JP2001194986A - Intellectual education toy - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intellectual education toy which enables children not only to merely write characters but to learn the ways of reading of the characters at the same time, enables the children to make training to write the characters with the sensation of a game and does not make them bored. SOLUTION: The intellectual education body 1 has a handwritten character input section 2, a character recognition section 3 which recognizes the characters inputted by this handwritten character input section 2, a memory section 4 which stores character and speech data, a speech output section 5 which outputs speeches and a control section 6 which reads the character and speech data corresponding to the characters recognized by the character recognition section 3 out of the memory section 4 and allows the speech output section 5 to output the characters and speeches.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an educational toy for reading a character or character string input by handwriting and outputting the input character or character string by voice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a magnetic drawing board has been known as an educational toy in which an infant actually writes letters and learns letters. This magnetic drawing board finely partitions the whole drawing board to form a large number of small rooms, encloses viscous fluid and magnetic powder in this small room, and traces the drawing plate surface with a magnetic pen with a magnet at the tip. The trajectory of the magnetic pen is drawn on the surface of the plate, and the trajectory of the magnetic pen can be displayed with the magnetic powder sucked on the surface of the image plate, and the characters are displayed by tracing the characters with the magnetic pen It is.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned intellectual training toys, whether the written character is correct or not depends on the eyes of the human being, and it cannot be determined only by an infant who does not understand the character. Had to be on. Also, there is a problem that how to read the written character is not understood, and simply writing the character is tired because there is no game element.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and provides an intellectual educational toy that can not only write characters but also learn how to read characters, and can practice writing characters in the sense of a game. Is the task.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an educational toy according to the present invention comprises a toy main body, a handwritten character input section, and a character recognition section for recognizing characters input by the handwritten character input section. Having a storage unit for storing character voice data and a voice output unit for outputting voice,
The character recognition device includes a control unit that reads character voice data corresponding to the character recognized by the character recognition unit from the storage unit and causes the voice output unit to output character voice.

The control section determines whether or not the character input by the character input section is a character string. If the character string is a character string, the control section reads character voice data sequentially from the storage section in accordance with the character string. What is necessary is just to make the said sound output part output a character sound.

The control unit reads out arbitrary character voice data from the character voice data stored in the storage unit and instructs a character to be input to the voice output unit by voice. It may be determined whether or not the character input to the character string matches the read character voice data, and the voice output unit may output the determination result by voice.

The toy body may be provided with a mounting portion for supporting a character such as an animal or a doll, or a supporting portion for supporting the character, so that characters can be input in an atmosphere as if talking with the character. .

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an educational toy according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a block diagram. This educational toy is for actually writing hiragana and numbers and learning characters while playing.
A handwritten character input unit 2 is attached to a toy body 1 formed in a drawing board shape.
A character recognizing unit 3 for recognizing characters input by the handwritten character input unit 2, a storage unit 4 for storing character voice data, and converting character voice data stored in the storage unit 4 to voice. And a voice output unit 5 for outputting a character, reading a character input by the handwritten character input unit 2, reading voice data corresponding to the character from the storage unit 4, and outputting a character voice to the voice output unit 5. It has a control unit 6 for outputting.

The handwriting input unit 2 is composed of a pressure-sensitive sensor (128-128 dot pressure-sensitive transparent tablet in the present invention) arranged on a magnetic picture plate provided on the upper surface of the toy body 1, and a magnet is provided at the tip. By moving the tip of the input pen 8 while pressing the input pen 8 against the surface of the pressure-sensitive sensor 2, the characters displayed on the magnetic plate placed below the pressure-sensitive sensor 2 can be visually recognized through the pressure-sensitive sensor 2. With
The pressure-sensitive sensor 2 can recognize the position pressed by the input pen 8 by coordinates, and the recognized coordinate data is sequentially input to the character recognition unit 3. FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 9 denotes a plate-shaped magnet arranged below the magnetic picture plate, which is connected to the operation lever 10 and extends along the guide hole 11 formed on the front side of the toy body 1.
Is moved to erase the display on the magnetic plate.

The magnetic picture plate is a panel body formed by gathering flat chambers in which magnetic powder is sealed in a viscous fluid and covering the surface with a non-magnetic transparent protective sheet. By moving the magnetic pen while pressing the magnetic pen against the upper surface, the magnetic powder in the small chamber is sucked and moved toward the upper surface, so that characters and figures can be displayed. It is not always necessary to provide a magnetic picture plate, and paper may be placed on the pressure-sensitive sensor 2 and characters may be written on the paper with a writing implement such as a ball-point pen. In this case,
It is necessary to dispose a support plate on the back of the pressure sensor 2, and the pressure sensor 2 may use an opaque tablet.

The character recognizing unit 3 is designed to recognize the character and shape of the character based on the coordinate data input from the handwriting input unit and recognize the character written on the handwriting input unit, which will be described later. The control unit 6 is provided.

The control unit 6 comprises a programmable speech synthesis IC. In addition to the character recognition unit 3, the programmable speech synthesis IC is provided with a ROM storing control programs, character data, character voice data, etc., flags and timers. In addition to having a storage unit composed of a RAM, it converts character voice data into a voice signal and outputs it as voice from a voice output unit 5 (speaker).

Reference numeral 12 denotes a console, which comprises a mode selection button 13, a decision button 14, and a function button 15. When the mode selection button 13 is pressed, the input is made into hiragana, numbers, characters, etc. Can be selected, and the selected input mode can be determined by pressing the determination button 14. The function button 15 is used to instruct that the input of the last character has been completed when inputting a character string, or to repeatedly output sound, and the function is defined by the control program. .

In FIG. 2, a switch SW1 is a mode selection button 13 and a switch SW2 is a decision button 1
In FIG. 4, the switch SW3 corresponds to each of the function buttons 15, and can detect that each button is pressed. Reference numeral 19 denotes a power supply, and 20 denotes a power switch.

Next, the manner of use of the educational toy having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS.

When the power is turned on, initialization is performed (step ST1), and the process proceeds to step ST2 to set an input mode. In the present invention, a free input mode, a hiragana question mode, a numeric question mode, and a character string creation mode are set as input modes, and the input mode can be selected by the mode selection button 13. When the mode selection button 13 is pressed (the switch SW1 is turned on), the process proceeds to step ST3 to output a mode sound (for example, free input!) And set a mode flag. The mode selection button 13 may be pressed until the mode sound of the input mode desired to be selected is output. When the mode sound indicating the input mode to be selected is output, the enter button is depressed (switch SW2 is turned on) to finalize the input mode (step ST4). When the input mode is determined, the mode flags are checked in steps ST5, ST6, and ST7, and the process proceeds to an input mode (free input mode, hiragana question mode, numeric question mode, character string creation mode) corresponding to the mode flag.

If the mode flag is 0 (step ST)
5) Go to free input routine. In the free input routine, characters are input in step ST10. In character input, when the pressure-sensitive sensor 2 senses pressing of the input pen 8, the sensed coordinate data is converted into a series of coordinate strings, which are transferred to a coordinate buffer in a memory, and collated with a pattern of a recognition dictionary in step ST11. Then, if the character features match, the process proceeds to step ST12 to output a character voice (for example, “A” is written) corresponding to the character data, and returns to step ST10. Waiting for a new character to be input, and if the characteristics of the characters do not match, the process proceeds to step ST13, where an error sound (for example,
Could not read, please write again)
It returns to step ST10 and waits for a character to be input again.

If the mode selection button 13 is pressed in the middle, an interrupt occurs, and the process returns to step ST2 to change the input mode.

If the mode flag is 1 (step ST)
6), proceed to Hiragana questioning routine. In the Hiragana questioning routine, a random number is calculated in step ST20, and a character (Hiragana) corresponding to the calculated random number is used as a problem in speech (for example,
(Please write "U" of the rabbit) (step ST2)
1) In step ST22, characters are input. It is determined whether or not the feature of the input character matches the character of the question (step ST23). If not, the process proceeds to step ST26 to output an error voice (for example, write a little more clearly), and then to step ST22. Return to and enter characters again. If the character characteristics match, the character shape is checked in step ST24, and the answer is correct, but if the character shape is disturbed, the process proceeds to step ST26, where an error voice (for example, write a little more clearly) )
Is output, the process returns to step ST22 to input characters again.

If the characteristics and the shape of the characters match, the process proceeds to step ST25 to output the correct voice (for example, ping-pong, well done), returns to step ST20, calculates the random number again, and determines the character to be set. Then, let the user write a new character until the interrupt by the switch SW1 occurs.
Ask questions repeatedly to enter characters.

The above-described character string creation routine is repeated until an interruption by the mode selection button 13 occurs.

If the mode flag is 2 (step ST
7) Go to the number setting routine. Here, as in the hiragana output routine, a voice (for example, write the number "5") is output with the number as a question (step ST31).
A number is input (step ST32). If the characteristics of the numbers entered do not match, an error sound (e.g.,
(Please write a little more neatly)) (step ST3)
6) Returning to step ST32, the number is again entered. If the characteristics of the numbers match, check the shape of the numbers
(Step ST34) If the answer is correct but the character is out of shape, an error sound (for example, write a little more clearly) is output, and then the process returns to the character input routine and is input again.

If the characteristics and the shape of the character match, the process proceeds to step ST35 where the correct voice (for example, ping-pong,
Well done) and return to step ST30,
The random number is calculated again, the number to be set is determined, a new number is written, and the number is repeatedly set and written until an interrupt is generated by the mode selection button 13 (switch SW1).

If the mode flag is not 2 in step ST7, the process proceeds to a character string creation routine. In the character string creation routine, a character is input in step ST40. Step S
If the character entered in T41 cannot be recognized, the process proceeds to step S41.
Go to T42 and an error sound to notify the error (for example,
Please rewrite! ) Is output, and the process returns to step ST40 to input characters again. If the character can be recognized, the process proceeds to step ST43 to output the character voice of the input character, and proceeds to step ST44 to write the character data into the character string register. If there is an input from the pressure sensor 2, it is determined that there is a new character input (step ST45), the process returns to step ST40, and if the function button 15 is pressed (the switch SW3 is turned on), the input of the character string is completed. Is determined (step ST46), the character data written in the character string register is sequentially read, and a character string sound is output (step ST47). Here, if the function button 15 is pressed again (the switch SW3 is turned on), it is determined that a reconfirmation of the created character string has been requested (step ST4).
8) Return to step ST46 to output the character string voice again. If the pressure sensor 2 is turned on without outputting the character string voice without turning on the switch SW3, it is determined that a new character has been input (step ST49), and step ST50 is performed.
After clearing the character string register, the process returns to step ST40.

The above-described character string creation routine is repeated until an interruption by the mode selection button 13 occurs.

FIG. 6 shows a combination of the toy body 1 and the doll 16, wherein the toy body 1 is formed to simulate a desk.
The doll 16 is provided with a mounting portion (for example, a teaching platform on which a figure 17 imitating a blackboard stands upright) 18 on which a doll 16 is placed, and the doll 16 is mounted on the mounting portion 18 as if a doll (teacher). It allows you to write letters while talking to them.

According to this educational toy, it looks as if the doll 16 is recognizing and reading the characters written in the handwritten character input unit 2, and it looks as if the doll 16 is giving questions and evaluating the result. In addition, it is possible to write a character while having a conversation with the doll 16 and to realize a playful toy with playfulness and which is not tired.

It should be noted that instead of the doll, a character of an animal or a robot may be used, or the above-mentioned voice output unit 5 may be provided inside the character. Further, a supporting portion (not shown) may be provided in place of the placing portion, and the character may be supported by this supporting portion.

[0030]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the character input by the handwritten character input section is output by voice and, furthermore, it is determined whether or not the character is correctly input. You can learn while playing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, not only a single character but also a character string can be input. When the input of the character string is completed, the input character string is output by voice. And learn the names of things.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a character to be input is set by voice, and it is determined whether or not the character to be set is correctly input. Children can learn letters while playing alone or with friends, even if they are not there.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a character such as an animal or a doll appears to read out a character written in the handwritten character input unit or set a character to be written in the handwritten character input unit. It is possible to input characters while talking with the user, and to provide an insatiable educational toy with a sense of play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a use state of an educational toy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the educational toy.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation mode of the educational toy.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation mode of the educational toy.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation mode of the educational toy.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating another example of the educational toy.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toy body 2 Handwritten character input part (pressure-sensitive sensor) 4 Storage part 5 Voice output part 6 Control part

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A toy main body includes a handwritten character input unit, a character recognition unit for recognizing characters input by the handwritten character input unit, a storage unit for storing character voice data, and a voice output unit for outputting voice. An educational toy comprising: a control unit that reads character voice data corresponding to the character recognized by the character recognition unit from the storage unit and outputs the character voice to the voice output unit. 2. The control unit determines whether a character input by the character input unit is a character string. If the character is a character string, the control unit reads character voice data sequentially from the storage unit in accordance with the character string. The educational toy according to claim 1, wherein the voice output unit outputs a character voice. 3. The control unit reads out any character voice data from the character voice data stored in the storage unit and instructs a character to be input to the voice output unit by voice. 3. The educational toy according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the character input to the character string matches the read character voice data, and the voice output unit outputs the determination result by voice. 4. 4. The educational toy according to claim 1, wherein the toy body is provided with a mounting portion for supporting a character such as an animal or a doll or a supporting portion for supporting the character.