JP2009026037A - Ic tag - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an IC tag which can be used for managing a thing left behind by a customer. <P>SOLUTION: This IC tag is mounted, for example, on a baggage loaded on an airplane or the like, and provided with a main body part and a small tag which can be detached from the main body part. This main body part is shaped like a loop to be mounted on the baggage, and the small tag is provided with an IC chip and an antenna for transmitting and receiving information stored in the IC chip with an external device. Thus, it is possible to manage the small tag as a tag for managing a thing left behind. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an IC tag attached to, for example, a luggage loaded on an aircraft.

  In recent years, an IC tag is often used as a luggage tag attached to a luggage to be loaded on an aircraft. An IC tag used as a general luggage tag has an IC chip mounting body composed of an IC chip, an antenna, and a base substrate in a partial region on one surface of a sheet. For example, Patent Document 1 below describes an example of such an IC tag for luggage. In the IC tag for luggage, an adhesive layer is formed by applying an adhesive to the entire surface of one surface of the sheet, and the adhesive layer is covered with a separator. In actual use of the IC tag, for example, after the IC tag is rotated around the hand-held part of the luggage, a part of the separator at one end of the IC tag is peeled off, and the adhesive surface of the exposed adhesive layer is attached to the IC tag. Affix to the separator on the other end of. By doing so, the IC tag is attached to the hand-held portion of the luggage in a loop shape.

  As a role of such an IC tag, the main purpose is traceability at the time of transporting a package attached with the IC tag.

JP 2004-317544 A

  However, in reality, the IC tag is currently disposed of when the package reaches the customer, and the subsequent role has not been considered.

  This invention is made | formed in view of said point, and makes it a subject to provide the IC tag which can be used, for example for customer's thing left behind management.

  In one aspect of the present invention, in an IC tag having an IC tag main body portion and a small tag that can be separated from the IC tag main body portion, the IC tag main body portion is formed in a loop shape so as to be loaded. The small tag is attached and has an IC chip and an antenna for transmitting / receiving information stored in the IC chip to / from an external device.

  The IC tag is an aircraft tag attached to, for example, a cargo loaded on an aircraft, and includes an IC tag main body and a small tag that can be separated from the IC tag main body. The IC tag main body is attached to the luggage by making it a loop shape, and the small tag has an IC chip and an antenna for transmitting and receiving information stored in the IC chip to and from an external device. By doing in this way, the said small tag can be managed as a tag for lost article management.

  Another aspect of the IC tag is that the antenna can be transmitted and received after the small tag is separated from the IC tag main body after the small tag is separated from the IC tag main body. It is configured to be narrower than before. In this way, it is possible to prevent a reading device that is trying to read the identification information of another small tag from erroneously reading the identification information of the small tag, thereby facilitating management of the small tag. be able to.

  A preferred embodiment of the IC tag includes a sheet to which the antenna is attached, and a portion corresponding to the small tag of the sheet can be separated from a portion corresponding to the IC tag main body portion of the sheet. The antenna is attached across a boundary between a portion of the sheet corresponding to the small tag and a portion of the sheet corresponding to the IC tag main body, and can be separated at the boundary. By doing so, the area of the antenna is smaller after the small tag is separated from the IC tag main body than before the small tag is separated from the IC tag main body. The range in which the antenna can be transmitted and received is also narrower after the small tag is separated from the IC tag main body than before the small tag is separated from the IC tag main body.

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

[Configuration of IC tag]
First, the configuration of the IC tag according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram when the IC tag 10 according to the present embodiment is attached to a load. As shown in FIG. 1, the IC tag 10 is attached in a loop shape so as to surround the hand-held portion 20 a of the luggage 20.

  2A is a plan view of the IC tag 10, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view of the IC tag 10 taken along a cutting line A-A 'in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, the IC tag 10 mainly includes a sheet 16, an adhesive layer 15, and an IC chip mounting body 18. Specifically, the sheet 16 is composed of a film made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or the like and thermal paper bonded to the entire surface of one surface of the film. An adhesive layer 15 is formed on the entire surface of one surface (film side surface) of the sheet 16 by applying an adhesive, and the IC chip mounting body 18 is attached to the sheet 16 via the adhesive layer 15. ing. The adhesive layer 15 and the IC chip mounting body 18 are covered with a separator 17. Note that an aircraft flight number, customer identification information, and the like are printed on the surface of the sheet 16 opposite to the surface on which the IC chip mounting body 18 is attached (surface on the thermal paper side).

  The IC chip mounting body 18 includes an IC chip 14, an antenna 13, and a base substrate 11. The IC chip 14 and the antenna 13 are mounted on one surface of the base substrate 11. The sheet 16 is bonded to the base substrate 11 via the adhesive layer 15 so as to cover the IC chip 14 and the antenna 13. In this way, the IC chip 14 and the antenna 13 are attached to the sheet 16.

  The IC chip 14 stores necessary data. The required data is, for example, an identification number indicating the owner of the package 20. The antenna 13 is formed of a conductive metal such as aluminum (Al) or copper (Cu) on the surface of the base substrate 11 and is electrically connected to the IC chip 14. The antenna 13 transmits / receives data stored in the IC chip 14 to / from an external device, for example, a reading / writing device (not shown) equipped in customs. In FIG. 2A, the antenna 13 is an H-shaped antenna as an example, but it is needless to say that the shape of the antenna 13 is not limited to this.

[Function of each part of IC tag]
Next, the function of each part of the IC tag 10 will be described.

  The IC tag 10 can be separated into each part of the IC tag main body 10a and the small tags 10b and 10c. Specifically, the small tag 10b is configured to be separable from the small tag 10c, and the small tag 10c is configured to be separable from the IC tag main body 10a. In FIG. 2A, a broken line C1 indicates a planned cutting line at the boundary between the small tag 10b and the small tag 10c, and a broken line C2 indicates a cutting at the boundary between the IC tag main body 10a and the small tag 10c. The planned line is shown.

  The sheet 16 includes a sheet main body portion 16a and sheet separating portions 16b and 16c corresponding to the positions of the IC tag main body portion 10a and the small tags 10b and 10c. The sheet separating portion 16b is configured to be separable from the sheet separating portion 16c, and the sheet separating portion 16c is configured to be separable from the sheet main body portion 16a. Corresponding to the positions of the IC tag main body 10a and the small tag 10c, the antenna 13 includes an antenna 13a and an antenna 13c. The antenna 13c is configured to be separable from the antenna 13a. Each of the base substrate 11, the adhesive layer 15, and the separator 17 is configured to be detachable corresponding to the positions of the IC tag main body 10 a and the small tags 10 b and 10 c. Hereinafter, each of the IC tag main body 10a and the small tags 10b and 10c will be specifically described.

  The small tag 10b is a customer's copy in the case of an air tag, for example. The small tag 10b includes a sheet separating portion 16b, a portion of the adhesive layer 15 and a portion of the separator 17 corresponding to the position of the small tag 10b.

  For example, an identification number for identifying a customer is written in the thermal paper portion of the sheet 16 corresponding to each of the IC tag main body 10a and the small tag 10b. In customs, etc., by comparing the identification number written on the thermal paper portion corresponding to the IC tag body 10a with the identification number written on the thermal paper portion corresponding to the small tag 10b, Check whether or not.

  The small tag 10c is, for example, a tag for forgetfulness management. The small tag 10c includes a sheet separating portion 16c, an IC chip 14, an antenna 13c, a portion where the antenna 13c of the base substrate 11 is mounted, a portion of the adhesive layer 15 corresponding to the position of the small tag 10c, and The separator 17 part is constituted.

  The IC tag body 10a is attached by surrounding the hand-held portion 20a of the luggage 20 in a loop shape. The IC tag main body 10a includes a sheet main body 16a, an antenna 13a, a portion of the base substrate 11 where the antenna 13a is mounted, a portion of the adhesive layer 15 corresponding to the position of the sheet main body 16a, and a separator 17. And is made up of.

  That is, in the IC tag 10, the IC chip 14 is attached to the sheet separating portion 16c, and the antenna 13 is attached across the boundary between the sheet main body portion 16a and the sheet separating portion 16c. The antenna 13 can be separated at the boundary. Thus, when the small tag 10 c is separated from the IC tag main body 10 a, the small tag 10 c includes the IC chip 14 and the antenna 10 c that is a part of the antenna 13.

  For example, if a customer does not come to pick up the luggage 20, the forgotten person such as an airport stores the luggage itself in a warehouse and separates the small tag 10 c from the IC tag main body 10 a attached to the luggage 20. Then, the forgotten object manager manages the small tag 10c together with other small tags (having the same configuration as the small tag 10c) attached to other packages that have not been picked up.

  The forgotten object person reads the identification information of the package 20 from the IC chip 14 of the small tag 10c by using a reading device and manages the identification information on the computer, so that the package 20 is stored in the warehouse. Information such as in which warehouse the luggage 20 is stored can be collectively managed. Furthermore, if the customer's name, telephone number, etc. are found based on the identification information, the forgotten object person can quickly contact the owner of the package 20.

  As can be understood from the above description, the IC tag 10 according to the present embodiment includes the IC tag main body portion 10a and the small tag 10c that can be separated from the IC tag main body portion 10a, and the IC tag main body portion 10a. Is attached to the luggage by making it into a loop shape, and the small tag 10c has an IC chip and an antenna. By doing in this way, the small tag 10c can be managed as a tag for forgetfulness management.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the small tag 10c has the antenna 13c that is a part of the antenna 13 instead of the antenna 13. Since the area of the antenna 13 c is smaller than the area of the antenna 13, the range in which the antenna 13 c can be transmitted and received is narrower than the range in which the antenna 13 can be transmitted and received. That is, the area of the antenna of the small tag 10c is smaller after the small tag 10c is separated from the IC tag main body 10a than before the small tag 10c is separated from the IC tag main body 10a. The range in which the antenna of the tag 10c can be transmitted and received is also narrower after the small tag 10c is separated from the IC tag main body 10a than before the small tag 10c is separated from the IC tag main body 10a.

  The reason for this is as follows. That is, when the package is transported, the reading device needs to read the information of the IC tag 10 with the IC tag 10 attached to the package 20, so that the small tag 10c that is not separated from the IC tag main body 10a. That is, it is desirable that the range of the antenna of the IC tag 10 where the antenna can be transmitted and received is wide, whereas the small tag 10c separated from the IC tag main body 10a is another small tag having the same configuration as the small tag 10c. If the range where the antenna of the small tag 10c can be transmitted / received is wide (for example, the range where the antenna of the small tag 10c can be transmitted / received is the same range as before the separation from the IC tag main body 10a) When the reading device is trying to read the identification information of another small tag, there is a possibility that the identification information of the small tag 10c is erroneously read. It is from.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the area of the antenna of the small tag 10c is smaller after the small tag 10c is separated from the IC tag main body 10a than before the small tag 10c is separated from the IC tag main body 10a. That is, the range in which the antenna of the small tag 10c can be transmitted and received is configured to be narrow. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the reading device that is trying to read the identification information of the other small tag from erroneously reading the identification information of the small tag 10c, thereby facilitating the management of the small tag 10c. be able to.

[IC tag mounting method]
Next, an IC tag mounting method according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an IC tag attachment method. FIG. 3A shows a cross-sectional view of the IC tag 10, and FIG. 3B shows a cross-sectional view of the IC tag 10 and the hand-held portion 20 a of the luggage 20. In addition, illustration of the base base material 11 is abbreviate | omitted in FIG. 3 (a), (b).

  First, as shown in FIG. 3A, (1) the small tag 10b is separated from the IC tag 10 (the IC tag main body 10a and the small tag 10b) and handed over to the customer as a customer copy. (2) The IC tag 10 (the IC tag main body 10a and the small tag 10b) is looped around the hand-held portion 20a of the luggage 20, and then a part of the separator 17 at one end of the IC tag main body 10a. Is peeled off. (3) The adhesive surface of the exposed adhesive layer 15 is attached to the portion of the separator 17 corresponding to the other end of the IC tag main body 10a. Specifically, the adhesive surface is affixed to the portion of the separator 17 corresponding to the other end of the IC tag main body 10a so as not to cover the portion of the separator 17 corresponding to the position of the small tag 10c. By doing in this way, as shown in FIG.3 (b), IC tag 10 (IC tag main-body part 10a and small tag 10b) is attached surrounding the hand-held part 20a of the load 20 in a loop shape.

  Here, for example, when the customer does not come to pick up the baggage 20, (4) the forgotten object person cuts off the small tag 10c from the IC tag main body 10a and obtains information from the IC chip 14 of the small tag 10c. It is assumed that the package 20 is managed by being read by the reading device as described above. By doing in this way, the small tag 10c can be managed as a tag for forgetfulness management.

  As can be seen from the above description, the IC tag 10 according to the present embodiment has an IC tag main body portion 10a and a small tag 10c, and the IC tag main body portion 10a is attached to the luggage by forming a loop shape. The small tag 10c has an IC chip and an antenna. By doing in this way, the small tag 10c can be managed as a tag for forgetfulness management. In the IC tag 10 according to this embodiment, the small tag 10c is separated after the small tag 10c is separated from the IC tag main body 10a than before the small tag 10c is separated from the IC tag main body 10a. The range in which the antenna can be transmitted and received is configured to be narrow. As a result, it is possible to prevent a reading device that is trying to read the identification information of another small tag from erroneously reading the identification information of the small tag 10c, thereby facilitating management of the small tag 10c.

It is a schematic diagram which shows a mode when an IC tag is affixed on a package. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of an IC tag. It is a schematic diagram which shows the attachment method of an IC tag.

Explanation of symbols

  10 IC tag, 11 base substrate, 13 antenna, 14 IC chip, 15 adhesive layer, 16 sheet, 17 separator, 18 IC chip mounting body

Claims (3)

In an IC tag having an IC tag main body and a small tag that can be separated from the IC tag main body,
The IC tag main body part is attached to a load by making it into a loop shape, and the small tag has an IC chip and an antenna for transmitting / receiving information stored in the IC chip to / from an external device. IC tag.   The range in which the antenna can be transmitted and received is configured such that the small tag is narrower after being separated from the IC tag main body than before the small tag is separated from the IC tag main body. The IC tag according to claim 1, wherein: Comprising a seat to which the antenna is attached;
The portion of the sheet corresponding to the small tag can be separated from the portion of the sheet corresponding to the IC tag main body,
The antenna is attached across a boundary between a portion corresponding to the small tag of the sheet and a portion corresponding to the IC tag main body portion of the sheet, and can be separated at the boundary. The IC tag according to claim 2.

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