JP2637120B2 - Card medium - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a card-like medium such as an IC card.

(Prior Art) With the recent increase in the degree of integration of integrated circuit elements and the mounting technology due to the development of semiconductor technology and the like, the development of a so-called IC card in which a CPU and a memory are built in a thin card has been active. . IC cards are almost the same size as magnetic cards that are widely used at present, but have significant advantages such as large storage capacity and abundant processing functions. Is to replace magnetic cards. Furthermore, since the IC card has a built-in CPU and memory as described above, it can perform abundant processing, and in the future, it will be necessary to provide various input means and output means for many uses. It is expected to be a multifunctional type that can respond to the state.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, when various types of input / output means are provided in the IC card, the IC cards are arranged in a limited space of the IC card in consideration of characteristics of each means. This is very important. In particular, magnetic stripes enable IC cards to be processed by magnetic card processing equipment in the transition period from magnetic cards, and a keyboard and liquid crystal display (LCD)
Are highly likely to be immediately deployed for inputting and confirming information necessary for various processes. However, while a predetermined reading pressure is applied to the magnetic stripe by the head of the magnetic reader in order to reliably read information, an unnecessary input is applied to the keyboard because an unnecessary pressure is applied to the keyboard. Naturally, the LCD has the strength characteristics that it is likely to be placed at a position where the pressure from the magnetic reader head is not applied, and that the LCD may be degraded by the application of pressure and adversely affect its life. It is important to consider the positional relationship between the two.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card-shaped medium in which the arrangement of a liquid crystal display is properly set and the life is prevented from being shortened.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a card-shaped medium comprising at least a magnetic stripe and a liquid crystal display. A battery is built-in, and the liquid crystal display and the magnetic stripe are arranged so as not to overlap each other when viewed from a surface direction of the card-shaped medium.

A card-like medium comprising at least a keyboard, a magnetic stripe, and a liquid crystal display, wherein a battery is built in the card-like medium, and the stripe and the keyboard are arranged on one side of the card-like medium by a predetermined distance. The liquid crystal display and the magnetic stripe are arranged so as not to overlap with each other when viewed from the plane direction of the card-shaped medium by arranging the liquid crystal display between the magnetic stripe and the keyboard while being spaced apart from each other. It is characterized by the following.

(Operation) In the card-shaped medium according to the present invention, the liquid crystal display is arranged so that the card-shaped medium does not overlap with the magnetic stripe when viewed from the plane, so that the magnetic reader reads the magnetic stripe. Pressure is not applied.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an IC code 1 which is a card-shaped medium according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
2 (B) is a diagram showing the front and back surfaces of the IC card 1, respectively. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the arrangement of electronic components inside the IC card 1.

In the IC card 1 of the present embodiment, the arrangement of the 20 keys constituting the keyboard 3 is not a four-row arrangement as in a general-purpose so-called card calculator but a three-row arrangement so that the whole keyboard is so-called horizontally wide. This is characterized in that a space is secured in the short side direction of the IC card 1 and a liquid crystal display 7 is provided between the keyboard 3 and the magnetic stripe 5.

Accordingly, in the IC code 1 of the present embodiment, the reading pressure by the head (not shown) of the magnetic reader when reading information from the magnetic stripe 5 is not applied to the liquid crystal display 7 and has no adverse effect such as deterioration. in addition,
Since the main purpose of the liquid crystal display 7 is to confirm input information from the keyboard 3, the fact that the liquid crystal display 7 can be arranged above the keyboard 3 in the same plane makes it easy and easy to confirm information. There is great significance in ensuring that this is done.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 9 denotes an electrical contact for reading or writing information from / to the IC card 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a character portion on which information on an owner or the like is displayed, and reference numeral 13 denotes a character portion.
Denotes an integrated circuit such as a CPU and a memory built in the IC card 1;
Is a battery. Further, in the IC card 1 of the present embodiment, the magnetic stripes 5 are provided on both sides, but the front side corresponds to the JIS standard, and the back side corresponds to the ISO standard.

FIG. 3 is a view showing the appearance of an IC card 21 constituting a card-shaped medium according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The feature is that the shape of the key contacts corresponding to the 20 keys constituting the keyboard 23 is wider than that of a general-purpose so-called card calculator so that the entire keyboard is also wider, so that the short side of the IC card 1 is short. The liquid crystal display 7 is provided between the keyboard 23 and the magnetic stripe 5 to secure a space in the direction.

Further, in the IC card 21 of the present embodiment, the battery 25
The feature is also characterized in that the shape is made horizontally long so that the integrated circuit 13 such as a CPU and a memory is built in so as not to overlap the magnetic stripe 5 when viewed from the surface.

Therefore, in the IC card 1 of the present embodiment, the reading pressure by the head (not shown) of the magnetic reader at the time of reading information from the magnetic stripe 5 does not apply not only to the liquid crystal display 7 but also to the integrated circuit 13. Has no adverse effect on

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the IC card shown in each of the above-described embodiments, but can be applied to various variations with multi-functionalization.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the liquid crystal display is arranged so that the card-shaped medium is not overlapped with the magnetic stripe when viewed from the plane, so that the magnetic stripe can be formed by the head of the magnetic reader. Since no reading pressure is applied to the liquid crystal display, the arrangement of the liquid crystal display can be appropriately adjusted, and the shortening of the life can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A and 1B are views showing the appearance of a card-shaped medium according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing the arrangement of built-in components of the card-shaped medium, and FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a card-shaped medium according to another embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... IC card, 3 ... Keyboard 5 ... Magnetic stripe, 7 ... Liquid crystal display 9 ... Electrical contact, 13 ... Integrated circuit 15 ... Battery, 21 ... IC card 23 ... Keyboard, 25 ... …Battery

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card-like medium comprising at least a magnetic stripe and a liquid crystal display, wherein a battery is built in the card-like medium, and the liquid crystal display and the magnetic stripe are formed on a surface of the card-like medium. A card-shaped medium which is arranged so as not to overlap with each other when viewed from a direction. 2. A card-like medium comprising at least a keyboard, a magnetic stripe, and a liquid crystal display, wherein a battery is built in the card-like medium, and the stripe, the keyboard, and the keyboard are provided on one side of the card-like medium. And the liquid crystal display is arranged between the magnetic stripe and the keyboard so that the liquid crystal display and the magnetic stripe do not overlap with each other when viewed from the surface direction of the card-shaped medium. A card-shaped medium characterized by being arranged in a card.