JP2005175134A - Contactless ic card holder for handy terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contactless IC card holder whereby a handy terminal can be used even under an environment wherein a leaked radio wave provides any adverse effect on the handy terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The contactless IC card holder 11 is configured by providing a radio wave absorbing body 17 to an inner face 13a of a bottom 13. The antenna coil 7 of the handy terminal 1 transmits a radio wave while the contactless IC card holder 11 is mounted on the handy terminal 1 and a card support mechanism 23 normally supports a contactless IC card 10, and even when the radio wave is moved through the contactless IC card 10, the radio wave is absorbed by the radio wave absorbing body 17 and not leaked externally. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a non-contact IC card holder for a handy terminal configured to be detachable from the handy terminal.

Conventionally, when a radio wave transmitted from an antenna coil of a handy terminal is received by an antenna coil of a non-contact IC card, the handy terminal reads data recorded on the non-contact IC card (for example, Patent Documents). 1).
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  However, since this type of handy terminal is configured to transmit radio waves from the antenna coil, there is a problem that it cannot be used in hospitals where leaked radio waves can adversely affect medical devices.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and its purpose is to suppress leakage of radio waves transmitted from a handy terminal to the outside, and in an environment in which leaked radio waves can have some adverse effects. Even if it exists, it is providing the non-contact IC card holder for handy terminals which can use a handy terminal.

  According to the non-contact IC card holder for the handy terminal according to claim 1, when the main body is mounted on the handy terminal, the radio wave transmitted from the antenna coil of the handy terminal is received by the antenna coil of the non-contact IC card. Thus, the non-contact IC card is held at a predetermined position by the card holding mechanism. And since the 1st electromagnetic wave absorber is provided in the site | part which opposes the surface on the opposite side to the card-antenna surface of the non-contact IC card hold | maintained in the predetermined position, a non-contact IC card is Even if a radio wave is transmitted from the antenna coil of the handy terminal while being held at a predetermined position by the card holding mechanism, and the radio wave travels through the non-contact IC card, the radio wave is a first wave absorber. To be absorbed.

  Thereby, it is possible to suppress leakage of the radio wave transmitted from the handy terminal to the outside, and the handy terminal can be used even in an environment where the leaked radio wave may have some adverse effects. In this case, since the non-contact IC card is held at a predetermined position by the card holding mechanism, the user can perform, for example, a button operation on the handy terminal without supporting the non-contact IC card by hand, thereby improving usability. You can also.

  According to the non-contact IC card holder for a handy terminal according to claim 2, the second radio wave absorber is provided in a portion of the main body facing the side surface of the non-contact IC card held at a predetermined position. Therefore, even if a radio wave is transmitted from the antenna coil of the handy terminal while the non-contact IC card is held at a predetermined position by the card holding mechanism, and the radio wave travels along the card antenna surface of the IC card, The radio wave is absorbed by the second radio wave absorber. Thereby, it can suppress more appropriately that the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the handy terminal leaks outside.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a handy terminal, a non-contact IC card holder for handy terminals (hereinafter simply referred to as a non-contact IC card holder) and a non-contact IC card.
A main body 2 of the handy terminal 1 is constituted by a head 3 and a hand-held portion 4 that are integrally connected. The head 3 is configured such that a liquid crystal display 5 is disposed on the front surface 3 a and a horizontally long reading port 6 is formed on the back surface 3 b, and a bobbin ( The antenna coil 7 is disposed in a state of being wound around (not shown). On the other hand, the hand-held portion 4 is configured such that a key group 8 is disposed on the surface 4a and a double action key 9 is disposed on the side surface 4b. The key group 8 includes, for example, a plurality of function keys, numeric keys “0” to “9”, magic keys for executing an arbitrarily selected function, and the like.

  The main body 12 of the non-contact IC card holder 11 is configured by integrating a bottom surface portion 13, side surface portions 14 and 15, and a back surface portion 16. In this case, the distance between the inner surface 14a of the side surface portion 14 and the inner surface 15a of the side surface portion 15 (indicated by “L1” in FIG. 3) is formed to be substantially the same as the outer dimension of the reading port 6 of the handy terminal 1. At the same time, the non-contact IC card holder 10 is formed slightly longer (wider) than the vertical external dimension (indicated by “L2” in FIG. 3).

  In the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 3, a plate-shaped radio wave absorber 17 (first radio wave absorber referred to in the present invention) is provided on the inner surface 13 a of the bottom surface portion 13, for example. Plate-like radio wave absorbers 18 to 20 (second radio wave absorbers referred to in the present invention) are provided, for example, on the inner surface 14 a of the side surface portion 14, the side surface 15 a of the side surface portion 15, and the inner surface 16 a of the back surface portion 16. Yes. In this case, these radio wave absorbers 17 to 20 are made of a composite material in which, for example, synthetic rubber and ferrite are mixed. Further, a horizontally long claw portion 21 is formed on the back surface portion 16.

  In such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 1, the non-contact IC card holder 11 is formed on the back side of the handy terminal 1, and the claw portion 21 of the non-contact IC card holder 11 is formed on the main body 2 of the handy terminal 1. At the same time that the fitting portion 22 is fitted, a part of the main body 2 of the handy terminal 1 (the portion of the reading port 6) is formed by the inner surface 14a of the side surface portion 14 and the side surface 15a of the side surface portion 15 of the non-contact IC card holder 11. By sandwiching, the non-contact IC card holder 11 can be mounted on the handy terminal 1.

  In this case, in a state where the non-contact IC card holder 11 is mounted on the handy terminal 1, the non-contact IC card 10 has the inner surface 13 a of the bottom surface portion 13 of the non-contact IC card holder 11, the inner surface 14 a of the side surface portion 14, and the side surface portion 15. When inserted in the space surrounded by the side surface 15a and the inner surface 16a of the back surface portion 16, the non-contact IC card 10 is held at a predetermined position so as to face the reading port 6 (antenna coil 7 of the handy terminal 1). The That is, the card holding mechanism 23 referred to in the present invention is constituted by the inner surface 13a of the bottom surface portion 13 of the non-contact IC card holder 11, the inner surface 14a of the side surface portion 14, the side surface 15a of the side surface portion 15, and the inner surface 16a of the back surface portion 16. Yes.

  Then, the non-contact IC card holder 11 is attached to the handy terminal 1, and the non-contact IC card 10 is normally operated by the card holding mechanism 23 of the non-contact IC card holder 11 (the card antenna surface 10a of the non-contact IC card 10 is the reading port). When the radio wave transmitted from the antenna coil 7 of the handy terminal 1 is received by the antenna coil 24, the contactless IC card 10 rectifies the radio wave and starts up. Electric power is generated, and a radio wave whose carrier wave is modulated by data recorded in a memory is transmitted from the antenna coil 24.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the radio wave absorber 17 is provided on the inner surface 13a of the bottom surface portion 13 of the non-contact IC card holder 11, the non-contact IC card holder 11 is attached to the handy terminal 1. In addition, radio waves are transmitted from the antenna coil 7 of the handy terminal 1 while the non-contact IC card 10 is normally held by the card holding mechanism 23, and the radio waves travel through the non-contact IC card 10. Even so, the radio wave is absorbed by the radio wave absorber 17, whereby the radio wave transmitted from the handy terminal 1 can be prevented from leaking to the outside, and the leaked radio wave can have some adverse effects. The handy terminal 1 can be used even in an environment.

  In this case, since the radio wave absorbers 18 to 20 are provided on the inner surface 14a of the side surface portion 14 of the non-contact IC card holder 11, the side surface 15a of the side surface portion 15 and the inner surface 16a of the back surface portion 16, the handy terminal 1 Even when radio waves are transmitted from the antenna coil 7 and the radio waves travel along the card antenna surface 10a of the non-contact IC card 10, the radio waves are absorbed by the radio wave absorbers 18 to 20, It is possible to more appropriately suppress the radio wave transmitted from the handy terminal 1 from leaking to the outside.

Further, in this case, since the non-contact IC card 10 is held at a predetermined position by the card holding mechanism 23, the user can perform, for example, a button operation of the handy terminal 1 without supporting the non-contact IC card 10 by hand. It can also improve usability.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.

  As a mechanism for attaching / detaching the non-contact IC card holder to / from the handy terminal, for example, a configuration in which another mechanism such as a screwing mechanism is applied may be used. The radio wave absorber may be provided at a location where radio waves are concentrated, and is not limited to a configuration in which a plurality of radio wave absorbers are provided on separate surfaces, and a single radio wave absorber is bent into a plurality of surfaces. It is also possible to have a configuration provided across the two.

The side view which shows one Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: While the non-contact IC card holder is mounted | worn with the handy terminal, the non-contact IC card is hold | maintained at the non-contact IC card holder External perspective view of handy terminal, non-contact IC card holder and non-contact IC card The front view which shows the aspect with which the non-contact IC card holder is mounted | worn with the handy terminal, and the non-contact IC card is hold | maintained at the non-contact IC card holder

Explanation of symbols

In the drawings, 1 is a handy terminal, 7 is an antenna coil of the handy terminal, 10 is a non-contact IC card, 10a is a card antenna surface, 11 is a non-contact IC card holder, 12 is a main body, 17 is a radio wave absorber (first absorber) Radio wave absorber), 18 to 20 are radio wave absorbers (second radio wave absorbers), 23 is a card holding mechanism, and 24 is an antenna coil of a non-contact IC card.

Claims (2)

A main body configured to be detachable from the handy terminal;
The non-contact IC card is placed in a predetermined position so that radio waves transmitted from the antenna coil of the handy terminal can be received by the antenna coil of the non-contact IC card provided in the main body and the main body is mounted on the handy terminal. A card holding mechanism to hold;
The radio wave transmitted from the antenna coil of the handy terminal is provided in a portion facing the surface opposite to the card antenna surface of the non-contact IC card held in a predetermined position by the card holding mechanism. A non-contact IC card holder for a handy terminal, comprising a first electromagnetic wave absorber for absorption. In the non-contact IC card holder for a handy terminal according to claim 1,
A second radio wave absorber that is provided in a portion of the main body facing the side surface of the non-contact IC card held at a predetermined position by the card holding mechanism and absorbs radio waves transmitted from the antenna coil of the handy terminal A non-contact IC card holder for a handy terminal, comprising:

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