JPH05345493A - Method and apparatus for producing data recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce cost at the time of small-quantity production, in the title optically readable medium, by selectively transferring the predetermined pattern part of one transfer foil having a plurality of mutually different diffraction grating patterns formed thereon to a recording part corresponding to discrimination data content to be recorded to produce a data recording part. CONSTITUTION:The data recording part 2 consisting of a plurality of diffraction gratings of a data recording medium is constituted of unit data recording parts 2A-2E. The directions of the diffraction gratings 2B-2D are mutually set to an angle of 45 deg. and the recording parts 2A, 2E are set to the same kind. Therefore, four kinds of the diffraction gratings (2A=2E, 2B-2D) are used. The data recording part 2 is produced by a method wherein a transfer foil 11 having four kinds of diffraction grating patterns formed thereto is provided to a foil feed means 12 under tension and the data recording medium 1 is set on a data recording medium feed stand 13 and the foil feed means 12 and the data recording medium feed stand 13 are controlled to match the data recording part 2 with the pattern part of the foil 11 to perform transfer by a transfer device 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing an information recording medium which is optically readable and capable of recording identification information such as a different issuer and issue year, and particularly for small-quantity production. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing an information recording medium that can reduce various costs and reduce the cost per information recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as one of information recording media for optically reading information, there is one having a bar code. In this case, the bar code information is generally formed by forming a bar by printing or the like, and converting the difference in light reflectance between the bar and the space between the bars into a digital signal for reading.

However, the conventional bar code is formed on paper, plastic or the like by printing or the like, and its printing color is black or white in order to cause a difference in reflectance with respect to radiated light. For this reason, although it is easy to recognize in the optical mechanical reading device, there is a problem that it is very easy to copy by a method such as copying, and only information with low confidentiality such as price of goods, identification code, etc. Is recorded.

On the other hand, recently, as a new optical information recording medium, one using a diffraction grating as an information pattern has been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-211096).
(See the official gazette).

That is, this type of information recording medium has a transfer foil or a transfer foil having fixed data in which the spatial frequency of the diffraction grating is changed, the direction of the diffraction grating is changed, or a combination of both. A large number of transfer seals were produced and transferred or attached to paper or plastic to form an information recording section.To reproduce that information, laser light was incident on the information recording section at a specified angle and This is done by detecting where the light is reflected.

And, this kind of optical information recording medium is
Since it is difficult to copy (counterfeit) the information recording part and the information can be reproduced by a machine, a picture or a character affixed to the card surface, which is used in the field of credit cards, is formed. It is about to be put to practical use as a new authenticity determination that replaces the visual authenticity determination of holograms.

As described above, the above information recording media are expected to be used in various fields, and in recent years, the functions required for them are becoming higher. One of them is to record identification information such as the issuer and the year of issue in an information recording unit (diffraction grating) capable of reproducing information by a machine.

In this case, in order to manufacture the information recording portion composed of the diffraction grating, a press plate on which the diffraction grating is formed is usually prepared, and the press plate is heated and pressed against the resin to form embossments, and the light reflection layer. It is possible to mass-produce by using the duplication method using the embossing method or the duplication method using the Lippmann hologram method that records the image of the original plate on the photosensitive material using the laser light, and information recording using it is possible. The cost per medium is low.

However, in the case of small production,
Since the press plate manufacturing cost and the original plate manufacturing cost are high, the cost per one information recording medium using the press plate becomes very high.

[0010]

As described above, in the conventional method for manufacturing an information recording medium, various costs for producing a small amount are high, and therefore the cost per one information recording medium is very high. There was a problem that it became expensive.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to reduce various costs in the case of small-quantity production and to reduce the cost per information recording medium. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for manufacturing an information recording medium that can be manufactured at low cost.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, first, in the invention described in claim 1, in the method of manufacturing an information recording medium having an information recording portion composed of at least a diffraction grating, When manufacturing the information recording section, a transfer foil having a plurality of diffraction grating patterns different from each other is prepared, and a predetermined pattern portion of the transfer foil is recorded in accordance with the content of the identification information to be recorded. It is adapted to be selectively transferred to the recording portion.

On the other hand, according to the second aspect of the invention, in a manufacturing apparatus of an information recording medium having an information recording section including at least a diffraction grating, one transfer foil on which a plurality of diffraction grating patterns different from each other are formed, Transfer foil is attached,
Transfer foil feeding means for feeding the transfer foil from the sending side to the winding side, information recording medium carrying means for carrying the information recording medium to the transfer section, and information recording on the information recording medium carried by the information recording medium carrying means Transfer means for transferring the transfer foil by heating and pressing the transfer foil, and the transfer foil feed so that the predetermined pattern portion of the transfer foil is selectively transferred to the information recording part according to the content of the identification information to be recorded. Means, information recording medium conveying means,
And a control means for controlling the transfer means, respectively.

[0014]

Therefore, in the method and apparatus for manufacturing the information recording medium of the present invention, when manufacturing the information recording portion composed of the diffraction grating, one transfer foil having a plurality of diffraction grating patterns different from each other is predetermined. By selectively transferring the pattern part of the above to the information recording section according to the content of the identification information to be recorded, the identification information such as the issuer and the issuing year, etc., which are different from each other, is recorded in the information recording section of the information recording medium. can do.

Further, only a predetermined pattern portion of one transfer foil on which a plurality of diffraction grating patterns different from each other are formed is selectively transferred to the information recording portion, so that the information recording medium can be produced in a small amount. In this case, various expenses can be reduced, and the cost per information recording medium can be significantly reduced.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external plan view showing a structural example of an information recording medium 1 according to the present invention. In this example, a card made of vinyl chloride having a thickness of 0.76 mm is assumed.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes an information recording portion composed of a plurality of diffraction gratings, the size of which is 1 mm in width and 10 in length.
mm. This information recording unit 2 has a plurality (5 in this example).
Unit information recording portions 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E, and different diffraction gratings are formed respectively. That is, four types (same type of unit information recording sections 2A and 2E) having a spatial frequency of 700 line / mm and directions of diffraction gratings forming an angle of 45 degrees are used.

Reference numeral 3 is an embossed character, which is usually engraved with a customer number, name, etc., and printed on a slip by an imprinter. This embossed character 3 is usually OCR (Op
tical character recognition) Optically read, used for sales and customer information management. Further, this embossed character 3 records at least the same information as that of the information recording section 2 including a diffraction grating.

Further, 4 is a magnetic stripe for recording the ID of the issuer, the customer, and the like. The magnetic stripe 4 records at least the same information as that of the information recording section 2 including a diffraction grating.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the information recording medium manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the manufacturing apparatus.

That is, in the manufacturing apparatus of this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, one transfer foil 11, a transfer foil feeding means 12, an information recording medium carrier 13, and a transfer apparatus 1 are used.
4, the data input means 15, the alignment mark sensor 16, and the control means 17.

Here, the transfer foil 11 is formed with a plurality of (four in this example) diffraction grating patterns different from each other as described above (details will be described later).

The transfer foil feeding means 12 comprises, for example, a delivery reel and a take-up reel. This transfer foil feeding means 12
A transfer foil 11 is attached to the transfer foil 11, and the transfer foil 11 is sent from the sending side to the winding side.

Further, the information recording medium carrying table 13 is provided with a transfer section for the information recording medium 1, that is, a transfer device 14.
It is to be transported below.

On the other hand, the transfer device 14 is composed of, for example, a heating plate which is a heating medium and a cylinder which moves the heating plate in the vertical direction in the drawing, and heats the transfer foil 11 to the information recording section 2 of the information recording medium 1. It is transferred by pressing.

The data input means 15 is composed of, for example, a magnetic tape or the like, and includes identification information recorded in the information recording section 2 of the information recording medium 1, such as issuer information, issue year information, registration number information, personal information and the like. It is for inputting each information.

Further, the alignment mark sensor 16 is
This is to detect an alignment mark, which will be described later, formed on the transfer foil 11.

Furthermore, the control means 17 controls the transfer foil 11
The information recording medium 1 according to the content of the identification information to be recorded, which is input by the data input unit 15, and the detection signal from the alignment mark sensor 16,
The transfer foil feeding means 12, the information recording medium carrying table 13, the transfer device 14, and the data input means 15 are controlled so as to selectively transfer to the information recording portion.

4A and 4B show the transfer foil 1 described above.
2A and 2B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of No. 1.

In FIG. 4, the transfer foil 11 comprises a support film 21, which is a base material, a peelable protective layer 22, a diffraction grating forming layer 23 by embossing, a light reflecting layer 24, and an adhesive layer 2.
5 are laminated in this order.

Here, as the support film 21, for example, a resin film of polyester, polycarbonate or the like can be used.

As the resin for forming the peelable protective layer 22, for example, acrylic resin, a mixture of acrylic resin and vinyl resin, or the like is made into a paint, and bar coating, blade coating, air knife coating, gravure coating, roll coating, etc. The coating is performed by a known coating method such as the solvent coating method or the screen printing method, and dried to form a resin layer having a thickness of about 1 to 2 μm.

Further, the diffraction grating forming layer 2 by embossing
3 includes, for example, acrylic resin, urethane resin,
A cellulose acetate-based resin, a nitrocellulose-based resin, or the like is made into a paint and formed by the same coating method as above.
The thickness is preferably about 0.5 to 2 μm, and a nickel-made press plate having a diffraction grating formed thereon is heated and pressed against this resin layer to form the diffraction grating forming layer 23.

Here, the diffraction grating forming layer 23 of the transfer foil 11
Is different from each other (4 in this example)
A, B, C, of a diffraction grating (with a spatial frequency of 700 line / mm, and the directions of the diffraction grating form an angle of 45 degrees with each other)
D patterns 11A, 11B, 11C, and 11D are set as one set, and a large number of sets are formed at predetermined intervals as shown in the drawing, and alignment marks 10 are formed at the positions shown in each set.

The light-reflecting layer 24 is a layer that reflects an incident light beam for optical reading, and may be formed of a metal such as aluminum or tin by a vacuum vapor deposition method, a sputtering method, an ion plating method or the like. However, the thickness is preferably about 300 to 1000 angstroms.

Further, as the adhesive layer 25, for example, an acrylic resin, a vinyl resin or the like is used as a main component, and the thickness thereof is set to about 0.5 to 2 μm by the above-mentioned coating method.

Next, a method of manufacturing the information recording medium in the information recording medium manufacturing apparatus of the present embodiment having the above-described structure will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

First, identification information such as issuer information, issue year information, registration number information, and personal information recorded in the information recording section 2 of the information recording medium 1 is input from the data input means 15 to the control means 17. .. In addition, the alignment mark 10 formed on the transfer foil 11 is detected by the alignment mark sensor 16, and the detection signal is also input to the control means 17.

Next, the control means 17 reads this identification information and recognizes its contents. And
Based on this recognition result, first, it is determined whether or not the A pattern portion 11A of the transfer foil 11 is used for transfer.
As a result, when the A pattern portion 11A is used for transfer, the unit recording unit 2A of the information recording medium 1 is moved by the information recording medium carrier 13 based on a command from the control means 17.
The portion to be transferred is conveyed to the position below the transfer device 14.

Next, based on a command from the control means 17, the cylinder of the transfer device 14 moves the heating plate downward in the drawing to transfer the transfer foil 11 to the information recording section 2 of the information recording medium 1.
The unit information recording portion 2A is recorded by heating and transferring the A pattern portion 11A.

Next, based on the command from the control means 17, the transfer foil feeding means 12 causes the transfer foil 1 attached thereto to be transferred.
1 is sent from the sending side to the winding side in the A pattern portion 11A.

Next, in the control means 17, the A of the transfer foil 11 is
It is determined whether the pattern portion 11A is used again for transfer. At this stage, since the A pattern portion 11A of the transfer foil 11 is reused for transfer, the information recording medium transport base 13 serves as the unit information recording portion 2E of the information recording medium 1 based on a command from the control means 17. Transfer device 14
Is transported to a position below.

Next, based on a command from the control means 17, the cylinder of the transfer device 14 moves the heating plate downward in the drawing to transfer the transfer foil 11 to the information recording portion 2 of the information recording medium 1.
The unit information recording portion 2E is recorded by heating and transferring the A pattern portion 11A of the above.

Next, based on the command from the control means 17, the transfer foil feeding means 12 sends the transfer foil attached thereto from the sending side to the winding side in the A pattern portion 11A.

Next, in the control means 17, the A of the transfer foil 11 is
It is determined whether the pattern portion 11A is used again for transfer. At this stage, since the A pattern portion 11A of the transfer foil 11 is not used for transfer anymore, the process proceeds to the next step.

Next, in the control means 17, B of the transfer foil 11 is
It is determined whether the pattern portion 11B is used for transfer. As a result, when the B pattern portion 11B of the transfer foil 11 is used for transfer, it becomes the unit information recording section 2B of the information recording medium 1 by the information recording medium carrier 13 based on a command from the control means 17. The portion is conveyed to a position below the transfer device 14.

Next, based on a command from the control means 17, the cylinder of the transfer device 14 moves the heating plate downward in the drawing to transfer the transfer foil 11 to the information recording portion 2 of the information recording medium 1.
The unit information recording portion 2B is recorded by heating and transferring the B pattern portion 11B.

Next, based on the command from the control means 17, the transfer foil feeding means 12 causes the transfer foil 1 attached to it.
1B is sent from the sending side to the winding side in the B pattern portion 11B.

Next, in the control means 17, B of the transfer foil 11 is
It is determined whether the pattern portion 11B is used again for transfer. At this stage, since the B pattern portion 11B of the transfer foil 11 is not used for transfer anymore, the process proceeds to the next step.

Next, in the control means 17, the C of the transfer foil 11 is
It is determined whether the pattern portion 11C is used for transfer. As a result, when the C pattern portion 11C of the transfer foil 11 is used for transfer, the information recording medium carrier 13 serves as the unit information recording portion 2C of the information recording medium 1 based on a command from the control means 17. The portion is conveyed to a position below the transfer device 14.

Next, based on a command from the control means 17, the cylinder of the transfer device 14 moves the heating plate downward in the drawing to transfer the transfer foil 11 to the information recording section 2 of the information recording medium 1.
The unit information recording portion 2C is recorded by heating and transferring the C pattern portion 11C of the above.

Next, based on the command from the control means 17, the transfer foil feeding means 12 causes the transfer foil 1 attached to it.
1C is sent from the sending side to the winding side in the C pattern portion 11C.

Next, in the control means 17, the C of the transfer foil 11 is
It is determined whether the pattern portion 11C is used again for transfer. At this stage, since the C pattern portion 11C of the transfer foil 11 is no longer used for transfer, the process moves to the next step.

Next, in the control means 17, the D of the transfer foil 11 is
It is determined whether the pattern portion 11D is used for transfer. As a result, when the D pattern portion 11D of the transfer foil 11 is used for transfer, the information recording medium carrier 13 serves as the unit information recording portion 2D of the information recording medium 1 based on a command from the control means 17. The portion is conveyed to a position below the transfer device 14.

Next, based on a command from the control means 17, the cylinder of the transfer device 14 moves the heating plate downward in the drawing to transfer the transfer foil 11 to the information recording portion 2 of the information recording medium 1.
The unit information recording portion 2D is recorded by heating and pressing and transferring the D pattern portion 11D.

Next, based on the command from the control means 17, the transfer foil feeding means 12 causes the transfer foil 1 attached to it.
1D is sent from the sending side to the winding side in the D pattern portion 11D.

Next, in the control means 17, D of the transfer foil 11 is
It is determined whether the pattern portion 11D is used again for transfer. At this stage, the manufacturing of the information recording unit 2 is completed, and the D pattern portion 11D of the transfer foil 11 is not used for transfer anymore.

As described above, the information recording portion 2 including the diffraction grating is manufactured.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a method for optically mechanically reading the information recording medium 1 manufactured as described above.

In FIG. 6, when laser light is irradiated as the irradiation light 6 from directly above the information recording portion 2 formed of a diffraction grating, the diffracted light 7 is diffracted in the direction perpendicular to the line of the diffraction grating and returned. come. In the case of this reading method, the information code is recorded by changing the grating direction of the diffraction grating. For actual reading, for example, a reading sensor 8 using a photodiode as shown in FIG. 7 is arranged at a predetermined position of a magnetic card reader / writer, and diffracted light in four directions of A direction, B direction, C direction and D direction is obtained. For example, the sensor 31 receives the diffracted light in the A direction, the sensor 32 receives the diffracted light in the B direction, the sensor 33 receives the diffracted light in the C direction, and the sensor 34 receives the diffracted light in the D direction. Receive light.

As in the present embodiment, when four types of diffraction grating directions forming an angle of 45 degrees are used,
The serial number will represent a quaternary number. In the case of FIG. 6, since there are five diffraction grating marks, the numbers from 1 to 1024 are represented in the decimal system. To represent a larger number, the number of marks should be increased, or the angles of the diffraction gratings should be smaller than 45 degrees, for example, 30 degrees, or the diffraction gratings should be diffracted in one direction or more than two directions. It may be diffracted into. In that case, needless to say, it is necessary to change the configuration of the reading sensor 8 and its signal processing.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when manufacturing the information recording medium 1 having at least the information recording portion 2 composed of the diffraction grating, four different diffraction gratings (spatial frequency 700 line / mm, diffraction grating The directions are 4
Patterns 11A, 11B, 1 of 5 degrees)
1C, 11D and one transfer foil 11 on which the alignment mark 10 is formed, and the transfer foil 11 is mounted,
Transfer foil feeding means 12 for feeding 1 from the sending side to the winding side, an information recording medium transport base 13 for transporting the information recording medium 1 to the transfer device 14, an information recording portion 2 of the information recording medium 1, and a transfer foil 11 for the information recording medium 2. Transfer device 14 that heats and presses to transfer, and identification information recorded in information recording unit 2 of information recording medium 1 (each information such as issuer information, issue year information, registration number information, and personal information)
Data input means 15 for inputting, a registration mark sensor 16 for detecting the registration mark 10 of the transfer foil 11, a predetermined pattern portion 11A of the transfer foil 11,
11B, 11C, 11D are selectively transferred to the information recording section of the information recording medium 1 according to the content of the identification information to be recorded input by the data input unit 15 and the detection signal from the alignment mark sensor 16. As described above, the transfer foil feeding means 12, the information recording medium carrying table 13, the transfer device 14,
A control means 17 for controlling the data input means 15 is provided, and the predetermined pattern portions 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D of one transfer foil 11 are input by the data input means 15 and are to be recorded. The data is selectively transferred to the information recording section 2 according to the content of the information.

Therefore, the following various effects can be obtained.

(A) When manufacturing the information recording portion 2 consisting of a diffraction grating, a duplication method using a conventional embossing method,
Alternatively, the predetermined pattern portion 11 of one transfer foil 11 is formed without using the duplication method using the Lippmann hologram method.
Since only A, 11B, 11C and 11D can be transferred, it is possible to reduce various costs when performing small-quantity production and significantly reduce the cost per information recording medium. Become.

(B) If the pattern of the diffraction grating formed on one transfer foil 11 is changed (for example, the spatial frequency, the angle, and the diffraction direction are made plural), it is possible to apply it to different code systems. Become. That is, it is possible to very easily adapt to changes in the content of the recorded information.

(C) By changing the width dimension of the heating plate which is the heating medium of the transfer device 14, it is possible to change the transfer area and form diffraction gratings having different widths, and obtain different code systems. Is possible.

(D) Since only one transfer foil needs to be manufactured, it is advantageous in terms of manufacturing cost of the transfer foil.

(E) Since only one transfer device consisting of the heating plate and the cylinder is required, the size of the device can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the case where one transfer foil 11 having four different diffraction grating patterns formed thereon is used as the transfer foil has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and two transfer foils different from each other or It is also possible to use one transfer foil on which a plurality of diffraction grating patterns of three or five or more are formed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the data input means 1
Although the case where a magnetic tape is used has been described as 5, the present invention is not limited to this, and other types may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the information recording section 2
There are five unit information recording units 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2
Although the case of E is described, it goes without saying that the number and the type of diffraction grating are not limited to this.

[0073]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the case of manufacturing an information recording medium having an information recording section including at least a diffraction grating, one transfer having a plurality of diffraction grating patterns different from each other is formed. The transfer foil is attached to the transfer foil, the transfer foil is fed from the sending side to the winding side, the information recording medium is transferred to the transfer section, and the information recording medium is transferred to the transfer section. Transferring means for heating and transferring the transfer foil onto the information recording portion of the conveyed information recording medium, and a predetermined pattern portion of the transfer foil are selectively selected in the information recording portion according to the content of the identification information to be recorded. A transfer foil feeding means, an information recording medium conveying means, and a control means for controlling the transfer means, respectively, and a predetermined pattern partial foil for transfer is recorded in accordance with the content of the identification information to be recorded. Since so as to selectively transferred to the recording unit, to reduce the expenses for performing the small production,
An information recording medium manufacturing method and apparatus capable of reducing the cost per information recording medium can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external plan view showing an example of an information recording medium according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of an information recording medium manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for manufacturing the information recording medium.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a transfer foil in the example.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the method of manufacturing the information recording medium in the example.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a method for performing optical mechanical reading of an information recording medium in the example.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of a reading sensor unit of the reading device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information recording medium, 2 ... Information recording part, 2A, 2B, 2
C, 2D, 2E ... Unit information recording section, 3 ... Embossed characters,
4 ... Magnetic stripe, 6 ... Irradiation light, 7 ... Diffraction light, 8 ... Read sensor, 10 ... Alignment mark, 11 ... Transfer foil, 12 ... Transfer foil feeding means, 13 ... Information recording medium carrier, 14 ... Transfer device , 15 ... Data input means, 16 ... Alignment mark sensor, 17 ... Control means, 21 ... Support film, 22 ... Releasable protective layer, 23 ... Diffraction grating forming layer, 24 ... Light reflecting layer, 25 ... Adhesive layer , 31 ... A sensor that receives diffracted light in the A direction, 32 ... A sensor that receives diffracted light in the B direction, 33 ... Sensor that receives diffracted light in the C direction, 34 ... Sensor that receives diffracted light in the D direction

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Masayuki Oide 1-5-1 Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo Inside Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of manufacturing an information recording medium having an information recording section composed of at least a diffraction grating, wherein in manufacturing the information recording section composed of the diffraction grating,
A predetermined pattern portion of one transfer foil on which a plurality of different diffraction grating patterns are formed is selectively transferred to the information recording portion according to the content of the identification information to be recorded. Method for manufacturing information recording medium. 2. An apparatus for manufacturing an information recording medium having an information recording portion including at least a diffraction grating, wherein one transfer foil having a plurality of diffraction grating patterns different from each other and the transfer foil are mounted and the transfer is performed. Transfer foil feeding means for feeding foil from the sending side to the winding side, information recording medium conveying means for conveying the information recording medium to the transfer section, and information recording on the information recording medium conveyed by the information recording medium conveying means A transfer means for transferring the transfer foil by heating and pressing the transfer foil, and a predetermined pattern portion of the transfer foil so as to be selectively transferred to the information recording portion according to the content of the identification information to be recorded, An apparatus for manufacturing an information recording medium, comprising: a transfer foil feeding means, an information recording medium conveying means, and a control means for controlling each of the transfer means.