JP3012621U - Prepaid card with direction detection through hole - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a prepaid card with a direction detecting through-hole that enables quick determination of the insertion state. [Arrangement] An arbitrary corner of an arbitrary surface of the prepaid card 1 is defined as a first corner, and the first corner is first to the first long side of one card.
A first through hole H1 is provided at a position separated by a distance d1, and a corner diagonal to the first corner is defined as a second corner, and a second corner is defined as a second corner.
A second through hole H2 is provided at a position separated from the other long side of the card by a second distance d2, and the first distance d1 and the second distance d are provided.
2 has a different configuration.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a prepaid card, and more particularly to a prepaid card with a direction detecting through hole that facilitates identification of the front and back of the card and front and back to prevent erroneous insertion into a reader / writer.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Recently, prepaid cards have become popular. Such a card-type medium requires filling and updating of recorded contents, and is generally inserted into a reader / writer to perform an update regardless of whether it is a print card, a magnetic card, or an optical card. Is. By the way, card-type media are similar in terms of structure and shape, and the front and rear sides of the card are also similar. Therefore, in order to prevent erroneous insertion into the reader / writer, for example, a method of printing an arrow indicating the front direction on the front side is widely adopted.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in most of the conventional cards having the above-described structure, the printed insertion direction indicating mark is difficult to see, and most of the cards are extremely unusable. Therefore, it has been said that a very small arcuate notch is provided on the side of the card as a mark, but it was still insufficient in terms of functionality. In addition, the device must also have the function of promptly determining the insertion status. However, conventional prepaid cards do not have a configuration that meets these requirements.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above. The purpose of the present invention is to make it easy for the user to check the card direction and for the device side. It is to provide a prepaid card with a direction detection through hole that enables quick determination of the insertion state.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The prepaid card with the direction detecting through-hole according to the present invention has an arbitrary corner of an arbitrary surface of the prepaid card as a first corner, and is located at a position separated from the long side of one card by a first distance. A first through hole is provided, a corner diagonally opposite to the first corner is defined as a second corner, and a second through hole is formed in the second corner at a position separated by a second distance from the other long side of the card. It is characterized in that it is provided and the first distance and the second distance are different.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the prepaid card with the direction detecting through-hole of the present invention configured as described above, the positions of the through-holes appearing on the short side, for example, are all different corresponding to four different insertion states in the front and back directions and the front-back direction. Therefore, for example, by detecting the position of the through hole appearing on the short side, the device side can confirm the correct front / back surface and front / back direction. Moreover, the user can also confirm it himself.

[0007]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a prepaid card with a direction detecting through hole according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a rear view of the prepaid card with the direction detection through hole of FIG. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. One surface of the prepaid card 1 of the present invention is referred to as a front surface 1A, and a corner between the front side 1C and the upper long side 1E of the front surface 1A is defined as a first corner and the first corner is a first corner. The first through hole H1 is provided, and the second through hole H2 is provided at the second corner with the corner between the rear side 1D and the lower long side 1F, which is on the diagonal line of the first corner, as the second corner.

A distance from the first through hole H1 to the long side 1E above is defined as a first distance d1. On the other hand, the distance from the second through hole H2 to the long side 1F below is defined as a second distance d2. Here, the first distance d1 is set shorter than the second distance d2.

With the above configuration, the front / back / front and back of the card can be easily distinguished. For example, when the front side 1C is inserted into a reader / writer with the front side 1C as the tip, if the front side 1A is exposed on the front side (the front side of the paper surface in the figure), the card tip 1C is positioned above the figure. The first through-hole H1 appears at a position lower than the elongated side 1E by the first distance d1. Here, if the card is turned upside down, the first through hole H1 appears at a position that is elevated by the first distance d1 from the long side 1E moved downward.

Next, when the front side 1A is exposed on the front side (front side of the paper surface in the figure) when the rear side 1D is inserted into the reader / writer with the rear side 1D as the tip, The second through hole H2 appears at a position lower than the long side 1F located above by the second distance d2. Here, if the card is turned upside down, the second through hole H2 appears where the card is moved up by the second distance d2 from the long side 1F moved downward. In this way, in the number of four cases in which the front and back / front and back of the card are different, the first through second through holes are respectively exposed in different appearance positions. As a result, different insertion states of the front / back / front and back of the card can be distinguished very easily.

[0011]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, in the prepaid card with the direction detecting through hole of the present invention, the positions of the through holes appearing on the short side, for example, are all different corresponding to the four insertion states in which the front and back sides are different in the front-back direction. Therefore, for example, by detecting the position of the through hole appearing on the short side, the correct front / back surface and the front-back direction can be easily confirmed on the device side. Therefore, there is an effect that the user's erroneous insertion can be executed in an extremely short time after inserting the card.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a prepaid card with a direction detecting through hole according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the prepaid card with the direction detection through hole of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Prepaid Card 1A Front Side 1B Back Side 1C Front Side 1D Back Side 1E Long Side 1F Long Side d1 First Distance d2 Second Distance H1, H2 First and Second Through Holes

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A first through hole is provided in the first corner at an arbitrary corner of an arbitrary surface of a prepaid card as a first corner, and at a position separated by a first distance from one long side of the card. One corner and a corner on a diagonal line are defined as a second corner, the second corner is provided with a second through hole at a position separated from the other long side of the card by a second distance, and the first distance and the second distance. A prepaid card with a direction detecting through hole, characterized in that