EP2468129A1 - Dispositif en forme de carte de crédit pour la fixation protégée de cartes de mémoire - Google Patents

Dispositif en forme de carte de crédit pour la fixation protégée de cartes de mémoire Download PDF

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EP2468129A1
EP2468129A1 EP10196791A EP10196791A EP2468129A1 EP 2468129 A1 EP2468129 A1 EP 2468129A1 EP 10196791 A EP10196791 A EP 10196791A EP 10196791 A EP10196791 A EP 10196791A EP 2468129 A1 EP2468129 A1 EP 2468129A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/18—Ticket-holders or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/18—Ticket-holders or the like
    • A45C2011/188—Media card holders, e.g. memory cards, SIM cards

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  • the invention relates to the storage and protection of memory cards.
  • the invention relates to a credit card sized device, the use of a credit card sized device, a method for the secure transport of an electrical memory card, and a method of making a credit card sized device.
  • a variety of electronic devices today include electronic memory cards.
  • user information regarding the identity of the user, a possible credit of the user or other stored data can be provided to the electronic device.
  • PDAs personal digital assistants
  • GPS receivers electronic memory cards are introduced into the respective electronic device.
  • SIM cards When using mobile phones within different nations and thus within different networks of national telecommunications providers different SIM cards are necessary. In the case of an internationally traveling mobile phone user, this means that a large number of mobile phones must be carried, for example one mobile phone per country to be traveled. Otherwise, the user is forced to carry only one mobile phone to replace the SIM cards each before dialing into a new national communications network. The SIM cards not carried in the mobile phone must then be stored separately without the SIM card's electrical contacts suffering during storage outside the mobile phone. It would be desirable if an assignment of the plurality of SIM cards to the respective telephone number, possibly also to the respective PIN, is uniquely given.
  • the described embodiments equally relate to the credit card-sized device, the use, the transport method and the manufacturing method.
  • features can be found below with respect to the device, as well as with regard to use, with regard to the transport method and / or the manufacturing method, and vice versa.
  • a credit-card-sized device for protected fixing of electronic memory cards and for transporting them in a check card pocket of a wallet.
  • the credit card-sized device has a first receiving device.
  • the first receiving device is designed for repeated recording of the electronic memory card with first geometric dimensions.
  • the credit-card-sized device has a format such that the device can be inserted into a check card pocket of a wallet.
  • the device has a length and a width which determine a first main surface of the device.
  • the first receptacle occupies less than half of the first major surface.
  • the term credit card-sized device can be understood as any device with the geometric dimensions of a check card, which is designed for permanent and secure fixing of a memory card, so that the memory card can be transported protected by means of the device.
  • an insert for a check card pocket of a purse is thus provided, which insert is designed for receiving the electronic memory card.
  • the device can therefore have the geometric dimensions of a commercially available check card.
  • the receiving device of the device can be designed for mechanical mounting of the electronic memory card.
  • the recording can be ensured as a mechanical fixation of the electronic memory card within the credit-card-sized device.
  • the device can be designed such that during the recording of the memory card whose object is completely absorbed by the device. This ensures that the device has the same external dimensions without a memory card to be inserted and with a memory card inserted.
  • the credit-card sized device therefore does not change its external dimensions when inserting a memory card.
  • the device according to the invention has the geometric dimensions of a check card and is designed for permanently fixing an electronic memory card, so that the memory card can be transported protected.
  • the dimensions of the device are so similar to the dimensions of a check card according to the DIN standard for check cards that the device can be reversibly and repeatedly introduced into a check card pocket of a wallet with or without the male memory card.
  • deviations from the standard check card sizes are possible.
  • only such deviations of the geometric dimensions of the device from a commercial check card are possible, so that the device can still be inserted into a check card pocket of a purse.
  • the credit card-sized device is dimensioned in size such that it can be fixed and / or held by the inner walls of a check card pocket of a wallet.
  • the term electronic memory card can be understood as meaning, for example: SIM card, micro SIM card, compact flash card type 1 or 2, compact flash ATA serial transfer (CFast) type 1 or 2, multimedia card (MMC), RS -MMC, MMC Mobile, MMC Micro, Secure Digital Memory Card (SD), SDHC, SDXC, Mini-SD, Mini-SDHC, T-Flash, Transflash, Micro-SD, Micro-SDHC, Micro-SDXC, Smart Media (SM ), Solid State Floppy Disk Card (SSFDC) or xD-Picture Card (xD).
  • SIM card SIM card
  • micro SIM card compact flash card type 1 or 2
  • multimedia card MMC
  • RS -MMC multimedia card
  • MMC multimedia card
  • MMC RS -MMC
  • MMC Mobile MMC Micro, Secure Digital Memory Card (SD), SDHC, SDXC, Mini-SD, Mini-SDHC, T-Flash, Transflash, Micro-SD
  • memory card is thus understood to mean a compact, rewritable storage medium on which arbitrary data such as text, images, audio and video can be stored.
  • labeling fields can be provided on the device in order, for example, to reversibly enter the associated telephone number or the provider name. This can for example be done analogously with a pen or electronically by data from the electronic memory card read and displayed on the label or display panel.
  • a memory card which is not used in the electronic device can be stored safely and protected, without, for example, having to fear mechanical abrasion at the contact points of the memory card.
  • the area of the receiving device is at most half as large as the first main surface of the credit-card-sized device.
  • the device thus has a format of a conventional bank card, whereas the first receiving device and, if desired, a second receiving device occupies a maximum of half as large area within the credit card-sized device.
  • the size specification of the first receiving device relates only to that mechanical unit which is designed to hold only one memory card.
  • the term recording device should not be understood as the sum of a plurality of individual recording devices, which are each designed to receive a single memory card. This will undoubtedly be, for example, as described below Fig. 2 can be seen in the four different recording devices are shown in a check card format device. Overall, the four receptacles are larger than half of the first major surface. Individually, however, each receiving device satisfies the criterion of being smaller than half of the first major surface of the credit-card sized device.
  • the present invention differs significantly from housings of, for example, plastic, in which whole check cards can be introduced themselves.
  • the credit card-sized device has a length and a width of a check card.
  • the first receiving device has a size of a SIM card, so that a SIM card can be mechanically fixed in or on the device with the first receiving device.
  • the first receiving device with regard to its format in such a way that positive locking and / or force fit between a SIM card to be inserted and the receiving device is produced. This can be countered overall, the problem that must be transported and protected transported on trips to different nations a variety of SIM cards for the respective national telephone networks.
  • the check-card-sized device has a first main surface and a second main surface, wherein the first receiving device is designed as a recess between the first and second main surfaces.
  • the recess thus provides a volume between the first and second main surfaces of the device, which is designed to receive the electronic memory card.
  • the recess may correspond, for example, in its width and length of the width and length of a SIM card. But other formats of the recess are possible.
  • the recess does not extend over the entire thickness of the credit card-sized device, but certain projections or protrusions of the first main surface and / or second main surface over the recess are present.
  • such supernatants may be designed for the mechanical fixing of the memory card to be used.
  • the recess can be designed such that a repeated insertion and removal of the memory card is made possible in the device.
  • main surface denotes the two largest surfaces of a three-dimensional rectangular credit card-sized article.
  • the recess has a width which corresponds to a width of a SIM card.
  • the credit-card-sized device has a first projection, wherein the first projection lies in the first main surface and wherein the projection extends over the recess.
  • the credit-card-sized device is designed such that a gap between the two main surfaces for receiving the memory card is formed, over this space, however, parts of the first and protrude second main surface, so that the inserted memory card is mechanically held.
  • a male memory card is fixed in the first vertical direction.
  • a second protrusion may also be provided within the second major surface over the recess so that a memory card is mechanically held in a second vertical direction opposite to the first direction.
  • the second main surface has a fixing base for mechanically fixing the electronic memory card.
  • the fixing floor is located in the region of the recess and spatially delimits the recess.
  • the first receiving device is embodied and integrated in the check-card-sized device such that the second main surface of the device constitutes a fixing bottom.
  • This floor can also provide the desired mechanical protection for the memory card.
  • a volume is provided in the device for receiving the memory card, which volume is limited at its top or bottom by either the first major surface or the second major surface of the device. This can, for example, the Fig. 2 in which the first main surface 200 and the second main surface 201 and the fixing bottom 204 are shown.
  • the projection and / or the fixing floor can be designed such that a mechanical protection for the memory card to be used is provided.
  • the second main surface in the region of the recess has an opening, wherein the opening allows a detachment of an inserted electric memory card by hand.
  • opening is provided, by means of which the memory card can be detached from the receiving device by hand.
  • the credit-card-sized device further comprises a read-out device and a display device.
  • the read-out device is designed for reading out first data of an inserted electrical memory card and the display device is designed to display the first data.
  • the device is able to read data from the inserted memory card by means of the read-out device.
  • the telephone number which is stored on the SIM card used for example, can be displayed to the user on or by means of the display device.
  • information such as the credit, the provider or other stored data can be read and cached, for example, on a storage medium of the credit card format device.
  • the display device may be embodied, for example, as a liquid crystal display (LCD), as a light emitting diode (LED) or, for example, as an organic light emitting diode (OLED).
  • LCD liquid crystal display
  • LED light emitting diode
  • OLED organic light emitting diode
  • the term display device is to be understood as any device which can visually represent to the user the information and / or data read from the memory card.
  • the credit-card-sized device is embodied such that a user is automatically shown the first data of the inserted electronic memory card on the display device after the memory card has been received by the receiving device.
  • the user must operate, for example, a display button of the device so that the information of the memory card is read out and displayed.
  • a display button of the device so that the information of the memory card is read out and displayed.
  • one display button can be provided by the device per display device.
  • the read-out device is designed for data transmission from the memory card to the device.
  • the credit card sized device may provide an energy source for data transmission and / or for the display device.
  • this energy can be received by an RFID resonant circuit, which may be contained in the credit-card-sized device, and provided for the read-out device and / or display device.
  • the credit-card-sized device is designed for reading out and displaying first data of an inserted electrical memory card, the first data being selected from the group consisting of call number, credit, and provider.
  • the device has a second receiving device, wherein the second receiving device in a level with the first receiving device is located. Furthermore, the second receiving device is designed for repeatedly receiving a second electrical memory card with second geometric dimensions.
  • the formats or geometric dimensions of the first and second receiving device can be the same. However, it is also possible to integrate different geometric dimensions or formats with respect to the two receiving devices in the device.
  • the first recording device may have the format of a SIM card and the second recording device may have the format of a micro SD card. However, other combinations are possible.
  • the user can be provided with a portable device which securely fixes, for example, several SIM cards within a check card pocket of a wallet and stores them in a space-saving manner.
  • a portable, space-saving storage option for a plurality of different memory cards with which he can store and transport all of them sorted and protected in the wallet.
  • the size of the receiving device is adapted to the size of the memory card, that in an average transport within a wallet, the memory card is fixed fixed within the receiving device. In other words, the memory card is received by the receiving device stationary and / or fixed.
  • At least the first receiving device is designed such that by inserting the electrical memory card into the first receiving device, a mechanical fixation of the electrical memory card is established.
  • the credit-card-sized device is made of a plastic by means of an injection molding process.
  • a method for the protected transport of an electrical memory card in a credit-card-sized device comprises the step of providing a credit-card-sized device with a first receiving device, wherein the first receiving device for receiving the electrical memory card is designed with first geometric dimensions.
  • the first receiving device occupies less than half of a total area of the credit card-sized device.
  • the method comprises the step of inserting the credit-card-sized device into a check card pocket of a wallet.
  • the method may additionally comprise the step of reading out first data of an inserted electrical memory card by a read-out device of the device. Subsequently, the display of the read-out data can be carried out by a display device of the device.
  • a method for producing a credit card-sized device for protected fixing and for transporting electronic memory cards in a check card pocket of a purse.
  • the method comprises the step of injection molding a plastic into a credit card sized device.
  • the credit card-sized device has a first receiving device and the first receiving device is designed to receive the electrical memory card with first geometric dimensions.
  • the receiving device occupies less than half of a total area of the credit card-sized device.
  • Fig. 1 1 shows a check-card-sized device 100 which has a first receiving device 104.
  • the first receiving device for receiving the electronic memory card 101 is executed.
  • the device 100 has a format such that it can be inserted into a check card pocket 102 of a purse 103.
  • the device has a length 105 and a width 106 which define a first major surface 113 of the device.
  • the first receiving device 104 occupies less than half of the first main surface 113.
  • a receiving device is understood to mean in each case a mechanical unit which receives a memory card and is spaced apart and spatially separated from possibly further existing receiving devices in the credit-card-sized device.
  • the thickness 107 of the device 100 is shown.
  • Fig. 2 1 shows a credit-card-sized device 100 with a first receiving device 104, which is spaced apart and designed separately from the second receiving device 108. Furthermore, the two additional receiving devices 110 and 111 are shown, which are also each separated separately and by walls 114 of the device 100 from each other. It can be seen that each of the recording devices 104, 108, 110 and 111 shown occupies less than half of the first main surface 113 of the credit card-sized device 100.
  • the credit-card-sized device has a length 105, a width 106 and a thickness 107. This can be carried out, for example, in accordance with ISO standard 7816. However, deviations thereof are also allowed such that the device is still insertable into a check card pocket of a purse. Furthermore, a second electronic memory card 109 is shown, which is inserted into the insertion slot or into the recess 115. The further electronic memory card 112 is shown in the unoccupied state, however, indicated by the arrow 206 that it can also be repeatedly fixed to the device 110 by insertion into the further receiving device 110. In this case, the memory card 112, for example, have the size of a SIM card and the receiving device 110 may have a corresponding width and corresponding length for receiving a SIM card.
  • the device 100 has a first main surface 200 that coincides with the first main surface 113 and a second main surface 201.
  • the receiving device 104 is designed as a recess 202 between the first and second main surface.
  • the device 100 has a plurality of projections 203, wherein these lie in the first main surface 200.
  • the projections 203 extend over the recesses 202, so that an inserted electronic memory card is mechanically fixed by the projections.
  • the two memory cards 101 and 109 shown are fixed in a first vertical direction 207 and in a second vertical direction 208.
  • Fig. 2 shows Fig. 2 in that the credit-card-sized device has a fixing bottom 204 within the second main surface 201.
  • the fixing base 204 delimits this recess spatially in the region of the recess 202.
  • special protection can be provided for the electronic memory card to be used so that, for example, electrical contacts remain undamaged during transport by means of the device according to the invention.
  • the second main surface 201 in the region of the recess 202 openings 205 which are located in the respective region of a recess of a receiving device. This allows a simpler triggering of an inserted electrical memory card by hand.
  • Fig. 3 shows a further credit-card-sized device according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • This device 100 also has a length 105 and a width 106 such that the device is in a check card pocket of a purse.
  • the projections 203 are clearly visible, so that their extension through the recess 202 can be seen.
  • Fig. 4 shows a credit-card-sized device 100, which has three receiving devices 104, 108 and 110.
  • the three recording devices have different formats.
  • two electronic memory cards 101 and 109 are shown in the recorded state.
  • a readout device 400 and a display device 401 are included in the device 100.
  • the read-out device can be designed, for example, as a microchip, which is connected to the recording devices as well as to the display device 401 by means of data connections 402.
  • the read-out device is designed to read out first data of an inserted electrical memory card 101 and the display device 401 is designed to display the first data.
  • this storage and display device can also be transported in a check card pocket of a wallet and data such as remaining credit, telephone number of a SIM card used, for example, can be displayed.
  • a can also Selection mechanism 404 may be included in the device 100, with which the user can select the receiving device of the device 100, from which the data can be read.
  • Fig. 5 shows a flowchart according to a method according to the invention for the protected transport of an electrical memory card in a credit-card-sized device.
  • the method in a first step comprises the provision of a credit-card-sized device with a first receiving device, which is designated as step S1.
  • the first receiving device for receiving the electrical memory card is designed with first geometric dimensions and the first receiving device takes less than half of a
  • Fig. 6 shows the method of Fig. 5 with two additional process steps.
  • S3 denotes the method step of reading out first data of an inserted electrical memory card by a read-out device of the device. Subsequently, the display of the read-out data can be performed by a display device of the device, which is shown with S4.
  • Fig. 7 shows a manufacturing method for a credit card-sized device for protected fixing and transport of electronic memory cards in a check card pocket of a purse according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • the method comprises the step, referred to as T1, of injection molding a plastic into a credit-card-sized device, the credit-card-sized device having a first receiving device.
  • the first recording device for repeated recording of the electronic memory card is designed with first geometric dimensions.
  • the device has a length and a width that define a first major surface of the device, the first receiving device occupying less than half of the first major surface.

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