JP2011020310A - Attaching holder for book of rfid tag - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an attaching holder for a book of an RFID tag, removed easily from the book, and capable of preventing transmission/reception disturbance in a state attached to the book. <P>SOLUTION: This attaching holder for the book of the RFID tag includes a pocket holding piece part 2 arranged in an outside of the book, and provided with a storage box 5 for storing the RFID tag 6 insertably and extractably, and an insertion piece part 4 formed adjacently to the pocket holding piece part 2, and inserted into the book. The transmission/reception disturbance is prevented from being generated, since the RFID tag 6 is held in the outside of the book, when attaching the RFID tag 6 stored in the storage box 5 onto the book by inserting the insertion piece part 4 into the book, and the RFID tag 6 is easily removed from the book by extracting the insertion piece part 4 from the book. Only trouble-generated one out of the RFID tag 6 and the attaching holder 1A for the book is sufficient to be replaced, when trouble is generated in either of the RFID tag 6 or the attaching holder 1A for the book. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mounting holder for books of RFID tags used for attaching RFID tags to books.

  An RFID tag such as a non-contact type IC tag used in an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system includes an IC chip and an antenna, and uses an electromagnetic wave between an input / output device (reader / writer) and is non-contact type. It has a function that can send and receive signals such as commands and data. When this RFID tag enters an effective electromagnetic wave zone radiated by the antenna on the input / output device side, the RFID tag antenna generates an induced electromotive force, which becomes an operating state by the power, and commands, data, etc. from the input / output device The received data is stored in the memory of the IC chip that can read and write data according to the command signal, and the data stored in the memory is transmitted to the input / output device. In recent years, it has been introduced in a wide range of fields such as transportation / leisure field, logistics field, security field, factory production field, environmental field, etc. Yes.

  Conventionally, when the required data such as the title of a book and the name of a publisher is stored in such an RFID tag and used for book management, the RFID tag is affixed or embedded in the cover or back of the book with an adhesive. It was fixedly attached by, for example (refer patent document 1).

JP-A-2004-118600 (paragraph [0015], FIG. 1, FIG. 3)

  By the way, if the RFID tag is fixedly attached to the book as described above, the RFID tag cannot be reused because it cannot be removed when the book is sold.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an RFID tag book mounting holder that can be easily removed from books as needed. .

  The present invention includes an IC chip having a memory for storing data in a rewritable manner and an antenna connected to the IC chip, and an RFID having a function of transmitting and receiving the data in a contactless manner with a predetermined input / output device. A holder for detachably attaching a tag to books, a pocket holding piece portion provided outside the books and having a storage pocket for storing an RFID tag so that the RFID tag can be inserted and removed, and the pocket holding piece portion An RFID tag mounting holder for books, comprising an insertion piece portion that is coupled and inserted into the books so as to be removable.

  Here, the books referred to in the present invention, in addition to the exposed books and magazines, cover the back cover from the front cover through the back cover, and the cover covers whose both ends are folded inside the front cover and the back cover From CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs and other optical media stored in a storage case, or recording media such as memory cards in which various applications such as game software stored in a packaging box are recorded It is a concept that collectively refers to the copyrighted work. The RFID tag may be configured by arranging an IC chip and an antenna on a synthetic resin support sheet and laminating exterior sheets on the upper and lower surfaces thereof.

  In the above-described RFID tag mounting holder for books, a storage pocket stores a card-like RFID tag in which a reversible recording layer is provided on one surface of an exterior body containing an IC chip and an antenna. Proposed.

  As described above, the present invention provides a pocket holding piece portion provided outside the books and having a storage pocket in which an RFID tag is detachably stored, and is coupled to the pocket holding piece portion. Because it is an RFID tag mounting holder for books, which is provided with an insertion piece portion that is detachably inserted into the book, it can be stored in the storage pocket of the pocket holding piece portion by inserting the insertion piece portion into the books. The attached RFID tag can be easily attached to the book by positioning it outside the book, while the RFID tag can be easily removed from the book by removing the insertion piece from the book. Accordingly, when the RFID tag is removed from the books at the time of selling the books and the required data is updated, the RFID tag can be attached to a new books and used again. In addition, since the RFID tag stored in the storage pocket can be positioned outside the books and attached to the books, when the books are stacked or the RFID tag is close to the disk surface of the optical media It is possible to prevent a transmission / reception failure that easily occurs in some cases. Furthermore, since the RFID tag can be attached to the books by inserting the insertion piece into the books without using an adhesive as in the past, the books are not damaged when the RFID tag is removed. Installation and removal can be performed very easily. Moreover, since the RFID tag is detachably stored in the storage pocket of the pocket holding piece, if any trouble such as damage or failure occurs in either the RFID tag or the book mounting holder, Since it is only necessary to replace the defective one, and it is not necessary to discard both, the maintenance cost is low.

  In the above-mentioned RFID tag mounting holder for books, the storage pocket stores a card-like RFID tag having a reversible recording layer on one surface of an exterior body containing an IC chip and an antenna. In this case, the card-like RFID tag can be stored in the storage pocket. Here, since the RFID tag has a reversible recording layer on one surface of the exterior body, required data relating to books can be displayed on the reversible recording layer so as to be visible, and the displayed requirements are displayed. By reading the data with an optical reader, it can be used for backup of the required data stored in the memory of the RFID tag.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the attachment holder 1A for books of the RFID tag concerning a 1st Example. It is a front view of the unfolded state of 1 A of books mounting holders same as the above. (A) is a partially cutaway plan view of the RFID tag 6, and (B) is a longitudinal sectional view of the RFID tag 6. (A) is an external perspective view showing a state in which the RFID tag book mounting holder 1A is inserted between the pages 14 of the book 13, and (B) is a RFID tag book mounting holder 1A. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the state inserted between the cover cover 13a. (A) is an external perspective view of the RFID tag book mounting holder 1B according to the second embodiment, and (B) is a front view of the developed state. (A) is an external appearance perspective view which shows the state which attached the book mounting holder 1B of the RFID tag concerning 2nd Example to the book 13, (B) is provided with the decorative case 16 of this book mounting holder 1B. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the attachment state to the book 13.

Below, the 1st Example of this invention is described based on FIGS. 1-4.
As shown in FIG. 1, the RFID tag book mounting holder 1A according to the first embodiment includes a pocket holding piece 2 having a storage pocket 5 in which an RFID tag 6 is detachably stored, and the pocket holder. An insertion piece portion 4 that is coupled to the piece portion 2 via a connecting piece portion 3 is provided. The storage pocket 5 is formed in a bag shape having an upper portion opened by a transparent synthetic resin sheet such as vinyl or polyethylene, and one side edge 5 ′ is attached to the front surface of the pocket holding piece 2 through adhesion or welding. It is joined.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the pocket holding piece 2, the connecting piece 3, and the insertion piece 4 are arranged in a parallel manner and are elongated in the vertical direction and have a strip-like pocket holding piece 2 and an insertion piece. The upper side edges of the four parts are connected to each other via the connecting piece part 3 and are integrally formed of a synthetic resin base material so as to exhibit a substantially U shape in the unfolded state, along the side edge of the pocket holding piece part 2. The connecting piece part 3 and the insertion piece part 4 are bent at substantially right angles toward the rear at the folded line a (see FIG. 1).

  As the base material constituting the pocket holding piece 2, the connecting piece 3, and the insertion piece 4, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), polyacetal (POM), polycarbonate (PC), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) ), Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), etc. are used, and among these, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene (PP) that are hard and excellent in tensile strength, bending strength, and compression strength and have appropriate elasticity are suitable. Can be used. Moreover, those base materials having a thickness of 250 to 1000 μm can be suitably used.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the RFID tag 6 is provided with an IC chip 8 and an antenna 9 connected to the IC chip 8 on a synthetic resin support sheet 7a. A protective sheet 7b is laminated, and synthetic resin exterior sheets 10a and 10b are laminated on the upper and lower surfaces thereof. The exterior sheets 10a and 10b constitute an exterior body 11 containing the IC chip 8 and the antenna 9, and a reversible recording layer 12 is laminated on the surface of the exterior body 11. The reversible recording layer 12 can be composed of various information display material layers capable of reversibly rewriting visual information by heat, magnetism, or electric charge. The RFID tag 6 is formed in a card shape having a thickness of about 400 to 1000 μm and is detachably stored in the storage pocket 5. The RFID tag 6 is a non-contact type battery-less type capable of transmitting and receiving signals such as commands and data in a non-contact manner using an electromagnetic wave with an input / output device (reader / writer) (not shown). A memory (not shown) provided in the IC chip 8 has a book identification code, a book title, a publisher name or a publisher name, an issue date, an author name, or a copyright holder name by communicating with an input / output device. , Required data such as sales price is stored in a rewritable manner. Further, the required data is displayed on the reversible recording layer 12 provided on the surface of the outer package 11 so as to be visible by printing with a predetermined printing device. The RFID tag 6 may operate in any band such as an HF band (for example, 13.56 MHz) and a UHF band (for example, 953 MHz or 2.45 GHz). Further, the protective sheet 7b laminated on the support sheet 7a on which the IC chip 8 and the antenna 9 are disposed is not always necessary, and it can be removed.

  Next, a usage mode of the RFID tag mounting holder 1A for books will be described. FIG. 4 shows an example of attachment when the RFID tag 6 is attached to the book 13 as one of the books. As shown in FIG. 4A, the insertion piece portion holding the RFID tag 6 is shown. 4 is inserted between the pages 14 of the book 13 or inserted between the cover 15a of the book 13 and the cover 13a as shown in FIG. Can be installed. At this time, the connecting piece 3 connecting the pocket holding piece 2 and the inserting piece 4 straddles the upper end of the spine 15b of the book 13 and the upper end of the cover 13a. Is prevented from entering the space between the pages 14 of the book 13 or between the cover 15a and the cover cover 13a. Further, since the RFID tag 6 stored in the storage pocket 5 can be positioned outside the books and attached to the books, when the books are stacked, the RFID tag 6 is close to the optical media disk surface. It is possible to prevent a transmission / reception failure that is likely to occur when

  On the other hand, when the book 13 is sold, the RFID tag 6 can be easily detached from the book 13 together with the book mounting holder 1A by removing the insertion piece 4 from the book 13. The RFID tag 6 thus removed from the book 13 can be used again by attaching it to a new book 13 by the books mounting holder 1A and rewriting the required data in the memory to those related to the book 13. it can.

  Further, by printing required data relating to books on a reversible recording layer 12 (see FIG. 3) provided on one surface of the outer package 11, the required data can be displayed visually. Further, by reading the required data displayed on the reversible recording layer 12 with an optical reader, the required data stored in the memory of the RFID tag 6 can be used for backup.

  In particular, in the present invention, since the RFID tag 6 is detachably stored in the storage pocket 5 of the pocket holding piece 2, either the RFID tag 6 or the book mounting holder 1 </ b> A is damaged. When a trouble such as a failure occurs, it is only necessary to replace the troubled one, and it is not necessary to discard both of them, so that the maintenance cost is reduced.

  Further, since the RFID tag 6 can be attached to the book 13 by inserting the insertion piece 4 into the book 13 without using an adhesive as in the prior art, the book 13 is not damaged when the RFID tag 6 is removed. Moreover, it can be attached and detached very easily. Further, when the insertion piece 4 is extracted, the insertion piece 4 can be easily extracted by using the connecting piece 3 protruding above the book 13 as a knob.

  4A and 4B show an example in which the insertion piece 4 is inserted between the pages 14 of the book 13 or between the cover 15a and the cover 13a, but other than this, the spine 15b In the book 13 which is bound so that a gap is formed on the back side, the RFID tag 6 can be detachably attached to the book 13 by inserting the insertion piece 4 into the gap. Also, even for books other than the book 13, a storage case for storing optical media such as recorded CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, and a storage medium such as a memory card in which various applications such as game software are recorded are stored. In the case provided with the packaging box, the film binder disposed in the gap formed between the housing portion and the lid portion of the storage case or the packaging box, or in the storage case and the surface thereof. The RFID tag 6 can be detachably attached by inserting the insertion piece 4 between the two.

  5 and 6 show a second embodiment of the present invention, and the RFID tag book mounting holder 1B according to the second embodiment is arranged orthogonally as shown in FIG. 5 (B). The upper end edges of the pocket holding piece portion 2 and the insertion piece portion 4 are connected to each other via the connecting piece portion 3 and are integrally formed of a synthetic resin base material so as to be substantially L-shaped in the unfolded state. The pocket holding piece 2 is inserted into the connecting piece 3 at the fold line b on the boundary line defining the holding piece 2 and the connecting piece 3 and the fold line c along the side edge of the pocket holding piece 2. Each of the pieces 4 is bent at a substantially right angle downward (see FIG. 5A). In addition, about the component which is common in 1st Example, the code | symbol same as 1st Example is attached | subjected and duplication description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the insertion piece 4 is placed between the pages 14 of the book 13 (or between the cover 15a of the book 13 and the cover cover 13a (see FIG. 4 (B)). ), The connecting piece 3 that connects the inserting piece 4 and the pocket holding piece 2 is close to the upper end surface of the book 13 in a parallel state and does not protrude upward. It is not necessary to secure a space for allowing the connecting piece 3 to protrude. Further, since the connecting piece 3 does not protrude upward in this way, as shown in FIG. 6B, the RFID tag 6 can be attached to the book 13 with the decorative box 16 by the books mounting holder 1B. .

  In each of the above embodiments, the storage pocket 5 is formed in a bag shape, but the storage pocket 5 is not limited to a bag shape as long as the RFID tag 6 can be stored in a removable manner. That is, for example, a U-shaped frame having a groove into which the three edges of the card-like RFID tag 6 can be inserted is also possible. The RFID tag 6 may be one in which the reversible recording layer 12 is not provided on one surface of the outer package 11.

  Since the RFID tag mounting holders 1A and 1B according to the present invention can be easily attached to and detached from books, they can be taken away by consumers when used in a general open bookstore, or replaced between different books. There is a possibility of being mischievous. Therefore, as an operation mode, it is effective for book management in a books warehouse of an internet shop or a closed library. For example, in the Internet shop, when a purchase order is received through the Internet, the books are found and delivered in a warehouse, but the RFID tag 6 can be attached to the books by the book mounting holders 1A and 1B. For example, it is possible to easily search for books in the warehouse, and at the same time to manage inventory. Further, by using the RFID tag mounting holders 1A and 1B for the RFID tag according to the present invention, expensive used books can be managed without being damaged, and the value of the books is not impaired.

1A, 1B Attachment holder for books 2 Pocket holding piece 4 Insert piece 5 Storage pocket 6 RFID tag 8 IC chip 9 Antenna 11 Exterior body 12 Reversible recording layer 13 Books (books)
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Claims (2)

An RFID tag including an IC chip having a memory for storing data in a rewritable manner and an antenna connected to the IC chip, and having a function of transmitting and receiving the data in a contactless manner with a predetermined input / output device. A holder for detachable attachment to
A pocket holding piece that is arranged outside the books and has a storage pocket in which an RFID tag is detachably stored;
An RFID tag book mounting holder, comprising: an insertion piece portion coupled to the pocket holding piece portion and removably inserted into the books.   2. The RFID tag book according to claim 1, wherein the storage pocket stores a card-like RFID tag having a reversible recording layer on one surface of an exterior body containing an IC chip and an antenna. Mounting holder for the kind.

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