209results about "Voting apparatus" patented technology

A secure document collection and storage container includes an opening positioned at or below a top edge of the front facet, and above a midpoint of the front facet. The opening is sized to receive ballots or test documents into the container. In some embodiments, a flap to cover the opening extends from a fold line of a segment of a top facet of the container. Facet edges that form the top seams and other seams of the container may include guide markings for guiding the placement of a sealing material. Also or alternatively, a sealing material may be placed over the guide markings.

Apparatus and method for implementing a low-profile tabulator. An example apparatus includes scanning optics and an imprinter positioned along a paper path. A ballot is scanned with the scanning optics to obtain a digital image of the ballot. A ballot approval input is received from a user, for example after the user has reviewed information representative of their selections. In response to the ballot approval, the imprinter imprints an identifier on the ballot, and data is stored that associates the identifier with the digital image of the ballot, e.g. by overlaying an image of the identifier on the digital image of the ballot. Example embodiments do not require the ballot to be re-scanned after the imprinting process, thus allowing a lower-profile form factor for the tabulator apparatus.

A method for creating and exchanging tokenized assets combines a dual ownership structure with a tiered exchange system. The method involves issuing membership non-fungible tokens to cooperative members, creating a tokenized asset through a legal entity and property ownership non-fungible token, and implementing a smart contract to generate property tokens representing fractional ownership. The exchange system for these property tokens implements sequential buying windows, providing initial exclusive access to non-token holders, followed by access to regional cooperative members, then global cooperative members, and finally institutional buyers. This approach may promote progressive decentralization of ownership while maintaining secure blockchain-based transfers within the cooperative framework. The method may enable fractional ownership of various assets, automated distribution of benefits, and a controlled secondary market structure that balances liquidity provision with ownership diversification.

A secure document collection and storage container includes an opening positioned at or below a top edge of the front facet, and above a midpoint of the front facet. The opening is sized to receive ballots or test documents into the container. In some embodiments, a flap to cover the opening extends from a fold line of a segment of a top facet of the container. Facet edges that form the top seams and other seams of the container may include guide markings for guiding the placement of a sealing material. Also or alternatively, a sealing material may be placed over the guide markings.

The present invention provides an improved system and method for using cryptography to secure computer-implemented choice mechanisms. In several preferred embodiments, a process is provided for securing participants' submissions while simultaneously providing the capability of validating their submissions. This is referred to as a random permutation. In several other preferred embodiments, a process is provided for securing participants' advance instructions while simultaneously providing the capability of validating their advance instructions. This is referred to as a secure advance instruction. Applications include voting mechanisms, school choice mechanisms, and auction mechanisms.

A ballot envelope receipt system includes a ballot box having an integrated computing system that communicates directly with an external entity computing system for improved receipt of ballot envelopes that are returned during a voting process. The ballot box is outfitted with tamper and theft preventive components and is further configured to prevent voter fraud events such as mass ballot drops.

In methods and systems for generating secure verification documents are disclosed, a processor that is associated with a multifunction print device will receive one or more source electronic document files, each of which includes content of one or more source documents, each associated with a unique content creator. The processor will cause a print engine of a multifunction device to print a plurality of verification document sheets, each of which comprises data from at least one of the source documents and includes a unique identifier (ID). After printing each verification document sheet, the processor will cause a scanner of the multifunction device to scan the verification document sheet to capture a digital image of the verification document sheet. The processor will then save the digital images of the verification document sheets to a data store.

An electronic voting system includes voter devices, used by voters to select and commit their respective choices from among different options in an election, and ballot collection servers. Each of the voter devices computes a secrecy-maintaining ballot that is publishable without revealing the choice made by the voter. The voter's choice is obscured in the public ballot by summing the voter's vote, a binary vector, with voter shares contributed from each of the ballot collection servers. Aggregating the ballots provides a tallied voting vector that unobscures the votes and permits their tallying without revealing the identity of any voter associated with any choice in the tallied voting vector. The unique location of any voter's choice in the tallied voting vector is secret to each voter as a sum of location shares generated jointly generated by the ballot collection servers using secure multi-party computation.

In this method and in this system for electronic voting, use is made of a method for preparing a ballot, comprising: - a step (PS2, PS4) of generation, by each module of a plurality of assessor modules (M i ) of a virtual polling station (BVV), of a private partial decryption key (Formula (I)) for at least one threshold encryption algorithm; - a step (PS6, PS8) of generation of a public key (Formula (II)) for said encryption algorithm and of the corresponding private key (Formula (III)); - a step of calculation, for at least one electing entity (Vi) authorized to take part in the ballot, of a public value (g s ) from a key pair ((SK O , P O ), (SK A , P A )) of a traceable anonymous signature algorithm (SigA 1 , SigA 2 ), said public value being intended to be used by said electing entity (V i ) in association with a private key (X i ) of said electing entity (V i ) in order to generate an anonymous public key (Formula (IV)), said private key (X i ) being intended to be used by said electing entity (V i ) to calculate at least one signature (S i ) in the context of the ballot, the anonymity of a signature obtained in this way being able to be revoked only by a trusted entity (O,A), said electing entity (V i ) being configured so as to obtain (PS34) its said anonymous public key (Formula (IV)) blindly.

An apparatus, including: a receiver; processor; distributed ledger and Blockchain technology system; and transmitter. The receiver receives a request for an e-voting ballot regarding an election. The e-voting ballot contains information regarding the elected office race or referendum issue in the election, and a link or hyperlink to information regarding a candidate or referendum issue. The apparatus receives a digital file, containing information regarding a picture, photograph, or video clip, of the individual. The processor transmits the e-voting ballot to a user device. The apparatus transmits a voter account use message and the digital file to the user device. The apparatus receives and stores information regarding a vote or votes cast pursuant to the e-voting ballot. The apparatus stores the information regarding the vote or votes cast in the distributed ledger and Blockchain technology system. The apparatus transmits a vote confirmation message to the user device.

The invention discloses an anonymous verifiable electronic voting method based on a block chain and DOA, and belongs to the technical field of block chain application. The method comprises the steps that a voting initiator generates voting parameters and uploads the voting parameters to the smart contract; the voters obtain voting public keys of all the voters in the system through the smart contract, generate encryption parameters, and encrypt vote content by using the encryption parameters; a voter generates a corresponding zero-knowledge proof for the encrypted vote content and uploads the zero-knowledge proof to the smart contract; the voter generates a secret share and uploads the secret share to the smart contract; and after all the voters finish uploading the secret shares, performing homomorphic aggregation on the legal votes in combination with the secret shares to obtain a final voting result. According to the method, vote aggregation and counting can be completed without centralized private key decryption, the anonymity and legality of the votes are ensured, and the security and privacy protection capability of the voting process are improved.

A device for generating a voting receipt is provided for use in a voting system. The voting system also includes an electronic voting machine configured to record the voting choices of a voter. The device communicates with the electronic voting machine via a local area network only, and receives from the electronic voting machine data indicating the voting choices of the voter. The device prints a voting receipt that indicates the voting choices of the voter. The voting receipt is a permanent record by which the voter can verify that their votes have been accurately recorded by the electronic voting machine. The device also includes an input device communicatively coupled to the control unit and permitting the voter to accept or reject the voting choices of the voter as indicated on the voting receipt.

A system and method of reliable polling using sealed computing devices for the purpose of conducting an election.

A secure electronic voting system (100) comprising: (a) a biometric authentication module (1) configured to authenticate a voter using at least one biometric modality selected from fingerprint recognition, facial recognition or iris scanning and, upon successful authentication, to allow access to vote; (b) a blockchain-based voting ledger (2) configured to record each authenticated vote as an encrypted transaction associated with a unique cryptographic hash and timestamp and to store the vote immutably in a decentralised ledger; (c) a tamper-resistant voting terminal (3) with integrated security hardware, including secure memory and boot mechanisms configured to prevent unauthorized access and perform self-diagnostics to detect physical tampering; (d) an AI-based monitoring module (4) configured to analyse voting behaviour in real time, detect anomalies indicating fraudulent activity and generate alerts for further investigation; e) a central processing module (5) operatively connected to the biometric authentication module (1), the blockchain-based polling book (2), the tamper-evident voting terminal (3) and the AI-based monitoring module (4), the central processing module (5) being configured to: • to coordinate communication between the modules (1-4), • Validation and forwarding of authenticated data for secure voice recording, • Management of system-level security protocols and • ensure the synchronization and integrity of the entire voting process.

The present invention provides an improved system and method for using cryptography to secure computer-implemented choice mechanisms. In several preferred embodiments, a process is provided for securing participants' submissions while simultaneously providing the capability of validating their submissions. This is referred to as a random permutation. In several other preferred embodiments, a process is provided for securing participants' advance instructions while simultaneously providing the capability of validating their advance instructions. This is referred to as a secure advance instruction. Applications include voting mechanisms, school choice mechanisms, and auction mechanisms.

The described voting system comprises two main components: an online verification device and an offline voting device. The verification device utilises a data interface to communicate with central databases for real-time voter verification, employing biometric sensors to ensure accurate voter identification and prevent duplicate voting. This system enhances security by generating a unique verification code for each verified voter. The offline voting device, designed to be immune to network-based threats, uses this code along with biometric verification to authenticate voters. It features a user interface that employs eye gesture technology, allowing voters to select candidates privately and securely through eye movements, without any visible indication of their choices to onlookers. This setup not only protects the integrity of the vote from cyber threats but also safeguards voter privacy and reduces the potential for voter intimidation, for a free, fair, and secure voting process.

A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product voting and voter registration systems. A mobile and a web application will allow the voter to cast their ballot in any local, state, or federal election via the secured and encrypted cloud-based application and when applicable, register to vote. The apparatus for the voter registration will take place in the secured and encrypted cloud-based infrastructure application. The mobile and web application may require the voter to use additional tools to verify the voter's identification prior to receiving a ballot or registration request.

The utility model discloses an anonymous ticket counting device which comprises a machine frame, a ticket collecting assembly and a ticket counting assembly. The ticket collecting assembly comprises a voting opening, an inclined slide way and a ticket locking module, the voting opening is formed in the surface of the rack, the inclined slide way is arranged in the storage bin, the upper end of the inclined slide way is connected to the voting opening, the ticket locking module is detachably connected with the storage bin and comprises a lock, and the lock is used for locking the ticket locking module and the storage bin; the ticket counting assembly comprises a reading module and a logic calculation module, the reading module is arranged on one side of the inclined slide way, and the logic calculation module is electrically connected with the reading module. According to the utility model, the cashier property of counting can be improved, and anonymous counting is realized.

To provide an abnormality detection system that appropriately executes processing related to abnormality determination of toilet usage targets.SOLUTION: The abnormality detection system includes: a detection unit that detects usage of a plurality of usage targets by a toilet user; a storage unit that stores history information indicating usage of the plurality of usage targets; and a control unit having a first control mode. The first control mode includes execution of: a first process that acquires, as target information, information indicating a predetermined number of usages from the history information when executing processing targeting one usage target among the plurality of usage targets; a second process that determines that an abnormality occurs in the one usage target when usage of the one usage target is not included in the target information acquired by the first process; and a third process that causes the fact that the one usage target is abnormal to be notified by any notification means when the one usage target is determined to be abnormal. The control unit switches from the first control mode to a second control mode in which at least one of the first process, the second process and the third process is not executed when the one usage target is in use.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

To support facilitation of consensus formation.SOLUTION: A consensus building support device includes a processor that executes a program, a storage device that stores the program, and a communication interface that can communicate with a plurality of communication terminals used by a plurality of participants. The processor executes an acquisition process of receiving, from the communication terminals, opinions on a discussion as a result of transmitting, to the plurality of communication terminals, information on the discussion for determining any one option from among a plurality of options, a specification process of specifying an option selected by the participant for each of the opinions received by the acquisition process, a combination process of combining the opinions based on the option specified by the specification process, and a transmission process of transmitting a combination result of combining the opinions by the combination process to the communication terminals.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present disclosure is generally related to systems and methods for executing events associated with an asset, which involve election of a multiplier of the asset by an owner of the asset. The present disclosure provides systems and methods for presenting an event associated with an asset to an owner of the asset, setting up a system for executing an event associated with an asset, and presenting an election result in an event associated with an asset, respectively.

The present invention concerns the topic of electronic voting; that is, a voting method in which each voter can express his vote, even remotely, via an IT platform. This is a topic in which the interest is due to the fact that many electoral consultations represent quite complex events, because they mobilize a large number of people and must offer very high standards of security; consequently, they are significantly costly events. Electronic voting represents a way to reduce the costs of electoral consultations, to make them more efficient, and therefore also an instrument that can potentially be used more frequently. Moreover, an electoral consultation can be seen as a particular case of information management (a rather complex case, moreover) which, as such, should represent an almost natural, albeit challenging, field of application for information technologies. The proposed solution involves using at least a pair of servers configured to manage the voters and their votes separately, so as to allow, through an "Anonymous Kerberos" type approach, both the certain and reliable identification of the voters and the the anonymity of their vote: the latter is an essential guarantee to protect the freedom of voting. The voting platform indicated in the invention is configured to support a series of IT services combined in an original and complex way. In particular, the main state-of-the-art information technologies used by the invention concern encryption services as well as services based on "Blockchain" transactions. In a nutshell, the proposed voting platform provides that every step in which something must not be seen, this something is processed in an appropriately encrypted way, and in every circumstance in which something must not be manipulated, this something is stored in a "Blockchain".

The application discloses a kind of based on blockchain voting management method, system, equipment and storage medium, the method is executed by voting management system, voting management system is applied to the blockchain voting management framework including identity verification agency, comprising: when detecting that voting user sends first voting request, verification instruction is sent to identity verification agency, identity verification agency is determined to have voting identity when voting user based on first smart contract and verification instruction, login password is sent to voting user;When detecting that voting user sends second voting request based on login password, it is verified whether voting user has voting qualification;If yes, then the voting result of voting user is obtained;According to the voting result of voting user, generate voting information, and store voting information into target blockchain.The present application prevents false voting by login password for people without voting identity, and prevents tampering with voting by introducing blockchain, to ensure the credibility of voting.

An artificial intelligence (AI) entry management (EM) security system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a software platform. Geofences are utilized to create boundaries around physical areas, such as locations for package delivery or property boundaries. The EM device and other devices connected to the software platform are configured to monitor the geofences and detect a presence of an activity, an event, an object, or a device. At least one license plate reader is utilized to read license plate characters. Voice recognition and voice identification are used to grant or deny permissions for individuals on a property.

Social media-based contest management systems and methods are disclosed. Participants submit and vote for short videos. The votes are tallied, and the winning videos are presented on a post leaderboard. Users creating and submitting winning videos may receive rewards such as points that may be used to purchase items in an online store. Non-fungible tokens (NFT) may be associated with the videos, and the price of an NFT may be set according to the position of the video on the post leaderboard.

The disclosure relates to devices, systems, methods and computer readable media for providing network management of remote card handling, and physical manipulation. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to networked devices, systems, methods and computer program methods for remotely, physically modifying a card while leaving a physical record of the modified card for inspection and validation and delivering the manipulation results to a user, and / or other third parties, for example, scratch lottery cards and ballot cards.

A networked system of connected and trackable document deposit and destruction kiosks can be used to remotely dispose of and destroy confidential documents and monitors and records compliance with employer document destruction policies. A networked system of connected, ballot deposit kiosks can be used to safely deposit track, and verify the locations of completed ballots and to monitor and track the subsequent collection of the ballots by election officials or other authorized persons.

The invention relates to the technical field of mark recognition, in particular to a method for detecting marked votes of voters and an intelligent voting machine, and the method comprises the following steps: obtaining at least one standard layer according to electronic votes, and setting a first minimum gray value of an image of an unmarked paper vote corresponding to each standard layer, the second minimum gray value of the bottom color of the unmarked paper vote is obtained; then collecting front and back grayscale images of the to-be-detected paper vote, separating parts, corresponding to the standard image layer, on the front and back grayscale images as detection images, detecting the detection images, and if any grayscale value on the detection images is smaller than a corresponding first minimum grayscale value, determining that the to-be-detected paper vote is not smaller than the first minimum grayscale value. And if any gray value at the bottom color of the front and back gray images is smaller than the corresponding first minimum gray value or any gray value at the bottom color of the front and back gray images is smaller than the corresponding second minimum gray value, marking in the preset marking image so as to realize automatic identification and detection of the marks on the vote and ensure the fairness of the voting behavior.

The present disclosure is generally related to systems and methods for executing events associated with an asset, which involve election of a multiplier of the asset by an owner of the asset. The present disclosure provides systems and methods for presenting an event associated with an asset to an owner of the asset, setting up a system for executing an event associated with an asset, and presenting an election result in an event associated with an asset, respectively.

The present invention discloses a communication method for a wireless voting system, which relates to the technical field of venue auxiliary equipment. The method is to first set the communication master station in the wireless voting system and each voting device to wirelessly send data in different time slots, and then design that some voting devices, after wirelessly receiving the command data from the communication master station and / or the command data forwarded by other voting devices, also wirelessly forward the command data in the corresponding working time slots. In this way, each voting device that forwards the command data temporarily becomes a new communication master station and transmits the command data to its surroundings, thereby ensuring that each voting device can wirelessly receive the command data, achieving the purpose of forming a situation of a prairie fire without omission with scattered sparks, similar to the behavior of bacteria reproduction in a petri dish, which is convenient for practical application and promotion.