Electronic voting system including election terminal apparatus
First Claim
1. An electronic voting system comprising:
- at least one election terminal apparatus incorporating a storage unit and using a coordinate input unit and a display unit interlocked therewith comprising;
(a) means for displaying a list of candidate information on said display unit and urging a voter to perform a selecting operation;
(b) means for, when the voter selects a candidate information by using said coordinate input unit, displaying an attribute of the selected candidate information, and urging the voter to perform a confirming operation for a final decision to vote for the candidate information whose attribute is displayed; and
(c) means for, when a confirming operation is performed by the voter, registering a vote count.
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Abstract
An election terminal apparatus incorporates a storage unit, a coordinate input unit and a two-dimensional display unit which is interlocked with the coordinate input unit. When voting is to be performed, the election terminal apparatus directly or indirectly displays candidate names or party names on the display unit, thus urging a voter to perform a selecting operation. When the voter selects a candidate by using the coordinate input unit, the election terminal apparatus displays the attribute of the selected candidate and urges the voter to perform a confirming operation to confirm a final decision. When the voter performs a confirming operation, the vote count data registered in the storage unit is updated.
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22 Claims
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1. An electronic voting system comprising:
at least one election terminal apparatus incorporating a storage unit and using a coordinate input unit and a display unit interlocked therewith comprising; (a) means for displaying a list of candidate information on said display unit and urging a voter to perform a selecting operation; (b) means for, when the voter selects a candidate information by using said coordinate input unit, displaying an attribute of the selected candidate information, and urging the voter to perform a confirming operation for a final decision to vote for the candidate information whose attribute is displayed; and (c) means for, when a confirming operation is performed by the voter, registering a vote count. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vote input terminal apparatus, comprising:
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means for determining on the basis of input information for identifying a voter whether the voter has the right to vote; voting permission means for permitting voting when said determining means determines that the voter has the right to vote; first display means for displaying a list of candidates when said voting permission means permits the voting; first designating means for selecting one of the candidates displayed by said first display means; second display means for displaying information about the candidate selected by said first designating means; second designating means for confirming a voting operation with respect to the candidate displayed by said second display means; and means for storing vote information input by said second designating means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A vote input terminal apparatus, comprising:
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means for determining on the basis of input information for identifying a voter whether the voter has the right to vote; vote permission means for permitting voting when said determining means determines that the voter has the right to vote; first display means for displaying a list of candidates when said vote permission means permits the voting; first designating means for selecting one of the candidates displayed by said first display means on the basis of a recognition result obtained by said recognition means; second display means for displaying information about the candidate selected by said first designating means; second designating means for confirming a voting operation with respect to the candidate displayed by said second display means; and means for storing vote information input by said second designating means. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A vote totaling system constituted by at least one election terminal control apparatus having a transmission function, and a host computer connected to said at least one election terminal control apparatus, said vote totaling system comprising:
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means for determining on the basis of input information for identifying a voter whether the voter has the right to vote; vote permission means for permitting voting when said determining means determines that the voter has the right to vote; first display means for displaying a list of candidates when said vote permission means permits the voting; first designating means for selecting one of the candidates displayed by said first display means; second display means for displaying information about the candidate selected by said first designating means; second designating means for confirming a voting operation with respect to the candidate displayed by said second display means; and means for storing vote information input by said second designating means, wherein said at least one election terminal control apparatus totals pieces of vote information supplied from said second designating means, and transmits the totaled vote information to said host computer.
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21. A vote totaling system constituted by at least one election terminal control apparatus having a transmission function, and a host computer connected to said at least one election terminal control apparatus, said vote totaling system comprising:
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means for determining on the basis of input information for identifying a voter whether the voter has the right to vote; vote permission means for permitting voting when said determining means determines that the voter has the right to vote; first display means for displaying a list of candidates when said vote permission means permits voting; first designating means for selecting one of the candidates displayed by said first display means on the basis of a recognition result obtained by said recognition means; second display means for displaying information about the candidate selected by said first designating means; second designating means for confirming a voting operation with respect to the candidate displayed by said second display means; and means for storing vote information input by said second designating means, wherein said election terminal control apparatus totals pieces of vote information supplied from said second designating means, and transmits the totaled vote information to said host computer.
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22. A vote totaling system constituted by at least one election terminal control apparatus having a transmission function to which a plurality of pen input/display units are connected, and a host computer connected to said at least one election terminal control apparatus through a line, each pen input/display unit having a tablet and a display integrated into one unit, and including means for recognizing a character written on said tablet, means for designating a position on said tablet, means for detecting the designated position, and display control means for controlling said display, said vote totaling system comprising:
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means for determining on the basis of input information from each pen input/display unit for identifying a voter whether the voter has the right to vote; vote permission means for permitting voting when said determining means determines that the voter has the right to vote; means for displaying party names when said vote permission means permits voting; selection means for selecting, by said position designating means, one of the party names displayed by said first display means on the basis of a recognition result obtained by said recognition means; and means for confirming a voting operation with respect to the party selected by said selection means, wherein said at least one election terminal control apparatus totals pieces of vote information supplied from said plurality of pen input/display units, and transmits the totaled vote information to said host computer.
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Specification