JP6865500B2 - Voting card printing system, voting card printing device and voting card printing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a voting card printing system that prints on a voting card.

As a method of purchasing a sports lottery, there are a purchase using the Internet, a purchase at a convenience store, a purchase at a store (lottery counter), and the like. When purchasing a sports lottery at a store, write the expected result on a designated voting card (mark card), have the mark card written on the sports lottery terminal read, and communicate with the center (see Patent Document 1). ). As a result, a voting ticket (ticket) reflecting the expectation is issued, and a sports lottery can be purchased. The opponent team is printed on the voting card for each event, and it is devised so that the purchaser can mark while checking the opponent team.

On the other hand, in the case of a predictive sports lottery, the opponent team changes each time the event is held, so the voting card must be remade. In order to solve the problem, a method of marking a general-purpose voting card (a voting card in which the opponent team is blank) while applying a receipt printed with the opponent team is considered.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-52099

However, since the purchaser marks the printed receipt while applying it to a general-purpose voting card, it is difficult to mark the receipt, and the receipt may shift during the marking to make the desired mark. In addition, since the purchaser marks the number of times the voting card is held, a mark error may occur. In addition, since there are multiple predictive sports lottery, there is a problem that the receipt is marked by hitting a voting card of a different lottery type.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a voting card printing system capable of preventing marking mistakes on voting cards.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a voting card printing system that prints holding information about a target lottery on a voting card used for voting of a lottery, and has a reading unit that acquires image data of the voting card. Based on the inquiry, a voting card printing device including a main unit that determines the lottery type from the image data of the voting card acquired by the reading unit and inquires about the holding information regarding the target lottery based on the determined lottery type. The voting card printing device is provided with a holding information management server that notifies the voting card printing device of the holding information, and the voting card printing device prints the acquired holding information of the target lottery in a predetermined column of the voting card. And.

Further, the voting card printing system of the present invention further includes a voting information management server that notifies the voting information to the voting card printing device based on an inquiry by the main unit of voting information corresponding to the determined lottery type. The voting card printing device prints the acquired voting information of the target lottery in a predetermined column of the voting card.

Further, in the voting card printing system of the present invention, the voting information is information that reflects the voting status for each type of lottery.

Further, the present invention is a voting card printing device that prints holding information about a target lottery on a voting card used for lottery voting, and is acquired by a reading unit that acquires image data of the voting card and the reading unit. The lottery type is determined from the image data of the voting card, and the main unit that inquires the holding information management server about the holding information regarding the target lottery based on the determined lottery type, and the holding information management server notifies based on the inquiry. It is characterized by including a printing unit that receives the event information to be held and prints the acquired event information of the target lottery in a predetermined column of the voting card.

Further, the present invention is a voting card printing method executed by a voting card printing device that prints holding information about a target lottery on a voting card used for lottery voting, and includes a step of acquiring image data of the voting card. , A step of determining the lottery type from the acquired image data of the voting card, a step of inquiring the holding information management server about the holding information regarding the target lottery based on the determined lottery type, and the holding information based on the inquiry. It is characterized by having a step of receiving the holding information notified from the management server and a step of printing the acquired holding information of the target lottery in a predetermined column of the voting card.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a mark error on the voting card, and printing additional information such as voting information on the mark card helps the prediction, and the purchase number is referred to by referring to the additional information such as voting information. You can choose.

It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the voting card printing system in embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the voting card (mark card) in an embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the holding information management table in an embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the sports lottery type A table in embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the sports lottery type C table in embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the voting information management table (sports lottery type C (single)) in embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the voting card which printed the voting information in an embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the voting information management table (sports lottery type A (single)) in embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware configuration of the voting card printing apparatus in embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the appearance side surface of the reading unit in embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the appearance aspect of the ticket printer in embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the processing sequence of information printing of the voting card printing system in embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing flow of the information printing of the voting card printing apparatus in embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a voting card printing system according to an embodiment. The voting card printing system 1 prints holding information about the target lottery on a voting card (also called a mark card) used when voting for a sports lottery, and is a holding information management server 2, a voting information management server 3, and a voting card. It is composed of printing devices 4 (4a, 4b, ...). The configuration of the voting card printing system 1 is not limited to this, and may include other configurations.

A sports lottery is, for example, a lottery in which you can predict the result of a designated soccer match and the number of points scored by each team, vote with a voting card, and receive a winning prize if you hit the mark. The target lottery includes a sports lottery that predicts the outcome of the match (sports lottery type A (single), etc., which will be described later), and a predetermined match time (for example, 90 minutes) for each team in the specified two matches (4 teams). ), There are multiple types of lottery such as sports lottery (sports lottery type C (single) described later). The purchaser (voting person) votes using a voting card for each target lottery.

The voting card is for describing the result of the match and the prediction of the number of points to be scored, and is, for example, a mark sheet type mark card shown in FIG. The voting card shown in FIG. 2 is a voting card used for voting for sports lottery type C (single), and is before the holding information is printed. Here, a voting card of sports lottery type C (single) is given as an example, but voting cards are prepared for each lottery type (8 types) described later. Sports lottery type C (single) is "0 points", "1 point", "2 points", "3" for the score in the predetermined game time (for example, 90 minutes) of the designated 2 games (4 teams). It is a lottery that predicts the score for each team from "more than points".

The holding information is, for example, information about a soccer match to be held, such as the holding time, the date, and the opponent team (expected team).

The number of times the game is held indicates how many times (at what milestone) the game is held among the games held a plurality of times, and if it is held for the first time, the number of times the game is held is one. When the holding time is once, when printing the holding information on the voting card, which will be described later, the voting card printing device 4 fills in the tens digit 0 and the ones digit 1 of the mark card holding times column 20. Will be done.

The date indicates the date when the match will be held, and if the match is held on August 6, the notation that it is August 6 (for example, 8/6) will be printed when the event information is printed. It is printed by the voting card printing device 4 in the column of the date column 21.

The opponent team indicates the opponent team, that is, the opponent team in each match (for example, A team VS B team, C team VS D team, ...). The information of the opponent team is used in the lottery to vote by selecting one of the home team's "win", "lose", and "other results (draw / extension)" such as sports lottery type A (single). It is the information to be done. In that case, the voting card of the lottery is different from the voting card shown in FIG. 2, and the description of the expected team is described as the opponent team, and the notation that the A team and the B team will play against each other in the opponent team column (for example, (Team A VS Team B, etc.) is printed by the voting card printing device 4 when printing the event information. In this case, the voting card also has a check column for checking the forecast, which is not a check column for 0, 1, 2, and 3 as shown in FIG. 2, but a check column for 0, 1, and 2.

The prediction team is information used in sports lottery type C (single) for predicting the number of points, and is, for example, information on the names of four teams in two designated games. These names are printed by the voting card printing device 4 in the column 22 of the prediction team shown in FIG. 2 when the event information is printed.

The random chance column 23 is for causing the computer to automatically mark when the prediction is complicated, and by checking the random chance column 23, the automatic marking by the computer becomes possible. Further, the cancellation column 24 is for invalidating the checked (marked) vote.

The event information management server 2 manages event information, and manages event information as an event information management table, for example, as shown in FIG. 3A. The event information management server 2 notifies the voting card printing device 4 of the event information based on the inquiry of the event information from the voting card printing device 4. The holding information management table is composed of lottery types indicating each lottery type, holding times, and competition information. In this example, there are eight types of lottery, and each is held twice. The lottery types will be explained.

Sports lottery type A (single) is "win", "lose", "other results (draw / extension)" in the specified match time (for example, 90 minutes) of the home team for each match of the designated match. It is a lottery to select and vote for any one of.

Sports lottery type A (multi) has three types, "win", "lose", and "other results (draw / extension)", in addition to selecting one of them like sports lottery type A (single). It is a lottery to select multiple options at the same time and vote. It is used when you are uncertain about the outcome of a match.

Sports lottery type B (single) is "win", "lose", "other results (draw / extension)" in the specified match time (for example, 90 minutes) of the home team for each match of the designated match. It is a lottery to select and vote for any one of. This is a (mini) lottery with a smaller number of designated games than the sports lottery type A (single).

Sports lottery type B (multi) has three types, "win", "lose", and "other results (draw / extension)", in addition to selecting one of them like sports lottery type A (single). It is a lottery to select multiple options at the same time and vote. Compared to the sports lottery type A (multi), this is a (mini) lottery with a smaller number of designated games.

As described above, the sports lottery type C (single) has "0 points", "1 point", and "2 points" for the points scored in the predetermined game time (for example, 90 minutes) of the specified two games (4 teams). , "3 points or more", it is a lottery that predicts the score for each team.

Sports lottery type C (multi) is "0 points", "1 point", "2 points", "3 points" for the score in the predetermined game time (for example, 90 minutes) of the specified 2 games (4 teams). It is a lottery that allows you to select multiple points for each team from the above.

Sports lottery type D (single) has "0 points", "1 point", "2 points", and "3 points" for the points scored in the specified game time (for example, 90 minutes) in the specified 3 games (6 teams). It is a lottery that predicts the score for each team from the above.

Sports lottery type D (multi) is "0 points", "1 point", "2 points", "3 points" for the score in the predetermined game time (for example, 90 minutes) of the specified 3 games (6 teams). It is a lottery that allows you to select multiple points for each team from the above.

The competition information for each lottery type refers to various tables. For example, the sports lottery type A (single) and the sports lottery type A (multi) refer to the sports lottery type A table (Fig. 3B). ing. Further, the sports lottery type C (single) and the sports lottery type C (multi) refer to the sports lottery type C table (FIG. 3C).

As shown in FIG. 3B, the sports lottery type C table is composed of items, dates, homes, and aways. The dates are August 6th, and there are 13 games in total. Home means the team on the home ground, away means the team on the away ground, and the match is played on the ground of the team listed on the home.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the sports lottery type C table is composed of items, dates, and forecast teams. The dates are August 6th, and the designated games are 2 games (4 teams). As for the expected teams, 4 teams of the designated 2 games are shown. In this example, the two designated games are A team vs. B team and E team vs. F team, and the expected teams are A team, B team, E team, and F team.

The event information management server 2 notifies (transmits) the information of the table in response to the inquiry of the voting card printing device 4 to the voting card printing device 4.

The voting information management server 3 manages voting information, and manages voting information as a voting information management table, for example, as shown in FIG. The voting information management server 3 notifies the voting card printing device 4 of the voting information based on the inquiry of the voting information by the voting card printing device 4. The voting information is information that reflects the voting status for each target lottery, and in the case of sports lottery type C, for example, information indicating a popular team for each score.

The voting information management table shown in FIG. 4 shows the total result (number of votes) of the votes of sports lottery type C (single), and the number of times, the date of the event, the expected team (4 teams of the specified 2 games), and the total. It consists of results (number of votes). In this example, the event will be held twice, the date will be August 6, and the expected teams will be Team A, Team B, Team E, and Team F. According to this tabulation result, Team A has the most mouths that expect to score 2 points with 500 units, Team B has the most mouths that expect to score 1 unit with 700 units, and Team E has 400 mouths that do not expect to score. The number of mouths is the highest, and the number of mouths that F team expects to score 3 points or more is the most with 700 mouths. Since some purchasers may vote for one forecast more than once, the forecasted mouth and the number of purchasers do not always match.

When this aggregation result, that is, the voting information is notified from the voting information management server 3 to the voting card printing device 4, the voting information is printed on the voting card by the voting card printing device 4 when the voting information is printed. FIG. 5 shows an example of a voting card on which voting information is printed.

The voting card shown in FIG. 5 is a sports lottery type C (single) voting card, and numbers are written in parentheses for each of the four expected teams. This indicates that most people expected to score the numbers in parentheses. That is, since the number in parentheses is 2 for Team A, it indicates that Team A is most likely to score 2 points. In addition, since the number in parentheses is 3 for the F team, it indicates that the F team is most likely to expect 3 points or more.

Here, only the total result of the votes of the sports lottery type C (single) has been explained, but in the case of the sports lottery type A (single), for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the votes of the home and away teams in each game The rates may be aggregated. The turnout in this example shows the percentage at which the home team is expected to win or draw, and the away shows the percentage at which the away team is expected to win.

In addition, the voting information is all the information that can be provided as a result obtained in real time, for example, the information indicating the popular team for each score mentioned above, the number with the most votes in the last few hours (check the expected result). It may be other than the number 0, 1, 2, 3) of the voting card for the purpose, the popularity ratio for each number, and the like. For example, it may be useful information when voting, such as the match record, winning percentage, and current ranking of the opposing team. Further, the purchaser may be able to select the content to be printed on the voting card from a plurality of types of voting information as described above.

The voting card printing device 4 prints the holding information of the target lottery in a predetermined column of the voting card, that is, a column of the holding time, the date, and the opponent team (expected team). Specifically, the voting card printing device 4 acquires the image data of the voting card and determines the lottery type from the acquired image data of the voting card. The voting card printing device 4 inquires the holding information management server 2 about the holding information regarding the target lottery based on the determined lottery type, and prints the holding information notified from the holding information management server 2 in a predetermined column of the voting card.

Here, an example of the hardware configuration of the voting card printing apparatus according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7A. The voting card printing device 4 starts from a reading unit (reading unit) 70, a main unit (main unit) 71, a store display monitor 72, a customer display monitor 73, a ticket printer 74, a magnetic card reading unit 75, and a printer (printing unit) 76. It is configured. The main unit 71 and the printer 76 are connected by a LAN (Local Area Network) 77 or a dedicated line.

Each unit reads a program for performing various processing of the unit stored in the HDD (Hard Disk Drive), etc., temporarily stores the read program in RAM (Random Access Memory), and variously according to the program. A CPU (Central Processor Unit) that performs processing may be included. The configuration of the voting card printing device 4 is not limited to this, and may include other components.

The reading unit 70 receives the voting card (see FIG. 2) before the holding information is printed from the operator (the person who sells the sports lottery) who operates the voting card printing device 4, and acquires the image data of the voting card. Then, the acquired image data is transmitted to the main unit 71. After acquiring the image data, the reading unit 70 returns the voting card to the operator. If the reading unit 70 cannot acquire the image data of the voting card, the voting card is returned to the operator, and the reading unit 70 accepts the voting card again.

FIG. 7B shows an example of a schematic view of the external side surface of the reading unit 70. The reading unit 70 includes insertion ports 78a and 78b for inserting a voting card. The image data of the voting card is acquired by inserting the voting card into the insertion openings 78a and 78b. The number of insertion ports is not limited to two.

The main unit 71 determines the lottery type based on the received image data of the voting card. As for the determination of the lottery type, for example, the image data is collated with the image data of each lottery prepared in advance, and the lottery type of the voting card for which the image data is acquired is determined based on the collation result. Further, instead of collation based on the entire image data, identification information for identifying the lottery type may be attached to a part of the voting card, and the lottery type may be determined by recognizing the identification information. Further, the lottery type may be determined by making the shape and material of the voting card different for each lottery type.

When the lottery type is determined by the determination of the lottery type, the main unit 71 makes an inquiry to the holding information management server 2 to acquire the holding information of the found target lottery, and if there is the corresponding holding information, the holding information is held information. Received from the management server 2. The main unit 71 further makes an inquiry to the voting information management server 3 for acquiring the voting information, and receives the voting information from the voting information management server 3 if there is the corresponding voting information.

The main unit 71 transmits the received event information and voting information to the printer 76 as print information in order to print the information on the voting card.

After receiving the print information from the main unit 71, the printer 76 prints the holding information and the voting information on the voting card when the voting card is received from the operator, and returns the voting card to the operator after printing.

The store display monitor 72 is a monitor used by the operator to issue a voting card, and is, for example, a touch panel type monitor. The customer display monitor 73 is a monitor that displays advertisements related to the sports lottery to the purchaser of the lottery.

Further, when the ticket printer 74 receives the voting card in which the event information and the voting information are printed and the prediction by the purchaser is marked, the ticket printer 74 prints the prediction and issues a ticket. FIG. 7C shows an example of a schematic view of the external side surface of the ticket printer 74. The ticket printer 74 includes a ticket ejection port (not shown), and when issuing a ticket, the ticket is ejected from the ticket ejection port, and the ejected ticket is placed in the ticket receiving unit 79.

Further, the magnetic card reading unit 75 is used when the settlement of ticket purchase is performed by a credit card or the like, and reads the magnetic data of the credit card. It is also possible to read information such as membership cards.

Here, an example of the information printing processing sequence of the voting card printing system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The reading unit 70 receives the voting card on which the holding information and the voting information are not printed from the operator, and acquires the image data of the voting card (S81). When the image data is acquired, the reading unit 70 returns the voting card to the operator and transmits the acquired image data to the main unit 71 (S82).

The main unit 71 determines the lottery type based on the received image data (S83), and when the lottery type is found, inquires to the holding information management server 2 (of the corresponding lottery) in order to acquire the holding information of the found target lottery. Inquiry about the event information) (S84).

The event information management server 2 that has received the inquiry from the main unit 71 transmits the event information to the main unit 71 if there is the corresponding event information (S85). That is, the holding information of the corresponding lottery is transmitted.

The main unit 71 makes an inquiry (voting information inquiry) to the voting information management server 3 in order to further acquire voting information (S86).

The voting information management server 3 that has received the inquiry from the main unit 71 transmits the voting information to the main unit 71 if there is the corresponding voting information (S87). That is, voting information is transmitted.

The main unit 71 that has received the event information and the voting information transmits the information to the printer 76 as print information in order to print the event information and the voting information on the voting card (S88).

Upon receiving the voting card from the operator, the printer 76 that has received the print information prints the holding information and the voting information on the voting card (S89), and returns the voting card to the operator after printing.

Next, an example of the information printing processing flow of the voting card printing apparatus according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The reading unit 70 receives the voting card on which the holding information and the voting information are not printed from the operator (step S901), and acquires the image data of the voting card (step S902). When the image data is acquired, the reading unit 70 returns the voting card to the operator (step S903) and transmits the acquired image data to the main unit 71 (step S904).

The main unit 71 determines the lottery type based on the received image data (step S905), and when the lottery type is found, inquires to the holding information management server 2 in order to acquire the holding information of the found target lottery (step S905). S906), the holding information is acquired (step S907).

In order to further acquire voting information, the main unit 71 inquires of the voting information management server 3 (step S908) and acquires voting information (step S909).

The main unit 71 that has received the event information and the voting information transmits the information to the printer 76 as print information in order to print the event information and the voting information on the voting card (step S910).

Upon receiving the voting card from the operator, the printer 76 that has received the print information prints the holding information and the voting information on the voting card (step S911), and returns the voting card to the operator after printing (step S912).

According to the voting card printing system of the above-described embodiment, it is possible to prevent a mark error on the voting card (mark card), that is, a mark error of the holding time and a mark of the wrong lottery type. Further, since it is not necessary to print a large number of voting cards for each holding time in advance, it is possible to prevent the voting cards from being discarded excessively. In addition, printing additional information such as voting information on the mark card helps the prediction, and the purchase number can be selected with reference to the additional information such as voting information.

Further, the above-described embodiment is not limited to the above-mentioned one, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the embodiment.

1 Voting card printing system 2 Held information management server 3 Voting information management server 4 (4a, 4b) Voting card printing device 20 Held times column 21 Date column 22 Competitive team column 23 Random chance column 24 Cancellation column 70 Reading unit 71 Main unit 72 Store display monitor 73 Customer display monitor 74 Ticket printer 75 Magnetic card reading unit 76 Printer 77 LAN
78a, 78b Insert 79 Ticket receiving part

Claims (5)

It is a voting card printing system that prints information about the target lottery on the voting card used for lottery voting.
A reading unit that acquires the image data of the voting card, and
A voting card printing device including a main unit that determines a lottery type from the image data of the voting card acquired by the reading unit and inquires about the holding information regarding the target lottery based on the determined lottery type.
A holding information management server that notifies the voting card printing device of the holding information based on the inquiry is provided.
The voting card printing device is a voting card printing system characterized in that the acquired information on holding the target lottery is printed in a predetermined column of the voting card. A voting information management server that notifies the voting information to the voting card printing device based on an inquiry by the main unit of the voting information corresponding to the determined lottery type is further provided.
The voting card printing system according to claim 1, wherein the voting card printing device prints the acquired voting information of the target lottery in a predetermined column of the voting card. The voting card printing system according to claim 2, wherein the voting information is information that reflects the voting status for each type of lottery. A voting card printing device that prints information about the target lottery on the voting card used for lottery voting.
A reading unit that acquires image data of the voting card,
The main unit that determines the lottery type from the image data of the voting card acquired by the reading unit and inquires the holding information management server about the holding information regarding the target lottery based on the determined lottery type.
A printing unit that receives the event information notified from the event information management server based on the inquiry and prints the acquired event information of the target lottery in a predetermined column of the voting card.
A voting card printing device characterized by being provided. A voting card printing method performed by a voting card printing device that prints event information about the target lottery on the voting card used for lottery voting.
The step of acquiring the image data of the voting card and
Steps to determine the lottery type from the acquired image data of the voting card,
A step of inquiring the holding information management server about the holding information about the target lottery based on the determined lottery type, and
A step of receiving the event information notified from the event information management server based on the inquiry, and
A step of printing the acquired information on the holding of the target lottery in a predetermined column of the voting card.
A voting card printing method characterized by having.

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