Granted Patent B2

US 12,579,400 · App. 18/676,474 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Inventors: Yukiko Katano (Tokyo, JP); Shin Kataoka (Tokyo, JP); Shigeki Minemura (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC.

G06K19/07722G06K19/0718G06K19/0723G06K19/07777

Abstract

Claims (30)

1 . An inlet embedded in a card medium, comprising:

an exposed component at least partially exposed on a front surface of the card medium;

a circuit board including a board wiring part to which the exposed component is bonded on a front surface side, the circuit board being provided closer to a back surface of the card medium than the exposed component is; and

a sheet circuit board provided closer to the front surface than the circuit board is, the sheet circuit board comprising

a sheet body;

a sheet wiring part electrically connected to the board wiring part on a back surface side, and

a sheet including at least one sheet through hole through which the exposed component can pass, wherein the exposed component comprises a biometric sensor that detects biometric information of a user, the biometric sensor is a semiconductor device electrically connected to the board wiring part; and the biometric sensor is at least partially exposed on the front surface of the card medium.

2 . The inlet of claim 1 , wherein the exposed component comprises a contact terminal that makes contact with a contact-type external device, and

the circuit board further comprises an internal component having a contact-type communication function on the back surface side.

3 . The inlet of claim 2 , wherein the exposed component, the board wiring part, and the internal component are all included in the same circuit board.

4 . The inlet of claim 2 , wherein the internal component is provided on a back surface side of the exposed component, and

an internal component through hole through which the internal component can pass is formed in the circuit board.

5 . The inlet of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board includes an internal component having a contactless-type communication function on the back surface side, and

the sheet circuit board further includes a loop antenna on the back surface side.

6 . The inlet of claim 5 , wherein the circuit board has a connection part of the loop antenna having a jumper wiring function, and

the sheet wiring part is entirely placed on the back surface side of the sheet.

7 . A card medium, comprising:

an inlet;

an upper external base material; and

a lower external base material,

wherein the inlet includes

an exposed component at least partially exposed on a front surface of the card medium,

a circuit board including a board wiring part to which the exposed component is bonded on a front surface side, the circuit board being provided closer to a back surface of the card medium than the exposed component is, and

a sheet circuit board provided closer to the front surface than the circuit board is, the sheet circuit board comprising

a sheet body;

a sheet wiring part electrically connected to the board wiring part, and

a sheet including at least one sheet through hole through which the exposed component can pass,

the upper exterior base material is provided closer to the front surface than the inlet is, and includes at least one penetrable external through hole at substantially the same position as the sheet through hole, and

the lower exterior base material is provided closer to the back surface than the inlet is, wherein the exposed component comprises a biometric sensor that detects biometric information of a user, the biometric sensor is a semiconductor device electrically connected to the board wiring part; and the biometric sensor is at least partially exposed on the front surface of the card medium.

8 . The card medium of claim 7 , wherein a size of the exterior through hole is larger than a size of the sheet through hole.

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