JP2007029316A - Luminous pattern-configuring toy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a luminous pattern-configuring toy enhancing the growth of intelligence and sensibility by varying brightness and colors in accordance with a spatially arranged configuration. <P>SOLUTION: The luminous pattern-configuring toy 1 has a light transmitting housing 2 as a configuration element in a space, and an illuminance sensor 3a to detect the brightness of the exterior attached to the housing 2, and further includes a light source 5 arranged in the interior of the housing 2 and a control means 6 to vary the illuminance or the colors of the light source 5 on the basis of the detection output of the illuminance sensor 3a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a light-emitting form toy that can exhibit intellectual education, sensitivity development, educational effects, and the like for infants and children.

  It is known that it is important to develop sensitivity and intelligence by stimulating the five senses in order to develop a healthy mind and body of a child. As toys for this purpose, so-called form-structured toys that form a spatial form by combining a plurality of toys, as represented by blocks and blocks, have been widely provided.

Conventionally, as an improvement on this type of toy structure, for example, by providing a game device with a frame for placing blocks, a configuration that is impossible with conventional blocks is possible (for example, patents) (Refer to Document 1), By forming fine irregularities on the building blocks, the upper building blocks can be held by the lower building blocks even when tilted obliquely, making it possible to form a configuration that is impossible with conventional building blocks (For example, refer to Patent Document 2), or those that allow learning to count the number of bars by enabling insertion and removal of the bars in the building blocks (for example, Patent Document 3) have been proposed. .
JP 2003-305283 A JP 11-319333 A Japanese Patent No. 2001-113059

  However, the conventional configuration toys such as blocks and blocks disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 described above increase the degree of freedom in configuring a three-dimensional assembly while considering the shape and color, or In addition, learning elements such as numbers and alphabets are added to the configuration work, and basically limited to those that devise how the configuration components are arranged spatially.

  In other words, in the prior art, in the case where a plurality of form-structured toys or a combination of form-structured toys and other objects are spatially arranged, they are merely devised for configuring the spatial form. In addition, by changing the color and brightness of the light, the user's vision is actively stimulated, and not only the spatial positional relationship is grasped, but also the color harmony is considered while taking the mutual color arrangement relationship into consideration. The present situation is that no toy has been provided so as to improve the sensitivity and intelligence by guiding it as expected.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and aims to further improve the development of intelligence and sensitivity as compared with the prior art by changing the color and brightness according to the spatial arrangement form. An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting type configuration toy that is effective.

  In order to achieve the above object, a light-emitting form constituent toy according to the first aspect of the present invention has a light-transmitting casing as a constituent element in space, and the casing has an external brightness. An illuminance sensor for detecting the illuminance is attached, a light source is disposed inside the housing, and a control means for changing the brightness of the light source based on a detection output of the illuminance sensor is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a light-emitting type configuration toy according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the light source emits light in a plurality of wavelength bands, and the control means is configured to generate the illuminance. Instead of changing the brightness of the light source based on the detection output of the sensor, the color is changed by selecting the wavelength band of the light source based on the detection output of the illuminance sensor.

  The light-emitting form configuration toy according to the invention described in claim 3 has a light-transmitting casing as a configuration component in space, and a color identification sensor for detecting the color of an external object is attached to the casing. And a light source that emits light of a plurality of wavelength bands is disposed inside the housing, and a control unit that changes the color by selecting the wavelength band of the light source based on the detection output of the color identification sensor It is characterized by having.

  A light-emitting type configuration toy according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the light-emitting type configuration toy according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the housing includes a sensor of another light-emitting type configuration toy. A light-shielding portion that shields light incident on the sensor is provided at a contact location corresponding to the mounting position.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a light-emitting type configuration toy according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the light-shielding portion is provided at its own sensor mounting position.

  According to the light emission type configuration toy according to the invention described in claim 1, since the brightness of the light source inside the housing changes according to the external brightness, the user is actively stimulated with vision. Can do. In addition, when the user spatially arranges the light emitting form toys or the light emitting form toys and other objects in combination, the user can change the distance between each other or the brightness of external light illumination. Since it is necessary to adjust the brightness inside each housing, the thinking elements of play increase and the difficulty increases, and the sensory ability increases compared to the past, which is effective in improving the development of sensitivity and intelligence. .

  According to the light emitting type configuration toy according to the invention described in claim 2, since the color of the light source inside the housing changes according to the external brightness, the vision is more positive than when the brightness simply changes. Can irritate. In addition, since the number of thinking elements when spatially arranging other light emitting type configuration toys, other toys, or other objects is increased and the difficulty level is further increased, the development of sensitivity and intelligence is further improved. Effective above.

  According to the light emission type configuration toy according to the invention described in claim 3, since the color of the light source inside the housing also changes according to the color of the external light emitter, the user's vision is further stimulated more actively. Can do. In addition, the user considers not only the mutual positional relationship when the light emitting type configuration toys, or the light emitting type configuration toys and other objects are spatially arranged, but also the mutual color arrangement relationship. However, it is necessary to adjust the color while increasing the difficulty of thinking elements of spatial arrangement and order, and the enjoyment of play increases, which is effective for further improving the development of sensitivity and intelligence. Become.

  According to the light emission type configuration toy according to the invention described in claim 4, the light shielding that blocks the light incident on the sensor at the contact location corresponding to the sensor mounting position of the other light emission type configuration toy is provided on the housing. Because the illuminance sensor cannot detect the external brightness and the detection output becomes zero when the light emitting type configuration toys are brought into contact with each other correctly and brought into contact with each other. The control means can accurately determine contact between the casings.

  According to the light emitting type configuration toy according to the invention described in claim 5, since the light-shielding portion is provided at its own sensor mounting position, a toy design with a higher degree of freedom is implemented by reducing surface components. It becomes possible to do.

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a light emitting type configuration toy according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  The light-emitting form configuration toy 1 according to the first embodiment has a light-transmitting casing 2 which is a configuration component in space, and an illuminance sensor 3a for detecting external brightness is attached to the casing 2. It has been. In addition, a light source 5 that emits light in a plurality of wavelength bands is disposed inside the housing 2, and control means 6 that changes the color by selecting the wavelength band of the light source 5 based on the detection output of the illuminance sensor 3a. And a power supply unit 7 for operating the light source 5 and the control means 6 is provided.

  The casing 2 includes, for example, various light transmissive resins such as acrylic resin, polystyrene resin, and polyethylene resin, various light transmissive rubber substances such as urethane elastomer, olefin elastomer, and silicon rubber. Alternatively, a material such as glass can be applied.

  In this case, part or all of the housing 2 is made translucent or colored, or fine irregularities are formed on the surface so that the light source 5, the control means 6, and the power supply unit 7 cannot be directly seen from the outside. In addition, a polarizing multilayer film can be formed on the surface. Alternatively, a cover that covers the control means 6 and the power supply unit 7 can be provided inside the housing 2.

  In Embodiment 1, the shape of the housing 2 is a cube, but it may be a rectangular parallelepiped, and various shapes such as a sphere, a hemisphere, a polyhedron, a cone, and a cylinder can be applied. There are no special restrictions on the shape of the body 2.

  The light source 5 is a point light source or close to a point light source, and is preferably arranged at a position where the entire surface constituting the housing 2 is substantially uniformly irradiated with light from the light source 5. Moreover, the light source 5 can be provided not only at one place but also at a plurality of places. As the type of the light source 5, for example, LEDs that emit light of R, G, and B colors are used in appropriate combinations, or LEDs of R, G, and B colors are formed in a single chip. Can be used.

  The control means 6 is configured by forming a control circuit on a circuit board, receives the power supply from the power supply unit 7, selects the wavelength band of the light source 5 based on the detection output of the illuminance sensor 3a, and sets the color. The control to change is performed. As the power supply unit 7, a solar power generation type or a self-power generation type is preferably used, but a rechargeable type can also be applied.

  In this luminescent form configuration toy 1, the illuminance sensor 3a detects a change in brightness associated with a change in distance from other luminescent type configuration toys and a change in brightness of a light emitter such as an external illumination lamp, In response to this, the control means 6 changes the color of the light source 5.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), when other light emitters 8 such as other light emission type toys and illumination lamps approach and the surroundings become brighter, the detection output of the illuminance sensor 3a increases. As shown in 2 (b), when the light shield 9 approaches, the detection output of the illuminance sensor 3a decreases. And the control means 6 changes the color of the light source 5 according to the change of the detection output of this illumination intensity sensor 3a.

  Therefore, when the user combines the light-emitting type configuration toys 1 with each other or spatially arranges the light-emitting type configuration toys 1 and other objects and arranges them inside the housing 2 according to their mutual positional relationship. Since the color of the light source 5 changes, the entire collective form is constructed while thinking about how the color changes. For this reason, vision is actively stimulated, and the number of thinking elements increases and the difficulty level increases, which is effective in improving the development of sensitivity and intelligence. In addition, a variety of play can be provided by changing the hue.

  Further, when the light-emitting form toy 1 is not used, for example, when the light-emitting form toy 1 is placed on the light-emitting panel 10 as shown in FIG. Since the outside brightness detected by 3a varies in various ways, the inside of the housing 2 has various colors, so that the utility value as an indoor interior also arises.

  In the first embodiment, the color of the light source 5 inside the housing 2 is changed according to the external brightness. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the monochromatic light source 5 inside the housing 2 is used. It is also possible to arrange the control unit 6 so that the brightness of the light source 5 is simply changed based on the detection output of the illuminance sensor 3a.

  In the first embodiment, the housing 2 is provided with the single illuminance sensor 3a. However, the number of the illuminance sensors 3a is not particularly limited. For example, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to have a configuration in which the illuminance sensor 3a is provided on each wall surface along the circumferential direction.

As described above, when a plurality of illuminance sensors 3 a are arranged in the housing 2, if each illuminance sensor 3 a is associated with, for example, each of R, G, and B colors of the light source 5 in advance, Based on the detection output, the R, G, and B colors of the light source 5 can be expressed. Accordingly, when the light-emitting form constituent toys 1 are used in combination, various color changes occur with changes in the mutual positions of the light-emitting form constituent toys 1, so that the user considers the regularity and changes the color. Since it is necessary to make adjustments, the number of play thinking elements increases and the difficulty level increases, which is more effective in improving the development of sensitivity and intelligence more effectively.
[Embodiment 2]
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a light emitting type configuration toy according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and components corresponding to those of Embodiment 1 shown in FIG.

  The light emitting type configuration toy 1 according to the second embodiment is characterized in that a color identification sensor 3b for detecting the color of an external object is attached to the housing 2, and the control means 6 detects the output of the color identification sensor 3b. The wavelength band of the light source 5 is selected based on the above, and the color is changed. Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  As in the first embodiment, only by detecting the external brightness by the illuminance sensor 3a, the light-emitting form constituent toys 1 are combined, or the light-emitting form constituent toys 1 and other objects are combined to form a space. When arranging and configuring, since it is impossible to grasp the colors of these surrounding objects, it is difficult to adjust the colors while considering the relationship with the colors of the surrounding objects.

  On the other hand, in this Embodiment 2, the color of the other light emission type configuration toy 1 and the object is detected by the color identification sensor 3b. That is, since the color identification sensor 3b detects the brightness level for each specific wavelength band, the control unit 6 changes the color of the light source 5 accordingly.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6A, in the state where one light emitting type configuration toy 1x emits blue light, another light emitting type configuration toy 1y emitting red light approaches. Since the color identification sensor 3b of the light-emitting form constituent toy 1x determines that the color of the other light-emitting form constituent toy 1y that has approached is red, the control means 6 of the light-emitting form constituent toy 1x accordingly. Changes its own light source 5 from blue to red. Thus, since the color of the light source 5 inside the housing 2 changes depending on the mutual positional relationship between the light emitting type configuration toys 1x and 1y, the color can be adjusted while considering the relationship with the surrounding colors. .

  In the example shown in FIG. 6 (a), one light emission type configuration toy 1x is assimilated with the color of another light emission type configuration toy 1y that has approached, but FIG. 6 (b). As shown in FIG. 4, the light emitting type configuration toys 1x and 1y can be made to emit light so as to have colors opposite to each other.

  As described above, in the light emitting type configuration toy 1 according to the second embodiment, the color of the light source 5 inside the housing 2 changes variously according to the color of other external light emitters. When spatial arrangement is made by combining the form-form toys 1 or the light-emitting form-form toys 1 and other objects, adjustment is made while considering not only the mutual positional relationship but also the mutual color. It is desirable for further development of sensibility and intellect because it is necessary to stimulate the vision positively and the difficulty of the spatial arrangement and order of thinking elements becomes higher and the enjoyment of play increases. It becomes.

  In the second embodiment, the single color identification sensor 3b is attached to the casing 2. However, the number of the color identification sensors 3b is not particularly limited. For example, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the color identification sensor 3b is provided on each surface along the circumferential direction.

When a plurality of color identification sensors 3b are arranged in the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 7, for example, as shown in FIG. 6 (c), when the left and right light emitting configuration toys 1y and 1z have the same color The left and right light-emitting type configuration toys 1y, 1z are assimilated so that the central light-emitting type configuration toy 1x is the same color as the left and right light-emitting type configuration toys 1y, 1z, Further, when the left and right light emission type toys 1y and 1z have different colors, the central light emission type toy 1x is set to an intermediate color between the left and right light emission type toys 1y and 1z. More diverse color changes in relation to other objects.
[Embodiment 3]
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a light emitting type configuration toy according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

  The feature of this third embodiment is that, in the case of using a combination of a plurality of light emitting type configuration toys 1x, 1y, one light emitting type configuration toy 1x includes a sensor 3y ( A light-shielding portion 11x that shields light incident on the sensor 3y is provided at a contact location corresponding to the sensor mounting position of the illuminance sensor 3a or the color identification sensor 3b). The light-shielding portion 11y that shields light incident on the sensor 3x is provided at a contact location corresponding to the sensor mounting position of the sensor 3x (illuminance sensor 3a or color identification sensor 3b) of the one light-emitting type configuration toy 1x. .

  In the light-emitting type configuration toy of the present invention, it is an element of play that a plurality of elements are combined to form a single aggregate as a whole, so that an event such as a color change is generated accordingly. It is important to accurately detect contact between the toys 1x and 1y.

  In the third embodiment, when the light-emitting type configuration toys 1x and 1y are correctly brought into contact with each other and brought into contact with each other, the light-shielding portions 11y and 11x are relative to the sensor mounting positions of the light-emitting type configuration toys 1x and 1y. Will do. As a result, each of the sensors 3x and 3y cannot detect the brightness of the outside and its detection output becomes zero, so that the control means 6 correctly pushes the light-emitting type configuration toys 1x and 1y into the proper positions. It is possible to determine that they have been combined.

  Other configurations and operational effects are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  In the third embodiment, the mounting positions of the sensors 3x and 3y and the light shielding portions 11x and 11y are provided at different locations. However, as shown in FIG. 9, the mounting positions of the sensors 3x and 3y are a pair. The sensors 3x and 3y themselves can be used as a light-shielding portion so as to correspond to each other. In this way, it is not necessary to provide a light-shielding part separately from the sensors 3x and 3y, and the number of components on the surface is reduced, making it possible to implement a toy design with a higher degree of freedom.

  Further, in the third embodiment, the case where two light emitting type configuration toys 1x and 1y are used has been described as an example in order to facilitate understanding. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a large number of light emitting type forms are used. In the case of using a combination toy in a three-dimensional manner, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which a light-shielding portion is provided in addition to arranging the sensor on each wall surface.

It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is action | operation explanatory drawing of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the usage type of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the usage type of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the light emission type | mold structure toy in Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1x, 1y, 1z Light emission type configuration toy 2 Case 3 Sensor 3a Illuminance sensor 3b Color identification sensor 5 Light source 6 Control means 7 Power supply unit 11x, 11y Light shielding unit

Claims (5)

  It has a light-transmitting casing that is a form component in space, an illuminance sensor that detects external brightness is attached to the casing, and a light source is disposed inside the casing. A light emitting type configuration toy comprising control means for changing the brightness of the light source based on a detection output of an illuminance sensor.   The light source emits light of a plurality of wavelength bands, and the control means uses the detection output of the illuminance sensor instead of changing the brightness of the light source based on the detection output of the illuminance sensor. 2. The light-emitting type configuration toy according to claim 1, wherein the color is changed by selecting a wavelength band of the light source based on the light source.   It has a light-transmitting casing that is a form component in space, and a color identification sensor that detects the color of an external object is attached to the casing, and light in a plurality of wavelength bands is installed inside the casing. And a control means for changing the color by selecting the wavelength band of the light source based on the detection output of the color identification sensor.   The light shielding part which shields the light incidence to the said sensor is provided in the said housing | casing in the contact location corresponding to the sensor attachment position of another light emission type | mold structure toy, The 1 thru | or Claim characterized by the above-mentioned. Item 4. The light-emitting form configuration toy according to any one of Items3.   The light-emitting type configuration toy according to claim 4, wherein the light shielding part is provided at a sensor mounting position of the light shielding part.

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