KR200246143Y1 - Lighting toy sword - Google Patents

Abstract

By using Electro-Luminescent wire (EL wire), it can provide uniform light with low power consumption and provide special sound effect according to the movement of the blade to provide more fun to users. The light-emitting toy knife supplies power to the handle 32, a blade 36 made of a material extending from the handle and transmitting light, an electroluminescent ray 42 installed in the blade to emit light by electric power, and an electroluminescent ray. A power source 38, a power switch 39 for controlling the on / off operation of the power source, and a control unit 40 connected between the power source and the electron emission line to control the electron emission line.

Description

Luminous Toy Swords {LIGHTING TOY SWORD}

The present invention relates to a toy knife, and more specifically, it is possible to provide uniform light with low power consumption by using an electroluminescent wire (EL wire), and according to the movement of the blade, a special sound effect It provides a light emitting toy knife that can provide more fun to the user.

Toys or toys are essential tools for emotional and muscle development in children's growth, especially toy knives, which help to develop the child's arm muscles, relieve mental tension and strengthen concentration.

However, since toy swords have their origins in weapons of destruction, they often worry about harming their children's education. Therefore, in recent years, a lot of products have been released to make a toy knife so that children using the knife can enjoy fun without taming violence by adding special effects such as light or sound unlike the actual knife.

Light-emitting toy knives generally have a structure for inserting a light bulb into a translucent hollow blade. This structure causes the light of the bulb to shine through the translucent hollow blade, so that the user looks like the toy knife emits opaque light as a whole.

However, since the light emitting source of the toy knife is made of point emitting light, the light emitted through the blade is not uniform, and the light forms a circular band around the light emitting source. Therefore, the toy knife by the point light emitting does not give the user a feeling of shining at the blade at all, and the fun of using the toy knife is halved by being aware that the light bulb is contained in the blade.

In order to overcome this problem, a toy knife has been released in which many light bulbs are arranged in a row. Such a structure allows light to be emitted more uniformly throughout the blade, but in fact, light emitted from light sources arranged in a line does not have a completely uniform illuminance throughout the blade, and is also structurally complicated. The disadvantage is that too much power is consumed to drive a plurality of bulbs.

Also disclosed are techniques for providing special sound effects to toy knives. The method of providing a sound effect is mainly used to store a specific sound in the memory, and then repeatedly provide a constant sound effect in accordance with the user's switch operation.

However, repeating a certain sound effect like this is actually made irrelevant to the movement of the toy knife, and thus does not provide special fun to the user.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and the light emitting toy knife that allows the user to enjoy greater joy by emitting a uniform light throughout the blade and giving a unique sound effect according to the movement of the blade. The purpose is to provide.

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention to serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a light-emitting toy knife according to the present invention

2 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of an electroluminescent ray used in the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of a light-emitting toy knife according to the present invention.

4 is a block diagram showing an example of a control unit applied to the light emitting toy knife of FIG.

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10,30.Glow-up toy knife 12,32.Handle 16,36.

18,38 Power Source 20,40 Control Unit 22,42 Electroluminescent Light

39. Power switch 44. Motion sensor 46. Shock sensor

50. Speaker 60. Inverter 62. Sound control circuit

64. Light emission control circuit 66. Sound memory

In order to achieve the above object, the light-emitting toy knife according to the present invention is a handle, a blade made of a material that transmits light and is transmitted from the handle, is installed in the blade of the electro-luminescent wire that emits light by electric power EL wire), a power supply for supplying power to the electroluminescent ray, a power switch for controlling on / off operation of the power source, and a control unit connected between the power source and the electroluminescent ray to control the electroluminescent ray.

Preferably, the blade is provided with a motion detection unit for detecting the movement of the blade, the control unit is an inverter for adjusting the voltage and current from the power source suitable for the electron emission line, the sound data for the sound effect is stored A sound memory and a sound control circuit for converting the sound data stored in the sound memory in accordance with the motion detected by the motion detection unit to output the sound.

In this case, the motion detection unit may include a movement detection sensor for detecting the movement of the specific direction of the blade and an impact sensor for detecting the impact of the blade hits another object.

In addition, the controller may further include a light emission control circuit for adjusting the flashing method or the brightness of the electron emission line according to the motion detected by the motion detection unit.

In addition, the blade is preferably composed of a plurality of overlapping blade pieces can be adjusted in length.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors will properly interpret the concept of terms in order to best explain their own design. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations,

1 is a view showing the configuration of a light-emitting toy knife according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1, the light emitting toy knife 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention consists of a handle 12 and a blade 16 extending from the handle 12 as a whole. In addition, between the handle 12 and the blade 16 is provided with a handle protector 14, commonly referred to as a shield, the handle protector 14 is not necessarily required to be installed, the handle protection in the description of the present invention The portion 14 is understood to be a concept included in the handle 12.

The handle 12 is hollow and has an approximately cylindrical shape. In the empty interior of the handle 12, a power source 18 is installed. The power source 18 may be a general battery, a mercury battery, or the like, and is not limited to a specific form. In addition, the power source 18 does not necessarily have to be installed in the handle 12, and the installation position may be changed as appropriate.

In addition, the handle 12 may be formed to open and close the lid 13, the lid 13 is preferably configured to be fixed by pressing the power source 18 in a closed state.

The blade 16 is made of a material through which light is transmitted, and an electroluminescent wire (EL wire) 22 emitting light by the power source 18 is installed therein. Of course, the electron emission beams 22 are electrically connected to the power source 18.

One general example of such an electroluminescent ray is shown in cross section in FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 2, the electron emission line includes a dielectric layer 3, a semiconductor layer or an EL layer 4, a transparent electrode 5 having a thin solid line, and a barrier layer 6 around the center electrode 2. The outer layer is surrounded by a transparent PVC layer (7). In this structure, when alternating current is applied to the anodes of the solid lines in the center electrode 2 and the transparent electrode 5, the semiconductor layer 4 located between the anodes emits light around the lines while emitting light. The barrier layer 6 serves to block ultraviolet rays and prevent the penetration of moisture.

Since the electron emission line 22 emits light in all directions from the entire line without disconnection of light, it can emit light evenly throughout the blade 16, and does not generate heat when emitting light so that it is electrically stable and fired. The advantage is that there is no risk. In addition, the electroluminescent beam 22 is durable and light, so that when inserted into the blade 18, there is little trouble and there is no burden for children to use. In addition, the electroluminescent ray 22 consumes little power and thus operates for a long time even with a portable power source such as a general battery.

Referring back to FIG. 1, a control unit 20 is installed between the power source 18 and the electron emission line 22. The control unit 20 includes an inverter for converting a DC current of the power supply 18 provided to the electron emission line 22 into an alternating current and a boosting circuit for matching the voltage of the power supply 18 to the electron emission line. In general, since the electron light emitting line 22 has a kind of condenser structure, it emits light only in an alternating current and requires an appropriate level of voltage for light emission. Therefore, the inverter and the booster circuit must be installed together when the electron light emitting line 22 is used. do.

The light emitting toy knife 10 is uniformly radiated by the electroluminescent ray 22 installed in the blade 16 by the power source 18, the light is transmitted to the outside through the blade 16. Therefore, the entire blade 16 is evenly radiated, and when used in a dark place gives the impression that the entire blade is made of light.

3 shows a light-emitting toy knife according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The light emitting toy knife of this embodiment has a form in which more functions are added as compared with the previous embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, the light emitting toy knife 30 according to the present embodiment has a configuration including a handle 32, a handle protector 34, and a blade 36 as the previous embodiment. The handle protector 34 is understood to be part of the handle 32.

The power supply 38 is installed in the handle 32, and the handle lid 33 is fixed by pressing the power supply 38 in a closed state. In addition, the handle 32 is provided with a power switch 39 for controlling the on / off operation of the power supply 38, the installation position of the power switch 39 is not limited to a specific place.

Inside the blade 36, the electron emission line 42 is inserted as in the previous embodiment, and the motion detection unit is installed in addition to the electron emission line. The motion detection unit consists of various sensors for detecting the movement of the toy knife.

First, the movement detection sensor 44 for detecting the movement of the blade 36 is installed in the position near the end of the blade 36, that is, a lot of movement. The movement detecting sensor 44 detects the vertical movement, the horizontal movement, the forward and backward movement of the blade 36 and sends a signal to the controller 40 when the user simulates swinging or stabbing a toy knife. do. The controller 40 also performs a function such as sound effect or light emission control according to the signal of the sensor.

As the movement detecting sensor 44, a device that detects movement by putting a movable sphere in a spherical or disc shaped body having a plurality of contacts on the rim and touching the contact while the sphere is moving, or by using an elastic blade 36 It is also possible to use a method to measure the acceleration of the movement. Of course, in addition to this there is a variety of ways to detect the movement of the blade 36, is not limited to any particular example.

In addition, the blade 36 is provided with an impact sensor 48. The impact sensor 48 detects an impact in which the blade 36 collides with another object and sends a signal to the controller 40. In this case, in order to detect the impact of the impact sensor 48, the air tube 46 may be installed at the side end of the blade 36, and a method of detecting the pressure change of the air tube 46 may be used. Of course, the impact detection method of the impact sensor 48 is not limited thereto, and various modifications are possible.

In addition, the light emitting toy knife 30 according to the present embodiment may be provided with a speaker 50 for transmitting the sound to the outside. The speaker 50 is preferably small and can be installed at any position where it can provide excellent sound effects to the user. In the figure, as an example, the speaker 50 is illustrated as being installed at the side end of the handle protector 34.

The controller 40 is preferably installed in the handle 32, and is composed of an inverter for driving the electron emission line 42 and a plurality of circuits for sound control and light emission control. The detailed configuration of the controller 40 is shown well in FIG.

Looking at the configuration and overall operation of the control unit 40 installed in the light emitting toy knife 30 according to the present embodiment with reference to FIG.

First, when the user turns on the power switch 39, power from the power source 38 is supplied to the electron emission line 42 through the inverter 60. At this time, the inverter 60 is provided with a converter for converting the DC current from the power supply 38 into alternating current and a boosting circuit for matching the voltage of the power supply 38 to the electron emission line 42, and other configuration diagrams. Of course it is possible.

Once the power switch 39 is turned on, since the electric current is supplied to the electron emission line 42, the toy knife 30 is in a state of emitting light. In this state, when the user moves the toy knife 30, the movement detecting sensor 44 detects the movement of the blade 36 and sends a detection signal to the control unit 40. Then, the sound control circuit 62 of the controller 40 extracts and processes the sound data corresponding to the input detection signal from the plurality of sound data stored in the sound memory 66 and sends the sound signal to the speaker 50. The speaker 50 converts the corresponding sound signal into sound to give a sound effect.

In this case, the movement detecting sensor 44 may transmit different signals by dividing the moving direction of the blade 36, and may produce different sound effects according to each signal. For example, when the user moves the blade 36 in the left and right direction, it produces a sound effect as if cutting a knife, and moves the blade 36 in the up and down direction, making a sound like a beating of the knife, in front of the blade 36. If you move in the direction of the sound is like a stabbing knife.

In addition, when the user moves the knife and hits another knife or other object, the impact sensor 48 detects this and sends a signal to the control unit 40, the sound control circuit 62 of the control unit 40 as described above By the same operation, the speaker 50 produces an appropriate sound effect.

In this case, various sound effects may be stored in the sound memory 66. One type of sound data may be stored for various signals provided from each sensor, or the same signal may be repeated by storing various sound data for the same signal. Thus, when inputted, a plurality of sound data corresponding to the signal may be sequentially or randomly transmitted to provide more various sound effects.

The controller 40 may also be provided with a light emission control circuit 64. The light emission control circuit 64 serves to modify or adjust the light emission method of the electron emission line 42 according to a detection signal transmitted from a motion detection unit such as the movement detection sensor 44 or the impact detection sensor 48. In this case, a method of controlling the light emitting method of the electron light emitting ray may be performed by flashing the electron light emitting ray 42 using a blinking circuit, and controlling the brightness by adjusting the voltage or current of the power provided to the electron light emitting ray 42. Methods and the like can be used.

When the light emitting method is adjusted in this way, for example, when the user swung the blade 36 harder, the light is brightened, or when the blade 36 strikes another object, the electron light ray 42 blinks to make the blade flash. It is possible to give the user more enjoyment.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and is intended by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Various modifications and variations can be made within the equivalent scope of the utility model registration claims to be described.

For example, the blade of the luminous toy knife can be made in the form of an antenna that can be superimposed to carry the size of the handle as usual, and the blade can be pulled out for use. At this time, the plurality of blade pieces constituting the blade may be inserted in whole or part into the blade in a state overlapping each other, it may be fixed by a locking piece or the like so as not to be separated from each other in the maximum drawn state.

In addition, such a configuration can be made automatically by installing a separate accessory inside, for example, when the user presses only one button, the blade may be spontaneously stretched, and at the same time, it may be transformed into a shape shining by the electron emission line.

The light emitting toy knife according to the present invention configured as described above can give the user the fun as if using a real light sword since the light is uniformly radiated through the entire blade by using the light emitting electron light emitting line.

In addition, by using a plurality of sensors to detect the movement of the blade can provide a variety of sound effects according to the user's operation, at the same time by adjusting the power supplied to the electronic light emitting beam to make the blade flash according to the user's operation It can provide a variety of audio-visual effects, such as intense light.

Claims (5)

Handle 32; A blade 36 made of a material extending from the handle and transmitting light; An electroluminescent wire (EL wire) 42 installed in the blade and emitting light by electric power; A power source 38 for providing power to the electroluminescent ray; A power switch 39 for controlling on / off operation of the power source; And Light emitting toy knife, characterized in that it comprises a control unit 40 is connected between the power source and the electron emitting beam for controlling the electron emitting beam. The method of claim 1, The blade is provided with a motion detection unit for detecting the movement of the blade, The control unit, An inverter (60) suitable for adjusting the voltage and current from the power source to the electron emission line; A sound memory 66 in which sound data for sound effects are stored; And And a sound control circuit (62) for converting and outputting sound data stored in the sound memory according to the motion detected by the motion detection unit (62). The method of claim 2, wherein the motion detection unit, A movement detecting sensor 44 for detecting movement of the blade in a specific direction; And Light-emitting toy knife, characterized in that it comprises an impact sensor for detecting the impact of the blade hits another object. The method of claim 2 or 3, The controller further comprises a light emission control circuit (64) for controlling the flashing method or the brightness of the electron emission line according to the motion detected by the motion detection unit. The method of claim 1, The blade is a light emitting toy knife, characterized in that the length is adjustable is composed of a plurality of overlapping blade pieces.