JP2006137014A - Bookbinding method for books, continuous sheet for bookbinding used for this bookbinding method and book bound using this continuous sheet for bookbinding - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bookbinding method which enables the efficient binding of books accessible to each RF-ID tag individually in a stack of books. <P>SOLUTION: In performing the bookbinding of a unit lot of at least not less than two copies of the book 1, an antenna forming process to form an antenna pattern 11 in a tag sheet 130 which constitutes a tag page 13 incorporating the RF-ID tag 10, a chip arranging process to arrange an IC chip 12 in the tag sheet 130, and a gathering process to gather the tag sheet 130 and a paper piece 30 which constitutes a page, are executed. In the gathering process, the tag sheet 130 and the paper piece 30 are gathered in the way that an arrangement position of the antenna pattern 11 connected electrically with the IC chip 12, differs on the tag page 13 per every book 1 representing the unit lot of the copies. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a book having an RF-ID tag for electronic management.

  Conventionally, there are books, magazines, and the like to which a non-contact ID tag (RF-ID tag) capable of reading and writing information without contact is attached. According to this book or the like, electronic management is possible using information stored in the RF-ID tag. Therefore, a book or the like with an RF-ID tag attached can be easily managed not only for shoplifting but also for distribution management and inventory management.

  The RF-ID tag includes an antenna and an IC chip. Then, the IC chip is driven using the power supplied via the antenna, thereby enabling access to the IC chip from the outside. As an RF-ID tag to be attached to a book or the like, for example, an IC chip provided on a sheet-like base material on which an antenna pattern that functions as a planar antenna is formed is used. In some cases, a sheet-like RF-ID tag is pasted on a page or cover using a general pasting device or the like as a device constituting the bookbinding line (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  However, the conventional books described above have the following problems. When the RF-ID tag is pasted at substantially the same position on the page surface using the pasting device, it is difficult to individually access the RF-ID tag of each book in a situation where books are stacked such as during distribution or storage. There was a problem.

JP 2003-11543 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and a bookbinding method for efficiently binding a book capable of individual access to each RF-ID tag even in a stacked state, and the bookbinding method. The present invention intends to provide a continuous sheet for bookbinding to be used and a book bound by using the continuous sheet.

A first invention is a bookbinding method for a book having an RF-ID tag including an IC chip and an antenna pattern,
When binding at least two books in multiple unit lots,
An antenna forming step of forming an antenna pattern on a tag sheet serving as a tag page holding an RF-ID tag;
A chip disposing step of disposing the IC chip on the tag sheet;
A collation process for collating the tag sheet with a piece of paper forming a page;
A binding step of binding the tag sheet and the paper piece collated by the collation step,
In the collating step, the bookbinding of the book characterized in that the tag sheet and the paper piece are collated so that the arrangement position of the antenna pattern on the tag page is different for every book of the unit lot number. There is a method (claim 1).

  In the collating step in the book binding method of the first invention, the tag sheet and the paper piece are placed so that the antenna pattern placement positions on the tag page are all different for each book of the unit lot number. Collate. Therefore, in the book of the number of unit lots bound by this bookbinding method, there is little possibility that each RF-ID tag is superposed in the stacking direction in the stacked state. Therefore, according to these books, each RF-ID tag can be individually accessed even in a stacked state. Therefore, the books bound by this bookbinding method can be managed individually even when they are stacked and packed at the time of distribution or storage.

As described above, according to the bookbinding method of the first invention, it is possible to efficiently book books that can be managed individually even in a stacked state.
In addition, the said book means the publication by all paper media including a magazine etc. besides a book, such as a hard cover and a paperback book. And the said book which has the said tag page is easy to carry out distribution management using the said RF-ID tag. In addition to the distribution stage until sales, it is possible to manage used sales routes after sales. If you can manage used sales channels, you can easily find illegal distribution of the above-mentioned books. On the other hand, if a rule is set to prohibit purchase of the tag page from the purchase store, it is possible to prevent crimes such as shoplifting.

A second invention is a continuous sheet for bookbinding for cutting out a tag sheet to be a tag page in order to bind a book having a tag page holding an RF-ID tag including an IC chip and an antenna pattern. And
The continuous sheet is a continuous sheet for bookbinding, characterized in that the tag sheet including at least two or more antenna patterns is cut out.

  The continuous sheet for bookbinding according to the second invention is for cutting out the tag sheet to be the tag page. And this continuous sheet | seat is comprised so that the said tag sheet | seat containing the said several antenna pattern of at least 2 or more can be cut out. In addition, according to the said continuous sheet | seat, the tag sheet of a different size can also be cut out. For example, according to the continuous sheet configured to be able to cut out an A4 size tag sheet including a plurality of antenna patterns, it is possible to cut out an A3 size or A5 size tag sheet.

  And the tag sheet cut out from the continuous sheet has a plurality of antenna patterns with different arrangement positions. Therefore, by using this tag sheet, the antenna pattern that is electrically connected to the IC chip can be selectively switched. And if a book including a tag sheet having a different antenna pattern electrically connected to the IC chip is booked together, a book having a different antenna pattern constituting the RF-ID tag can be efficiently manufactured. Can do. In addition, as said continuous sheet, if it winds in roll shape, it is convenient for conveyance and storage.

A third invention is a book having a tag page holding an RF-ID tag including an IC chip and an antenna pattern,
The tag sheet cut out from the continuous sheet for bookbinding of the second invention is used as the tag page, and the tag page includes any one antenna pattern among the plurality of antenna patterns formed on the tag sheet. The book is characterized in that the IC chip is electrically connected to the IC chip (claim 6).
The book of the third invention is a book obtained by collating the tag sheet cut out from the continuous sheet for bookbinding of the second invention. According to the tag sheet, the antenna pattern electrically connected to the IC chip can be selectively switched. Therefore, if the continuous sheet is used, books with different arrangement positions of antenna patterns constituting the RF-ID tag can be easily bound.

   As the tag sheet of the first invention and the continuous sheet for bookbinding of the second and third inventions, resin films such as polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), Paper or the like can be used. The antenna pattern can be formed by printing a conductive ink containing silver, graphite, silver chloride, copper, nickel, or the like, or copper etching. Furthermore, the IC chip may be a semiconductor element itself, or may be a semiconductor element packaged with a plastic resin or the like, and the semiconductor element is mounted on the surface of a sheet-like base material. It may be an interposer.

In the antenna forming step according to the first aspect of the invention, a plurality of the antenna patterns equal to the number of unit lot books are formed on the tag sheet, and in the chip placement step, the IC is provided for each book of the unit lot number. It is preferable to change the antenna pattern for electrically connecting the chips.
In this case, by changing the antenna pattern for electrically connecting the IC chip, the number of unit lots in which the antenna pattern for actually transmitting and receiving information, that is, the arrangement of the antenna pattern constituting the RF-ID tag is different. Book can be bound efficiently.

Further, in the chip placement step, the IC chip is placed at substantially the same position over the number of books of the unit lot, and only one selected antenna pattern among the plurality of antenna patterns is It is preferable to form an electrical connection state with the IC chip.
In this case, the work efficiency of the chip placement process can be improved by making all the positions where the IC chips are placed common.
Here, there are two methods for forming an electrical connection state between the IC chip and the antenna pattern. One method is to dispose the IC chip and complete an electrical connection path between the selected antenna pattern and the IC chip. As this method, for example, an electrically unconnected portion is provided for each antenna pattern, and an IC chip is disposed, and at the same time, conductive ink or the like is applied to an unconnected portion between the selected antenna pattern and the IC chip. There is a method of printing and short-circuiting electrically.

  Another method is a method of disposing an IC chip and cutting an electrical path with an antenna pattern other than the selected antenna pattern at the same time. As this method, for example, for each antenna pattern, at least one location that can be easily cut is provided, and an IC chip is disposed, and at the same time, the above-described easy-cut locations other than the selected antenna pattern are electrically connected. There is a way to cut. Further, at this time, if an IC chip is disposed and at the same time, for example, resin ink or the like is printed and protected at an easily cut portion of the selected antenna pattern, an electrical trouble occurs in the formed RF-ID tag. The fear can be suppressed.

In the antenna forming step, it is preferable that the antenna pattern is formed at a different position on the tag sheet for each book of the number of unit lots.
In this case, the antenna pattern formed at a different position for each book and the IC chip are electrically connected, so that the IC chip is disposed at a common position and the work efficiency of the chip disposing step is increased. be able to.

Example 1
This example relates to a bookbinding method for a book 1 or magazine having an RF-ID tag 10. The contents will be described with reference to FIGS.
This example is an example relating to a bookbinding method of a book 1 having an RF-ID tag 10 including an IC chip 12 and an antenna pattern 11 as shown in FIG.
In the book binding method of this example, the antenna pattern 11 is applied to the tag sheet 130 that becomes the tag page 13 for holding the RF-ID tag 10 when binding at least two books 1 of a plurality of unit lots. The antenna forming step to be formed, the chip disposing step for disposing the IC chip 12 on the tag sheet 130, the collating step for collating the tag sheet 130 and the paper sheet 30 to be a page, and collating by the collating step The binding step of binding the tag sheet 130 and the paper piece 30 is performed.
Here, in the collation process, the tag sheet 130 and the paper piece 30 are collated so that the arrangement positions of the antenna patterns 11 on the tag page 13 are all different for each book 1 of the unit lot number.
Hereinafter, this content will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, the book 1 in this example is an A4 version including a tag page 13 that holds an RF-ID tag 10. In this example, as the number of unit lot books, eight books, which are the number of books to be stacked and accommodated in the cardboard box 6 (see FIG. 6), are set.
The tag page 13 is independent from the page made up of paper pieces 30 on which characters and the like are printed. The RF-ID tag 10 is exposed on the tag page 13 of this example.

  The tag page 13 can also be attached to the front cover 21 or the back cover 22. Furthermore, the RF-ID tag 10 may be hidden by pasting the tag page 13 and the paper piece 30 together, or the RF-ID tag 10 may be exposed as in this example. When the RF-ID tag 10 is exposed, there is an effect that the shoplifting suppression effect can be improved.

  The book 1 of this example is based on the saddle stitch binding in which the back cover 23 is joined to the side face formed by the collated tag sheet 130 and one side of the paper piece 30 via a hot melt adhesive. Instead of this, it may be a book, a magazine, or the like by saddle stitch binding that is stapled or threaded along the folding center line of the collated paper piece 30 and the tag sheet 130.

As shown in FIG. 1, the RF-ID tag 10 is a combination of an IC chip 12 and an antenna pattern 11 that functions as a planar antenna that is electrically extended from the IC chip 12.
The IC chip 12 is driven by power supplied from the outside via the antenna pattern 11 and includes a ROM and a RAM as memories. In this example, as the IC chip 12, an interposer-like chip formed by mounting a semiconductor element on the surface of a sheet-like base material was used.

  The RF-ID tag 10 is configured to read information stored in the ROM or RAM and to write new information to the RAM by external access via the antenna pattern 11. Here, the antenna pattern 11 of this example that functions as a planar antenna has sensitivity in the normal direction of the forming surface, that is, the page surface formed by the tag page 13.

The tag sheet 130 forms an A4 size tag page 13 as shown in FIGS. The tag sheet 130 has eight antenna patterns 11 that are elongated in the width direction. In this example, eight antenna patterns 11 are arranged in the long side direction of the tag sheet 130.
The antenna pattern 11 has a substantially annular shape having a notch at one location. And the chip | tip arrangement | positioning area | region 120 for arrange | positioning the IC chip 12 is provided in the said notch part. When the IC chip 12 is arranged in the chip arrangement area 120, the antenna pattern 11 forms the RF-ID tag 10. In the tag sheet 130 of this example, the arrangement of the antenna pattern 11 constituting the RF-ID tag 10 can be switched depending on which of the eight chip arrangement regions 120 the IC chip 12 is arranged. it can.

  The antenna pattern 11 of this example is formed by printing conductive ink made of silver paste. As the conductive ink, in addition to silver paste, graphite paste, silver chloride paste, copper paste, nickel paste, and the like can be used. Further, the antenna pattern 11 can be formed by copper etching or the like.

Next, the bookbinding procedure of the book 1 of this example is demonstrated.
In the bookbinding method of this example, first, prior to performing the collating step, a paper piece 30 that forms a page and a tag sheet 130 that becomes a tag page 13 are separately prepared. In particular, in the bookbinding method of this example, the tag sheet 130 to be the tag page 13 was prepared by performing the antenna forming step and the chip disposing step.

  Specifically, in the antenna forming step, as shown in FIG. 3, the antenna pattern 11 was printed on the surface of a sheet 41 made of PET by using a printing device (not shown). The sheet width of the sheet 41 corresponds to the length of the short side of A4 size. In this example, the antenna pattern 11 elongated in the width direction of the sheet 41 is continuously formed in the longitudinal direction of the sheet 41. Here, in this example, as shown in FIG. 4, the antenna pattern 11 is printed on the surface of the sheet 41 so that the antenna pattern 11 is included in the region where the tag sheet 130 is cut out.

In this example, as shown in FIG. 3, the unprocessed sheet 41 without the antenna pattern 11 is sent out, and a part of the sheet 41 is spread on a substantially flat work table to print the antenna pattern 11. The continuous sheet 40 for roll bookbinding was produced by winding again on the front side in the delivery direction. And the chip | tip arrangement | positioning process which is a post process was implemented using the continuous sheet | seat 40 for this bookbinding. The continuous sheet 40 is for cutting out the tag sheet 130 that becomes the tag page 13. The continuous sheet 40 is configured such that a plurality of the antenna sheet patterns 11 are continuously arranged in the longitudinal direction, and an A4 size tag sheet 130 including at least two or more antenna patterns 11 is cut out. is there. The tag sheet 130 of this example cut out from the continuous sheet 40 has eight antenna patterns 11 along the long side direction.
In addition, according to the continuous sheet 40 of this example, the tag sheet 130 of A5 size can be cut out in addition to A4 size. The A5 size tag sheet 130 cut out from the continuous sheet 40 has four antenna patterns 11 along the short side direction.

  In the chip disposing step, as shown in FIG. 4, the continuous sheet 40 is sent out, and the tip portion thereof is spread on a substantially flat work table (not shown) to dispose the IC chip 12. . Then, after the IC chip 12 was disposed, a substantially A4 size tag sheet 130 serving as the tag page 13 was cut out. Here, in the chip disposing step of this example, the antenna pattern 11 electrically connected to the IC chip 12 was sequentially changed. Thereby, in the tag page 13, the book 1 (refer FIG. 1) of the number of unit lot books from which arrangement | positioning of the antenna pattern 11 differs can be bound.

  Next, in the collating step, as shown in FIG. 5, the paper pieces 30 prepared in advance and the tag sheet 130 to be the tag page 13 are stacked and collated in a predetermined order. In this example, the collating process was performed using the collating apparatus 5 configured to hold the paper pieces 30 or the tag sheets 130 forming each page individually and supply them in a predetermined order.

  Next, the binding process is performed. In carrying out this binding step, the outer peripheral edge portion of the laminated body 1a in which the paper piece 30 and the tag sheet 130 were collated was cut and aligned in advance. Then, in the binding process, a front cover 21 and a back cover 22 are connected via a spine cover 23 (see FIG. 1), and an adhesive layer made of hot melt ( (Not shown) was formed. And the spine 23 was attached so that the said adhesive bond layer might contact | abut to the binding side surface in the said laminated body 1a. In this state, the adhesive layer was heated to melt and melt the hot melt. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 1, the book 1 which bound the both surfaces of the said laminated body 1a with the front cover 21 and the back cover 22 was obtained.

According to the book 1 of this example, as shown in FIG. 6, the arrangement of the antenna pattern 11 forming the RF-ID tag 10 is in the stacking direction even in a state where the eight unit lots are stacked and packed in the cardboard box 6. There is little possibility of polymerization.
Here, the antenna pattern 11 functioning as a planar antenna has sensitivity in the normal direction of the arrangement surface (the surface formed by the tag page 13 surface) as shown in FIG. Therefore, in the book 1 of this example, the IC chip 12 can be controlled via the antenna pattern 11 by positioning an external antenna (not shown) extending from an external device or the like so as to face the tag page 13. It is.

As described above, in the book 1 having the number of unit lots in this example, as shown in FIG. 6, the antenna patterns 11 forming the RF-ID tag 10 are arranged so as not to overlap in the stacking direction. Therefore, in the book 1 of this example, the external antenna can face the antenna pattern 11 of each RF-ID tag 10 even in the stacked state. Therefore, individual access to each RF-ID tag 10 from an external antenna is possible, and individual management of the stacked books 1 is possible.
In this example, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of antenna patterns 11 are provided in the longitudinal direction on the surface of the tag sheet 13. Instead, as shown in FIG. 7, a radial antenna pattern 11 can be provided on the surface of the tag sheet 13.

(Example 2)
In this example, the antenna pattern 11 formed in the antenna forming step is changed based on the bookbinding method of the first embodiment. The contents will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the antenna formation process of this example, as shown in FIG. 8, the chip-side pattern 121 having the chip arrangement region 120 is formed together with the plurality of antenna patterns 11. Here, the chip arrangement pattern 121 and each antenna pattern 11 are in an electrically unconnected state. The RF-ID tag 10 can be configured by electrically connecting both ends of the selected antenna pattern 11 to the chip arrangement pattern 121 on which the IC chip 12 is mounted.

In the chip disposing step, as shown in FIG. 9, the IC chip 12 is disposed on the chip-side pattern 121 and one antenna pattern 11 is selected, and the electrical connection between the antenna pattern 11 and the chip-side pattern 121 is performed. Print conductive ink to complete the path. Thereby, the electrical connection state between the IC chip 12 and the selected antenna pattern 11 is established. In this example, the RF-ID tag 10 is thus configured.
Other configurations and operational effects are the same as in the first embodiment.

  In place of this example, as shown in FIG. 10, an electrical path between the chip-side pattern 121 and the plurality of antenna patterns 11 is provided in parallel on the surface of the tag sheet 130, and each antenna pattern It is also possible to provide an easy-to-cut location 129 that can be easily cut between 11 and the chip-side pattern 121. In this case, as shown in FIG. 11, the IC chip 12 is disposed in the chip disposing step, and the antenna pattern 11 other than the selected antenna pattern 11a can be easily cut 129 (the portion indicated by reference numeral 129a in FIG. 11). .) Can be cut to provide the same configuration as in this example. Note that the easy-to-cut portion 129 can be formed using a conductive member disposed so as to be easily peeled off. Furthermore, for the easy-to-cut portion 129 (indicated by reference numeral 129b in the figure) that maintains the electrical connection state, a protective coating layer made of a resin paint such as acrylic, epoxy, or urethane is formed on the surface thereof. It is also effective to attach a protective resin film. In this case, the reliability of the RF-ID tag 10 can be improved over a long period of time.

(Example 3)
In this example, the continuous sheet for bookbinding is changed based on Example 1. The contents will be described with reference to FIG.
In the continuous sheet 40 of this example, the arrangement position of the antenna pattern 11 is changed for each cutout region of the tag sheet 130. And the variation of the arrangement position of this antenna pattern 11 is set by the number of unit lot books.

In this example, the arrangement position of the IC chip 12 may be made common by changing the pattern shape according to the arrangement position of the antenna pattern 11.
Other configurations and operational effects are the same as those in the first embodiment.

3 is a perspective view showing a book having an RF-ID tag in Embodiment 1. FIG. The perspective view which shows the tag sheet in which the antenna pattern in Example 1 was formed. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a continuous sheet on which an antenna pattern is printed in Example 1. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a chip disposing process in the first embodiment. Explanatory drawing explaining the collation process in Example 1. FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the book of the packing state in Example 1. FIG. The front view which shows the other tag sheet | seat in Example 1. FIG. The front view which shows the tag sheet in which the antenna pattern in Example 2 was formed. The front view which shows the tag sheet | seat in which RF-ID tag in Example 2 was formed. The front view which shows the other tag sheet | seat in which the antenna pattern in Example 2 was formed. The front view which shows the other tag sheet | seat in which RF-ID tag in Example 2 was formed. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a continuous sheet in Example 3.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Book 10 RF-ID tag 11 Antenna pattern 12 IC chip 120 Chip arrangement | positioning area 121 Chip side pattern 13 Tag page 130 Tag sheet 21 Front cover 22 Back cover 23 Back cover 40 Continuous sheet

Claims (6)

A bookbinding method for a book having an RF-ID tag including an IC chip and an antenna pattern,
When binding at least two books in multiple unit lots,
An antenna forming step of forming an antenna pattern on a tag sheet serving as a tag page holding an RF-ID tag;
A chip disposing step of disposing the IC chip on the tag sheet;
A collation process for collating the tag sheet with a piece of paper forming a page;
A binding step of binding the tag sheet and the paper piece collated by the collation step,
In the collating step, the bookbinding of the book characterized in that the tag sheet and the paper piece are collated so that the arrangement position of the antenna pattern on the tag page is different for every book of the unit lot number. Method.   2. The antenna forming step according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the antenna patterns equal to the number of unit lot books are formed on the tag sheet in the antenna forming step, and the IC chip is provided for each book of the number of unit lot books in the chip arranging step. A method for bookbinding of a book, characterized in that the antenna pattern for electrically connecting is changed.   3. The chip disposing step according to claim 2, wherein the IC chip is disposed at substantially the same position over the book of the number of unit lots, and one selected antenna pattern from the plurality of antenna patterns. A bookbinding method comprising forming an electrical connection state between the IC chip and the IC chip.   2. The book binding method according to claim 1, wherein, in the antenna forming step, the antenna pattern is formed at different positions on the tag sheet for each book of the unit lot number. In order to bind a book having a tag page holding an RF-ID tag including an IC chip and an antenna pattern, a continuous sheet for bookbinding for cutting out the tag sheet to be the tag page,
A continuous sheet for bookbinding, wherein the continuous sheet is configured to cut out the tag sheet including at least two or more of the antenna patterns. A book having a tag page holding an RF-ID tag including an IC chip and an antenna pattern,
The tag sheet cut out from the continuous sheet for bookbinding according to claim 5 is used as the tag page, and the tag page includes any one of the plurality of antenna patterns formed on the tag sheet and the IC. A book characterized by being electrically connected to a chip.

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