JPH0890972A - Ticket card capable of displaying magnetically - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To allow details of passing places on the way of a passenger to be seen easily by enabling an information content to be confirmed easily only by seeing a card. CONSTITUTION: An information storing part 4 and a magnetically displaying part 10 are provided on a base material. The magnetically displaying part has a substrate and a display layer containing a microcapsule. Magnetic powder which floats in liquid and responds to a magnetic field is contained in the microcapsule. Visible information is enabled to be recorded or erased in the magnetically displaying part based on information stored in a magnetically recording layer of the information storing part. Both of a first-place name indicating an initial riding position and a second-place name indicating a finally reaching position are preliminarily magnetically displayed to be reported at a specific interval on the magnetically displaying part 10. As a vehicle advances from the initially riding position to the finally reaching position, a passed-place name is written within a specific interval, and besides a display which indicates a passage from a recorded position indicating the initially riding position to a newest passed place is constructed to be reported.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a boarding card equipped with a magnetic display unit capable of recording and erasing visible information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, magnetic recording materials for recording information as magnetic information are magnetic recording media such as cash cards and prepaid cards because of the fact that recording / reproducing / erasing can be done instantaneously and the recording condition is extremely stable. It is being actively applied to cards. Such a magnetic card can be read by an information reading device by displaying the recorded content of the information on the display of the device.

[0003]

However, in the conventional card, as described above, the information reading device is always required in order to visually check the recorded contents of the information. Therefore,
There is a user's desire to visually check the information content of the card at any time just by looking directly at the card.In addition, there is also a medium with a clear display and easy visual confirmation. Is requested.

Under these circumstances, the applicant of the present invention has already proposed that the information stored in the information storage unit is a magnetic display medium having a base, an information storage unit and a magnetic display unit. Based on this, we have proposed a card medium capable of recording and erasing visible information on the magnetic display unit (Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 3).
No. 177021).

However, in consideration of the effective usage of this card medium, conventionally, the information of the card is visible, for example, it is merely used as a prepaid card, and further new usage methods are available. It is beginning to be demanded in the field.

The present invention was conceived under such circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to look at the information content of the card by just looking directly at the card at any time. In particular, it is to provide a new boarding card which can be easily confirmed by the user, and in particular has a certain effect that the user can easily see how the vehicle has passed during boarding.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises an information storage section and a magnetic display section on a base, the magnetic display section being a substrate and a direct or intermediate layer thereon. And a display layer containing microcapsules applied through the inside of the microcapsules, and a liquid,
Magnetic powder floating in the liquid and sensitive to a magnetic field is contained, and based on the information stored in the magnetic recording layer of the information storing section, the information that is visible on the display layer of the magnetic display section is displayed. A magnetically displayable boarding card capable of recording and erasing, wherein the magnetic display section includes a first place name indicating a first boarding position and a second place name indicating a final arrival position. , Both sides are spaced apart from each other in advance by magnetic display, and the name of the passing place which has already passed on the way from the first boarding position to the final arrival position is described in the certain interval and at the beginning. The mark display showing the passage from the position indicating the boarding position of the vehicle to the latest passing place is described.

[0008]

In the medium of the boarding card to which the present invention is applied,
When a vertical magnetic field φV is applied as shown in FIG. 6, the magnetic powder 22a of the microcapsules 22 is vertically aligned,
As a result, the incident light Li from the outside is aligned on the medium surface, and as a result, the incident light Li from the outside is absorbed by the colored layer 12.
It reaches the surface where it is reflected and produces reflected light Lo.
In this state, the color of the colored layer 12 is visually recognized as reflected light.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, when a parallel magnetic field φP is applied to the medium, the magnetic powder 22a in the microcapsule 22 is horizontally oriented, and incident light Li from the outside is reflected by the magnetic powder 22a, It becomes the reflected light Lo, and in this state, the color of the reflected light from the magnetic powder 22a is visually observed.

Therefore, if the state of FIG. 7 is set to the erased state,
A bright metallic color is visible from the outside. On the other hand, if the state of FIG. 6 is partially written by the vertical magnetic field φV, this portion is visually observed, for example, in black, and can be easily read from the outside.

Of course, it is also possible to display by inverting the recording state and the erasing state.

In the boarding card of the present invention, the first place name indicating the first boarding position and the second place name indicating the final reaching position are displayed on the magnetic display portion provided on the boarding card.
Both of them are magnetically marked in advance at regular intervals, and the names of transit places that have already passed on the way from the first boarding position to the final arrival position are described in the regular intervals and the first Since the mark display showing the passage from the entry position showing the boarding position to the latest passing place is written, not only can the user visually confirm the information content of the card simply by looking at the card, but especially for the user. As a result, it is possible to obtain a certain effect that it is easy to see and understand the progress of passing the vehicle.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, an example of the construction of a boarding card of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the magnetic display medium 1, FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is A- of FIG.
FIG.

The boarding card 1 of the present invention comprises a base body 3 serving as a medium base, a magnetic display portion 10 incorporated in one plane of the base body 3, and information storage incorporated in the other surface of the base body 3. And part 4.

In the example of the present embodiment, the base 3 is a core 31 which is a main part of the base 3 as shown in FIG. 3, and oversheets 33, 33 formed on both surfaces of the core 31, respectively. And a core 31 and an overseat 3
Although the pattern print layer 32 is formed between the three, the present invention is not limited to this configuration and various modes are possible.

The core 31 and the oversheet 33 are preferably selected from vinyl chloride-based resin, polyester-based resin and paper, respectively, but other various materials such as polypropylene, polyethylene, ABS, POM (polyacetal), etc. You may form using plastic, various metals, etc.

The pattern printing layer 32 can be provided on the surface of the substrate 3, but when it is interposed between the core 31 and the oversheet 33 as in this embodiment, the ink surface of the pattern printing layer 32 is sufficiently protected. Can be achieved.

Further, the over sheet 33 and the pattern printing layer 32 may be formed on only one side instead of both sides as in the present embodiment. Further, the base body 3 may be a single layer integrated body instead of the laminated body as shown in FIG. Core 3
1 may have various pigments added for coloring.
Usually, a white pigment is often used. Such a base 3
The size of the card is usually equivalent to a card that can be easily carried.

A concave portion 8 for accommodating the magnetic display portion 10 is formed in such a base body 3. The recess 8 is generally formed by so-called counterboring. However, when the base body 3 is made of paper, for example, the recess 8 may be formed by stacking a paper punched out at a portion corresponding to the recess and a non-punched paper. The size of the recessed portion 8 corresponds approximately to the size of the magnetic display portion 10, and has a substantially square shape.

A magnetic display portion 10 is formed in the recess 8 thus formed. As shown in FIG. 4, the magnetic display unit 10 has a laminated structure in which a substrate 11 and a colored layer 12, a display layer 20, and a protective layer 15 formed on the substrate 11 are sequentially provided as shown in FIG. ing. An adhesive layer 14 is usually provided between the display layer 20 and the protective layer 15 to bond them.

As the substrate 11, various materials such as various plastics, papers, metal plates, etc. can be applied. Above all, it is preferable to use various plastics, particularly polyethylene terephthalate. A preferable example of the thickness is about 100 μm.

Coloring layer 12 formed on this substrate 11
Are formed in order to make the display contrast clear, and normally, black-colored Sumi ink is used.
As a coloring means, for example, pigments such as barium sulfate, microsilica and carbon black may be kneaded with various plastic raw materials. A preferable example of the thickness of the colored layer 12 is about 10 μm.

The display layer 20 provided on the colored layer 12 has a plurality of microcapsules 22 and a binder 24.

A liquid 22b is contained in the microcapsule 22.
And the magnetic powder 22a are contained therein, and the magnetic powder 22a is in a state of being suspended in the vehicle.

The vehicle preferably contains a polar liquid, a hydrophobic liquid, and a thermoplastic resin.

Examples of the polar liquid include alcohols, ketones, esters, carboxylic acids and amino compounds having a polar group such as hydroxy group, carbonyl group, carboxy group and amino group. More specifically, esters such as aromatic acid esters, fatty acid esters, alcohol esters, and oxyacid esters are common, and dibutyl phthalate, octidiphenyl phosphate, dioctyl sebacate, triacetone, castor oil, etc. It is mentioned as a suitable example.

As the hydrophobic liquid, an aliphatic compound having a low volatility,
Aromatic hydrocarbons and mixtures thereof which are commonly used in microcapsules for pressure-sensitive copying paper are preferred.

Any thermoplastic resin can be used as long as it can be stably dissolved in the mixed liquid of the polar liquid and the hydrophobic liquid. Among them, those which have good transparency during dissolution and which do not gel by an electric field, a magnetic field, light, heat, temperature, etc. and which do not adversely affect the microcapsule wall forming reaction are selected. . Preferable examples include polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl acetate, alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin, polymethacrylic acid ester, acetyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose and the like.

The viscosity of the vehicle containing such components at room temperature is about 20 to 5000 cP. The viscosity mainly varies depending on the content of the thermoplastic resin, and the content of the thermoplastic resin is about 2 to 50 wt%. Also,
The content rate of the polar fluid is appropriately set in consideration of compatibility with the thermoplastic resin, stability of the magnetic powder, and the like.

As the magnetic powder, iron, nickel, iron-nickel, stainless steel such as iron-nickel-chromium, aluminum-cobalt alloy, samarium-cobalt alloy, etc. are used. The shape of the magnetic powder is preferably a so-called flake shape, and it is preferable that the thickness is as thin as possible and the ratio of the thickness to the particle size is large. The particle size is
It is set to about 3 to 15 μm. If the particle size becomes large, it will not be well housed in the capsule due to the relationship with the particle size of the capsule, and the reaction to external magnetism will be delayed. On the other hand, when the particle size is small, when magnetized, the difference in light reflectance between the horizontal direction and the vertical direction becomes small, and the contrast during recording deteriorates.

The coercive force of such magnetic powder may be appropriately selected depending on the use of the medium used, and is usually 50.
A material of 0 Oe (Oersted) or more is used.

Further, from the viewpoint of improving the dispersibility of the magnetic powder in the vehicle and preventing the magnetic powder from aggregating with each other, the surface of the magnetic powder may be previously coated with various known organic materials. Further, in order to increase the reflectance of the magnetic powder, aluminum, silver or the like may be deposited on the surface of the magnetic powder.

Further, it is preferable to contain a dye or a pigment in the microcapsules in order to improve the contrast.

Such a microcapsule has, for example,
U.S. Pat. No. 2,800,458, British Patent No. 114255
It is manufactured by various known methods disclosed in US Pat. The volume average particle diameter of the microcapsules is preferably 10 to 100 μm. If this value is too small, the total amount of magnetic powder contained in the capsule will be small, and the contrast during recording will not be sufficient. On the contrary, if this value becomes too large, the recording layer surface becomes uneven, and the recorded image becomes non-uniform.

The binder used for coating such microcapsules is not particularly limited as long as it does not damage the microcapsule wall and adheres well to the surface of the colored layer 12. More preferable specific examples include hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone and the like.

The preferable thickness of the display layer 20 containing such microcapsules is about 200 μm.

The adhesive layer 1 is formed on the display layer 20.
Protective layer 15 is provided via 4.

As the adhesive layer 14, a material such as polyester or acrylic is used. The preferable thickness of the adhesive layer 14 is about 5 to 10 μm.

The protective layer 15 is preferably made of polyethylene terephthalate. The thickness of such a protective layer 15 is preferably about 100 μm.

The magnetic display portion 10 formed as described above.
Is, for example, an adhesive layer P formed on one surface of the substrate 11.
(FIG. 4; formed using, for example, an adhesive double-sided tape) is used as an adhesive layer and is housed and adhered in the concave portion 8 of the base.

Details of the information storage unit 4 as an example are shown in FIG. That is, the information storage unit 4 shown in FIG. 5 is a so-called magnetic tape, which comprises a substrate 41 and a magnetic recording layer 42 formed thereon,
The magnetic recording layer 42 is fixed to the base body 3 via the adhesive layer 43.

The substrate 41 is preferably made of polyethylene terephthalate. The preferable thickness of the substrate 41 is 25 to 75 μm.

As a preferable example of the magnetic recording layer 42, it is formed by containing barium ferrite magnetic powder and a binder, and its magnetic static characteristic is a coercive force of 2750 ±.
A material having a squareness ratio of about 0.75 or more and about 10% Oe is suitable.

Such an information storage unit 4 is usually formed in a stripe shape, and it is preferable that the information storage unit 4 is embedded in the back surface side of the base body 3 by a so-called hot press method in which heat is press-fitted. In this case, it is preferable to avoid the position on the back side of the magnetic display unit 10. Magnetic display unit 10
This is because a magnetic field is applied during recording and erasing, and this magnetic field adversely affects recorded information in the information storage unit 4. Of course, the information storage section 4 may be formed on the base surface on the same side as the magnetic display section 10.

The information storage section 4 is not limited to such magnetic recording, but can be constructed by various methods such as optical recording and IC memory.

On the basis of the recorded information written in the information storage section 4, particularly the magnetic recording layer 42, visible information can be recorded and erased on the display layer 20 of the magnetic display section 10. .

The features of the present invention in such a boarding card 1 will be described below.

On the magnetic display portion 10 of the boarding card 1,
As shown in FIG. 8, a first place name 70 (for example, “Tokyo 70”) indicating the first boarding position and a second place name 80 (for example, “Osaka 80”) indicating the final arrival position are displayed. , Both of which are magnetically marked in advance at a constant interval L. The display description of the first place name 70 and the second place name 80 is displayed, for example, when the boarding card is prepaid purchased.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, when, for example, when getting off at "Nagoya" during these sections, the name of the station at which this stop has taken place is the passing place name 71 (for example,
"Nagoya 71") is magnetically displayed at a ticket gate, for example. At that time, from the first boarding position 70 "Tokyo 70" to the latest passing place (stop position in the middle) "Nagoya 7"
The mark display 90 indicating passage up to 1 ”is described. The mark display can be in various forms such as an arrow display as shown in FIG. 9, a line display, a dotted line display, a train, a bus, an airplane, and a ship.

This mark display clearly shows that the prepaid equivalent amount of money in the section marked with the mark has already been used, and also the fact that the cardholder is surely boarded in this section. Recognize.

As shown in FIG. 10, when a further stopover is carried out thereafter, for example, when a stopover is made at "Kyoto", the name of the station at which this stop has been completed is passed by a passing place name 72 (for example, " Kyoto 72 ″) is magnetically displayed at a ticket gate, for example. At that time, a new mark display 9 showing the passage from "Tokyo 70" which is the first boarding position 70 to "Kyoto 72" which is the latest passing place (stop position)
0 is described.

The reading of the information stored in the information storing section 4 and the writing of visible information to the magnetic display section are performed by a device (not shown).

The boarding card of the present invention can be used not only for the purpose of only boarding as described above but also for a travel campaign provided with a game property. That is, for example, in a pre-designated section, the name of the station (passing place name) from which you get off the train is defined in advance as the passing point, and the player who passes all the passing points quickly and makes a goal is the winner. It can also be used for usage.

In addition, the usage indicating the remaining points from the current point to the destination (goal), the passing place in the predesignated section, etc. are specified in advance, and the train,
Indicate the position of points by displaying pictures of buses, planes, ships, etc.
By rewriting and moving this, the score display and remaining amount display are performed, and the user is made aware of the amount. Also, as an aid, it can be used for usage such as displaying numbers and making the goal a winner.

Positioning of the boarding card can be applied to a display as a point (premium) card for prompting the user to use the store (for example, a travel ticket can be obtained when 1000 points are accumulated).

[0057]

According to the boarding card of the present invention, the first place name indicating the first boarding position and the second place name indicating the final reaching position are fixed on the magnetic display provided on the boarding card. Both are marked in advance with a magnetic display at intervals, and the names of passing places already passed on the way from the first boarding position to the final arrival position are described during the certain interval and the first boarding Since the mark display showing the passage from the position indicating the position to the latest passing place is written, not only can the user visually confirm the information content of the card simply by looking at the card, but especially for the user, It is possible to express a certain effect that it is easy to see and understand how the vehicle passed during the ride.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a boarding card.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a layer structure of a magnetic display unit.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a layer structure of an information storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the behavior of the magnetic powder in the capsule when a vertical magnetic field is applied to the surface of the boarding card, particularly the magnetic display portion.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the behavior of the magnetic powder in the capsule when a horizontal magnetic field is applied to the surface of the boarding card, particularly the magnetic display unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a process displayed on the magnetic display unit of the boarding card.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a process displayed on the magnetic display unit of the boarding card.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a process displayed on the magnetic display unit of the boarding card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Boarding card 4 ... Information storage unit 10 ... Magnetic display unit 70 ... First place name 71, 72 ... Passing place name 80 ... Second place name 90 ... Mark display

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display layer comprising an information storage section and a magnetic display section on a substrate, wherein the magnetic display section includes a substrate and a microcapsule coated on the substrate directly or via an intermediate layer. The microcapsule contains a liquid and magnetic powder floating in the liquid and sensitive to a magnetic field, and the information stored in the magnetic recording layer of the information storage unit. Based on the above, there is provided a magnetically displayable boarding card capable of recording and erasing visible information on the display layer of the magnetic display section, wherein the magnetic display section has a first boarding position indicating a first boarding position. The place name and the second place name indicating the final arrival position are magnetically marked in advance on both sides with a fixed interval,
As it goes from the first boarding position to the final reaching position, the name of the passing place that has already passed on the way is written in the certain interval, and a mark indicating the passing from the position indicating the first riding position to the latest passing place. A boarding card capable of magnetic display, characterized in that the display is described.