JP2008289583A - System and method of electronic pet making users' living habit reflectable on it and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method which can make a pet raised by different users develop varied personalities while enabling the reflection of users' living habits on it. <P>SOLUTION: The system of the electronic pet which enables the reflection of users' living habits can make the pet raised by different users develop varied personalities. The electronic pet system comprises a parameter collection module, a parameter database and a parameter setting module. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic pet, and more specifically to an electronic pet that can grow according to a user's operating habits.

  With the advancement of science and technology, the divergence between people advances, and “personalized interaction” has become stronger as the development of the trend of electronic pets. “Electronic chickens” are representative of the first generation of interactive electronic pets, but can no longer meet market demands due to their tedious and routine behavior.

  “Electronic pets” do not pollute the environment or inconvenience others, so “electronic pets” can replace real pets where pets are prohibited. . Therefore, breeding of “electronic pets” is not prohibited, and a person who adopts “electronic pets” can experience breeding pets.

Currently, electronic pets have the ability to react when talking, computing, cute gestures, burping, petting, or even caring for the elderly.
Traditional pet types include chickens, cats, dogs, rabbits, frogs, bats, lizards, fairies, electronic flowers, robots, and all that are found.

Every year, more than 100 kinds of electronic toys are put on the market, and more than 10 kinds of them are interactive electronic pets.
However, the built-in pet parameters of the conventional electronic pet cannot reflect the characteristics of the user. Therefore, pets raised by different users have the same habit and cannot reflect the individuality of the user.

  Accordingly, there is provided a system and method for an electronic pet that can reflect a user's lifestyle, and that allows a pet raised by a different user to have various personalities and reflect the user's lifestyle. .

  An electronic pet system capable of reflecting a lifestyle of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a parameter collection module, a parameter database, and a parameter setting module. The parameter collection module is used to collect the growth parameters of the electronic pet, and the parameters include its work and rest time and its behavioral content (sleep, play, reading, etc.). The parameter database is used to record growth parameters associated with work and break times and their behavioral content. The parameter setting module is used to set the growth parameters of the electronic pet according to the growth collected by the parameter collection module so that the electronic pet reacts according to the growth parameters.

  An electronic pet method capable of reflecting a lifestyle of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a step of collecting growth parameters of an electronic pet including work and rest time and behavior content, and the work and rest time and behavior. Recording the growth parameters of the electronic pet associated with the content and setting the growth parameters of the electronic pet according to the collected growth so that the electronic pet reacts according to the growth parameters.

  The method disclosed in this embodiment can be implemented by using hardware, software, or firmware. When software is used, the present invention can be implemented using a recording medium having a program code. Therefore, the above processing steps can be executed.

  During the process of breeding the electronic pet, the lifestyle of the user is automatically collected according to the user's own operation, and the lifestyle is reflected through the behavior of the pet. Therefore, pets raised by different users have various personalities, and thus can reflect the user's lifestyle.

Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given below.
However, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description, the detailed description and specific examples illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention are: It should be understood that this is provided for illustrative purposes only.

  The present invention may be more fully understood from the detailed description given below by way of example only, and thus the detailed description is not intended to limit the invention.

  Detailed features and advantages of the present invention are set forth in detail as follows, and those skilled in the art can understand and practice the present invention with reference to this description. The related objects and advantages of the present invention can be easily understood in accordance with the contents disclosed in the description, the claims and the drawings.

  Referring to FIG. 1, a block diagram of an electronic pet system capable of reflecting the lifestyle of a user according to the present invention is disclosed. The system collects growth parameters of an electronic pet and organizes the collected parameters into an organization. The parameter collection module 100 includes: the collected parameters include the pet's work and rest time and its behavior, and the work and rest time collected during a period of time includes the work and rest schedule. Form.

  Pet work and break times include meal time, sleep time, break time, exercise time, and the like. The behavior content records the daily behavior of the pet and is mainly classified into a dynamic behavior and a static behavior. Dynamic behavior includes exercising, walking, playing, and the like, and static behavior includes rest, companion, sleep, and the like. Dynamic content indicates that the pet needs to move or exercise, and static content indicates that the pet needs less exercise.

  The user's lifestyle can be inferred from parameters of work and rest time and parameters of pet behavior. In one embodiment, it is assumed that the pet and the user eat at the same time every day, and if the pet eats at a fixed time every day, this indicates that the user's meal time is fixed. If the pet's mealtime is not fixed every day, it indicates that the user's mealtime is irregular or the user is very busy.

  The behavior content of the pet records its daily behavior, reflects the daily behavior of the user, and further reflects the user's preference by using the weight value. The more frequent the behavior, the higher the weight value. If the time approaches the current time, the value increases. For example, it is assumed that a pet reads 4 times, plays football 4 times and plays a game 2 times out of 10 behaviors. However, if you have played football in the last few days, it indicates that football is your current hobby.

  Therefore, the user's work and break can be reflected according to the recorded pet's work and break time, and the user's personality and habit can be reflected according to the recorded behavior of the pet.

  The parameter database 110 is used to record the growth parameters of the electronic pet. The parameters include intelligence, mutual communication ability, physical strength, biological clock, health indicator, food type, emotion indicator, attractiveness indicator, expression indicator, preference. Etc. are included. The growth parameters are associated with the pet's work and rest time and its behavioral content, and the pet reacts according to the growth parameters recorded in the pet parameter database.

  The parameter setting module 120 is used to set the growth parameters of the electronic pet recorded in the parameter database 110 according to the growth parameters collected by the parameter collection module 100 so that the electronic pet reacts according to the growth parameters.

  Further, a reminder message database 210 is further disclosed. The reminder message database 210 stores a plurality of sets of reminder messages, and each batch of reminder messages is associated with parameters of work and rest time and its behavioral content.

  According to the pet work and break time parameters, the user can recall problems related to his work and breaks. According to the pet behavior parameter, the user can recall the behavior that can be performed. In one embodiment, a pet living a regular life can remain stable and rarely get sick. However, if the user does not follow the work and break schedule set by certain period parameters for his electronic pet, the risk of the pet becoming sick may be higher. Assuming that your pet's work and break schedules reflect your lifestyle, if your pet's work and break times are irregular, your work and break times will be disrupted and you should re-arrange the situation Include a reminder message to remind the user. If a pet becomes ill due to an irregular life, we can provide suggestions for establishing a regular life, or provide illness and health problems caused by an irregular diet. it can.

  In one embodiment, a noisy environment may make a pet uncomfortable or moody for a pet living a peaceful life. In other embodiments, pets who do not like exercise are in poor health. Therefore, the behavior content of the pet reflects the personality and lifestyle of the user. If the pet behavior content reflects that the user prefers a static behavior, the reminder message can remind the user about the exercise that can be done alone. If the behavioral behavior of the pet reflects that the user does not like to exercise, the reminder message can include reminding the user about the appropriate exercise.

  The reminder module 220 is used to remind the user about the content in the reminder message database. The determination module 230 is used to determine whether the current work and break times and behavior contents correspond to the parameters set in the parameter database. If not, the reminder module 220 reminds the user about the content in the reminder message database 210 according to the determination result.

  Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a flowchart of an electronic pet method capable of reflecting a user's lifestyle according to the present invention.

  Initially, electronic pet growth parameters are collected (step 301), where the parameters include work and break time schedules and behavioral content. Thereafter, the growth parameters of the electronic pet are recorded (step 302), in which the growth parameters are associated with work and break time schedules and behavioral content. Next, the growth parameters of the electronic pet are set according to the collected growth so that the electronic pet reacts according to the growth parameters (step 303).

  A determination is made whether the current growth parameter matches the growth parameter in the growth parameter database (step 304). If the current growth parameter does not match the growth parameter in the growth parameter database, a reminder message is displayed (step 305).

  According to the system and method of the present invention, in the process of breeding an electronic pet, the user's habits are automatically collected according to the user's operation and presented by different users so as to present the user's lifestyle through the pet. The pet has various personalities and can reflect the lifestyle of the user.

  Finally, the parameter system consists of two parts. One is used to collect user's behavioral habits and convert the behavioral habits into electronic pet habits, while the other feeds back the behavior and movement of electronic pets while the pet is playing Used to make recommendations to users according to habit parameters.

  Looking at the block diagram of the system, the parameter collection module is certainly connected to the parameter setting module. However, it is possible to realize that the parameter database (parameter conversion) can be stored in the database without conversion depending on the parameters, such as daily reading time. In other words, there are two strategies for processing the collected parameters. Some types of parameters can be collected in the usual manner, such as daily wake-up times and lunch times, but other types of parameters must be converted before they can be stored in the database. For example, lifestyles of reading and exercise correspond to intelligence development parameters and constitutional health parameters, respectively.

  Having described the invention in this way, it will be apparent that the invention may be modified in many ways. Such modifications are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications that would be apparent to a person skilled in the art are included within the scope of the following claims. Is intended.

It is a block diagram of the system of the electronic pet which can reflect the user's lifestyle based on this invention. It is a flowchart of the method of the electronic pet which can reflect the user's lifestyle based on this invention.

Claims (13)

An electronic pet system that can reflect the lifestyle of users,
A parameter collection module for collecting growth parameters of an electronic pet, the growth parameters comprising a work and break time schedule and behavioral content;
A parameter database for recording the growth parameters of the electronic pet, wherein the growth parameters are associated with the work and break time schedule and the behavior content;
A parameter setting module for setting the growth parameters of the electronic pet according to the growth collected by the parameter collection module such that the electronic pet reacts according to the growth parameter.   The system of claim 1, comprising a determination module for determining whether a current growth parameter matches the growth parameter in the parameter database.   The system of claim 2, further comprising a reminder message database for storing a plurality of reminder message sets, wherein the reminder message is associated with the work and break time schedule and the behavioral content.   4. The system of claim 3, wherein if the current growth parameter does not match the growth parameter in the parameter database, the reminder module displays a message in the reminder message database.   The system according to claim 1, wherein the behavior content includes a dynamic behavior and a static behavior. A method for reflecting a user's lifestyle in an electronic pet,
Collecting electronic pet growth parameters, the parameters comprising a work and break schedule, and behavioral content;
Recording the growth parameters of the electronic pet, wherein the growth parameters are associated with the work and break time schedule and the behavior content;
Setting the growth parameters of the electronic pet according to the collected growth, such that the electronic pet responds according to the growth parameter.   The method of claim 6, further comprising a determining step for determining whether a current growth parameter matches the growth parameter in a parameter database.   If the current growth parameter does not match the growth parameter in the parameter database, a reminder message is displayed, the reminder message being associated with the work and break time schedule, and the behavior content. The method of claim 7.   The method according to claim 6, wherein the behavior content comprises a dynamic behavior and a static behavior. A recording medium,
Collecting electronic pet growth parameters, the parameters comprising a work and break schedule, and behavioral content;
Recording the growth parameters of the electronic pet, wherein the growth parameters are associated with the work and break time schedule and the behavior content;
Setting the growth parameters of the electronic pet according to the collected growth such that the electronic pet reacts according to the growth parameter;
recoding media.   The recording medium according to claim 10, comprising a determination step for determining whether a current growth parameter matches the growth parameter in the parameter database.   If the current growth parameter does not match the growth parameter in the parameter database, a reminder message is displayed, the reminder message being associated with the work and break time schedule, and the behavior content. The recording medium according to claim 11.   The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the behavior content includes a dynamic behavior and a static behavior.

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