“Electronic Card Capable Of Light-Emitting Display” in Patent Application Approval Process (USPTO 20230409860): Patent Application

2024 JAN 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A patent application by the inventors CHEN, JUNG-HSIU (Taoyuan City, TW); LIU, JEN-HSIANG (Taoyuan City, TW), filed on December 14, 2022, was made available online on December 21, 2023, according to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx correspondents.

This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution.

The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “

“The present disclosure relates to electronic card, and in particular to an electronic card capable of light-emitting display.

“Conventionally portable electronic cards, such as debit cards, credit cards, prepaid cards, public transport smart cards, health insurance cards, and smart ID cards, fall into two categories, namely contact type and non-contact type, depending on how they work. The contact type card has its chip exposed from the card and adapted to come into electrical contact with an external card reader, allowing the card reader to read required data in the chip to carry out a transaction. By contrast, an induction coil and an RFID tag thereof are embedded in the non-contact type card. When a user places the non-contact type card near a reading module, electric power is generated as a result of mutual inductance between an antenna of the reading module and the induction coil of the card, allowing the reading module to read data of the RFID tag to carry out a transaction.

“However, the conventional contact type card or non-contact type card has a drawback. The card lacks any mechanism for giving a reminder to consumers. Thus, a consumer using a card to carry out a transaction and observing the card is not even able to determine whether the transaction is being carried out with the card; instead, the consumer will not be aware of whether the transaction carried out with the card is finished unless the dealer informs the consumer of this. As a result, during or after a transaction carried out with the card, it is possible for an unscrupulous dealer to steal personal data and transaction data in an RFID tag of the card with a related device.

“Therefore, it is necessary to provide an electronic card capable of light-emitting display to not only give a reminder but also enable the electronic card to be pleasing in appearance while its card body is undergoing exchange of personal data or transaction data, thereby overcoming the aforesaid drawback of the prior art.”

In addition to the background information obtained for this patent application, NewsRx journalists also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “In view of the aforesaid drawback of the prior art, it is an objective of the disclosure to provide an electronic card capable of light-emitting display to not only give a reminder but also enable the electronic card to be pleasing in appearance while exchange of personal data or transaction data is taking place.

“In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the disclosure provides an electronic card capable of light-emitting display, comprising a card body, an electrical control module, a light-emitting module and a light-guiding module. A light-penetrable border portion is disposed on the periphery of the card body. An oblique refraction portion is disposed on a surface of the light-penetrable border portion. The electrical control module is disposed in the card body and comprises a circuit control carrier plate and a non-contact type radio-frequency antenna or a contact type communication chip. The non-contact type radio-frequency antenna or the contact type communication chip is disposed at the circuit control carrier plate. The light-emitting module is disposed in the card body and electrically connected to the circuit control carrier plate. The light-guiding module is disposed in the card body and corresponds in position to the light-emitting module. Light emitted from the light-emitting module is guided by the light-guiding module to the light-penetrable border portion of the card body.

“Regarding the electronic card capable of light-emitting display, the card body comprises a first light-penetrable panel, a first shading portion, a second light-penetrable panel and a second shading portion. The first light-penetrable panel is coupled to the second light-penetrable panel. The first shading portion is disposed at the first light-penetrable panel. The second shading portion is disposed at the second light-penetrable panel. The oblique refraction portion is disposed at the first light-penetrable panel. The electrical control module, the light-emitting module and the light-guiding module are disposed between the first light-penetrable panel and the second light-penetrable panel.

“Regarding the electronic card capable of light-emitting display, the first shading portion is smaller than the first light-penetrable panel, and the second shading portion is smaller than the second light-penetrable panel, allowing the light-penetrable border portion to form on the periphery of the card body.

“Regarding the electronic card capable of light-emitting display, the light-guiding module is disposed between the first shading portion and the second shading portion and made of transparent PVC, PET, PC or PMMA material.

“Regarding the electronic card capable of light-emitting display, the first light-penetrable panel and the second light-penetrable panel are coupled together by a light-penetrable coupling portion, and the light-penetrable coupling portion corresponds in position to the light-penetrable border portion and connects to a periphery of the light-guiding module.

“Regarding the electronic card capable of light-emitting display, the light-emitting module has at least one light-emitting component disposed on a surface of the circuit control carrier plate, and the light-guiding module has a through hole for receiving the light-emitting component.

“Regarding the electronic card capable of light-emitting display, at least one light masking portion is disposed on another surface of the circuit control carrier plate and under the light-emitting component.

“Therefore, the disclosure provides an electronic card capable of light-emitting display and advantageously characterized in that, in the course of the personal data or transaction data exchange carried out with the card body, the electrical control module drives the light-emitting module to emit light, and then the light is guided by the light-guiding module to the light-penetrable border portion, allowing the oblique refraction portion to increase display light brightness. Therefore, the card body displays data exchange information to not only give a reminder but also render the electronic card pleasing in appearance.”

The claims supplied by the inventors are:

“1. An electronic card capable of light-emitting display, comprising: a card body with a light-penetrable border portion disposed on a periphery of the card body and an oblique refraction portion disposed on a surface of the light-penetrable border portion; an electrical control module disposed in the card body and comprising a circuit control carrier plate and a non-contact type radio-frequency antenna or a contact type communication chip, the non-contact type radio-frequency antenna being disposed at the circuit control carrier plate, or the contact type communication chip being disposed at the circuit control carrier plate; a light-emitting module disposed in the card body and electrically connected to the circuit control carrier plate; and a light-guiding module disposed in the card body, corresponding in position to the light-emitting module, and adapted to guide light of the light-emitting module to the light-penetrable border portion of the card body.

“2. The electronic card capable of light-emitting display according to claim 1, wherein the card body comprises a first light-penetrable panel, a first shading portion, a second light-penetrable panel and a second shading portion, the first light-penetrable panel being coupled to the second light-penetrable panel, the first shading portion being disposed at the first light-penetrable panel, and the second shading portion being disposed at the second light-penetrable panel, wherein the oblique refraction portion is disposed at the first light-penetrable panel, wherein the electrical control module, the light-emitting module and the light-guiding module are disposed between the first light-penetrable panel and the second light-penetrable panel.

“3. The electronic card capable of light-emitting display according to claim 2, wherein the first shading portion is smaller than the first light-penetrable panel, and the second shading portion is smaller than the second light-penetrable panel, allowing the light-penetrable border portion to form on the periphery of the card body.

“4. The electronic card capable of light-emitting display according to claim 2, wherein the light-guiding module is disposed between the first shading portion and the second shading portion and made of transparent PVC, PET, PC or PMMA material.

“5. The electronic card capable of light-emitting display according to claim 2, wherein the first light-penetrable panel and the second light-penetrable panel are coupled together by a light-penetrable coupling portion, and the light-penetrable coupling portion corresponds in position to the light-penetrable border portion and connects to a periphery of the light-guiding module.

“6. The electronic card capable of light-emitting display according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting module has at least one light-emitting component disposed on a surface of the circuit control carrier plate, and the light-guiding module has a through hole for receiving the light-emitting component.

“7. The electronic card capable of light-emitting display according to claim 6, wherein at least one light masking portion is disposed on another surface of the circuit control carrier plate and under the light-emitting component.”

URL and more information on this patent application, see: CHEN, JUNG-HSIU; LIU, JEN-HSIANG. Electronic Card Capable Of Light-Emitting Display. U.S. Patent Application Number 20230409860, filed December 14, 2022 and posted December 21, 2023. Patent URL (for desktop use only): https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(20230409860)&db=US-PGPUB&type=ids

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