JP4530310B2 - Name tag case with IC module members - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a name tag case with an IC module member and a visitor management method using the name tag case.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, the scale of event venues such as various show venues, exhibition venues, and playground venues has been expanding. For this reason, the reception of visitors at these event venues is not only very complicated for the reception side, but also very troublesome for the visitors because the reception processing time becomes long.
[0003]
For this reason, non-contact IC cards are sent in advance to those who plan to attend the event venue, and the visitor management including the reception of visitors is made efficient using the IC card carried by each visitor who actually came to the event venue. Systems have been proposed.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, depending on the event venue, there may be a large number of visitors in addition to those who plan to attend. In this case, it is a complicated task to issue a new IC card at the reception to each visitor other than the planned attendees, which may cause a traffic jam at the reception.
[0005]
When a non-contact type IC card is sent to a prospective visitor in advance, the name of the prospective attendee who is an invitee is usually printed on the IC card. As a result, this type of IC card is used up every time even though it is relatively expensive, and in some cases, it may not be profitable.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. For example, an IC that can perform quick and efficient visitor management even when there are a large number of visitors other than those who are scheduled to attend in an event venue. It is an object to provide a name tag case with a module member and a visitor management method using the name tag case.
[0007]
Also, for example, to provide a name tag case with an IC module member and a visitor management method using the name tag case capable of performing efficient visitor management that is profitable for a large number of visitors at an event venue. With the goal.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, a name tag case for holding a name tag,
An IC module member attached to the name tag case for storing information on the name tag case or the name tag ;
The name tag case is composed of a main body part, an attachment part for attaching the main body part to a visitor's clothes, and a connection part for connecting the attachment part and the main body part,
The main body is formed by folding a generally rectangular transparent plastic sheet member into three folds,
One end of the main body is folded so as to form a housing space for the IC module member between the other end,
The IC module member is attached to the main body so as to be covered with a folded portion formed of the one end of the main body, and provides a name tag case with an IC module member.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the present invention, an IC module member for storing information on the name tag case or the name tag is attached to the name tag case for holding the name tag. Here, the IC module member includes an IC module having an information storage unit and an antenna that is connected to the IC module and performs non-contact transmission / reception. The IC module member is attached to the back side of the name tag case, for example.
[0014]
The name tag case is provided with an identification code display section on which an identification code for specifying each name tag case is displayed. In this case, an identification number, an identification bar code, or the like can be used as the identification code. In addition, this identification code display part is provided in the back surface side of the name tag case, for example.
[0015]
The name tag case with an IC module member of the present invention having the above configuration can be applied to visitor management, for example. In this case, in the first visitor management method as one application example, for example, two business cards are received from visitors other than the prospective visitors, and one business card is held in the name tag case, and the other business card is placed in the name card case. Store in association with. Specifically, for example, the identification number displayed on the identification code display part of the name tag case is written on the business card and stored. Then, the name card case holding the business card is carried by the visitors.
[0016]
Thus, in the first visitor management method, it is a relatively simple task to receive two business cards, hold one business card in the name card case, and write the identification number of the name card case on the other business card. . As a result, in the first visitor management method, for example, in the event venue, even when there are a large number of visitors other than the scheduled visitors, it is possible to perform quick and efficient visitor management.
[0017]
Further, in the second visitor management method as another application example for visitor management, for example, a business card is received from each visitor, information on the business card is written in an IC module member attached to the name tag case, and the business card is The name tag case is held and each name card case holding the name card is carried by each visitor. Specifically, for example, information (name, company name, company address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) read from a business card by OCR processing is stored in the storage unit of the IC module incorporated in the IC module member.
[0018]
As described above, the work of writing the received information on the business card to the IC module member attached to the name tag case is relatively complicated, and takes a longer reception time than the first visitor management method. However, in the second visitor management method, by using a name tag case that can be used repeatedly rather than being used up for each visitor, it is not necessary to send a relatively expensive IC card that is used up to the attendee in advance. Therefore, it is possible to perform efficient visitor management that is profitable for a large number of visitors.
[0019]
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a name tag case with an IC module member according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and (a) is a view as seen from the front side of the name tag case with an IC module member. (B) is the figure seen from the back surface side, (c) is the figure seen from the side surface side. In the first embodiment, as an example, the present invention is applied to a name tag case for visitor management.
[0020]
The illustrated name tag case with an IC module member includes a name tag case 1 for holding a name tag such as a business card, and an IC module member 2 attached to the name tag case 1.
Here, the name tag case 1 includes a main body portion 1a, an attachment portion 1b for attaching the main body portion 1a to the clothes of the visitor, and a connection portion 1c for connecting the attachment portion 1b and the main body portion 1a. It is composed of
[0021]
The attachment portion 1b includes a clip 1d and a safety pin 1e (not shown in FIG. 1C), and one of them can be selectively used when attaching the main body portion 1a to the clothes of the visitor. it can. Moreover, the main-body part 1a is formed by bending the transparent plastic sheet member of the whole rectangular shape as shown in FIG.1 (c), for example. Therefore, a business card can be taken in and out of the name tag case 1 in the horizontal direction along the double arrow F shown in FIG.
[0022]
Further, as shown in FIG. 1B, an identification code display unit 3 on which an identification code for specifying each name tag case is displayed is provided on the back side of the main body 1a of the name tag case 1. Here, the identification code displayed on the identification code display unit 3 is an identification number. The identification code is not limited to an identification number, and an identification barcode (including a two-dimensional barcode) can be used. Moreover, the identification code display part 3 can also be provided in the surface side of the main-body part 1a of the name tag case 1. FIG.
[0023]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the IC module member 2 includes an IC module (IC chip) 2a having an information storage unit and an antenna connected to the IC module 2a for non-contact transmission / reception (that is, communication). 2b. The IC module 2a and the antenna 2b are held so as to be sandwiched between a pair of rectangular substrates 2c and 2d. As described above, the IC module member 2 has a configuration similar to that of a generally known non-contact type IC card or IC label, but is basically different only in that it is formed in an elongated strip shape as a whole. is doing. Therefore, the description regarding the further detailed structure of the IC module member 2 is abbreviate | omitted.
[0024]
In general, the IC module member 2 stores information related to the name tag case 1, that is, identification information for specifying the name tag case 1 as necessary. Further, the IC module member 2 stores information on business cards held in the name tag case 1, that is, attribute information such as name, company name, company address, telephone number, and e-mail address, as necessary. As clearly shown in FIG. 1C, the IC module member 2 is attached to the main body 1a so as to be covered by the folded portion 1f of the main body 1a.
[0025]
The name tag case with an IC module member of the first embodiment configured as described above can be applied as an example to the following first visitor management method.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a reception flow of the first visitor management method to which the name tag case with an IC module member according to the first embodiment is applied. Hereinafter, the first visitor management method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0026]
In the first visitor management method, as shown in FIG. 3, at the event venues such as various show venues, exhibition venues, and playground venues, two business cards are received from visitors other than the planned visitors (S11). Then, one of the received two business cards is inserted and held in the main body 1a of the name tag case 1 (S12). Further, the identification number displayed on the identification code display unit 3 of the name tag case 1 is written and stored on the other of the received two business cards (S13). That is, the other business card is stored in association with the name tag case 1.
[0027]
Next, the name tag case 1 holding the business card is carried by a visitor (S14). Here, in the IC module member 2 attached to the name tag case 1, information on the identification number displayed on the identification code display unit 3 of the name tag case 1 is stored in advance as information on the name tag case 1. Therefore, the behavior of the visitor at the event venue specified by the identification number can be efficiently managed using the IC module member 2 attached to the name tag case 1.
[0028]
Specifically, for example, by writing and storing the entrance time and exit time of each visitor in each booth in the IC module member 2, it is possible to manage the visitor's stay time in each booth. At this time, the entrance time and the exit time can be written in the IC module member 2 attached to the name tag case 1 only by bringing the name tag case 1 close to the reader / writer connected to the computer installed in each booth.
[0029]
When the name card case 1 is finally collected, even if the name card is dropped from the name tag case 1, the name card case 1 and the collected name tag case 1 can be obtained by using the name card separately stored with the identification number. It is possible to accurately associate a visitor who actually carried this (and consequently, the attribute information of the visitor).
[0030]
As described above, in the first visitor management method, it is relatively easy to receive two business cards, hold one name card in the name tag case 1 and write the identification number of the name tag case 1 on the other name card. It is. As a result, in the first visitor management method, it is possible to perform quick and efficient visitor management even when there are a large number of visitors in addition to the intended visitors at the event venue.
[0031]
FIG. 4 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a name tag case with an IC module member according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and (a) is a view as seen from the front side of the name tag case with an IC module member. (B) is the figure seen from the back surface side, (c) is the figure seen from the side surface side. In the second embodiment, the present invention is applied to a name tag case for visitor management as in the first embodiment.
[0032]
The second embodiment has a configuration similar to that of the first embodiment. However, the second embodiment is basically different from the first embodiment only in the configuration of the main body portion of the name tag case and the presence or absence of the identification code display portion. Therefore, in FIG. 4, elements having the same functions as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1. Hereinafter, the second embodiment will be described by focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.
[0033]
In 2nd Embodiment, as shown in FIG.4 (c), the main-body part 1a of the name tag case 1 is provided with a pair of rectangular plate-shaped members 1g and 1h arrange | positioned at predetermined narrow intervals. Here, the plate-like member 1g is arranged on the front surface side, and the plate-like member 1h is arranged on the back surface side. Then, the pair of plate-like members 1g and 1h are attached to an elongated interposition member 1j having a certain thickness and having a shape along three sides of the rectangular shape, that is, the left and right sides and the lower side in the drawing. . Therefore, in the second embodiment, a business card can be taken in and out of the name tag case 1 in the vertical direction along the double arrow F shown in FIG.
[0034]
Further, the IC module member 2 is attached to a predetermined position on the plate-like member 1h on the back surface side. Further, unlike the first embodiment, the main body portion 1a of the name tag case 1 is not provided with an identification code display portion.
The name tag case with an IC module member of the second embodiment configured as described above can be applied as an example to the following second visitor management method.
[0035]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a reception flow of the second visitor management method to which the name tag case with an IC module member of the second embodiment is applied. Hereinafter, the second visitor management method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In the second visitor management method, as shown in FIG. 5, a business card is received from each visitor at the event venue (S21). And the information regarding the received business card is written in the IC module member 2 attached to the name tag case 1 (S22).
[0036]
Specifically, for example, visitor attribute information read from a business card by OCR processing, that is, name, company name, company address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. are stored in the IC module 2a incorporated in the IC module member 2. Store in the department. Next, the business card is inserted and held in the name tag case 1 (S23), and the name tag case 1 holding the name card is carried by the visitors (S24). Thus, in the second visitor management method, as in the first visitor management method, the visitor can be efficiently managed using the IC module member 2 attached to the name tag case 1.
[0037]
In the second visitor management method, it is relatively complicated to write the information related to the received business card to the IC module member 2 attached to the name tag case 1, and the reception time is longer than that in the first visitor management method. However, in the second visitor management method, it is necessary to send in advance a relatively expensive IC card that is used up to the visitors by using the name tag case 1 that can be used repeatedly instead of being used up for each visitor. Therefore, it is possible to perform efficient visitor management that is profitable for a large number of visitors.
[0038]
In the above-described embodiments, the present invention is applied to visitor management. However, the present invention can be applied to various general management methods such as attendance management and entrance / exit management.
In each of the above embodiments, the business card is held in the name card case. However, the present invention is not limited to the business card and can be applied to various other general name cards.
[0039]
Furthermore, in each of the above-described embodiments, in each of the above-described embodiments, the business card is held by being inserted into the name tag case. However, the present invention is not limited to the insertion format, and other general name tag cases are also included. The present invention can be applied.
Moreover, in each above-mentioned embodiment, although the IC module member is attached to the back surface side of the name tag case, it is not limited to this and can be attached to the front surface side depending on circumstances. Further, various modifications of the IC module member are possible with respect to its shape and configuration.
[0040]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform quick and efficient visitor management even when there are a large number of visitors other than prospective visitors at an event venue.
Also, for example, it is possible to perform efficient visitor management that is profitable for a large number of visitors at an event venue.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a name tag case with an IC module member according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and (a) is a view as seen from the front side of the name tag case with an IC module member. (B) is the figure seen from the back surface side, (c) is the figure seen from the side surface side.
2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an internal configuration of the IC module member of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a reception flow of a first visitor management method to which the name tag case with an IC module member of the first embodiment is applied.
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a name tag case with an IC module member according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and (a) is a view as seen from the front side of the name tag case with an IC module member. (B) is the figure seen from the back surface side, (c) is the figure seen from the side surface side.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a reception flow of a second visitor management method to which the name tag case with an IC module member of the second embodiment is applied.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Name tag case 1a Body 1b Attachment 1c Connection 1d Clip 1e Safety pin 2 IC module member 2a IC module 2b Antenna 3 Identification code display

Claims (1)

A name tag case to hold the name tag,
An IC module member attached to the name tag case for storing information on the name tag case or the name tag ;
The name tag case is composed of a main body part, an attachment part for attaching the main body part to a visitor's clothes, and a connection part for connecting the attachment part and the main body part,
The main body is formed by folding a generally rectangular transparent plastic sheet member into three folds,
One end of the main body is folded so as to form a housing space for the IC module member between the other end,
The IC module member-attached name tag case , wherein the IC module member is attached to the main body so as to be covered by a folded portion formed of the one end of the main body .

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