JP4028223B2 - card case - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a card case used when carrying an ID card such as an employee ID card or student ID card, a credit card, a cash card or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Employees and employees of companies and organizations prove their identity by holding an employee ID card printed with the person's face in a transparent plastic card case over the chest.
Also, in factories and laboratories that manufacture food and precision parts, strictly check the identity of the machine so that only employees can enter the doorway where security guards cannot reach for safety and confidentiality. Yes.
As a means of identity verification, a magnetic card, a contact or non-contact type IC card is read by the machine to prove the identity, and a personal identification number recorded on these cards and the card holder input it to the machine Various methods are used, such as a method for collating a personal identification number or a method for storing biological information such as a fingerprint, a face, and a hand in advance in a device and directly reading the card to identify the person.
In recent years, the use of non-contact IC cards that are inexpensive, have high reading accuracy, and high convenience is increasing.
For example, when a company switches from a conventional magnetic recording card as an employee ID card to a non-contact type IC card or the like, it is not a big burden because it only has to switch between the card and the installed device.
However, when different financial institutions such as financial institutions, especially banks, can use a cash card in common, the card and device can be unilaterally changed to a new contactless IC card system depending on the circumstances of one bank. I can not switch to.
For this purpose, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-92695, as a method for making a contact type IC card compatible with a non-contact type IC card compatible device, the contact type IC card is mounted on the card case by carrying it separately. The technology used as a card is disclosed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The above-described invention has a drawback that a bulky card case must always be carried in order to cope with a non-contact type IC card device.
Therefore, the present invention provides an inexpensive card case that can support a plurality of reading methods and can be used while the card is stored in the card case.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Ca Dokesu of the invention described in claim 1 of the present invention to achieve the purpose of the problems is a card case cards forming a rectangular thin plate shape is accommodated so as to protrude from the insertion port, the card case back side of the material (hereinafter, referred to as the backside material of the card case) to is characterized in that the member for a non-contact type IC card is incorporated.
[0005]
The invention of claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, it is characterized in that the card is an ID card visual information described.
[0006]
The invention of claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1, it is characterized in that the card is the card with a magnetic stripe.
[0007]
The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1 , It is characterized in that the card is a contact type IC card.
[0008]
The invention of claim 5 is the invention according to claims 2 to 4, the eye vision information, a magnetic recording information recorded on the magnetic stripe, IC recording information recorded on the contact touch-type IC card and The IC record information recorded on the IC chip of the non-contact type IC card member on the back side of the card case is information that can be used independently.
[0009]
The invention of claim 6 is the invention according to claim 5, in the IC recording information recorded in the IC chip of the contactless I C card members on the back of the card cases, visual information, a magnetic recording information, and is characterized in that it contains the contact type IC card recorded the IC recording information and one or more common information.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 is a diagram for explaining a card case of the present invention, FIG. 2, A-A line sectional view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a diagram for card describes the case with magnetic stripe card, Figure 4 is a B-B line sectional view of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a diagram for card describes the case of a contact type IC card, FIG. 6, C-C line sectional view of FIG. 5, FIG. 7 FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of a state in which a non-contact type IC card member is incorporated in the material on the back side of the card case, FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG. 7, and FIG. it is a block diagram for explaining a function of an IC chip embedded in the back side materials.
[0011]
(Configuration) A card base 1 is accommodated in a card case 2 of the present invention as shown in FIG. Further, the left and right sides and the lower part other than the upper part of the card case 2 are sealed with portions represented by black thick lines, and the stored card protrudes from the front and back materials of the card case. An information recording unit corresponding to two devices is formed on the card base 1. One of them is a magnetic stripe portion 4 for reading and writing magnetic information, which is formed parallel to the long side of the card base. The other is writing the IC information, the IC module 3 for reading, are formed in the center left of the card. The visual information 5 is also formed on the magnetic card for recording the magnetic information and the contact IC card for recording the IC information. The visual information to be formed is, for example, the name, affiliation, and employee number for identifying the holder of the card holder in the case of an employee ID card. As other visual information, a face photograph, a fingerprint, or the like may be formed. In the case of an employee ID card, the card is treated as a badge, and the employee must wear the card with identification information visible to others.
[0012]
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, and the lower portion of the card case is joined by a joining portion 212, and the card base 1 is stored in the card case 2. A magnetic member (4) for magnetic recording is embedded in the surface of the card base 1 on the card base so as to be flush with the card base. Further, the external pin of the IC module 3 has been fitted again so that the card substrate and substantially flush. Further, visual information 5 is formed on the same surface as the magnetic recording part and the IC recording part. As a method for forming visual information, there are a method called embossing and a method called transfer using a thermal head and a ribbon. The embossing method is to form uneven characters on a card substrate by a metal mold, and the transfer method is a method of forming characters or images on a card substrate surface in a planar shape by a thermal head and a transfer ribbon. Examples of the transfer method include a melt type thermal transfer method and a sublimation type thermal transfer method. A photograph of the face of the holder is formed on the employee ID card, but in many cases it is printed in color by a sublimation thermal transfer method.
[0013]
The card case 2 is finished shorter than the short side of the card base as shown in FIG. Further, on the back side material 22 of the card case in contact with the back side of the card have members for non-contact type IC card (not shown) is incorporated, the back side of the member including card case for non-contact type IC card One side or both sides of the material 22 is covered with a protective material (not shown). The non-contact type IC card member may be formed outside or inside the card case. However, since the inner IC chip of the member is easily broken against an external impact, the inside of the card case It is preferable to be formed. The card case materials corresponding to the front side of the card, visual information formed on the card transparency film 21 is selected to be visible from the outside.
[0015]
3, in the case the card is a card with a magnetic stripe, card case in this case is when the cards to form a magnetic stripe is used in a non-contact type IC card system. A card equipped with two functions in this way may be called a hybrid card. A hybrid card of a magnetic card and a non-contact type IC card as shown in FIG. For example, a magnetic card system was first introduced as an employee ID system, but a non-contact type IC card was partially introduced due to the occurrence of a workplace in which a magnetic card cannot be used in a part of the factory. All employees in the new workplace have switched to contactless IC cards, but they cannot be used in employee cafeterias or elsewhere, and are in charge of departments that have jurisdiction over all workplaces. Since it is inconvenient if the person does not have both cards, a need has arisen for a hybrid card having both a magnetic recording unit as shown in FIG. 3 and a non-contact IC recording unit.
[0016]
As can be seen in FIG. 3, the card (1) on which the visual information 5 is applied and the magnetic stripe (4) is formed is stored in the card case 2 having only about half the area of the card. The card base portion on which the magnetic recording portion is formed protrudes almost half from the card case.
As a result, magnetic information can be read by supporting the card case side with a finger while the card is stored in the card case, and inserting the card into the card reader and moving the hand.
In addition, since a non-contact card member is mounted on the back side of the card case, the card case can be used as a non-contact type IC card by holding the card over a non-contact type IC card compatible device.
There is an apparatus for reading by moving a magnetic card into a reading apparatus by a motor drive system, but it can be handled in a state where it is housed in a case by changing the width of the card insertion slot widely.
[0017]
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 3, but the length of the card case 2 in the depth direction is only about half of the short side of the card.
The contents of the other symbols used in this figure are the same as the contents described in FIG.
[0018]
Card cases shown in Figure 5, when the card is a contact type IC card, a hybrid card as a contact type non-contact dual card available in non-contact type IC card corresponding device. Such a hybrid card is used for a card using a bank cash dispenser, for example. Bank contact terminals are compatible with contact IC card cash cards. For example, when a company card that uses a non-contact IC card system is also used as a bank card It is. Financial institutions have begun to switch cash cards to IC cards (contact IC cards) that can be used for password verification even offline and are difficult to forge. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the card case 2 has a length close to half of the long side of the card base, and the side where the external terminals are exposed is inserted into a read / write device to form a contact IC card. use. There are many types of contact IC card read / write devices that insert and process about half of the cards on which external terminals are mounted in the device, rather than a method in which the entire card is taken into the device. On the other hand, it is possible to communicate with a non-contact card reading / writing device installed in the company by a non-contact type IC card member mounted on the card case 2.
[0019]
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 5, but the card storage portion of the card case 2 is only about half the length of the card base 1. Since other reference numerals are the same as those in FIG. 2, detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0020]
FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a state in which an IC card member is incorporated on the surface of the base material on the back surface of the card case. The backside materials 22 card case antenna (or antenna circuit) 202 and a bridge 203 of the antenna circuit is formed, IC chip 201 is connected to the end of the antenna circuit. The shape of the card case shown in the figure is such that the short side of the card case is approximately half the size of the card stored in the card case. In the above example, the shape corresponds to the magnetic recording card of FIG. Yes. Hereinafter, an example of a method of forming a member for a non-contact IC card in the card case back materials. First, a metal foil is adhered to the entire surface of a back surface base material having a size larger than that shown in the figure, and a resist for an antenna circuit pattern is formed on the metal foil by a method such as printing. When the metal foil other than the pattern is removed from the formed resist by etching, the antenna circuit 202 is formed as shown in the figure. Thereafter, the printing printing ink on the antenna circuit is removed, and a bridge 203 is formed of an insulating material. The circuit portion connected to the IC chip and the outer end of the antenna are connected on the bridge with conductive printing ink or the like. The When the antenna circuit is completed, the IC chip is fixed with a conductive adhesive in accordance with the terminal position of the antenna circuit. As described above, in addition to the method of forming an antenna circuit by etching a metal foil, there are a method of forming a conductive wire in a spiral shape, a method of forming an antenna circuit by a screen printer and conductive ink, and the like.
[0021]
The antenna circuit and the IC chip are covered with a protective material so that the member surface for the non-contact IC card formed as described above can withstand use as a card case. As shown in FIG. 8, the antenna circuit 202 formed on the backside materials 22 card case, not shown, is coated with a protective material with the IC chip. And if only the forming one surface of the protective material of the backside materials card case as shown in FIG. 8, although not shown in some cases to be formed on both sides for preventing curling. The protective material coated on the backside materials card case serves as an adhesive when bonding a transparent film such as a facing material of the card case.
[0022]
Referring to FIG. 9, a description will be given of the function of the built-in IC chip on the back side materials card case. The input / output circuit 231 including an antenna terminal connected to the antenna 202 is connected to the power supply circuit 232 of the IC chip 201, the clock extraction circuit 233, and the input unit of the demodulator 234, and each output unit is connected to the processing circuit 236. ing. The output unit of the processing circuit 236 is connected to the modulator 235, the output unit of the modulator 235 is connected to the input / output circuit 231, and the processing circuit 236 is connected to the memory 237. The antenna of the non-contact IC card is used for both transmission and reception, receives electromagnetic waves transmitted from external transmission / reception terminals, generates electric power, receives data transmitted at the same time, and processes the received data in a processing circuit. , Transmit data to the external terminal via the antenna. The power supply circuit 232 generates power by the electromagnetic waves received from the input / output circuit 231 and supplies the processing circuit 236 with power. The input / output circuit 231 is connected to the input of the clock extraction circuit 233 and supplies a clock signal to the processing circuit 236. The input / output circuit 231 is connected to an input unit of a demodulator 234 and outputs a demodulated signal from the transmission / reception terminal to the processing circuit 236. Further, the data is read from the memory 237, transmitted to the modulator 235, and the data is transmitted from the input / output system circuit 231 to the transmission / reception terminal. A processing circuit (also referred to as a CPU) 236 in this figure is connected to a ROM in which a program corresponding to an IC card application is stored, and further includes a RAM for data processing. The “processing circuit” may be functionally separated and described as a CPU, ROM, RAM, or the like. Further, a rewritable EEPROM or the like is often used for the memory 237 of the IC card.
[0023]
(Material) An example of a material used for the card case of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The transparent film 21 of the card case shown in FIG. 6 is produced, for example, by applying an unsaturated polyester copolymer to a biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film by solution coating, curtain coating, or printing. As the transparent film, 12 to 25 μm polyethylene terephthalate is used, and the unsaturated polyester copolymer is applied to 2 to 10 μm. On the other hand, the backside materials 22 of the card case is attached to polyethylene terephthalate to the aluminum foil with a thickness of 5~10μm biaxially oriented in the thickness of 12～25Myuemu, the antenna circuit pattern is printed by the printing, non-printing portions Is removed by etching to form an antenna circuit 202, an IC chip 201 is adhered, and an unsaturated polyester copolymer layer is formed as a protective layer / adhesive layer 23 by the same method as described above to form a contactless IC card member Is made. Backside materials film of the transparent film, card case IC chip and an antenna circuit is formed, and shaped to seal the "U" and facing an unsaturated polyester copolymer member surface between heat, by means of high frequency or the like, Cut to the finished size of the card case with a metal blade or a carbon dioxide laser. The size of the card case is made tight so that there is no play when the card is stored in the card case. The material and processing means used are not limited to this, and the thickness is not limited thereto.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
The card stored in the card case of the present invention can be used for a plurality of devices in addition to a non-contact IC card with a single card, and can further reduce the cost of the card medium. is there.
The card case of the present invention is effective during a transition period in which a conventionally used card is switched to a non-contact IC card system.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a card case of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a case where a card is a card with a magnetic stripe . sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 3 [5] Figure 6 for the card will be described for the case of the contact type IC card sectional view taken along line C-C of FIG. 5 [7] backside materials card case contactless Figure 8 for description to an example of a state of incorporating the IC card member sectional view taken along line D-D of FIG. 7 and FIG. 9 IC incorporated in the backside materials card case chip Block diagram for explaining the functions of [Signs]
Card case 1 card body 2 invention 3 IC module
4 magnetic stripe, the magnetic recording unit 5 visual information 2 1 transparency film 22 card case backside materials 23 adhesive layer and the protective material layer 201 IC chip 202 antenna (antenna circuit)
203 Bridge 212 Joint (Seal) 231 Input / Output Circuit 232 Power Supply Circuit 233 Clock Extraction Circuit 234 Demodulator 235 Modulator 236 Processing Circuit 237 Memory

Claims (6)

A card case cards forming a rectangular thin plate shape is accommodated so as to protrude from the insertion port, the card, wherein a member for a non-contact type IC card is incorporated on the back side of the wood charge card case Case. According to claim 1, card case, wherein the card is an ID card visual information described. According to claim 1, card case, wherein the card is a card with a magnetic stripe. According to claim 1, card case, wherein the card is a contact type IC card. In claims 2 to 4, the eye vision information, magnetic magnetic recording information recorded on the stripe, contactless I C card members on the back of the IC recording information and card case recorded in the contact touch-type IC card A card case characterized in that any of the IC record information recorded on the IC chip is information that can be used independently. In claim 5, the IC recording information recorded in the IC chip of the contactless I C card members on the back of the card cases, visual information, a magnetic recording information recorded on the contactless IC card is an IC recording information A card case characterized by containing at least one piece of information in common with the information.

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