TWM648030U - Ticket device having extended antenna - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a ticket device with an extended antenna, which includes a housing, a circuit board module and an antenna module. The shell includes a first part and a second part. The cross-sectional area of the first part is less than at least half the cross-sectional area of the second part. A circuit board module includes a circuit board and a plurality of electronic components. The circuit board is disposed on the second part and adjacent to the first part, and has opposite first and second surfaces; the first surface faces the first part, and a plurality of electronic components are disposed on the first surface. The antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is disposed on the first part and is electrically connected to the circuit board; the second antenna is electrically connected to the circuit board and is disposed on the second part and located on the side of the circuit board having the second surface.

Description

Ticket device with extended antenna

The invention relates to a sensing device, and in particular to a ticket device with an extended antenna.

With the advancement of science and technology, the lifestyle of modern people has gradually changed. In order to make life more convenient, cards with contactless sensing functions such as stored value cards and credit cards have gradually become popular and used in people's daily transactions. middle. For example, stored-value cards currently commonly used in public transportation electronic toll collection systems are equipped with a contactless sensor chip. This chip can store digital data such as the currency value purchased by the user. When using it, you only need to bring the prepaid card close to the sensing area of an external sensing device. The magnetic effect generated between the prepaid card and the external sensing device will magnetically sense the non-contact sensor chip in the prepaid card. , to re-edit the digital data stored in the non-contact sensor chip, such as adding value, deducting money or adding notes, etc., thereby improving the convenience of users' lives.

However, the above-mentioned cards with non-contact sensing functions are generally rectangular cards made of plastic materials. When users use them, they only regard them as consumption or identification tools and have no other meanings. Nor will the user be particularly happy to use the card or use it more lovingly because the user has special emotions towards the card. Therefore, how to improve users' interest and willingness to use has become an urgent issue for cards with non-contact sensing functions.

For this reason, most of the current sensor-based devices such as Easy Card and All-in-One Card are designed with patterns, materials or shapes to meet the market demand for innovation and change. However, due to issues such as appearance design, it may cause poor induction or may only be able to sense in certain parts and locations of the device due to its special shape. However, poor sensing or the situation that sensing can only be performed in a specific part or position of the device causes a lot of trouble for users.

In summary, the creator of this invention thought about and designed a ticket device with an extended antenna in order to improve the shortcomings of the conventional technology and thereby enhance its industrial implementation and utilization.

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, this invention is to design a ticket device with an extended antenna that has patented requirements such as novelty, advancement, and industrial applicability, in order to overcome the difficulties of the prior art.

Based on the above objectives, the present invention provides a ticket device with an extended antenna, which includes a housing, a circuit board module and an antenna module. The shell system is a hollow shell for accommodating required components, and the shell includes a first part and a second part. The cross-sectional area of the first portion is less than at least half the cross-sectional area of the second portion. The circuit board module includes a circuit board and a plurality of electronic components. The circuit board is disposed on the second part and adjacent to the first part. The circuit board has a first side and a second side opposite to each other; the first side faces the first part, and the plurality of electronic components are disposed on The first side. The antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is disposed on the first part and is electrically connected to the circuit board; the second antenna is electrically connected to the circuit board and is disposed on the second part and is located on the second side of the circuit board. one side.

Preferably, the first antenna is a metal pillar with a circular diameter corresponding to the first part.

Preferably, the metal pillar component includes a plurality of metal pillars, the plurality of metal pillars are connected in series from the second part to the first part, and there is substantial contact between the metal pillars.

Preferably, the second antenna includes a magnetic body and a winding antenna. The magnetic body is disposed on the second part and is located on a side of the circuit board having the second surface. The winding antenna is disposed in a winding manner. On the magnetic body, two ends of the winding antenna are electrically connected to the circuit board.

Preferably, the end surface of the magnetic body is substantially in contact with the second surface.

Preferably, the plurality of electronic components include a non-contact chip unit that receives a sensing signal when performing a near field communication transaction process.

Preferably, the near field communication transaction program is an EasyCard transaction program.

Preferably, the first part includes a sub-part, and the plurality of electronic components include a first light-emitting unit; the first light-emitting unit is located in the sub-part and is electrically connected to the circuit board.

Preferably, the plurality of electronic components include at least one second light-emitting unit, and the second light-emitting unit is disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the circuit board.

Preferably, the ticket device with an extended antenna includes a battery module. The battery module is disposed on the second part and is located at one end of the magnetic body relative to the circuit board. The battery module is electrically connected to the circuit board. circuit board.

The technical features of the present invention will be described in detail below with specific embodiments and accompanying drawings, so that those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can easily understand the purpose, technical features, and advantages of the present invention.

The advantages, features and technical methods achieved by the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the exemplary embodiments and accompanying drawings to make it easier to understand, and the invention can be implemented in different forms, so it should not be understood to be limited to what is described here. On the contrary, the provided embodiments will make the present disclosure more thorough and comprehensive and completely convey the scope of the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art, and the present invention will only be appended. defined by the scope of the patent application.

It will be understood that, although the terms "first," "second," etc. may be used in this disclosure to describe various elements, components, regions, sections, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, sections , layers and/or sections shall not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, section, layer and/or section from another element, component, region, section, layer and/or section.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in this work have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this work belongs. It will be further understood that terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be construed to have definitions consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant technology and the present creation, and are not to be construed as idealistic or overly formal meaning unless expressly so defined herein.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2 together. Figures 1 and 2 are an exploded schematic diagram and a schematic assembly diagram of the first embodiment of the ticket device with an extended antenna of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a ticket device 1 with an extended antenna of the present invention mainly includes a housing 10, a circuit board module 20 and an antenna module 30.

The housing 10 is a hollow housing 10 for accommodating required components. For example, the housing 10 includes a first housing and a second housing, or a front housing and a rear housing, the first housing ( The front shell) and the second shell (rear shell) can be combined with each other to form an accommodation space. The assembly method of the first shell (front shell) and the second shell (rear shell) is not limited, and can be bonded, mortise-and-tenon joint, super Any method such as sonic fusion. The housing 10 can have various shapes, such as a drink cup, a sword-shaped toy, a staff-shaped toy, a cartoon character, a movie character, or any other shape, and the invention is not limited thereto.

It is worth mentioning that the housing 10 includes a first part 11 and a second part 12 . The cross-sectional area of the first part 11 is smaller than at least half of the cross-sectional area of the second part 12 . That is to say, the first part 11 can be long and narrow or slender, and the second part 12 can be thicker and wider than the first part 11 . For example, in the shape of a drink cup with a straw, the part of the shell 10 that mimics the straw is the first part 11, and the part of the shell 10 that mimics the cup is the second part 12; another example is a sword-shaped toy or a staff. For the modeling toy, the elongated front end of the shell 10 is modeled as the first part 11 , and the part of the shell 10 that is modeled as its handle or handle is the second part 12 .

Among them, the circuit board module 20 includes a circuit board 21 and a plurality of electronic components. The circuit board 21 can be a rigid printed circuit board or a flexible printed circuit board that is well-known or customary in the technical field, and the circuit board 21 is arranged with electrical connection lines according to actual application requirements. The circuit board 21 is disposed on the second part 12 and adjacent to the first part 11; wherein, the circuit board 21 has an opposite first surface 211 and a second surface 212, and the first surface 211 faces the first part 11 . The plurality of electronic components are disposed on the first surface 211 . For example, the electronic component includes a non-contact chip unit 221, which receives a sensing signal during a near field communication transaction process (payment sensor). Preferably, the near field communication transaction program can be an EasyCard transaction program, but this creation is not limited to this.

Among them, the antenna module 30 includes a first antenna 31 and a second antenna 32 . The first antenna 31 is disposed on the first part 11 and is electrically connected to the circuit board 21 . The second antenna 32 is electrically connected to the circuit board 21 and is disposed on the second part 12 and located on the side of the circuit board 21 having the second surface 212 . That is to say, the first antenna 31 and the second antenna 32 are respectively provided on both sides of the circuit board 21 .

Furthermore, the first antenna 31 is a metal pillar with a circular diameter corresponding to the first part 11 . The metal pillar component may be composed of one metal pillar, or a plurality of metal pillars 311 connected in series. When there are a plurality of metal pillars 311 , the plurality of metal pillars 311 are connected in series from the second part 12 to the first part 11 , and there is substantial contact between the metal pillars 311 .

In addition, the second antenna 32 includes a magnetic body 321 and a winding antenna 322 . The magnetic body 321 is disposed on the second part 12 and is located on the side of the circuit board 21 having the second surface 212 . The winding antenna 322 is wound around the magnetic body 321 . Both ends of the winding antenna 322 The circuit board 21 is electrically connected. The end surface of the magnetic body 321 is substantially in contact with the second surface 212 . By the way, the winding antenna 322 can be, for example, a slightly rigid wire, and the magnetic body 321 can be a manganese-zinc ferrite element, a nickel-zinc ferrite element, or other high magnetic permeability and high magnetic flux components. Magnetic components with high density, low magnetic loss or high resistivity. Among them, manganese-zinc ferrite has the characteristics of high magnetic permeability and high magnetic flux density, and has the characteristics of low loss. Nickel-zinc ferrite has the characteristics of high resistivity. However, the above examples are only examples and are not limited thereto.

The ticket device 1 with an extended antenna of the present invention can effectively extend or expand the antenna induction energy through the predetermined structural configuration of the first antenna 31 . For example, when the housing 10 is in the shape of a drink cup with a straw, the part of the housing 10 that simulates the straw is the first part 11 , in which the first antenna 31 is disposed, and the housing 10 simulates the part of the cup. This is the second part 12, in which the second antenna 32 is arranged. Therefore, the user can use the part simulated as a straw for sensing, or the part simulated as a cup for sensing. In this way, the ticket device 1 with an extended antenna of the present invention can improve the problem of poor sensing or the problem that sensing can only be performed in a specific part or position of the device.

Please refer to Figures 3 and 4 together. Figures 3 and 4 are exploded schematic diagrams and assembly schematic diagrams of the second embodiment of the ticket device with extended antenna of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the ticket device 1 with an extended antenna of the present invention mainly includes a housing 10 , a circuit board module 20 and an antenna module 30 . In this embodiment, the composition or arrangement of components with the same reference numerals are the same as or similar to those in the previous embodiments. The similarities or differences will not be described again here.

The main difference between this embodiment and the previous embodiment is that the first part 11 includes a sub-part 111 . Among them, the sub-part 111 can be an additional shaped part of the first part 11. The plurality of electronic components include a first light-emitting unit 222. The first light-emitting unit 222 is located in the sub-part 111 and is electrically connected to the circuit board 21 . In addition, the plurality of electronic components include at least one second light-emitting unit 223. The second light-emitting unit 223 is disposed on the second surface 212 and is electrically connected to the circuit board 21. Among them, the first light-emitting unit 222 and the second light-emitting unit 223 may preferably be light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

In this way, the ticket device 1 with an extended antenna of the invention can be used by the user to emit lights corresponding to the shape when sensing, which can enhance the user's experience and fun when using the ticket device 1 with an extended antenna of the invention. sex.

Please also refer to Figure 5. Figure 5 is an exploded schematic diagram of the third embodiment of the ticket device with extended antenna of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the ticket device 1 with an extended antenna of the present invention mainly includes a housing 10 , a circuit board module 20 and an antenna module 30 . In this embodiment, the composition or arrangement of components with the same reference numerals are the same as or similar to those in the previous embodiments. The similarities or differences will not be described again here.

The main difference between this embodiment and the previous embodiment is that the ticket device 1 with extended antenna includes a battery module 40; the battery module 40 is disposed in the second part 12 and is located opposite the magnetic body 321. At one end of the circuit board 21 , the battery module 40 is electrically connected to the circuit board 21 . Among them, the housing 10 may be provided with relevant structures for replacing the battery module 40. These are technical means that are well known or commonly used by those with ordinary skill in the art, and will not be described again here. Incidentally, the battery module 40 may be one or more button batteries, for example.

It is worth mentioning that when performing a near field communication transaction process to receive induction signals, it can also be converted to generate electrical energy. Therefore, in the aforementioned second embodiment, the first light-emitting unit 222 and the second light-emitting unit 223 can operate by the supply of the electric energy. In this embodiment, it can also be operated by the supply of electric energy. When the near field communication transaction process is not performed, the first light-emitting unit 222 and the second light-emitting unit 223 can be operated by the electric energy of the battery module 40. operation. Or, regardless of whether the near field communication transaction process is performed, the first light-emitting unit 222 and the second light-emitting unit 223 can operate using the power of the battery module 40 .

By the way, the ticket device 1 with an extended antenna of this invention may include parts not specifically mentioned, such as further emitting sound or audio corresponding to the shape through a sound unit, which is the technology of this invention. It is well known to those with ordinary knowledge in the field and will not be described in detail here.

The above is only illustrative and not restrictive. Any equivalent modifications or changes that do not depart from the spirit and scope of this creation shall be included in the scope of the attached patent application.

1:Ticket device with extended antenna 10: Shell 11:Part One 111: Subsection 12:Part 2 20:Circuit board module 21:Circuit board 211: First side 212:Second side 221: Contactless chip unit 222: First light emitting unit 223: Second light-emitting unit 30:Antenna module 31:First antenna 311:Metal pillar 32:Second antenna 321: Magnetic body 322: Coiled antenna 40:Battery module

In order to explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the invention more clearly, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments of the invention will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the invention. For those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which this creation belongs, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings. Figure 1 is an exploded schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the ticket device with an extended antenna of the present invention. Figure 2 is a schematic assembly diagram of the first embodiment of the ticket device with extended antenna of the present invention. Figure 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the ticket device with extended antenna of the present invention. Figure 4 is a schematic assembly diagram of the second embodiment of the ticket device with extended antenna of the present invention. Figure 5 is an exploded schematic diagram of the third embodiment of the ticket device with extended antenna of the present invention.

1:Ticket device with extended antenna

10: Shell

11:Part One

12:Part 2

20:Circuit board module

21:Circuit board

211: First side

212:Second side

221: Contactless chip unit

30:Antenna module

31:First antenna

311:Metal pillar

32:Second antenna

321: Magnetic body

322: Coiled antenna

Claims (10)

A ticket device with an extended antenna, including: A shell is a hollow shell for accommodating required components. The shell includes a first part and a second part, and the cross-sectional area of the first part is less than at least half of the cross-sectional area of the second part; A circuit board module includes a circuit board and a plurality of electronic components. The circuit board is disposed on the second part and adjacent to the first part. The circuit board has an opposite first side and a second side, The first side faces the first part, and the plurality of electronic components are disposed on the first side; and An antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is arranged on the first part and is electrically connected to the circuit board. The second antenna is electrically connected to the circuit board. , and is disposed on the second part and on the side of the circuit board having the second surface. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first antenna is a metal pillar with a circular diameter corresponding to the first part. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in claim 2, wherein the metal pillar component includes a plurality of metal pillars, the plurality of metal pillars are connected in series from the second part to the first part, and the metal pillars are There is substantial contact between them. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the second antenna includes a magnetic body and a winding antenna, the magnetic body is disposed on the second part and is located on the circuit board On one side of the second surface, the winding antenna is wound around the magnetic body, and both ends of the winding antenna are electrically connected to the circuit board. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in claim 4, wherein the end surface of the magnetic body is substantially in contact with the second surface. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plurality of electronic components includes a non-contact chip unit, and the non-contact chip unit receives an induction signal during a near field communication transaction process. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in claim 6, wherein the near field communication transaction program is an Easy Card transaction program. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first part includes a sub-part, the plurality of electronic components include a first light-emitting unit, the first light-emitting unit is located in the sub-part and is electrically connected to the circuit board. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in claim 8, wherein the plurality of electronic components include at least one second light-emitting unit, and the second light-emitting unit is disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the circuit board. The ticket device with an extended antenna as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ticket device with an extended antenna includes a battery module, the battery module is disposed on the second part and is located between the magnetic body and the circuit board. One end of the battery module is electrically connected to the circuit board.

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