Election terminal apparatus

US5497318A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · JP
• The Center for Political Public Relations, Inc. · JP

Inventors

• Takayoshi Miyagawa · Tokyo, JP
• Shigenori Matsushita · Osaka, JP
• Takayuki Tsuchida · Tokyo, JP
• Yoshiyuki Miura · Tokyo, JP
• Naoko Shimojima · Tokyo, JP
• Katsutoshi Ishikawa · Tokyo, JP
• Kunio Ueda · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 1993
• Grant date: Mar 5, 1996
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3288
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An election terminal apparatus includes an integral-type display/input unit constituted by a liquid crystal display unit and a tablet unit for input data. The display unit displays a first screen including icons corresponding to candidates. A voter operates the tablet unit to designate a candidate for whom he/she wants to vote. The election terminal apparatus discriminates the candidate designated by the voter, and causes the liquid crystal display unit to display an image for allowing the voter to input the candidate name or the like with handwriting. When the voter handwrites the candidate name or the like on the table unit, the election terminal apparatus performs character recognition with respect to the handwritten pattern. When a candidate specified by the recognized characters coincides with the candidate designated first, the election terminal apparatus increments the vote count of the candidate by one.