JP3012623U - Prepaid card with direction detection mark - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a prepaid card with a direction detection mark that enables quick determination of the insertion state. [Structure] The first mark M1 is printed on the first corner of the front surface of the card, the second mark M2 is printed on the second corner on the diagonal line, and the back side of the first corner on the back side is the third corner. The third long side 1E of the card that is close to the first mark M1 is printed by printing the third mark M3 as the second mark and the back side of the second corner as the fourth corner.
And the first mark M1 and the distance between the third mark M3 and the long side 1E are the first distance d1, and the distance between the card long side 1F and the second mark M2 close to the second mark M2 and , The distance from the fourth mark M4 to the long side 1F is the second distance d2, and the distance from the first distance d1 to the second distance d2
The distance d2 is different.

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 detection mark for facilitating front / back and front / back identification of the card 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 a mark such as 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 cards having the above-described conventional configurations, the printed insertion direction instruction mark is difficult to see, and most of the cards are extremely unusable. Even more critical is the inability to accommodate blind users. 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 mark that enables quick determination of the insertion state.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The direction detection mark-equipped prepaid card according to the present invention is such that an arbitrary corner of an arbitrary surface of the card is a first corner and a first mark is printed on the first corner, and a corner diagonal to the first corner is printed. The second mark is printed on the second corner as the second corner, and the third mark is printed on the other side of the prepaid card with the corner on the back side of the first corner as the third corner. A fourth mark is printed on the fourth corner by setting a corner on the back side of the second corner as a fourth corner, and a long side of the card close to the first mark is set as a first long side, and , The distance from the first long side and the distance from the first long side at the position of the third mark are both set to the first distance, and the long side of the card close to the second mark is set to the second length. The distance from the second long side to the second mark position and the fourth mark position to the fourth mark position. Both the distance from the long sides and the second distance, and wherein the said first distance and the second distance is different configurations.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the prepaid card with the direction detection mark of the present invention configured as described above, the positions of the marks 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 from each other. Therefore, for example, by detecting the position of the mark appearing on the short side, the device side can confirm the correct front / back surface and the front-back direction. Users can also check for themselves.

[0007]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a prepaid card with a direction detection mark according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a rear view of the prepaid card with the direction detection mark 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 side 1E of the front surface 1A is defined as a first corner, and the first mark M1 is provided at the first corner. The second mark M2 is printed and the second mark M2 is printed on the second corner with the corner between the rear side 1D and the lower side 1F, which is on the diagonal line of the first corner, as the second corner. Then, the back side corner of the front side 1A of the back side 1B is set as the third corner, and the third mark M3 is printed at the third corner, and the back side corner of the second corner is set at the fourth side. As the corner, the fourth mark M4 is printed on the fourth corner.

An upper side 1E near the first mark M1 is a first long side, and a distance from the first mark M1 to the upper side 1E is a first distance d1. Similarly, the distance from the third mark M3 to the upper side 1E is defined as the first distance d1. On the other hand, the lower side 1F close to the second mark M2 is the second long side, and the distance from the second mark M2 to the lower side 1F is the second distance d2. Similarly, the distance from the fourth mark M4 to the lower side 1F is the 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 the reader / writer with the front side 1C as the tip, the first mark M1 appears at the first distance d1 from the upper side 1E at the card tip if the front side 1A is projected upward. If the card is turned upside down, the third mark M3 appears at the first distance d1 from the lower side 1F.

Next, when the rear surface 1D is inserted into the reader / writer with the front end being the front end, if the front surface 1A is protruded upward, the card front end has the second mark M2 at the second distance d2 from the upper side 1E. Appears. If the card is turned upside down, the fourth mark M4 appears at the second distance d2 from the lower side 1F. In this way, in the number of four cases in which the front and back / front and back of the card are different, one of the first to fourth marks, and all of them appear at 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 detection mark of the present invention, for example, the positions of the marks appearing on the shorter side are all different, corresponding to the four insertion states in which the front and back directions are different from each other. Therefore, for example, by detecting the position of the mark appearing on the short side, the device side can easily confirm the correct front / back surface and the front-back direction. 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 detection mark according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the prepaid card with the direction detection mark shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Prepaid Card 1A Front Side 1B Back Side 1C Front Side 1D Back Side 1E Top Side (First Long Side) 1F Bottom Side (Second Long Side) d1 First Distance d2 Second Distance M1 to M4 First to First 4 marks

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A first mark is printed on the first corner by setting an arbitrary corner of an arbitrary surface of the prepaid card as a first corner, and the first mark is printed.
A second mark is printed on the second corner with a corner on a diagonal line with the corner and a second mark is printed on the second corner, and a corner on the other side of the prepaid card on the back side of the first corner is the third corner. A third mark is printed on the back side of the second corner, and the corner on the back side of the second corner is defined as the fourth corner.
A fourth mark is printed in the corner, and the long side of the card close to the first mark is the first long side,
The distance from the first long side of the first mark position and the distance from the first long side of the third mark position are both first distances, and the card length close to the second mark. The long side is the second long side,
The distance from the second long side of the second mark position and the distance from the second long side of the fourth mark position are both second distances, and the first distance and the second distance A prepaid card with a direction detection mark, characterized in that the distance is different.