JP2020057669A - Wiring substrate, wiring device, and information recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

To replace only a second substrate, and firmly connect a first substrate and the second substrate.SOLUTION: A wiring substrate 70 includes a paper substrate 30 and a wiring 18A. The paper substrate 30 includes at least a first substrate 30b1 and a second substrate 30b2. A flexible circuit connector 80B is provided at a bent portion 64A between the first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 30b2. The first substrate 30b1 is provided with an insertion piece, and the second substrate 30b2 is provided with a storage portion into which the insertion piece is inserted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a wiring board, a wiring device, and an information recording device having an interface function of storing button pressing information and transmitting the stored information to the outside.

  A device has been proposed that embeds a communication module with a communication function in a foldable sheet material such as paper, performs wireless communication with the outside for a limited period of time, and discards it when that period ends. (See Patent Document 1).

  The disposable self-contained measuring device disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a data input / sample collection portion including a sensor and a data acquisition portion sealed with a printable and foldable sheet material. In this apparatus, it is assumed that an inexpensive and easily disposable material such as paper is used as the sheet material.

  Patent Document 1 describes that a sheet material may be provided with additional means such as an audio element and a visual display.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a portable device that allows a patient to record and display his / her own health condition.

Japanese Patent No. 5074193 Japanese Patent No. 3250810

  In such an apparatus, a communication module having a communication function and a tablet are built in the sheet material, and the sheet material is folded and used. In this case, the sheet material is divided into a sheet material on the communication module side and a sheet material on the tablet side. When the sheet material is repeatedly folded, the wiring may be broken. Therefore, it is studied to provide a flexible circuit connector at a bent portion of the sheet material.

  As described above, the communication module and the tablet are contained in the sheet material, but the tablet is a consumable. On the other hand, the communication module can be used for a relatively long time.

  In such a case, it is convenient if the sheet material on the communication module side can be continuously used and only the sheet material on the tablet side can be easily replaced.

  The embodiment of the present disclosure has been made in view of such a point, and it is possible to easily replace only the second substrate while using the first substrate of the paper substrate as it is, and to exchange the first substrate with the first substrate. An object of the present invention is to provide a wiring board, a wiring device, and an information recording device that can firmly connect a second substrate.

  An embodiment of the present disclosure includes a paper substrate and wiring provided on the paper substrate, and the paper substrate is connected to the first substrate via a bent portion so as to be freely bent. And the wiring has a flexible circuit connector provided over a bent portion between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the flexible circuit connector is A first bonding portion bonded to the first substrate side and a second bonding portion bonded to the second substrate side, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are separable from each other; A wiring board, wherein an insertion piece is provided on one of a first substrate and the second substrate, and a storage portion for storing the insertion piece is provided on the other.

  In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second bonding portion includes an outer bonding portion extending to the second substrate side end portion, and an inner bonding portion located inside the outer bonding portion. Is a wiring board bonded to the second substrate except for the inner bonding portion.

  An embodiment of the present disclosure includes a paper substrate and a wiring provided on the paper substrate, and the paper substrate is connected to the first substrate via a bent portion so as to be freely bent. And the wiring has a flexible circuit connector provided over a bent portion between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the flexible circuit connector is A first bonding portion bonded to the first substrate side and a second bonding portion bonded to the second substrate side, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are separable from each other; An insertion piece is provided on one of the first board and the second board, and a storage unit for storing the insertion piece is provided on the other side, comprising: a wiring board; and a communication module connected to the wiring. It is a wiring device.

  An embodiment of the present disclosure includes a paper substrate and a wiring provided on the paper substrate, and the paper substrate is connected to the first substrate via a bent portion so as to be freely bent. And the wiring has a flexible circuit connector provided over a bent portion between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the flexible circuit connector is A first bonding portion bonded to the first substrate side and a second bonding portion bonded to the second substrate side, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are separable from each other; A wiring board, in which one of the first substrate and the second substrate is provided with an insertion piece and the other is provided with a storage portion for storing the insertion piece, and is provided on the wiring board and can be pressed by a user And a plurality of buttons, provided on the wiring board and connected to the buttons. Communication module, wherein the communication module has a storage unit that stores pressing information of the button pressed by a user, and an output interface unit that outputs information stored in the storage unit to the outside. It is a recording device.

  An embodiment of the present disclosure is an information recording device provided with a light emitting unit on the wiring board for confirming pressing when the button is pressed.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to convert only the second substrate while leaving the first substrate of the paper substrate as it is, and to firmly connect the first substrate and the second substrate. Can be.

FIG. 1 is an external view of an information recording device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a development view of the information recording apparatus of FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a communication module. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of the ASIC. FIG. 5 is an expanded view of a paper substrate serving as a base of a medication recording card. FIG. 6A is a plan view showing a flexible circuit connector. FIG. 6B is a side sectional view showing the flexible circuit connector. FIG. 7A is a side sectional view showing a flexible circuit connector. FIG. 7B is a side sectional view showing the flexible circuit connector. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a connection relationship between a flexible confirmation circuit and a communication module. FIG. 9A is a side view showing a mounting structure of a first substrate and a second substrate. FIG. 9B is a side view showing the mounting structure of the first substrate and the second substrate. FIG. 9C is a side view showing the mounting structure of the first substrate and the second substrate. FIG. 9D is a diagram showing the length of each part of the flexible circuit connector. FIG. 10A is a diagram of the insertion piece provided on the first substrate as viewed from the back surface side. FIG. 10B is a view of the storage pocket provided on the second substrate as viewed from the back surface side. FIG. 10C is a diagram of the insertion piece provided on the first substrate as viewed from the front side. FIG. 10D is a diagram of the paper substrate on the second substrate side connected to the first substrate as viewed from the front surface side. FIG. 11A is a view of the first substrate and the second substrate after the tablet-side substrate has been replaced, as viewed from the back side. FIG. 11B is a diagram of the first substrate and the second substrate after replacing the tablet-side substrate, as viewed from the front side.

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Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail.
The present embodiment is an information recording apparatus for recording the date and time when a patient took a medicine and the condition after taking the medicine, and FIG. 1 is an external view thereof. The information recording device shown in FIG. 1 is composed of a sheet-shaped medication recording card and is of a foldable type. When expanded, an information input surface 2 as shown in FIG. 2 appears. The medication recording card as the information recording device 1 is connected to a paper substrate 30 described later, a conductive circuit (hereinafter, also referred to as wiring) 18A provided on the paper substrate 30, and is connected to the conductive circuit 18A via a circuit connector 90. And a communication module 10 capable of wireless transmission (see FIGS. 3 and 5).

A circuit board (hereinafter, also referred to as a wiring board) 70 is configured by the paper board 30 and the conductive circuit (wiring) 18A provided on the paper board 30. The circuit connector 90 does not always need to be provided, and the circuit connector 90 may be a flexible connector or a rigid connector.

  The information recording device 1 including a medication recording card will be further described. The medication record card is given to the patient, for example, at the stage when the user, for example, the patient has completed the consultation at the hospital and has finished preparing the medicine based on the prescription. In this medication recording card, after the patient has taken the medication, the patient can press the selection button himself to record his / her physical condition.

  The information input surface 2 of the medication recording card of FIG. 2 has a three-sided configuration, a start button 3 and a cancel button 4 are provided on a first surface 2a, and a medicine (tablet) to be taken by a patient is provided on a second surface 2b. 5, and a selection button for inputting the degree of the symptom of the patient is arranged on the third surface 2c. The back side of the first surface 2a is the surface described as "medication recording card" in FIG.

  The third surface 2c describes a plurality of symptoms related to the effect of the drug. In the example of FIG. 2, a total of five types of symptoms (1) symptom 1, (2) symptom 2, (3) symptom 3, (4) symptom 4 and (5) symptom 5 are described, and for each symptom, One of three levels (severe, medium, and mild) can be selected. The patient first presses any one of the first button rows 6 including the selection buttons 6a to 6e corresponding to the five types of symptoms to select a specific symptom, and subsequently, corresponds to the degree of the symptom. One of the second button rows 7 including the selection buttons 7a to 7c is pressed. This allows the patient to enter the degree of a particular symptom after taking the drug. The patient does not necessarily need to respond to all five symptoms, but may respond to only some of the symptoms.

  Each of the selection buttons 6a to 6e constituting the first button row 6 is arranged along the X direction in FIG. 2, and each selection button constituting the second button row 7 is arranged substantially parallel to the first button row 6 in the Y direction. Along a plurality of rows.

  Note that the symptoms and their degrees described on the third surface 2c are only examples, and may be arbitrarily changed depending on the type of the medicine.

  The patient presses the start button 3 when starting to use the medication recording card. Thereafter, the patient pushes the case 5a of the tablet 5 arranged on the second surface 2b with a finger, takes out the medicine from the lower surface side of the second surface 2b, and takes the medicine. Then, the user presses the selection buttons 6 and 7 corresponding to the degree of the symptom after taking the drug.

  The information of the start button 3, the cancel button 4, the case of the tablet 5, and the selection buttons 6, 7 pressed by the patient is automatically stored in the communication module 10 built in the medication recording card. I have.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the communication module 10 capable of wireless communication described above. The communication module 10 shown in FIG. 3 includes an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) 12 as an IC chip mounted on a resin substrate 11, a crystal unit 13, a button battery 14, a speaker 15, and a resin substrate 11. It has a plurality of pads 16 formed along the long side, an antenna pattern 17a formed along the outer edge of the resin substrate 11, and a conductive pattern 17b formed on the resin substrate 11.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram in which the internal configuration of the communication module 10 is functionalized, and the arrangement, size, shape, and number of actual circuit components and patterns can be arbitrarily changed.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the ASIC 12. The ASIC 12 of FIG. 4 stores a start button 3, a cancel button 4, a case of the tablet 5, and information of each of the selection buttons pressed by the patient in a time-series manner together with time information, and press information to the storage unit 21. The control unit 22 includes a control unit 22 that performs control to store the information and a wireless communication unit (output interface unit) 23 that performs wireless communication with a host computer (not illustrated).

  Further, when the patient presses the button, the control unit 22 drives the LED light emitting unit 102 of the flexible confirmation circuit 100, which will be described later, to emit the pressed information.

  The storage unit 21 stores information specifying the button pressed by the patient and information on the time at which the button was pressed as a set. The cancel button 4 is intended to cancel information on the button pressed immediately before the cancel button 4 is pressed. The host computer cancels the information of the button pressed immediately before the cancel button 4 when the information specifying the press of the cancel button 4 and the time information when the button was pressed are stored in the storage unit 21. .

  The wireless communication unit 23 transmits and receives information to and from a host computer by performing non-contact communication such as so-called Near Field Communication (NFC) or Bluetooth (registered trademark). The method and frequency band used by the wireless communication unit 23 for wireless communication are not particularly limited. For example, wireless communication is performed by a wireless method based on ISO14443 in a 13.56 MHz band, and in the case of Bluetooth, the frequency specified by the standard is used. (For example, 2.4 GHz).

  In NFC, electric power can be transmitted and received according to the standard, so that it is possible in principle to drive the communication module 10 without a battery. However, the communication module 10 of the present embodiment is also provided with the speaker 15 and consumes a relatively large amount of power.

  Next, a specific structure of the medication recording card according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the medication recording card 1 includes a paper substrate 30 including a communication module-side substrate 30A and a tablet-side substrate 30B.

  FIG. 5 is an expanded view of a paper substrate 30 including a communication module-side substrate 30A and a tablet-side substrate 30B serving as a base of a medication recording card. The paper substrate 30 includes the communication module-side substrate 30A and the tablet-side substrate 30B shown in FIG. Here, the communication module side substrate 30A and the tablet side substrate 30B can be physically separated, but the communication module side substrate 30A itself and the tablet side substrate 30B cannot be physically separated from each other. The communication module-side board 30A includes boards 30a1, 30b1, and 30c1 described below, and the tablet-side board 30B includes boards 30a2, 30b2, 30c2, 30a3, 30b3, and 30c3 described below. The communication module side substrate 30A and the tablet side substrate 30B are connected to each other by storing the insertion piece 45 provided on the substrate 30b1 in a storage band (also referred to as a storage portion) 46 provided on the substrate 30b2 ( 9A to 9D and FIGS. 10A to 10D). The connection structure between the connection module side substrate 30A and the tablet side substrate 30B will be described later.

  Further, the paper substrate 30 composed of the communication module side substrate 30A and the tablet side substrate 30B can be bent into three equal parts along a folding curve 61 extending in the vertical direction. This is the lowermost substrate 30b which is disposed in the lower layer and on which the conductive pattern 18 is formed. The divided substrate 30c on the right side is an intermediate layer substrate 30c mainly having a notch 62 and a perforation 63 and arranged on the lowermost substrate 30b. The divided substrate 30a on the left side of the lowermost substrate 30b is the uppermost substrate 30a having the conductive pattern 38 for conducting / cutting off the switch contact and disposed on the intermediate substrate 30c.

  In preparing the medication recording card 1, the paper substrate 30 is prepared in advance by connecting the communication module side substrate 30A and the tablet side substrate 30B via the flexible circuit connector 80B. Next, the intermediate layer substrate 30c is folded and thermocompression-bonded to the three-layered lowermost substrate 30b, and then a molded sheet including the case 5a for accommodating the tablets 5 is placed thereon, and the uppermost layer substrate 30a is folded thereon. The structure shown in FIG. 2 is obtained by thermocompression bonding. Therefore, the back side of the uppermost substrate 30a shown in FIG. 5 becomes the information input surface 2 shown in FIG.

  Before folding and thermocompression bonding the intermediate layer substrate 30c on the lowermost substrate 30b, the communication module 10 is joined to the lowermost substrate 30b, and the uppermost substrate 30a is thermocompressed thereon. Thus, the communication module 10 is sandwiched between the lowermost substrate 30b and the uppermost substrate 30a. As a result, the conductive pattern 18 and the communication module 10 formed on the surface of the lowermost substrate 30b do not appear in the finished state of the medication recording card. Similarly, the conductive pattern on the uppermost substrate 30a does not appear in appearance because it is folded on the intermediate substrate 30c and thermocompression-bonded.

  Next, the conductive pattern 18 formed on the surface of the lowermost substrate 30b will be described with reference to FIG. The conductive pattern 18 in FIG. 5 has three pattern surfaces corresponding to the information input surface 2 including the three divided substrates 30b1, 30b2, and 30b3.

  The pattern surface corresponding to the substrate 30b1 has a switch contact 31 corresponding to the start button 3 and a switch contact 32 corresponding to the cancel button 4. The pattern surface corresponding to the substrate 30b2 has a total of six switch contacts 33 corresponding to each case of the tablet 5. The pattern surface corresponding to the substrate 30b3 has a total of 20 switch contacts 34 to 37 corresponding to the respective selection buttons for selecting the symptom of the patient and the degree of the symptom.

  Of these switch contacts 31 to 37, a total of six switch contacts 33 corresponding to each case 5a of the tablet 5 are conductive in the initial state, and all other switch contacts 31, 32, 34 to 37 are in the initial state. Is shut off by

  The switch contacts 33 corresponding to each case 5a of the tablet 5 are physically broken when the case 5a is pressed and the tablet 5 is taken out, and the electrical conduction is cut off. The other switch contacts 31, 32, 34 to 37 are pressed when the corresponding button is pressed, and the circular conductive pattern 38 provided on the back side of the information input surface 2 comes into contact with the corresponding switch contact. Conduction only temporarily during the operation.

  As described above, some of the switch contacts 31 to 37 are electrically conductive in an initial state and some are electrically disconnected. The state of the switch contacts can be switched by physically breaking each switch contact or bringing another conductive pattern into contact with each switch contact.

  One end of each of the switch contacts 31 to 37 shown in FIG. 5 is connected to the corresponding terminal of the terminal portion 39 on the pattern surface of the first substrate 30b1 via the conductive pattern 18, and the other end is connected via the conductive pattern 18. Connected to the ground terminal. Terminals 39 are provided with terminals for the total number of switch contacts, and in addition, ground terminals are provided on both ends of the terminal 39. The conductive pattern extending from the ground terminal (hereinafter, ground pattern 18a) is formed along the outer edges of the substrates 30b1 to 30b3 so as to surround the other conductive patterns and the switch contacts.

  The ground pattern 18a is formed thicker than other conductive patterns in order to reduce noise.

  Here, the conductive pattern 18 and the ground pattern 18a form a conductive circuit 18A. Further, a terminal 39 is connected to the conductive circuit 18A. Further, the circuit board 70 before the communication module 10 is joined is constituted by the paper board 30 and the conductive circuit 18A formed on the paper board 30.

  Thus, all the switch contacts are connected between the corresponding terminals and the ground pattern 18a. Therefore, when the state of any of the switch contacts changes, the changed information is transmitted to the communication module 10 via the dedicated terminal. The storage unit 21 in the communication module 10 stores information for specifying a switch contact whose contact state has changed, that is, information for specifying a pressed selection button or a break position, and time information for a change in the contact state. I do.

  Each switch contact on the pattern surface of the substrate 30b3 is arranged along the Y direction substantially parallel to the first button row and the first switch contact row 34 corresponding to the first button row arranged along the X direction. Are grouped into a plurality of second switch contact rows 35 to 37 corresponding to a plurality of second button rows.

  One end of each of the five switch contacts in each of the second switch contact rows 35 to 37 is connected to a common terminal, and the other end is connected to a ground terminal. Are connected in parallel. In the example of FIG. 5, a total of three second switch contact rows 35 to 37 in which a total of five switch contacts are connected in parallel are provided.

  Even if the state of any switch contact in each of the switch contact rows 35 to 37 connected in parallel changes, the state change information is transmitted to the communication module 10 through the same terminal. Whether or not the contact has changed cannot be specified by the information alone. Therefore, in the present embodiment, before changing the state of the switch contacts in the second switch contact row 35 to 37, a rule is formed so that the state of the switch contacts in the first switch contact row 34 is changed. Which of the switch contacts in the second switch contact rows 35 to 37 has changed has been specified.

  More specifically, first, the state of any of the switch contacts in the first switch contact row 34 is changed to detect the position of the switch contact in the X direction. Then, a total of three switch contacts in the second switch contact rows 35 to 37 located at the same X direction position are determined as selection candidates. Next, if any of the three switch contacts has changed state, the information of the switch contacts is transmitted to the communication module 10.

  As described above, by combining the state change information of the switch contacts in the first switch contact row 34 with the state change information of the switch contacts in the second switch contact rows 35 to 37, the second switch contact rows 35 to 37 are combined. The state of the specific switch contact in the communication module 10 can be transmitted to the communication module 10 correctly.

Connecting a plurality of switch contacts in parallel and connecting one end to a common terminal can reduce the total number of terminals in the terminal portion 39 and the number of conductive patterns 18, and particularly when the pattern area is limited. It is effective for Even if a plurality of switch contacts in the second switch contact rows 35 to 37 are connected in parallel, the plurality of switch contacts are combined with the state of the switch contacts in the first switch contact row 34 arranged in parallel with the second switch contact rows 35 to 37. Thus, since the state of the specific switch contact in the second switch contact row 35 to 37 can be accurately specified, no practical problem occurs.
As described above, the medication recording card 1 according to the present embodiment includes the cancel button 4 for canceling the immediately preceding button operation in addition to the start button 3 and various selection buttons, so that erroneous information due to erroneous operation of the button is provided. Is not transmitted to the communication module 10 without cancellation information, and the reliability of the information transmitted to the communication module 10 and the host computer is improved.

  Next, the paper substrate 30 including the communication module side substrate 30A and the tablet side substrate 30B of the information recording apparatus 1 will be further described with reference to FIG. As described above, the paper substrate 30 has the three divided substrates 30a, 30b, and 30c connected to each other through the folding curve 61 extending in the vertical direction. Of these, the divided substrate 30a is the uppermost substrate 30a and the divided substrate 30b Is the lowermost substrate 30b, and the divided substrate 30c is the intermediate substrate 30c.

  The uppermost substrate 30a is separated into three substrates 30a1, 30a2, and 30a3 via separation lines 65 extending in the horizontal direction. In this case, the board 30a1 forms the communication module side board 30A, and the boards 30a2 and 30a3 form the tablet side board 30B. The intermediate substrate 30c is also separated into three substrates 30c1, 30c2, and 30c3 via separation lines 65 extending in the horizontal direction. In this case, the board 30c1 constitutes the communication module-side board 30A, and the boards 30c2, 30c3 constitute the tablet-side board 30B. Further, the lowermost substrate 30b includes a substrate 30b1 forming the communication module side substrate 30A, and substrates 30b2 and 30b3 forming the tablet side substrate 30B. Of these, the substrate 30b1 and the substrate 30b2 can be bent by a bent portion 64A including one fold curve 64 provided on the substrate 30b1 side, and the substrate 30b2 and the substrate 30b3 form two fold curves 64. The bent portion 64A includes the bent portion.

  In the present embodiment, “horizontal direction” and “vertical direction” mean “horizontal direction” and “vertical direction” when the paper substrate 30 is arranged in the state shown in FIG.

  The lowermost substrate 30b is provided with a conductive circuit 18A including the conductive pattern 18 and the ground pattern 18a.

  Further, the bent portion 64A of the lowermost substrate 30b between the substrate 30b2 and the substrate 30b3 prevents the conductive circuit 18A from being broken or damaged even when repeatedly bent through the bent portion 64A. A flexible circuit connector 80A for preventing breakage is provided, and a flexible circuit connector 80B for wiring connection is provided across the bent portion 64A between the board 30b1 and the board 30b2.

  The intermediate layer substrate 30c is separated into three substrates 30c1, 30c2, and 30c3 via separation lines 65. Among them, the substrate 30c1 is a first side plate extending rightward in the lateral direction of the first substrate 30b1, and the substrate 30c2 Is a second side plate extending rightward in the lateral direction of the second substrate 30b2. The substrate 30c3 is a third side plate extending rightward in the lateral direction of the third substrate 30b3.

  The uppermost substrate 30a is separated into three substrates 30a1, 30a2, and 30a3 via separation lines 65. Among them, the substrate 30a1 is a first additional side plate extending to the left in the lateral direction of the first substrate 30b1, The substrate 30a2 is a second additional side plate that extends to the left in the lateral direction of the second substrate 30b2. The substrate 30a3 is a third additional side plate that extends to the left in the lateral direction of the third substrate 30b3.

  Since the flexible circuit connectors 80A and 80B have substantially the same structure, the flexible circuit connector 80B will be described here with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B.

  As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the conductive circuit on the first substrate 30b1 of the conductive circuit 18A is a first conductive circuit (also referred to as a first wiring) 93, and the conductive circuit on the second substrate 30b2. Represents a second conductive circuit (also referred to as a second wiring) 94.

  The flexible circuit connector 80B is provided across the bent portion 64A between the first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 30b2 connected via the bent portion 64A in the lowermost substrate 30b, and is provided on the first substrate 30b1 side. The first conductive circuit 93 is connected to the second conductive circuit 94 on the second substrate 30b2 side. In this case, the first conductive circuit 93 on the first substrate 30b1 and the second conductive circuit 94 on the second substrate 30b2 are separated from each other, and are provided with a flexible circuit connector 80B so as to be conductive for the first time.

  Next, the flexible circuit connector 80B will be further described.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 6A, and 6B, the flexible circuit connector 80B includes an insulating base 81, a one-side terminal portion 83 provided on one side of the insulating base 81, and an insulating base 81. And a plurality of conductive portions (conductive ink) 82 that connect the one-side terminal portion 83 and the other-side terminal portion 84 to each other.

  In this case, the conductive portion 82 extends linearly from the one terminal 83 to the other terminal 84.

  An anisotropic conductive adhesive 87 that exhibits anisotropic conductive performance during heat sealing is provided on the one terminal 83 and the other terminal 84.

  Incidentally, the one-side terminal 83 is a terminal connected to the first conductive circuit 93 on the first substrate 30b1, and the other-side terminal 84 is a terminal connected to the second conductive circuit 94 on the second substrate 30b2. Department.

  Also, on the insulating base material 81, the one-side terminal portion 83, the anisotropic conductive adhesive 87 on the one-side terminal portion 83, and the other-side terminal portion 84 and the anisotropic conductive adhesive An insulating layer 88 made of acrylic is provided so as to expose the agent 87 and cover the conductive portion 82.

  The material of the insulating layer 88 is not particularly limited, and a vinyl-based or rubber-based material can be used. Further, as shown in FIG. 7A, the insulating layer 88 of the flexible circuit connector 80B may be made of an anisotropic conductive adhesive.

  In FIG. 7A, by printing the same anisotropic conductive adhesive on the conductive portion 82, an anisotropic conductive performance developing portion 87a made of an anisotropic conductive adhesive and exhibiting anisotropic conductive performance is provided. In addition, the insulating layer 88 made of an anisotropic conductive adhesive which does not exhibit anisotropic conductive performance can be formed at the same time, and the production efficiency can be improved.

  As shown in FIG. 7B, when the flexible circuit connector 80B is heat-sealed to the first conductive circuit 93 or the second conductive circuit 94, the anisotropic conductive performance developing portion 87a made of an anisotropic conductive adhesive is heat-sealed. The operation is changed to an anisotropic conductive performance expressing section 87b that expresses anisotropic conductive performance. In FIG. 7B, the insulating layer 88 is made of an anisotropic conductive adhesive, but does not exhibit anisotropic conductive performance.

  The insulating substrate 81 of the flexible circuit connector 80B is made of a flexible substrate, for example, a substrate made of polyethylene terephthalate or polybutylene terephthalate. Then, the flexible circuit connector 80B connects the one terminal 83 and the first conductive circuit 93 of the first substrate 30b1 with the one terminal 83 and the other terminal 84 facing downward. The first conductive circuit 93 and the second conductive circuit 94 are connected by connecting the second conductive circuit 94 of the two substrates 30b2 (see FIGS. 6A and 6B).

  Similarly, a flexible circuit connector 80A for connecting the second conductive circuit 94 and the third conductive circuit 95 is provided between the second substrate 30b2 and the third substrate 30b3 of the lowermost substrate 30b, over the bent portion 64A. ing. For this reason, even when the lowermost substrate 30b is repeatedly bent or expanded via the bent portion 64A, the flexible circuit connector 80A is not broken. From the above, a reliable wiring connection can be performed between the first conductive circuit 93 of the first substrate 30b1 and the second conductive circuit 94 of the second substrate 30b2, and the wiring is always performed without breakage or breakage. Conduction between the first conductive circuit 93 and the second conductive circuit 94 can be stably obtained. Also, between the second conductive circuit 94 of the second substrate 30b2 and the third conductive circuit 95 of the third substrate 30b3, the second conductive circuit 94 and the third conductive circuit 95 are always stably protected without breakage or breakage. Can be obtained.

  The information recording apparatus 1 includes a paper board 30, a communication module 10, various buttons 3, 4, 6, 7, a tablet 5, and the like incorporated in the paper board 30.

  Among them, the communication module 10 can be used for a relatively long time, but the tablet 5 is a consumable item.

  In such a case, the boards 30a1, 30b1, and 30c1 including the communication module 10 can be used for a long time as a communication module-side board, and the other boards 30a2, 30b2, 30c2, and 30a3, 30b3, and 30c3 are used as tablet-side boards. If it can be replaced, the communication module 10 can be used without waste, which is convenient.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the communication module-side boards 30a1, 30b1, 30c1 and the tablet-side boards 30a2, 30b2, 30c2 and 30a3, 30b3, 30c3 are separably connected to each other.

  Specifically, the communication module-side boards 30a1, 30b1, and 30c1 are integrally formed, and the tablet-side boards 30a2, 30b2, and 30c2, and 30a3, 30b3, and 30c3 are also integrally formed.

  Then, the first substrate 30b1 of the communication module-side substrate and the second substrate 30b2 of the tablet-side substrate are connected to each other by a connection structure described below.

    That is, as shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C and FIGS. 10A to 10D, one of the first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 30b2, for example, the first substrate 30b1 is provided with the insertion piece 45 extending toward the second substrate 30b2. I have.

  A storage band (also referred to as a storage portion) 46 into which the insertion piece 45 is inserted is provided on the other of the first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 30b2, for example, on the back surface side of the second substrate 30b2. A pair of triangular portions 45a are formed at both ends of the insertion piece 45, and the triangular portions 45a engage with both side edges of the storage band 46, so that the insertion piece 45 on the first substrate 30b1 side is connected to the second substrate. The first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 30b2 can be firmly connected to each other while preventing the first substrate 30b1 from coming out of the storage band 46 on the 30b2 side. The first substrate 30b1 is formed with a bent portion 64A including the above-described one bent curve 64 that allows the first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 30b2 to be freely bent (see FIGS. 10A to 10D). ). By the way, as shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D, the storage band 46 provided on the second substrate 30b2 is fixed on the second substrate by bonding both end portions 46a to the second substrate 30b2. Then, the insertion piece 45 on the first board 30b1 side is inserted into the storage band 46, and the pair of triangular portions 45a of the insertion piece 45 engage with both end edges of the storage section 46, thereby connecting the first board 30b1 to the first board 30b1. The second substrate 30b2 can be connected.

  Next, the mounting structure of the flexible circuit connectors 80A and 80B to the paper substrate 30 will be described. Here, the attachment structure of the flexible circuit connector 80B to the paper substrate 30 is shown, but the attachment structure of the flexible circuit connector 80A is the same as the attachment structure of the flexible circuit connector 80B.

  As shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C, the flexible circuit connector 80B straddles the bent portion 64A between the first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 30b2 with the one terminal 83 and the other terminal 84 facing downward. And connects between the first conductive circuit 93 of the first substrate 30b1 of the lowermost substrate 30b and the second conductive circuit 94 of the second substrate 30b2.

  In this case, a first fixing portion 41a to which the flexible circuit connector 80B is fixed is provided on the first substrate 30b1, and a second fixing portion 41b to which the flexible circuit connector 80B is fixed is provided on the second substrate 30b2. .

  Further, the flexible circuit connector 80B includes a first bonding portion 42a bonded to the first fixing portion 41a on the first substrate 30b1 side, and a second bonding portion 42b bonded to the second fixing portion 41b on the second substrate 30b2 side. Having.

  The second adhesive portion 42b of the flexible circuit connector 80B further includes an outer adhesive portion 42b1 extending in parallel to the bent portion 64A at the end of the second substrate 30b2, and a bent portion located inside the outer adhesive portion 42b1. 64A and an inner bonding portion 42b2 extending in parallel.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9A to 9D, the entire width of the flexible circuit connector 80B, that is, the total width extending in a direction orthogonal to the bent portion 64A is w, the width of the first adhesive portion 42a is w1, and the second adhesive portion is The width of the outer bonding portion 42b1 of the second bonding portion 42b is w2, and the width of the inner bonding portion 42b2 of the second bonding portion 42b is w3.

  At this time, for example, the width w of the flexible circuit connector 80B is 20 mm, the width w1 of the first bonding portion 42 is 3 mm, the width w2 of the outer bonding portion 42b1 is 3 m, and the width w3 of the inner bonding portion 42b2 is 3 mm.

  In the flexible circuit connector 80B having such a configuration, first, the first bonding portion 42a is bonded to the first fixing portion 41a on the first substrate 30b1 side by heat sealing, and then the outer bonding portion 42b1 of the second bonding portion 42b. Is bonded to the second fixing portion 41b on the second substrate 30b2 side by heat sealing. In this way, the flexible circuit connector 80B extends over the bent portion 64A between the first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 30b2, and 30 is attached.

Next, a method of using the communication module 10 of the information recording device 1 without waste will be described with reference to FIG.
9D, 10A to 10D, 11A and 11B.

  First, the information recording device 1 according to the embodiment is prepared and used (see FIG. 9A). Next, after using the information recording device 1 for a long time, the communication module side substrates 30a1, 30b1, 30c1 and the tablet side substrates 30a2, 30b2, 30c2 and 30a3, 30c3 of the paper substrate 30 are separated from each other (see FIG. 9B). .

  At this time, first, the flexible circuit connector 80B is cut at the cutting line L. By cutting the flexible circuit connector 80B in this manner, the flexible circuit connector 80B is cut between the inner bonding portion 42b2 and the outer bonding portion 42b1, and the outer bonding portion 42b1 remains on the second substrate 30b2 side. At this time, the inner bonding portion 42b2 separates from the second substrate 30b2 and forms a free end.

  Next, the insertion piece 45 of the first substrate 30b1 is pulled out from the storage band 46 of the second substrate 30b2, and thus the communication module side substrates 30a1, 30b1, 30c1 and the tablet side substrates 30a2, 30b2, 30c2 and 30a3, 30b3 are provided. , 30c3 are separated from each other (see FIGS. 10A to 10D).

  Next, the tablet-side substrates 30a2, 30b2, 30c2 and 30a3, 30b3, 30c3 are replaced with new tablet-side substrates 130a2, 130b2, 130c2 and 130a3, 130b3, 130c3.

  At this time, the insertion piece 45 of the first board 30b1 of the communication module side board is inserted into the storage band 46 provided on the second board 130b2 of the new tablet side board.

  When the insertion piece 45 of the first substrate 30b1 is inserted into the storage band 46 of the new second substrate 130b2, the triangular portions 45a of the insertion piece 45 engage with both side edges of the storage band 46. This prevents the insertion piece 45 of the first substrate 30b1 from falling out of the storage band 46 of the second substrate 130b2, and firmly connects the first substrate 30b1 and the second substrate 130b2 (FIGS. 11A to 11B). reference).

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 9C, the inner bonding portion 42b2 constituting the free end of the flexible circuit connector 80B is heat-sealed and bonded onto the new second substrate 130b2. In this manner, the paper substrate 30 serving as the base of the information recording apparatus 1 in which the tablet-side substrates 30a2, 30b2, 30c2 and 30a3, 30b3, 30c3 are replaced with the new tablet-side substrates 130a2, 130b2, 130c2 and 130a3, 130b3, 130c3 is obtained. (See FIG. 9C).

  By the way, as described above, the flexible circuit connector 80A installed on the bent portion 64A including the two bent curves 64 in the lowermost substrate 30b is used when the paper substrate 30 is bent with the flexible circuit connector 80A inside. , Rising from the lowermost substrate 30b.

  For this reason, in order to prevent the flexible circuit connector 80A from being lifted, locking pieces 111, 111A are provided on both sides of the flexible circuit connector 80A to press the flexible circuit connector 80A when bent.

  In this case, the flexible circuit connector 80A is provided on the bent portion 64A between the second board 30b2 and the third board 30b3 of the lowermost board 30b. The locking piece 111 for suppressing the floating of the flexible circuit connector 80A is provided at one end of the flexible circuit connector 80A, specifically, one of the second side plate 30c2 and the third side plate 30c3 of the intermediate layer substrate 30c, for example, the second side plate 30c2. It is provided on the side.

  By providing the locking piece 111 on the second side plate 30c2 side in this manner, the right end of the flexible circuit connector 80A can be pressed by the locking piece 111. An opening 112 formed through the paper substrate 30 is formed at the base end of the locking piece 111.

  The opening 112 overlaps the intermediate substrate 30c on the lowermost substrate 30b, and further connects the first substrate 30b1 of the lowermost substrate 30b and the first side plate 30c1 of the intermediate substrate 30c to the second substrate 30b2 of the lowermost substrate 30b. When bent and superimposed on the second side plate 30c2 of the intermediate layer substrate 30c, the outer surface of the second side plate 30c2 to which the locking piece 111 is attached is prevented from being damaged by the locking piece 111.

  That is, when the opening 112 is not provided at the base end of the locking piece 111, the first substrate 30b1 of the lowermost substrate 30b and the first side plate 30c1 of the intermediate substrate 30c are connected to the second substrate 30b2 of the lowermost substrate 30b and the intermediate substrate When overlapping the second side plate 30c2 on the second side plate 30c2, the locking piece 111 has rigidity and damages the outer surface of the second side plate 30c2 to which the locking piece 111 is attached.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, the locking piece 111 comes into contact with the second side plate 30c2 at the base end at the time of bending, but the locking piece 111 has the opening 112 at the base end. Therefore, the base end of the second side plate 30c2 does not have rigidity, and the outer surface of the second side plate 30c2 is not damaged.

  Similarly, on the other end side of the flexible circuit connector 80A, a locking piece 111A for preventing the floating of the flexible circuit connector 80B is provided on one of the second additional side plate 30a2 and the third additional side plate 30a3, for example, on the second additional side plate 30a2 side. An opening 112A is formed at the base end of the locking piece 111A.

  The opening 112 of the locking piece 111 provided on the second side plate 30c2 and the opening 112A of the locking piece 111A provided on the second additional side plate 30a2 are both ones provided in the lowermost substrate 30b in the lateral direction. It is preferable to be arranged on an extension of the folding curve 64.

  By the way, the example in which the locking piece 111A is provided in the second additional side plate 30a2 and the opening 112A is provided in the base end of the locking piece 111A is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the locking piece 111A is provided in the second additional side plate 30a2. Without the provision, when the paper substrate 30 of the second side plate 30c2 is bent, a locking piece 113 for pressing up the floating of the flexible circuit connector 80B is provided at a portion located on the other end side of the flexible circuit connector 80B. A cutout 114 may be provided at the base end of the piece 113.

  In the above embodiment, the substrate 30b1 of the lowermost substrate 30b is a first substrate, the substrate 30b2 is a second substrate, the substrate 30b3 is a third substrate, and the substrate 30c1 of the intermediate layer substrate 30c is a first side plate. The substrate 30c2 is a second side plate, the substrate 30c3 is a third side plate, the substrate 30a1 of the uppermost substrate 30a is a first additional side plate, the substrate 30a2 is a second additional side plate, and the substrate 30a3 is a third additional substrate. Is shown.

  Not limited to this, the substrate 30b1 of the lowermost substrate 30b is a first substrate, the substrate 30b2 is a second substrate, the substrate 30b3 is a third substrate, and the substrate 30a1 of the uppermost substrate 30a is a first side plate. 30a2 may be a second side plate, the substrate 30a3 may be a third side plate, the substrate 30c1 of the intermediate layer substrate 30c may be a first additional side plate, the substrate 30c2 may be a second additional side plate, and the substrate 30c3 may be a third additional side plate. .

  As described above, the communication module 10 is arranged on the divided substrate 30b of the paper substrate 30, and the flexible confirmation circuit 100 is interposed on the divided substrate 30b and on the back surface of the communication module 10 (FIG. 5 and FIG. 8). The flexible confirmation circuit 100 confirms the press when any one of the buttons, for example, the start button 3, the cancel button 4, the case 5a of the tablet 5, the select button 6 and the select button 7 is pressed. A pressing confirmation means such as the LED light emitting unit 102 is included.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the flexible confirmation circuit 100 includes an insulating flexible base material 101 made of a vinyl-based or rubber-based material, and an LED light emitting device mounted on the flexible base material 101. It has a portion 102 and a conductive portion 103 which is provided on the flexible base material 101, connects the LED light emitting portion 102 and the communication module 10, and is formed in a linear shape.

  Here, FIG. 8 shows the back surface of the communication module arranged on the divided substrate 30b, and the flexible confirmation circuit 100 mounted on the back surface of the communication module 10.

  Then, the LED light emitting unit 102 of the flexible confirmation circuit 100 is exposed to the outside via the light emitting unit window 105 formed on the divided base material 30a of the paper substrate 30. When one of the buttons 3, 4, 5a, 6 and 7 is pressed by the patient, the LED light emitting unit 102 emits light by the control unit 22 of the communication module 10 and emits light from the light emitting unit window 105. To the outside.

  As described above, the LED light emitting unit 102 functions as a pressing confirmation unit that confirms pressing when a button is pressed, but other pressing confirming units, such as another light emitting unit, may be used as such a pressing confirming unit. Alternatively, a vibrator that generates vibration may be used as the pressing confirmation means other than the light emitting unit.

  Incidentally, for example, a chip-shaped LED element can be used as the LED light emitting unit 102, and power of the LED light emitting unit 102 is supplied from a button battery in the communication module 10.

  Next, a method of installing the flexible confirmation circuit 100 on the paper substrate 30 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, a linear conductive portion 103 is formed on a flexible base material 101 by printing or the like, and one end (the left end in FIG. 8) of the conductive portion 103 is provided with an LED light emitting portion 102 including a chip-shaped LED element. Is mounted with a conductive adhesive or the like. In this way, a flexible confirmation circuit 100 including the flexible base material 101, the conductive part 103, and the LED light emitting part 102 is configured.

  Next, the flexible confirmation circuit 100 thus configured is mounted on the back surface of the communication module 10 with the conductive part 103 and the LED light emitting part 102 facing the communication module 10 side. In the present embodiment, the flexible confirmation circuit 100 is connected to the speaker terminal of the communication module 10. In this case, when any one of the start button 3, the cancel button 4, the case 5a of the tablet 5, the select button 6, and the select button 7 is pressed, the buzzer sounds from the speaker so that the buzzer sounds. The LED light emitting unit 102 emits light in conjunction with the buzzer sound. Further, if the buzzer sound is changed for each button, the light emission of the LED also changes, so that it is possible to visually confirm which button has been pressed in the light emitting state.

  At this time, the communication module 10 is connected to the other end (the right end in FIG. 8) of the conductive portion 103 of the flexible confirmation circuit 100 using a conductive adhesive.

  As described above, the flexible confirmation circuit 100 and the communication module 10 are connected in advance, and the communication module 10 and the flexible confirmation circuit connected to each other are then mounted on the divided substrate 30b of the paper substrate 30.

  At this time, the communication module 10 is connected to the conductive circuit 18A provided on the divided board 30b via the circuit connector 90.

  In use, when the patient (user) presses any one of the buttons, for example, the start button 3, the cancel button 4, the case 5 a of the tablet 5, the select button 6 and the select button 7, the communication module 10 The control unit 22 causes the LED light emitting unit 102 of the flexible confirmation circuit 100 to emit light. At this time, the light emitting state of the LED light emitting unit 102 appears outward from the light emitting unit window 105. This allows the patient to immediately confirm that he or she has pressed any of the buttons.

  Generally, when the buttons 3, 4, 5a, 6, and 7 provided on the paper substrate 30 are pressed, the feeling of the pressing cannot be obtained from the buttons. For this reason, even if the buttons 3, 4, 5 a, 6, and 7 are pressed, it may be unclear whether or not the buttons 3, 4, 5 a, 6, and 7 are pressed. When the button is pressed, the patient can immediately confirm the light emitting state of the LED light emitting unit 102 through the light emitting unit window 105, and thus can immediately confirm that the button is pressed.

  Also, the flexible confirmation circuit 100 is obtained by mounting the LED light emitting unit 102 on the flexible base material 101 in advance, and the flexible confirmation circuit 100 thus obtained can be easily connected to the communication module 10. . The communication module 10 to which the flexible confirmation circuit 100 is connected is connected to the conductive circuit 18A provided on the divided substrate 30b of the paper substrate 30 via the circuit connector 90. 10 and the flexible confirmation circuit 100 can be easily and easily attached.

  That is, it is conceivable to provide an LED light emitting unit on the divided substrate 30b of the paper substrate 30 without using the flexible confirmation circuit 100 and connect the LED light emitting unit and the communication module to separate conductive lines. It is necessary to execute the routing work or the connection work between the conductive unit and the communication module and the LED light emitting unit on the paper substrate 30, and the connection work is complicated.

  The information recording device according to the present embodiment is not limited to a medication recording card, and can be applied to various purposes (for example, a diabetes treatment progress recording card, a rheumatic treatment progress recording card, a pain / medication recording card, and the like). is there. It is not necessarily used for medical purposes, and it can be used for any purpose that records any information, such as living records and questionnaire collection, and that can transmit the recorded information to the host computer via wireless communication. You may.

1 medication record card 2 information input surface 3 start button 4 cancel button 5 medicine (tablet)
5a Case 6 (6a to 6e) Select button 7 (7a to 7c) Select button 10 Communication module 11 Resin board 12 ASIC
13 crystal oscillator 14 button battery 15 speaker 16 pad 17 antenna pattern 18 conductive pattern 18A conductive circuit (wiring)
18a Ground pattern 30 Paper board 30A Communication module board 30B Tablet board 30a, 30b, 30c Divided board 30a1, 30a2, 30a3 Board 30b1, 30b2, 30b3 Board 30c1, 30c2, 30c3 Board 31-37 Switch contact 39 Terminal section 41a 1 fixing part 41b second fixing part 42a first bonding part 42b second bonding part 42b1 outer bonding part 42b2 inner bonding part 45 insertion piece 45a triangular part 46 storage band 46a both ends 61 bent curve 62 hole (notch)
63 perforation 64 bending curve 64A bending part 70 circuit board (wiring board)
80A, 80B Flexible circuit connector 90 Circuit connector 100 Flexible confirmation circuit 101 Flexible base material 102 LED light emitting unit 103 Conductive unit

Claims (5)

Paper board,
Wiring provided on the paper substrate,
The paper substrate has a first substrate and a second substrate that is foldably connected to the first substrate via a bent portion,
The wiring has a flexible circuit connector provided over a bent portion between the first substrate and the second substrate,
The flexible circuit connector has a first bonding portion bonded to the first substrate side and a second bonding portion bonded to the second substrate side,
The first substrate and the second substrate are separable from each other, and an insertion piece is provided on one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a storage portion for storing the insertion piece is provided on the other. There is a wiring board.   The second bonding portion has an outer bonding portion extending to the second substrate side end portion and an inner bonding portion located inside the outer bonding portion, and the outer bonding portion leaves the inner bonding portion. The wiring board according to claim 1, wherein the wiring board is bonded to the second board. Paper board,
Wiring provided on the paper substrate,
The paper substrate has a first substrate and a second substrate that is foldably connected to the first substrate via a bent portion,
The wiring has a flexible circuit connector provided over a bent portion between the first substrate and the second substrate,
The flexible circuit connector has a first bonding portion bonded to the first substrate side and a second bonding portion bonded to the second substrate side,
The first substrate and the second substrate are separable from each other, and an insertion piece is provided on one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a storage portion for storing the insertion piece is provided on the other. A wiring board,
A wiring device, comprising: a communication module connected to the wiring. Paper board,
Wiring provided on the paper substrate,
The paper substrate has a first substrate and a second substrate that is foldably connected to the first substrate via a bent portion,
The wiring has a flexible circuit connector provided over a bent portion between the first substrate and the second substrate,
The flexible circuit connector has a first bonding portion bonded to the first substrate side and a second bonding portion bonded to the second substrate side,
The first substrate and the second substrate are separable from each other, and an insertion piece is provided on one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a storage portion for storing the insertion piece is provided on the other. A wiring board,
A plurality of buttons provided on the wiring board and which can be pressed by a user,
A communication module provided on the wiring board and connected to the button,
The information recording device, wherein the communication module includes a storage unit that stores pressing information of the button pressed by a user, and an output interface unit that outputs information stored in the storage unit to the outside.   5. The information recording apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a light emitting unit on the wiring board for confirming pressing when the button is pressed.

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