KR200430239Y1 - USB-Type Electronic Money Having Detachable Decorative Member - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a USB integrated electronic money that can be communicated with a communication terminal by itself having a USB interface, and relates to a USB integrated electronic money with a decorative member detachably assembled. USB integrated electronic money 1 according to the present invention, the smart chip 11 having a contact / contactless function, is connected to the smart chip 11 RF antenna to realize the contactless function of the smart chip 11 ( 12) and a USB integrated electronic money body (10) having a USB interface (13) connected to the smart chip (11) to enable USB communication with a communication terminal; And a locking unit 22 for preventing the electronic money main body 10 from being unintentionally detached from the mounting hole 21 in which the electronic money main body 10 is detachably mounted and the electronic money main body 10 inserted into the mounting hole 21. A decoration member 20 provided with an external design to the electronic money body 10; It includes.

Description

USB-Type Electronic Money Having Detachable Decorative Member}

1 is a perspective view of an exemplary electronic money body applied to a USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of an exemplary electronic money body applied to the USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention,

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the removable coupling of the electronic money body and the decorative member of the USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing an example of decorative members applicable to the USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: electronic money (transport card) of the present invention 10: electronic money

11: contact / non-contact smart chip (combi chip) 12: RF antenna

13: USB interface 20: Decorative member 21: Mounting hole

22: locking portion 22A: groove 22B: projection

23: Printed content 30 (30A): binding part (hole) 31: string

(Technology)

The present invention relates to an electronic money, and more particularly, to a USB integrated electronic money that can communicate with a communication terminal with a USB interface itself, and relates to a USB integrated electronic money with a decorative member detachably assembled.

(Background)

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system, which is based on transmitting and receiving information through short-range wireless communication using radio frequency, is determined by using wireless communication in various fields such as payment management, document management, logistics management, identity verification, and document authentication. It is widely used as a system for transmitting and receiving information, and its range of use is gradually widening.

Such an RFID system basically includes a transponder in which information is recorded and an RF reader which reads the information recorded in the transponder through wireless communication, and the transponder is an IC chip which is an integrated circuit capable of recording information. (Smart Chip) and RF chip to allow the Smart Chip to communicate wirelessly with the RF reader.

Smart chips used in RFID systems can be classified into contact smart chips, contactless smart chips, and contact / contactless smart chips, depending on how the data is read. Contact smart chips have the contact point of the smart chip contacting the contact point of the interface device. It is a chip operated by contactless smart chip. The contactless smart chip is powered by RF antenna and uses electromagnetic induction method for communication with interface device. A smart chip that supports all the functions is a combination chip, for example.

As the most common electronic money, the transportation card is realized by wireless communication through the RF antenna between the toll collector and the RF reader, so that the applied smart chip is used as contactless or contact / contactless, and is equipped with an RF antenna. .

Currently, the most commonly used transportation card is a form of a contactless smart chip and an RF antenna in a plastic card shaped like a credit card. This type of transportation card is a charger (some kind of RF) that has a charging function to charge money. Visit a charging station equipped with a reader.

As the transportation card is settled as a transportation fare payment method, its function is gradually expanded. Recently, the smart chip is equipped with a contact / contactless smart chip (for example, a combi chip) and has a built-in USB interface (Universal Serial Bus Interface). By connecting a smart chip and an internet communication terminal (e.g., an internet-enabled personal computer) to a USB device, the user can charge a transportation card through the Internet, make small payments online as well as offline. USB integrated transportation card (electronic money) has been developed and commercially available for storing and utilizing information such as information and certificates.

The USB integrated electronic money (e.g. transportation card) is used to carry and use, so the external design as well as the mounting function is an important criterion for the selection.

However, the conventional USB integrated electronic money is usually supplied in a form of a smart chip, USB interface, RF antenna, etc. mounted on a plastic card, and the external design of the electronic money is fixed so that the user can freely select it according to their preferences. There is no problem.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a user with a preference for a design and a supplier by freely selecting and replacing an external design according to a user's taste or a supplier's intention in relation to the USB integrated electronic money as described above. It is to be able to actively accept intentions.

According to the present invention, there is provided a USB integrated electronic money provided with a removable decorative member.

USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention, the USB integrated electronic money body and a decorative member.

The USB integrated electronic money body is a smart chip having a contact / contactless function, an RF antenna connected to the smart chip to realize a non-contact function of the smart chip, and a USB between the communication terminal and the smart chip connected to the smart chip. It has a USB interface to enable communication.

The decorative member has a mounting opening to which the electronic money main body is detachably mounted, and a locking unit for preventing the electronic money main body inserted into the mounting opening from being inadvertently detached, and provides an external design to the electronic money main body. to provide.

Preferably, the electronic money body or the decorative member is formed with a binding unit for binding a string, the decorative member includes a luminous material.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the USB integrated electronic money equipped with a removable decorative member according to the present invention. The following embodiments are merely illustrative of the USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention, it is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of an exemplary electronic money body applied to the USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of an exemplary electronic money body applied to the USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention, Figure 3 Is a schematic view showing an example of a removable coupling of the electronic money body and the decorative member of the USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a perspective view showing an example of decorative members applicable to the USB integrated electronic money according to the present invention. .

As shown in FIG. 1, the USB integrated electronic money 1 according to the present invention is largely configured to include a USB integrated electronic money body 10 and a decorative member 20.

The electronic money body 10 is a part that substantially executes the electronic money function in the electronic money 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for example, a case 14 formed of plastic or the like. ) Is a contact / contactless smart chip 11 equipped with a contactless function such as an electronic money function and a contact function such as charging via the Internet, and is electrically connected to the smart chip 11 to be contactless function of the smart chip 11. A USB interface 13 is provided which is electrically connected to the RF antenna 12 and the smart chip 11 to realize this, and enables USB communication between the communication terminal.

As the contact / contactless smart chip 11, for example, a well-known combination chip which works as both contact and contactless is used. The reason why the contact / contactless smart chip 11 is applied as the smart chip to the electronic money 1 of the present invention is that the RF antenna 12 is connected to the antenna terminal among the terminals of the smart chip 11, The USB port can be connected to a communication terminal (eg, Internet) by connecting a USB interface 13 to the contact terminals of the smart chip 11 as well as enabling a non-contact function (eg, a traffic card function) through RF wireless communication. Personal computer) when the smart chip 11 and the communication terminal to perform a USB communication function as a contact function.

The RF antenna 12 is a conventional RF antenna that allows the smart chip 11 to communicate with the RF reader (for example, a toll collector, etc.), for example, in the 13.56 MHz frequency region or the like. It is a loop type RF antenna that can communicate.

The USB interface 13 is a connection interface standard most widely used for connecting a peripheral device to a computer or the like, and executes a function of enabling communication of the smart chip 11 to a communication terminal.

According to the configuration of the electronic money body 10 as described above, the electronic money 1 of the present invention can not only realize the transportation fee payment and function through the RF wireless communication with an external RF reader (for example, a traffic toll collector). Among the information recorded in the smart chip 11, information of a range allowed to be accessed, for example, data on a transportation card charging balance or data on a usage history of a traffic fare, is connected to the communication terminal via the USB interface 13. It can be viewed through the monitor and the data can be modified as long as the modification is allowed.

In addition, the electronic money main body 10 is connected to the communication terminal through the USB interface 13 and connected to a server in charge of a traffic card through the Internet, and after the predetermined authentication and payment procedures, etc. By receiving and recording the update on the smart chip 11, it is possible to charge using a communication terminal without visiting the charging station.

In addition, a small amount of payment can be realized online via a communication terminal using the amount charged in the smart chip (11), and a small amount of payment can be executed through RF wireless communication in an environment in which an RF reader for payment is established offline. do.

In addition, by storing various data such as mileage in the memory of the smart chip 11 or the expansion memory added to the electronic money body 10, it can also be used as a storage means such as a memory card.

The decorative member 20 is a part that adds a decorative function to the electronic money (1) of the present invention, so that the external design of the electronic money (1) can be freely selected and exchanged according to the user's taste or the supplier's intention. It works.

The decorative member 20 applied to the electronic money 1 of the present invention is detachably coupled with the electronic money body 10 and for this purpose, the electronic money body 10 is detachably attached to the decorative member 20 for this purpose. The mounting hole 21 is mounted, and the locking unit 22 is provided to block the electronic money main body 10 inserted into the mounting hole 21 from being accidentally released.

In the illustrated embodiment, the electronic money body 10 has an outer shape of a long rod shape, and the decorative member 20 detachably coupled thereto has a long length corresponding to the rod shape as shown in FIG. 3. The slot-shaped mounting opening 21 is formed.

The locking unit 22 is not particularly limited as long as the electronic money body 10 can be easily inserted into the mounting hole 21 and the electronic money body 10 once inserted is not inadvertently released. In the illustrated embodiment, the groove 22A and the protrusion 22B are formed by forming the groove 22A in the decorative member 20 and the protrusion 22B corresponding to the groove 22A in the electronic money body 10. The structure that prevents unintentional detachment by elastic coupling of)), wherein the elasticity provided to the elastic coupling may be provided by the elasticity of the plastic material of the decorative member 20.

4 exemplarily shows exterior designs that can be applied to the decorative member 20, FIG. 4A shows a rectangular design, FIG. 4B shows a circular design, and FIG. 4C shows a car design. Naturally, the design of the decorative member 20 is not limited to the accompanying drawings, and the printed content 23 such as various characters, photographs, advertisement contents, etc. may be applied to the surface of the decorative member 20.

In addition, the whole or at least part of the decorative member 20 may include a luminous material to emit light at night, thereby enabling another decorative function.

The electronic money (1) of the present invention is always carried with you and can be used as a mobile phone ring, etc. The electronic money body 10 or the decorative member 20 can be conveniently used as a mobile phone ring, for example. It is preferable to form the binding portion 30 which can bind the string 31.

In the illustrated embodiment, an example in which a hole 30A capable of binding the string 31 is formed in one end of the electronic money body 10 as the binding portion 30, but the position of the binding portion 30 is shown. Natural shape is not limited to this.

USB integrated electronic money (1) provided with a removable decoration according to the present invention described above, the electronic chip body 10 and the external design on which the smart chip, etc. are not simply embedded in plastic, but equipped with a smart chip. As the decorative member 20 is provided as a detachable structure that can be combined and detached as necessary, the external design of the electronic money can be freely selected and exchanged according to the user's taste or the intention of the supplier. Since the decorative member 20 can be printed with various characters, advertisements and the like, it is expected to greatly contribute to expanding the spread of electronic money.

Claims (2)

Is connected to the smart chip 11 having a contact / contactless function, the RF antenna 12 is connected to the smart chip 11 to realize the non-contact function of the smart chip 11, and the smart chip 11 A USB integrated electronic money body (10) having a USB interface (13) for enabling USB communication between the communication terminal and the communication terminal; And Locking unit 22 for preventing the electronic money main body 10 is detachably mounted to the mounting opening 21 and the electronic money main body 10 inserted in the mounting opening 21 is unintentionally released. A decoration member 20 having an external design on the electronic money body 10; USB integrated electronic money provided with a removable decoration, characterized in that it comprises a. According to claim 1, wherein the electronic money body 10 or the decorative member 20 is formed with a binding portion 30 for binding the string 31, the decorative member 20 is a luminous material USB integrated electronic money with a removable decoration, characterized in that it comprises a.

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