JP3012711U - 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 a circular first through hole H1 is provided in the first corner at a position separated by a distance d from one long side of the card. The first corner and the corner on the diagonal line are the second corner, and the second corner is
A triangular second through hole H2 is provided at a position separated by a distance d from the other long side of the card, and the diameter of the first through hole H1 does not exceed the diameter of the inscribed circle of the second through hole H2. .

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]

 A prepaid card with a direction detecting through hole according to the present invention has a circular shape at a predetermined distance from one of the long sides of one card, with an arbitrary corner of an arbitrary surface of the prepaid card as a first corner. The first through-hole is provided, and the corner diagonally opposite to the first corner is the second corner, and the second corner is the second corner, and the second through-hole having a triangular shape is located at the position separated from the other long side of the card by the distance. And the diameter of the first through hole does not exceed the diameter of the inscribed circle of the second through hole.

[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 back view of the prepaid card with the direction detection through hole of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the shapes of the first through hole and the second through hole in FIG. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. One side of the prepaid card 1 of the present invention is referred to as a front side 1A, and a corner between the front side 1C of the front side 1A and the upper long side 1E is defined as a first corner. 1 through-hole H1 is provided, and the corner of the rear side 1D and the lower long side 1F, which is diagonal to the first corner, is defined as the second corner, and the triangular second through-hole H2 is formed at the second corner. The center position of the inscribed circle is provided so as to be symmetrical to the center position of the circular first through hole H 1 with respect to the center of the card. The distance from the first through hole H1 to the upper long side 1E is defined as the distance d. Similarly, the distance from the second through hole H2 to the long side 1F below is also the distance d. Further, the diameter of the circular first through hole H1 is configured not to exceed the diameter of the inscribed circle of the triangular second through hole H2.

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 being 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. Since the circular first through hole H1 appears at a distance d from the long side 1E, it can be easily confirmed by touching it with a fingertip, for example.

If the card is turned upside down, a circular first through hole H1 appears at a position a distance d above the long side 1E that has moved downward, so that this can also be easily touched with a fingertip. I can confirm.

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, Since the triangular second through hole H 2 appears at a position lower than the long side 1F located above by a distance d, it can be easily confirmed by touching it with a fingertip, for example. If the card is turned upside down, a triangular second through hole H2 appears at a position elevated by a distance d from the long side 1F moved downward, and this can also be easily confirmed by touching with a fingertip. 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 hole and the second through hole respectively appear at different appearance positions. Moreover, the first through hole and the second through hole have different shapes. 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, the prepaid card with the direction detecting through-hole of the present invention has four positions in which the through-holes appearing on the short side are all corresponding to four insertion states in the front and back and the front-back direction. different. Therefore, for example, by detecting the position and shape of the through hole appearing on the short side, the device side can easily confirm the correct front / back surface and the front-back direction. Therefore, the user can avoid erroneous insertion, or even if there is erroneous insertion, the device side can detect it in an extremely short time after the card is inserted.

[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.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of shapes of a first through hole and a second through hole in 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 d Distance H1 Circular First Through Hole H2 Triangular Second Through Hole

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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A circular first through-hole is provided in the first corner at an arbitrary corner of an arbitrary surface of a prepaid card, the first corner being separated from the long side of one card by a predetermined distance. The first corner and the corner on the diagonal line are the second corner, and the second corner is
A triangular second through hole is provided at a position separated from the other card long side by the distance, and the diameter of the first through hole does not exceed the diameter of the inscribed circle of the second through hole. A prepaid card with a direction detection through hole.