JP2004219870A - Melody toy device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a melody toy device joyful unlike a single melody toy such that a plurality of melody toys are connected and when a user acts to one melody toy, the melody toy takes the initiative to control all other melody toys. <P>SOLUTION: All the melody toys 1 are connected in parallel by a signal cable 2 and each of them has a sensor 3 sensing a user's action, and a melody toy whose sensor 3 operates functions as a master toy M and other melody toys function as slave toys S. Each melody toy stores a plurality of main melodies characteristic of the melody toy and submelodies corresponding to the main melodies characteristic of other melody toys, and the master toy M outputs a main melody and the slave toys S output submelodies corresponding to the main melody that the master toy M has outputted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a melody toy device, and more particularly to a melody toy device in which a plurality of melody toys are connected by a signal cable, a melody toy operated by a user outputs a main melody, and all other melody toys output a sub melody. .
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a moving toy that responds to a user's action to produce a voice or move a body in accordance with a voice has been proposed and put into practical use. However, these moving toys sense the user's actions with sensors and output the melody, and do not actively communicate with the user. Has been proposed that outputs a sound effect according to the action in addition to the melody when the action is performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-262762 A (page 3, FIG. 1)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the above-mentioned moving toy operates independently, and operates in response to a user's action.However, a plurality of moving toys do not operate at the same time, and can be played in an interactive manner. Simultaneous operation could not be enjoyed.
[0005]
The present invention solves the above problems, connecting a plurality of melody toys, when the user works on any one melody toy, the melody toy that has worked takes control of all other melody toys, It is an object to provide a fun melody toy device that cannot be enjoyed by itself.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a melody toy device according to the present invention is characterized by having at least the following requirements, wherein at least two melody toys are connected by a signal cable.
(B) All melody toys are connected in parallel by signal cables. (B) Each melody toy has a sensor that senses the user's action, the melody toy on which the sensor works becomes a master toy, and the other melody toys are (C) The melody toy stores a plurality of main melody specific to the melody toy and sub melody corresponding to the main melody specific to other melody toy, the master toy outputs the main melody, and the slave toy outputs the master melody. Outputting a secondary melody corresponding to the main melody output by the toy
The melody toy that became the master toy by sensing the user's action by the sensor transmitted the stored main melody tune data to the other melody toy via the signal cable and received the tune data. It is preferable that the melody toy is set as a slave toy and transmits a reception confirmation signal to notify the master toy that the melody toy has become a slave toy.
[0008]
In addition, the melody toy may operate at least a part of the body in association with the output of the melody, and may output the melody while performing a singing operation instead of merely outputting the melody.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows a melody toy device according to the present invention, in which a plurality of melody toys 1 (A to E) formed like a dog are connected in parallel by a signal cable 2.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 2, the melody toy has a total height of about 50 mm and internally stores a sensor 3 for detecting a user's action, a main melody and a sub melody of another melody toy, and stores the entire melody toy. 4 that stores a control program for controlling the melody, an operating mechanism 5 that operates the mouth and ears, a speaker 6 that outputs a melody, and a control unit 7 that controls the entire melody toy based on the detection result of the sensor 3. And
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 3, the melody toy is formed as a dog by screwing a front cover 10 and a rear cover 11, and includes a sensor 3, a speaker 6, a battery box 8, a control circuit and a drive. A circuit board 9 on which a circuit is mounted and an operating mechanism 5 are arranged.
[0012]
The operating mechanism includes an operating plate 15 in which a support shaft 14 is rotatably supported by two frames 12 and 13, and a coil 16 fixed to one of the frames 12. The magnets 17 and 18 are fixed, and the direction of the exciting current of the coil 16 is changed to attract and repel the coil 16 and the permanent magnets 17 and 18 to rotate the operating plate 15 back and forth. Since the lower jaw member 19 is pivotally mounted on the support shaft 14 of the operating plate 15, the lower jaw member 19 moves up and down by moving the operating plate 15 so as to move the mouth and sing a song. Can be.
[0013]
Further, when the pressing pieces 15a, 15b protruding from the upper and lower portions of the upper portion of the operating plate 15 are engaged with the engaging pieces 20a, 21a formed on the ear members 20, 21, and the operating plate 15 is rotated rearward, As shown in FIG. 4A, the pressing piece 15a engages with the engaging pieces 20a and 21a and presses it backward, so that the ear members 20 and 21 rotate forward, and the operating plate 15 moves forward. When rotated, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the pressing piece 15b engages with the engaging pieces 20a, 21a and presses this forward, so that the ear members 20, 21 rotate backward, and the lower jaw. It operates in conjunction with the vertical rotation of the member 19.
[0014]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the melody toy, in which reference numeral 6 denotes a control unit having a built-in memory 4, and this control unit 7 may use a programmable voice synthesis IC. Reference numeral 25 denotes a drive circuit of the coil 16, which is configured to change the direction of the exciting current of the coil 16 and flow it according to control signals (CON 1 and CON 2) of the control unit 7. Reference numeral 26 denotes a detection circuit which converts an analog signal of the microphone 2 into a digital signal and inputs the digital signal to the control unit 7. Reference numeral 27 denotes a communication circuit for amplifying and shaping an input signal and an output signal. Reference numerals 28 and 29 denote connectors for connecting the signal cable 2, and these two connectors are connected in parallel.
[0015]
In this melody toy device, when the user acts on one of a plurality of melody toys connected by the signal cable 2, the melody toy that has been acted on becomes a master toy (master unit) M and another melody. The toys are slave toys (child devices) S1, S2,..., And output a sub-melody in accordance with the main melody output by the parent device as a back chorus, so that harmony is constituted as a whole, and The sensor 3 detects whether the user has acted or not. The sensor 3 detects that the user has blown out, and the present invention uses a condenser microphone. Note that this action may detect that a touch has been made instead of blowing. In this case, a vibration sensor or the like may be used instead of the condenser microphone.
[0016]
The memory 4 stores a plurality of main melody specific to each melody toy, a sub melody corresponding to the main melody and a sub melody corresponding to the main melody of another melody toy. When recognizing the sensing signal of the sensor 3, the control unit 7 sets itself as a master unit, reads out the music data of one main melody from a plurality of main melody at random, and reads out the read music data by the signal cable 2. Melody toys are output.
[0017]
The control unit 7 of the other melody toy that has received the music data sets itself as a child device, and notifies the signal cable 2 of a reception confirmation signal notifying that the music data has been received and of being set to the child device. To the parent device via
[0018]
The control unit 7 of the master unit reads out the main melody data from the memory 4 upon receiving the acknowledgment signal from all the slave units and outputs the data from the speaker 6, and the control unit 7 of the slave unit synchronizes with the output of the main melody and outputs the sub melody. Is read from the memory and output from the speaker.
[0019]
FIG. 6 is a table diagram showing an example of a table of the main melody and the sub melody stored in the memory of the melody toy. For example, the main melody A1 to A3 and the sub melody a1 of the melody toy A are stored in the memory of the melody toy A. a3, the sub melody b1 to b3 of the melody toy B, the sub melody c1 to c3 of the melody toy C are stored, and the main melody B1 to B3 and the sub melody b1 to b3 of the melody toy B are stored in the memory of the melody toy B. The sub-melody a1 to a3 of the melody toy A, the sub-melody c1 'to c3' of the melody toy C, and so on are stored.
[0020]
For example, when the melody toys A, B, C, and D are connected, and the melody toy A becomes the master unit and reads out the main melody A3 from the table, the melody toy B is the sub melody a3, and the melody toy C is the sub melody. a3 ′, the melody toy D reads the sub melody a3 ″, and the chorus is established by the main melody A3 and the sub melody a3, a3 ′, a3 ″.
[0021]
FIG. 7 is a time chart illustrating a state in which the master unit M recognizes the slave units S1, S2,..., As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9A, the master unit M (for example, a melody toy). A) outputs the program data from the output terminal of OUT1 to LINE1 of the signal cable 2. The tune data is input to the input terminals IN1 of the slave units S1, S2,... Via the signal cable 2, and the melody toy that recognizes the song data and sets itself as the slave unit S1, S2,. When the acknowledgment signal is output from the output terminal of OUT2, LINE2 becomes L and outputs the acknowledgment signal, and becomes H after a predetermined time. When all the acknowledgment signals become H, LINE2 becomes H, so that the master unit M recognizes that all connected melody toys have become child units S.
[0022]
When the master unit M and the slave unit S are set, the master unit M outputs the main melody of the selected music data. This main melody inverts the output signal of OUT1 in accordance with the output of the melody, and the slave units S1, S2,...
[0023]
Since the master unit reverses the direction of the exciting current of the coil 16 in synchronization with the inversion of the output signal, the magnets 17 and 18 of the operation plate 15 repeatedly attract and repel the coil 16, so that the operation plate 15 Rotate back and forth around the center. When the operating plate 15 rotates, the lower jaw member 19 rotates up and down, and the ear member rotates back and forth, so that a singing operation can be performed. At this time, the slave unit can operate as if singing by moving the lower jaw member in the same manner as the master unit in synchronization with the inversion of the input signal, and it is possible to create a situation where it is doing a chorus as a whole it can.
[0024]
Note that a plurality of the same melody toys may be connected together with other melody toys. For example, as shown in FIG. 9B, when there are two melody toys A (the second melody toy is referred to as a melody toy A ′), when the melody toy A is acted on and the melody toy A is set as a master unit. Since the melody toy A 'receives the music piece data transmitted by the melody toy A, it is set in the slave unit similarly to the other melody toys B to E. When the melody toy A outputs the main melody (for example, A1) The melody toy A ′ outputs the sub melody a1 (see FIG. 6).
[0025]
Also, when the melody toy device is configured with only the same melody toy, the melody toy that the user has worked on becomes the master unit and outputs the main melody, and all other melody toys output the same sub melody.
[0026]
As described above, the melody toy that the user worked on becomes the master unit, and all the melody toys connected to the master unit by the signal cable become the slave units and output the secondary melody. Rather than becoming the main melody toy that the user worked on, the main melody owned by each melody toy is randomly selected and output, so the same melody is not always output A melody toy device that does not get tired can be provided.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the melody toy that the user worked on becomes the master unit, all the melody toys connected to the master unit by the signal cable become the slave units, and the slave unit matches the main melody output by the master unit. Since the melody is output, the specific melody toy does not become the parent machine, but the melody toy that the user worked on becomes the parent machine and the parent machine is not fixed, so the same melody is not always output and the melody that does not get tired A toy device can be provided.
[0028]
According to the second aspect of the invention, the melody toy that the user worked to become the parent machine takes the initiative and sets the other melody toys to the child apparatuses, so that all the melody toys become the parent apparatus and You can get a chance and enjoy various melodic combinations.
[0029]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, at least a part of the body (for example, the mouth) is operated in association with the output of the melody, and the melody is output while performing the singing operation instead of merely outputting the melody. Even fun melody toys can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a melody toy device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an example of a melody toy. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the melody toy. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation mode of an operating mechanism. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of a melody toy. FIG. 6 is a table diagram for explaining main melody and sub melody stored in a memory. FIG. 8 is a time chart illustrating the relationship between the main melody and the sub melody. [FIG. 9] (a) (b) Signal flow diagram of the melody toy [explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Melody toy 2 Signal cable 3 Sensor 4 Memory 5 Operating mechanism 6 Control part

Claims (3)

A melody toy device comprising the following requirements, wherein at least two melody toys are connected by a signal cable.
(B) All melody toys are connected in parallel with signal cables. (B) Each melody toy has a sensor that senses the user's action, the melody toy on which the sensor works becomes a master toy, and the other melody toys are (C) The melody toy stores a plurality of main melody unique to the melody toy and sub melody corresponding to the main melody unique to other melody toy, the master toy outputs the main melody, and the slave toy outputs the master melody. Output the secondary melody corresponding to the main melody output by the toy The melody toy, which has become a master toy by sensing the user's action by the sensor, transmits the stored tune data of the main melody to another melody toy via the signal cable, and receives the tune data. The melody toy device according to claim 1, wherein the device is set as a slave toy and transmits a reception confirmation signal to notify the master toy that the slave toy has become a slave toy. The melody toy device according to claim 1, wherein the melody toy operates at least a part of a body in association with an output of the melody.

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