JPS60157787A - Storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select quickly a required floppy disc from many floppy discs by providing an information storage part, which can be read by a reader, on the surface of a case. CONSTITUTION:A label 4 which stores contents of information stored on a disc 3 and is used as a discriminating mark for reuse of this information is stuck to the surface in the upper side of a case 2, and an information storage part 5 consisting of, for example, a magnetic material tape is provided in the lower side of the label 4. Additional information required for correct processings of information of the disc 3 are stored in the information storage part 5. Thus, since information independent of information of the disc 3 is stored in the information storage part 5, contents of information of this part 5 are displayed on a display part 15 by a magnetic tape reader 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a storage medium for a data processing device, and particularly to a storage medium in which an information storage portion is provided on the surface of the case.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, storage media used in data processing devices include:
For example, there is a floppy disk as shown in FIG.

In the figure, a storage medium 1 houses a disk 3 made of a disk-shaped resin or the like for storing information inside a case 2 made of a substantially square paper bag. A label 4 is affixed to the front side of the case 20 on which the contents of information stored on the disk 3 are written.

In the above configuration, when a storage medium device is inserted into a floppy insertion slot of a floppy disk device connected to a data processing device (not shown), the data processing device can be controlled according to the program data stored on the disk 3. . A label 4 affixed to the surface of the case 2 has a symbol, a letter, a number, etc. written thereon to identify or explain the information stored in the storage medium 1.
The operator identifies the written contents and sets the storage medium 1 in the floppy disk device.

However, according to the conventional storage medium as mentioned above,
The information written on the label 4 of the case 2 is determined by the operator and is not intended to be directly read by a floppy disk drive or other reading device. For this reason, for example, information that only a specific person knows, such as a bank card/dispenser card, can be memorized and kept secret, or serial numbers can be stored to read at high speed to sort floppy disks. They are difficult to read by machines, and therefore have the disadvantage that it is not possible to quickly select a desired floppy disk from a large number of floppy disks.

[Summary of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages in the above-mentioned storage medium by providing an information storage portion readable by a reading device on the surface of the case. do.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing an embodiment of the storage medium according to the present invention. In the figure, the storage medium 1 is housed in a case 2 made of a substantially square paper bag and stored inside the case 2. and a disk 3 to be protected. This disk 3 is inserted into a floppy disk insertion slot 11 of a data processing device 10 as shown in FIG. 3, and necessary information is stored by operating the data processing device 10.

A label 4 is affixed to the upper surface of the case 2 to store the information stored in the disk 3 and serve as an identification mark when the information is used again. is provided with an information storage section 5 made of, for example, magnetic tape that cannot be read by the human eye. This information storage section 5 stores the type of the disc 3 and additional information necessary for correctly processing the contents of the information stored on the disc 3.

According to the above configuration, since the information storage section 5 stores information independent of the information stored on the disk 3, the information storage section 5 is mounted on the upper part of the data processing device 10 as shown in FIG. storage medium insertion slot 1 of the magnetic tape reader 12
When the storage medium 1 is inserted from 3 and the switch 14 is turned on, the information content of the information storage section 5 made of magnetic tape is displayed on the display section 15. Thereby, the type of storage medium 1, etc. can be determined. In this embodiment, disk 3
The magnetic tape reading device 12 and the data processing device 10 may be associated so that the programs stored in the magnetic tape reading device 12 and the data processing device 10 perform different operations depending on the additional information from the information storage section 5. For example, if the information content of the information storage section 5 is , the program on the disk 3 will be executed when the storage medium 1 is inserted into the data processing device 10, and if the information content is B, the program will not be executed. . This can prevent unauthorized copying of the medium.

It should be noted that a reading mechanism for the information storage section 5 made of magnetic tape of the storage medium 1 is incorporated into the data processing device 10.
The data processing device 10 may operate and execute the program only after reading both the information on the disk 3 and the information on the information storage portion 5. Alternatively, the information stored in the information storage section 5 may be used as a password, and the data processing device 10 may be set so as not to operate unless the password is input using the operation keys 16 of the data processing device 10. It also automatically organizes a large number of storage media.

- The sorting device may be controlled based on data written in the information storage section 5 to automate sorting and sorting.

Further, in the above embodiment, the storage medium 1 is the disk 3.
Although the present invention has been described as a floppy disk consisting of a floppy disk, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a cassette tape, a cartridge tape, or the like. In addition, although the description has been made assuming that the label is attached to the information storage section 5 within the lower side frame of the label 4, the present invention is not limited to this, and a part of the label itself may be magnetized, or the entire label may be attached to the information storage section 5. You can also use it as Also,
The information storage section may be provided anywhere on the case.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the storage medium according to the present invention, the storage medium includes a storage part that stores information of a data processing device and a case that protects this storage part. Since the information storage part is provided, the person handling the storage medium does not have to visually identify the label on the case surface, but the reader can automatically identify the content of the information stored on the storage medium by mechanical means. Therefore, not only can the storage media be sorted and sorted quickly, but also the information on the surface of the case can be prevented from being reproduced to the data processing device by the information on the surface of the case. It is also effective in keeping the information on the information medium confidential so that it is not known to outsiders and preventing unauthorized copying.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional storage medium, FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a storage medium according to the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Storage medium, 2... Case, 3... Disk, 4... Label, 5... Information storage part, 10...
Data processing device, 12...reading device. In addition, the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same or equivalent parts. Agent Masuo Oiwa (2 idiots)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A storage medium comprising a storage part for storing information of a data processing device and a case for protecting this storage part, characterized in that an information storage part readable by a reading device is provided on the surface of the case.