Removable Light Guide Structure for Customizable Secure Data Cards
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable data carriers lack cost-effective and customizable optical elements, limiting design options and security features.
Innovation Solution
A card body with a light guide body receptacle and a removable light guide body that can be manually inserted and customized, featuring engagement recesses, light channels, and security elements for enhanced handling and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If optical elements are integrated into portable data carriers, then design options and security features are enhanced, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The optical element is divided into a separate light guide body that can be independently manufactured and then inserted into the card body through the engagement recess. This segmentation allows the optical element to be produced using simpler, more cost-effective methods while maintaining design flexibility and security features.
2Adaptability or versatility
If optical elements are integrated into portable data carriers, then design options and security features are enhanced, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide body is manufactured as a separate component that can be produced using cost-effective methods and then assembled into the card body. This approach reduces overall manufacturing costs while preserving design flexibility and security enhancements.
Solution Approach 2:
The light guide body can be manufactured as a relatively simple, cost-effective component that enhances the card's functionality without requiring expensive integrated manufacturing processes.
3Reliability
If optical elements are fixed in portable data carriers, then security is improved, but customization and user individualization are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide body is designed to be removable and replaceable through the engagement recess, allowing users to customize their cards while maintaining security through controlled access and engagement mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The engagement recess design allows the same card body structure to accommodate different light guide bodies, enabling both security and customization through a universal interface that supports multiple configurations.
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
Facilitates simple and cost-effective manufacturing of portable data carriers with customizable optical effects and improved security, allowing users to individualize and secure the data carriers.
Implementation Method 1
a light guide body (4) for a portable data carrier (1), with the light guide body (4) being designable and/or customizable in a targeted manner
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a card body for a portable data carrier, having a light guide body receptacle for receiving a light guide body, the light guide body receptacle being arranged so as to be accessible from outside the card body for manually inserting the light guide body into and/or removing the light guide body from the card body, a light guide body which can be manually inserted or removed from a light guide body receptacle of a corresponding card body, and a portable data carrier having a corresponding card body and/or a corresponding light guide body, and a portable data carrier with a corresponding card body and/or a corresponding light guide body.