JP2003346115A - Ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an IC card for reading and writing data by using both an IC card reader-writer adaptable to IC cards in compliance with the ISO/JIS standard by one IC card and an IC reader-writer adaptable to an IC storage medium having a shape not in compliance with the standard, eliminating any bulkiness in carriage, troubles for separately issuing and manufacturing IC coins and IC cards, and waste in resources. <P>SOLUTION: In the IC card with an IC unit having an IC module attachably/ detachably fitted to an IC unit fitting part formed on a card base, the IC unit fitting part is a fitting hole formed by cutting a part of the card base material, and a plurality of continuously cut holes are formed in the card base material from a side surface of the fitting holes to the vicinity of the fitting holes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an IC card which can be used by extracting an IC unit having an IC module from an IC card conforming to the ISO / JIS standard as required.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a payment for various devices such as a vending machine and a public telephone, payment using an IC card in a prepaid system has been known. In general, these IC cards have the shape and dimensions and the positions of external connection terminals determined by the ISO / JIS standard, and the specifications on the IC card reader / writer side are also manufactured according to the specifications conforming to these standards. .

In recent years, an IC storage medium having a shape not conforming to the ISO / JIS standard and an outer dimension much smaller than an IC card conforming to the standard, such as a SIM card or an IC coin used for a portable telephone, has been recently used. Is appearing. However, these non-standard IC storage media cannot be used for various devices provided with an IC card reader / writer corresponding to an IC card conforming to the standard.

[0004] That is, for example, when a user wants to use a vending machine that can use an IC coin and a prepaid device using an IC card, the user is required to comply with the standard together with an IC coin that is an IC storage medium that is not a standard. It is necessary to carry an IC card, which is bulky and inconvenient. In addition, the IC coin and the IC card must be separately manufactured and issued to the user, which is troublesome and wastes resources. There is a problem that is.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has as its object to provide a single IC card which is compatible with an ISO / JIS standard IC card. Read and write data using both an IC card reader / writer adapted for a card and an IC reader / writer adapted for an IC storage medium having a shape not conforming to the ISO / JIS standard such as an IC coin. The present invention is to provide an IC card which can be carried out, eliminates bulkiness of possessions, eliminates the need to separately manufacture and issue IC coins and IC cards, and eliminates waste on resources.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an IC card according to the present invention comprises an IC unit having an IC module, which is detachably mounted on an IC unit mounting portion formed on a card base material. An IC card mounting part, wherein the IC unit mounting part comprises a mounting hole formed by cutting out a part of a card base, and the card base is provided with a mounting hole formed in a side surface of the mounting hole. It is characterized in that a plurality of cutout holes formed by continuously cutting out the vicinity are provided.

[0007] The IC card according to the present invention is an IC card in which an IC unit having an IC module is detachably provided in an IC unit mounting portion formed on a card base material. A mounting recess formed in a concave shape in a part of the card base material, and having an IC unit extrusion hole formed by cutting out a part of the card base material in a part of the mounting recess, For card base material,
A plurality of cutout holes formed by continuously cutting out the side of the IC unit pushout hole near the IC unit pushout hole are provided.

Further, in the IC card according to the present invention, the IC unit and the IC unit mounting portion may be connected to a side surface of the IC unit mounting portion by a convex or concave fitting portion formed on a side surface of the IC unit. It is characterized by being detachably fitted. Further, the IC unit has substantially the same shape as a coin.

Further, in the IC card according to the present invention, the plurality of cutout holes have two straight cutout holes formed in parallel. The IC
The unit mounting portions are provided at point-symmetric positions from the center of the card base material, respectively.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an IC card according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a state where an IC unit is removed from the IC card according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a state where an IC unit is removed from the IC card of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a plan view of an IC card according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state where the IC unit is removed from the IC card, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5, FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a state where the IC unit is removed from the IC card of FIG. FIG. 9 is a plan view of an IC card according to a third embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.
1 is a plan view of an IC card according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 12 is a plan view of an IC card according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
It is a C unit and is a top view showing the kind of shape of an IC unit.

First, an IC card 1A according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The IC card 1A has an IC unit mounting portion including a mounting hole 3 formed by cutting out a part of the card base material 2 to removably mount the IC unit 5, and a side surface of the mounting hole 3. A plurality of cutout holes 4a, 4
b, 4c, and 4d.

A plurality of cutout holes 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d
Are cut out from four portions on the circumferential side surface of the mounting hole 3 toward the outside in the vicinity of the mounting hole 3, and each of the two cut holes 4a, 4b, and the cut holes 4c, 4c, 4d are formed linearly in parallel with each other.
With the cutout holes 4a and 4b, and with the cutout holes 4c and 4
When the IC unit 5 is mounted or removed inside the mounting hole 3, the portion between the two cutout holes 4 a and 4 b of the card base material 2 is The portion between the two cutout holes 4c and 4d easily bends toward the front and back sides of the card base 2, and the IC unit 5 is easily attached and detached.

The IC unit 5 includes an IC module 7 having a built-in IC chip and having an external connection terminal 6 on its surface.
Has a structure embedded in a concave portion formed in the base material 8. The IC unit 5 has substantially the same dimensions as a coin, and has a shape and dimensions that can be used as a so-called IC coin. Also, as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG.
The side surface of the IC unit 5 is formed in a concave shape with a curved line, and the side surface of the mounting hole 3 is formed in a convex shape with a curved line. When the IC unit 5 is fitted into the mounting hole 3, a card is inserted. The portion between the two cutout holes 4a and 4b of the base material 2 and the portion between the two cutout holes 4c and 4d bend in the front and back directions of the card base material 2 so that the IC unit 5
The concave portion is formed in the convex shape of the mounting hole 3 so as to fit into the portion.

Incidentally, contrary to the above configuration, the IC unit 5
May be formed in a convex shape having a curved line, and the side surface of the mounting hole 3 may be formed in a concave shape having a curved line.
The structure for fitting the IC unit 5 into the mounting hole 3 is not limited to the above-described structure. By pushing the IC unit 5 into the mounting hole 3, the two cutout holes 4a, 4b and two cutout holes 4c,
What is necessary is to have a structure in which the portion between 4d is bent and fitted in the front and back direction of the card base material 2.

Next, an IC card 1B according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The IC card 1B includes an IC unit mounting portion including a mounting hole 10 formed by cutting out a part of a card base material 9 for detachably mounting the IC unit 8, and a side surface of the mounting hole 10. In the vicinity of the mounting hole 10, two cutout holes 11a and 11b formed by cutting out continuously are provided.

The two cutout holes 11a and 11b are respectively cut out from two portions on the circumferential side surface of the mounting hole 10, and the cutout holes 11a and 11b are formed in parallel in a straight line. It has a groove. Since the cutout holes 11a and 11b are formed in a straight line in parallel with each other, when the IC unit 12 is mounted or removed inside the mounting hole 10, the mounting hole 10 of the card base 9 and the respective cutouts are formed. The portion between the parallel grooves of the holes 11a and 11b easily bends toward the front and back surfaces of the card base material 9,
The attachment / detachment process of the IC unit 12 is facilitated.

As shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8, the side surface of the IC unit 12 is formed in a curved convex shape, and the side surface of the mounting hole 10 is formed in a curved concave shape. When the IC unit 12 is fitted into the mounting hole 10, the convex portion of the IC unit 12 is fitted into the concave portion of the mounting hole 10.

Next, an IC card 1C according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 9 or FIG. The IC card 1C includes an IC unit mounting portion including a mounting concave portion 15 formed in a concave shape on a part of the card base material 14 for detachably mounting the IC unit 13 and a card from a part of the mounting concave portion 15. The IC unit extrusion hole 16 formed by cutting out a part of the base material 14 and the card base material 14 are also continuously cut from the side surface of the IC unit extrusion hole 16 to the vicinity of the IC unit extrusion hole 16. A plurality of cutout holes 17a, 17b, 17c,
17d is provided.

A plurality of cutout holes 17a, 17b, 17
c and 17d are cut out from four portions on the circumferential side surface of the IC unit push-out hole 16 toward the outside near the IC unit push-out hole 16, and two cut-out holes 17a and 17b are respectively formed. And the cutout hole 17
c and 17d are formed linearly in parallel with each other.

Since the cutout holes 17a and 17b and the cutout holes 17c and 17d are formed in parallel and in a straight line, the card can be used to mount or remove the IC unit 13 inside the mounting recess 15. The portion between the two cutout holes 17a and 17b and the portion between the two cutout holes 17c and 17d of the base material 14 easily bend in the front and back direction of the card base material 14, so that the attaching / detaching process of the IC unit 13 can be performed. It is easier to do.

Next, an IC card 1D according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the IC card 1D, IC unit mounting portions 20a and 20b and cutout holes 21a and 21b are provided at point-symmetric positions from the center of the card base material, respectively. The IC units 22a and 22b are detachably fitted in the IC unit mounting portions 20a and 20b in a state where connection terminals are exposed on the same surface side. The IC unit 22a has a circular shape, and the IC unit 22b has a trapezoidal shape, so that the user can easily determine the shape simply by looking at the shape.

Therefore, the IC card 1D is mounted on the card base 23 by 180 ° in the plane direction from the center X of the card base 23.
And rotate I from the insertion slot of the IC card reader / writer.
By inserting the C card 1D, data processing by two IC chips is possible, and the IC unit 22 mounted on the IC unit mounting sections 20a and 20b is mounted.
a, 22b by extruding the IC unit 22 at any time.
Only a and 22b can be removed from the card base 23 and used as an IC coin or the like.

Next, an IC card 1E according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the IC card 1E, the IC unit mounting portions 20a and 20c and the cutout holes 21a and 21c are provided at positions symmetrical with respect to the center of the card base material 23, respectively. The IC unit 2 is mounted on the IC unit mounting portions 20a and 20c in a state where connection terminals appear on the front side and the back side of the card base material 23.
2a and 22c are detachably fitted and arranged. The IC unit 22a has a circular shape, and the IC unit 22c has an octagonal shape, and can be easily distinguished simply by looking at the shape.

Therefore, the IC card 1E is capable of performing data processing by two IC chips by inserting the IC card 1D from the insertion opening of the IC card reader / writer by turning over the card substrate 23. With I
IC mounted on C unit mounting sections 20a, 20c
By extruding units 22a and 22c, IC
Only the units 22a and 22c can be removed from the card base 23 and used as an IC coin or the like.

The IC unit applicable to the IC card of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned shape, but is an IC in which an IC unit having an arbitrary shape is formed on a card base material.
It can be provided detachably on the unit mounting part. Examples of these IC units are shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), (c) and (d), for example, an elliptical IC unit 24, a trapezoidal IC unit 25,
There are a polygonal IC unit 26, a heart-shaped IC unit 27, and the like. In the case where an IC unit having these shapes is used, the IC unit mounting portion of the card base also has a shape capable of fitting these shapes. Have.

The shape of these IC units may be arbitrarily selected according to the device using the IC unit removed from the card base material.

[0027]

As described above, the IC card of the present invention is
Since an IC module having an IC chip and a connection terminal can be removed and used as needed from an IC card conforming to the ISO / JIS standard, a single IC card conforms to the ISO / JIS standard. Reads and writes data using both an IC card reader / writer adapted to an integrated IC card and an IC reader / writer adapted to an IC storage medium having a shape not conforming to the ISO / JIS standard such as an IC coin. be able to. Therefore, IC cards and ICs with different shapes
Since it is not necessary to have a storage medium, it is possible to eliminate bulkiness and to use an IC storage medium such as an IC coin and an IC storage medium.
Without the hassle of manufacturing and issuing cards separately,
Further, there is an effect that resource saving can be achieved.

Further, since a plurality of cutout holes formed by continuously cutting out the vicinity of the mounting hole from the side surface of the mounting hole of the IC unit are provided, the IC unit can be connected to the mounting hole. There is an effect that the operation is easy when mounting or removing. Further, by making the IC unit substantially the same shape as a coin, the IC unit can be used as an IC coin. Further, by providing the IC unit mounting portion and the cutout hole at point-symmetric positions from the center of the card base material, there is an effect that one IC card can support a plurality of different applications.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an IC card according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an IC card according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
It is a top view showing the state where C unit was removed.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a state where an IC unit is extracted from the IC card of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an IC card according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows an IC card to an IC card according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
It is a top view showing the state where C unit was removed.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a state where an IC unit is extracted from the IC card of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of an IC card according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a plan view of an IC card according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of an IC card according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing an IC unit applicable to the IC card of the present invention, showing types of shapes of the IC unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1A IC card 1B according to the first embodiment of the present invention IC card 1C according to the second embodiment of the present invention IC card 1D according to the third embodiment of the present invention IC card 1E according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention Book IC card 2, 9, 14, 23 card base material 3, 10, 20a, 20b, 20c according to the fifth embodiment of the invention Mounting holes 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 11a, 11b, 17a, 1
7b, 17c, 17d, 21a, 21b Cutout holes 5, 12, 13, 22a, 22b, 22c IC unit 6 External connection terminal 15 Mounting recess 16 IC unit extrusion hole 24 Elliptical IC unit 25 Trapezoidal IC Unit 26 Polygonal IC unit 27 Heart-shaped IC unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An IC card having an IC module having an IC module, which is detachably provided on an IC unit mounting portion formed on a card base material, wherein the IC unit mounting portion is a part of the card base material. Consists of a mounting hole formed by cutting out, the card base material,
An IC card comprising a plurality of cutout holes formed by continuously cutting out the vicinity of the mounting hole from a side surface of the mounting hole. 2. An IC card in which an IC unit having an IC module is detachably provided on an IC unit mounting portion formed on a card base material, wherein the IC unit mounting portion is a part of the card base material. An IC unit pushing hole formed by cutting out a part of the card base material in a part of the mounting concave part, wherein the IC base material is provided in the card base material. An IC card comprising a plurality of cutout holes formed by continuously cutting out the side of a unit pushout hole near the IC unit pushout hole. 3. The IC unit and the IC unit mounting portion are removably fitted to the side surface of the IC unit mounting portion by a convex or concave fitting portion formed on a side surface of the IC unit. The IC card according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 4. The IC unit according to claim 1, wherein the IC unit has substantially the same shape as a coin.
2. The IC card according to 1. 5. The IC card according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of cutout holes have two straight cutout holes formed in parallel. 6. The IC card according to claim 1, wherein the IC unit mounting portion and the cutout hole are respectively provided at point-symmetric positions from the center of the card base material. .