JP2002149394A - Toy set, toy, storage medium, server device and toy device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently publicize a novel advertisement. SOLUTION: This toy set comprises a toy 107 that can be freely connected to an operation processor 101 freely communicable with a server system and a storage medium in which a processing program 130 that can be performed by the operation processor 101 is stored. The processor 101 executed the program 130, and when a user speaks to the microphone 121 of the toy 107, the processor 101 receives speech data and advertisement data from the server system. The processor 101 further receives mail from the server system, and when receiving the mail, a speech corresponding to the speech data and an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement data are outputted from a speaker 122 by voice.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a computer (including a computer system) communicable with a server device (including a server system) which receives predetermined information from the server device. The present invention relates to a storage medium for storing a program for outputting information by voice, and a toy set including the storage medium. The present invention also relates to a toy that is provided in the toy set and that outputs sound such as voice. The present invention also relates to the server device. Further, the present invention relates to a toy device that is freely communicable with a server device, receives predetermined information from the server device, and outputs the received information as a voice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been known to advertise a store or a product on a printed matter or the like to advertise the store or the product. In addition, the information of these advertisements is stored on a CD-ROM.
And the like, the storage medium is distributed in the market, and the advertisement is displayed on the user's computer.
It is also known to advertise shops or commodities. However, distributing printed materials and storage media to the market and promoting stores or products is not always quick and novel as advertising information because it takes time to distribute printed materials and storage media. is there.

[0003] Therefore, there is known a server-client system that transmits advertisement information to a client that can be freely connected to the Internet and displays an advertisement on the client. In server / client systems,
An advertisement provider always stores new advertisement information in a server. In such a server-client system,
When the advertisement recipient connects to the server using the client, the server distributes the advertisement information to the client.
Then, when the client displays the advertisement based on the advertisement information, the advertisement recipient can always obtain a new advertisement.

Meanwhile, doll-shaped vocal toys such as talking animals have been developed. Such a vocal toy stores a plurality of voice data for uttering in advance, selects one from the stored plurality of voice data, and utters the voice in accordance with the selected voice data. ing. For example, as an example of such a vocal toy, there is a vocal toy that selects voice data based on an external stimulus such as an action performed by a user (touching, stroking, tilting, emitting sound) or a change in light amount. .

[0005]

[0005] In an age where information is flooded, advertising using a server-client system may become an obstacle for an advertisement recipient. That is, the ratio of the advertisement portion to the entire screen may increase, or an advertisement that is not required by the advertisement recipient may be displayed, and thus the advertisement may be an obstacle to the advertisement recipient. Therefore, the advertiser operates the client so as not to display the part of the advertisement without looking at the advertisement, or at the end of the phrase, operates the client not to connect to the server, and the advertising effect of the advertisement May get worse.

[0006] In addition, the spread of television or radio, CM
In today's flooded times, simply displaying advertisements by clients has a very bad advertising effect. That is, it is desired to improve the advertising effect of the advertisement by providing an interesting advertisement or casually advertising the advertisement.

[0007] Therefore, an advertisement of a product, a store, or a company is attached to the body of a commercial vehicle such as a bus or a taxi, so that the advertisement effect is improved. It is also conceivable to paste However, a toy originally requires an aesthetic appearance by devising its appearance and the like, and it is very difficult to advertise an advertisement using the toy.

[0008] It is also conceivable to output an advertisement by voice using the voice function of the voice toy. However, the vocal toy in which the sound data as the advertisement is stored is similar to the printed matter or the storage medium as described above, and the advertisement cannot be promoted to the user unless the user purchases a new vocal toy. . That is, it is unlikely that the user will buy a new toy just for advertising.

By the way, since the utterance toy stores voice data in advance, the utterance from the utterance toy is limited. Therefore, the user who has heard the voice related to all the voice data gets bored with the utterance toy. Therefore, it is conceivable to store new voice data in the vocal toy via the storage medium, but this forces the user to purchase the storage medium, which is uneconomical for the user. Now,
When storing new voice data in the voice toy via the storage medium, it is conceivable that the voice data includes advertisement information and a new advertisement is output from the voice toy by voice. However, this is lacking in speed and novelty as an advertisement as described above.

[0010] The above points are the object of the present invention, and an object of the present invention is to efficiently advertise a novel advertisement.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a server device storing advertisement information (for example, a server system 2 shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2).
00) (for example, FIG. 3
(For example, the toy 107 shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 6) equipped with a sound output device (for example, the speaker 122 shown in FIG. 3) which can be connected to the arithmetic processing device 101 shown in FIG. The program (for example, FIG. 3
And a storage medium (for example, the CD 110 shown in FIG. 6) that stores the processing program 130 shown in FIG. 6, and an advertisement receiving step of receiving advertisement information from the server device (for example, the step shown in FIG. 8). SA4)
And a sound output step (for example, step SB13 shown in FIG. 9) of outputting an advertisement for the advertisement information to the sound output device by voice based on the received advertisement information.
Is included in the processing program.

[0012] The toy device according to the invention of claim 21 is:
A receiving device for receiving advertisement information from the server device, comprising: a control device communicable with a server device storing the advertisement information; and a toy provided with a sound output device connected to the control device. And a sound output unit that outputs an advertisement for the advertisement information to the sound output device by voice based on the advertisement information thus obtained, is provided in the control device.

[0013] As described above, according to the first or twenty-first aspect of the present invention, the advertisement is output from the sound output device, that is, the toy, so that the advertisement can be more efficiently displayed on the screen. That is, since the advertisement is output by voice, the advertisement can be casually provided to the user. Therefore, the advertising effect of the advertisement is improved. Basically, the user operates while looking at the screen of a display device or the like connected to the computer. However, since the advertisement is output by voice, the ratio of the advertisement portion to the entire screen is reduced, or the advertisement is displayed on the screen. Need not be displayed. Therefore, the advertisement does not disturb the user on the screen.

Further, since the advertisement is output from the toy by voice, it is possible to provide the user with an interesting advertisement. In other words, the utterance of the toy makes the user feel that an advertisement can be transmitted from the toy. In other words, since the toy talks about the advertisement, an interesting advertisement can be provided to the user. Further, since the advertisement is output by voice, the advertisement is not attached to the appearance of the toy, and the user can be provided with a beautiful toy.

[0015] Further, since the advertisement information is transmitted from the server device to the computer or the toy device by the user operating the computer or the toy device, if the advertisement provider always keeps the advertisement information of the server device new. , A novel advertisement can be provided to the user. In other words, when an advertisement is provided to a user in a storage medium or printed matter, a time lag occurs between the preparation of the advertisement and the user, but as long as the user connects to the server device or the like,
New advertisements can always be provided to users.

Furthermore, since the computer or the toy device receives the advertisement information from the server device, the toy speaks with a newer voice in addition to the voice data stored in advance by the computer or the toy device. Therefore, the user is less likely to get tired of the toy. Thus, the user is impressed about the new voice, but the voice is a voice about the advertisement, so that the advertising effect of the advertisement is outstanding.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to the first aspect, the server device stores speech information (for example, a speech database 240 shown in FIG. 2), and the speech information is transmitted from the server device. The processing program includes a program that causes the computer to execute a received dialogue receiving step (for example, step SA4 shown in FIG. 8), and further includes, in the audio output step, a speech according to the received dialogue information. Is output.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to the second aspect, a step of storing at least one of the received line information and the received advertisement information (for example, step SA4 shown in FIG. 8) Is included in the processing program.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, in the toy device according to the twenty-first aspect, the server device stores dialogue information, and the control device includes a dialogue receiving unit for receiving dialogue information from the server device. The speech output means includes means for outputting speech according to the received speech information by voice.

As described above, according to the second, third, or twenty-second aspect of the present invention, the speech is output from the voice output device, that is, the toy, so that the user feels as if the toy talks. Therefore, the present invention is very interesting. Furthermore, since the serif information stored in the server device is transmitted to the computer or the toy device, if the serif information of the server device is new, the novel line is always output from the toy by voice. Accordingly, the user feels as if the toy learns words, and the user does not get bored with the toy. Then, since the received speech data is stored in the computer as in the invention according to claim 3, the speech uttered from the toy is accumulated, and the toy learns the speech. Therefore, an interesting toy can be provided to the user.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to any one of the first to third aspects, in the advertisement receiving step, receiving the advertisement information corresponding to the user information from the server device. Features.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, in the voice output step, an advertisement of advertisement information according to user information is output to the sound output device. It is characterized by having

As described above, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the advertisement information corresponding to the user information is received from the server device, the advertisement information suitable for the user is received by the computer. On the other hand, according to the invention described in claim 5, since the advertisement of the advertisement information according to the user information is output by voice,
The user gets an advertisement that suits him. As described above, according to the fourth or fifth aspect of the present invention, an advertisement suitable for the user, that is, an advertisement intriguing the user's interest or the like is output by voice, so that the advertisement is impressive to the user. Therefore, the advertising effect of the advertisement is greatly improved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, an attempt is made to receive a mail from a mail server (for example, the server device 200 shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2). A program that causes the computer to execute a mail receiving step (for example, step SB14 shown in FIG. 9) is included in the processing program. Note that the mail server may be a server device. That is, the server device may have a function as a mail server, and the computer may try to receive mail from the server device.

As described above, according to the invention of claim 6, the computer tries to receive the mail. That is,
The user can check the new mail arriving at the mail server.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to the sixth aspect, a sound collecting device (for example, a microphone 121 shown in FIG. 3) which can be connected to the computer is provided on the toy, A program that causes the computer to execute the mail receiving step in accordance with the sound collected from the computer is included in the processing program.

As described above, according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when the user speaks toward the sound collecting device, that is, the toy, the computer attempts to receive the mail. Since the user can confirm the new mail simply by speaking to the toy, the user does not need to perform a complicated operation on the computer. Furthermore, to the user, it is as if the toy is trying to receive mail,
Have fun and check your new email.

The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 6 or 7.
In the toy set described above, a program that causes the computer to execute the advertisement receiving step at the time of the mail receiving step is included in the processing program.

As described above, according to the invention of claim 8, the advertisement receiving step is executed at the time of the mail receiving step, so that the advertisement information is efficiently received by the computer. That is, the user simply speaks to confirm the mail, and the confirmation of the mail and the reception of the advertisement information are performed. Therefore, the advertisement information is casually received by the computer. Therefore, the advertisement can be casually provided to the user, and the advertisement effect of the advertisement is improved.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to any one of the sixth to eighth aspects, the program causing the computer to execute the voice output step at the time of the mail receiving step is the processing program. It is characterized by being included in.

As described above, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since the voice output step is performed at the time of the mail receiving step, the voice of the advertisement is efficiently output. That is,
When the user merely speaks to confirm the mail, the confirmation of the mail and the voice output of the advertisement are performed, so that the advertisement can be casually notified to the user by voice. Therefore, the advertising effect of the advertisement is improved.

The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claims 6 to 9
In the toy set according to any one of the above, when a mail is received in the mail receiving step, a step of causing the sound output device to output the content of the received mail by voice (for example, step SB19 shown in FIG. 9). Is included in the processing program. The contents of the mail include the body of the mail and the subject of the mail.

As described above, according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, since the contents of the received mail are output from the sound output device, the user feels as if the toy reads out the contents of the mail. Then, after the user utters the voice to the toy, the contents of the mail are output as voice from the toy, so that the user feels as if they are talking with the toy. For this reason, the interest of the toy is greatly improved, and the user does not get bored with the toy. Being tired of toys means that users frequently use toys,
Frequent use of toys means that advertisement information is frequently provided to users. Therefore, an advertisement can be efficiently provided to the user.

The eleventh aspect of the present invention relates to the sixth to first aspects.
0, in the toy set according to any one of the above, when an e-mail is received in the e-mail receiving step, a name and / or an e-mail address of a sender who transmitted the received e-mail are output as voice from the sound output device. A program that causes the computer to execute a step (for example, step SB18 shown in FIG. 9) is included in the processing program.

As described above, according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, since the name and mail address of the sender of the received mail are output from the sound output device, the toy is displayed to the user for the name of the sender of the received mail. And email addresses. Then, after the user utters the voice to the toy, the contents of the mail are output as voice from the toy, so that the user feels as if they are talking with the toy.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to the tenth or eleventh aspect, a step of outputting a comment on the fact that the mail has been received from the sound output device by voice (for example, step SB1 shown in FIG. 9)
A program for causing the computer to execute step 7) is included in the processing program.

As described above, according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, since the comment about the reception of the e-mail is output by voice, the user feels as if the toy thought and made the comment. Accordingly, the user is impressed, regretted, or delighted with the reception of the mail, and can receive the mail in an interesting manner.

The invention according to claim 13 is the invention according to claims 6 to 9
In the toy set according to any one of the above, when the mail is not received in the mail receiving step, the sound output device outputs a sound indicating that the mail was not received (for example, in FIG. A program for causing the computer to execute step SB16) is included in the processing program.

As described above, according to the thirteenth aspect, since the fact that no mail has been received is output by voice, the user can instantly recognize that the mail has not been received.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to the thirteenth aspect, a step of outputting a comment that the mail has not been received from the sound output device by voice (for example, step SB16 shown in FIG. 9). Is included in the processing program.

As described above, according to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, since the comment about the reception of the mail is output by voice, the user feels as if the toy thought and made the comment. Therefore, the user is impressed, regretted, or sad about the reception of the mail.

The invention according to claim 15 is the invention according to claims 1 to 1
4. The toy set according to any one of 4, wherein the toy includes a figure (for example, a doll 120 shown in FIG. 6), and the sound output device is provided in the figure. The figurative object is, for example, a model or a doll imitating an animal, a sea animal, a vehicle, or the like.

As described above, according to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, since the toy is a figurative object, it is possible to provide a toy or a toy set with a more interesting toy and a long life cycle.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to the fifteenth aspect, the object is a torso (for example,
The body 128 includes a body 128 shown in FIG. 6 and a face that is swingably provided on the body (for example, a face 127 shown in FIG. 6), and the face body swings with respect to the body. A means (for example, the motor 123 shown in FIG. 3) is provided with the toy, and a program for causing the computer to control the driving means is included in the processing program.

As described above, according to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, the face is swung by the driving means with respect to the body,
Since the drive means is controlled by the computer, it is possible to provide a toy or a toy set with a longer life cycle with more interesting toys.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the toy set according to the fifteenth or sixteenth aspect, a light source (for example, the LED 125 shown in FIG. 6) and lighting means for lighting the light source (for example, the lighting shown in FIG. 6) And a program for controlling the lighting means by the computer is included in the processing program.

As described above, according to the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, the light source is turned on by the lighting means, and the lighting means is controlled by the computer. A toy set can be provided.

[0048] The invention according to claim 18 is the invention according to claims 1 to 1
7. The toy according to any one of 7. Claim 1
A ninth aspect of the present invention is a storage medium according to any one of the first to seventeenth aspects. The invention according to claim 20 is
A server device according to any one of claims 1 to 17.

[0049]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (1) Basic Configuration FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of an advertisement system to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, an advertisement system to which the present invention is applied includes a toy system 100 as a terminal on the user side, and a server system 200 communicable with the toy system 100 via the Internet 400.
And is composed of The advertisement system is a system that transmits advertisement data (advertisement information) stored in the server system 200 to the toy system 100 and provides an advertisement from the toy system 100 to the user.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server system 200. As shown in FIG. 2, the server system 200 includes an arithmetic processing device 201, an input device 202, an auxiliary storage device 203, a display device 204,
The communication device 205 has a basic configuration. Input device 202,
Auxiliary storage device 203, display device 204, and communication device 20
5 is connected to the arithmetic processing unit 201.

As is well known, the arithmetic processing unit 201 includes a central processing unit, memories such as RAM and ROM as internal storage devices, and a video board.
Each unit is connected by a system bus so that data can be input and output. The arithmetic processing unit 201 is a so-called well-known general-purpose computer.

The input device 202 is composed of a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, a tablet, and a digitizer. The input device 202 is connected to a system bus of the arithmetic processing device 201 via an interface.

The auxiliary storage device 203 includes a hard disk,
It is composed of a magneto-optical disk or a hard disk having a RAID function. The auxiliary storage device 203 is connected to the system bus of the arithmetic processing unit 201 via an interface.

The display device 204 comprises a color display or the like. The display device 204 is connected to a system bus of the arithmetic processing device 201 via a video board.

The communication device 205 comprises a router or the like. The communication device 205 is connected to a system bus of the arithmetic processing device 201 via an interface.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the toy system 100. As shown in FIG. 3, the toy system 100 includes an arithmetic processing device 101 and an input device 10.
2, an auxiliary storage device 103, and a storage medium reading device 104
, Display device 105, communication device 106, toy 107
And the basic configuration. Input device 102, auxiliary storage device 1
03, a storage medium reading device 104, a display device 105, a communication device 106, and a toy 107 are connected to the arithmetic processing device 101.

As is well known, the arithmetic processing unit 101 includes a central processing unit, memories such as RAM and ROM as internal storage devices, a video board, a sound board, and the like. Data is connected so that input and output can be performed. The arithmetic processing device 101 is a so-called well-known personal computer.

The input device 102 is composed of a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, a tablet, and a digitizer. The input device 102 is connected to a system bus of the arithmetic processing device 101 via an interface.

The auxiliary storage device 103 includes a hard disk,
It comprises a magneto-optical disk or the like. Auxiliary storage device 1
03 is an arithmetic processing unit 101 via an interface
Connected to the system bus.

The storage medium reading device 104 comprises a CD drive, MO drive, DVD drive, FD drive and the like. The storage medium reading device 104 is connected to a system bus of the arithmetic processing device 101 via an interface.

The display device 105 comprises a color display or the like. The display device 105 is connected to a system bus of the arithmetic processing device 101 via a video board.

The communication device 106 includes a router, a modem,
It is made of SU or the like. The communication device 106 is connected to the system bus of the arithmetic processing device 101 via an interface. The toy 107 includes a doll 120 (shown in FIG. 6) and a microphone (hereinafter, referred to as a microphone.
3) and a speaker 122 (shown in FIG. 3), which can be connected to the arithmetic processing unit 101 freely.

The server system 200 includes the communication device 205
Through the Internet 400 as a telecommunication line
Is basically always connected. The toy system 100
It can be connected to the Internet 400 via the communication device 106 constantly or intermittently. That is, the toy system 1
00 is freely communicable with the server system 200 via the Internet 400.

(2) Configuration of Server System As shown in FIG. 2, a mail server program 210 and an advertisement dialog server program 220 are stored in the auxiliary storage device 203 of the server system 200.

The arithmetic processing unit 201 of the server system 200 has a function as a mail server when the mail server program 210 is executed. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 201 has a function of receiving an e-mail transmitted from the Internet 400 to a registered user in the mailbox of the registered user, that is, a function as a POP server. Further, the arithmetic processing unit 201
When a registered user sends an e-mail to a person from a terminal device (connected to the Internet 400) such as the toy system 100, the e-mail sent from the terminal is addressed to the person (the person is registered). Function to send an e-mail to the specified mail server, ie, SMTP
It has a function as a server. Here, the auxiliary storage device 2
In 03, a mailbox is prepared for each registered user, and the arithmetic processing unit 201 stores an e-mail transmitted to a certain registered user in the mailbox of the registered user.

[0086] Further, when the advertisement processing server program 220 is executed, the arithmetic processing unit 201 has a function as an advertisement dialog server. That is, advertisement data and dialog data are stored in the auxiliary storage device 203, and when the toy system 100 requests, the arithmetic processing device 2
01 transmits advertisement data and dialog data to the toy system 100.

Here, the auxiliary storage device 203 stores an advertisement database 230 in which a plurality of advertisement data are stored. As shown in FIG.
Each of the advertisement data stored in 0 includes an advertisement ID for identifying the advertisement, period data for identifying the validity period of the advertisement, and genre data for identifying the genre (category) of the advertisement. Gender data for identifying whether the advertisement is for women or men, age data for identifying the age of the advertisement, audio data for outputting the advertisement in voice, And screen data for outputting an advertisement on a screen. Although details will be described later, the advertisement database 23
The toy system 100 that has received the advertisement data in 0
The sound corresponding to the sound data related to the advertisement data is output.

Further, the auxiliary storage device 203 stores a dialog database 240 in which a plurality of dialog data is stored. As shown in FIG. 5, each line of data stored in the line database 240 includes a line ID for identifying the line, audio data for outputting the line in voice, and a line for outputting the line in voice. And timing data for designating timing. Although the details will be described later, the toy system 100 that has received the line data in the line database 240 outputs a sound corresponding to the sound data related to the line data. In this case, the timing for outputting the sound is determined by the timing data.

(3) Configuration of Toy System The toy system 100 will be described in detail. First, in order to configure the toy system 100, a toy set shown in FIG. 6 is required, although not particularly limited. The toy set includes a toy 107 and a CD-ROM (hereinafter, referred to as a CD) 110 that stores a processing program and basic data for causing the arithmetic processing device 101 to execute various processes.

First, the toy 107 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the toy 107 is a doll 1
20, a microphone 121, a speaker 122, and a motor 1
23, a motor drive circuit 124, LEDs 125, 12
5 and a lighting circuit 126. The doll 120 has a shape imitating a cat. The doll 120 includes a face 127 above the neck and a body 128 below the neck. The face body 127 is provided at the upper end of the body 128 so as to be swingable right and left. Furthermore, the face body 12
The LED 125, 125 is provided in the portion serving as the cheek 7.

Further, the motor 123 is built in the body 128. A drive mechanism of the motor 123 is connected to a gear mechanism (not shown), and the gear mechanism is connected to the face 127. Then, when the motor 123 operates, the face body 127 swings left and right with respect to the body 128 by the driving force of the motor 123. That is, the doll 120 is a doll that can swing, and the swing is performed by the motor 123.

The doll 120 has a built-in motor drive circuit 124 for controlling the motor 123. The motor drive circuit 124 is a circuit that drives the motor 123 to rotate forward and reverse at regular intervals or randomly. This motor drive circuit 124 is freely connectable to the arithmetic processing unit 101. When the motor drive circuit 124 is connected to the arithmetic processing device 101, the arithmetic processing device 101 controls the operation of the motor drive circuit 124.

The lighting circuit 126 is built in the face body 127. The lighting circuit 126 includes LEDs 125 and 12
5 is connected. The lighting circuit 126 includes the LED 12
This is a circuit for lighting 5,125. This lighting circuit 126 is freely connectable to the arithmetic processing unit 101. When the lighting circuit 126 is connected to the arithmetic processing device 101, the arithmetic processing device 101 controls the operation of the lighting circuit 126. The lighting circuit 126 includes LEDs 125, 125
May be turned on and off at regular intervals or irregularly.
01 controls.

The body 128 has a built-in microphone 121. The microphone 121 outputs an electric signal corresponding to the sound (voice) input to the microphone 121. The microphone 121 can be freely connected to the sound board of the arithmetic processing device 101. When the microphone 121 is connected to the sound board of the processing device 101, an electric signal output from the microphone 121 is input to the processing device 101 via the sound board. The microphone 121 may be built in the face 127 instead of the body 128.

The speaker 1 is placed at the mouth of the face 127.
22 is built in. The speaker 122 is freely connectable to a sound board of the arithmetic processing device 101. When the speaker 122 is connected to the sound boat of the processing device 101 and an electric signal is output from the processing device 101 via the sound board, the speaker 122 outputs a sound (voice) corresponding to the electric signal. I do.

The speaker 122 and the arithmetic processing unit 10
An amplifier (amplifier) may be interposed between the first amplifier and the first amplifier. The electric signal output from the arithmetic processing device 101 is amplified by the amplifier, and the speaker 122 outputs a sound (voice) corresponding to the amplified electric signal. The amplifier is built in the doll 120. The sound board includes an amplifier circuit, a filter, an A / D converter, and a D / D converter.
A converter is provided. The sound board amplifies the electric signal input from the microphone 121, removes the electric signal outside the audible band, and then converts the electric signal into digital audio data by sampling the electric signal.
Next, audio data is output to the system bus of the arithmetic processing unit 101. The sound board converts audio data output from the system bus of the arithmetic processing device 101 into an electric signal, and outputs the electric signal to the speaker 122.

(4) Control System of Toy System (4-1) Configuration of CD-ROM Next, as described above, the CD 110 has a processing program and a basic program for making the arithmetic processing unit 101 have various functions. Data is stored. Then, the CD 110 is inserted into the storage medium reading device 104 and the arithmetic processing device 10
1 causes the storage contents of the CD 110 to be stored in the auxiliary storage device 103. Then, the arithmetic processing unit 101 stores the auxiliary storage device 1
When the processing program 130 stored in the storage unit 03 is read and executed, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs processing based on the processing program 130. Note that the arithmetic processing device 101 may directly read a processing program or basic data from the CD 110 via the storage medium reading device 104.

Hereinafter, from the CD 110 to the auxiliary storage device 103
Processing program 130 and basic data 14 stored in
0 will be described in detail.

(4-2) Motor Control Function The processing program 130 includes a motor control program 131 for causing the arithmetic processing unit 101 to have a motor control function. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 101 operates the motor drive circuit 124 under a predetermined condition, whereby the motor 123 operates. As a result, the face body 127 swings left and right with respect to the body 128, and the doll 120 swings. The predetermined condition will be described in “(5) Process flow”.

(4-3) LED Control Function The processing program 130 includes an LED control program 132 for causing the arithmetic processing unit 101 to have an LED control function. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 101 activates the lighting circuit 126 under predetermined conditions, and thereby the LED 1
25 and 125 light up. The predetermined condition will be described in “(5) Process flow”.

(4-4) Speech Recognition Function The processing program 130 includes a speech recognition program 133 for causing the arithmetic processing unit 101 to have a speech recognition function. That is, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of converting an electric signal input from the microphone 121 into audio data. The audio data is obtained by expressing characteristics of the audio by a transfer function. Here, the basic data 140 includes standard data 141 on a voice to be recognized. Then, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs a pattern matching process based on the input-converted voice data and the standard data 141 to obtain a voice recognition result.

The standard data 141 includes, for example,
This includes data (hereinafter, referred to as transmission standard data) indicating mail transmission such as “mail transmission”, “sending”, “sending mail”, and “sending mail”. Then, when the input-converted voice data matches the transmission standard data, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs voice recognition as mail transmission.

The standard data 141 includes, for example,
It includes data (hereinafter, referred to as reception standard data) indicating mail reception, such as “mail reception”, “reception”, “receive mail”, and “take mail”. Then, when the input-converted voice data matches the received standard data, the arithmetic processing unit 101 recognizes the voice as mail reception.

The standard data 141 includes, for example,
"Receive ads", "I want ads", "Listen to ads",
Includes data (hereinafter referred to as advertisement reception standard data) for receiving and storing advertisement data and dialog data such as "update the advertisement", "remember the lines", "speak", "remember the words". It is. Then, when the input converted audio data matches the advertisement reception standard data,
The arithmetic processing unit 101 recognizes the voice as receiving the advertisement / line data.

(4-5) User Data Storage Function The processing program 130 includes a user setting program 134 that causes the arithmetic processing unit 101 to have a function of storing user data. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 101
Causes the auxiliary storage device 103 to store, as user data 150, information on the user edited and input by the user using the input device 102. As shown in FIG. 7, the user data 150 includes an account of the user, a mail password of the user, and an address of a mail server in which the account is registered (if the mail server is the server system 200, the address of the server system 200). )When,
Preference genre data for identifying a genre (category) that is a favorite of the user, user gender data indicating a gender of the user, age data indicating an age or age of the user, a lover or a friend of the user, etc. (Hereinafter referred to as a specific person e-mail address).

(4-6) Mail Sending / Receiving Function The processing program 130 has a mailer program 135 for providing the processing unit 101 with a function of sending and receiving mail.
It is included. That is, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of transmitting a message edited and input by the user using the input device 102 to the server system 200 as a mail. The arithmetic processing unit 201 of the server system 200 performs a process of transmitting the mail to a destination by a mail server function.

When the user inputs from the input device 102 or the microphone 121 that mail is to be received, the arithmetic processing unit 101 tries to receive mail from the mailbox of the user in the server system 200. At this time, the arithmetic processing device 101 transmits to the server system 200 that the mail is to be received (that is, the account and password of the user). When a mail exists in the mailbox of the user in the auxiliary storage device 203, the processing device 201 of the server system 200
Transmits the mail to the toy system 100 by the mail server function. Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 stores the mail in the auxiliary storage device 103.

The mail transmission / reception function of the arithmetic processing unit 101 is associated with the voice recognition function. That is, the arithmetic processing device 101 inputs / outputs from the microphone 121 by the voice recognition function.
When the converted voice data is voice-recognized as mail transmission, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs processing for transmitting mail. On the other hand, when the arithmetic processing device 101 recognizes the voice data input / converted from the microphone 121 by the voice recognition function as mail reception, the arithmetic processing device 1
01 performs a process of trying to receive a mail.

Although the arithmetic processing unit 101 has been described as transmitting and receiving mails to and from the server system 200 by the mailer program 135, it is assumed that the processing unit 101 transmits and receives mails from another mail server connected to the Internet 400. Is also good. In this case, the account, user password, and address of the user data 150 stored in the auxiliary storage device 103 correspond to the corresponding mail server.

(4-7) Advertisement Data / Serif Data Download Function Further, the processing program 130 includes the server system 20
0 includes an advertisement dialogue reception program 136 that causes the arithmetic processing device 101 to have a function of downloading the advertisement data and dialogue data stored in “0”. That is, the arithmetic processing device 101 transmits a request to request the advertisement data or the dialog data to the server system 200, and the server system 2
From 00, advertisement data and dialog data are downloaded. The flow of the download process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 recognizes speech by receiving the advertisement / line data by the speech recognition function, when speech recognition is performed by mail transmission, when speech recognition is performed by mail reception, or
Before executing “(5) Process flow” to be described later (for example, when the user operates the input device 102 and inputs that the advertisement / line data is to be received), the arithmetic processing device 101 sets the communication device 106 Internet 400 via
(Step SA1). Next, the arithmetic processing unit 101 transmits to the server system 200 that the advertisement data and the line data are to be downloaded (step SA2). Server system 20 that has received the notification
0 (arithmetic processing device 201) transmits a plurality of or singular advertisement data and dialog data stored in auxiliary storage device 203 to arithmetic processing device 101 (step SA3).
Next, the arithmetic processing unit 101 receives the transmitted advertisement data and dialogue data and stores them in the auxiliary storage device 103 (step SA4). As a result, the additional advertisement database 151 storing the advertisement data is stored in the auxiliary storage device 103, and the additional dialog database 152 storing the dialog data is stored in the auxiliary storage device 10.
3 is stored.

The above is the basic flow of the download process.
May be received in accordance with the user data 150 stored in the. That is, for example, step S
In A2, the arithmetic processing device 101 transmits at least one of the preference genre data, the user gender data, and the age data of the user data 150 together with the purport of downloading. Then, in step SA3, server system 200 transmits, to arithmetic processing device 101, advertisement data having genre data corresponding to the received preference genre data. Similarly, step SA3
In, the server system 200 transmits the advertisement data having the gender data corresponding to the received user gender data,
Alternatively, advertisement data having age data corresponding to the received age data is transmitted to the arithmetic processing device 101. Thereby, the advertisement data suitable for the user's preference, gender, or age is downloaded to the arithmetic processing device 101.

By the way, the advertisement database 230 or the serif database 240 of the server system 200
Advertising data and dialogue data are updated as they are added or deleted. Therefore, when the arithmetic processing device 101 downloads the advertisement data and the serif data from the server system 200 again, the arithmetic processing device 101 does not download the once downloaded advertisement data and the serif data, but instead downloads the advertisement database 230 and the serif database 240. Download only the newly added advertising data and dialog data.

More specifically, when the processing shown in FIG. 8 is performed, the arithmetic processing unit 101 or the arithmetic processing unit 20 is executed.
1 compares the advertisement ID of each advertisement data of the additional advertisement database 151 with each advertisement data advertisement ID of the advertisement database 230. Then, as a result of the comparison, the arithmetic processing device 101 or the arithmetic processing device 201 selects only the advertisement data corresponding to the advertisement ID in the advertisement database 230 and not in the additional advertisement database 151. Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 downloads only the selected advertisement data. Similarly, when the arithmetic processing device 101 downloads the speech data again, the speech data is compared by the speech ID.

(4-8) Audio Output Function The processing program 130 includes an audio output program 137 for causing the arithmetic processing unit 101 to have an audio output function. That is, the arithmetic processing device 101 converts the audio data into an electric signal, and outputs the converted electric signal to the speaker 122. The speaker 122 outputs sound according to the electric signal.

Here, the basic data 140 includes the doll 12
A basic serif database 143 in which a plurality of serif data as a serif of 0 is stored is included. Like the serif database 240 and the additional serif database 152, each serif data in the basic serif database 143 includes a serif ID for identifying the serif, audio data for outputting the serif as audio, and And timing data for specifying the output timing.

Then, the arithmetic processing unit 101 sends the basic serif database 143 or the additional serif database 24
The speech (sound data) to be output is determined from 0, and the timing for outputting the sound is determined by the timing data. For example, when the arithmetic processing device 101 cannot recognize the speech, the arithmetic processing device 101 determines the line data whose timing data is “when speech recognition is not possible”. The voice output by the determined dialog data is, for example, "I did not hear well, I will talk again."

Further, for example, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 recognizes voice as mail transmission, the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines dialog data whose timing data is “at the time of mail transmission”. The voice output by the determined dialog data is, for example, "Now I want to send mail."

Further, for example, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 recognizes a voice as mail reception, the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines dialog data whose timing data is “at the time of mail reception”. The voice output according to the determined dialog data is, for example, "I want to retrieve mail."

Further, for example, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 recognizes a voice as receiving an advertisement / line, the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines dialog data whose timing data is “at the time of receiving an advertisement / line”. The voice output by the determined dialog data is, for example, "I remember words."

Further, for example, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 receives a mail, the dialogue data for which the timing data is “when a new mail is received” is determined. The voice output by the determined dialog data is, for example,
"I've got four emails. It's good. I'll read the emails in the future." As a result, the number of mails, the comment about the reception of the mail, and the fact that the contents of the mail and the like will be output by voice are output in voice.

Further, for example, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 attempts to receive a mail but does not receive the mail, it determines the dialog data whose timing data is “when no new mail is received”. The voice output by the determined line data is, for example, "I have not come to the mail. I'm sorry." As a result, a comment that the mail has not been received and a comment that the mail has not been received are output in voice.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the sound output from doll 120 (speaker 122) is determined by the timing. That is, when the user speaks toward the doll 120 (microphone 121), the sound output from the doll 120 is determined by the words spoken by the user. Therefore, the user feels as if he or she is simulating a conversation with the doll 120, and the user can enjoy sending and receiving mails.

The voice output program 137 includes a voice conversion program 138 for causing the arithmetic processing unit 101 to have a voice conversion function of converting text data such as text data and rich text data into voice data. . Here, the basic data 140 includes a dictionary database 142 in which ruby (voice ruby) is associated with each word or each character. Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a matching process on characters or words included in the text data based on the dictionary database, and executes a process of converting the text data into voice data based on the voice conversion program 138. Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 converts the converted audio data into an electric signal, and outputs the electric signal to the speaker 122. As a result, the arithmetic processing device 101 causes the speaker 122 to output the sentence data as voice.

When a new mail is received by the mail transmission / reception function, the arithmetic processing unit 101 uses the voice conversion function to enter the subject of the new mail, the text of the new mail, or the name of the sender who transmitted the new mail. And email addresses to audio data. As a result, the arithmetic processing unit 101 causes the speaker 122 to output the subject, body, sender's name and mail address of the new mail by voice.

(5) Processing Flow The processing flow in the arithmetic processing unit 101 based on the processing program 130 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of the processing of the arithmetic processing unit 101.

First, the arithmetic processing unit 101 is connected to the microphone 12
It is in a state of waiting for a voice input from the device 1 (voice input standby state) (step SB1). When the user speaks toward the doll 120, the microphone 121 collects sound, and the arithmetic processing device 101 inputs the sound as sound data (step SB2). Next, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs voice recognition of the input voice data (step SB3). Then, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs voice recognition of the input voice as mail transmission, voice recognition of the input voice as mail reception, or voice recognition of the input voice as advertisement / line data reception. Determine if it cannot be recognized.

If speech recognition is not possible (step SB4: No), the arithmetic processing unit 101 stores the speech data whose timing data is "when speech recognition is not possible" in the basic speech database 143 or the additional speech database 152. Choose from Here, when there are a plurality of dialogue data whose timing data is “when speech recognition is not possible” in the basic dialogue database 143 and the additional dialogue database 152, the arithmetic processing device 101 selects at least one from the plurality. I do. Then, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs a process of outputting a voice corresponding to the voice data of the selected dialog data to the speaker 122 (step SB5). Thereby, the toy system 10
0 indicates to the user that the speech could not be recognized. After outputting the audio, the arithmetic processing unit 101
Is in a voice input standby state.

On the other hand, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 recognizes the input voice (step SB4: Yes) and recognizes the recognized voice as mail transmission (step SB4).
6: Yes), the processing of the arithmetic processing unit 101 is performed in step S
Move to B8. In step SB8, the arithmetic processing unit 1
01 performs the following processing. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 101
Selects the serif data whose timing data is “at the time of mail transmission” from the basic serif database 143 or the additional serif database 152. Here, the basic serif database 143 and the additional serif database 1
If there are a plurality of dialog data in which the timing data is “at the time of mail transmission” in the
Selects at least one of a plurality. Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of outputting a voice corresponding to the voice data of the selected dialog data to the speaker 122. Thereby, the toy system 100 notifies the user that the mail is to be transmitted.
Further, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of transmitting the mail edited and input by the user via the input device 102.
Then, after the mail is transmitted and the voice is output, the arithmetic processing device 101 enters a voice input standby state. In step SB8, the arithmetic processing device 101 may execute the download of the advertisement data and the dialog data described in the above-mentioned “(4-7) Advertising data / line data download function”.

On the other hand, when the arithmetic processing device 101 recognizes the input voice (step SB4: Yes) and recognizes the recognized voice as receiving the advertisement / line data (step SB7: Yes), the arithmetic processing device 101 The process proceeds to Step SB10. In step SB10, the arithmetic processing device 101 executes the download of the advertisement data and the dialog data described in the above-mentioned “(4-7) Advertising data / line data download function”.
After the advertisement data and the dialog data are downloaded, the arithmetic processing device 101 enters a voice input standby state. Further, in step SB10, the arithmetic processing unit 101 selects, from the basic serif database 143 or the additional serif database 152, serif data whose timing data is "at the time of receiving an advertisement / serif". Here, the basic serif database 143 and the additional serif database 15
If there is a plurality of dialog data in which the timing data is “at the time of receiving advertisement / line”, the arithmetic processing device 1
01 selects at least one from a plurality. Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of outputting a voice corresponding to the voice data of the selected dialog data to the speaker 122.

On the other hand, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 recognizes the input voice (step SB4: Yes) and recognizes the recognized voice as mail reception (step SB4).
9: Yes), the processing of the arithmetic processing unit 101 is step S
Move to B11. In step SB11, the arithmetic processing device 101 determines whether to output an advertisement. For example, the arithmetic processing device 101 has not downloaded the advertisement data from the server system 200 and has
If the additional advertisement database 151 is not stored in 03, it is determined that the advertisement is not output. Also, for example,
If the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines that the period data is out of the period for all of the advertisement data of the additional advertisement database 151 stored in the auxiliary storage device 103, it determines that the advertisement is not output. Further, for example, the arithmetic processing device 101 may determine that an advertisement is not output randomly or periodically.

When the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines that the advertisement is not output (step SB11: No),
The processing of the arithmetic processing unit 101 proceeds to step SB12.
On the other hand, when the arithmetic processing device 101 determines that the advertisement is not output (step SB11: Yes), the processing of the arithmetic processing device 101 proceeds to step SB13.

In step SB12, the arithmetic processing unit 101 selects the dialog data whose timing data is “at the time of mail reception” from the basic dialog database 143 or the additional dialog database 152. here,
The timing data in the basic serif database 143 and the additional serif database 152 is "when mail is received"
If there is a plurality of dialog data, the arithmetic processing unit 101 selects at least one of the plurality of dialog data.
Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of outputting a voice corresponding to the voice data of the selected dialog data to the speaker 122. Thereby, the toy system 100
The user is notified that he or she wants to receive the mail.

On the other hand, in step SB13, the arithmetic processing unit 101 selects at least one advertisement data from the additional advertisement database 151 based on the user data 150. That is, the arithmetic processing device 101 selects advertisement data having genre data corresponding to the preference genre data of the user data 150. Further, the arithmetic processing device 101 selects, from the selected advertisement data, advertisement data having gender data corresponding to the gender data.
Further, the arithmetic processing unit 101 selects advertisement data having age data corresponding to the age data from the selected advertisement data. The arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of outputting a sound corresponding to the sound data of the advertisement data selected as described above from the speaker 122. As a result, the advertisement is output by voice. The arithmetic processing unit 10
1 selects the advertisement data corresponding to all of the preference genre data, gender data and age data, but may select the advertisement data corresponding to at least one of these data. Further, the arithmetic processing device 101 displays a screen corresponding to the screen data of the selected advertisement data on the display device 10.
5 may be performed.

Further, in step SB13, similarly to step SB12, the arithmetic processing unit 101 outputs a sound corresponding to the voice data of the dialog data whose timing data is "at the time of mail reception". As a result, the voice output from the toy system 100 is output as an advertisement, for example, "Because the beef bowls are discounted, I want to eat beef bowls at the ○ shop." It is output to the effect that the mail is to be received. In this way, the user can aurally grasp the contents of the advertisement. Then, by outputting the advertisement by voice,
Ads are more effectively advertised to users.

Step SB12 or step SB13
Later, or in parallel with step SB12 or step SB13, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs the process of step SB14. In step SB14, the arithmetic processing unit 1
No. 01 tries to receive mail from the mail server according to the account, the mail password and the mail server address of the user data 150. That is, the arithmetic processing unit 101 checks the mailbox of the mail server.

In step SB14, the arithmetic processing unit 101 sets the lighting circuit 126 and the motor drive circuit 12
4 may be controlled to operate. Thus, L
The EDs 125 and 125 light up, and the doll 120 performs a swing motion. Accordingly, the user can immediately recognize that the toy system 100 is receiving the mail.

In step SB14, the arithmetic processing unit 101 may execute the download of the advertisement data and the dialog data described in the above-mentioned "(4-7) Advertising data / line data download function". Note that the mail server may be the server system 200, and the following description will be made on the assumption that mail is to be received from the server system 200.

Next, when a mail has arrived in the user's mailbox included in the auxiliary storage device 203 of the server system 200, the arithmetic processing unit 101 sends a mail from the server system 200 (hereinafter referred to as a new mail). To receive. If no new mail has arrived in the mailbox, the arithmetic processing unit 101 does not receive the new mail. Then, when the arithmetic processing unit 101 does not receive the new mail (step SB15: N
o), the process of the arithmetic processing unit 101 proceeds to Step SB16.

In step SB16, the arithmetic processing unit 101 determines that the timing data is “when new mail is not received”.
Is the basic serif database 143
Alternatively, the user selects from the additional serif database 152.
Here, when there are a plurality of dialogue data whose timing data is “when new mail is not received” in the basic dialogue database 143 and the additional dialogue database 152, the arithmetic processing device 101 determines at least one of the plurality of dialogue data. select. Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of outputting a voice corresponding to the voice data of the selected dialog data to the speaker 122. As a result, the toy system 100 notifies the user that the new mail has not been received, and outputs a voice comment that the new mail has not been received. Accordingly, the user can be audibly grasped that the new mail has not been received, and becomes emotional by being commented. After the processing in step SB16, the arithmetic processing unit 101 enters a voice input standby state.

On the other hand, when arithmetic processing unit 101 receives a new mail (step SB15: Yes), the processing of arithmetic processing unit 101 proceeds to step SB17. In step SB17, the arithmetic processing unit 101 selects, from the basic serif database 143 or the additional serif database 152, the serif data whose timing data is “when a new mail is received”. Here, the basic serif database 143 and the additional serif database 152
If there is a plurality of dialogue data whose timing data is “when a new mail is received”, the arithmetic processing device 101
Selects at least one of a plurality. Then, the arithmetic processing device 101 performs a process of outputting a voice corresponding to the voice data of the selected dialog data to the speaker 122. As a result, the toy system 100 notifies the user that the new mail has been received, and outputs the number of received new mails and a comment that the new mail has been received by voice.

Next, the arithmetic processing unit 101 transmits the name and mail address of the sender of the new mail by voice to the speaker 1.
Then, a process of outputting from the CPU 22 is performed (step SB18).
That is, the toy system 100 reads aloud the name and mail address of the sender of the new mail. By outputting the name and e-mail address of the sender of the new mail by voice, the user can aurally grasp the name and e-mail address of the sender. Further, the user can enjoy receiving the mail rather than seeing the sender's name and the mail address on the display screen.

Next, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs a process of outputting the subject of the new mail and the text (contents) of the new mail from the speaker 122 by voice (step SB1).
9). That is, the toy system 100 reads out the new mail subject and the text by voice. By outputting the subject and the body of the new mail by voice, the user can recognize the subject and the body audibly. Further, the user can enjoy receiving the e-mail rather than looking at the subject and the text on the display screen.

Here, in step SB18 or step SB19, if the mail address of the sender of the newly arrived mail coincides with the specific person mail address of the user data 150, the arithmetic processing unit 101 turns on the lighting circuit 1
26 and the motor drive circuit 124 are operated. This allows the LEDs 125, 125 to light up,
The doll 120 performs a swing motion. Accordingly, the user can immediately and immediately grasp that the e-mail has been transmitted from a specific person, that is, a lover or a friend.

When there are a plurality of new mails, the arithmetic processing unit 1
01, the name and the mail address of the sender of each new mail, the subject and the text of the new mail are sequentially output from the speaker 122 by voice for each new mail (step SB2).
0: No). When the voice output is completed for all the newly arrived mails (step SB20: Yes), the arithmetic processing unit 101 enters a voice input standby state.

(6) Effects of the present embodiment As described above, according to the present embodiment, the arithmetic processing unit 101 performs processing according to the voice uttered by the user.
That is, if the user speaks to receive the mail, the mail is received, if the user speaks to send the mail, the mail is transmitted, and the user speaks to receive the advertisement / line data. , Advertisement / line data is received. Therefore, the user can handle the toy system 100 more easily than inputting the information with the input device 102. Further, a voice based on the voice uttered by the user is transmitted to the doll 120.
Output from Therefore, the user feels talking with the doll 120 and can use the toy system 100 while enjoying it.

Furthermore, since the advertisement is output from the doll 120 by voice, the user feels as if the advertisement has been advertised from the doll 120. Therefore, the user can impressively remember the advertisement and efficiently promote the advertisement to the user.

Further, since the received new mail is output in voice, the user can enjoy receiving the mail. Further, since the mail is output from the doll 120 by voice, the user feels as if he received the mail from the doll 120. As described above, the user enters the doll 120
Can send and receive mail interactively. Then, since the line data and the advertisement data are downloaded and stored in the toy system 100, the user can feel as if the doll 120 remembers the lines and the like. That is, the user feels that the doll 120 grows by learning words. As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide an interesting system and to provide a toy and a toy set having a long life cycle.

(7) Modifications The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various improvements and design changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0130] For example, the installer of the server system 200 may receive an advertisement fee from an advertisement provider and operate the server system 200 using the advertisement fee. In other words, the fee for the user to connect to the Internet 400 using the toy system 100 or the fee for maintaining the user's mail account in the server system 200 is paid by the advertising fee, and the connection fee for the user is reduced or free. It can be. For this reason,
The user comes to use the system, and the advertisement is efficiently promoted to the user.

The lighting circuit 1 for the doll 120 is shown in FIG.
26 and the motor drive circuit 124, the doll 12
0 may swing, or the LED 125 may simply light up (or blink). In this case, the motor control program 131 and the LED control program 132
Becomes unnecessary. Therefore, an inexpensive toy set can be provided.

Also, for example, the doll 120 has been described as imitating a cat, but may be a dog, a pig, a cow, a dragon, a monster, or the like. In this case, a variety of toy sets can be provided by preparing a basic serif database, an advertisement database, or a serif database for each type of doll. That is, a user who is tired of the cat doll 120 can enjoy it for a long time by replacing it with another kind of doll. In this case, the line data of another type of doll may be downloaded from the server system 200. That is, a new CD
For other types of dolls, even if you don't provide them, the lines will increase.

The present invention may be applied to, for example, a toy device 300 as shown in FIG. This toy device 3
00 includes a doll 120 as a toy, a base 301 for supporting the toy, and a control device for controlling the doll 120. The configuration of the doll 120 is substantially the same as that of the above embodiment, and includes a microphone, a speaker, and a motor, and LEDs 125, 125 are provided.
The microphone, speaker, motor, and LED are controlled by the control device.

The control device is built in the base 301. Further, the control device is provided with input buttons 302, 302... For inputting characters and information relating to the user.
This control device includes a modem and the like, and is freely connectable to the Internet 400. Further, the control device includes an auxiliary storage device similar to the auxiliary storage device 103 (which stores the recorded content of the CD 110) in the above embodiment. The control device operates the processing program stored in the auxiliary storage device to execute the arithmetic processing of the above embodiment 101
It has the same function as that of and performs the same processing.

The server system 200 may receive advertisement data from another terminal device, that is, a terminal device for an advertisement provider. When received from the terminal device for the advertisement provider, the arithmetic processing device 2 of the server system 200
01 is the advertisement database 230 in the auxiliary storage device 203
And stores the received advertisement data.

[0136]

According to the present invention, since the sound output device, that is, the advertisement is output from the toy, the advertisement can be displayed more efficiently than the advertisement is displayed on the screen. That is, basically,
The user operates a screen of a display device or the like connected to the computer, but the advertisement is output by voice, so that the ratio of the advertisement portion to the entire screen is reduced or the advertisement does not have to be displayed on the screen. . Therefore, the advertisement does not disturb the user on the screen. Furthermore, since the advertisement is output by voice, the advertisement can be casually provided to the user. Therefore, the advertising effect of the advertisement is improved.

[0137] Further, since the advertisement is output by voice from the toy, an interesting advertisement can be provided to the user. In other words, the utterance of the toy makes the user feel that an advertisement can be transmitted from the toy. In other words, since the toy talks about the advertisement, an interesting advertisement can be provided to the user. Further, since the advertisement is output by voice, the advertisement is not attached to the appearance of the toy, and the user can be provided with a beautiful toy.

[0138] Further, since the advertisement information is received from the server device, a novel advertisement can be provided to the user. That is, when an advertisement is provided to a user in a storage medium or printed matter, a time lag occurs between the preparation of the advertisement and the user. However, if the user connects to a server device or the like, a new advertisement can always be provided to the user. it can.

Further, since the advertisement information is received, the toy speaks with a newer voice. Therefore, the user is less likely to get tired of the toy. Thus, the user is impressed about the new voice, but the voice is a voice about the advertisement, so that the advertising effect of the advertisement is outstanding.

Furthermore, since the speech is output from the audio output device, that is, the speech from the toy, the user feels as if the toy talks. Therefore, the present invention is very interesting. Furthermore, since the serif information stored in the server device is transmitted to the computer or the toy device, if the serif information of the server device is new, the novel line is always output from the toy by voice. Accordingly, the user feels as if the toy learns words, and the user does not get bored with the toy. Then, since the received speech data is stored in the computer, the speech uttered from the toy is accumulated, and the toy learns the speech. Therefore, an interesting toy can be provided to the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a toy system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data configuration and data of an advertisement database stored in a server system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a data configuration and data of a serif database stored in a server system.

FIG. 6 is a drawing showing an example of the configuration of a toy set according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data configuration of user data stored in the toy system and an example of the data.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the system according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing an example of a configuration of a toy device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 toy system (toy device) 101 arithmetic processing device (computer, control device) 103 auxiliary storage device (storage medium) 104 storage medium reading device 107 toy 110 CD (storage medium) 120 doll (shape object) 121 microphone (sound output device) 122 speaker (sound collecting device) 123 motor (drive means) 124 LED (light source) 126 lighting circuit (lighting means) 127 face 128 torso 130 processing program 140 basic data 200 server system (server device, mail server) 201 arithmetic processing Device 203 Auxiliary storage device 210 Mail server program 220 Advertising serif server program 230 Advertising database 240 Serif database 300 Toy device 400 Internet

Claims (22)

[Claims] 1. A toy comprising a sound output device connectable to a computer communicable with a server device storing advertisement information, and a storage medium storing a processing program executable by the computer. A set, wherein: an advertisement receiving step of receiving advertisement information from the server device; and, based on the received advertisement information, a voice output step of outputting an advertisement for the advertisement information to the sound output device by voice. A toy set in which a program to be executed by a computer is included in the processing program. 2. The toy set according to claim 1, wherein said server device stores dialogue information, and said processing program causes said computer to execute a dialogue receiving step of receiving dialogue information from said server device. A toy set, wherein, in the audio output step, a speech corresponding to the received speech information is further output as speech. 3. The toy set according to claim 2, wherein a program for causing the computer to execute a step of storing at least one of the received line information and the received advertisement information is included in the processing program. Toy set. 4. The toy set according to claim 1, wherein in the advertisement receiving step, advertisement information corresponding to user information is received from the server device. 5. The toy set according to claim 1, wherein in the voice output step, an advertisement of advertisement information according to user information is output to the sound output device. 6. The toy set according to claim 1, wherein the processing program includes a program for causing the computer to execute a mail receiving step of receiving a mail from a mail server. set. 7. The toy set according to claim 6, wherein a sound collecting device connectable to the computer is provided on the toy, and the mail receiving step is performed by the computer in accordance with a sound collected from the sound collecting device. A toy set in which a program to be executed is included in the processing program. 8. The toy set according to claim 6, wherein a program for causing the computer to execute the advertisement receiving step at the time of the mail receiving step is included in the processing program. 9. The toy set according to claim 6, wherein a program for causing the computer to execute the voice output step at the time of the mail receiving step is included in the processing program. . 10. The toy set according to claim 6, wherein, when the mail is received in the mail receiving step, the content of the received mail is output from the sound output device as voice. A toy set, wherein the processing program includes a program for causing the computer to execute. 11. The toy set according to claim 6, wherein, when the mail is received in the mail receiving step, a name and / or a mail address of a sender who transmitted the received mail are set. A toy set, wherein the processing program includes a program for causing the computer to execute a step of outputting a sound from the sound output device. 12. The toy set according to claim 10, wherein the processing program includes a program for causing the computer to execute a step of outputting a comment about the reception of the mail by voice from the sound output device. Toy set. 13. The toy set according to claim 6, wherein when no mail is received in the mail receiving step, a sound indicating that the mail was not received is transmitted from the sound output device. A program for causing the computer to execute the step of outputting in the processing program is included in the processing program,
Toy set. 14. The toy set according to claim 13, wherein the processing program includes a program for causing the computer to execute a step of outputting, as a voice, from the sound output device a comment that the e-mail has not been received. Toy set. 15. The toy set according to claim 1, wherein the toy includes a figure, and the sound output device is provided in the figure. 16. The toy set according to claim 15, wherein said figure comprises a body and a face provided to be swingable on said body, wherein said face is swung with respect to said body. A toy set, wherein the toy is provided with driving means for causing the computer to control the driving means. 17. The toy set according to claim 15, wherein a light source and lighting means for lighting the light source are provided on the object, and the program for controlling the lighting means by the computer is the processing program. A toy set included in the program. 18. A toy according to any one of claims 1 to 17. 19. The storage medium according to claim 1, wherein: 20. A server device according to claim 1, wherein: 21. A control device communicable with a server device storing advertisement information, and a toy provided with a sound output device connected to the control device, and receiving the advertisement information from the server device. A toy device, wherein the control device includes: means, and a sound output unit that outputs an advertisement for the advertisement information to the sound output device by voice based on the received advertisement information. 22. The toy device according to claim 21, wherein the server device stores dialogue information, the control device includes a dialogue receiving unit for receiving dialogue information from the server device, and the received dialogue information. A toy device, wherein the voice output means includes means for outputting speech according to the voice.