JP2009247383A - Running monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly amusing running monitoring system. <P>SOLUTION: The running monitoring system includes a running toy which has a power source and which runs with the power, and a running monitoring device set in a prescribed location. The running monitoring system is configured to transmit/receive infrared signals between the running toy and the running monitoring device. The running monitoring device transmits a motion instructing signal with infrared rays toward the running toy when the approach of the running toy is detected based on the infrared signal transmitted from the running toy, and performs a prescribed motion other than transmission of the motion instructing signal for a peripheral device other than the running toy including the running monitoring device, or makes the peripheral device perform the prescribed motion. The running toy to which the motion instructing signal is transmitted performs the prescribed motion qualitatively and quantitatively different from the previous motions based on the motion instructing signal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a travel monitoring system.

Conventionally, a time measuring device is known as one of travel monitoring systems (for example, Patent Document 1). This time measuring device irradiates infrared rays from an infrared emitting device placed on a measuring table toward an infrared reflecting tape laid on the road surface, irradiates infrared rays toward the infrared reflecting tape, and reflects light from the infrared reflecting tape. Is received by the infrared light receiving device of the measuring table. In this time measuring device, when the automobile toy passes over the infrared reflecting tape, the infrared light is not received by the infrared light receiving device. Utilizing this fact, the passage of the car toy is detected and the time is measured.
Utility Model Registration No. 3030128

  However, in the above traveling monitoring system, even if the automobile toy passes the place of the measuring table, the automobile toy itself does not perform any operation or operation change. Therefore, the travel monitoring system is not interesting.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to provide a travel monitoring system with high interest.

The invention of claim 1 includes a traveling toy having a power source and traveling by the power, and a traveling monitoring device installed at a predetermined location, and transmitting and receiving infrared signals between the traveling toy and the traveling monitoring device. The travel monitoring device transmits an operation command signal by infrared rays toward the traveling toy when detecting the approach of the traveling toy based on the infrared signal transmitted from the traveling toy, and While the peripheral device other than the traveling toy including the traveling monitoring device performs a predetermined operation other than the transmission of the operation command signal or performs a predetermined operation, the traveling toy that has received the operation command signal receives the operation command A travel monitoring system configured to perform a predetermined operation qualitatively or quantitatively different from the previous operation based on a signal.
Here, examples of “traveling toys” include traveling toys such as vehicle toys such as automobile toys, animal toys, and robot toys. The “peripheral device other than the traveling toy including the traveling monitoring device” includes a case where the traveling monitoring device operates and a case where other devices other than the traveling monitoring device and the traveling toy are operated. The “predetermined operation qualitatively or quantitatively different from the previous operation” includes a case where the traveling speed of the traveling toy changes (in the case of a quantitative operation change) and a case where an operation other than traveling is performed. For example, when the on-board doll moves from a non-operating state to an operating state (a qualitative change, in this case it can be considered as a change in speed, so it can be seen as a quantitative change), or the traveling toy stops. This includes the case where the on-board doll starts to move (qualitative change). The “operation” includes a case of a stop operation. A condition may be added to “approach”, and a predetermined number of approaches may be used.

  A second aspect of the present invention is the travel monitoring system according to the first aspect, wherein the traveling toy stops traveling at least based on the operation command signal. Here, “at least stop traveling” includes a case where traveling stop and other operations are added.

  Invention of Claim 3 is the driving | running | working monitoring system of Claim 1 or 2, Comprising: The said driving | running | working monitoring apparatus is installed in the goal vicinity of a circumference circuit, Comprising: The infrared rays transmitted from the said traveling toy Based on the signal, the number of laps from the predetermined time of the traveling toy is counted, and when the traveling toy reaches the predetermined number of laps, the operation command signal is transmitted to the traveling toy that has reached the predetermined number of laps It is comprised so that it may do. Here, “from a predetermined time” means, for example, that the travel monitoring device is returned to the initial start state, and if it has already been counted, it is after resetting.

  Invention of Claim 4 is a driving | running | working monitoring system of Claim 3, Comprising: It is the said driving | running | working toy, Comprising: The traveling toy which can transmit the infrared signal containing the toy identification information which can identify each other, The said driving | running | working monitoring The apparatus sequentially determines the arrival order based on the infrared signals from each of the plurality of traveling toys when the plurality of traveling toys are caused to travel, and each of the plurality of traveling toys reaches a predetermined number of laps. The operation command signal corresponding to the arrival order is transmitted toward the traveling toy that has reached the predetermined number of laps, and the traveling toy that has received the operation instruction signal is configured to operate according to the arrival order. It is characterized by being.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention is the travel monitoring system according to the fourth aspect, wherein the traveling toy has at least an overrun distance after a goal having a slow arrival order based on the operation command signal corresponding to the arrival order. The travel time is set so as to be shorter as the time elapses.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the travel monitoring system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, further comprising a controller for a player to remotely operate the traveling toy by an infrared signal.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is the travel monitoring system according to the sixth aspect, wherein the toy vehicle to which the operation command signal is transmitted receives the operation command signal for a predetermined time after receiving the operation command signal. As long as the operation modes based on the infrared signal and the infrared signal are inconsistent, the operation command signal is preferentially operated.

  According to the first to seventh aspects of the present invention, for example, when a toy of a traveling toy is detected, peripheral devices other than the traveling toy perform a predetermined operation while the traveling toy performs a predetermined operation. A highly interesting toy can be realized. To give a specific example, when the traveling toy is a train toy, when the train model approaches the station model, the train model announces the sound of approaching the train, while the train toy side also informs that it has arrived at the station. it can.

  According to the invention of claim 2, for example, when the traveling toy is a train toy, an announcement sound of approaching the train is output from the station model when approaching the station model, while the train toy is placed on the station model. Can be stopped.

  According to the invention of claim 3, for example, a traveling toy traveling on a simulated circuit, a simulated racetrack, a simulated racing boat or the like can be stopped after a goal, or an action can be performed on a doll on the traveling toy.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the traveling toy operates differently according to the wearing order, a more interesting toy can be realized.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the earlier the arrival order is, the longer the overrun distance is, so that it is possible to avoid the danger of the subsequent traveling toy colliding with the preceding traveling toy and to create the state of the winning run. .

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the traveling toy can be operated also by the controller, emotion transfer can be performed more.

  According to the seventh aspect of the invention, since the operation based on the operation command signal is reliably executed, a more interesting toy can be realized.

Hereinafter, a travel monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a peripheral circuit to which a travel monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a perspective view when the periphery of the travel monitoring device is viewed from the start line side, and FIG. It is a perspective view at the time of seeing the monitoring device periphery from the opposite side.

  A travel monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a circuit 1, a travel monitoring device 2 provided at a start / goal point of the circuit 1, and an automobile toy 3 that travels on the circuit 1. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the peripheral circuit 1 has an intersecting path that intersects vertically in the middle of the peripheral circuit. The peripheral circuit 1 is usually formed by connecting several track pieces, but may be integrally formed as a whole. The material of the peripheral circuit 1 is usually plastic. Needless to say, the shape of the peripheral circuit 1 is not limited to that shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the circuit system of the travel monitoring device 2 includes a control unit 4, a storage unit 5, a display unit 6, an indicator lamp 7, an audio output unit 8, a transmission / reception unit 9, a skip switch 12, a main switch 13, and The reset switch 14 is configured. These are provided over the stand model 2a and the gate model 2b. The display unit 6 is exposed on the surface (start line side) of the support leg 2c of the game model 2b, and the display lamp 7 is exposed on the surface of the cross 2d. Further, a sound emitting hole 11 is provided on the back side of the crosspiece 2d. The stand model 2a is provided with a skip switch 12, a main switch 13, and a reset switch 14. The travel monitoring system is configured so that the operation can be made different between when one automobile toy 3 runs on the circuit 1 and when two automobile toys 3 run. Is for switching between the case of one and the case of two. The main switch 13 is a power switch. The reset switch 14 is for returning the traveling monitoring system to the initial state.
Hereinafter, details of the circuit system of the travel monitoring device 2 will be described.

  The storage unit 5 stores a control program and various data. The control unit 4 controls the entire circuit system of the travel monitoring device 2 according to a control program stored in the storage unit 5 and performs various arithmetic processes. The display unit 6 performs various displays under the control of the control unit 4. The display unit 6 includes a liquid crystal display, an EL display, or a plurality of LEDs, and performs various displays. The indicator lamp 7 constitutes a starting lamp and emits light under the control of the control unit 4. The audio output unit 8 outputs various types of audio under the control of the control unit 4. The output sound is emitted outside the game model 2 b through the sound emission hole 11. The transmission / reception unit 9 exchanges infrared signals with the car toy 3. The transmission / reception unit 9 includes an infrared light emitting element and an infrared light receiving element. This transmission / reception unit 9 performs transmission / reception only with nearby ones.

  The car toy 3 is a so-called minicar. The automobile toy 3 used in this embodiment is not particularly limited, but is equipped with a power source and travels by rotating the rear wheels via a drive mechanism with motor power. The automobile toy 3 is configured to be steerable by changing the direction of the front wheels and changing the rotational speed of the left and right wheels by the motor power or electromagnetic force possessed by itself. A battery, preferably a rechargeable battery, is used as the power source. The car toy 3 is provided with a power switch.

  Next, a circuit system mounted on the car toy 3 will be described. The car toy 3 includes a control unit 22, a storage unit 23, a transmission / reception unit 24, a motor 25, and a power switch 26 as shown in FIG. Yes. These details will be described below.

  The storage unit 23 stores a control program and various data. The control unit 22 performs overall control of the entire circuit system of the toy car 3 and performs various arithmetic processes according to a control program stored in the storage unit 23. The transmission / reception unit 24 exchanges infrared signals with the travel monitoring device 2. The transmission / reception unit 24 includes an infrared light emitting element and an infrared light receiving element. The motor 25 is a power source for running and steering of the automobile toy 3. In addition, when using the two motor vehicle toys 3, it is necessary to differ the infrared signal transmitted from an infrared light emitting element. As a method of making the infrared signal different, changing the frequency or changing the code can be considered. Preferably, a switch for switching a transmission signal is provided in two automobile toys 3. When the changeover switch is provided, it is preferable that the signal received from the travel monitoring device 2 is automatically changed.

  Next, the controller 30 for the player to remotely operate the toy car 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the circuit system of the controller 30 includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, a transmission unit 33, and various operators. It is comprised including. Hereinafter, these details will be described.

The storage unit 32 stores a control program and various data. The control unit 23 controls the entire circuit system of the controller 30 according to a control program stored in the storage unit 23 and performs various arithmetic processes. The transmitter 33 is for transmitting an infrared signal to the car toy 3. The transmission unit 33 includes an infrared light emitting element. The various operators include an operator for turning on and off the power source and an operator for controlling traveling and steering of the toy car 3.
In addition, when using the two controllers 30, it is necessary to make the infrared signal transmitted from an infrared light emitting element different. As a method of making the infrared signal different, changing the frequency or changing the code can be considered. Preferably, a switch for switching the transmission signal is provided in the two controllers 30.

  Hereinafter, the specific operation of each control unit in the travel monitoring system will be described while mixing the phenomena. In this description, it will be described separately at the time of start, lap and goal. The travel monitoring system is started by operating both the main switch (power switch) 13 of the travel monitoring device 2 and the power switch 26 of the car toy 3 to turn on the power. Then, the case of two units is selected by the skip switch 12.

[When starting]
An announcement sound flows from the audio output unit 8 so as to reach the start line. The player puts the car toy 3 on the start line. When the car toy 3 arrives at the start line (strictly speaking, the car toy 3 approaches the travel monitoring device 2), an infrared signal from the car toy 3 is transmitted to the travel monitoring device 2. Precisely, since the infrared signal is emitted from the car toy 3 at all times, the travel monitoring device 2 receives the infrared signal from the car toy 3 by its approach. Then, the traveling monitoring device 2 determines that the car toy 3 has arrived at the start line. When a predetermined time, for example, about 3 seconds elapses, the indicator lamps 7 are sequentially blinked and a start sound is output from the audio output means 8. At the same time, a start infrared signal is transmitted from the travel monitoring device 2 to each car toy 3, and each car toy 3 starts by the infrared signal. Note that the player may start the car toy 3 by operating the controller 30 in accordance with the start sound.
Here, the control program for the travel monitoring device 2 and the toy car 3 is obtained when the travel toy 3 arrives at the start line (strictly, when the toy car 3 approaches the travel monitoring device 2), It is preferable that an infrared signal (start prohibition signal) is transmitted toward the toy 3 and the vehicle toy 3 that has received the infrared signal is configured not to start until a start sound is generated by the infrared signal from the controller 30.

[When going around]
When the car toy 3 circulates and approaches the travel monitoring device 2, the travel monitoring device 2 receives the infrared signal from the car toy 3, and the travel monitoring device 2 determines that the car toy 3 has passed and determines the number of laps. Count. The result (number of laps) is announced from the audio output unit 8 and the number of laps is displayed on the display unit 6.
In addition, there are two display units 6, for example, the upper side is a display unit for the right car toy 3 and the lower side is a display unit for the left car toy 3. For example, 0 is displayed at the start, and the display is updated every lap.
Further, it is preferable to configure the control program so that the audience cheers are emitted from the audio output unit 8 of the travel monitoring device 2 during the lap.

[At goal]
When the car toy 3 approaches the travel monitoring device 2 a predetermined number of times, the control unit 4 of the travel monitoring device 2 determines that the car toy 3 has reached the goal. The predetermined number of laps is, for example, 10 times. Then, in order to notify the determination result (having a goal), a goal sound or a cheer is emitted from the audio output unit 8, and the indicator lamp 7 is lit or blinked, and a predetermined display is made on the display unit 6. On the other hand, an infrared signal is transmitted from the traveling monitoring device 2 to the car toy 3 at the goal. This infrared signal is a signal according to the arrival order, and the toy car 3 is overrun at a normal speed and stopped for a predetermined time according to the arrival order from the goal point (for example, the first arrival is 5 seconds, the second arrival is 3 seconds). To do.
Here, the toy car 3 that has received the infrared signal from the travel monitoring device 2 processes the infrared signal from the controller 30 as non-dominant until it stops. Thus, the control program of the car toy 3 is assembled.
The race result may be announced or displayed after the goal.

The above is the traveling monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In the above traveling monitoring system, the case where the automobile toy is run on the circuit field model has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to the following scenes.

(1) Railroad model A travel monitoring device is provided on the station building model, and a train toy is run on the railroad model. When the train toy approaches the station building model, the station building model receives an infrared signal of the train toy. The station building model notifies that the train toy has approached based on the infrared signal. An infrared signal is transmitted from the station building model to the train toy. The train toy stops at the location of the station building model based on the infrared signal.
In addition, if train identification information is included in the infrared signal transmitted from the train toy, a different operation can be performed for each train toy. For example, train toys at each station stop are stopped, and express train toys are allowed to pass.

(2) Others For example, a petrol station, a hospital or other model of a building is placed on a road map, a travel monitoring device is incorporated in the building or model, and the toy of an automobile toy is based on an infrared signal from the travel monitoring device. By controlling the operation, the ambulance-type car toy travels to the hospital building, where it is stopped and then traveled again. On the other hand, an indicator lamp for notifying the arrival of an ambulance type car toy is turned on in a hospital building.

It is a perspective view of a circuit field model showing a run monitoring system concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which looked at the gate of the circuit model shown in FIG. 1 from the start line side. It is the figure which looked at the gate of the circuit model shown in FIG. 1 from the other side. It is a figure which shows the structure of the circuit system of the driving | running | working monitoring apparatus of the driving | running | working monitoring system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the circuit system of the motor vehicle toy of the driving | running | working monitoring system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the circuit system of the controller of the driving | running | working monitoring system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 circuit 2 traveling monitor 2a stand model 2b gate model 3 toy car 30 controller

Claims (7)

  A traveling toy that has a power source and travels with the power, and a traveling monitoring device installed at a predetermined location, is configured to be able to transmit and receive infrared signals between the traveling toy and the traveling monitoring device, The travel monitoring device transmits an operation command signal using infrared rays to the traveling toy when detecting the approach of the traveling toy based on an infrared signal transmitted from the traveling toy, and the travel monitoring device includes the travel monitoring device. While the peripheral device other than the toy performs a predetermined operation other than the transmission of the operation command signal or causes the peripheral to operate, the traveling toy that has received the operation command signal operates based on the operation command signal. A travel monitoring system configured to perform a predetermined operation that is qualitatively or quantitatively different from the above.   The traveling monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the traveling toy stops traveling at least based on the operation command signal.   The travel monitoring device is installed in the vicinity of a goal of a circuit, and based on an infrared signal transmitted from the travel toy, counts the number of laps of the travel toy from a predetermined time, and the travel toy The travel monitoring according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation command signal is transmitted to a traveling toy that has reached the predetermined number of laps when the predetermined number of laps has been reached. system.   The traveling toy includes a plurality of traveling toys that can transmit infrared signals including toy identification information that can be identified with each other, and the traveling monitoring device is configured to transmit the plurality of traveling toys when the plurality of traveling toys are traveled. The order of arrival is sequentially determined based on the infrared signal from each, and when each of the plurality of traveling toys reaches a predetermined number of laps, the order according to the order of arrival toward the traveling toy that has reached the predetermined number of laps 4. The traveling monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the traveling toy that has received the operation command signal is configured to operate in accordance with the wearing order.   The traveling toy has a traveling time set so that at least the overrun distance after the goal becomes shorter as the arrival order becomes slower based on the operation command signal corresponding to the arrival order. The travel monitoring system according to claim 4.   The travel monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a controller for a player to remotely control the traveling toy by an infrared signal.   The automobile toy that has received the operation command signal gives priority to the operation command signal for a predetermined time after receiving the operation command signal as long as the operation modes based on the operation command signal and the infrared signal are inconsistent. The travel monitoring system according to claim 6, wherein the travel monitoring system is configured so as to operate.

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