JP4376415B2 - Label, label antenna and cassette tape - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a label for attaching to the back of a cassette tape such as a video cassette tape, in particular a label which itself is a data carrier, an antenna for the label, and such a data carrier The present invention relates to a cassette tape having a back portion.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in order to manage a large amount of video tapes, for example, in rental video shops, barcodes are usually used.
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a sticker 904 of about 80 mm × 50 mm on which a barcode is printed is attached to an upper surface 902 on which a window of the video cassette tape 900 is provided, and this is read by a barcode reader, The videotape information is input, and the videotape is rented or returned, or inventory is managed.
In addition, with the recent spread of so-called IC cards and lower prices, there is also a demand to use a non-contact type IC card (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a data carrier) for the management of such a video cassette tape. Attempts have also been made to attach a data carrier instead of the bar code seal 904.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in a place where a large amount of video is stored such as a rental video shop, a video cassette tape 900 is usually leaned against a shelf as shown in FIG. Therefore, for example, when the information of the video cassette tape is to be read for inventory control, the video cassette is a video cassette tape having a bar code seal or a data carrier attached to the upper surface 902 as shown in FIG. If it is 900, the video cassette tape 900 must be taken out from the shelf one by one and held over a bar code reader or a data carrier read / write device 906 to input data, resulting in poor work efficiency. .
[0004]
For example, when paying with a cash register or the like, it is necessary to manually read the barcodes one by one on the video cassette tape with the barcode sticker attached, which is troublesome and inefficient.
In addition, the video cassette tape to which the data carrier is attached can be read and written collectively by placing the data carrier tape on the antenna 908 of the read / write device 910 as shown in FIG. However, in this case as well, information can be read and written at a time only up to about three, for example, and there has been a demand for processing more video cassette tapes at once.
[0005]
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to use it by adhering it to the back side of a video cassette tape, for example, so that communication can be performed appropriately in any area on the back side, and information relating to the medium can be collectively or redundantly used. It is to provide a label that can be efficiently read and written without requiring a lot of trouble.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a label antenna that can be used for such a label and can efficiently read and write data.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a cassette tape having a data carrier capable of efficiently reading and writing information relating to the contents of the cassette tape, management information, and the like.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, the base material is attached to the back surface of a cassette case containing a tape-shaped recording medium , and has a recording-preventing claw on the back surface of the cassette case. except where recording preventing pawl is formed having an outer shape corresponding to the entire surface of the rear, the portion where the substrate is the write protection pawl when it is attached to the rear is formed cutout portions corresponding positions that are formed, a substrate, on one surface of the substrate, in a form avoiding to the cutout portion in a concave shape, formed along an inner peripheral edge of said substrate There is provided a label having a single antenna and a semiconductor device connected to both ends of the single antenna and capable of performing radio signal communication with other devices via the antenna and performing signal processing. The
[0007]
Suitably, the sticking layer for sticking the said base material on the back surface of the said cassette case is formed.
Also preferably, the semiconductor device in the base material is adhered faces are sealed with coercive Mamoruso.
More preferably, the cassette case, wherein the tape-shaped recording medium is accommodated, a video cassette tape, the outer shape of the antenna is rectangular in shape, with the antenna in the longitudinal length 15cm or more, the The length of the antenna in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is 2.5 cm or less.
[0008]
According to the invention, there is provided a base material provided on a back surface of a cassette case in which a tape-like recording medium is accommodated, and the back surface of the cassette case has a recording preventing claw, and the base material is the recording medium. A base having an outer shape corresponding to the entire surface of the back surface excluding a portion where a prevention nail is formed, and a cutout portion is formed at a position corresponding to the portion where the recording prevention nail is formed. Material, one antenna formed on one side of the base material along the inner peripheral edge of the base material in a form that avoids the notch by making the notch concave, and the other through the antenna perform device and radio communication, the terminals of the semiconductor device capable of performing signal processing, a label antenna and a pad for connecting the ends of the antenna is provided.
[0009]
Suitably, the cassette case, wherein the tape-shaped recording medium is accommodated, a video cassette tape, the outer shape of the antenna is rectangular in shape, with the antenna in the longitudinal length 15cm or more, the antenna The length in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is 2.5 cm or less.
[0010]
According to the present invention, a tape-shaped recording medium, a cassette case for accommodating said tape-shaped recording medium, wherein formed on a rear surface of the cassette case, for write protection to prevent recording on the recording medium A claw and a label attached to the entire back surface of the cassette case, except for the recording-preventing claw portion ,
The label has an outer shape corresponding to the entire surface of the back, the pawl portion notched portion at a position corresponding to the for recording prevention is formed, a substrate, on one surface of the substrate The antenna is formed along the inner peripheral edge of the base material in a form avoiding the notch in a concave shape, and connected to both ends of the antenna and another device via the antenna. And a semiconductor device capable of performing wireless communication and signal processing ,
A cassette tape is provided.
[0011]
Further according to the invention, a tape-shaped recording medium, a cassette case for accommodating said tape-shaped recording medium, is provided on a rear surface of the cassette case, a pawl for write protection to prevent recording of said recording medium , on the back surface of said cassette case, is connected to one antenna embedded along the inner peripheral edge of the back in a form avoiding the portion of the nail for the recording preventing concave, and opposite ends of the antenna There is provided a cassette tape having a semiconductor device capable of performing radio communication with another device via the antenna and performing signal processing .
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, a video cassette tape label (sometimes simply referred to as a label) according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1A is a view showing an antenna sheet 10 used for the video cassette tape label, and FIG. 1B is an enlarged view of a pad 13 portion.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the antenna sheet 10 has a configuration in which an antenna pattern 12 is formed on a base material 11, and a pad 13 for mounting an IC is provided.
[0013]
The base material 11 is made of an insulating material such as paper or resin and is formed in a strip shape having a size approximately equal to the back of the video cassette tape to be used. When the base material 11 is attached to the video cassette tape, the recording of the video cassette tape is prevented. This is a member in which a notch 121 is formed at a location corresponding to the position of the nail. In the present embodiment, the base material 11 has a size suitable for the shape of the back surface of the VHS video cassette tape, and has a longitudinal direction of 18 cm and a width of 2 cm.
Further, the opposite surface of the substrate 11 on which the antenna pattern 12 is formed is a surface that becomes the surface when the label having the antenna sheet 10 is affixed to the video cassette tape. For example, characters such as titles can be described. So that it is colored white.
An antenna pattern 12 is formed on the base material 11 and the IC 20 is mounted.
[0014]
The antenna pattern 12 is a coil pattern that is rotated a plurality of times along the outer periphery of the substrate 11. Therefore, the shape of the antenna pattern 12 is basically rectangular, but the cutout portion 121 of the base material 11 has a concave shape that avoids the cutout portion 121.
The antenna pattern 12 is formed on the substrate 11 by etching, thin film printing, or thick film printing of an arbitrary conductive material such as aluminum or copper.
[0015]
The pad 13 is an electrode for connecting both ends of the antenna pattern 12 to corresponding terminals of an IC mounted at this location, and as shown in FIG. 1B, a part of both ends of the antenna pattern 12 The pattern 131 is made wider.
In order to make it difficult to peel off the label, it is effective to arrange the pad 13 at a position avoiding the corner portion of the base material 11.
[0016]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the video cassette tape label 1 of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 2, the IC 20 is mounted on the pad 13 of the antenna sheet 10 having such a configuration, this is sealed with resin, and an adhesive layer is formed on the entire surface of the substrate 11 on the antenna pattern 12 side. A video cassette tape label 1 is constructed.
[0017]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal circuit configuration of the IC 20 used for such a video cassette tape label 1.
The IC 20 includes a power supply circuit 21, a signal I / F circuit 22, a memory 23, and a control circuit 24.
The power supply circuit 21 detects a power supply component from, for example, an electromagnetic wave received from the antenna 12 from a read / write device, rectifies it, generates a stable power supply voltage of a predetermined voltage, a signal I / F circuit 22, a memory 23, and This is supplied to the control circuit 24.
[0018]
The signal I / F circuit 22 detects a signal component from, for example, an electromagnetic wave from a read / write device received by the antenna 12, demodulates it, restores a baseband signal, and outputs it to the control circuit 24. Further, a signal to be transmitted from the control circuit 24 is modulated to generate a signal for transmission and applied to the antenna 12.
[0019]
The memory 23 receives various data and parameters related to the processing executed by the control circuit 24 or, in some cases, a control program, various parameters related to the operation of the IC 20, various inputs inputted via the antenna 12 and the signal I / F circuit 22. This is a memory for storing management data, and is composed of a rewritable nonvolatile memory.
[0020]
The control circuit 24 performs desired processing while communicating with the read / write device via the antenna 12 and the signal I / F circuit 22. Specifically, for example, a video cassette tape to which a video cassette tape label 1 is attached is stored with information such as a title and contents, or when the video cassette tape is rented, a lessee, a rental period, Information such as a rental fee is stored in the memory 23 and is updated and managed.
[0021]
Next, a video cassette tape to which such a video cassette tape label 1 is attached and a method of using the video cassette tape will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a view showing a video cassette tape 100 according to the present invention to which the above-described video cassette tape label 1 is attached.
The video cassette tape label 1 attached to the video cassette tape 100 is attached so that the surface on which characters or the like opposite to the surface on which the antenna pattern 12 is formed can be written is the outer surface. 12 and IC 20 cannot be observed, but FIG. 4 shows the antenna pattern 12 and the IC 20 in a transparent state for the sake of explanation.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 4, the video cassette tape label 1 is used by being attached to the back portion of the video cassette tape 100.
At this time, the video cassette tape label 1 is affixed so that the cutout portion 121 of the video cassette tape label 1 is disposed at the recording-preventing claw 102 portion of the video cassette tape 100. By doing so, the antenna pattern 12 can be arranged on the entire back surface of the video cassette tape 100 without impairing the function of the recording preventing claw 102. As a result, data can be transmitted to and received from the read / write device over the entire back surface of the video cassette tape 100.
[0023]
Recorded on this video cassette tape label 1 is arbitrary management data such as information on the title and content of each video cassette tape 100, information on rental, information on the number of rentals, and information on copyright. The information is used when the video cassette tape 100 is used or managed.
[0024]
Here, it compares with the label of the usual video cassette tape.
As shown in FIG. 5, in a normal video cassette tape 800, a seal adhering portion 801 formed in a slightly concave shape is formed on a portion excluding one end where the recording prevention nail 802 is disposed. For example, the label 810 has a size of, for example, 15 cm × 2 cm fitted to the concave portion. And if the normal label 810 is stuck on this seal sticking part 801, it will become a form as shown in FIG.
[0025]
If the label 810 is a data carrier in which an antenna pattern is formed on the entire outer periphery of the label, the label 810 is about 3 cm shorter than the video cassette tape 100 of the present embodiment, and there is an antenna in the vicinity of the recording prevention nail 802. The pattern 12 is not provided. As a result, transmission / reception of data in this vicinity becomes difficult, and it is difficult to say that communication with the read / write device can be comfortably performed on the entire rear surface of the video cassette tape 800.
In contrast, in the video cassette tape 100 according to the present embodiment, the video cassette tape label 1 having a length of 18 cm is attached to the entire back surface including the vicinity of the recording prevention nail 102. Communication with the read / write device can be performed comfortably on the entire back surface of 100.
[0026]
Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, even when the video cassette tapes 100 are stored side by side on a shelf, it is not necessary to take out the video cassette tapes 100 one by one. Data can be read, updated, managed, and the like simply by applying the device 210 to an arbitrary position on the back of the video cassette tape 100.
In addition, for example, when reading or updating the information for a plurality of video cassette tapes 100 at a cash register, the back of the video cassette tape 100 faces the antenna 222 of the cash register apparatus 220 as shown in FIG. By arranging in such a manner, it is possible to perform batch processing for any number of video cassette tapes 100, and to efficiently perform processing at the cash register.
[0027]
The cassette case of the video cassette tape to which the video cassette tape label 10 is attached may be the same as that conventionally used. However, preferably, when the video cassette tape label 1 is attached, the IC 20 It is preferable that the place to be arranged is formed in a slightly concave shape. Thereby, the press with respect to IC20 can be missed.
[0028]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the present embodiment, and various suitable modifications can be made.
For example, in this embodiment, an example in which the video cassette tape label 1 having the IC 20 and the antenna sheet 10 is attached to the video cassette tape 100 has been shown. It is good also as a structure embed | buried near the back surface of the cassette tape 100. FIG.
If it is set as such a structure, each effect mentioned above will be acquired, without sticking a label at all later.
[0029]
The control circuit 24 may be a dedicated controller circuit that executes a specific control procedure, or may be a circuit such as a CPU that operates according to a program recorded in the memory 23.
In the present embodiment, the present invention has been described by exemplifying a suitable label attached to a video cassette tape. However, the label attaching target is not limited to this. For example, you may apply to recording media, such as a music cassette tape and DAT. Further, the present invention may be applied to the management of books, etc., instead of electronic recording media.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
In this way, according to the present invention, for example, by sticking to the back side of a video cassette tape or the like, communication can be performed appropriately in any area on the back side, and information on the medium can be collectively collected. Alternatively, it is possible to provide a label that can be efficiently read and written without requiring extra labor. Further, it is possible to provide a label antenna that can be used for such a label and can efficiently read and write data. Furthermore, it is possible to provide a cassette tape having a data carrier that can efficiently read and write information and management information related to the contents of the cassette tape.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an antenna sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a video cassette tape label according to an embodiment of the present invention in which an IC is mounted on the antenna sheet shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an IC of the video cassette tape label shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the video cassette tape label shown in FIG. 2 is attached to the video cassette tape.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a state where a normal label is attached to a video cassette tape, and is a view for comparison with the embodiment according to the present invention shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 shows a state in which information stored in each video cassette tape is updated and each video cassette tape is managed when the video cassette tape shown in FIG. 4 is accommodated in a plurality of shelves. It is a figure for demonstrating.
7 is a diagram for explaining processing at a cash register when purchasing the video cassette tape shown in FIG. 4; FIG.
FIG. 8 is a view showing a conventional video cassette tape, and is a view showing a state in which a bar code seal or a data carrier is stuck on the surface of the cassette case.
FIG. 9 shows a state in which information stored in each video cassette tape is updated and each video cassette tape is managed when the video cassette tape shown in FIG. 8 is accommodated in a plurality of shelves. It is a figure for demonstrating.
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining processing at a cash register when purchasing the video cassette tape shown in FIG. 8;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Label for video cassette tape 10 ... Antenna sheet 11 ... Base material 12 ... Antenna pattern (antenna)
121 ... Notch 13 ... Pad 131 ... Electrode pattern 20 ... IC
21 ... Power supply circuit 22 ... Signal I / F circuit 23 ... Memory 24 ... Control circuit 100 ... Video cassette tape 102 ... Recording prevention claw 210 ... Read / write device 220 ... Register device (read / write device)
222 ... Antenna 800 ... Video cassette tape 801 ... Sealing portion 802 ... Recording prevention nail 810 ... Label 900 ... Video cassette tape 902 ... Top surface 904 ... Seal (barcode seal, data carrier)
906: Read / write device 908 ... Antenna 910 ... Registration device (read / write device)

Claims (8)

A base material to be attached to the back surface of a cassette case containing a tape-like recording medium, the back surface of the cassette case has a recording prevention claw, and the base material is formed by the recording prevention claw The outer shape corresponding to the entire surface of the back surface except for the portion that has been formed, and notched at a position corresponding to the portion where the recording-preventing claw is formed when the base material is attached to the back surface portions that have been formed, a substrate,
One antenna formed along the inner peripheral edge of the base material in a form avoiding the concave portion by making the notched portion concave on one surface of the base material ,
A label having a semiconductor device that is connected to both ends of the one antenna, wirelessly communicates with another device via the antenna, and can perform signal processing . An adhesive layer for adhering the base material to the back of the cassette case is formed,
The label according to claim 1. The semiconductor device in the base material is adhered faces are sealed with coercive Mamoruso,
The label according to claim 1 or 2. The cassette case containing the tape-shaped recording medium is a video cassette tape ,
Outer shape of the antenna is rectangular in shape, with the longitudinal length 15cm above the antenna, the length in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the antenna is 2.5cm or less,
The label in any one of Claims 1-3. A base material provided on the back surface of a cassette case in which a tape-like recording medium is accommodated, wherein the back surface of the cassette case has a recording prevention claw, and the base material has the recording prevention claw formed thereon. A base material having an outer shape corresponding to the entire surface of the back surface except a portion where a cutout portion is formed at a position corresponding to a portion where the recording prevention nail is formed;
One antenna formed along the inner peripheral edge of the base material in a form avoiding the notched portion by making a concave shape on one surface of the base material ,
Performs wireless communication with another device via the antenna, the label antenna having a terminal of the semiconductor device capable of performing signal processing, and a pad for connecting the ends of the antenna. The cassette case containing the tape-shaped recording medium is a video cassette tape ,
Outer shape of the antenna is rectangular in shape, with the longitudinal length 15cm above the antenna, the length in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the antenna is 2.5cm or less,
The label antenna according to claim 5. A cassette case housing a tape-like recording medium, the tape-shaped recording medium,
A nail for recording prevention formed on the back surface of the cassette case to prevent recording on the recording medium ;
Except for the recording-preventing claw portion, and having a label attached to the entire back surface of the cassette case ,
The label is
The has a whole surface corresponding contour of the back, the pawl portion notched portion at a position corresponding to the for recording prevention is formed, a substrate,
On one surface of the base material, the antenna is formed along the inner peripheral edge of the base material in a form avoiding the notched portion in a concave shape, and one antenna,
A semiconductor device connected to both ends of the antenna, wirelessly communicating with other devices via the antenna, and capable of signal processing ;
cassette tape. A cassette case housing a tape-like recording medium, the tape-shaped recording medium,
A claw for recording prevention provided on the back surface of the cassette case and preventing recording of the recording medium ;
On the back surface of said cassette case, and one antenna embedded along the inner periphery of the rear portion of the nail for the write-protection in the form that avoids the concave shape,
A semiconductor device connected to both ends of the antenna, wirelessly communicating with other devices via the antenna, and capable of signal processing ;
cassette tape.

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