KR20140069518A - Apparatus and method for counting ballot paper - Google Patents

Abstract

The circular ballot paper according to the present invention can be used for elections that do not include the name or symbol of the party in the ballot paper, such as the superintendent's office, and the so-called lottery effect obtained in accordance with the candidate publication order on the ballot paper, . In addition, the present invention can be applied to a ballot paper by applying a recognition code of a predetermined type, so that it is possible to input election related information such as an election region, an election name, an election turnout, and a candidate name by simply inputting a ballot without inputting any information concerning the election And the voter information collected by the candidates is transmitted to the election management center of the remote place, so that the ballots can be counted more quickly and accurately, and the present state of the vote can be grasped.
The counting and counting apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit for sorting the counted ballots and putting them into the counting apparatus, a positioning unit for rotating the ballot paper so that the recognition code is located at a point at which the recognition code can be scanned, An image generation unit for photographing the ballot paper and detecting a candidate area of each candidate in the photographed image according to the reference area information provided by the control unit; And a counting unit that adds one vote count to the candidate side of the reference region when the result of the determination is valid.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a counting apparatus,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ballot counting and counting apparatus, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for counting and counting a ballot without a candidate placing order.

After the emancipation, Korea has been holding presidential elections and parliamentary elections for a certain period of time (presidential period). Recently, elections for local governments, presidential elections, and elections for elected representatives (such as city councils and city councils) Many elections are taking place, and elections are routine. In the conventional election, individual ballots are completed by stamping the ballot in the lower mark of the symbol to be selected on the printed ballot and by voting the ballot on the ballot. Despite the completion of the individual ballot, manual ballot counts and counts ballots one by one with human hands after opening the ballot box, so it takes a lot of time for the ballot result to be counted nationwide.

Apart from the qualities and capacities of individual candidates, candidate candidates who run in the ruling party or the big party in the election process will be supported by the party's support and halo in the entire campaign and election process, , Which affects the electoral succession.

In the case of elections in which the names or symbols of the parties are not included on the ballot paper, such as the Superintendent's election, the intangible effects obtained in the order in which candidates are placed on the ballots are called so-called lotto effects. 1 is an exemplary view showing a ballot of elections in which the name or symbol of a conventional party is not included.

Candidates who are accustomed to party-centered elections and their order of signification will be affected by the order of the candidates placed on the ballot, even if the election does not include the name or symbol of the party in the ballot, . The tendency to subconsciously focus on the candidates of the senior candidates, and moreover, the voters who went to the polls without paying close attention to the candidates became more and more inclined to tend to the election result May be advantageously derived.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a ballpoint pen which forms a predetermined space so as to be able to make a candidate name and a sign on a circular paper material having a predetermined diameter, The present invention also provides a method and apparatus for counting the number of votes counted.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for counting the number of ballots that can be used universally by applying a recognition code to a ballot paper.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the present invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the claims, as well as the following description and the annexed drawings.

The circular ballot paper according to the present invention can be used for elections that do not include the name or symbol of the party in the ballot paper, such as the superintendent's office, and the so-called lottery effect obtained in accordance with the candidate publication order on the ballot paper, .

In addition, the present invention can be applied to a ballot paper by applying a recognition code of a predetermined type, so that it is possible to input election related information such as an election region, an election name, an election turnout, and a candidate name by simply inputting a ballot without inputting any information concerning the election And the voting information collected by the candidates is transmitted to the election management center of the remote place so that the ballots can be classified and counted more quickly and accurately and the vote status can be grasped.

Fig. 1 is an exemplary view showing a ballot of an election in which a name or a symbol of a conventional party is not included.
2 is a block diagram of the counting and counting apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the counting and counting apparatus according to the present invention.
4 is an exemplary view showing a ballot paper according to the present invention;
5 illustrates a ballot paper according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic bill counting apparatus,

A scanning unit for scanning the recognition code and detecting election related information; a scanning unit for scanning the recognition code and detecting election related information; An image generation unit for capturing a ballot and detecting a candidate region of each candidate in the photographed image according to the registered region information provided by the control unit; And a counting unit for adding one vote to the candidate of the reference area if the result of the determination is valid.

Preferably, the validity judging section includes: a nominal region detecting section for specifying a nominal region for each candidate with reference to the nominal region information of the control section; a nominal detecting section for detecting an area in which the nominal is made, And a signature determination unit that determines whether the signature is effective in the corresponding signature area.

Preferably, the ballot paper is a circular paper material having a predetermined diameter. The ballot paper includes a name area in which a name of the candidate name and a name of the candidate are made, A contour line forming a circle such that the name area and the reference area are divided according to candidates as a line radiated from the centrifuge to the outline, a contour line forming a circle outside the reference area, And an outline display area formed around the outline and indicating an election main organization name.

According to an aspect of the present invention,

Comprising the steps of: arranging the ballot counted and putting it into a counting device; rotating the ballot so that the recognition code is at a point where it can be scanned; scanning the recognition code and detecting election related information; The method comprising the steps of: detecting a candidate region of each candidate from a captured and photographed image; determining whether or not a candidate is a candidate for a candidate region and validity of the candidate; and, if the candidate region is valid, And adding one number.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components throughout the drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

An object of the present invention is to realize a ball counting apparatus for devising a circular ballot paper having a predetermined diameter and automatically counting and counting circular ballot papers. Another object of the present invention is to provide a voting counting apparatus capable of detecting election related information by inputting a ballot without attaching additional information by attaching a recognition code to the ballot.

2 is a block diagram of the counting and counting apparatus according to the present invention.

2, the counting and counting apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes an input unit 110, a positioning unit 120, a scanning unit 130, a control unit 140, an image generating unit 150, A determination unit 160, and a coefficient unit 170. [ Here, the meaning of "includes " is not to be construed as excluding other elements unless specifically stated to the contrary. This applies equally throughout the specification, even when it is referred to as "including " any element.

The input unit 110 is a device for aligning the counted ballots and inputting them to the counting device 100. [ The input unit 110 has a shelf (not shown) on one side so that the ballot papers counted can be aligned and loaded. The ballot papers aligned on the shelf are sequentially inputted into the counting device 100 through the inlet 110.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ballpoint sheet 200 according to the present invention is a circular paper sheet having a predetermined diameter. The ballpoint sheet 200 includes a name area 210, a sign area 220, and an outline 230, a partition line 240, and an outer display area 250. 4 is an exemplary view showing a ballot paper according to the present invention.

The name area 210 is a part for describing a candidate name.

The signature area 220 is formed above the name area 210 and is a part where a signature is made for candidate selection.

The outline 230 is a portion forming a circle outside the reference areas.

The partition line 240 is a line that radiates from the centrifuge to the outline, and forms a partition such that the name area and the reference area are divided into candidates.

The outline display area 250 is formed around the outline and indicates a name of the election or election main organization name (for example, the election of the Seoul Superintendent of Education, the election committee of the Seoul Superintendent of Education, etc.). The outer display area 250 has a recognition code 260 on one side including various information related to the selected election. The recognition code 260 should be able to store election related information such as a QR code or a barcode, and includes information on an election region, an election name, an election turnover, a candidate name, a candidate number, and a candidate description order. 5 is a view showing a ballot paper according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The positioning unit 120 according to the present invention rotates the paper so that the recognition code 260 is located at a point where the recognition code 260 can be scanned. The positioning unit 120 rotates the ballot paper and places the recognition code at a position where the scanning unit 130 can scan the ballot once the ballot is input to the counting device 100. [

The scanning unit 130 scans the ballot paper and detects election related information (e.g., election area, election name, election turnover, candidate name, number of candidates, information on the candidates, etc.) from the recognition code, (Not shown).

The image generating unit 150 first photographs the ballot paper. Then, the control unit 140 detects the candidate region of each candidate from the photographed image according to the registered region information. The reference area in the ballot 200 is a space between the name area 210 and the outer display area 250.

When the control unit 140 detects the election related information (e.g., election region, election name, election turnover, candidate name, number of candidates, information on the candidate listing order, etc.) from the recognition code, The area of the area, and the coordinates of the candidate area by the candidate).

The control unit 140 divides the space between the name area 210 and the outer display area 250 allocated to the reference area by the detected information (for example, the number of candidates) to determine the width of the reference area allocated to the candidate . Then, referring to the width of the reference area, the reference area position value (coordinate) of each candidate is set according to the detected information (e.g., candidate description procedure).

The validity determination unit 160 includes a signature area detection unit 162, a signature detection unit 164 and a signature determination unit 166. The validity determination unit 160 determines the validity of each candidate in the signature area detected by the image generation unit 150 Determine whether or not the ballot is valid and the validity of the ballot.

The signature area detection unit 162 refers to the signature area information of the control unit and designates a signature area for each candidate. The signature detecting unit 164 detects an area in which the signature is made in the signature region of each of the designated candidates. The signature determination unit 166 determines whether the detected signature is effective in the corresponding signature region.

If the validity determination result indicator is valid, the counting unit 170 adds one vote count to the candidate of the corresponding region and adds the added vote information to the storage unit (not shown) according to an instruction from the control unit 140 ). The storage unit counts and stores the number of votes per candidate in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 140 while the counting process proceeds.

The control unit 140 controls the respective components (e.g., the positioning unit 120 and the scanning unit 130) of the counting apparatus 100 once the counting starts and the counted ballot is input to the counting apparatus 100. [ The image generating unit 150, the validity determining unit 160 and the counting unit 170) to count the number of votes per candidate during the counting process and output the aggregated information to the display device (not shown) of the counting device 100 Not shown) or transmitted to the election management center of the remote place. The present invention can be equipped with a wired or wireless communication module so that the voter information collected by the candidates can be transmitted to the election management center of the remote place.

3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the counting and counting apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the ballot papers aligned on the shelf are sequentially inserted through the input port 110 (S10), the counting device 100 according to the present invention checks whether the recognition code 260 is scannable And rotates the ballot paper 200 to be positioned at a point. (S20)

Then, the ballot paper 200 is scanned and the election related information (e.g., election area, election name, election turnover, candidate name, number of candidates, information on the candidate registration procedure, etc.) (Not shown). (S30)

Thereafter, the counting number counting apparatus 100 takes a picture of the ballot paper. Then, the control unit 140 detects the candidate region of each candidate from the photographed image according to the registered region information. (S40) When the election related information is detected from the recognition code 260, the control unit 140 generates the sign area information of each candidate (the width of the sign area and the coordinates of the sign area of each candidate).

When the candidate region of each candidate is detected, the counting number counting apparatus 100 determines whether or not the candidate region is a candidate in the detected candidate region, and determines the validity of the candidate. (S50)

For the process S50, the counting number counting apparatus 100 first designates a signature area for each candidate with reference to the signature area information of the control section. Then, in the signature area of each of the designated candidates, an area where the signature is made is detected. Then, it is determined whether or not the detected signature is valid in the corresponding signature area.

In the case where the validity determination result indicates that the reference is valid (S60), the present invention adds one vote count to the candidates of the reference region (S80) and, based on the instruction from the control unit 140, (Not shown). On the other hand, if it is determined that there is an error in the signature of the signature area, the signature is treated as an invalid signature. (S70)

The counting number counting apparatus 100 counts the number of votes per candidate during the counting process and displays the counted information on a display device (not shown) or transmits it to the election management center at a remote place.

As described above, the control unit 140 according to the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer-readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage, and the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. May be constructed by selectively or in combination. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

As described above, the circular ballot paper according to the present invention can be used for elections in which a name or symbol of a party belonging to a ballot paper does not fit on a ballot paper, such as a superintendent's office, , Eliminating the effects of the lotto and eliminating the fertility of the fair.

In addition, the present invention can be applied to a ballot paper by applying a recognition code of a predetermined type, so that it is possible to input election related information such as an election region, an election name, an election turnout, and a candidate name by simply inputting a ballot without inputting any information concerning the election And the voting information collected by the candidates is transmitted to the election management center of the remote place so that the ballots can be classified and counted more quickly and accurately and the vote status can be grasped.

100: Counting-counting device 110:
120: Positioning unit 130: Scanning unit
140: control unit 150:
160: validity judgment section 162: signature area detection section
164: signature detection unit 166:
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200: Ballot 210: Name area
220: Signature area 230: Outline
240: partition line 250: outer display area
260: Recognition code

Claims (12)

An input unit 110 for sorting the counted ballots and inputting them to a counting device;
A positioning unit 120 for rotating the ballot paper so that the recognition code is located at a scanable position;
A scanning unit 130 for scanning the recognition code and detecting election related information;
An image generating unit (150) for photographing the ballot sheet and detecting a candidate area of each candidate in the photographed image according to the reference area information provided by the control unit;
A validity determination unit (160) for determining whether or not a candidate for each candidate area is marked and the validity of the criterion;
And a counting unit (170) for adding the number of votes to the candidate side of the reference region if the result of the determination is valid. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the election-
An election region, an election name, an election turnover, a candidate name, a number of candidates, and a candidate description order. The method according to claim 1,
The space between the name area 210 and the outer display area 250 is divided by the number of candidates, the width of the reference area assigned to the candidate is obtained, the width of the reference area is referred to, and the reference area position value And a control unit (140) for setting the count value of the counting unit. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,
An area of the sign area allocated to the candidate, and a value of the sign area of each candidate. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the validity determination unit (160)
A reference area detecting unit (162) for specifying a reference area for each candidate with reference to the reference area information of the control unit;
A nominally detecting section (164) for detecting, in the nominal region of each of the designated candidates, an area in which the nominal value is formed;
(166) for determining whether the detected sign is valid in the corresponding sign area. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognition code (260)
A QR code, or a bar code. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognition code (260)
Is displayed on one side of the outer display area (250) of the ballot paper. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ballot paper (200)
A circular paper material having a predetermined diameter, wherein a predetermined space is formed so that the name of the candidate and the name can be made,
A name field 210 for listing candidate names;
A signature area 220 formed above the name area and in which a signature is made for candidate selection;
An outline 230 forming a circle outside the signature areas;
A partition line (240) radiating from the centrifuge to the outline, the partition line forming a partition so that the name area and the sign area are divided into candidates;
And an outer display area (250) formed around the outline and indicating an election main organization name. Aligning the counted ballots and inputting them into a counting device;
Rotating the ballot paper so that the recognition code is located at a scanable point;
Scanning the recognition code and detecting election related information;
Capturing the ballot and detecting a candidate region of each candidate in the photographed image;
Judging whether or not each candidate has an entry and a validity of the entry;
And adding the number of votes to the candidate side of the corresponding sign area when the result of the determination is valid. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the election-
An election region, an election name, an election turnover, a candidate name, a number of candidates, and a candidate description order. 10. The method according to claim 9,
Designating a candidate region for each candidate by referring to the candidate region information of the control unit;
Detecting, in a signature area of each of the designated candidates, an area where the signature is made;
And determining whether the detected signature is valid in the corresponding signature area. 10. The method according to claim 9,
A QR code, or a bar code.

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