JP3012714U - Prepaid card with direction detection structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a prepaid card having a direction detection structure that allows the user to easily confirm the card direction and allows the reader / writer to easily determine the insertion state. [Structure] Only one short side (2C in the figure) of the card substrate 2 is provided with an uneven cut 3 which can be easily confirmed by touching or visual inspection. In the figure, it is provided with an arbitrary length up to 2E).

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a prepaid card, and more particularly to a prepaid card having a direction detection structure that facilitates identification of the front and back of a 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 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 above problems of the prior art. The purpose is to make it easy for the user to confirm the card direction and to insert the card into the reader / writer. An object of the present invention is to provide a prepaid card having a direction detection structure that enables easy determination of the.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The prepaid card having the direction detection structure according to the present invention has a concave-convex notch on only one short side of the card base of the prepaid card, and extends from the center of the short side to one of the long sides. It is characterized in that it is provided with an arbitrary length between.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the prepaid card having the direction detecting structure of the present invention configured as described above, the positions where the concave and convex cuts appear are different depending on the four insertion states in which the front and back and the front and back directions are different. Therefore, the user can easily confirm the correct front / back surface and the front-back direction by visually or visually checking the position where the uneven cut appears. In addition, the device side can also facilitate detection.

[0007]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a prepaid card having a direction detecting structure of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of a prepaid card having the direction detection structure of FIG. The prepaid card 1 of the present invention has a concave-convex notch 3 on only one of the two short sides 2C and 2D of the card substrate 2 (the short side 2C in the figure), and the center of the short side. From the two long sides 2E, 2F to any one of the long sides (long side 2E in the figure). It is desirable that the concave-convex notch 3 be cut and have a length such that the user can easily confirm it by touching it with a finger and can also distinguish it, and that it can be visually confirmed and distinguished sufficiently.

With the above-described configuration, in each of the four cases in which the front / back / front and back of the prepaid card 1 are different, the concave / convex cuts 3 appear at different appearance positions. That is, if the surface 2A is the front side and the short side 2C is the front, the uneven cut 3 appears between the center and the long side 2E of the left short side 2C. Therefore, when the concave-convex cut 3 appears between the center and the upper long side, it can be confirmed that this card is currently facing backwards, though the front-back direction is correct.

Similarly, if the concave-convex notch 3 is found between the center of the right end and the upper long side, the card is presently right-side-up, but the front-back direction is reversed. If it can be confirmed, and if the concave-convex cut 3 is confirmed between the lower center of the right end and the long side below, this card is now reversed in the front-back direction and the front-back direction. I can confirm that. In this way, the user can very easily check the front / back / front / back state of the card, and can very easily correct it in the correct direction and direction. Similarly, the card reader / writer can very easily detect the front / back / front / back states of the card. Further, since the concave-convex notch 3 is provided only at the edge of the card, it does not extend to the central portion of the card and adversely affect the print record 4.

[0010]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, in the prepaid card having the direction detecting structure of the present invention, the concave and convex notches are formed on one of the left and right short sides of the card, and between the center and one of the upper and lower long sides. Since it is provided, the user can easily check the front and back and the front and back of the card visually or by palpation just before inserting the card into the reader / writer. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous insertion in the card direction, and the usability is significantly improved. Also, the reader / writer side can easily confirm the orientation and front and back of the inserted card, and thus can immediately notify the user of an erroneous insertion.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a prepaid card having a direction detecting structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a prepaid card having the direction detection structure of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 prepaid card 2 card substrate 2A card surface 2B card surface 2C card short side 2D card short side 2E card long side 2F card long side 3 concave / convex notch 4 print recording

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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A concave-convex notch is formed only on one short side of a card base material of a prepaid card, from the center of the short side,
A prepaid card having a direction detection structure, characterized in that the prepaid card is provided with an arbitrary length between one of the long sides.