JPH0578575U - Books with anti-theft function - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To eliminate the hassle of attaching tags by book store employees,
In addition, we will provide books with anti-theft function that will not give an unpleasant image to customers and users. [Structure] A tag 5 having a circuit that resonates with an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined frequency is provided integrally with the book body 2 inside the cover 3 or inside the spine 15 of the book body 2.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a book with an anti-theft function, and more particularly to a book with an anti-theft function in which a circuit that resonates with an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined frequency is formed in a book body or a cover provided on the book body.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In recent years, in order to prevent shoplifting and theft of products in stores such as supermarkets, department stores, and retail stores, anti-theft tags and the like have been provided on packaging materials for these products.

This anti-theft tag is usually in the form of a card, and is, for example, sensitive to an electromagnetic wave of a specific frequency and emits an electromagnetic wave of the same or different frequency from the electromagnetic wave. It aims to prevent shoplifting and theft by detecting at store exits.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, the conventional means such as putting the tag in the product packaging bag as described above has the following inconveniences. That is, recently, even in large bookstores or libraries, there has been a movement to install the above tags on books to prevent especially expensive books or popular books from being taken out or shoplifted without permission. However, with such a conventional tag, there is a problem that a book store clerk, a librarian, or the like needs to attach one tag to each target book.

In addition, in a book, since these tags are attached to the outside of the book, there is a risk that these tags will inevitably attract the eyes of customers or users and cause discomfort to those customers or users. There was also an inconvenience that there was.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and eliminates the trouble of a bookstore clerk or the like attaching the tag as described above, and does not give an unpleasant image to customers or users. The purpose is to provide books with prevention function.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A book with an anti-theft mechanism according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a tag having a circuit that resonates with an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined frequency, which is provided inside the cover or inside the back of the book body integrally with the book body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the book with the anti-theft function according to the first aspect, the circuit has a fuse portion which is destroyed by an excessive current, and the outer surface of the book body or a cover sheet cover portion. It is characterized in that a terminal capable of conducting a current is exposed in the circuit.

In the book with anti-theft function according to claim 3, a tag having a circuit that resonates with an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined frequency is attached to the back side of a cover or a band provided on the book body.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a book with an anti-theft function has a circuit that resonates with an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined frequency formed by printing on the back side of a cover or a band provided on the book body.

[0011]

[Action]

 In the book with anti-theft function according to the first aspect, the tag is not exposed to the outside and is not easily touched by the eyes of customers or users. Also, the tag can be incorporated into a book at the time of binding.

In the book with anti-theft function according to the second aspect, an excessive current can be applied to the tag by utilizing the exposed terminal, which facilitates the operation of stopping the anti-theft function.

In the book with anti-theft function according to claim 3, as in the book according to claim 1, the tag is not exposed to the outside and is not easily touched by the customers or users.

In the book with anti-theft function according to the fourth aspect, the circuit forming thickness approaches 0 (zero) without limit, and the circuit can be formed in the printing process of the cover or the band.

[0015]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a book with an anti-theft function (hereinafter simply referred to as "book") 1A according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In this book 1A, reference numeral 3 is a cover of a book body 2 that constitutes the book 1A, and in this case, the book body 2 is a so-called bookbinding in which the cover 3 is a thick cover.

An anti-theft tag 5 is embedded from the inner surface side of the cover 3 inside the cover 3 (in this case, the back cover) of the book body 2. FIG. 3 shows an example of an anti-theft tag (hereinafter simply referred to as “dug”) 5. The tag 5 is formed by forming a required circuit 7 on one surface of a substrate 6 made of an insulating film such as a polyester film. Describing the circuit 7, reference numeral 8a is a large U-shaped conductor pattern layer formed of a good conductor such as metal, and reference numeral 8b is a small U-shaped conductor pattern layer. Both conductor pattern layers 8a and 8b are electrically connected by a connecting layer 9. In this case, a Schottky type thin film diode 10 is formed between the conductor pattern layers 8a and 8b. When the tag 5 having such a structure receives an electromagnetic wave having a predetermined frequency, the thin film diode 10 converts the frequency of the received electromagnetic wave and functions as a kind of transmitter for retransmitting the electromagnetic wave having a constant frequency.

In the tag 5, the conductor patterns 8a and 8b and the thin film diode 10 can be formed by a pattern forming technique and a thin film forming technique, respectively, so that they are sheet-shaped as a whole and are extremely thin and flexible. It is highly flexible.

The tag 5 is embedded in the inside of the cover 3 of the book body 2 as described above. Normally, the tag 5 is provided on the inner surface of the cover 3, that is, on the facing portion 4, as shown in FIG. A paper 13 is provided, and the tag 5 is closed by the paper 13. Therefore, from the outside, the tag 5 is not touched by the person who holds the book even when the cover 3 is opened.

In the book 1A having the above structure, the tag 5 is provided inside the cover 3 when the book body 2 is bound, so that the anti-theft function is already added in the bookbinding step.

In the book 1A having the above-mentioned configuration, when a person tries to leave the book 1A through an exit or the like of a store or a library in the above state, an electromagnetic wave generation source of a specific frequency provided at the exit or the like is provided. The tag 5 (circuit 7) is responsive to the electromagnetic wave transmitted by, and retransmits an electromagnetic wave of a specific frequency although the frequency is different. Therefore, by installing a receiving device that detects this retransmitted electromagnetic wave at the exit or the like, it is possible to make the buzzer sound or close the exit door based on the signal from the receiving device. It is possible to prevent shoplifting or taking out of the book 1A without permission.

Further, as described above, since the anti-theft function is already added in the bookbinding process, it is not necessary for a book store clerk or a librarian to attach an anti-theft tag to each book. The time and effort required for can be completely eliminated.

Moreover, since the tag 5 is provided inside the cover 3, it is obvious from the appearance that even if the cover 3 or the like is opened by picking up the book 1A, the tag 5 can be seen. Therefore, it does not give an unpleasant impression to visitors and visitors.

Further, the tag 5 retransmits the electromagnetic wave of the tag 5 by passing an excessive current through the thin film diode 10 to puncture the diode 10 or by punching the diode 10 or a connecting portion. The function is destroyed. Therefore, a person who has legally purchased or rented this book 1A can exit without detecting the exit or the like by destroying the circuit 7 of the tag 5 by a store clerk or a staff member.

As a means for destroying the electromagnetic wave re-transmitting function of the tag 5 as described above, in addition to the above, in the circuit 7, a fuse section that operates at a frequency different from the frequency of the electromagnetic wave for detection is used. Alternatively, the tag may be formed by irradiating the tag with an electromagnetic wave having the frequency to destroy the fuse portion, thereby destroying the resonance circuit. Alternatively, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which heat is generated at a specific frequency and the fuse portion is blown by the heat generation.

Next, FIGS. 4 and 5 explain a book 1B with an anti-theft function according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the same components as those shown in the first embodiment above are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

The book 1B according to the present embodiment is the same as the book 1A shown in the first embodiment, except that the terminal 12a for flowing an excessive current to the tag 5 is provided on the facing portion 4 of the cover 3 of the book body 2. It is formed by exposing 12b. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, conductors 11a and 11b extend from one ends of the conductor patterns 8a and 8b forming the circuit 7 of the tag 5, and the conductors 11a and 11b extend to the ends of the conductors 11a and 11b, respectively. The terminals 12a and 12b are formed respectively.

In the book 1 B according to the present embodiment, the terminals 12 a and 12 b that are electrically connected to the tag 5 are exposed in the facing portion 4, so that a book store clerk or the like can use the terminals 12 a and 12 b to connect the tag 5 to the tag 5. It is possible to pass an excessive current through the circuit 7. Therefore, the circuit of the tag 5 can be destroyed very easily, and there is no burden on the sales operation or the book lending operation.

When exposing the terminals 12a and 12b to the book body 2 as described above, it is desirable to provide the terminals 12a and 12b in as inconspicuous portions as shown in the drawing. In addition, when an excessive current is passed through the thin film diode 10 to destroy the diode 10 as described above, it goes without saying that the diode 10 also functions as a fuse portion.

Next, FIG. 6 shows a book 1C with an anti-theft function according to a third embodiment of the present invention, in which the same components as those of the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals. A book 1C according to the present embodiment is provided with a tag 5'having a circuit 7 as shown in FIG. 3 inside the back portion 15 of the book body 2 or inside the back portion 15. However, the shape of the tag 5'in this case is formed to be narrower than the tag 5 in accordance with the shape of the back portion 15. Also in this case, the tag 5'is provided on the back portion 15 in the bookbinding process of the book body 2.

Also in the book 1C according to the embodiment of the book, the same operation and effect as those of the book 1A shown in the first embodiment can be obtained. Further, also in the book 1C, the same operation and effect as those of the book 1B shown in the second embodiment can be obtained by providing the cover portion 3 or the like with a terminal which is electrically connected to the circuit 7 of the tag 5 '.

Next, FIGS. 7 and 8 show a book 1D having an anti-theft function according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this book 1D, a cover 17 is attached to the book body 2, and a band 18 is provided further outside the cover 17.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8, a circuit 7 ′ similar to the circuit 7 constituting the tag 5 (5 ′) is formed by printing on the back surface side of the cover 17 (in the figure, the circuit 7). It is not drawn, but is shown as the circuit printing part). In this case, the conductor pattern layer in the circuit 7'is formed by silk printing using a conductive ink, and the thin film diode is formed by a known thin film forming technique.

However, here, in order to make the circuit 7 ′ more reliable, as the cover 17, at least the back surface side is coated with an insulating sheet such as sheet plastic. It is desirable to use.

In the book 1D according to the present embodiment, since the circuit 7'is formed by printing on the cover 17, the circuit 7'can be formed at the same time when the cover 17 is printed. Needless to say, there is no need to attach a tag to the circuit, and the formation of the circuit 7'is extremely easy. Further, since the circuit 7'is formed by printing on the back surface of the cover 17, the circuit 7'will not be visible.

The circuit 7'can be destroyed by the above-described means such as punching of a diode or puncturing due to an excessive current.

Next, FIG. 9 shows a book 1E with an anti-theft function according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this book 1E, a circuit 7 ', which is similar to the circuit 7'in the book 1D according to the fourth embodiment, is printed on the inner surface of a band 18 provided outside the cover 17 mounted on the book body 2. It was formed.

The book 1E according to this embodiment can also achieve the same operations and effects as the book 1D shown in the fourth embodiment. Further, in this book 1E, the anti-theft function can be removed by removing the belt 18, and in such a case, the operation of stopping the anti-theft function by a store clerk can also be eliminated. It becomes possible to do.

In the books 1D and 1E shown in the above fourth and fifth embodiments, the circuit 7'is formed by printing on the back side of the cover 17 or the band 18, but the circuit 7 ' May be separately prepared and attached to the back surface of the cover 17 or the band 18. On the contrary, when the antitheft function is added to the cover 3 of the book body 2 as in the book 1A in the first embodiment, a predetermined circuit 7'may be printed on the cover 3 and the like. Good. In particular, when the book body 2 is not a bookbinding as in the embodiment but a normal bookbinding with a thin cover, such a configuration is more advantageous.

[0039]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the book with anti-theft function according to claim 1, it is of course possible to prevent shoplifting or unauthorized removal of the book without fail, and to add the anti-theft function in the bookbinding process. Since it is not necessary for a bookstore employee or a librarian to attach a theft-prevention tag to each book, it is possible to completely eliminate the time and labor required for such work in the past. Furthermore, the tag is provided on the cover or inside the back of the book itself, and of course from the appearance, even if you open the cover with this book in your hand, the tag will not be visible and you will not be able to see it. It is also possible to prevent people from feeling uncomfortable.

According to the book with anti-theft function according to the second aspect of the present invention, the terminal that is electrically connected to the tag is exposed on the outer surface of the book body or on the easily exposed portion. It is possible for a device, etc., to apply an excessive current to the tag circuit, which makes it extremely easy to break the tag circuit and does not impose a burden on sales or book lending.

According to the book with anti-theft function according to claim 3, the tag having the anti-theft function can be prevented from being conspicuous, and the attachment of the tag is completed at the stage of producing the cover or the belt. As a result, it is possible to completely eliminate the time-consuming work of attaching a tag by a bookstore clerk or the like.

According to the book with anti-theft function according to claim 4, the anti-theft function can be added to the cover or the band at the time of printing the cover or the band, and the tag attaching work by the book store clerk is unnecessary. Of course, it is extremely easy to add the anti-theft function. In addition, especially when a circuit is printed on a belt, it is possible to eliminate the anti-theft function by removing the belt.In such a case, it is better to stop the anti-theft function by a store clerk. It can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a book with anti-theft function according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a book with anti-theft function according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a tag according to this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a book with anti-theft function according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a tag according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a book with anti-theft function according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a book with anti-theft function according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a book with anti-theft function according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a book with anti-theft function according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E Book with anti-theft function 2 Book body 3 Cover 4 Look-back part 5, 5'Anti-theft tag 7, 7 'Circuit 12a, 12b Terminal 15 Back part 17 Cover 18 Belt

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A book with an anti-theft function, wherein a tag having a circuit that resonates with an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined frequency is provided integrally with the inside of the cover or inside the spine of the book body with the book body. 2. The circuit has a fuse portion which is destroyed by an excessive current, and a terminal capable of conducting a current to the circuit is exposed on an outer surface of the book body or a cover cover portion. A book with an anti-theft function according to claim 1. 3. A book with an anti-theft function, wherein a tag having a circuit resonating with an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined frequency is attached to the back side of a cover or a band provided on the main body of the book. 4. A circuit that resonates with an electromagnetic wave of a predetermined frequency,
A book with an anti-theft function, which is formed by printing on the back side of the cover or band provided on the book body.