Card having retroreflective bar codes and a magnetic stripe

• US 5,237,164 A
• Filed: 12/04/1991
• Issued: 08/17/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takada, Hirohisa
• Primary Examiner(s): LaRoche, Eugene R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GLEMBOCKI, CHRISTOPHE
• Application Number:
  US07/803,749
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 235/494, 235/487, 235/488, 235/382, 235/382.5, 350/102, 350/103, 350/104, 359/529, 359/530, 359/534, 359/536, 359/541, 359/542
• US Class Current: 235/487
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/126 by photographic or thermographic registration recording apparatus for measuring instruments G01D15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06046 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/08 using markings of different kinds or more than one marking of the same kind in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2019/0629 Holographic, diffractive or retroreflective recording

Abstract

A card having retroreflective bar codes is comprised of a card substrate on which there are provided a first information recording portion formed of a retroreflective material portion of a predetermined pattern and a second information recording portion which can be read out from a nearby place. Also, a card having retroreflective bar codes is formed of recorded tracks comprised of retroreflective material portions and nonretroreflective portions which are formed on a heat distortion material formed of a retroreflective member or retroreflective material by a selective heating and distortion process in response to information to be recorded.

Claims

1. A card having retroreflective bar codes comprising:

(a) a card substrate;

(b) a first information recording portion formed of a retroreflective material portion of a predetermined pattern, for reflecting a beam of incident light, as modulated in intensity by the predetermined pattern, to a distance of several meters from the card; and

(c) a second information recording portion readable locally with respect to the card, the first and second information recording portions being provided on the card substrate.

2. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 1, wherein the second information recording portion is comprised of a magnetically readable stripe.

3. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 1, wherein the first information recording portion is formed of recorded tracks comprised of retroreflective material portions and non-retroreflective portions.

4. A card having retroreflective bar codes, according to claim 1, characterized in that the first information recording portion comprises recorded tracks of retroreflective material portions and non-retroreflective portions which are formed on a heat distortable, retroreflective material by a selective heating and distortion process in response to information to be recorded.

5. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 1, wherein the first information recording portion is formed of a pattern of printed black portions, reflective portions, and glass beads having a diameter of at least 0.1 mm which are stuck on the reflective portions.

6. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 1, wherein the first information recording portion is formed of a pattern of black portions, reflective portions, and lenses which are positioned over the reflective portions.

7. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 6, wherein the lenses are fly-eye shaped lenses.

8. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 6, wherein the lenses are cat'"'"'s eye shaped lenses.

9. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 1, wherein the first information recording portion is formed of a retroreflective material portion and a light absorbing mechanical shutter positioned over the retroreflective portion, the shutter having a selectable pattern of lgiht transmissive portions so that a retroreflective code pattern can be selectively formed.

10. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 1, wherein the second information recording portion is in the form of microcomputer which includes a memory in which information is stored.

11. A card having retroreflective bar codes comprising:

(a) a card substrate;

(b) a first information recording portion formed of a retroreflective material portion of a predetermined pattern; and

(c) a second information recording portion comprised of a magnetically readable stripe, the first and second information recording portions being provided on the card substrate.

12. A security identification pass card system comprising:

a card substrate;

a first portion formed of a retroreflective material portion of a predetermined pattern on the card substrate, for reflecting a scanning beam of incident light, as modulated in intensity by the predetermined pattern, to a sensor distant by several meters from the pass card, the first portion recording personal identification information of a bearer of the pass card, including the bearer'"'"'s name, position, and a person number; and

a second portion formed on the card substrate, the second portion being readable locally with respect to the pass card by direct contact with the second portion, the second portion recording the personal identification information.

13. A security identification pass card according to claim 12, wherein the first portion is formed of bar codes.

14. A security identification pass card according to claim 12, wherein the second portion is in the form of magnetically readable stripes.

15. A security identification pass card according to claim 12, wherein the second portion is in the form of microcomputer which includes a memory in which the personal identification information is stored.

16. A security identification pass card, according to claim 12, characterized in that the first portion comprises recorded tracks of retroreflective material portions and non-retroreflective portions which are formed on a heat distortable, retroreflective material by a selective heating and distortion process in response to information to be recorded.

17. A card having retroreflective bar codes comprising:

(a) a card substrate;

(b) a first information recording portion formed of a retroreflective material portion of a predetermined pattern, for reflecting a beam of incident light, as modulated in intensity by the predetermined pattern, to a distance of several meters from the card, wherein the first information recording portion includes recorded tracks of retroreflective material portions and non-retroreflective portions which are formed on a heat distortable, retroreflective material by a selective heating and distortion process in response to information to be recorded; and

(c) a second information recording portion readable locally with respect to the card, the first and second information recording portions being provided on the card substrate.

18. A card having retroreflective bar codes comprising:

(a) a card substrate;

(b) a first information recording portion formed of a retroreflective material portion of a predetermined pattern, for reflecting a beam of incident light, as modulated in intensity by the predetermined pattern, to a distance of several meters from the card and a light absorbing mechanical shutter positioned over the retroreflective portion, the shutter having a selectable pattern of light transmissive portions so that a retroreflective code pattern can be selectively formed; and

(c) a second information recording portion readable locally with respect to the card, the first and second information recording portions being provided on the card substrate.

19. A card having retroreflective bar codes according to claim 18, wherein the shutter comprises electro-optical means for forming the light transmissive portions in response to an electrical control signal.

20. A security identification pass card system comprising:

a card substrate;

a first portion formed of a retroreflective material portion of a predetermined pattern on the card substrate, for reflecting a scanning beam of incident light, as modulated in intensity by the predetermined pattern, to a second distant by several meters from the pass card, the first portion recording person identification information on a bearer of the pass card, including the bearer'"'"'s name, position, and a personal number, wherein the first portion includes recorded tracks of retroreflective material portions and non-retroreflective portions which are formed on a heat distortable, retroreflective material by a selective heating and distortion process in response to information to be recorded; and

a second portion formed on the card substrate, the second portion being readable locally with respect to the pass card by direct contact with the second portion, the second portion recording the personal identification information.