KR100883587B1 - Intelligent toy and control method there of - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is capable of transmitting and receiving data using mutual infrared communication, and at the same time can play music, receive input through the user's contact, grow in accordance with the input conditions, each step in accordance with the growth stage consisting of four steps It outputs a different sound, and if it is judged that the user is not interested, it makes a painful sound (e.g. cough), and when it is hungry, it becomes hungry and at the same time outputs a hungry sound. To provide a new way of intelligent toys to the action.

Toys, intelligent, infrared, singing, communication

Description

Intelligent toy and control method there of}

1 is a schematic diagram showing the body configuration and hunger status display of intelligent toys according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the body configuration and the load state display of the intelligent toy according to the present invention.

3 is a functional block diagram of an intelligent toy in the present invention

Figure 4 is an illustration of a sensor and a switch of the intelligent toy according to the present invention.

5 is a functional block diagram of a control unit of the intelligent toy according to the present invention.

6 is a control mode block diagram of an intelligent toy according to the present invention;

7 is a flowchart of a growth control mode of an intelligent toy according to the present invention;

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: body 2: head

3: neck 4: semi-circular plate

5: battery 10: sensor and switch

11: tail sensor 12: head sensor

13: hand sensor 14: foot sensor

15: mouth sensor 20: control unit

21: input detection unit 22: infrared communication control unit

23: state determination unit 24: growth control and main control unit

25: voice tone control unit 26: output control unit

30: infrared communication unit 40: audio output unit

50: speaker 60: memory

70: hunger / full stomach display device 80: power supply

90: motion indicator

The present invention relates to toys, and more particularly, to an intelligent toy that communicates with each other by infrared communication, and induces and manages the interest by representing a variety of information and a variety of information according to the sound or lamp and appearance. .

Existing intelligent toys have a simple repetitive operation with a built-in voice or sound recording semiconductor, and even if a micro-processor is embedded, it is limited to complicated operations due to the limitation of processing speed or software capacity. There was. Users can run the entire programmed action once in a short time, and then they are easily fed up because the action is predictable. As a result, the name 'intelligence' was simply colorless, which played a role as a play for young children.

The present invention is capable of transmitting and receiving data using mutual infrared communication, and at the same time can play music, receive input through the user's contact, grow in accordance with the input conditions, each step in accordance with the growth stage consisting of four steps It outputs a different sound, and if it is judged that the user is not interested, it makes a painful sound (e.g. cough), and when it is hungry, it becomes hungry and at the same time outputs a hungry sound. To provide a new way of intelligent toys to the action.

Intelligent toys according to the present invention,

Various sensors or switches are installed for sound output and singing according to the state detection, and after a certain time, the hunger is reduced as a hunger display, and when the feeding operation is carried out using the sensor, the stomach is bulged and displayed. Provide one intelligent toys to help.

Intelligent toys according to the present invention,

In the toy consisting of the outer shell with the fiber or plastic outer shell for the toy body,

A plurality of sensors and switches installed on each part of the toy to detect when the user presses, hits, strokes or eats the toy;

An infrared communication means installed at a specific portion of the toy for infrared communication with other toys;

A speaker installed at the body of the toy and configured to output melody, voice, and sound;

A battery and a power circuit mounted inside the body of the toy to supply operating power to each part;

Status display means for displaying an operational state of the toy;

A hunger / hunger display device installed on the belly of the toy body to be in close contact with the body when the hunger is displayed and protrude outward from the body when the hunger is displayed;

Detect the state of the plurality of sensors and switches, the state of the other party's toy according to communication with other toys through the infrared communication unit, and the sound, melody and voice according to a predetermined pattern form according to a predetermined time and the state detection A control unit for outputting and controlling growth according to stages, and controlling the hunger / hunger display device according to a predetermined time and food feeding detection;

A memory for storing various sounds and MIDI files for outputting songs and voices for each of the plurality of songs, and a program for the overall control operation of the toy; Characterized in that comprises a.

In addition, the intelligent toy control method according to the present invention,

A growth control mode for controlling voice tones while growing into infants, children, adolescents, and adults by accumulating the number of changes in the hunger / hunger state and growing the first stage by a predetermined number or more and a predetermined condition;

When a certain time elapses, the hunger / hunger display control mode controls the hunger display, recognizes the feeding behavior by the sensor, controls the hunger display, and controls the sound output according to the state in the hunger and the feeding state. ;

A virus control mode for setting a virus mode to control a pain sound and a song interruption and performing a treatment mode according to management such as stroking or touching when a function such as being left on an empty stomach for a long time or hitting is activated two or more times;

An infrared communication mode for infra-red communication with other toys to control singing according to different toy states, beat sound output, virus reduction, laughter, and the like;

It characterized by including a state control mode for output control of the sound or singing, etc. according to the detection state of the various sensors.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram showing the body configuration and hungry state display of the intelligent toy according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the body configuration and hungry state display of the intelligent toy according to the present invention, Figure 3 is the present invention On is a functional block diagram of intelligent toys.

As shown in the figure, a hunger / hunger display device 70 is installed at the belly of the toy body 1, and the hunger / hunger display device 70 racks a predetermined semicircular plate 4 therein. The pinion gear and the motor (M) are configured to be controlled by the protrusion or pull control. Of course, it is not comprised of a rack pinion gear and a motor, but can also be comprised so that the semicircular plate 4 may be controlled by protrusion / pull by a solenoid.

And, the body 1 is provided with a speaker 50, the neck (3) between the head (2) and the body (1) as a switch for detecting the stroke state by the spring and the contact bar inside the spring Configure.

In addition, a controller device constituting the functional block of FIG. 3 is installed in the body 1 together with a power supply device including the battery 5.

In addition, the toy of the present invention does not display its appearance, but the two eyes are installed in the head 2, the infrared receiver and the transmitter are installed in the eyes, the sensors are installed in the hands, feet and rings, and the sensor is also in the mouth. Install it. A magnet sensor is installed in the mouth to recognize that the magnet is placed close to it and to recognize the feeding condition.

In addition, although the outer shape is not shown in the figure, the outer shell may be made of fibers, leather, or the like as a stuffed toy, or may be constructed by assembling a plastic injection case.

As shown in Figure 3, the intelligent toy according to the present invention, in a toy made of a skin or a plastic outer shell with respect to the toy body,

A plurality of sensors and switches (10) installed on each part of the toy to detect when the user presses, hits, strokes or eats the toy;

An infrared communication unit (30) installed at a specific portion of the toy for infrared communication with other toys;

An audio output unit 40 for outputting melody, voice, and sound through the speaker 50 installed in the body 1 of the toy;

A battery and a power circuit 80 mounted inside the body of the toy to supply operating power to each part;

A status indicator (90) for displaying an operational state of the toy;

A hunger / hunger display device 70 installed on the belly of the toy body to be in close contact with the body when the hunger is displayed and protrude outward from the body when the hunger is displayed;

The state of the plurality of sensors and the switch 10, the state of the other party's toys according to communication with other toys through the infrared communication unit 30, the sound according to a predetermined time and the pattern pattern predetermined according to the state detection In addition, the control unit 20 for outputting the melody and voice, and control the growth step by step, and controls the hunger / full stomach display device 70 in accordance with a predetermined time and food detection and

A memory 60 for storing various sounds and MIDI files for outputting songs and voices for each of the plurality of songs in stages and for storing a program for the overall control operation of the toy; It is configured to include.

The sensor and the switch, as shown in Figure 4, by installing a piezoelectric sensor, the tail switch 11 for detecting the state to hold the tail or hit the toy, and the head (2) is installed in the head (2) Head switch 12 for detecting the state of stroking), a hand switch 13 installed in the hand of the toy to make the singing operation when the hand is pressed, and installed on the foot of the toy detect the tickling foot The foot sensor 14 to recognize the tickle function when receiving a signal of a predetermined frequency and the mouth sensor 15 is installed on the mouth of the toy to detect the state of approaching the magnet feature from the outside to detect the feeding state It is configured to include.

5 is a detailed view of the controller of the intelligent toy according to the present invention, the input sensing unit 21 for sensing the input of the sensor and the switch unit 10, the infrared communication control unit 22 for controlling the infrared communication, and various State determination unit 23 for determining the state according to the input state and time, etc., growth control for hunger / hunger display control, control of sound and melody output for each state, and infrared communication control And a main control unit 24, a voice tone control unit 25 for adjusting voice tones for each growth stage, and an output control unit 26 for audio output control.

In addition, the intelligent toy control method according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 6, by accumulating the number of changes in the hunger / hungry state grows one step by more than a set number of times and a predetermined condition, infants A growth control mode (S100) for controlling voice tones while growing into children, adolescents, and adults; When a certain time elapses, the hunger / hunger display control mode for controlling the hunger display, recognizing the feeding behavior by the sensor, and controlling the hunger display, and controlling the sound output according to the state in the hunger and the feeding state ( S200); When left unfastened or hitted for 2 hours or more, the virus control mode is set to the virus mode to control the pain sound and song interruption, and to perform the treatment mode according to management such as stroking or touching (S300). )Wow; Infrared communication mode (S400) for performing an infrared communication with other toys to control the singing, beat sound output, virus reduction, laughter, etc. according to the status of the other toys; It includes a state control mode (S500) for controlling the output sound or singing according to the detection state of the various sensors.

The present invention configured as described above will first be described in the state control mode (S500) as follows. Tail switch (11) is installed on the tail of the toy, press the tail, the hitting function is activated, the hitting function restores the built-in sound source divided by the sound of the pain of the toy step by step when the impact is applied from the outside Sound is output through.

In addition, the head sensor 12, which is a spring sensor, is installed at the part (neck) that connects the head and the body of the toy, and functions as a switch when the external spring and the iron core are touched, which makes the head stroking inside the stuffed toy. When the response is input to make a pleasant sound. This function acts as an effective input to treat if the toy is infected with a virus (a condition that sounds like a cold).

In addition, a hand switch 13 is installed in the left hand of the toy, and pressing the left hand activates the singing function. 6 songs are built into the memory 60 at each stage, and the sound is synthesized by synthesizing the voice tone specialized for the MIDI file. So you can call.

The foot sensor 14 is installed on the right foot of the toy, and when a signal of a certain frequency is received, the tickling function is activated. The tickling function detects the surface contact of the user's skin when the sensor is moved from the outside. When input, it outputs a smile sound. This function acts as an effective input to treat if the toy is infected with a virus (a condition that sounds like a cold).

The mouth sensor 15, which is a magnetic sensor, is installed at the mouth of the head of the toy, and performs a function of eating when the food model (bottle) in close contact with the magnet is in close contact. This function outputs the sound of eating when the input is continued when the toy is generated, the sound of hungry, and if the input of eating more than 8 seconds to drive the built-in motor of Fig. 1 The part moves forward and expresses the fullness. The hungry state is shown in FIG. 1, and the hungry state is shown in FIG. 2.

In addition, an IR receiver, that is, an infrared communication means 30, is installed under the left eye of the head of the toy, and receives infrared communication from the transmitter of another toy, and transmits and receives infrared rays to each other.

Speaker 50 is built into the body of the toy according to the present invention outputs a voice signal according to the growth stage (4 stages of growth in total) when various inputs occur.

The motor is built into the front of the toy's torso, and when the eating function is satisfied, the stomach is swollen and the stomach is reduced when it is switched to an empty stomach. (Fig. 1, Fig. 2) Also, the lower part of the toy's head under the right eye An IR transmitter is connected to the receiver to make infrared communication toward the receiver.

As a main function, when the tail switch 11 is activated, the speaker 50 outputs a pain or annoying sound. When the head switch 12 is activated, a sound indicating that the mood is improved through the speaker 50 is output. When the hand switch (13) is activated, the speaker plays a single-tone MIDI melody synthesized with Voice Tone, switches to the fasting state after the melody is finished, and the built-in motor is driven The area is reduced.

When the foot switch 14 is activated, it outputs a laugh sound indicating tickling through the speaker, and when the mouth sensor 15 is activated, it outputs a meal sound through the speaker. Make your abdomen swell.

In addition, when the dialogue switch is activated, the dialogue function is activated through the speaker, and when the dialogue switch is activated while the melody function is activated, it plays a beat box track by detecting the performance of another device.

On the other hand, the growth control mode (S100), as shown in Figure 7, through the growth stage of a total of four stages (infants-children-adolescents-adults) to change the voice tone (Voice Tone) for each growth stage.

Five fasting meals must be activated for each level for each level up. When you play a song, you are in a hungry state (hungry), and after performing the eating function, the state becomes satisfactory and the stomach part protrudes. Fasting and gratification are repeated five or more times, and sleep is performed to allow the stage to grow. When left on an empty stomach for a long time, a voice that expresses hunger such as “쩝쩝” is output.

Virus control mode (S300),

When left on an empty stomach for a long time, or when the hitting function is activated more than two times, it is converted from the normal state to the virus state. In case of a virus state, after each S / W input, the speaker outputs hiccups, coughs or farts through the speaker. In addition, in a virus state, level up is not possible, and when communicating with other devices through IR, the state of other devices is also transmitted to the virus state. When the play function of the head switch 11 or the tickle function of the foot switch 14 is activated three or more times in the virus state, the function is regarded as a therapeutic function to return to the normal state.

The conversation function,

There are 40 different voices and 10 different laughters in each stage. When toy 1 and toy 2 communicate with each other, a conversation function occurs. The conversation contents are randomly selected from a total of 7 voices, 5 voices and 7 laughs. (Example: 5 voices, 2 sounds: 6 voices, 1 sound: 7 voices, 0 sounds)

At the end of one conversation of toy No. 1, the conversation of toy No. 2 starts and talks to each other repeatedly.

Melody function (singing function),

A total of 17 melodies can be played in five stages of each stage, and one song between the upper and lower stages is compatible. If you communicate IR with toy # 2 during the melody of toy # 1, toy # 2 will play the beat box in accordance with the music of toy # 1. When two toys are connected to each other through IR communication and the hand switch (13) is activated on toy 1, the toy switches from melody play to beat box play, and then toy 2 automatically switches from beat box play to melody play. do.

If the hand switch of toy 1 and toy 2 is activated at the same time with IR communication, play starts simultaneously.If toy 1 communicates through toy 2 while toy 1 is playing, toy 2 is 1 Synchronize with the toy (Synchro) to check the performance of toy No. 1, track the position and play. If toy 1 is activated at level 3 and toy 2 is at level 1 and IR communication is activated, toy 2 is activated at level 1 with toy 1 Due to the accompaniment, the sound of laughter is output instead of the accompaniment. On the contrary, if the melody function of toy 2, which is low in level, is activated, toy 1 can be accompanied to the lower level.

In the state control mode, the normal state can be leveled up. The voice of the normal state is output when the voice is output. In the state of lack of affection, level up is possible, and when outputting voice, it outputs annoying sound after outputting normal voice. As for the virus state, level up is impossible and the voice of the virus state is output when the voice is output.

As described in detail above, the present invention, by installing the sensing means in the toy to require management, and displays the state as a sound or hunger / hunger state according to the management state more effective and intriguing effect There is. In addition, the present invention allows the user to output a voice change according to the growth stage as the stage grows, and also interesting to the user with various outputs such as sick sound, hungry sound, pleasant sound, laughter sound, singing beat box output, etc. according to the degree of user interest. There is an effect that can cause. In addition, the present invention also has the effect of performing a complex function by allowing each state function to be performed by mutual synchronization in the infrared communication with other toys.

Claims (3)

delete In the toy consisting of the outer shell with the fiber or plastic outer shell for the toy body, A plurality of sensors and switches installed on each part of the toy to detect when the user presses, hits, strokes or eats the toy; An infrared communication unit installed at a specific portion of the toy for infrared communication with another toy; A speaker installed at the body of the toy and configured to output melody, voice, and sound; A battery and a power circuit mounted inside the body of the toy to supply operating power to each part; Status display means for displaying an operational state of the toy; It is installed on the ship part of the toy body, the predetermined semi-circular plate is controlled in a protruding or pulled state by the rack pinion gear and the motor (M) from the inside to be in close contact with the body at the time of hunger display, and outward from the body at the time of hunger display A protruding hunger / hunger display; Detect the state of the plurality of sensors and switches, the state of the other party's toy according to communication with other toys through the infrared communication unit, and the sound, melody and voice according to a predetermined pattern form according to a predetermined time and the state detection A control unit for outputting and controlling growth according to stages, and controlling the hunger / hunger display device according to a predetermined time and food feeding detection; A memory for storing various sounds and MIDI files for outputting songs and voices for each of the plurality of songs, and a program for the overall control operation of the toy; Intelligent toys, characterized in that configured to include. A predetermined semicircular plate is installed on the belly portion of the toy body, and the hunger / dummy display device controls the semicircular plate to protrude or pull by the rack pinion gear and the motor M in the body, and is installed on each part of the toy. And a plurality of sensors and switches for detecting when the user presses, hits, strokes, or eats the toy, and based on a signal and a predetermined program of the sensors and switches, A control unit for controlling a toy is installed in the body of the toy, and the control unit controls the operation and the state by a predetermined program based on the toy state detection. A growth control mode that accumulates the number of changes in the hunger / hunger condition and controls the voice tone by step-by-step control to infants, children, adolescents, and adults according to a preset number of times and a predetermined condition; When a certain time elapses, the hunger / hunger display control mode controls the hunger display, recognizes the feeding behavior by the sensor, controls the hunger display, and controls the sound output according to the state in the hunger and the feeding state. ; If the function of fasting or hitting is activated twice or more for a long time, the virus control mode is set to the virus mode to output the pain sound, the control is stopped by the song, and the treatment mode is performed according to the stroking or touching management. ; An infrared communication mode in which infrared communication with other toys is performed to control singing, bit sound output, virus reduction, and laughter according to the status of other toys; Intelligent toy control method comprising the control including a state control mode for controlling the output of the sound or singing according to the detection state of the various sensors.

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