JPH10188522A - Cassette label - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cassette label that houses an IC, and can prevent the breakage of the IC by inhibiting the application of bending force near the IC housed when peeling a release paper to stick it on a video cassette tape. SOLUTION: The cassette label 1 has a released paper 18 attached onto a label base body, which has a label body 11a and a dummy part 11b. An IC 20 is housed at an end part of the label body 11a on the side opposite to the side linked to the dummy part 11b and an antenna 30 is housed near the center thereof. An adhesive is applied entirely on one surface of the label base body and the released paper 18 is attached covering the adhesive to form a cassette label 1. When the dummy part 11b is moved to the side of the adhesive, the dummy part 11b is separated from the label body 11a and moved together with the released paper 18. Thus, when the dummy part 11b and the released paper are held and peeled off, the released paper 18 can be easily peeled from the label body 11a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cassette label which can be used by mounting it on a video tape cassette and recording information on recorded video data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a demand for recording and storing video data which is photographed by an image pickup device such as a television camera and recorded on a video tape in such a manner that information such as its contents can be easily confirmed. . Especially,
In the case of a television broadcast station used for news gathering, a necessary cut is quickly selected from a large number of cuts (consecutively shot images or video data) shot by a video camcorder or the like. Need to be edited.

Until now, usually, such information of recorded video data is recorded in a separate memo at the time of shooting, and at the time of reproduction or editing, desired video data is selected at a high speed while viewing the memo. Such a method is used. In a system for automatically handling a large number of video cassettes such as a cassette library, video cassette tapes are managed using a cassette label on which a barcode is printed.

In recent years, in a 1/4 inch digital video cassette tape or the like, a semiconductor memory device such as a flash memory is incorporated in a cassette for accommodating a video tape so that information such as recording time, recorded contents, and title can be recorded. Some are. The recording and reproduction of data with respect to the semiconductor memory device incorporated in such a video cassette tape are provided, for example, near the erroneous erasure prevention tab on the back of the cassette case. This is performed by a contact method via an electrode composed of:

[0005] However, such a conventional method has limitations and inconveniences in various forms of use.
For example, in a method of taking a memo on paper, the paper may be lost, or processing based on the memo cannot be automated. In a method of printing a barcode on a label, the amount of information that can be recorded is limited and not sufficient. In addition, in the method using a semiconductor memory, there is a problem that the electrodes must be brought into appropriate contact with each other and the positioning thereof must be performed with high accuracy, and a problem of poor contact due to adhesion of dust or the like. In addition, for an enormous amount of video tape cassettes, such as hundreds of thousands of video tapes on which video data has already been recorded, such as television broadcasting stations, information on the recorded video data is digitized and held. There is also a problem that these methods are not appropriate for doing so.

Accordingly, the inventors of the present application have already filed Japanese Patent Application No. 8-3.
As shown in FIG. 6A, an integrated circuit 20 such as a semiconductor memory (hereinafter, referred to as an IC) is accommodated in a label base 11 and is also housed in the label base 11. A cassette label 90 capable of transferring data with the outside in a non-contact manner by an antenna (not shown) has been proposed. If the additional information of the video data recorded by the cassette label is managed, the various problems as described above can be solved. Also, the label substrate 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes an adhesive sheet on which one side is coated with an adhesive 17, and
8 and can be adhered to the video cassette tape by the adhesive 17 by peeling off the release paper 18. Therefore, this cassette label 9
0 can be easily applied to a video cassette tape on which video data is already recorded.

[0007]

By the way, such a cassette label mounted on a video cassette tape is generally very thin, and the cassette label proposed by the inventors of the present invention has a label of zero. .6mm,
The contactless memory IC itself accommodated therein is 0.2-
The thickness is about 0.3 [mm]. For this reason, strength is obtained by using an IC protective agent or a reinforcing material in the label base, but the strength is naturally limited due to the limited thickness, and in special situations, However, there is a problem that the possibility that the IC is broken increases.

In particular, such a danger arises when the label substrate 11 is attached to a video cassette tape. That is, in order to attach the label base 11 to the video cassette tape, an operation of bending the end of the label base 11 and peeling the release paper 18 is usually performed as shown in FIG. 6B. At this time, the label substrate 11 and the release paper 1
However, if such an action is performed at the end where the IC is located, as shown in FIG. 6B, the connection between the IC and the pattern may be peeled off or the IC may be bent.
In some cases, there was a possibility of breakage, such as cracking in itself. If such destruction of the IC occurs, the cassette label becomes unusable, and it becomes impossible to read information recorded on the IC, which is a serious problem. Normally, it is conceivable to protect the IC firmly with a metal plate or the like.However, in the case of cassette labels that transmit and receive data in a non-contact manner, the thickness and the magnetic field for communication are affected. Such measures cannot be taken.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to accommodate an IC, and to prevent a bending force from being applied in the vicinity of the accommodated IC when the release paper is peeled off in order to stick the IC to a video cassette tape. An object of the present invention is to provide a cassette label that can be prevented from being damaged.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a notch is formed in a part of the label body or the release paper at the end opposite to the side accommodating the cassette label IC. From the release paper.

Therefore, the cassette label of the present invention comprises:
An integrated circuit having a storage unit and a signal processing unit; antenna means for transferring at least a signal to the integrated circuit;
A band-shaped label body portion for accommodating the integrated circuit and the antenna means so that the integrated circuit is disposed at one end in the longitudinal direction, and the label body portion at the other end in the longitudinal direction. A label substrate having an extra portion for peeling which is provided substantially separated; an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the label substrate for attaching the label substrate; A release paper attached to the adhesive layer to cover the layer, when attaching the label body portion of the label substrate by the adhesive layer,
A release paper that is separated from the label body and separated from the label body by moving the extra release portion of the label substrate in a direction in which the extra release portion is attached to the release paper.

Further, another cassette label of the present invention is an integrated circuit having a storage unit and a signal processing unit, antenna means for transferring at least a signal to the integrated circuit, and the integrated circuit having one end in a longitudinal direction. A band-shaped label base for accommodating the integrated circuit and the antenna means, and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the label base for attaching the label base, so as to be disposed at an end of the label base. Substantially detachably attached to the adhesive layer so as to cover the adhesive layer and cover the adhesive layer, except for a part of the other longitudinal end of the label substrate in a region facing the label substrate. A first portion that covers the adhesive layer in a region of the portion, and a portion of the other end in the longitudinal direction that does not cover the first portion in the region facing the label substrate; First
And a release paper having a second part where the part and the label base are separated from the first part by moving the part in the direction of the label base. .

Further, the cassette label of the present invention is an integrated circuit having a storage unit and a signal processing unit, antenna means for transferring at least a signal to the integrated circuit, and one end of the integrated circuit in the longitudinal direction. A band-shaped label base for accommodating the integrated circuit and the antenna means so as to be disposed on a portion; an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the label base for attaching the label base; Attached to the adhesive layer so as to be peelable and cover the adhesive layer, at least in the vicinity of the other end in the longitudinal direction of the label substrate, a portion thereof is configured to be larger than the opposed label substrate. Release paper.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, a vertically long band-shaped cassette label stuck on the back of a video cassette tape and describing, for example, a title of recorded video data will be described.

First, the configuration of the cassette label will be described with reference to FIG. 1A and 1B are diagrams for explaining a cassette label according to the present embodiment, wherein FIG. 1A is a top view, FIG. 1B is a side view, and FIG. 1C is a diagram showing how to peel off release paper. Before being attached to a video cassette tape, the cassette label 1 has a configuration in which a release paper 18 is attached to a label base 11, as shown in FIG. The label base 11 has a label main body 11a actually affixed to the video cassette tape and a dummy portion 11b effective for peeling the release paper 18. These label bodies 11a
And the dummy portion 11b are formed once as one label substrate 11, then cut and substantially separated. The dummy portion 11 in the longitudinal direction of the label body 11a
b is connected to the opposite end different from the end connected to
(A) As shown in FIG.
An antenna 30 is housed near the center of 1a. The dummy portion 11b is a very narrow region having a width of about 1 [mm] to 2 [mm].

An adhesive 17 to be described later is applied to the entire surface of one surface of the label base 11 including the label body 11a and the dummy portion 11b.
Is attached so as to cover the adhesive 17 to constitute the cassette label 1. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1C, when the dummy portion 11b is moved toward the adhesive 17, the dummy portion 11b is separated from the label body 11a and moves together with the release paper 18. When the dummy portion 11b and the release paper 18 are peeled off as shown in FIG. 1C, the release portion 18 can be easily peeled off from the label body 11a by holding and peeling the dummy portion 11b together with the release paper 18. . That is, the label body 11
The release paper 18 can be separated from the label main body 11a without substantially applying any bending force to a.

Next, the structure of the cassette label 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the label base 11 of the cassette label 1 includes a coated paper 12 and a reinforcing material 1.
4. A structure in which the polyimide substrate 16 is integrally formed by bonding with the pressure-sensitive adhesives 13 and 15. Coated paper 1
Reference numeral 2 indicates that the surface, that is, the surface opposite to the surface facing the reinforcing member 14 can record information such as the title, recording date and time, and recording location of video data recorded on a video tape, for example.

The reinforcing member 14 has a certain strength so that each member of the cassette label 1 or the IC 20 or the antenna 30 is not broken or cut even when a force such as bending is applied to the cassette label 1. It is a member of. An opening 41 is formed in the reinforcing member 14 at a position overlapping the IC 20 when the reinforcing member 14 is attached to the polyimide substrate 16 so as to absorb the thickness of the IC 20. The opening 41 allows the coated paper 12 and the reinforcing material 14 to be formed.
And when the polyimide substrate 16 is bonded
Is filled with an IC protective agent.

The polyimide substrate 16 is a substrate on which the IC 20 and the antenna 30 are mounted. In the cassette label 1 of the present embodiment, the IC 20 is mounted on one end of the polyimide substrate 16, and the antenna 30 is wired at the center of the polyimide substrate 16. The double-sided adhesive 17 is a member for attaching the label base 11 to a video cassette tape, and one side of the double-sided adhesive 17 is a polyimide substrate 16.
And a release paper 18 is adhered to the other surface. Therefore, when using the cassette label 1, the user peels off the release paper 18 and removes the label body 1.
1a is attached to a video cassette tape.

The IC 20 is an integrated circuit having a memory unit capable of storing and holding and a signal processing unit. In the cassette label 1 of the present embodiment, the IC 20 has a memory having a storage capacity of 8 Kbytes. The signal processing unit included in the IC 20 is a processor unit that operates with a clock of 13 MHz, and performs processing such as reading / writing data from / to a memory and transferring data to / from an external read / write module via an antenna 30 described later. I do. Antenna 30
Is an antenna for supplying power and transferring signals without having a contact between the label main body 11a of the cassette label 1 and the external read / write module.

The length of the label body 11a of the cassette label 1 shown in FIG.
0 [mm], width 18 [mm], thickness of label substrate 11 0.6
[mm].

Next, a usage mode and an application mode of the cassette label 1 will be described. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the label main body 11a of the cassette label 1 is attached to the video cassette tape 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the cassette label 1 is made of a release paper 18 from the dummy portion 11b.
Is peeled off, the label body 11a is extracted, and the label body 11a is adhered to the concave portion 54 formed according to the label shape on the back surface of the video cassette tape 2 by the double-sided adhesive 17. At this time, the orientation of the label body 11a of the cassette label 1 may be arbitrary. Since the antenna 30 is provided near the center of the label main body 11a, the antenna 30 comes near the center of the concave portion 54 of the video cassette tape 2 regardless of the direction in which the label main body 11a is attached. Lead /
The light module may communicate by placing an external antenna near the position.

Although not shown, an arbitrary figure such as a character or a picture is visibly written on the surface of the label main body 11a using an arbitrary writing instrument. The figures described on the surface of the label body 11a may be printed in advance, or may be printed by a form-type printing device after being mounted on the video cassette tape 2. That is, the label body 11a is used in substantially the same manner as a conventional cassette label having no IC 20 or antenna 30.

FIG. 4 shows a usage form of the video cassette tape 3 to which the label main body 11a of the cassette label 1 shown in FIG. 3 is attached. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the video cassette tape 3 on which the label main body 11a of the cassette label is mounted is mounted on a video tape recorder (VTR), and data is transferred to the IC 20 in the label main body 11a. FIG. As shown in FIG.
When the video cassette tape 3 is mounted on the VTR device, the lid 55 on the surface is opened, and the video tape (not shown) housed in the video cassette tape 3 is pulled out to record video data. It contacts the head of the playback device.

On the other hand, near the center of the back surface of the video cassette tape 3, an antenna 9 output from a label read / write module 91 provided in the main body of the VTR device is provided.
0 is placed. Then, the read / write module 9
1 supplies and controls power to the IC 20 of the label body 11a of the cassette label 1 via the antenna 90. That is, a signal processing unit in the IC 20 reads data from the memory and transfers the data to the read / write module 91 via the antenna 30 and the antenna 90, or
To the IC 20 and the signal processing unit in the IC 20 performs an operation of recording the data in the memory. The read / write module 91 further includes a VT
It is connected to a signal processing unit (CPU) on the R device side and is controlled from the VTR device main body side.

By such an operation, data such as a recording position, a recording time, a recording location, a recording time, etc. of each video data recorded on the video tape, a title indicating the recording content, etc. Information, index picture obtained from the cut, or
For example, information such as a good shot mark input by the photographer at the time of photographing is recorded. In addition, the recording time, recording time, and recording time of the entire video data recorded on the video tape
Information such as a recording location, recording conditions, information indicating recording contents, a photographer, an editor, the number of times of editing, the number of times tape is used, and a take number of a shot are also recorded.

As described above, the cassette label 1 according to the present embodiment is a conventional one in which some figure is written on the label main body 11a and affixed to the video cassette tape 2 to identify and grasp the content of the video cassette tape. It can be used in exactly the same way as used. And I
A cut is made in the end opposite to the portion where the C20 is stored, and the release paper 18 is easily peeled therefrom, so that the release paper 18 is attached to attach the label body 11a.
When peeling, the release paper is peeled from that position, and it is possible to prevent a bending force or the like from being applied to a portion of the opposite end where the IC 20 is accommodated. Therefore, the risk of breaking the IC 20 when attaching the cassette label 1 can be greatly reduced.

If the tape is used by attaching it to the video cassette tape 2, various data can be recorded on the IC 20 provided therein. In other words, recording conditions that have been written down as memos and information relating to the recorded contents can be recorded on the cassette label 1. A storage unit for recording such information is provided in the IC 20 of the cassette label 1.
Therefore, if the cassette label 1 is attached to the video cassette tape 2 on which video data has already been recorded, the video cassette tape 3 having such auxiliary information storage means can be immediately constructed, and the existing video cassette tape 2 can be constructed. It can be adapted to data. Further, if the memory becomes defective, the cassette label 1 can be repaired only by replacing the cassette label 1 and can be easily handled.

The data transfer to the IC 20 is performed by the antenna 30 and the read / write module 91.
Since the communication is performed by the non-contact method, there is no problem such as a poor contact position or a poor contact due to dust or wear, and appropriate additional information can be recorded. Further, since the antenna 30 is located near the center of the cassette label 1, the antenna 3 can be attached to the video cassette tape 2 in any direction.
0 always comes near the center of the concave portion 54 of the video cassette tape 2, and the position of the external antenna can be specified. That is, the cassette label 1 may be attached to the video cassette tape 2 in any direction.

The present invention is not limited to the present embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, the cassette label according to the present embodiment has an IC
At the end opposite to the end where 20 is housed,
A cut is provided in the label base 11 so that the dummy portion of the label base 11 is peeled off integrally with the release paper 18, so that the release paper 18 is easily peeled therefrom. However, the IC 2 of the label substrate 11
The method of making the release paper 18 easily peel at the end opposite to the end where 0 is housed is not limited to this example, and any method may be used.

FIG. 5 shows another such example. FIG.
In the cassette label 1b shown in (A), a cut is made in the end of the release paper 18 attached to the label main body 11, and separated into a main portion 18a and a release start portion 18b. The position of the cut is, of course, the position of the end of the label main body 11 opposite to the end where the IC 20 is accommodated. In the cassette label 1 having such a configuration,
The main portion 1 of the release paper 18 is formed by bending the cut portion of the release paper 18 of the label body 11.
The end of 8a jumps up, that is, separates from the label main body 11, and the release paper 18 can be easily peeled off using the end as the peeling start position.

The cassette label 1 shown in FIG.
In (c), only the release paper 18 is longer than the label body 11. Even in this case, the release paper 18 is
0 can be easily peeled off without applying a load. The present invention is to make the release paper 18 easy to peel off at the end on the side where the IC 20 is not accommodated, and thus the release paper 18 may be made easy to peel by various methods.

A configuration having a dummy portion of the label body 11, a configuration in which a cut is formed in the release paper 18, and
In any of the configurations in which the release paper 18 is lengthened, the IC 2
For example, an indication such as “peel from here” may be written at the end of the release paper 18 on the opposite side from the position where the “0” is stored. If you do that,
It is considered that the user of the cassette label 1 will surely peel off the release paper 18 from that part, and the IC 20 can be protected more reliably. Of course, any word may be used as the word indicating the position to be removed. The indication may be written on the surface of the label body 11 or on the release paper 18. Instead of words, a display method may be used in which, for example, the peeling start position is colored red to indicate the peeling start portion.

In this embodiment, the antenna 30 is provided near the center of the cassette label in the longitudinal direction. However, the position of the antenna 30 is not limited to this, and may be provided at any position on the cassette label. In particular, when the cassette labels can be unified in the same direction, there is no need to consider the same antenna position even when the cassette label is affixed as shown in FIG. You may.

Further, the circuit mounted on the cassette label may be an arbitrary circuit. In the present embodiment, the description has been made as if it were one IC. However, a circuit including a peripheral circuit or a circuit composed of two ICs may be used. Not something. In addition, the shape of the antenna, coated paper forming the label base,
The material of each member such as a reinforcing material and a substrate, the adhesive used for joining them, the type of the video cassette tape, its size, the form of the external antenna shown in FIG.
The configuration of the light module, the type of information to be recorded on the IC, and the like are not limited to the present embodiment, and may be arbitrarily modified.

[0036]

According to the present invention, when peeling a release paper to be attached to a video cassette tape, a bending force is prevented from being applied to the vicinity of the accommodated IC to prevent the IC from being damaged. A cassette label that can be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are views for explaining a cassette label according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a top view, FIG. 1B is a side view, and FIG. is there.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the cassette label shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a video cassette tape to which a cassette label according to the present invention is attached.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the video cassette tape having the cassette label shown in FIG. 3 is mounted on a video data recording / reproducing apparatus, and data is transferred to an IC in the cassette label.

5A and 5B are diagrams showing another embodiment of the cassette label of the present invention, wherein FIG. 5A shows a form in which a cut is made on the release paper side, and FIG. 5B shows a form in which the release paper is elongated. FIG.

6A and 6B are views for explaining a conventional cassette label, wherein FIG. 6A is a side view, and FIG. 6B is a view showing how to peel off release paper.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... cassette label, 2 ... video cassette tape, 3 ...
Video cassette tape with cassette label attached, 1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Label base material, 12 ... Coated paper, 13 ... Pressure sensitive adhesive, 14 ... Reinforcement, 15 ... Pressure sensitive adhesive, 16 ... Polyimide substrate, 17 ... Double-sided adhesive, 18 ... Release paper, 20 ... I
C, 30: antenna, 90: cassette label, 91: read / write module

Claims (5)

[Claims] An integrated circuit having a storage unit and a signal processing unit; an antenna unit for transferring at least a signal to the integrated circuit; and an integrated circuit arranged at one end in a longitudinal direction. A label base having a band-shaped label body portion for accommodating the integrated circuit and the antenna means, and a peeling extra portion provided at the other end in the longitudinal direction so as to be substantially separated from the label body portion. And an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the label substrate for attaching the label substrate, and a release paper adhered to the adhesive layer so as to be easily peelable and cover the adhesive layer. When the label body portion of the label substrate is adhered by the adhesive layer, the extra portion for release of the label substrate is moved in a direction in which the extra portion for release is attached to the release paper, whereby the extra portion for release is removed. And a release paper which is separated from the label body and is separated from the label body. 2. An end portion of one or both of the label base and the release paper near the other end in the longitudinal direction of the label base where the extra portion for release is provided. 2. The cassette label according to claim 1, further comprising a display for giving an instruction to peel off the release paper. 3. The label body at least on the other side of the label substrate on which the adhesive layer is not formed is formed so as to be able to describe arbitrary characters, figures, and the like. Cassette label. 4. An integrated circuit having a storage unit and a signal processing unit; antenna means for transferring at least a signal to the integrated circuit; and so that the integrated circuit is arranged at one end in the longitudinal direction. A band-shaped label substrate accommodating the integrated circuit and the antenna means; an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the label substrate for attaching the label substrate; Is applied to the adhesive layer so as to cover the adhesive layer, and covers the adhesive layer in a substantially most area except a part of the other longitudinal end of the label substrate in a region facing the label substrate. And a part of the other end in the longitudinal direction that is not covered by the first part in a region facing the label substrate, and the first part is substantially Separated, and the part is A cassette label comprising: a release sheet having a portion that is moved in a direction to separate the label base from the first portion; 5. An integrated circuit having a storage unit and a signal processing unit; antenna means for transferring at least a signal to the integrated circuit; and so that the integrated circuit is arranged at one end in the longitudinal direction. A band-shaped label substrate accommodating the integrated circuit and the antenna means; an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the label substrate for attaching the label substrate; And a release paper attached to the adhesive layer so as to cover the label substrate, and at least in the vicinity of the other end in the longitudinal direction of the label substrate, a part thereof is configured to be larger than the opposed label substrate. label.