IP Library Granted Patent US 10,410,106
Granted Patent B2
US 10,410,106 · App. 16/042,682 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Attachment tag and tag system

Inventors: Akio Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Mitsunori Sasaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
G06K19/0776G06K19/0702G06K19/07758H05K1/00
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Patent No.
US 10,410,106
App. No.
16/042,682
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An attachment tag includes a stretchable circuit board having stretchability, a stretchable wiring line provided on a first main surface of the stretchable circuit board and having stretchability, an identification signal generator connected to the stretchable wiring line and configured to generate an identification signal containing identification information, a transmitter configured to transmit the identification signal generated by the identification signal generator, and an adhesive layer provided on a second main surface, different from the first main surface, of the stretchable circuit board and exhibiting adhesiveness.

Claims (37)

1. An attachment tag comprising:

a stretchable circuit board having stretchability;

a stretchable wiring line provided on a first main surface of the stretchable circuit board and having stretchability, the stretchable wiring line containing a resin binder;

an identification signal generator connected to the stretchable wiring line and configured to generate an identification signal containing identification information;

a transmitter configured to transmit the identification signal generated by the identification signal generator;

an adhesive layer provided on a second main surface, different from the first main surface, of the stretchable circuit board and exhibiting adhesiveness, and:

on a side of the attachment tag opposite to the adhesive layer, a printing target layer to which ink is applied and which exhibits lower visible light permeability than that of the stretchable circuit board.

2. The attachment tag according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a battery configured to supply power to the identification signal generator, wherein

the transmitter uses the power supplied from the battery to transmit the identification signal.

3. The attachment tag according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmitter receives a power supply signal as a signal transmitted from an outside, and transmits the identification signal by use of power obtained by the power supply signal.

4. The attachment tag according to claim 1 , wherein

the ink is, as a droplet, applied to the printing target layer.

5. The attachment tag according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmitter includes, on the stretchable circuit board, a portion along a shape considered to be substantially same as that of the stretchable circuit board.

6. A tag system comprising:

the attachment tag according to claim 1 ; and

a transmission device fixed at a predetermined location and configured to transmit a radio wave signal to the transmitter.

7. The attachment tag according to claim 1 , further comprising a stretchable cover layer provided between the stretchable circuit board and the printing target layer with covering the stretchable wiring line.

8. The attachment tag according to claim 1 , further comprising an antenna connected with the stretchable wiring line through which the identification signal having been transmitted from the transmitter is radiated.

9. The attachment tag according to claim 1 , wherein

the printing target layer covers the entire top and side surfaces of the stretchable cover, and leaves the side surfaces of the stretchable circuit board exposed.

10. The attachment tag according to claim 1 , wherein

the stretchable cover is transparent.

11. An attachment tag system comprising:

a stretchable circuit board having stretchability on which are provided:

a stretchable wiring line, the stretchable wiring line containing a resin binder, and

an IC element including at least an identification signal generator connected to the stretchable wiring line, and configured to generate an identification signal containing identification information, the identification signal being transmitted through a transmitter including an antenna element having been connected to the stretchable wiring line;

a stretchable cover layer configured to cover the stretchable wiring line and the IC element on the stretchable circuit board;

a printing target layer provided on the stretchable cover, a visible light permeability of which is lower than that of the stretchable circuit board;

an adhesive layer provided on a surface opposite to the surface on which both the stretchable wiring line and the IC element, and:

on a side of the attachment tag opposite to the adhesive layer, a printing target layer to which ink is applied and which exhibits lower visible light permeability than that of the stretchable circuit board.

12. The attachment tag system according to claim 11 , wherein

the printing target layer covers the entire top and side surfaces of the stretchable cover, and leaves the side surfaces of the stretchable circuit board exposed.

13. The attachment tag system according to claim 11 , wherein

the stretchable cover is transparent.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2024
From: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
To: MEKTEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069464/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2018
From: YOSHIDA, AKIO; SASAKI, MITSUNORI
To: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046431/0435 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-154065 · Aug 9, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190050701A1 · Feb 14, 2019