Visualizing and auditing elections and election results
AssigneeClear Ballot Group, Inc.
InventorLarry Moore
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for visualizing results of elections. A set of ballots, each including one or more areas for expression of intent, are received and analyzed with a computerized image analysis tool. The image analysis tool provides a score associated with the areas for expression of intent for one or more of the set of ballots. The analyzed areas are displayed on an image-display device according to a predetermined criterion.
Claims28
A method for displaying information associated with a set of ballots including one or more areas for expression of intent, the method comprising
- analyzing, with a computerized image analysis tool, the areas for expression of intent on the set of ballots, the image analysis tool providing a score associated with the areas for expression of intent for one or more of the set of ballots;
- sorting and arranging the analyzed areas for expression of intent according to a predetermined criterion;
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- displaying the arranged analyzed areas on an image-display device according to the predetermined criterion.
A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, containing instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to:
- receive a set of ballots, each of the ballots including one or more areas for expression of intent;
- analyze, with a computerized image analysis tool, the areas for expression of intent on the set of the ballots, the image analysis tool providing a score associated with the areas for expression of intent for one or more of the set of ballots;
- sort and arrange the analyzed areas for expression of intent according to a predetermined criterion;
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- display the arranged analyzed areas on an image-display device according to the predetermined criterion.
A computerized system for facilitating auditing an election, the system comprising:
- a user interface in communication with a data processor;
- the data processor comprising:
- means for analyzing one or more areas for expression of intent on a received set of ballots, the image analysis module providing a score associated with the areas for expression of intent for one or more of the set of ballots;
- means for sorting and arranging the analyzed areas for expression of intent according to a predetermined criterion;
- an interface in communication with the sorting module operable to communicate the arranged analyzed areas to a display device for display according to the predetermined criterion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.