JPH05317110A - Saving box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a saving box transmitting a proper message with a voice when a coin is inserted therein. CONSTITUTION:A coin sensor 13 is provided near an insertion port of a coin case to detect the insertion of a coin. By the control of a microcomputer 20 receiving the detecting output is read out a voice message of the specified person's voice previously recorded in a memory 23 to be voiced through a speaker 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a new piggy bank adapted to utter a message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional savings boxes are functionally similar to each other in that a slot for insertion is formed in the front surface of a main body for storing coins, etc. By doing so, characterization was attempted.

[0003]

By the way, there are some financial institutions that use a voice synthesis LSI to output a voice message such as "Irrashimasase" in conjunction with an automatic door. Therefore, it is conceivable to use the above-mentioned voice synthesis LSI to issue a voice message when money is inserted into the savings box.

However, in the case of a message produced by a voice synthesis LSI, only a preset message can be obtained, and the reproduced voice is different from a human voice, and only a warm message can be obtained. was there.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a savings box that solves the above problems.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the money box according to the present invention has a coin storing portion 11 having a slot 11c and coins, corresponding to the reference numerals of the embodiments described later. Detecting means 13 for detecting the turning on of the voice, a memory 23 for storing a predetermined voice message, a microphone 15, means 20, 31 for writing a voice message from the microphone 15 into the memory 23, and a voice message for reading from the memory 23. Means 20, 32 and a speaker 14 for uttering the read voice message.

[0007]

With this structure, in response to the insertion of coins or bills, a message written in the memory 23, for example, a voice of a specific person, is emitted from the speaker. Then, the voice message is changed at any time by rewriting the contents of the memory 23. Also, voice messages can be created with the voice of a particular individual.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the savings box according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows the electrical construction of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the mechanical construction thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the money saving box 10 of this embodiment is provided with a coin case (money saving box main body) 11 for accommodating inserted coins and bills, and an electric system accommodating portion 12 separated from the coin case. .. The coin case 11 has a coin slot 11 similar to a conventional savings box.
c is provided in the coin case 1 in this embodiment.
An appropriate coin sensor 13 such as a micro switch is provided in the vicinity of the insertion slot 11c.
In addition, the storage unit 12 includes a speaker 14 for emitting a message, a microphone 15 and a switch 16 for recording a message, a board 17 and a battery 18 on which required electric circuits shown in FIG. 1 are mounted. Is provided.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 is a microcomputer for controlling the system, which incorporates a timer 21. D
B is a data bus to which the ROM 22, RA
M23 is connected and a plurality of I / O ports 24a
~ 24e are connected. The coin sensor 13 is connected to the first I / O port 24a. Second I / O port 2
The D-A converter 32 and the amplifier 34 are connected in series to 4b, and the output audio signal of the amplifier 34 is supplied to the speaker 14. The amplifier 35 and the A / D converter 31 are connected in series to the third I / O port 24c, and the amplifier 35 includes:
The output audio signal of the microphone 15 is supplied.

Power from the battery 18 is supplied to the amplifier 35 and the A / D converter 31 via the recording switch 16. The contact on the power receiving side of the recording switch 16 is the fourth I
Connected to the / O port 24d. In addition, the switch 36
Is for switching the reproduction / standby state of this embodiment, and the DA converter 32 and the amplifier 34 are provided on the terminal pb side.
Is connected and the terminal sb side is not connected. Then, the switching control signal from the microcomputer 20 is sent to the switch 3 via the fifth I / O port 24e.
6 is supplied.

Next, the message recording / playback operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Normally, as shown in FIG. 1, the recording switch 16 is off, and the switch 36 is at the terminal sb.
Connected to the side, the entire electric circuit is in a standby state. It should be noted that the microcomputer 20 is always turned on.

When the recording switch 16 is turned on by a user's operation, the amplifier 35 and the A / D converter 31 are powered on while the recording switch 16 is on, and the amplifiers 35 and A- are turned on. The D converter 31 is in the operating state,
A voice message from the microphone 15 is stored in the RAM 23 via the amplifier 35 and the AD converter 31.

When the recording is completed in this way, the switch 16 is turned off and the entire electric circuit returns to the standby state. In addition,
The message may be the voice of the talent recorded on a tape or other music source, as well as the user of the piggy bank. The time length Tm of the message corresponds to the capacity of the RAM 23 and is, for example, about several seconds. The content of the message can be changed at any time by repeating the recording operation as described above.

The message recorded as described above is reproduced as follows. First, when a coin is inserted, the sensor 13 operates, the insertion of the coin is detected (step S1), and it is determined whether or not the timer 21 built in the microcomputer 20 is set (step S2). .. If the timer 21 is not set, the timer 21 sets the total playable time Tm of the message.
Is set to (step S3).

Then, in response to a control signal from the microcomputer 20, the switch 36 switches the terminal pb, contrary to the illustration.
Is switched to the side, power is supplied to the D / A converter 32 and the amplifier 34, the entire electric circuit is brought into a regenerating state, and the message is read from the RAM 23, and the D-A
It is reproduced from the speaker 14 via the converter 32 and the amplifier 34.

When the time Tm set in the timer 21 has elapsed (step S5) and the reproduction of the voice message ends, the switch 36 is switched to the terminal sb side again, and the entire electric circuit returns to the standby state (step S5). S6). Then, in step S7, the timer 21 is reset to return to the state at the time of start.

As described above, in this embodiment, the timer 2
Since the message is reproduced after setting 1 in step S2, when the timer 21 is set in step S2, the voice message is being reproduced. At this time, the process proceeds from step S2 to step S5, and the voice message being reproduced is reproduced to the end. That is,
In this case, during the playback of the voice message,
Even if a coin is inserted, the detection output of the coin sensor 13 is ignored, and a delayed voice message is not superimposed or a voice message being reproduced is not interrupted midway.

The microcomputer 20 is set in a sleep mode (low power consumption mode) in a standby state, and when the coin sensor 13 detects insertion of a coin,
Set the microcomputer to normal mode, RAM2
Similarly, when the voice message is read out from No. 3, and when it is detected that the recording switch 16 is turned on in the standby state, the microcomputer is set to the normal mode and RA
It may be configured to write a voice message to M23.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the coin sensor is provided in the vicinity of the insertion opening of the coin case (the savings box body) to detect the insertion of the coin, and the memory is controlled by the microcomputer. Since a voice message such as a voice of a specific person recorded in advance is read out and uttered through a speaker, when a coin is inserted, a piggy bank for uttering an appropriate message can be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, the voice through the microphone can be written in the memory, so that the message by the voice of a specific individual can be created. Moreover, the voice message can be easily changed only by rewriting the memory contents.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an embodiment of a savings box according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a mechanical structure of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 coin case (saving box body) 11c slot 13 coin sensor 14 speaker 15 microphone 16 recording switch 20 microcomputer 21 timer 23 RAM 31 A-D converter 32 D-A converter 36 changeover switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A coin storage unit having a hole for inserting a coin, a detecting unit for detecting insertion of coins, a memory for storing a predetermined voice message, a unit for reading out the voice message from the memory, and a reading unit. And a speaker that emits the generated voice message. 2. A piggy bank according to claim 1, comprising a microphone and means for writing the voice message from the microphone in the memory.