Business Card with Integrated RFID and Adhesive Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing business card manufacturing technologies are complex, costly, and unsuitable for small production volumes, lacking personalization and durability, with integrated RFID devices being particularly cumbersome and expensive, and existing codes are prone to deterioration and information limitations.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus that allows for the direct production of business cards with integrated electronic devices, enabling user personalization and containing a large amount of information, using a compact and economical system where sheets are coupled with adhesive surfaces and an electronic device is applied, allowing for electronic data storage that persists even if the card deteriorates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If integrated RFID devices are used in business cards, then information storage capacity is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the electronic device from the traditional business card structure and places it on a separate support substrate. The electronic device is applied as a distinct layer that can be independently handled, manufactured, and replaced, thereby reducing the complexity of integrating electronic components directly into the card stock.
Solution Approach 2:
The business card is divided into separate functional layers: the support substrate and the electronic device layer. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the support for structural integrity and the electronic device for information storage - reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high information capacity.
2Quantity of substance
If printed codes are used on business cards, then information can be stored, but the codes deteriorate over time and may become undecodable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical printing process with an electronic information storage system. Instead of encoding information in printed patterns that can fade or deteriorate, the invention uses electronic devices with digital memory that can reliably store and retrieve information without degradation over time.
3Quantity of substance
If complex apparatuses are used to make business cards with RFID devices, then information storage is improved, but the apparatuses are costly and require high production volumes
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic devices are pre-applied to the support substrate in a simplified manner before the card production process. This preliminary preparation allows for easier integration and reduces the complexity of the manufacturing apparatus required, enabling production at smaller volumes without proportionally increasing costs.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides reliable, efficient, and personalized business cards that can store an unlimited amount of information, are durable, and can be produced in small quantities, making them accessible and cost-effective for individual customization.
Implementation Method 1
with the application of adhesive substances such as glues
Data Source
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AI summary
Apparatus to make business cards (11) comprising a supply operating unit (12) to supply a plurality of pairs of sheets (15, 16) and a printing unit (14) configured to print distinctive signs (26) on at least one printable surface (18, 19) of the sheets (15, 16). The apparatus comprises a coupling unit (28) configured to reciprocally couple, with their coupling surfaces (20, 21) opposite the printable surfaces (18, 19), the sheets (15, 16) of the pair, an electronic device (22) conformed as a sheet being associated to one of the coupling surfaces (20, 21); and an electronic writing unit (29) configured to introduce encoded information readable by a reader into the electronic device (22).