KR200493476Y1 - Ring holder with near field communication function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a ring cradle equipped with an NFC function, and the technical problem to be solved is to execute a specific application or mobile web more easily through the peripheral mechanism of the NFC terminal device by incorporating NFC technology to the accessory of the NFC terminal device. It is to be able to make it.
To this end, the present invention includes a housing attached to a case of a mobile communication terminal; A ring mounting portion installed on the upper portion of the housing to mount a portable communication terminal; An NFC circuit unit for storing execution command information and URL information for executing at least one of a mobile application and a mobile web of a mobile communication terminal, and transmitting an NFC signal including the execution command information and URL information when activated by a circuit connection ; And an NFC activation control button unit for controlling activation of the NFC circuit unit through on/off switching for the circuit connection of the NFC circuit unit.

Description

Ring holder equipped with NFC function {RING HOLDER WITH NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION FUNCTION}

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a ring cradle equipped with an NFC function.

According to the present invention, as a near field communication (NFC) technology, which is a kind of wireless communication technology, is recently developed, mobile devices using NFC technology are widely distributed.

NFC technology is connected between an NFC terminal device such as a smart phone and an NFC tag to receive data or information stored in the NFC tag through the reader of the NFC terminal device, and read and write the received data and information.

Patent Registration Publication No. 10-1946505 (Registration date: January 31, 2019) Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0050842 (Publication date: April 30, 2014)

An embodiment of the present invention provides a ring cradle equipped with an NFC function that allows an NFC technology to be grafted to an accessory of an NFC terminal device so that a specific application or mobile web can be immediately executed more easily through the peripheral mechanism of the NFC terminal device. do.

A ring cradle equipped with an NFC function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing attached to a case of a mobile communication terminal; A ring mounting portion installed on the upper portion of the housing to mount a portable communication terminal; An NFC circuit unit for storing execution command information and URL information for executing at least one of a mobile application and a mobile web of a mobile communication terminal, and transmitting an NFC signal including the execution command information and URL information when activated by circuit connection ; And an NFC activation control button part for controlling activation of the NFC circuit part through on/off switching for the circuit connection of the NFC circuit part.

In addition, a receiving groove for accommodating the ring mounting portion is formed at an upper portion of the housing, and the ring mounting portion includes a ring member; A rotating body in which one side of the ring member is connected to be tiltable forward and backward, and connects the ring member so as to be rotatable around one side of the ring member; And a push button connected to a lower portion of the rotating body and for inserting the rotating body and the ring member into or withdrawing from the housing as the rotating body is pushed.

In addition, the NFC circuit unit may include an NFC antenna unit for transmitting the NFC signal through a magnetic field change by forming an inductive coupling with the mobile communication terminal; NFC IC unit for providing the execution command information and URL information to the NFC antenna unit; And a switch unit connected between the NFC antenna unit and the NFC IC unit, and turning on/off a circuit connection between the NFC antenna unit and the NFC IC unit through the NFC activation control button unit.

In addition, the NFC activation button unit is a sliding button unit that turns on the switch unit when the position is moved by sliding in the first direction, and turns off the switch unit when the position is moved by sliding in a second direction opposite to the first direction. ; And a button protruding portion protruding from an upper portion of the sliding button portion to display an on/off state according to a sliding position of the sliding button portion.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a ring cradle equipped with an NFC function that allows the user to immediately execute a specific application or mobile web more easily through the peripheral mechanism of the NFC terminal device by grafting the NFC technology to the accessory of the NFC terminal device. have.

1 is a view showing the front and rear of a ring holder equipped with an NFC function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 4 are cross-sectional views taken along line II′ of FIG. 1 and are views illustrating a method of operating a ring holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining a method of activating the NFC function of a ring holder equipped with an NFC function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terms used in the present specification will be briefly described, and the present invention will be described in detail.

The terms used in the present design have selected general terms that are currently widely used as possible while considering functions in the present design, but this may vary according to the intention or precedent of a technician working in the art, the emergence of new technologies, and the like. In addition, in certain cases, there are terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning of the terms will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding design. Therefore, the terms used in the present design should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the overall contents of the present design, not the name of a simple term.

When a part of the specification is said to "include" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components unless specifically stated to the contrary. In addition, terms such as "... unit" and "module" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement the embodiments. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In addition, in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

1 is a view showing the front and rear of a ring holder equipped with an NFC function according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 4 are cross-sectional views taken along line II′ of FIG. It is a diagram illustrating an operation method of a ring holder according to an example, and FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a method of activating an NFC function of a ring holder equipped with an NFC function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 5, a ring holder 1000 equipped with an NFC function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 100, a ring holder 200, an NFC circuit portion 300, and an NFC activation control button portion. Includes 400.

The housing 100 is attached to a case of a portable communication terminal, and may accommodate and mount components of the ring holder 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The housing 100 may be formed in an approximately slim rectangular parallelepiped shape, and may be attached to a back case of a mobile communication terminal such as a smart phone by providing an adhesive surface 110 on which an adhesive material is attached or coated on one surface, that is, a rear surface. have.

An accommodation groove 120 for accommodating and installing the ring mounting portion 200 may be formed on the upper portion of the housing 100. The receiving groove 120 refers to a groove made in the inner direction from the upper surface of the housing 100 so that the ring mounting part 200 is received and installed, and may be formed in a shape suitable for the structure of the ring mounting part 200. .

The ring mounting part 200 may be installed on the upper portion of the housing to mount a portable communication terminal. To this end, the ring mounting portion 200 may include a ring member 210, a rotating body 220, and a push button 230.

The ring member 210 may be made of a metal or plastic material, and may be formed to have a ring shape. A portion of the ring member 210 may be formed in a cylindrical shape made of a straight line instead of an arc. Such a straight cylindrical portion may be inserted into and coupled to the rotating body 220, and the ring member 210 may be rotated forward and backward with the insertion portion as one axis to be tilted.

The rotating body 220 may be connected such that one side of the ring member 210 is tiltable forward and backward, and the ring member 210 is rotatably connected around one side of the ring member 210.

More specifically, the rotating body 220 is connected to one side (a straight cylindrical part) of the ring member 210 to be tilted forward and backward, and the ring member 210 around one side of the ring member 210 Make it rotatable. Here, the axis of rotation of the ring member 210 is a longitudinal direction of the rotating body 220 and the longitudinal direction of the rotating body 220 is an axis in a direction perpendicular to one surface of the housing 100. Accordingly, the rotating body 220 may freely rotate 360 degrees around the above-described rotation axis while the ring member 210 is tilted at a predetermined angle.

The push button 230 is connected to the lower portion of the rotating body 220, and as the rotating body 220 is pushed, the rotating body 220 and the ring member 210 are inserted into the receiving groove 120 of the housing 100. It can be inserted into or withdrawn from the receiving groove 120.

More specifically, the push button 230 is connected to the lower portion of the rotating body 220, and the rotating body 220 protruding to the outside of the housing 100 as the rotating body 220 is pushed by the user and The ring member 210 may be inserted into the housing 100 and maintained in a state seated in the housing 100, or when pushed again in that state, the ring member 210 may be pulled out so as to protrude from the inside of the housing 100 to the outside. . Accordingly, when the user first presses the rotating body 220 once, the rotating body 220 and the ring member 210 inserted into the housing 100 protrude to the outside of the housing 100 and the protruding state May be maintained, and when the rotating body 220 is pushed again, the rotating body 220 and the ring member 210 are drawn into the interior of the housing 100 and the retracted state is maintained until pushed once more. Can be.

The NFC circuit unit 300 stores execution command information and URL information for executing at least one of a mobile application installed in a mobile communication terminal and a mobile web, and execution command information when activated by a circuit connection of the NFC circuit unit 300 It is possible to transmit an NFC signal including the and URL information. To this end, the NFC circuit unit 300 may include an NFC antenna unit 310, an NFC IC unit 320, and a switch unit 330.

The NFC antenna unit 310 may transmit an NFC signal through a magnetic field change by forming an inductive coupling with a mobile communication terminal. The NFC antenna unit 310 according to the present embodiment may be installed on the lower surface of the housing 100 and may be formed in a spiral shape as shown in FIG. 5, but the NFC antenna unit 310 has only a spiral shape. It is not limited, but can be changed into various structures and forms.

The NFC IC unit 320 includes execution command information for immediately executing a mobile application or a mobile web of the mobile communication terminal with the NFC antenna unit 310 when inductively coupled to the mobile communication terminal through the NFC antenna unit 310 URL information may be provided, and such execution command information and URL information may be wirelessly transmitted (tagged) to the mobile communication terminal as an NFC signal through the NFC antenna unit 310.

The switch unit 330 is connected between the NFC antenna unit 310 and the NFC IC unit 320, and the NFC antenna unit 310 and the NFC IC unit 320 according to a button operation of the NFC activation control button unit 400 The circuit connection between) can be turned on/off. The switch unit 330 may apply a mechanical or physical switch, and electrically connect the NFC antenna unit 310 and the NFC IC unit 320 according to the on-button operation of the NFC activation control button unit 400, and , It may play a role of electrically disconnecting between the NFC antenna unit 310 and the NFC IC unit 320 according to the operation of the off button of the NFC activation control button unit 400.

Meanwhile, the switch unit 330 can be implemented as an electronic switch such as a semiconductor device, but in this case, a separate battery is required to provide power to turn on/off the semiconductor switch device, and such a battery is additionally installed. If it is necessary, the volume and unit cost of the ring holder 100 of the present embodiment are inevitably increased. In addition, when the battery is a secondary battery, cost and volume increase is inevitable as various parts for charging must be mounted, and even in the case of a disposable battery, inconvenience in use due to periodic replacement occurs.

The NFC activation control button unit 400 may control activation of the NFC circuit unit 300 through on/off switching for the circuit connection of the NFC circuit unit 300. To this end, the NFC activation control button part 400 may include a sliding button part 410 and a button protrusion part 420.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the sliding button unit 410 is slid in a first direction (for example, left or upward direction) and moves to a position, the switch unit 330 is turned on, and a direction opposite to the first direction is performed. When the position is moved by sliding in the second direction (for example, in the right or downward direction), the switch unit 330 may be turned off.

The button protrusion 420 protrudes from the upper portion of the sliding button part 410 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3 to be turned on/off according to the sliding position of the sliding button part 410 as shown in FIG. 1. You can display the status.

For example, the button protrusion 420 may be formed in a shape protruding from the upper center of the sliding button part 410, and when the user pushes the button protrusion 420 in the first direction, the sliding button part 410 is also left The switch unit 330 is turned on while sliding in the direction. In this case, as the NFC antenna unit 310 and the NFC IC unit 320 are connected to form a circuit, the NFC circuit unit 300 may be switched to an activated state capable of transmitting an NFC signal. In this case, execution command information and URL information from the NFC IC unit 320 may be wirelessly transmitted to the mobile communication terminal as an NFC signal through the NFC antenna unit 310.

In addition, when the user pushes the button protrusion 420 in the second direction, the sliding button 410 also slides to the right and turns off the switch 330. In this case, the circuit connection consisting of the NFC antenna unit 310 and the NFC IC unit 320 is disconnected, so that the NFC circuit unit 300 may be switched to a deactivated state in which NFC signal transmission is impossible.

In order to use the NFC function of the mobile communication terminal, the NFC function for the ring holder 1000 of the present embodiment must be activated first. To this end, the NFC function of the ring holder 1000 is activated using the switch unit 330 and the NFC activation control button unit 400, and an NFC signal can be transmitted from the activated NFC circuit unit 300 to the mobile communication terminal. have.

In this case, while the mobile communication terminal is unlocked, an NFC signal is received to process the corresponding process, and the mobile communication terminal may be unlocked automatically. In addition, after unlocking, a specific mobile app or web can be automatically launched so that the user can activate the app or web in a state where they can use the app or web immediately.

What has been described above is only one embodiment for implementing a ring cradle equipped with an NFC function according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, as claimed in the following claims. Without departing from the gist, anyone with ordinary knowledge in the field to which the subject design belongs will have the technical spirit of the present design to the extent that various changes can be implemented.

1000: Ring holder with NFC function
100: housing
110: adhesive side
120: receiving groove
200: ring mount
210: ring member
220: rotating body
230: push button
300: NFC circuit unit
310: NFC antenna unit
320: NFC IC unit
330: switch unit
400: NFC activation control button unit
410: sliding button part
420: button protrusion

Claims (4)

A housing attached to the case of the mobile communication terminal;
A ring mounting portion installed on the upper portion of the housing to mount a portable communication terminal;
An NFC circuit unit for storing execution command information and URL information for executing at least one of a mobile application and a mobile web of a mobile communication terminal, and transmitting an NFC signal including the execution command information and URL information when activated by a circuit connection ; And
An NFC activation control button unit for controlling activation of the NFC circuit unit through on/off switching for the circuit connection of the NFC circuit unit,
The NFC circuit unit,
An NFC antenna unit for transmitting the NFC signal through a magnetic field change by forming an inductive coupling with the mobile communication terminal;
NFC IC unit for providing the execution command information and URL information to the NFC antenna unit; And
A switch unit connected between the NFC antenna unit and the NFC IC unit and configured to turn on/off a circuit connection between the NFC antenna unit and the NFC IC unit through the NFC activation control button unit,
The NFC activation button part,
A sliding button unit for turning on the switch unit when sliding in a first direction and moving the position, and turning off the switch unit when sliding and moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction; And
A button protrusion protruding from an upper portion of the sliding button part to display an on/off state according to a sliding position of the sliding button part,
The switch unit,
Electrically connecting between the NFC antenna unit and the NFC IC unit according to a button operation according to the sliding position movement of the NFC activation control button unit including a mechanical switch or a physical switch, or electrical between the NFC antenna unit and the NFC IC unit Ring cradle equipped with an NFC function, characterized in that it disconnects.
The method of claim 1,
A receiving groove for accommodating the ring mounting portion is formed on the upper portion of the housing,
The ring mounting portion,
Ring member;
A rotating body in which one side of the ring member is tiltably connected to the front and rear, and rotatably connects the ring member around one side of the ring member; And
A ring with an NFC function, characterized in that it comprises a push button connected to the lower portion of the rotating body and for inserting the rotating body and the ring member into or withdrawing from the housing as the rotating body is pushed. holder.
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