JPH028949A - Multifunctional card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attach a superior anti-bending property and to make hard to receive damage due to the bending deformation of a card and to keep a long service life by using both an internal battery formed in sheet shape with thin thickness and a solar battery. CONSTITUTION:A multifunctional card 11 is formed in rectangular flat shape, and a large number of function keys 12, a liquid crystal display device 13 to display required information, and the solar battery 14 as a second power source are provided at the card. On the back plane of the card 11, an IC contact 15 connected to a built-in IC and a magnetic stripe 16 to store recording information are provided, and the internal battery 17 as a first power source is incorporated in the inside. The battery 17 is distributed extending widely over the lower plane of the keys 12, and is arranged in a sheet state with thin thickness with the superior anti-bending property, which makes hard to receive the damage due to the bending deformation f the card 11, and the imperfect contact of the battery 17 can be evaded. Also, by using the battery 14 and the battery 17 simultaneously, the long service life can be guaranteed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial Application Field The present invention is applicable to various applications such as a cash card function used in an automatic teller machine, a calculator function, an information input/output function, a card clock function, etc. Concerning a multi-function card with the following functions.

(B) Conventional Technology In recent years, as the use of cards has become more and more contradictory, the uses and functions of cards have become more diverse and sophisticated.

As an example of this card, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a card 31 having a rectangular plate shape has a number of function keys 32 on the surface for inputting and outputting information.
・Equipped with a liquid crystal display 33 that displays necessary information,
The back side is equipped with an IC contact 34 connected to a built-in IC and a magnetic stripe 35 for storing recorded information, and an internal battery 36 as a power source is built inside.

However, this type of card generally has a short battery life, so it may be possible to extend the life by installing a solar cell, but in this case, the mutual positional relationship of each element arranged on the card may be considered. However, the card structure made it difficult to install solar cells due to limited installation space, and the card structure was prone to connection failures at the internal battery connection terminals due to bending of the card.

Furthermore, a large number of functions arranged next to Mi-8
-32... is usually a stainless steel card base 3
7, so this function key 3
When pressing down 2..., the button immediately corresponds to the stainless steel surface on the lower side, resulting in a hard pressing feel, which has the problem that the button must be pressed down relatively forcefully.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention This invention prolongs the life of the card by disposing a solar cell on the surface of the card, improves the bending resistance of the card, and makes it easier to press input keys. The purpose is to provide a multi-functional card that can

(d) Means to solve the problem This invention provides a card having a rectangular plate shape, an internal battery as a power source, a large number of input keys for specifying input/output of information, and a display for displaying necessary information. A multi-functional card comprising a device, an IC contact connected to a built-in IC, and a magnetic stripe for storing recorded information, and the lower surface of the input keys inside the card corresponds to the arrangement position of the many input keys. A multi-layer display device with internal batteries widely distributed on the side and arranged in a thin sheet shape, and solar cells serving as a second power source arranged at predetermined positions on the card surface other than the input keys and display formed on the card surface. It consists of function cards.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, by disposing the internal battery on the lower surface side of the input key, a blank space portion is formed on the card.
This blank space is set as a solar cell installation space, and the internal battery is formed into a thin sheet that is highly resistant to bending of the card, and the bottom side of the input key is a seating surface that receives the pressing blade of the input key. Place it as.

(f) Effects of the invention Therefore, the card can have a long life by having both an internal battery and a solar battery, and since the internal battery is formed into a thin sheet, it has good bending resistance. rich in
The card is less likely to be damaged by bending and deformation, resulting in a highly reliable card that can avoid problems such as poor connection of the internal battery.

Furthermore, when an input key is pressed, the thin sheet-like internal battery provides a soft feel when pressed, making it possible to easily perform input operations with a weak pressing blade.

(g) Examples An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawings show a multi-function card, and in FIGS. 1 and 2, this multi-function card 11 has a rectangular flat plate shape, and a large number of function keys 12 and 12 are provided on the surface of this card 11.
..., a liquid crystal display 13 that displays necessary information, and a second
A solar cell 14 is provided as a power source, and an IC contact 15 connected to a built-in IC and a magnetic stripe 16 for storing recorded information are arranged on the back of the card 11, and a first power source is provided inside. It has a built-in internal battery 17.

The above-mentioned function keys 12 include a numeric keypad for a calculator and various information input/output keys arranged in, for example, 4 digits and 6 digits horizontally, and are arranged on the lower right side of the card surface.

Further, the liquid crystal display 13 has a calculator display function, an input/output information display function, and a card clock function, and is arranged in a horizontally long position on the upper right side of the card surface.

Further, on the left side of this liquid crystal display 13, a solar cell 14 is provided which absorbs light energy from the outside world and serves as a second power supply source.
are arranged horizontally. By deploying this solar cell 14, it is possible to use the solar cell 14 and an internal battery 17, which will be described later, in combination to extend the service life.

On the other hand, on the back side of the card, a square IC contact 15 is arranged on the left side of the back side of the card, which corresponds to the lower part 1*^j of the solar cell 14.

Further, on the back side of the card located below the IC contact 15, a magnetic stripe 16 is provided which is elongated along the lower edge of the card.

The magnetic stripe 16 magnetically records various valid data such as the number of transactions and transaction information necessary for a cash card used in an automatic teller machine, for example.

Furthermore, the internal batteries 17 built into the card are widely distributed over the entire lower surface of a large number of function keys 12 arranged vertically and horizontally to form a rectangular shape, and arranged in the form of a thin sheet.

As a result, the internal battery 17 is disposed in the form of a thin sheet with high bending resistance, making it difficult for the card to be damaged by bending deformation, thereby avoiding connection failures of the internal battery 17 and the like.

Furthermore, in this case, the internal battery 17 has a sheet shape and covers the entire lower surface side of the function keys 12 .
Since the push-down blade of... is also used as a seat member to stop the receiver, when pressing the function key 12...,
This pressing blade is received by the thin sheet-like internal battery 17, resulting in a relatively soft pressing feeling.As a result,
It is possible to perform input operations using a weak pressing blade that does not require much force from the fingertips.

In addition, by overlapping and arranging the internal battery 17 on the lower surface side of the function keys 12, a blank space is formed at the position of the card, and this blank space can be efficiently used as the position of the solar cell 14. Can be well placed.

In the figure, 18 is a stainless steel paste, and 1 is a resin outer frame.

A multi-function card configured in this way usually displays a digital clock as a card clock function on the liquid crystal display 13, and when a calculation is input by pressing the function key 12, the calculated value is displayed on the liquid crystal display. It is displayed on the display 13, and when a specific function key 12 is selected and input, the various input/output =ti information is displayed on the liquid crystal display 13.

In addition, when used as a cash card, the magnetic data on the magnetic stripe 16 corresponding to the transaction is read by an automatic teller machine and the transaction is processed. Transaction debt is processed.

By the way, when the multi-function card 11 is in use, the card can use both the internal battery 17 as the first power source and the solar cell 14 as the second power source to extend the life of the card. Since the battery 17 is formed into a thin sheet, it has excellent bending resistance and is less susceptible to damage due to bending deformation of the card, making it a highly durable and highly reliable card that can avoid problems such as connection failures of the internal battery. becomes.

Furthermore, when pressing the function keys 12..., the thin sheet-like internal battery 17 responds as if to catch the pressing blade, providing a soft pressing feel, making it easy to perform input operations with a weak pressing blade. be able to.

In correspondence between this invention and the configuration of the embodiment described above, the input key of this invention is the function key 1 of the embodiment.
2, and similarly below, although the display corresponds to the liquid crystal display 13, this invention
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment described above.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a plan view of a multi-function card, FIG. 2 is a side view of the multi-function card, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a conventional multi-function card, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of a multi-function card. FIG. 2 is a side view of a conventional multifunction card. 11...Multi-function card 12...Function key 13...Liquid crystal display 14...Solar battery 15.
・IC contact 16 ・Magnetic stripe 17 ・
・Internal battery

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A rectangular flat card with an internal battery as a power source, a number of input keys for specifying input/output of information, a display for displaying necessary information, and IC contacts connected to a built-in IC. and a magnetic stripe for storing recorded information, the multi-functional card is equipped with a thin sheet with internal batteries widely dispersed on the underside of the input keys inside the card, which corresponds to the arrangement position of the large number of input keys. A multi-functional card, wherein a solar cell serving as a second power source is disposed at a predetermined position on the card surface other than the input keys and the display formed on the card surface.