KR20030018117A - Moneybox for display an amount of saving - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A saving box indicating a saving amount is provided to arouse a user's curiosity by counting and indicating the sum of money input into the saving box whenever a coin is input thereinto. CONSTITUTION: The saving box includes a coin receiving space formed within a body and a coin input port. An input sensing portion(21) is mounted inside the rear of the coin input port and senses the input of a coin. A microcomputer(22) controls the operation of the system according to an output signal of the input sensing portion. A coin discriminating portion(23) discriminates the type of a coin input through the coin input port according to the control signal of the microcomputer. An input amount arithmetic portion(24) computes the amount of money input according to the control signal of the microcomputer.

Description

{Moneybox for display an amount of saving}

The present invention relates to a money box in which a small amount of money is displayed. More particularly, the present invention relates to a money box in which a total amount of money put into the money box is counted and displayed to induce user's curiosity.

In general, a piggy bank is a means for cultivating and storing current coins or banknotes, or to cultivate saving habits for minors, and only those coin slots are drilled at appropriate positions on the body with various shapes. Just put it into the piggy bank, the amount in the piggy bank is not known, so sometimes the savings are curious and there is a monotony that does not feel much interest when the coin is inserted.

In addition, the general money box is a situation in which the form produced by the injection of the synthetic resin or the form produced by the processing of the metal plate is the mainstream, the one-time structure that is damaged in the process of recovering the low amount of money, and the device is attached It is roughly classified into a form having a permanent structure that can be repeatedly used even in a state where a low amount of money has been recovered.

Although the above-mentioned type of money box has an appropriate function as a means for storing and storing coins or bills or as a means for cultivating the saving and saving habits for minors, especially elementary, middle and high school students from about 4 years old, the money box As for only the input of coins or banknotes is made, the interest in savings is not maximized.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the purpose of which is to install the LCD display device in the piggy bank so that the total amount of money put into the coin every time the coin can be counted and display the user's curiosity It is to provide a piggy bank in which the savings amount is displayed.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a piggy bank to which the present invention is applied

2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control unit included in a piggy bank to which the technical idea of the present invention is applied;

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

11 body 12 coin opening

13 LCD display 14 door

15: reset switch 21: input detection unit

22: microcomputer 23: coin discrimination unit

24: input amount calculation unit 25: saving amount storage unit

26: low amount display unit 27: low amount reset unit

28: power supply

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, a coin storage space is formed in the interior of the body and the coin is provided with a coin inlet in the upper portion, which is installed inside the rear of the coin inlet to inject the coin A microcomputer for controlling the operation of the system according to the input signal of the input detector, a coin discrimination unit for discriminating the type of coins to be injected through the coin slot according to the control signal of the microcomputer, and An input amount calculating unit for calculating an input amount according to a control signal of a microcomputer, a savings storage unit for storing an update of the small amount accumulated in the input amount calculating unit according to the control signal of the microcomputer, and installed at a predetermined position And a low value display unit for displaying the accumulated value of the low amount according to the control signal of the microcomputer. To provide a bank that shows the number of low-value configured.

At this time, according to an additional feature of the present invention, the body preferably has the shape of an animal, plant, building or other character.

In addition, the predetermined amount of the door is formed in the door for taking out the saving amount, after removing all the savings amount of money to reset the contents of the savings storage unit by providing a control signal to the microcomputer (Reset) It is preferable that the addition is further included.

The above objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a piggy bank to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a control unit included in the piggy bank to which the technical idea of the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a body in which a coin storage space is formed, 12 denotes a coin inlet formed in an upper portion of the body 11, and 13 denotes a total amount of a storage amount. An LCD display device is shown, 14 denotes a door from which the low amount of money can be taken out, and 15 denotes a reset switch capable of resetting the low amount of money after removing all of the low amount of money.

In this case, although the body 11 is illustrated as having a shape of a house in FIG. 1, the body 11 may have a shape of an animal, a plant, a building, or another character according to a user's object.

In addition, the present invention may be provided with a banknote inserting port (not shown) separately from the coin inlet 12, in which case there is also provided a separate banknote discrimination unit that can detect the amount of the banknote.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes an input detecting unit installed inside the rear of the coin inlet 12 to detect an input of a coin, and 22 represents a system according to an output signal of the input detecting unit 21. A microcomputer for controlling the operation of the microcomputer 23 represents a coin discrimination unit for discriminating the type of coins to be injected through the coin inlet 12 according to the control signal of the microcomputer 22, and 24 represents a microcomputer of the microcomputer 22 An input amount calculating unit for calculating the amount of money charged according to the control signal.

In addition, reference numeral 25 denotes a saving amount storage unit in which the accumulation amount calculated by the input amount calculating unit 24 is updated according to the control signal of the microcomputer 22, and 26 is installed at a predetermined position of the appearance. A saving amount display unit displaying an accumulation result value of the savings amount according to the control signal of the microcomputer 22, and 27 denotes the savings amount storage unit 25 by supplying a control signal to the microcomputer 22 after removing all the savings amounts. Indicates a low-cost reset section capable of resetting the contents of &lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt;), and 28 &lt; / RTI &gt;

In this case, it is preferable that the power supply unit 28 uses a dry battery, and the saving amount storage unit 25 can prevent erasing of the stored saving amount accumulated even in a replacement operation of the battery in the power supply unit 28, for example. It is desirable to be configured with EEPROM in order to make it possible.

Referring to the operation of the present invention having the same configuration as described above are as follows.

When the coin is injected through the coin inlet 12 of the body 11, the state is detected by the input detecting unit 21 and is known as the microcomputer 22, and the control of the microcomputer 22 is performed. According to the signal, the coin discriminating unit 23 determines the type of coin that is input through the coin inlet 12, that is, 10 won coin, 50 won coin, 100 won coin, 500 won coin.

Accordingly, when the input amount calculating unit 24 calculates the input amount according to the control signal of the microcomputer 22, the total savings amount is updated in the storage amount storage unit 25. In this case, the microcomputer 22 displays the total savings amount on the savings value display unit 26.

On the other hand, when the user opens the door 14 to take out the savings amount, after removing all the savings amount, the user can reset the savings amount by pressing the reset switch 15. The savings amount reset part 27 Provides a control signal to the microcomputer 22 to reset the contents of the savings storage 25.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it is well known in the art that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. Anyone who owns it can easily find out.

As described above, the money box displaying the low amount of money of the present invention is also checked every time the coin is put, so that a person who puts the coin in the money box may be interested in the effect of increasing the savings.

Claims (2)

In a money box having a coin storage space formed inside the body and a coin inlet on the upper portion thereof, An input detecting unit installed inside the coin inlet and detecting the input of the coin, a microcomputer controlling the operation of the system according to an output signal of the input detecting unit, and a coin input port according to the control signal of the microcomputer A coin discrimination unit for determining the type of coin to be converted, an input amount calculating unit for calculating the amount of money input according to the control signal of the microcomputer, and a low amount accumulated by the input amount calculating unit according to the control signal of the microcomputer is updated. And a low value storage unit configured to store a low amount storage unit and a low amount display unit installed at a predetermined external appearance and displaying a resultant value of accumulation of the low amount according to the control signal of the microcomputer. The method of claim 1, The door may be formed at a predetermined position of the body to take out the low amount of money, and after removing all the low amount of money, a low amount of money reset part may be provided to reset the contents of the low amount storage part by providing a control signal to the microcomputer. A money box in which a small amount of money is displayed, which is included.