JPH1111216A - Locking mechanism of interior mirror with built-in instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the locking mechanism of an interior mirror with a built-in instrument which can prevent the theft of the record medium of IC card for settling accounts and is excellent in operability. SOLUTION: The interior mirror 1 in which a charge settling machine is built is locked/unlocked by this locking mechanism. When an electromagnetic actuator 29 carries a current following the key insertion into an ignition key cylinder, a lock pin 29a is retreated and the engagement of the lock pin 29a with an operation member 23 is released for unlocking. After removing the key from the key cylinder, when the carrying of a current in the actuator 29 is stopped with the lapse of a prescribed delay time, the pin 29a is projected by the spring force of the spring 29b and the lock pin 29a is engaged with the operation member 23 for locking. Under the unlocked state, when the operation member 23 is pushed in, the engagingly locking member 25 is turned while interlocking therewith and the engagement of the engagingly locking member 25 with the engaging part 5a is released and a cover 7 is opened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a locking mechanism for a built-in room mirror incorporating a toll settlement machine for automatically performing settlement of tolls on toll roads using a recording medium such as an IC card. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 8-297758 discloses a conventional device-equipped room mirror incorporating a toll settlement machine for automatically performing settlement of tolls on toll roads using a recording medium such as an IC card. Some are described in the gazette.
In this room mirror, a mirror unit having a mirror surface is openably and closably attached to a main unit provided with a toll settlement machine. An IC card is detachably inserted into the built-in toll settlement machine, and the IC card can be taken out by opening the mirror unit.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned rearview mirror, since there is no means for locking the mirror unit, there is a problem that the IC card is stolen.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a locking mechanism for a room mirror with built-in equipment that can prevent theft of a recording medium such as an IC card for payment of payment and has good operability. .

[0005]

A technical means for achieving the above object is that a lid having a mirror surface on the outside is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the main body, and is detachably provided inside the main body. A lock mechanism for a built-in room mirror that incorporates a toll settlement machine that reads information relating to toll payment from the recorded recording medium and automatically performs toll and other toll settlement based on the read information. Key detection means for detecting insertion and removal of the key from the key cylinder; and responding to a detection signal output from the key detection means, opening the lid in response to the insertion of the key into the ignition key cylinder. It is characterized by comprising unlocking means for locking and locking the lid in response to removal of the key from the ignition key cylinder.

Preferably, the unlocking / locking means includes a timer section for starting a measuring operation for a predetermined time when the key detecting means detects removal of the key from the ignition key cylinder, and the ignition key cylinder includes: After the key is removed from the device, the lid is preferably locked at the time when the measurement operation of the timer is completed.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device built-in room mirror to which a locking mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view thereof. The device-equipped room mirror 1 has a case shape in which the toll settlement machine 3 is housed, and a main body 5 provided with the toll settlement machine 3, and a lid 7 provided to be openable and closable with respect to the main body 5. And The cover 7 is attached to the main body 5 so as to be rotatable around the connection 9 by a connecting portion 9 provided at the upper end of the cover 7 and the main body 5. Also, the lid 7
The reflecting mirror 11 is fitted so that the mirror surface 11a faces outward, and a locking mechanism 21 according to the present embodiment for unlocking the room mirror 1 is provided.
The main body 5 is provided with a mounting portion 13 for mounting to a vehicle.

The charge settlement machine 3 reads out information necessary for charge settlement from a card-shaped recording medium 15 such as an IC card or a magnetic card, and performs wireless communication based on the information read out by the readout unit 17. And a payment processing unit 19 for automatically performing payment of tolls and the like. The recording medium 15 is detachable, and is configured to be inserted from the insertion port 17 a of the reading unit 17 and loaded into the reading unit 17. In addition, when the recording medium 15 is capable of writing information, the reading unit 17 has a writing function of writing information on a settlement result or the like to the recording medium 15 in addition to the reading function. Is also good.

The settlement processing unit 19 includes a transmitter / receiver for transmitting / receiving a communication radio wave having information regarding toll collection to / from a toll collection device provided at a tollgate or the like, and a control unit for controlling the transceiver / readout unit 17. Microcomputer is provided.

The locking mechanism 21 according to this embodiment includes an operating member 23, a locking member 25, and an urging member 2 such as a coil spring.
7, an electromagnetic actuator 29 for unlocking and locking, a key detection switch 31 (see FIG. 3) provided on the ignition key cylinder for detecting insertion and removal of a key with respect to the ignition key cylinder, and a detection signal of the key detection switch 31. And a drive unit 33 that drives the electromagnetic actuator 29 based on the above. Here, the drive unit 33 is provided in the main body 5, but may be provided in the lid 7.

The operating member 23 is attached to the inner surface of the lid 7 so as to be movable in one direction (here, the front-rear direction) with respect to the lid 7, and one end 23 a of the operating member 23 is located at the front of the lid 7. It protrudes outward from the hole 7a provided in the portion.
The locking member 25 has an L-shape that is rotatably supported by the lid 7 at a fulcrum A, and a tip of one arm 25a extending from the fulcrum A has a tip. The other arm portion 2 is provided with a long hole 25b for connecting the portion to a pin 23c provided on the other end portion 23b of the operation member 23.
A locking claw 25d that engages with a locking portion 5a provided at the lower end of the main body 5 is provided at the tip of 5c.

When the operating member 23 is pushed inward by the operator and the operating member 23 moves backward, the locking member 25 rotates in the direction of releasing the engagement with the locking portion 5a. It is supposed to. Such an operation member 2
3 and the locking member 25 are moved in the direction in which the pressing member 23 protrudes from the hole 7a by the urging member 27, that is, the locking member 2
5 is urged in the direction in which the locking claw 25d engages with the locking portion 5a, and the movement in the protruding direction is such that the locking member 25 can engage with the locking portion 5a (see FIG. 2). At the position shown in the figure).

The electromagnetic actuator 29 has a lock pin 29a which is reciprocally driven in accordance with energization and stoppage of energization.
When the power is supplied to 9, the lock pin 29a is retracted into the main body 29c against the spring force of the spring 29b from the state in which the lock pin 29a protrudes by the electromagnetic force. When the energization of the electromagnetic actuator 29 is stopped, the retracted lock pin 29a spontaneously protrudes from the main body 29c by the spring force of the spring 29b. Such an electromagnetic actuator 29 is installed in the vicinity of the operation member 23 inside the lid portion 7, and when energization to the electromagnetic actuator 29 is stopped, the lock pin 29 a protruding with the operation is moved to the operation member 23. The operating member 23 and the locking member 25 are fixed and locked in a state where the locking member 25 is engaged with the locking portion 5a by engaging with the concave engaging portion 23d provided on the Has become.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the locking mechanism 21. The key detection switch 31 has its two contacts electrically connected to the battery 35 and the drive unit 33, and the detection signal output from the detection switch 31 to the drive unit 33 detects the key insertion into the ignition key cylinder and It changes between a high level and a low level according to sampling.

The drive unit 33 includes a timer 33a that starts a counting operation for a predetermined time (delay time) t when detecting that the detection signal output from the detection switch 31 has switched from a high level to a low level. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the drive unit 33 energizes the electromagnetic actuator 29 as the key is inserted into the ignition key cylinder at time T1 and the detection signal switches from low level to high level. At the same time, when the key is removed from the ignition key cylinder at the time T2 and the detection signal is switched from the high level to the low level, the counting of the delay time of the timer 33a is completed, and at the time T3, the electromagnetic actuator 29 Is stopped.

That is, in this locking mechanism 21, as the key is inserted into the ignition key cylinder, the lock pin 29a of the electromagnetic actuator 29 is moved to the main body 29c.
Inside, the engagement state between the lock pin 29a and the engagement portion 23d of the operation member 23 is released, and the rearview mirror 1 is unlocked, and after the key is removed from the ignition key cylinder, As the predetermined delay time t elapses, the lock pin 2 of the electromagnetic actuator 29
9a protrudes from the inside of the main body 29c, the lock pin 29a and the operation member 23 are engaged, and the rearview mirror 1 is locked.

In the state where the rear-view mirror 1 is unlocked, as shown in FIG. 5, the operating member 23 is pushed in to rotate the locking member 25, thereby locking the locking member 25 and the locking portion 5a. When the engagement between the locking member 35 and the locking portion 5a is released, the spring force of the coil spring 41 provided on the connecting portion 9 causes the lid to be disengaged. The part 7 rotates so that it can be flipped upward,
The lid 7 is opened (see FIG. 1).

When the cover 7 is closed against the spring force of the coil spring 41, the cover 7 is closed with the tapered surface 25e provided at the tip of the locking claw 25d of the locking member 25. The tapered surface 5b provided at the tip of the stop portion 5a abuts,
Thereby, the locking member 25 is guided so that the locking claw 25d gets over the locking portion 5a and engages with the locking portion 5a.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the rear-view mirror 1 can be locked, it is possible to prevent the recording medium 15 such as an IC card from being stolen, and to solve the problem. Since the locking is performed in conjunction with the insertion and removal of the key with respect to the ignition key cylinder, the operator does not have to bother unlocking and locking the room mirror 1 and the operability is good.

Further, after the key is removed from the ignition key cylinder, a predetermined delay time t elapses.
When the room mirror 1 is opened, the recording medium 15 can be taken out. For this reason, after taking out the key, when taking out the recording medium 15 that has been forgotten to be taken out, the key is put into the key cylinder again. Since it is not necessary to perform the troublesome work of inserting, it is very convenient when shopping away from the vehicle using the recording medium 15 or the like.

In this embodiment, the driving unit 33
Is provided with a timer 33a for delaying the locking timing. However, if it is necessary to reduce the price of the device, the timer 33a may be omitted and the key may be locked immediately after the key is removed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the unlocking is performed in accordance with the insertion and removal of the key with respect to the ignition key cylinder, but the unlocking is performed in accordance with the on / off state of the ignition switch or the accessory switch. You may do so.

[0023]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the device built-in room mirror can be locked, it is possible to prevent the recording medium from being stolen and to prevent the recording medium from being stolen. Since the unlocking is performed in conjunction with the insertion and removal of the key to and from the ignition key cylinder, the operator does not need to bother unlocking the interior mirror of the device, and the operability is good.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, after the key is removed from the ignition key cylinder, the interior mirror can be opened to take out the recording medium until a predetermined time has elapsed. Therefore, when removing the recording medium that has been forgotten to be removed after the key has been removed, there is no need to reinsert the key into the key cylinder, so use the recording medium away from the vehicle. It is very convenient when shopping.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device built-in room mirror to which a locking mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the device-equipped room mirror shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a locking mechanism according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a timing chart of an unlocking operation of an electromagnetic actuator provided in the locking mechanism of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the device-equipped room mirror shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Room mirror with built-in equipment 3 Charge settlement machine 5 Main part 7 Lid 11a Mirror surface 21 Locking mechanism

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cover having a mirror surface on the outside is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to a main body, and information relating to charge settlement is read from a recording medium detachably provided inside the main body.
Based on the readout information, this is a locking mechanism for a built-in room mirror that incorporates a toll settlement machine that automatically performs toll payment and other toll settlement by wireless communication, and detects the insertion and removal of a key from an ignition key cylinder. Key detection means, and responding to a detection signal output from the key detection means, unlocking the lid in response to the insertion of the key into the ignition key cylinder, and releasing the key from the ignition key cylinder. A locking mechanism for a device built-in room mirror, comprising: unlocking means for locking the lid in response to removal of a key. 2. The unlocking / locking means includes a timer section which starts a measuring operation of a predetermined time when detecting removal of the key from the ignition key cylinder through the key detecting means. The locking mechanism according to claim 1, wherein after the key is removed, the lid is locked when the measurement operation of the timer is completed.