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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
  • G09B5/00—Electrically-operated educational appliances
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
  • G09B5/00—Electrically-operated educational appliances
  • G09B5/06—Electrically-operated educational appliances with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
  • G09B5/062—Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
  • G09B7/00—Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers

Definitions

• a main objective of the invention is to provide a playful and portable educational equipment which makes it possible to achieve didactic objectives while maintaining the interest and attention of the child user long enough.
• This objective is achieved with a fun and didactic portable equipment comprising, within a housing in the form of a mobile phone, a screen, a keyboard, a speaker, an electronic chip, data storage means, in which :
• the keyboard comprises a set of dedicated keys each provided with an icon and each associated with a specific entity represented by this icon,
• the screen is configured to display a set of images and preprogrammed learning messages and stored in the data storage means
• the chip is programmed to manage a learning sequence involving the pressing of a key among the set of keys on the keyboard, the visualization on the screen of an image or a message in response to this action, and / or the transmission of a sound message of an evaluation message of the training sequence.
• the child user is in possession of a similar object to the mobile phone used by his parents and relatives, giving him a feeling of personal appreciation contributing to facilitate learning.
• the interaction between the icons associated with the keys of the keyboard and the images or messages displayed on the screen allows a quick implementation of the learning mechanisms.
• learning is better assured than existing play and educational devices, because of the diversity of messages or images of reward and punishment, which prevents the child from getting tired.
• the electronic chip is programmed to manage a download of images or messages of learning and / or evaluation, since a remote site via the radiocommunication means.
• a first learning mode comprising a visual solicitation by a message or an image displayed on the screen, to be answered by an action on one of the dedicated keys of the keyboard, followed by viewing an evaluation message generated by the microchip.
• a second learning mode comprising a first sounding request, via the loudspeaker, to act on one of the dedicated keys of the keyboard, a treatment of the actuated key, and a visualization of a message or message. an image associated with the action on said key.
• each key of the keyboard has a shape and a distinct color
• the chip is programmed to display shape and color icons corresponding to each of said keys.
• each key of the keyboard has an icon representative of a separate animal, and the microchip is programmed to display a representation of each animal associated with each key.
• each key of the keyboard includes an icon containing a distinct number, and the chip is programmed to display a representation of each number. corresponding to a key.
• each key of the keyboard has an icon containing a distinct number among a set of predetermined numbers, and the microchip is programmed to display on the screen an image of a person or representative of an entity, associated with one of said numbers and to emit a sound message associated with said person or said entity.
• the playful and portable educational equipment according to the invention may furthermore advantageously comprise radiotelephone means, as well as means for configuring the keys of the keyboard.
• the microchip can be configured to store a library of pre-loaded images and video and photographs or videos uploaded or downloaded by the child and / or parents of the child. It can also store a pre-loaded sound library, correlated with the pre-loaded video library, and sounds recorded by the child and / or the parents of the child, which it correlates so that each image or video corresponds to a sound , a series of sounds, a sentence or a series of sentences.
• This microchip can also contribute to the loading and downloading of photos, videos and sounds, series of sounds, phrase and sentence series, and is preferably compatible with all existing connection modes (cables, infrared, Bluetooth, WAP, .%) and, by simple future update, all future connection modes.
• the number and color of keys and their display of numbers and icons vary depending on the age of the child and the learning sought, and several versions can be considered.
• the keys depending on the version concerned, select the on-screen display of the images or videos and the transmission by the speaker of the correlated sound or sounds.
• the display shows, depending on the version concerned, the image or video correlated with the selected key.
• the loudspeaker depending on the version concerned, emits the sound or sounds correlated with the image or video selected by the button.
• there is a dual learning possibility from the key to the screen and from the screen to the key.
• the selection of the learning mode is done indifferently at the start of the device or during the session.
• FIG. 1 represents a first version of a portable play and educational equipment according to the invention, for learning colors and shapes.
• FIG. 2 represents a second version of a playful and portable didactic equipment according to the invention, for the learning of the knowledge of animals,
• FIG. 3 represents a third version of a portable playful and didactic equipment according to the invention, for counting learning
• FIG. 4 represents a fourth version of a portable play and educational equipment according to the invention, for learning at the dialing function of a telephone number
• FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an example of an internal structure of a portable play and educational equipment according to the invention
• FIG. 6 illustrates the operating process of a first learning mode implemented in a device. playful and didactic according to the invention
• FIG. 7 illustrates the operating process of a second learning mode implemented in a didactic equipment according to the invention.
• a first version of the invention relates to a portable play and educational equipment 1.1 designed to enable a child to learn to recognize colors and shapes.
• This equipment is in the form of a mobile phone with a main body 5.1 having a keyboard 4.1 provided with dedicated keys, and a movable portion 6 articulated relative to the main body 5.1 and having on its inner face a screen 3 and a speaker 2.
• Keys 410-415 are in small numbers, all of different shape and color.
• a first learning mode of the screen 3 to the 410-415 key is provided.
• the screen 3 of the equipment playful and didactic laptop displays an icon representing one of the shapes and colors of the keys.
• the screen 3 displays a reward, for example a smile or a specific images or videos pre-loaded or one of the photographs or videos recorded for this purpose by the parents, and the speaker 2 emits a specific pre-loaded sound or joyful sounds or a sound or phrase recorded for that purpose by the parents, for example "Bravo darling".
• the screen 3 displays a punishment, for example a grimace or a specific images or videos pre-loaded or one of the photographs or videos recorded for this purpose by the parents, and the top speaker 2 emits a specific pre-loaded sound or sad sounds or a sound or phrase recorded for that purpose by the parents, for example "No, my darling".
• the screen 2 displays a new image, and so on, until stop or change to a second learning mode
• the screen 3 of the playful and portable educational equipment 1.1 displays an icon representing a question mark.
• the speaker 2 emits the sounds corresponding to one of the forms correlated to a color that appears on one of the keys, for example "round blue".
• the child selects a key. From there, the progress of the session continues under the same conditions as in the first learning mode mentioned above, except that the reward is, in this case, the display of the right image, that on the selected key . After a while, the screen 3 displays a new question mark, and so on, until stop or switch to the first learning mode.
• a second version of a playful and portable educational equipment 1.2 according to the invention is provided for learning to recognize animals, as shown in Figure 2.
• Keys 420-425 are in small numbers, all the same shape and color, their display consisting of simple animal icons.
• the screen 3 of the equipment 1.2 displays one of the animal icons that appear on the keys. From there, the operation is the same as in the first learning mode of the first aforementioned version of recognition of colors and shapes.
• the screen 3 of the equipment playful and didactic portable 1.2 displays an icon representing a question mark.
• the speaker 2 emits the sounds corresponding to one of the forms correlated with an animal icon which appears on one of the keys, for example "meuh".
• the child selects a key. From there, the progress of the session continues under the same conditions as in the second learning mode of the first version of recognition of color and shapes.
• a third version of a playful and portable educational equipment 1.3 according to the invention aims to learn counting up to 10, with reference to Figure 3.
• the keys of the keyboard 4.3 are twelve in number, ten, all the same shape and color, and are numbered from 1 to 10.
• the other two keys 8, 9 of the keyboard 4.3 are respectively Start and Stop commands differentiated in shape, color and display, for example an M-shaped green key for the On command and a red key A-shaped for the Stop command.
• the screen 3 of the equipment playful and didactic portable 1.3 displays a number of 1 to 10 among the numbers that appear on the keys. From there, the operation is the same as in the first learning mode of the first aforementioned version of learning colors and shapes.
• the screen 3 of the equipment 1.3 displays an icon representing a question mark.
• the speaker 2 emits the sounds corresponding to a number from 1 to 10, for example "two".
• the child selects a key. From there, the progress of the session continues under the same conditions as in the second learning mode of the first version of the aforementioned learning of colors and shapes.
• the presence of keys Walk 8 and Stop 9 offers the child the opportunity to manage his learning.
• a fourth version of a playful and portable educational equipment 1.4 according to the invention is provided for learning the composition of a telephone number by means of keyboard shortcuts, with reference to FIG. 4.
• the keys There are twelve of which ten, all of the same shape and color, and are numbered from 0 to 9, arranged as on a conventional mobile phone.
• the other two keys are the Start 8 and Off 9 commands, differentiated in shape, color, and display, for example, an M-shaped green key for the Run command and an A-shaped red key for the Stop command.
• the screen 3 of the equipment playful and didactic portable 1.4 displays one of the recorded photographs representing a relative or a relative, with a number from 1 to 9, the sound message correlated to the photograph of the parent or close may be of the type: "phone to dad". From there, the course of the session continues under the same conditions as in the first learning mode of the first version of the aforementioned learning of colors and shapes.
• the screen 3 of the equipment 1.4 displays an icon representing a question mark.
• the speaker 2 emits the correlated sounds to one of the keys 1 to 9, for example: "telephone to the firefighters”.
• the child selects a key. From there, the progress of the session continues under the same conditions as in the second learning mode of the first version of the aforementioned learning of colors and shapes.
• Playful and didactic equipment according to the invention may have an internal structure as illustrated by the block diagram of FIG. 6. It then includes an electronic chip 53 coupled to a memory circuit 54 (which may also be integrated within the chip), a keyboard 4 dedicated to the specific version of the equipment, a screen 3, a power supply and storage module 52, an acoustic transducer 2 making a loudspeaker, a radiocommunication module 51 provided, depending on the options, or only to download photographs, images and messages adapted to the version and choice of parents or adults in charge of the child, or to provide a mobile communication feature, then making fun and didactic equipment according to the invention a communicating object.
• a memory circuit 54 which may also be integrated within the chip
• a keyboard 4 dedicated to the specific version of the equipment
• a screen 3 a power supply and storage module 52
• an acoustic transducer 2 making a loudspeaker
• a radiocommunication module 51 provided, depending on the options, or only to download photographs, images and messages adapted to the version and choice of parents or adults in charge
• the electronic chip 53 is programmed to perform the two corresponding software modules as shown diagrammatically in FIGS. 6 and 7.
• the first software module (FIG. 6) allows the execution of the following steps: a specific entity of the version, for example a pair of form / color, an animal, a number or the photograph of a person, chosen from a predetermined sequence or with random generation, is displayed on the screen and announced by a sound message, so as to achieve a sound and visual solicitation of the child. The key pressed by the child in response to this solicitation is entered and then compared to the displayed entity.
• the software module executes a step of issuing a congratulatory or reward message, in sound and / or visual form. If the comparison leads to a difference, a step of issuing an error or penalty message is performed.
• the module can perform a random generation of a new entity from a predetermined set of entities programmed according to the set of keys of the keyboard.
• the second software module corresponds to the second learning mode "from the key to the screen", comprises an initial sequence of sound solicitation of the child, in the form of a message (for example, "rabbit" ? ").
• the child responds to this sound request by pressing on the keyboard the corresponding key that is entered and processed to be compared to the entity object of the sound solicitation.
• differentiated messages are transmitted in sound and / or visual form according to the result of the comparison between the input key and the object entity of the sound solicitation, and then the sequence is reiterated in a loop.

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