KR20080015174A - Container for mounting subscribe identity module card - Google Patents

Abstract

A container for mounting an SIM(Subscriber Identity Module) card is provided to make high pass payment of a toll by being installed at an OBU(On Board Unit) when a user passes a toll gate where a high pass management system is established, and to make touch pass payment of a toll by being touched at an RF card reader of a touch pass management system when the user passes a toll gate where a touch pass management system is established. A container for mounting an SIM(Subscriber Identity Module) card comprises a main body(42), a card accepting unit(42A), card connection terminals(42D), an RF loop antenna(42F) and a fixing member(44). The card accepting unit(42A), formed at the main body(42), mounts the SIM card. The connection terminals(42D) are installed at positions of the card accepting unit(42A) corresponding to positions of terminals of the SIM card. The RF loop antenna(42F) is electrically connected to some among the card connection terminals(42D) which correspond to terminals of the RF loop antenna in the SIM card, and is embedded in a loop of the main body(42). The fixing member(44) fixes the SIM card, installed in the card accepting unit(42A), to the main body(42).

Description

Container for mounting subscribe identity module card

1 is a view schematically showing the overall configuration of a road toll collection system using a subscriber identity module card mounting container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view schematically illustrating a communication area when passing through a toll gate in which a wireless transmitting / receiving device is installed in a state in which an OBU (On Board Unit) shown in FIG. 1 is mounted on a vehicle;

Figure 3 is a detailed block diagram of the main part of the road toll collection system using a subscriber identity module card mounting container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

4 is a view schematically showing a state in which a subscriber identity module card is mounted in a typical mobile communication terminal;

5 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an exploded container for mounting a subscriber identity module card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a perspective view of the combination of the subscriber identity module card mounting container shown in FIG.

7a and 7b is a view for explaining the operation of the card holding member in the cross section A-A of FIG.

8 is a perspective view of the subscriber identity module card mounting container according to another embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a view for explaining the configuration of the container in a state in which the card holding member and the subscriber identity module card in FIG.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10: road management system 20: toll gate high pass management system

20A: Tollgate Touch Path Management System 22,22A: Toll Collector

24: wireless transceiver 24A: RF card reader

30: OBU (On Board Unit) 32: control unit

34: storage 36: wireless communication module

38: card interface 40: SIM card container

42: body 42A: housing

42D: Card Connection Terminal 42F: RF Antenna

42H: Elastic spring 42I: OBU connection terminal

44: card fixing member 60: subscriber identification module card

The present invention relates to a subscriber identity module card mounting container for mounting a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, for example, to be mounted on a mobile communication terminal. A subscriber identity module card mounting container for mounting a SIM card to be used in both a high pass management system and a touch path management system.

Conventional toll collection methods for toll roads, such as expressways, require the toll collector to collect the toll manually at the exit toll gate after receiving a prepaid card or pass at the toll gate, or in some sections, the toll collector manually at the road toll gate. Tolls are being collected. This is caused by vehicle congestion due to vehicles stopping at the toll gate for toll collection, and there are various problems such as increase in labor costs due to the arrangement of the toll collector and expenditure due to issuance of prepaid cards or toll tickets.

Therefore, to solve the above problems and to minimize the inconvenience and traffic delays caused by toll collection, and to introduce the intelligent transportation system for the purpose of computerizing toll collection, toll gates are automatically collected at toll gates in some sections of the expressway. HIGH PASS installs a wireless transmit / receive system and installs an OBU on the vehicle to automatically settle the toll by the wireless transmit / receive system and the wireless communication method. The system is being implemented.

In addition, a touch pass (TOUCH PASS) system is installed to automatically collect tolls by installing an RF card reader for automatic toll collection at the toll gate and touching a prepaid RF card to the RF card reader.

In order to use such a high pass or a touch pass, an OBU prepaid card or a touch pass prepaid card has to visit a charging station such as a customer center or an affiliated store, as well as an economic loss to establish many charging stations. As a solution to this problem, there is a method of inserting an OBU prepaid card or a touch pass prepaid card into a card reader connected to a computer and accessing the road management system server online to recharge the card by e-commerce. There is a problem that the subscriber or operator must bear the cost of the reader.

Accordingly, a method for charging the amount using the wireless Internet while using a high pass or a touch pass using a SIM card installed in a mobile communication terminal has been proposed. However, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, in the conventional mobile communication terminal 50 equipped with the SIM card 60, an RF antenna 56A is installed in the battery pack 56. Since it is set according to the purpose of the SIM card 60 of the existing mobile communication terminal 50, the payment processing is not performed when the high pass payment is mounted on the OBU or the touch pass is performed by touching the RF card reader. There is a problem that often happens.

Therefore, the present invention is mounted on a vehicle toll settlement terminal (hereinafter referred to as OBU) when passing through a toll gate equipped with a high pass management system to allow a high pass payment of a toll, and passes through a toll gate equipped with a touch pass management system. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a container for mounting a subscriber identity module card, which is configured to touch the RF card reader of the touch path management system to pay the toll.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a container for mounting a subscriber identity module card, which is configured to be mounted on a mobile communication terminal when charging a subscriber identity module card, and to be easily attached to or detached from the subscriber identity module card so that the subscriber identity module card can be attached to a container during payment of a toll. It is in a ship.

In order to achieve the above object, a container for mounting a subscriber identity module card according to the present invention includes: a main body; A card accommodating part formed in the main body and mounted with a subscriber identity module card; Card connection terminals provided at positions of card housing portions corresponding to terminals of the subscriber identity module card; An RF loop antenna electrically connected to card connection terminals corresponding to the RF loop antenna terminals of the subscriber identity module card among the card connection terminals and installed in an outer circumference of the main body; And a fixing member for fixing the subscriber identity module card mounted on the card accommodating portion to the main body.

Hereinafter, a container for mounting a subscriber identity module card according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view schematically showing the overall configuration of a road toll collection system using a container for mounting a subscriber identity module card according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the road toll collection system according to the present invention, the road management system 10, toll gate high pass management system 20, toll gate touch path management system 20A, vehicle toll settlement terminal (hereinafter " OBU ") 30 and the SIM card container 40.

The road management system 10 is a high pass subscriber information (subscriber name, address and subscriber identification code, etc.), and a high pass card and touch pass card information (card identification code, Charge amount, etc.) and OBU information (OBU identification code, etc.), and the like.

The toll gate high pass management system 20 is installed in each toll gate, and communicates with the OBU 30 mounted on the vehicle passing through the toll gate by a wireless method, as shown in FIG. 2, from the OBU 30. Based on the received OBU information and High Pass card information, the authentication process is performed, a procedure for collecting tolls and a receipt generation procedure according to the collection of tolls are performed, and the information obtained and generated in such a procedure is stored and the road management is performed. To the system 10. The toll gate high pass management system 30 includes a toll collection device 22 and a wireless transceiver 24 performing the overall procedure.

The toll gate touch path management system 20A is installed at each toll gate, and when a driver of a vehicle passing through the toll gate touches the touch pass card, the toll gate touch path management system collects tolls from the touch path card and collects the toll information. Send to (10). The tollgate touch path management system 20A includes a toll collection device 22A and an RF card reader 24A that perform the overall procedure.

 The OBU 30 is mounted on a vehicle, and a fundamental difference from the existing OBU is that the OBU 30 has an interface with the SIM card container 40 according to the present invention. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the OBU 30 generates a wireless communication module 36 for performing wireless communication with the wireless transceiver 24 of the high pass management system 30, an operation program, and an operation program. And a storage unit 34 for storing data, a card interface 38 for interfacing with the SIM card container 40, and a control unit 32 for performing an overall control operation.

The card interface 38 may be a method of exchanging data with the SIM card container 40 by contact, or alternatively, may exchange data with the RF loop antenna of the SIM card container 40 through an RF loop antenna. The receiving method may be sufficient.

Accordingly, the SIM card container 40 according to the present invention may also be a contact method or an RF loop antenna method.

 5 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an exploded view of a container for mounting a subscriber identity module card according to an embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is configured to interface with the OBU and the RF loop antenna, and also to interface with the touch path by the RF loop antenna.

Referring to the same figure, a central portion 42 of the main body 42 of the SIM card container 40 is formed with a recessed portion 42A formed so as to accommodate the SIM card 60, the 42A of the storage portion A predetermined portion is provided with card connection terminals 42D so as to be electrically connected to the terminals 60A of the SIM card 60 when the SIM card 60 is stored, and among the card connection terminals 42D. An RF loop antenna is connected to a terminal corresponding to the antenna terminal of the SIM card 60. The RF loop antenna is embedded in an outer side of the housing 42A, and the first fixing end 44D and the second fixing of the card fixing member 44 are disposed on the side walls of both sides of the housing 42A. The first fixing groove 42C and the second fixing groove 42B into which the stage 44A is inserted are formed, and the accommodating portion 42A in which the first fixing groove 42C and the second fixing groove 42B are formed. A recess 42E is formed on one sidewall perpendicular to the sidewall of the SIM card 60 to assist the SIM card 60 to be taken out. Here, the main body 42 and the fixing member 44 are preferably made of an insulating material.

The card fixing member 44 has a first fixing end 44D and a second fixing end 44A formed at both ends thereof, and a plurality of grooves 44C are formed thereon. This groove 44C is for preventing slipping when the card holding member 44 is pushed in the longitudinal direction when the card holding member 44 is detached from the main body 42.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which the SIM card 60 is mounted on the main body 42 of the SIM card container shown in FIG. 5 and the SIM card 60 is fixed by the card fixing member 44. Referring to Fig. 7A, which is a cross section taken along the line A-A in Fig. 6, a hole 42G is formed inside the second fixing groove 42B, and a spring 42H is incorporated as an elastic member in the hole 42G. This spring 42H prevents the card holding member 44 from being detached by applying an elastic force in the longitudinal direction of the card holding member 44 when the card holding member 44 is mounted to the main body 42 of the SIM card container. Do it. Referring to FIG. 7B, when the user pushes the card fixing member 44 in the direction of the arrow in the longitudinal direction with a finger or the like, the spring 42H is contracted and the card fixing member 44 which is sandwiched inside the second fixing groove 42B. The fixing of the first fixing end 44D is released, so that the card fixing member 44 can be easily separated.

The SIM card of the mobile communication terminal is detachably mounted on the SIM card container according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above. In addition, the SIM card container is mounted in the OBU 30 to interface with the OBU 30 and the RF loop antenna when passing through the high pass toll gate, thereby allowing the high pass payment of the toll, and the RF loop antenna when passing through the touch pass toll gate. By touching the SIM card container to interface with the RF card reader 24A, the toll payment can be made.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a coupling of a container for mounting a subscriber identity module card according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a view for explaining a configuration of a container in which the card fixing member and the subscriber identity module card are separated in FIG. 8. to be.

The present embodiment is configured to interface with an OBU and an OBU connection terminal and to interface with an RF loop antenna for a touch path.

In the present embodiment, the OBU connection terminals 42I for interfacing with the OBU are provided at one end of the SIM card container 40 ', and the card connection terminals are provided in the SIM card storage section. Terminals 42D which are not connected to the RF loop antenna are respectively connected to the OBU connection terminals 42I through the conductive lines 42J, except that they are the same.

The SIM card of the mobile communication terminal is detachably mounted on the SIM card container according to another embodiment of the present invention configured as described above. In addition, the SIM card container is installed in the OBU 30 to interface with the OBU 30 via the OBU connection terminal when passing through the high pass toll gate, thereby allowing the high pass payment of the toll, and the RF loop antenna when passing through the touch pass toll gate. By touching the SIM card container to interface with the RF card reader 24A, the toll payment can be made.

In addition, the SIM card mounted in the SIM card container according to the embodiments of the present invention configured as described above may be mounted in a mobile communication terminal and charged for money using the wireless Internet.

In the above-described specific embodiments, the concave card receiving portion is formed on the upper surface of the SIM card container body, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It may be a structure. In addition, the configuration of the OBU connection terminal of the SIM card container can also be configured using various types of connectors.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments, it can be carried out by variously modified and modified within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when passing through the toll gate in which the high-pass management system is installed, the OBU is mounted in the OBU to pay high-pass payment, and when passing through the toll gate in which the touch path management system is installed, the RF card of the touch path management system You can touch the reader to pay the toll pass. In addition, according to the present invention, the SIM card can be mounted and charged in a mobile communication terminal.

Claims (6)

With the body A card accommodating part formed in the main body and mounted with a subscriber identity module card; Card connection terminals provided at positions of card housing portions corresponding to terminals of the subscriber identity module card; An RF loop antenna electrically connected to card connection terminals corresponding to the RF loop antenna terminals of the subscriber identity module card among the card connection terminals and installed in an outer circumference of the main body; And a fixing member for fixing the subscriber identity module card mounted in the card accommodating portion to the main body. The method of claim 1, And the RF loop antenna serves as an interface with a vehicle toll settlement terminal and an RF interface with a touch path RF card reader. The method of claim 1, The main body is further provided with a connection terminal for the interface with the vehicle toll settlement terminal, The connection terminals are electrically connected in one-to-one conductive lines with the card connection terminals other than the RF loop antenna connection terminals among the card connection terminals. And the RF loop antenna performs an RF interface with an RF card reader for a touch path. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The card receiving portion is formed concave on the upper portion of the main body, The first fixing groove and the second fixing groove in which both ends of the card fixing member are respectively inserted are formed on upper sidewalls of both sides of the card accommodating part. An elastic member is embedded inside the second fixing groove, and when the card fixing member is mounted to the main body by the elastic member, an elastic force is applied in the longitudinal direction of the card fixing member to prevent the card fixing member from being separated. Container for mounting the subscriber identity module card, characterized in that the. The method of claim 4, wherein A container for mounting a subscriber identity module card according to claim 1, wherein a recess is formed on one side wall perpendicular to the side wall of the housing part in which the first fixing groove and the second fixing groove are formed. The method of claim 4, wherein And a non-slip structure formed on the upper part of the card fixing member to prevent slipping when the card fixing member is pushed in the longitudinal direction to be detached from the main body.

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