JPH0664372A - Card recording body and forming device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely prevent a card recording body from being forged or altered by respectively making the extraction of photographic image and the connection of photographic image after extraction difficult by a method wherein the photographic image having background color is formed on the top surface of the base material of a card and, at the same time, the boundary profile of the photographic image is formed under the condition that the boundary profile is formed so as to have density gradient from the background color. CONSTITUTION:In a card recording body 1 such as an identification card or the like, a photographic image 3 and character images 4 are formed on the top surface of the base material of a card 2. Further, as the photographic image, a portrait 3 is formed against background color 5. Concretely, after the photographic image 3 having the background color 5 is formed on the top surface of the base material of the card 2, the boundary profile 7 of the photographic image 3 is formed under the condition that the boundary profile 7 is formed so as to have density gradient from the background color 5. Accordingly, in order to change the portrait 3, the extraction of the portion of the boundary profile 7 is inevitable. In this case, since the boundary profile 7 is not clear due to the density gradient, the extraction can be made difficult. And, even when the extraction of the boundary profile 7 is realized, the density matching between the extracted boundary profile 7 and connecting portion is difficult. Consequently, the forgery and alteration of the car card recording body 1 can be surely prevented from developing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card recording body and a card recording body making apparatus which are free from the risk of forgery and alteration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, an identification card, a passport,
Many card recording bodies used for driver's licenses, membership cards, etc. usually have a person image for confirming the card holder and various items to be described. This person image is usually
Since it is formed of a grayscale image, it can be a gradation information image. In addition, various items to be described include, for example, in the case of identification, for example, the address, name, date of birth of the person,
For example, the driver's license is the date of birth, name, license number, license type, etc. of the driver's license. These items are usually written in letters, numbers or symbols.

What is important in such a card recording medium is that forgery or alteration of the card recording medium must be absolutely prevented. In order to prevent forgery / alteration of this card recording body, conventionally, the curability obtained by coating the surface of the card recording body with an ultraviolet curable resin and then irradiating it with ultraviolet rays to cure the ultraviolet curable resin It is said that it is effective to form a film (this method may be abbreviated as an ultraviolet irradiation method).

[0004]

As described above, the protective layer is formed on the surface of the card recording body by the ultraviolet irradiation method to prevent the card recording body from being forged or altered. In card recording materials used for driver's licenses, membership cards, etc., prevention of forgery of face photographs, especially replacement of face photographs, has become an important issue. Further, for example, in the identification card, for example, the address, name, date of birth, department to which the employee belongs, effective date, etc., and in the case of a driver's license, for example, the date of birth, name, license number of the person, There are license types, etc., and these items are usually written with letters, numbers or symbols, etc. These are formed by sublimation type thermal transfer or fusion type thermal transfer, but it is also important to prevent forgery or alteration Has become a problem.

Further, a protective layer is formed on the surface of the card recording body by an ultraviolet irradiation method to prevent forgery and alteration of the card recording body. Since the UV curable resin was supplied and the UV curable resin was replenished from a container such as a bottle to this replenishment tank, liquid dripping of the UV curable resin occurred and pollution around the equipment and other parts and adhesion to skin etc. There was a problem of safety of the above, and further, there was a problem such as generation of defective products due to forgetting to replenish.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and provides a card recording body which is free from the risk of forgery and forgery. In addition, ultraviolet rays are generated during the process of producing the card recording body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card recording medium producing apparatus which does not drip curable resin liquid or adhere to the skin.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the card recording medium according to the invention of claim 1 forms at least a photographic image having a background color on a card substrate,
The peripheral contour of this photographic image is characterized by having a card background color with a density gradient from the background color.

In the card recording medium according to the second aspect of the present invention, at least a photographic image having a person image is formed on a card base material, and the peripheral contour of this photographic image is made the same as the contour of the person image. It is characterized by being formed.

In the card recording medium according to the third aspect of the present invention, at least the heat-melt transfer characters are formed on the card substrate, and the fine print pattern is formed on at least a part of the heat-melt transfer characters. Is characterized by.

Further, in the card recording medium according to the present invention, at least heat-melt transfer characters are formed on the card substrate, and a fine pattern is formed on at least a part of the heat-melt transfer characters by heat-melt transfer. Is formed.

In the card recording medium according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items is formed on the card base material, and the respective content character display is performed. Correspondingly, a small hole is formed to express the presence or absence of the certification item.

Further, the card recording material of the invention according to claim 6 is formed by superposing a content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items on the card base material by sublimation type thermal transfer and fusion type thermal transfer. It is characterized by that.

Further, the card recording body of the invention according to claim 7 has a content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items on the card base material, and a background display as a background of the content character display. Has a content character display and a background display,
It is characterized in that the sublimation type thermal transfer and the melting type thermal transfer are separately formed.

Further, the card recording body of the invention according to claim 8 has a content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items on the card base material, and this single character display is a sublimation type. It is characterized by being formed by thermal transfer and fusion type thermal transfer.

Further, the card recording medium of the invention according to claim 9 has a photographic image and a content character display for displaying the content of various certification matters on the card base material, and the photographic image is displayed. It is characterized in that it is formed by sublimation type thermal transfer, and a code display is formed in this photographic image by fusion type thermal transfer.

The card recording medium according to the invention of claim 10 has a photographic image and a content character display for displaying the content of various certification items on the card base material. Is disposed in the vicinity of the photographic image at a position apart from the photographic image, and the content character display and the photographic image are separately formed by sublimation thermal transfer and fusion thermal transfer.

Further, the invention according to claim 11 is an apparatus for producing a card recording medium, wherein an active energy ray-curable resin is applied to the image recording surface side of the card recording medium and then cured to form a protective layer. It is characterized by comprising a replenishment tank for the active energy ray-curable resin, and a replenishment cartridge connected to the replenishment tank and automatically replenishing the replenishment tank in accordance with the decrease in the active energy ray-curable resin.

[0018]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, it is difficult to replace the photographic image formed on the card base material, which prevents the card recording body from being forged and forged.

In the inventions according to claims 3 and 4, when the heat-melt transfer character formed on the card substrate is modified, it is difficult to restore the modified heat-melt transfer character. This prevents forgery and alteration of the card recording body.

According to the inventions of claims 5 to 10,
Forgery / alteration of the content character display for displaying the content of various certification items formed on the card base material is prevented.

In the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the replenishment cartridge is connected to the replenishment tank, and the replenishment cartridge automatically replenishes in accordance with the decrease of the active energy ray-curable resin in the replenishment tank.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments. First, the invention according to claim 1 and claim 2 will be described.

1 and 2 show a card recording medium according to claim 1, FIG. 1 is a plan view of the card recording medium, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a density gradient of the card recording medium. The card recording body 1 is used for identification cards, passports, driver's licenses, membership cards, etc., and a photographic image 3 and a character image 4 are formed on the card base material 2. This photographic image 3 has a person image 6 in the background color 5, and the photographic image 3 having the background color 5
Is formed on the card base material 2, and the peripheral contour 7 of the photographic image 3 is made to have a card background color by giving a density gradient from the background color 5.

Therefore, in order to replace the person image 6, it is necessary to cut out the peripheral contour 7 portion of the photographic image 3 and fit another person image. However, the peripheral contour 7 of the photographic image 3 starts from the background color 5. Since it has a density gradient and the peripheral contour 7 of the photographic image 3 is not clear, it is not known from which part to cut out.

Even if the peripheral contour 7 of the photographic image 3 is cut out, when the other person image is fitted, the peripheral contour 7 of the photographic image 3 has a density gradient from the background color 5, so this connection is performed. It is difficult to match the densities of the parts, and it is possible to know the replacement of the person images, and it is possible to prevent the card recording body 1 from being forged or altered.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the card recording body according to the second aspect. In this card recording body 1, the peripheral contour 9 of the photographic image 3 is formed to be the same as the contour 10 of the person image 6. Therefore, when the person image 6 is replaced, since the peripheral contour 9 of the photographic image 3 is the same as the contour 10 of the person image 6, it is difficult to cut out in accordance with the contour 10 of the person image 6. Thus, it is possible to prevent the card recording body 1 from being forged or altered.

Next, the inventions defined in claims 3 and 4 will be described. 4 and 5 show a card recording body according to claim 3, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the card recording body, and FIG. 5 is a layer configuration diagram of the card recording body. The card recording body 20 is used for identification cards, passports, driver's licenses, membership cards, etc. in the same manner as described above, and a sublimation transfer image 21 and heat-melt transfer characters 22 are formed on the card base material 23. . The sublimation transfer image 21 is formed on the image receiving layer 24, and the fine print pattern 25 is formed on at least a part of the heat melting transfer character 22.

This sublimation transfer image 21 is used for a person image. For example, in order to form a color facial photograph image in a short time, the sublimation type thermal transfer system is a simple device and much more advantageous in terms of time. . Further, the heat-melt transfer character 22 is used for ID data such as characters and codes and common data,
Printing these by a melt-type thermal transfer method is often advantageous because the operation and equipment can be simplified.

In this way, by forming the fine print pattern 25 on the heat-melt transfer character 22, the heat-melt transfer character 2 is formed.
2 tampering prevention is performed.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the card recording body according to the fourth aspect. This card recording body 20 has a fine print pattern 26 formed by thermal fusion transfer on at least a part of the thermal fusion transfer characters 22.
Is formed. As described above, by forming the fine print pattern 26 on the hot melt transfer character 22 by the hot melt transfer, the fine print pattern 26 can be formed easily and surely.

Next, the invention according to claims 5 to 10 will be described. 7 and 8 show a card recording body according to claim 5, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the card recording body, and FIG. 8 is a partial layer configuration diagram of the card recording body. The card recording body 30 is a commuter pass, and an image receiving layer 33 on which a photographic image 32 is formed, a hot stamp layer 34 on which a fine print or the like is formed, and an ultraviolet curable resin layer 35 are formed on a card base material 31. Has been done. The photographic image 32 is formed on the image receiving layer 33 by the sublimation transfer method, and further, the melt heat transfer character 36 is formed on the image receiving layer 33 by the melt heat transfer method. The melting heat transfer character 36 forms a content character display for displaying the content of various certification items such as name and sex. Corresponding to this content character display, for example, a small hole 39 for expressing a proof item of sex is provided.

As described above, since the small hole 39 for expressing the proof matter is formed corresponding to the content character display, it is necessary to completely close the small hole 39 without tampering in order to tamper with it. However, since this is difficult, tampering is effectively prevented.

9 and 10 show a card recording body according to claim 6, and FIG. 9 is an enlarged plan view of a part of the card recording body.
FIG. 10 is a layer configuration diagram of a card recording body. In this card recording body, a content character display 37 for displaying the content of the certification matter is formed on the card substrate 31 by sublimation type thermal transfer 41 and fusion type thermal transfer 42 so as to be overlapped, and characters are formed by fusion type thermal transfer 42. In that case, the sublimation type thermal transfer 41 borders the melting type thermal transfer 42. As described above, the contents character display 37 is formed by different methods of the sublimation type thermal transfer 41 and the fusion type thermal transfer 42, which makes it difficult to falsify. In this embodiment, the melting type thermal transfer 42 forms a character and the sublimation type thermal transfer 41 trims the melting type thermal transfer 42. On the contrary, the sublimation type thermal transfer 41 forms a character and the melting type thermal transfer 42 forms a character. The sublimation type thermal transfer 41 may be framed.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the card recording body according to the seventh aspect. This card recording body has respective content character display 37 and a background display 43 which is a background of the content character display 37. The content character display 37 and the background display 43 are the sublimation type thermal transfer and the fusion type thermal transfer. Are formed separately. In this embodiment, the background display 43 is a sublimation type thermal transfer,
Although the code display 40 is formed by fusion type thermal transfer, the background display 43 may be formed by fusion type thermal transfer and the content character display 37 may be formed by sublimation type thermal transfer. In this way, the content character display 37
The background display 43 and the background display 43 are formed by different methods of sublimation-type thermal transfer and fusion-type thermal transfer, thereby making tampering difficult.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a part of the card recording body according to the eighth aspect. This card recording body has a content character display 37, and this single character display 40 is used for the sublimation type thermal transfer 4
4 and the fusion type thermal transfer 45. in this way,
By forming the single character display 40 by a different method from the sublimation type thermal transfer 44 and the melting type thermal transfer 45, the special single character display 40 is formed, which makes it difficult to tamper.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a part of the card recording body according to the ninth aspect. The card recording body 30 has a photographic image 32 and a content character display 37 for displaying the contents of various certification items. The photographic image 32 is formed by sublimation type thermal transfer. The content character display 37 is formed by fusion type thermal transfer. In this way, photo image 32
Since the content character display 37 is formed by fusion-type thermal transfer in the inside, the photographic image 32 changes when the content character display 37 is changed, which makes it difficult to falsify.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a part of the card recording body according to the tenth aspect. This card recording material is photographic image 3
2 and a content character display 37 for displaying the content of various certification items. This content character display 37 is a photographic image 3
It is arranged in the vicinity of 2 at a position separated from the photographic image 32, and the content character display 37 and the photographic image 32 are separately formed by sublimation type thermal transfer and fusion type thermal transfer. As described above, by forming the content character display 37 and the photographic image 32 using different methods of sublimation thermal transfer and fusion thermal transfer, it is difficult to tamper with the code display 40.

15 to 21 show a card recording medium producing apparatus according to claim 11, FIG. 15 is a schematic block diagram of the card recording medium producing apparatus, and FIG. 16 is a process diagram of the card recording medium producing process. In this card recording medium forming apparatus, a base material supply unit 60 for supplying a card-sized card base material 52, a sublimation type for forming a gradation information containing image layer with a sublimation dye on the card base material 52 by a sublimation type thermal transfer system. On the card substrate 52 having the thermal transfer portion 70, the fusion type thermal transfer portion 80 for forming the character information containing image layer on the card base material 52 by the fusion type thermal transfer method, and the gradation information containing image layer and the character information containing image layer. Intermediate protective layer thermal transfer portion 90 for forming the intermediate protective layer by thermal transfer
And an ultraviolet curable resin coating section 10 for coating an ultraviolet curable resin which is an active energy ray curable resin on the intermediate protective layer.
0, an ultraviolet irradiation unit 110 that cures an ultraviolet curable resin by irradiating ultraviolet rays, a card recording medium storage unit 120 that stores the created card recording medium A, and a card substrate 52 that is a substrate supply unit 60. A sublimation type thermal transfer section 70, a fusion type thermal transfer section 80, an intermediate protective layer thermal transfer section 90, an ultraviolet curable resin coating section 100, an ultraviolet irradiation section 110, and a conveyance means 130 for sequentially conveying the card recording medium storage section 120. ing.

In the base material supply section 60, a plurality of card base materials 52 are stacked and stored in a storage case 61. The card base 52 is constantly urged upward from below by a spring or the like, and the card base 52 is rotated by the rotation of the transport roller 62.
It is supplied to the sublimation type thermal transfer unit 70 one by one at a predetermined timing.

In the sublimation type thermal transfer section 70, the sublimation type thermal transfer recording ink sheets 71 to 73 of yellow Y, magenta M and cyan C are used and the thermal heads 74 to 7 are used.
6. Image-containing information is recorded by the platen rollers 77 to 79, whereby the gradation information-containing image layer 53 is formed on the card substrate 52 according to the image information by the sublimation thermal transfer method.

In the fusion type thermal transfer section 80, a black fusible ink sheet 81 is used, and character information is recorded by a thermal head 82 and a platen roller 83, so that the fusion type thermal transfer is carried out on the card substrate 52 according to the image information. The character information containing image layer 54 is formed by a method.

In the intermediate protective layer thermal transfer section 90, a transparent fusible ink sheet 91 is used, and an intermediate protective layer 55 is formed by a thermal head 92 and a platen roller 93.

The UV-curable resin coating section 100 is provided with a tray 101, a transfer roller 102 and a coating roller 103, and the UV-curable resin of the tray 101 is transferred to the transfer roller 10.
2 is supplied to the application roller 103, and the application roller 10
At 3, the UV curable resin is applied on the intermediate protective layer 55. A UV curable resin is supplied to the tray 101 from a replenishment tank 105 by driving a pump 104. In this refill tank 105, a refill cartridge 106
06a is provided through the upper portion of the replenishment tank 105,
Replenishment is automatically performed according to the decrease of the ultraviolet curable resin in the replenishment tank 105.

FIGS. 17 and 18 show the principle of automatic replenishment in accordance with the decrease of the ultraviolet curable resin in the replenishment tank 105. As shown in FIG. 17, when the liquid level L of the ultraviolet curable resin in the refill tank 105 is lowered by driving the pump 104, the ultraviolet curable resin is transferred from the refill cartridge 106 to the refill tank 105 as shown in FIG. It is supplied, and this supply is automatically performed until the ultraviolet curable resin reaches the liquid level L. When the liquid level of the ultraviolet curable resin reaches the L position, the replenishment is automatically stopped.

The ultraviolet ray irradiating section 110 is provided with an endless belt conveying means 111 and an ultraviolet ray exposing means 112, and the card base material on which the intermediate protective layer 55 is coated with the ultraviolet curable resin by the endless belt conveying means 111. Transporting 52,
During this conveyance, the ultraviolet exposure means 112 irradiates ultraviolet rays to cure the ultraviolet curable resin protective layer 56.

A storage case 121 is provided in the card recording body storage section 120, and the card recording bodies A thus created are sequentially stacked and stored.

FIG. 19 is a view showing another embodiment of the replenishing cartridge. Tube 106 of this refill cartridge 106
"a" is previously attached to the upper portion of the replenishment tank 105, and the pipe 106a is attached by inserting the stopper 106c of the container body 106b into the tube 106a. FIG. 20 is a view showing still another embodiment of the refill cartridge. A ball valve 106d is provided in the stopper 106c of the refill cartridge 106. Therefore, when the replenishment cartridge 106 is set in the replenishment tank 105, if the needle-like member 105a attached to the replenishment tank 105 is inserted into the pipe 106a, the needle-like member 105a pushes up and opens the ball valve 106d. The replenishment cartridge 106 is communicated.

FIG. 21 is a view showing still another embodiment of the replenishing cartridge. A rubber valve 106e is provided in the stopper 106c of the refill cartridge 106. Therefore, when the replenishment cartridge 106 is set in the replenishment tank 105, if the needle-like member 105a attached to the replenishment tank 105 is inserted into the pipe 106a, the needle-like member 105a pushes up the rubber valve 106e to open it. The replenishment cartridge 106 is communicated with.

[0049]

As described above, claim 1 and claim 2
According to the invention described above, it is difficult to replace the photographic image formed on the card base material, and therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the forgery / alteration of the face photograph, especially the replacement of the face photograph, among the card recording bodies.

According to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention, it is difficult to change or reproducible matters described on the card base material, and forgery / alteration of the card recording body is effectively prevented.

Further, the invention according to claim 5 to claim 10 changes the display form of the content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items formed on the card base material, and Prevents forgery and alteration of the body.

In the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the replenishment tank is connected, and the replenishment can be automatically performed according to the decrease of the active energy ray-curable resin in the replenishment tank. There is no dripping of UV curable resin liquid and no adhesion to the skin, it is safe and there is no defective product due to forgetting to refill.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a card recording body according to claim 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a density gradient of the card recording body according to claim 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the card recording body according to claim 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a card recording body according to claim 3;

FIG. 5 is a layer configuration diagram of a card recording body according to claim 3;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a card recording body according to claim 4;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a card recording body according to claim 5;

FIG. 8 is a partial layer configuration diagram of a card recording body according to claim 5;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged plan view of a part of the card recording body according to claim 6;

FIG. 10 is a layer configuration diagram of a card recording body according to claim 6;

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a part of the card recording body according to claim 7;

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a part of the card recording body according to claim 8;

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a part of the card recording body according to claim 9;

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a part of the card recording body according to claim 10;

FIG. 15 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card recording body creating apparatus.

FIG. 16 is a process drawing of a card recording body.

FIG. 17 is a principle view of automatic replenishment according to the decrease of the ultraviolet curable resin in the replenishment tank.

FIG. 18 is a principle view of automatic replenishment according to the decrease of the ultraviolet curable resin in the replenishment tank.

FIG. 19 is a view showing another embodiment of the refill cartridge.

FIG. 20 is a view showing still another embodiment of the refill cartridge.

FIG. 21 is a view showing still another embodiment of the refill cartridge.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 card recording body 2 card base material 3 photo image 4 character image 5 background color 6 person image 7 peripheral outline

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A photographic image having at least a background color is formed on a card base material, and a peripheral contour of the photographic image is made a card background color by giving a density gradient from the background color. Card recording body to be. 2. A photographic image having at least a person image is formed on a card base material, and a peripheral contour of the photographic image is
A card recording body, which is formed to have the same contour as the person image. 3. A card recording body, wherein at least heat-melt transfer characters are formed on a card substrate and a fine print pattern is formed on at least a part of the heat-melt transfer characters. 4. A card recording body, wherein at least heat-melt transfer characters are formed on a card substrate, and a fine print pattern is formed on at least a part of the heat-melt transfer characters by heat-melt transfer. 5. A content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items is formed on a card base material, and the presence or absence of the certification item is expressed corresponding to each content character display. A card recording body having small holes. 6. A card recording material, characterized in that a content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items is formed on a card substrate by sublimation thermal transfer and fusion thermal transfer in an overlapping manner. 7. A content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items on a card base material, and a background display as a background of this content character display. The content character display and the background display are provided. The card recording material is characterized in that the sublimation type thermal transfer and the melt type thermal transfer are separately formed. 8. A card character base is provided with a content character display for displaying the content of various certification items, and this single character display is formed by sublimation type thermal transfer and fusion type thermal transfer. Card recording body to be. 9. A photographic image and a content character display for displaying the content of various certification items on a card substrate,
A card recording material characterized in that the photographic image is formed by sublimation type thermal transfer, and the content character display is formed in the photographic image by fusion type thermal transfer. 10. The card base material has a photographic image and a content character display for displaying the contents of various certification items, and the content character display is in the vicinity of the photographic image and the photographic image. A card recording body, characterized in that the character display and the photographic image are arranged separately from each other and are formed separately by sublimation thermal transfer and melt thermal transfer. 11. An active energy ray curable resin is applied to an image recording surface side of a card recording body, and then a protective layer is formed by curing the resin. An apparatus for producing a card recording medium, comprising: a tank; and a replenishing cartridge which is connected to the replenishing tank and automatically replenishes in accordance with a decrease in the active energy ray-curable resin in the replenishing tank.