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EP3903897A2
EP3903897A2 EP21159307.4A EP21159307A EP3903897A2 EP 3903897 A2 EP3903897 A2 EP 3903897A2 EP 21159307 A EP21159307 A EP 21159307A EP 3903897 A2 EP3903897 A2 EP 3903897A2
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Patric Fassbender
Marcus Stahl
Bernhard Arnold
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H3/00—Dolls
    • A63H3/28—Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/22—Optical, colour, or shadow toys
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/26—Magnetic or electric toys
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H5/00—Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H2200/00—Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls

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  • the invention relates to a toy for reproducing music or a spoken story and a device for reproducing audio information and a device for reproducing image, video or 3D information and a device for executing software and a system with a toy or a such a device and an identifier carrier as well as a method for reproducing audio information and a method for reproducing image, video or 3D information and a method for executing software and an identifier carrier.
  • CD players specially developed for children are known from practice. These are especially designed with regard to stability, but also with regard to the shape of the control elements, so that they are intended to be operated by children.
  • the playback devices are designed to be particularly break-proof, since it is to be expected that they will also fall from higher heights.
  • the control elements are often made sufficiently large so that they can be recognized as such by the children and can also be operated by smaller children with possibly not yet fully developed fine motor skills.
  • One disadvantage of these players known from practice is the use of CDs. It has been shown that the CDs are regularly scratched when handled by children. This means that the CDs can no longer be played completely after a short period of time.
  • MP3 players are also known which can play a piece of music on the basis of information stored in the MP3 player and without using CDs or the like.
  • MP3 players are not designed specifically for children. Because of the associated risk of damage, children are rarely allowed to play alone with this MP3 player.
  • a sequence of actuations of control elements is necessary for playing a piece of music from an MP3 player, in particular for selecting the piece of music from the memory having a large number of pieces of music. It has been shown that such a sequence of operating steps cannot be carried out by younger children alone, especially if they are not yet able to read.
  • the invention was based on the object of proposing a toy for playing music or a spoken story that is particularly easy to use. Furthermore, a device for reproducing audio information, a device for reproducing image, video or 3D information or a device for executing software, as well as a method for reproducing audio information, a method for reproducing image, video or 3-D information or a method for executing software are proposed that are particularly easy to operate, as well as an identifier carrier that can interact in particular with the toy or one of the devices or can be used in one of the methods.
  • the invention is based on the basic idea of using a sensor as part of the toy or the device, which can detect a property or a change in a property of this environment within an area of its surroundings, and to provide a control unit that performs the desired control can if the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of this environment within the area of its surroundings.
  • a device having this sensor and this control unit and a method using such a sensor and such a control unit lead to particularly simple operation.
  • the simplified operating concept provided by the invention can be implemented particularly well in a toy for playing music or a spoken story. It has been shown, however, that the simplified operating concept also generally offers advantages in a device for reproducing audio information and even in a device for reproducing image, video or 3D information or in a device for executing software.
  • the invention is representative for the other areas of application of use as a toy, the reproduction of image, video or 3D information or the execution of software based on the preferred area of use of the reproduction of audio information.
  • the control of the display or the connection for the display for the reproduction of an image Means video or 3D information.
  • the control of the display or the connection for the display for the reproduction of an image Means video or 3D information.
  • the control of the loudspeaker or the loudspeaker connection is described in the following description, this also means the control of the processor for executing the software.
  • the toy represents a preferred embodiment of a device for reproducing audio information, which is particularly specified in that the audio information to be reproduced is music or a spoken story.
  • the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention can - in a manner comparable to an MP3 player of the conventional type - be used to reproduce audio information that is based on information stored on the MP3 player. This avoids the use of CDs.
  • the invention simplifies the operating concept of conventional MP3 players.
  • the setting of a specific property or a specific change in a property of the environment of the sensor can lead to the immediate reproduction of the audio information. This eliminates the need for an operating concept that is often cumbersome, especially for children, with conventional MP3 players.
  • the simplified operating concept also offers the possibility of reproducing audio information for adults particularly easily.
  • One area of application of the invention is the reproduction of audio information, in particular pieces of music, spoken texts or a combination of Pieces of music and spoken texts.
  • This audio information particularly preferably has a playback duration of at least 10s, preferably more than 15s, particularly preferably more than 20s and particularly preferably more than 25s. In a particularly preferred embodiment it is even provided that the playback duration of the audio information can last at least 30 seconds and particularly preferably more than 1 minute.
  • radio plays which are particularly preferred to be played with the invention, often have a length of more than 5 minutes, sometimes up to 30 minutes or even more.
  • the audio information to be reproduced according to the invention is in particular not a confirmation signal.
  • the audio information to be reproduced according to the invention is not an acknowledgment tone which can be output, for example, when a first object has been correctly aligned relative to a second object.
  • the audio information is particularly preferably not a jingle that is played when a first object is brought into the vicinity of a second object or is brought into a predetermined, specific position relative to the second object.
  • the invention is concerned with audio information, the playback duration of which lasts longer, as is the case with pieces of music or spoken texts.
  • the audio information is particularly preferably one in which a non-periodic sequence of different tones is reproduced when it is reproduced.
  • the loudspeaker of the device according to the invention is particularly preferably a converter which can convert electrical signals into mechanical vibrations (sound).
  • the device according to the invention can also have a loudspeaker connection, for example a Speakon, XLR connection or, for example, a 6.35 mm jack socket.
  • a loudspeaker connection for example a Speakon, XLR connection or, for example, a 6.35 mm jack socket.
  • the control unit can also control this loudspeaker when the loudspeaker is connected to the loudspeaker connection.
  • the loudspeaker connection can also be a transmission unit that can communicate with a loudspeaker via radio, for example via Bluetooth or via a WLAN radio network. In a particularly preferred manner, however, the transmission unit does not communicate with the loudspeaker by means of a WLAN radio network but, for example, via Bluetooth.
  • the device can also have a connection compatible with a docking station of a smartphone as a loudspeaker connection or as a connection for the display for reproducing image, video or 3D information.
  • Docking stations for smartphones can be used to control a loudspeaker or a display for displaying image, video or 3D information based on control commands from the smartphone.
  • the control unit of the device according to the invention has the option of controlling the loudspeaker connected to the docking station or the display connected to the docking station to reproduce image, video or 3D information.
  • the docking station can be connected to the loudspeaker or the display for reproducing image, video or 3D information by means of a cable.
  • the docking station can, however, also be connected wirelessly, for example via a radio network, to the loudspeaker or the display for reproducing image, video or 3D information.
  • wirelessly for example via a radio network
  • the invention is representative of the further options for controlling a loudspeaker connection or a connection for a display for reproducing image, video or 3D information on the basis of the preferred area of application of controlling a loudspeaker.
  • control of a loudspeaker connection or a connection for a display for the reproduction of image video or 3D information
  • control of the loudspeaker or a display for the reproduction of image video or 3D information is described so that the control of a loudspeaker connection or a connection for a display for reproducing image, video or 3D information is also meant.
  • the device according to the invention has at least two loudspeakers, so that the audio information can be reproduced in stereo.
  • a sensor can be used which can determine a property within a range of its surroundings.
  • a sensor can also be used which can detect a change in a property of this environment within an area of its environment.
  • a sensor can be used which can both determine a property within an area of its surroundings and can also determine a change in a property of this surroundings within an area of its surroundings.
  • the senor can, for example, determine the strength of a magnetic field in a specific area of its surroundings; the sensor can generate a signal which is dependent on the strength of this magnetic field and which is fed to the control unit. If the control unit recognizes that the signal has reached a specific, predetermined value, then the control unit recognizes that the sensor has a specific property within the range of its surroundings, namely has detected a certain strength of a magnetic field. The control unit can then control the loudspeaker to reproduce audio information.
  • the senor can determine the change in the strength of the magnetic field within an area of its surroundings and, for example, generate a signal that is fed to the control unit that depends on the speed of the change in the magnetic field strength or the direction of the magnetic field strength stronger or weaker?) If the control unit to which the signal is supplied detects that the change has reached a certain value, the control unit can control the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information.
  • the senor can determine that a magnetic field has a specific field direction relative to a preferred direction in a specific area of its surroundings.
  • the sensor can particularly preferably determine that the magnetic field does not have the preferred direction.
  • the sensor can even determine the angle at which the field direction of the magnetic field is relative to a preferred direction.
  • the sensor can inform the control unit by means of a signal that the field direction of the magnetic field does not correspond to the preferred direction. Already on the basis of this signal, the control unit can control the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information.
  • the sensor can even use a signal to inform the control unit of the angle at which the field direction of the magnetic field is relative to the preferred direction. It can then be established that the control unit controls the loudspeaker to reproduce audio information when the field direction of the magnetic field is at a certain angle relative to the preferred direction.
  • Embodiments are also conceivable in which the control unit evaluates a signal from the sensor, which is dependent on the angle of the field direction of the magnetic field relative to the preferred direction, and controls the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information when the field direction of the magnetic field changes in a certain way relative to the Preferred direction changes, for example changes in a certain direction relative to the preferred direction or, for example, changes at a certain speed relative to the preferred direction or also has a change profile relative to the preferred direction over a predetermined period of time, the change profile being understood in particular as a time sequence of different angles that the field direction of the magnetic field assumes relative to the preferred direction.
  • the property of a region of its surroundings to be determined by the sensor is also understood to be the presence of an electromagnetic wave, which is preferably invariant with regard to its properties over time, in the region of the surroundings of the sensor or the presence of a, for example, metallic structure that influences an existing electromagnetic wave.
  • the sensor is designed in such a way that it can detect the presence of a certain electromagnetic wave, for example an electromagnetic wave with a certain speed, certain intensity, a certain wave impedance, a certain wavelength and / or a certain frequency can.
  • the sensor can also be designed so that it can determine a structure that can influence a certain electromagnetic wave, for example an electromagnetic wave with a certain speed, certain intensity, a certain wave impedance, a certain wavelength and / or a certain frequency. If the sensor detects such an electromagnetic wave or such a structure, it can communicate this to the control unit via a signal. Additionally or alternatively, the sensor can be designed in such a way that it can measure the speed, the intensity, the wave impedance, the wavelength and / or the frequency and the control unit can use a signal to measure the respective value of the detected variable and / or the change in the respectively detected one Size can communicate.
  • a certain electromagnetic wave for example an electromagnetic wave with a certain speed, certain intensity, a certain wave impedance, a certain wavelength and / or a certain frequency.
  • the electromagnetic wave recognized by the sensor is particularly preferably not an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength or frequency in the spectrum visible to the human eye and / or from the infrared spectrum.
  • the influence of a structure recognized by the sensor particularly preferably does not relate to an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength or frequency in the spectrum visible to the human eye and / or from the infrared spectrum.
  • the electromagnetic wave detected by the sensor is particularly preferably not an electromagnetic wave of a WLAN radio network, in particular not a wave of a radio network according to a standard of the IEEE 802.11 family.
  • the influence of a structure recognized by the sensor particularly preferably does not relate to an electromagnetic wave from a WLAN radio network, in particular no wave from a radio network according to a standard of the IEEE 802.11 family.
  • An electromagnetic wave can, for example, be generated by a reading device for communicating with a passive RFID transponder and can be changed by bringing the passive RFID transponder into an area in the vicinity of the reading device in which its presence changes the electromagnetic wave.
  • the change in the electromagnetic wave brought about by the introduction of the RFID transponder can be recognized by the sensor as a change in a property of an area of its surroundings.
  • the ability to detect changes in an electromagnetic wave enables the invention to bring about the specific change in a property of the area around the sensor, which is necessary for driving the loudspeaker, via a radio signal or a modulated wave.
  • the electromagnetic wave, the change of which is detected not an electromagnetic wave of a WLAN radio network, in particular not a wave of a radio network according to a standard of the IEEE 802.11 family.
  • the senor determines a property within an area of its surroundings or a change in a property within an area of its surroundings without direct electrical contact with a component causing the property or the change. In a supplementary or alternative embodiment, the sensor determines a property within a region of its surroundings or a change in a property within a region of its surroundings without direct mechanical contact with a component causing the property or the change. For the device according to the invention, this offers the advantage that the audio information can already be reproduced if the operator only sets the property in the immediate vicinity of the device in a predetermined manner or changes it in a predetermined manner.
  • An antenna, an inductive sensor, a magnetic field sensor or a temperature sensor that detect radiation in the infrared spectrum are particularly suitable for the contactless determination of a property of an area in the vicinity of the sensor or for the contactless determination of a change in a property of an area in the vicinity of the sensor can.
  • the sensor is a capacitive sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, an ultrasonic transducer or an electrochemical sensor.
  • the senor is not designed as a temperature sensor that can detect radiation in the infrared spectrum. In an alternative embodiment, the sensor is not designed as an antenna. In an alternative embodiment, the sensor is not designed as a capacitive sensor. In an alternative embodiment, the sensor is not designed as a piezoelectric sensor. In an alternative embodiment, the sensor is not designed as an ultrasonic transducer. In an alternative embodiment, the sensor is not designed as an electrochemical sensor. In an alternative embodiment, the sensor is not designed as an optoelectronic sensor.
  • the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention can be based on the fact that the sensor detects a specific, specific property or a specific change in this property, or can be based on the fact that the control unit recognizes from the measurement signal supplied to it by the sensor that a certain property is present within the area of the environment of the sensor, or a certain change in a property is present.
  • the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention can be based on the fact that a magnetic field in the area around the sensor has a specific absolute value of the magnetic field strength or the field direction of the magnetic field has a specific angle to a preferred direction.
  • the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention are to be used to reproduce a large number of different audio information and the selection of the audio information to be reproduced depends on the presence of a specific property or a specific change in the property in the area of the surroundings of the Sensor is to depend, there is the restriction in this embodiment that only a limited number of audio information can be reproduced.
  • the device according to the invention is designed, for example, so that a first piece of music is played when the strength of the magnetic field in the vicinity of the sensor assumes a first value, and a second piece of music is played when the magnetic field in the vicinity of the sensor has a second strength the number of audio information items that can be reproduced by the device depends on which maximum and which minimum field strength value the sensor can determine and how fine the increments are which the sensor can determine.
  • a property of the environment or a change in the property of the environment is therefore also understood in particular to be a modulated wave, in particular an electromagnetic wave, in particular an electromagnetic wave in the radio frequency range, but particularly preferably no electromagnetic wave of a WLAN radio network, in particular, no wave of a radio network based on a standard of the IEEE 802.11 family.
  • the device determines the presence of a passive RFID transponder in a certain area around the sensor and to reproduce the audio information, for example, if an RFID transponder is present at all in the area around the sensor, or to reproduce the audio information when a specific RFID transponder is detected in the vicinity of the sensor.
  • the property to be determined by the sensor in the area of its surroundings, or the change in the property of the area of its surroundings to be determined by the sensor is brought about by an active RFID transponder.
  • the presence of an electromagnetic wave according to the Bluetooth standard or the presence of an electromagnetic wave according to the Near Field Communication Standard (NFC) is determined as a property.
  • the change to be determined in the property of the area around the sensor is provided by an electromagnetic wave according to the Bluetooth standard or according to the NFC standard and is determined by the sensor.
  • the sensor is designed so that it cannot determine the presence of an electromagnetic wave according to the Bluetooth standard or the presence of an electromagnetic wave according to the Near Field Communication Standard (NFC) and / or that it cannot detect the change cannot detect an electromagnetic wave according to the Bluetooth standard or the NFC standard.
  • NFC Near Field Communication Standard
  • an identifier is transmitted via the electromagnetic wave with which the control unit can identify a data record stored in a memory of the device according to the invention or on a server and, on the basis of the data record, can control the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information.
  • the electromagnetic wave does not transmit any data that can be converted by the control unit into a common audio format suitable for controlling the loudspeaker, for example mpeg3 or wav.
  • the aim is for the electromagnetic wave to make a data record identifiable, for example by transmitting an identifier, but not to transmit the data record itself.
  • the electromagnetic wave transmits the entire data of the audio information.
  • the device can play audio information that was not stored in the device before the corresponding detection by the sensor.
  • the electromagnetic wave transmits part of the data, for example the data required to reproduce the first few seconds or minutes of audio information, while the data required for the Reproduction of the further audio information is required, is stored in a memory of the device according to the invention or on a server and can be identified via an identifier.
  • the electromagnetic wave only transmits that part of the data that is required for the reproduction of the first minute, particularly preferably the first 30s, particularly preferably the first 10s of the audio information, while the data required for the reproduction the further audio information are required, are stored in a memory of the device according to the invention or on a server and can be identified via an identifier.
  • the senor is thus a reading device for communicating with a passive RFID transponder and / or for communicating with an active RFID transponder.
  • the sensor has an antenna which can emit and / or receive a modulated wave, in particular a wave according to the Bluetooth or NFC standard.
  • the device can have a support on which an object can be placed permanently, the sensor being able to detect a property or a change in a property of this region at least in an area above the support, and / or a fastening to which an object is permanently attached can be, wherein the sensor can determine a property or a change in a property of this area at least in an area adjacent to the attachment.
  • an object for example an identifier carrier described in more detail below, can be placed in such a way that it is located in the detection area of the sensor, in which the sensor can fix a property or a change in a property of this area.
  • the attachment can be carried out, for example, by a hanging, click, magnetic, rotating mechanism or in some other way.
  • the control unit of the device can control the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information when the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of this environment within the range of its surroundings or the control unit detects a certain change in the property determined by the sensor.
  • the sensor generates a signal with a value that can be determined by the control unit when the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property within the area of its surroundings. It is also conceivable, for example, that the sensor only generates a signal that is fed to the control unit when the sensor is inside of the area of its environment detects a certain characteristic or a certain change in a characteristic of this environment.
  • the senor already carries out the evaluation and either only sends a signal to the control unit when it detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of the environment, or it sends a permanent signal with a certain value to the control unit, which is changed to a certain other value that can be determined by the control unit when the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of this environment within the range of its surroundings.
  • the control unit carries out the evaluation. In such an embodiment, the sensor continuously supplies a measurement signal to the control unit.
  • the control unit is designed to recognize, for example by storing a table of values, from the measurement signal supplied to it by the sensor, whether a certain property or a certain change in a property is present within the area of the surroundings of the sensor.
  • a change in the property of the environment of the sensor is understood to mean not only the one-time occurrence of a certain change, for example the one-time occurrence of a change in the direction of the magnetic field in the vicinity of the sensor in a certain direction, but also a temporal sequence of properties in the area of the Environment of the sensor or a certain sequence of changes in the properties of the environment of the sensor, for example as is the case when reading out modulated waves or when evaluating electromagnetic waves.
  • control unit controls the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information only if the sensor detects a certain change in a property of this environment in the form of a certain sequence of changes in the properties within the area of its surroundings, or if the control unit detects a certain change Changes in the property detected by the sensor in the form of a specific sequence of changes in the properties.
  • This sequence of changes can be designed in the manner of a character string.
  • This character string (this string) can, for example, contain the information about the audio information to be reproduced at a certain place and a password that can act as copy protection or for authentication at another certain place.
  • the control unit does not actuate the loudspeaker.
  • the character string can also be a command sequence of a program (software) that can be executed by the control device for verification.
  • the control unit in addition to controlling the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information, can also change the type of reproduction of the audio information, for example the volume of the reproduction if the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of this environment within the range of its surroundings or when the control unit detects a specific change in the property detected by the sensor.
  • the control unit can control the loudspeaker as a function of this angle at which an identifier carrier is located relative to the sensor. For example, the playback volume can be adjusted by changing the angle.
  • the device has a memory in which data are stored, on the basis of which the control unit can control the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information.
  • the data particularly preferably contain the audio information in the specific data format, for example an MP3 format or a WAV format.
  • the memory only has data from a single piece of audio information.
  • the device according to the invention can be used to reproduce a single piece of audio information with a corresponding setting of the property of the area of the surroundings of the sensor, or with a corresponding setting of the change in the property of the area of the surroundings of the sensor, the reproduction time of which is particularly preferably at least 10s take.
  • data of various audio information items are stored in the memory.
  • control unit is particularly preferably designed such that, when the sensor detects a certain first property or a certain first change in a property of this environment within the area of its surroundings, or the control unit detects a certain first change in the property determined by the sensor determines the loudspeaker to reproduce a first piece of audio information, the reproduction of which particularly preferably takes at least 10s, controls, while the control unit controls the loudspeaker to reproduce a second audio information, the reproduction of which particularly preferably lasts at least 10s, if the sensor within the range of its surroundings a determines a certain second property or a certain second change in a property of this environment or the control unit determines a certain second change in the property determined by the sensor.
  • the device can reproduce specific first audio information if the presence of a first RFID transponder is determined in the area around the sensor, while the device can reproduce second audio information when the presence of a second RFID transponder is determined in the area around the sensor.
  • the data of audio information is stored as a data record with separately readable data sequences in order, for example, to reproduce an audio book in the form of individual chapters or to make the individual chapters of an audio book controllable.
  • each data sequence of a data record can be read out separately and used to control the loudspeaker.
  • the device has a unit for receiving data from the Internet and / or for sending data to the Internet, particularly preferably an antenna for a wireless local area network (WLAN), a mobile data radio technology such as LTE, UMTS or its predecessor or successor or a connection socket for connecting a cable of a local network that also has Internet access, for example a connection socket for an Ethernet cable.
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • UMTS mobile data radio technology
  • connection socket for connecting a cable of a local network that also has Internet access, for example a connection socket for an Ethernet cable.
  • the device can play audio information that was not stored in the device before the sensor detects a specific property or a specific change in a property of this environment within the area of its environment, or the control unit a specific change in the property detected by the sensor notices.
  • the control unit can be designed in such a way that it receives the data from the Internet and permanently stores it in a memory, and the control of the loudspeaker for reproducing the audio information takes place on the basis of the data stored in the memory.
  • the control unit uses the data received from the Internet directly to control the loudspeaker to reproduce audio information (so-called streaming), with this embodiment also temporarily storing the data received from the Internet in a buffer may include.
  • control unit In embodiments that receive the data containing the audio information in a specific data format from the Internet, it is conceivable, for example, that the control unit holds a specific server address of a server connected to the Internet in a memory and holds a table in a memory, in which a particular property or a particular one Change of a property of a respective identification number is assigned. In such an embodiment, the control unit is then designed to communicate with the specific server upon recognition of the specific property or the specific change in the property and with recourse to the identification number of assigned to the specific property or the specific change in the property download a specific data set to the server and use it to control the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information resulting from this data.
  • music titles can be stored on the server as data in a certain data format, the respective music title or the data contained in this music title being stored on the server under a certain identification code.
  • the device according to the invention already contains an assignment table which assigns certain properties or changes to the properties of the area around the sensor to some, a plurality or, in a preferred embodiment, even all of the identification numbers that are also used in the database of the server . This enables the control unit to specifically download data sets from the server. Alternatively, it is conceivable that the control unit is designed to transmit information containing the determined specific property or information containing the determined specific change in the property to a specific server that is connected to the Internet.
  • the assignment of the recognized specific property or the recognized specific change in the property to specific audio information can then take place on the server.
  • the control unit is then designed to receive data from the server which contain the audio information to be reproduced.
  • the server transmits the data to the device according to the invention which it has assigned to the specific property transmitted to it by the control unit or to the specific change in the property transmitted to it by the control unit.
  • This embodiment avoids the need to keep an assignment table in the device according to the invention and thus increases the flexibility of receiving certain data containing the audio information on the basis of a certain determined property or a certain determined change in a property of the area around the sensor.
  • Such an embodiment makes it possible, for example, to increase the number of data records provided on the server without an assignment table in the control unit of the device according to the invention having to be adapted.
  • control unit is designed to directly control the loudspeaker for reproducing the audio information. Particularly preferably, no further start signals have to be fed to the control unit for controlling the loudspeaker for reproducing the audio information. It is conceivable here that the control unit delays the activation of the loudspeaker for reproducing the audio information by means of a delay element.
  • the device according to the invention does not have an operating element with which an operator could influence the control of the loudspeaker for reproducing the audio information by the control unit if the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of this environment within the area of its surroundings or the control unit detects a specific change in the property determined by the sensor.
  • control elements are provided in order to send commands to the control unit other than those for the initial activation of the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information, for example control elements for adjusting the volume of the reproduction of the audio information via the loudspeaker.
  • operating elements are provided in order to jump from a first chapter to a next chapter when playing audio information that is based on data in a data record with a data sequence that can be read out separately.
  • an operating element is provided with which an operator can interrupt the reproduction after the loudspeaker has been actuated for the first time in order to reproduce the audio information by the control unit.
  • an operating element is therefore provided.
  • the control unit can control the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information solely in that the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of this environment within the area of its surroundings and without an operator operating the control element.
  • the device has an operating element and the control unit is designed in such a way that the control unit only controls the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information when the control unit receives a predetermined signal from this operating element.
  • this control element can give the start command to control the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information.
  • this start command is the only start command that is necessary to start the control of the loudspeaker for reproducing the audio information.
  • Control elements are provided with which a data set for playback is selected from a plurality of data for audio information stored in a memory of the device.
  • the data record to be reproduced is particularly preferred solely on the basis of the specific property determined by the sensor or the specific change in the property of the area around the sensor determined by the sensor, or on the basis of the specific change in the region determined by the control unit property detected by the sensor is selected.
  • Such an embodiment simplifies operation in particular in comparison to MP3 players known from the prior art, in which the audio information must first be selected from a list in order to reproduce certain audio information.
  • control unit can be designed such that it interrupts the control of the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information as soon as the sensor no longer detects the particular property or the particular change in the property within the area of its surroundings, or the control unit no longer detects the particular property Change in the property detected by the sensor no longer detects.
  • the interruption can particularly preferably be brought about immediately, with a time delay or by gradually reducing the volume. This can have the effect, for example, that if an RFID transponder used in a preferred embodiment is removed from the area of the surroundings of the sensor, the reproduction of the audio information is interrupted.
  • control unit in such a way that the reproduction of the audio information is continued, even if the sensor no longer detects the specific property or the specific change in the property within the area of its surroundings, or the control unit the specific change in the Sensor no longer detects the property detected.
  • the device has an antenna for a wireless local area network (WLAN) which can be switched off.
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • the device according to the invention is to be used to reproduce audio information from children, there may be an interest in reducing the electromagnetic waves generated in the child's environment. For this it can be useful to switch off the WLAN antenna.
  • the device according to the invention is cube-shaped.
  • the device according to the invention can also have other shapes, for example spherical or can, for example, take the shape of larger objects particularly preferred by children, such as for example the shape of a ship, a locomotive, a house or an animal such as an elephant.
  • the device has a receptacle for an identifier carrier, which is identified optically, haptically and / or by a deposition in the surface, for example a depression or elevation.
  • the device provides for the identification carrier to be fixed mechanically or magnetically in a detachable manner.
  • the device according to the invention is particularly preferably used as part of a system in which the device interacts with an identifier carrier, in which the identifier carrier has a property that the sensor can determine when the identifier carrier is is located within the range of the environment of the sensor, or the identifier changes a property of the environment of the sensor and the sensor can detect this change.
  • the device according to the invention is designed with an identifiable receptacle, it is possible to position the identifier carrier in this receptacle.
  • a receptacle By providing a receptacle, it is also possible to delimit an area within which the sensor is designed to determine a certain property or a certain change in a property in this area of its surroundings.
  • the provision of a receptacle makes it possible to design the device according to the invention in a preferred embodiment such that the sensor can determine the property of its surroundings only in the area of the receptacle, or can determine the change in a property of this environment only in the area of the receptacle. In this way, undesired incorrect operation can be ruled out.
  • the sensor can even be designed in such a way that the control unit only controls the loudspeaker to reproduce audio information when the identifier carrier is positioned in the receptacle.
  • the device has an operating element in the form of a rocker with which the volume of the playback of the audio information can be influenced by the rocker sending a first signal to the control unit in a first position, for example a signal to increase the volume of the Playback of the audio information, and the rocker in a second position sends a second signal to the control unit, for example a signal to reduce the volume of the playback of the audio information.
  • a rocker can have a neutral central position in which no signal influencing the volume is sent to the control unit.
  • the device has a first control element with which signals for increasing the volume of the playback of the audio information can be transmitted to the control unit, and the device has a second control element with which signals for Reduction of the volume of the playback of the audio information can be sent to the control unit.
  • the control element influencing the increase in volume is designed to be larger than the control element influencing the reduction in volume of the reproduction of the audio information.
  • the two operating elements have the shape of ears which are attached to a housing of a base body of the device, for example protrude from the housing.
  • the ear-shaped control elements can emit the signal to be generated by them for influencing the volume of the reproduction of the audio information when performing a pressure movement or a bending movement. This has the advantage that the user can recognize the function of the control elements without having to rely on language skills.
  • the device according to the invention has a display.
  • This display can in particular be an e-ink display.
  • the display can also be a touch-sensitive display.
  • the device can have an LED or a sequence of LEDs.
  • the device has a proximity sensor, a motion sensor (acceleration sensor), a sensor for ambient light, a humidity sensor, an inclination sensor, a GPS sensor and / or a gyroscopic sensor.
  • sensors make it possible to generate further operating commands for the control unit.
  • a device designed in this way can recognize shaking and generate an operating signal for the control unit therefrom.
  • shaking the device can be used to reproduce data of various audio information items in random order.
  • a device designed in this way can detect whether a light blow is being exerted on the device from the left or from the right. This can be used, for example, to jump to the next chapter or to a previous chapter within a data record.
  • a device configured in this way can also recognize whether it is being thrown. Operating signals can also be generated from this.
  • the device has a sensor which can generate a signal that is dependent on the distance between an object placed in the region of the receptacle and the receptacle, for example an ultrasonic sensor.
  • a sensor which can generate a signal that is dependent on the distance between an object placed in the region of the receptacle and the receptacle.
  • This makes it possible, in a preferred embodiment of the device, to make the control of the loudspeaker dependent on this signal, for example on the fact that the object is touching or almost touching the receptacle.
  • further changes are made possible in response to a change in the distance To generate operating commands. For example, briefly removing the object and then putting it down again can be used to jump to the next chapter within a data record.
  • a device aligned in this way can recognize whether it is tilted vertically or whether it is tilted horizontally. These signals can also be used to generate operating signals for the control unit. For example, tilting vertically can be used to navigate within a playlist, while tilting horizontally enables switching between applications.
  • the device according to the invention has a data connection, for example a USB connection.
  • a data connection for example a USB connection.
  • a memory provided as part of the device in a preferred embodiment can be filled with data containing audio information.
  • the device is sheathed with foam or another elastic material.
  • the device according to the invention is particularly preferably completely encased with foam or another elastic material, or in an embodiment with a display only in the area of the display not encased with foam or an elastic material.
  • the sheathing protects the other components of the device.
  • the sheathing protects children from injuries.
  • the device according to the invention has an energy store, in particular a battery, particularly preferably a rechargeable battery.
  • the device according to the invention is designed in such a way that the battery can be charged wirelessly, for example by means of inductive energy transmission.
  • the charging station can be designed to be child-friendly, for example in the form of a charging cradle in which the device according to the invention must be placed alone for charging. This avoids children having to handle electrical cables in order to charge the battery of the device according to the invention.
  • the device according to the invention can generate light, for example in order to function as a night light.
  • the device according to the invention has a housing in which the sensor is arranged in such a way that the area of the environment of the sensor in which the sensor can detect a property or a change in a property of this environment does not extend further than 1 m, particularly preferably not more than 150 mm, more preferably not more than 100 mm, more preferably not more than 50 mm, more preferably not more than 10 mm, more preferably not more than 5 mm beyond a surface of the housing.
  • This offers the advantage that the property or the change in property that the sensor is intended to determine so that the control unit controls the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information is only recognized in a narrow area around the housing of the device. This avoids operating errors.
  • the device is made from non-combustible or hardly combustible material.
  • the device has a microphone or a connection option for incoming audio signals, for example from a microphone. This makes it possible to control the device with voice or to make recordings.
  • the device can be integrated into a wireless local area network via a WLAN antenna and control commands can be received via the WLAN antenna, for example controlled via a smartphone or a PC.
  • these control commands are not control commands with which the user can influence the start of the playback of the audio information.
  • the device according to the invention can also be designed to be operated via a remote control.
  • the device according to the invention has a camera. If the device according to the invention is designed, for example, as a night light, the camera can take over a monitoring function for the child lying next to the device, in that the camera can be controlled, for example, from a smartphone and the image recorded by the camera is shown on a display such as a television, a Smartphone or other mobile display can be played. In addition or as an alternative, the audio information recorded by a microphone or fed in through a connection option can be reproduced in this way on a loudspeaker or smartphone.
  • a device integrated into a wireless local area network via a WLAN antenna to transmit the audio information to be reproduced to other participants in the network, for example to stream it to a television or another loudspeaker.
  • the operating system of the control unit is Firefox OS. In a preferred embodiment, the operating system of the control unit can be updated through updates.
  • control unit is designed to determine and document information about the control of the loudspeaker, for example the frequency with which certain audio information was played or the order with which certain audio information was played.
  • the device is particularly preferably designed to communicate such information to a server.
  • the device has means for supplying an identifier carrier described below with power, preferably without electrical contact, for example by induction.
  • the system according to the invention has a device according to the invention and an identifier carrier, the identifier carrier having a property that the sensor can determine if the identifier carrier is within the area of the surroundings of the sensor or the identifier carrier changes a property of the surroundings of the sensor.
  • the basic idea of the system according to the invention is that the control unit activates the loudspeaker to reproduce audio information when a specific identifier is brought into the vicinity of the sensor in which the sensor can determine a property or a change in a property. In a particularly preferred embodiment, however, bringing the identifier into this area should trigger the control of the loudspeaker to reproduce the audio information, without further operating commands having to be generated.
  • This basic concept of the system according to the invention considerably simplifies the operation of devices for reproducing audio information. It is no longer necessary to handle scratchable CDs, as is necessary with the CD players known from practice, or the complex operating sequences necessary for the MP3 players known from practice to control the loudspeakers to reproduce audio information To learn controls. In the simplest embodiment of the invention, it is sufficient to place the identification carrier in the area around the sensor in which the property or can determine a change in the property, and thus automatically trigger the control of the loudspeaker for reproducing the audio information by the control unit.
  • the identification carrier has an RFID transponder or an antenna with which a modulated wave can be emitted and / or received.
  • the identifier carrier according to the invention can be configured, for example, in such a way that it can communicate with the device according to the invention via the Bluetooth standard or via the NFC standard.
  • the use of these technologies in particular allows a variety of communication options between the identifier and the device. In particular, the use of these technologies allows a large number of identifiers to be recognized.
  • the device according to the invention makes it possible for the device according to the invention to select the audio information that is to be reproduced from a large number of audio information items, for example if each audio information item to be reproduced is assigned its own identifier, for example in an allocation table stored in the device according to the invention or on a server.
  • the identifier carrier has, for example, a magnet which generates a magnetic field of a certain strength when the identifier carrier is brought into the area around the sensor.
  • a magnet can also be used to generate a magnetic field with a field direction that deviates from a preferred direction.
  • the identification carrier has a magnet and the device has a surface to which the magnet can adhere.
  • the device can have a magnet and the identifier carrier can have a surface with which the identifier carrier can adhere to the magnet.
  • the device and the identifier carrier can be releasably connected to one another. This makes it possible to move the device without the identification carrier losing a certain relative position relative to the device.
  • the identifier carrier has the shape of a figure, in particular the shape of a human figure or an animal figure or a fantasy figure.
  • the identifier carrier particularly preferably has the shape of a figure with feet.
  • the magnet is particularly preferably arranged in the feet of the figure, so that the figure can stand on the device according to the invention.
  • the identifier carrier is designed in the manner of a figure, but does not have a base on which the figure stands.
  • the identifier carrier cannot be mechanically fixed to the device.
  • the device and the identifier carrier do not have a plug and socket system with which the identifier carrier could be connected to the device.
  • the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that the operator can associate it with certain audio information based on its shape, color, surface structure and / or its material, and that when it is brought into the vicinity of the sensor in which this is a property or can determine a change in a property of this environment, triggering the loudspeaker to play back audio information that is related in terms of content to the association of the user.
  • It can, for example, be designed in the manner of a figure and trigger the reproduction of audio information that is related to the shape of the figure.
  • the figure can have the shape of Benjamin Blümchen® and the audio information played back can be an audio story with Benjamin Blümchen as the protagonist.
  • the identifier carrier can be adapted individually.
  • the identifier carrier can be designed as a figure that resembles the shape of a person in the immediate vicinity of another person and the reproduced audio information can be audio information previously recorded by this person. It is also conceivable that the identifier carrier has the shape of a figure that resembles a scientist, and the audio information has the content of what the scientist discovered. It is also conceivable that the figure resembles a composer or performer, and the audio information contains content from this composer or performer. It is conceivable that an identifier carrier triggers the audio information for a piece of music, a collection of pieces of music (album) or a playlist.
  • the identifier carrier is designed as a sticker or module that can be attached to other objects.
  • the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that the data stored on it can be changed. In another preferred embodiment, the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that the data stored on it cannot be changed. In a further preferred embodiment, the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that the data stored on it can only be changed once, and not afterwards.
  • an identifier carrier that can initially be changed is like this designed so that it can become an unchangeable identifier carrier through a certain processing, preferably in such a way that it cannot be converted back into a changeable identifier carrier.
  • the processing can preferably be of a mechanical nature, such as cutting through or connecting certain electrical lines.
  • the processing can be carried out by visible light, by invisible electromagnetic waves (such as radio signals, ultraviolet light) by a magnetic, electrical and / or by a thermal impulse.
  • the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that it can be fastened in or on other objects, such as a figure, with a click mechanism. After this process, the item can be viewed as an identifier carrier as a whole.
  • the identifier carrier is designed so that it can be made unchangeable by mechanical processing that can be combined with the movement to actuate the click mechanism to connect the identifier carrier to an object, for example so that the processing can be done simultaneously with clicking into the object.
  • the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that it can be supplied with current by induction for operating active electronic components.
  • the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that it contains active electronic components that make a data memory available.
  • This data memory is preferably non-volatile.
  • the data memory is designed in such a way that it can provide an identifier and / or audio information which can be the basis for changing properties of the environment.
  • the device can play audio information that was not stored in the device before the sensor or the control unit detects a specific property or a specific change in a property of this environment within the range of its environment detects a certain change in the property detected by the sensor.
  • the identifier has active electronic components which are suitable for changing properties of the environment, which can be converted back into data by a sensor and a control unit.
  • the identification carrier has a processor.
  • the identification carrier also has a data receiving unit.
  • the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that it can only generate a certain property or only a certain change in a property of this environment within an area of the surroundings of the sensor and thus can only cause the control unit to use the loudspeaker to reproduce certain audio information drives.
  • additional identifier carriers must be procured or kept available in order to play additional audio information.
  • the invention thus breaks away from the principle often found in prior art MP3 players of combining as many functions or as much audio information as possible in one device in such a way that they can be called up using specific operating sequences but without the addition of additional devices are.
  • the system according to the invention in the embodiment described here has a more complex design, since a large number of identification carriers must be kept in order to play different audio information. It has been shown, however, that there is a need for a simple operating concept in which the number of identifier carriers to be kept available is increased in favor of the simple playback of the audio information item assigned to the identifier carrier.
  • this embodiment makes it possible to build a toy system in which identifier carriers designed in the form of figures are only suitable for identifying a specific piece of music assigned to them or a specific spoken story assigned to them, which is played by activating the loudspeaker of the toy, the children, however, by choosing the figure and due to the simplified operating concept, which in a preferred embodiment allows the piece of music or the spoken story to be played immediately as soon as the identifier within an area of the area around the sensor recognizes the corresponding one property or the corresponding one change Property of this environment has generated, can choose which piece of music or which spoken story is to be played.
  • the generation of a corresponding property or a corresponding change in a property of this environment can identify a data record with separately readable data sequences to reproduce the audio information, for example to identify an audio book in the form of individual chapters and the individual chapters of a To make audiobooks controllable, or to identify the individual episodes of a sequel story or series.
  • the identifier carrier does not have an operating element with which the way in which the identifier carrier can generate a property or only a change in a property of this environment within a region of the surroundings of the sensor can be influenced.
  • This embodiment is particularly well suited for applications in which the identifier carrier is designed in such a way that it can only generate a certain property or only a certain change in a property of this environment within an area of the surroundings of the sensor and thus can only cause the control unit controls the loudspeaker to reproduce certain audio information.
  • the identifier carrier can have an operating element with which, within the area of the environment of the sensor, not just one, but several specific properties or a specific change in a property of this environment can be generated, which are determined by the sensor and with which the control unit can generate the type the playback of the audio information can change, for example the volume of the playback or control commands for selecting the next or previous chapter or piece of music.
  • the control element of the identifier carrier for example by rotating an arm or a head of an identifier carrier designed as a figure, the type of reproduction of the audio information can be changed, for example the volume of the reproduction.
  • the identifier carrier has no energy stores, particularly preferably no permanent energy stores such as a battery, particularly preferably no energy stores with the exception of a capacitor.
  • the identifier carrier according to the invention is suitable for being used with a device according to the invention in a system according to the invention or in a method according to the invention.
  • the Fig. 1 shows the device according to the invention for reproducing audio information.
  • the device 1 has a perspective view of FIG Fig. 1 speakers not shown in detail. Furthermore, the device 1 has a depression 3 on its upper side 2. Inside the device 1, below the trough 3, a sensor (not shown) is arranged, which can detect a property or a change in a property of this environment within the area of the trough 3, namely a passive RFID transponder (cf. Fig. 2 ) read out can.
  • the device also has a control unit (not shown) that can control the loudspeaker to reproduce audio information if the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of this environment within the range of its surroundings, or the control unit detects a certain change in the property detected by the sensor.
  • a control unit (not shown) that can control the loudspeaker to reproduce audio information if the sensor detects a certain property or a certain change in a property of this environment within the range of its surroundings, or the control unit detects a certain change in the property detected by the sensor.
  • the sensor is arranged within the housing of the device 1 in such a way that the area of the environment of the sensor in which the sensor can detect a property or a change in a property of this environment does not extend further than 100 mm over the base area 4 of the trough 3 extends at the top.
  • the device according to the invention has a first, ear-shaped operating element 5 and a second, likewise ear-shaped operating element 6.
  • the operating element 5 is designed larger than the operating element 6. Both the operating element 5 and the operating element 6 can perform a tilting movement relative to the rest of the housing of the device 1 and move into the position shown in FIG Fig. 1 Swivel back the shown basic position.
  • the device 1 also has a display 7.
  • the device shown has an identifier carrier 8 in the form of a figure.
  • the identifier carrier 8 designed as a figure has legs 9 and feet and no base to which the feet 9 would be firmly connected.
  • Magnets (not shown in detail) are provided in the feet of the identifier carrier 8, which is designed as a figure. These can interact with magnets or metal objects arranged directly below the bottom surface 4 of the trough 3, so that the identifier carrier 8 can be releasably held on the base plate 4 of the trough 3.
  • the Fig. 1 shows the device according to the invention in a basic state in which it does not reproduce any audio information in the embodiment shown here.
  • the sensor continuously or periodically monitors the area of the trough 3 to determine whether this area has a certain property or a certain change in a property.
  • the sensor monitors the area of the trough 3 to determine whether a specific RFID transponder is brought into the area of the trough.
  • the Fig. 1 This is not the case in the operating situation shown, so that the device 1 does not reproduce any audio information.
  • the Fig. 2 shows the operating situation in which the system according to the invention has been completed by adding the identifier 8.
  • the identifier carrier 8 is placed on the base plate 4 of the trough 3 and adheres there by means of the magnets provided in the feet of the identifier carrier 8.
  • the identifier carrier 8 has an RFID transponder (not shown in detail). Because the identifier carrier 8 has now been brought into the area of the surroundings of the sensor monitored by the sensor, it now has a certain property that can be determined by the sensor.
  • the sensor detects the presence of the RFID transponder in the identification carrier 8 and communicates this to the control unit (not shown in detail) by means of a signal.
  • the control unit controls the loudspeaker to reproduce audio information without the need to actuate a further control element.
  • the sensor reads an identifier from the RFID transponder of the identifier carrier 8 and communicates this identifier to the control unit.
  • the control unit assigns the identifier read by the sensor to a specific data record containing specific audio information in a memory of the device 1 (not shown in detail).
  • the control unit then controls the loudspeaker in order to reproduce the audio information stored in the specific data read out from the memory by the control unit.
  • This audio information is a piece of music that takes at least 10 seconds to play.
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