Device for detecting lottery tickets

Abstract

An apparatus for detecting lottery tickets includes a feeding unit, a plurality of sensors, a processing unit and a rotation unit. The feeding unit is used for carrying a lottery ticket. The sensors are disposed on the feeding unit and arranged in a row and used for sensing result of feeding the lottery ticket to generate information corresponding to the result. The processing unit is coupled to the sensors and used for receiving the information from the sensors and generating a control command based on the information. The rotation unit is coupled to the processing unit and used for receiving the control command and then rotating to feed or to eject the lottery ticket based on to the control command.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a device for detecting lottery ticket, and more particularly, to a device with sensors on the entrance for feeding a lottery ticket sheet to detect if a lottery ticket is skewed.[0003]2. Description of the Prior Art[0004]In a conventional lottery ticket printing apparatus, a lottery ticket is placed upon a sheet feeding entrance of the apparatus, and a processor within the apparatus controls a motor to feed in the lottery ticket for printing. Most lottery tickets are thermal papers, and information is printed on the thermal papers via an interaction between thermal ingredients on the thermal papers and a thermal printer set within the conventional lottery ticket printing apparatus.[0005]When a lottery ticket is placed upon the sheet feeding entrance, the conventional lottery ticket printing apparatus can only sense the presence of the lottery ticket, prompting a motor to rotate in order ...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]According to a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a lottery ticket detection apparatus, which includes a feeding unit, a plurality of sensors, a processing unit and a rotation unit. The feeding unit is used for carrying a lottery ticket. The sensors are disposed on the feeding unit and arranged in a row for sensing result of feeding the lottery ticket to generate information corresponding to the result. The processing unit is coupled to the sensors, and used for receiving the information from the sensors and generating a control command based on the information. The rotation unit is coupled to the processing unit, and used for receiving the control command and then rotating to feed or to eject the lottery ticket based on the control command.

[0009]In the lottery ticket detection apparatus of the present invention the rotation unit includes a stepping motor and a gear set. In addition, a storage unit is included in the present inve

Problems solved by technology

When a lottery ticket is placed upon the sheet feeding entrance, the conventional lottery ticket printing apparatus can only sense the presence of the lottery ticket, prompting a motor to rotate in order to feed in the lottery ticket; however, if the lottery ticket is placed upon the sheet feeding entrance at a skewed angle, when the apparatus rotates the motor to feed in the lottery ticket, it is highly possible that the lottery ticket will stick and / or fail to be printed.

Even if the skewed lottery ticket can be fed into the lottery ticket printing apparatus for printing, the printed information on the skewed lottery ticket will not be in a correct position since the thermal ingredients on the skewed lottery ticket interact with the thermal printer at the skewed position; in addition, if an angle of skew of the lottery ticket is too large such that a position difference between the lottery ticket and the contact position of the thermal printer set is huge, the possibility of causing damage to the thermal printer set is high.

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