JP3012715U - 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 long side (2E in the figure) of the card substrate 2 is provided with a slit 3 which can be easily confirmed by palpation or visual inspection, and one short side (2C in the figure).
It is arranged close to the side and configured.

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]

 A prepaid card having a direction detecting structure according to the present invention is characterized in that a slit is provided only on one of the long sides of a card base material of the prepaid card and is provided close to one of the short sides. To do.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the prepaid card having the direction detecting structure of the present invention configured as described above, the positions where the slits appear are different according to 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 slit 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 sectional view of a prepaid card having the direction detection structure of FIG. The prepaid card 1 of the present invention has two long sides 2E and 2F of the card base material 2, and only one of the long sides (the long side 2E in the figure) has the slit 3 formed therein. One of the short sides 2C and 2D is provided close to the short side (short side 2C in the figure) side. It is desirable that the slit 3 is cut so that the user can easily confirm it by touching it with his / her finger and can also distinguish it, and that the slit 3 can be visually confirmed and distinguished sufficiently.

With the above configuration, in each of the four cases where the front / back / front and back of the prepaid card 1 are different, the slits 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 slit 3 appears near the short side 2C of the lower long side 2E. Therefore, when the slit 3 appears to the left of the upper long side, it can be confirmed that this card is currently facing in the front-back direction but face down.

Similarly, if the slit 3 is confirmed to the right of the upper end, it can be confirmed that the front and back sides of the card are correct, but the front and back directions are reversed, and the slit 3 is confirmed to the right of the lower end. If you do, you can see that this card is currently turned upside down, as well as upside down. 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 slit 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 slit is provided on one of the upper and lower long sides of the card, and the slit is provided on the one of the left and right short sides. The user can easily check the front and back of the card and the front and back by visually or by palpation immediately before inserting the card into the reader / writer. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous insertion in the card direction, which greatly improves usability. 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 bottom 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 edge 2D card short edge 2E card long edge 2F card long edge 3 slit 4 print recording

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A prepaid card having a direction detecting structure, characterized in that a slit is provided only on one of the long sides of a card base material of the prepaid card and is provided close to one of the short sides. .