 60 may be used as data and evidence for final verification and comparison with the computational results.

When the voting by the voter is normally terminated, the voting result is transmitted to the external host system, that is, the central office, by the communication device controlled by the central processing unit and capable of transmitting data to the external host system.

As a communication device, a device using a LAN or a modem may be considered, and the communication device is installed in a case.

After the voting ends, the identification card is automatically discharged. When the identification card is discharged, the electronic voting machine stops operation until another voter inserts a new identification card.

When the door 11 of the electronic voting machine is opened, the electronic voting machine recognizes this by a door opening detecting switch (not shown) and stops the operation.

Even when the ballot box 60 is separated from the electronic ballot box, the electronic ballot machine recognizes this by the ballot box storage confirmation sensor 100 and stops the operation.

When the ballot box 60 is removed from the electronic ballot box, the inlet 63 is automatically closed, so the ballot box 60 is opened only by a key suitable for the key device provided in the ballot box.

Electronic voting machine is equipped with earphone jack 101 for the visually impaired, and also provides a touch screen height adjustment knob 31 to adjust the height of the touch screen 30 for the physically handicapped, and guides the voting process by voice. It provides a speaker device composed of a speaker, a speaker power switch, and a speaker volume adjustment switch.

In addition, the electronic voting machine is equipped with a power backup device to store the results already reported in the event of a power failure.

In addition, the electronic voting machine can be equipped with a keyboard, mouse, etc. to install and operate the required software.

The central processing unit controls the identification card input unit, the input / output device, the voting device, the voting paper storage unit, and the voting paper transfer device, and collects the status of the voting device. It consists of an auxiliary memory device and is connected to a power supply.

Therefore, the present invention allows the entrance of the ballot box for the electronic ballot box to be automatically opened and closed by using the mounting / detaching of the ballot box for the electronic ballot box, thereby cheating in the business process from the completion of the balloting to the balloting process. Can be blocked at the same time, and the process of sealing the ballot box can be skipped, thereby improving work efficiency and speed.

Claims (4)

A box, a box cover formed with an opening for inserting a ballot paper, and a ballot box for storing a ballot paper voted by a voter with a key device capable of fastening the box and the box cover, wherein the box cover Guide plate is installed on the lower surface of the box cover, the opening and closing plate is inserted between the lower surface of the box cover and the upper surface of the guide plate to move in a straight line to open and close the opening and the locking plate is installed on one side of the moving direction of the opening and closing plate An opening / closing plate provided with an electronic ballot box, wherein the opening / closing plate is opened to the electronic ballot, and the opening / closing plate is closed from the electronic ballot box by the ballot opening box to be closed from the electronic ballot. Ballot paper storage for electronic voting machine characterized in that it is provided with an opening and closing device . According to claim 1, The inlet opening and closing device is a closed elastic member for elastically supporting so that the inlet opening and closing plate to close the inlet in the absence of external force, one side of the bent portion locking the locking plate and the other side is formed with an inclined surface at the end A locking rod having an unlocking portion and a middle portion rotatably supported about a rotation axis positioned in a plane perpendicular to the plane formed by the box cover, and elastically supporting the bent portion of the locking rod to lock the locking plate in the absence of external force. It is provided with a locking elastic member, the side of the ballot storage box to push the locking plate of the opening and closing plate closing the opening and closing bar insertion opening and the locking bar formed to be inserted into the opening and closing bar provided in the electronic ballot to open the opening. Push the release part so that the bent part is released from the locking plate. Here voting machine is unlocked bar library electronic voting ballot appointed, characterized in that the unlocking bar is formed to be insertable into the insertion slot is formed having a. The ballot for an electronic ballot according to claim 2, further comprising an opening / closing plate blocking member fixedly installed between the inlet opening / closing plate and the side of the ballot paper storage box in which the opening / closing rod insertion opening is formed to limit the movement of the locking plate. Paper storage box. The ballot according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a sensor groove is formed on an upper side of the ballot box so that an inlet sensor provided in the electronic ballot passes between the sensor groove and the inlet. Ballot box for electronic voting machine, characterized in that it is possible to detect the state of the paper