JP2003019364A - Toy moving linking with tv - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a TV-linkingly moving toy with which a user not only enjoys the story of a TV animation by watching and hearing but also physically feeling it and shares the emotional change, etc., with a character so as to be just being together with the character. SOLUTION: The sound such as theme music, an insertion song or a sound effect outputted in response to the state of the appearing character in the animation program, etc., which is outputted from a TV 1 is taken-in by a microphone 5. The pattern of the taken-in sound is judged and an action means B is operated in accordance with the judged sound pattern.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television-linked motion toy that operates in response to a musical sound output from a television.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, anime programs broadcast on television, so-called television animations, are typical of children's entertainment that can give children dreams and fun.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in TV animation, although it is possible to empathize with the emotions of watching while being unhappy with the story being developed and the movements of the characters, it is only for the sense of sight and hearing that I can tell the story. There was no sense of unity to participate.

Various moving toys that detect sounds and operate have been developed and proposed, but the motions are to be visually enjoyed and not directly felt by the body.

The present invention solves the above problems and allows not only the eyes and ears to enjoy the story of a TV animation, but also the feeling of the body and the sharing of emotional changes as if they were with the character. It is an object to provide a linked motion toy.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a TV-linked motion toy according to the present invention is provided with a theme song such as an animation program output from a TV, an inserted song, or a psychological or emotional appearance of a character that appears. Microphones are used to capture musical sounds such as sound effects that are output in response to state changes or environmental changes, and the patterns of the captured musical sounds are determined.
It is characterized by performing an operation corresponding to the determined musical tone pattern.

The television-linked motion toy includes a control device provided with the microphone, a musical tone determination means for determining a musical tone pattern, and an information transmitting means for transmitting information corresponding to the musical tone pattern by infrared rays, and the control device. Preferably, the toy body is provided with an information receiving means for receiving the information transmitted by and a control means for controlling the action means based on the received information.

Further, it is desirable that the television-linked motion toy has the following requirements. (A) The musical sound determination means determines a musical tone pattern by determining a combination of musical scales constituting the musical sound from the musical sound captured by the microphone. (B) The action means includes a light emitting mechanism, a vibration mechanism, Must consist of at least one of the sounding mechanisms

It is desirable that the toy body is composed of a rod-shaped baton body having a thickness that can be held with one hand so that the television can be watched while the toy body is held.

[0010]

1 shows an example of a TV-linked motion toy according to the present invention. This TV-linked motion toy (hereinafter referred to as motion toy) A is a theme such as an animation program output from the TV 1. A motion toy in which a musical sound such as a sound effect output corresponding to the state of a song, an inserted song, or an appearing character is detected, the pattern of the detected musical sound is determined, and the action means B operates according to the determined pattern. The control device 2 and the toy body 3 are combined.

The control device 2 judges the microphone 5 which takes in the musical sound output from the television 1 and the pattern of the musical sound taken in by the microphone 5 and creates a control code from the judged result to generate infrared rays which is the information transmitting means 6. The toy body 3 is formed by imitating a rod-shaped baton having a thickness that a child can hold with one hand, mainly including a control unit 7 that drives an LED to transmit a control code by an infrared signal. A light receiving unit 10 that receives an infrared signal transmitted from the control device 2, and a lighting mechanism for controlling the LED 11 that is a light emitting mechanism that constitutes the action means B by returning the infrared signal received by the light receiving unit 10 to a control code and a vibration mechanism. An operation control of the vibration motor 12 and a control unit 14 for outputting a sound effect from a speaker 13 which is a sounding mechanism are arranged.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a block diagram of a moving toy. The control device 2 has a memory 20 for storing a control program and reference pattern data, and a conversion for converting musical sounds taken by the microphone 5 into scale data. Part 21,
The scale data converted by the conversion unit 21 according to the control program is arranged in time series to form scale pattern data, which is compared with the reference pattern data read from the memory 20, and a control code table preset based on the comparison result. A corresponding control code is selected from among the selected control codes, and the control section 23 for driving the drive circuit 22 to operate the infrared LED 6 to convert the control code into an infrared signal and transmitting the selected control code is provided. The CPU 20 is connected to a certain CPU via a bus line 24, the memory 21, a converter 21 for converting musical tones captured by the microphone 5 into a scale, and a drive circuit 22 for transmitting a control code by infrared rays.

On the other hand, the toy body 3 has a memory 30 for storing a control program and motion pattern data, and a converter 31 for returning an infrared signal received by the light receiver 10 to a control code.
Based on the control code converted by the conversion unit 31, the operation pattern data is read from the operation pattern table, converted into an action control signal, and the drive circuit 32 of the LED 11, the drive circuit 33 of the vibration motor 12, and the drive circuit 34 of the speaker 13 are respectively supplied. A control unit 35 for controlling and performing a predetermined action operation is provided, and a conversion unit 31 for returning an infrared signal received by the memory 30 and the light receiving unit 10 via a bus line 36 to a CPU, which is the control unit 35, into a control code. , LED
11, a drive circuit 32 for the vibration motor 12, a drive circuit 33 for the vibration motor 12,
The drive circuit 34 of the speaker 13 is connected.

The reference pattern data is,
It consists of 7 scales of 8 stages of fa, so, la, shi, and do, and is composed of scale patterns that express joy, sadness, happiness, transformation of characters, etc. from the combination of scales, and each pattern is controlled. It suffices to add a chord and create a reference pattern table, and the control chord may be determined by comparing the scale pattern data and the reference pattern data.

Next, an example of the operating mode of the operating device will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 5, with the control device 2 placed on the TV toy body 1, the toy body 3 is held and the television 1 waits for the TV animation to be broadcast. The TV anime was aired, and TV 1's theme song from TV 1,
When a musical sound such as an inserted song or a sound effect corresponding to the state of the appearing character is output, the musical sound is detected by the microphone 5 (step ST1). The scale of the detected musical sound is determined (step ST2), and the determined scales are arranged in time series to create a scale pattern (step ST3). When the number of scales reaches 7, it is determined that a scale pattern can be created (step ST4), the process proceeds to step ST5, and it is determined which reference pattern of the predetermined reference pattern table the created scale pattern matches (step ST6). ), If they do not match, the scale pattern is cleared (step ST7) and the process returns to step ST1 to capture a musical tone again.

If it matches the reference pattern, the process proceeds to step ST8, the control code corresponding to the reference pattern is read from the reference pattern table, the control code is converted into an infrared signal and transmitted, and then the scale pattern is cleared. (Step ST9) Then, the process returns to step ST and the musical tone is captured again.

The infrared signal transmitted from the control device 2 is received by the light receiving section 10 of the operating body 3 (step ST10),
It is converted into a control code (step ST11). Based on the control code, the operation pattern data corresponding to the control code is read from the operation pattern table (step S
T12), a voice signal, a motor drive signal, and an LED drive signal are converted, and the actions corresponding to the respective operation pattern data are executed (step ST13), and step S
It returns to T10 and waits for an infrared signal to be transmitted from the control device 2. In this action, a sound signal, a motor drive signal, and an LED drive signal are output according to the operation list diagram of FIG. 6, lighting control of the LED 11 that is a light emitting mechanism, operation control of the vibration motor 12 that is a vibrating mechanism, and a sounding mechanism. A sound effect is output from the speaker 13.

For example, when the musical tone pattern output from the television is a transforming musical tone pattern, the control code is "0".
1 ”, the operation pattern data corresponding to the control code is read from the operation pattern table, and the action corresponding to the operation list shown in FIG. 5 is executed. In this action, the LED is red and the blinking is quicker and then it changes to yellow, and the vibration motor is "buzz buzz".
When the sound effect pattern that “sound filled with magic” switches to “magic sound” is output from the speaker and the sound pattern is a pleasant sound pattern, the control code is The result is "05", the operation pattern data corresponding to the control code is read from the operation pattern table, and the action corresponding to the operation list shown in FIG. 5 is executed. This action is LED
Flashes yellow at a fast tempo, and the vibration motor is controlled to rotate continuously after two short rotations of "Bull, Blue, Blue".

As described above, the musical sound output from the television is taken in, the content of the TV animation is judged from the composition of the musical sound, and the toy body executes the action corresponding to the content, so that the toy body appears in the TV animation. A user who holds a toy body that is a baton similar to the baton that the character has can get the same feeling as the character from the toy body that he holds, as the character in TV animation feels. Yes, you can not only empathize with the characters that appear on the TV, you can get the feeling that you are participating in TV animation with the same feeling as the character, and you can share emotions with the character. Can be realized.

[0021]

According to the present invention, since the musical sound output from the television is taken in, the content of the TV animation is judged from the composition of the musical sound, and the toy body executes the action corresponding to the content, so that the television is simply used. In addition to empathizing with the characters that appear in, you can get the feeling that you are participating in TV animation with the same feeling as the character, and you can use a participation type motion toy that can not share the emotion with the character. Can be realized.

Further, if the musical tone pattern is judged by the combination of the scales in a specific portion of the musical sound fetched from the microphone and the action means is operated, the atmosphere of the musical sound output from the television is judged and the atmosphere is set. Since the action means operates correspondingly, it is possible to obtain an empathy that cannot be obtained by a conventional motion toy that simply senses sound and operates.

If the toy body is composed of a rod-shaped baton body that can be held with one hand, the television can be viewed with the toy body held in the hand, and the vibration by the vibrating mechanism can be directly applied. You can feel it at, and you can evolve from watching TV anime to participating TV anime.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of a television-linked motion toy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the toy that operates in conjunction with the TV.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining an operating mode of the TV-linked toy.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart diagram for explaining an operating mode of the television-linked motion toy.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a usage state of the TV-linked toy.

FIG. 6 is an operation list diagram illustrating an example of an action operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 TV 2 controller 3 toy bodies 5 microphones A TV interlocking movement toy B Action means

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A microphone is used to capture a musical tone such as a sound effect output in response to a theme song such as an anime program output from a television set, an inserted song, or a changing psychological or emotional state of a appearing character or an environmental change. A television-linked motion toy characterized by determining a pattern of a captured musical tone and performing an operation corresponding to the determined pattern of the musical tone. 2. The control device provided with the microphone, the musical tone determining means for determining a musical tone pattern, and the information transmitting means for transmitting information corresponding to the musical tone pattern by infrared rays, and the control device. 2. The TV-linked motion toy according to claim 1, which is a combination with a toy body including an information receiving means for receiving information transmitted by the player and a control means for controlling the action means based on the received information. 3. The television-linked motion toy according to claim 2, comprising the following requirements. (A) The musical sound determination means determines a musical tone pattern based on a combination of scales in a specific portion of the musical sound taken in from the microphone. (B) The action means is at least one of a sound generating mechanism, a light emitting mechanism, and a vibrating mechanism. Being composed of one mechanism 4. The television-linked motion toy according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the toy body is a rod-shaped baton body having a thickness that can be held with one hand.