JP7002609B2 - toy - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a non-contact communication device and a toy that wirelessly communicate with an information holding medium that holds electronic information.

The toy described in Patent Document 1 includes a main toy body provided with a non-contact communication device and a secondary toy body as an information holding medium, and when the secondary toy body is brought close to the main toy body, the secondary toy body is provided. Specific electronic information is acquired by the main toy body. The main toy body that has acquired the electronic information of the sub toy body outputs an effect using sound or light according to the acquired electronic information.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-004263

Like the toy described in Patent Document 1, a toy configured to acquire electronic information from an information holding medium by non-contact communication with the information holding medium and output an effect according to the acquired electronic information. In the above, by acquiring electronic information from each of the two information holding media and changing the production according to the combination of the two acquired electronic information, it is possible to diversify the production and enhance the fun of the toy.

For example, by using two sets of a signal processing circuit that processes a signal transmitted to and from an information holding medium via an antenna coil and an antenna coil, it is possible to acquire electronic information from each of the two information holding media. be. It is also possible to acquire electronic information from the two information holding media by sequentially switching and connecting the two antenna coils to one signal processing circuit via a high frequency switch.

However, when two sets of antenna coils and signal processing circuits are used, and when two antenna coils are sequentially switched and connected to one signal processing circuit via a high frequency switch, there is concern about an increase in power consumption and manufacturing cost. , Not suitable for toys with relatively strict power and cost constraints.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a non-contact communication device and a toy that can acquire electronic information from two information holding media by a simple configuration and can suppress power and cost. The purpose.

The non-contact communication device according to the present invention is a non-contact communication device that wirelessly communicates with an information holding medium that holds electronic information, and is between an antenna coil and the information holding medium via the antenna coil. A circuit board on which a circuit for processing a signal transmitted in the above is mounted, a housing containing the antenna coil and the circuit board, and an electromagnetic shield are provided, and the antenna coil is the first of the housings. The electromagnetic shield has a first coil loop portion arranged near the surface and a second coil loop portion arranged near the second surface opposite to the first surface of the housing. , On a straight line penetrating the first coil loop portion and the second coil loop portion, and arranged between the first coil loop portion and the second coil loop portion, the first coil loop portion and the first coil loop portion. The two-coil loop portion is characterized in that it is wound around the straight line in the same direction and is connected to the circuit in series with each other. Further, the toy according to the present invention includes a communication unit, an operation unit, a storage unit, and a control unit, and the communication unit is composed of a non-contact communication device that wirelessly communicates with an information holding medium that holds electronic information. The non-contact communication device includes a circuit board on which a circuit for processing a signal transmitted between the antenna coil and the information holding medium via the antenna coil is mounted, the antenna coil, and the circuit board. The antenna coil includes a first coil loop portion arranged near the first surface of the housing and a second coil loop arranged near the second surface of the housing. The storage unit has, and the storage unit stores a plurality of operation data for operating the operation unit in association with the electronic information, and the control unit stores the plurality of operation data stored in the storage unit. The operation unit is operated based on the operation data corresponding to the electronic information acquired by the communication unit among the operation data of the above, and a part of the operation data among the plurality of operation data is the two electronic information. Associated with the combination, the communication unit is such that when two of the information holding media are arranged on the first surface and the second surface of the housing, the electrons of each of the two information holding media are arranged. The information is acquired, and when the two electronic information are acquired by the communication unit, the control unit performs the operation based on the operation data corresponding to the combination of the two electronic information acquired by the communication unit. It is characterized by operating the unit. Further, the toy according to the present invention includes a communication unit, an operation unit, a storage unit, and a control unit, and the communication unit is composed of a non-contact communication device that wirelessly communicates with an information holding medium that holds electronic information. The non-contact communication device includes a circuit board on which a circuit for processing a signal transmitted between the antenna coil and the information holding medium via the antenna coil is mounted, the antenna coil, and the circuit board. The antenna coil includes a first coil loop portion arranged in the vicinity of the upper portion of the housing provided with a mounting portion on which the information holding medium can be mounted, and the housing. The storage unit has a second coil loop unit arranged in the vicinity of the lower surface thereof, and the storage unit stores a plurality of operation data for operating the operation unit in association with the electronic information, and stores the control unit. Operates the operation unit based on the operation data corresponding to the electronic information acquired by the communication unit among the plurality of operation data stored in the storage unit, and a part of the plurality of operation data. The operation data of the above is associated with the combination of the two electronic information, and in the communication unit, the information holding medium is mounted on the mounting portion provided on the upper portion of the housing, and the lower surface of the housing is mounted. When the information holding medium is arranged in the mounting portion, the electronic information of the information holding medium mounted on the mounting portion and the information holding medium arranged on the lower surface of the housing is acquired, and the control unit obtains the electronic information of each of the information holding media. When two of the electronic information are acquired by the unit, the operation unit is operated based on the operation data corresponding to the combination of the two electronic information acquired by the communication unit.

Further, in the non-contact communication device according to the present invention, the electromagnetic shield may be the circuit board.

Further, in the non-contact communication device according to the present invention, the first coil loop portion and the second coil loop portion may have loop shapes similar to each other.

Further, in the non-contact communication device according to the present invention, the first coil loop portion and the second coil loop portion may have the same loop shape as each other.

Further, in the non-contact communication device according to the present invention, the first plane on which the first coil loop portion is placed and the second plane on which the second coil loop portion is placed are arranged in parallel with each other. May be done.

Further, in the non-contact communication device according to the present invention, the center of the first coil loop portion and the center of the second coil loop portion may be arranged on the same axis.

Further, in the non-contact communication device according to the present invention, the electromagnetic shield is arranged inside the inner diameter of the first coil loop portion and the inner diameter of the second coil loop portion in the extension direction view of the straight line. May be good.

Further, in the non-contact communication device according to the present invention, the number of turns of the first coil loop portion may be less than the number of turns of the second coil loop portion.

Further, in the non-contact communication device according to the present invention, a mounting portion on which the information holding medium is mounted may be provided on the first surface of the housing.

Further, the toy according to the present invention includes a communication unit configured by the non-contact communication device, and an operation unit, a storage unit, and a control unit housed in the housing of the non-contact communication device. The storage unit stores a plurality of operation data for operating the operation unit in association with the electronic information, and the control unit stores the communication among the plurality of operation data stored in the storage unit. It is characterized in that the operation unit is operated based on the operation data corresponding to the electronic information acquired by the unit.

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, a part of the operation data among the plurality of operation data is associated with the combination of the two electronic information, and the communication unit has the two information holding media. When arranged on the first surface and the second surface of the housing, the electronic information of each of the two information holding media is acquired, and the control unit receives the two electronic information by the communication unit. When acquired, the operating unit may be operated based on the operating data corresponding to the combination of the two electronic information acquired by the communication unit.

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, the communication unit is configured to be writable to the information holding medium, and the control unit is the information holding medium based on the electronic information acquired by the communication unit. When two electronic information is acquired by the communication unit, the writing information may be changed according to the combination of the two acquired electronic information.

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, the moving unit may output an effect including at least one of sound, light, display, and movement.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a non-contact communication device and a toy that can acquire electronic information from two information holding media with a simple configuration and can suppress power and cost. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a non-contact communication device and a toy that can satisfactorily acquire electronic information of an information holding medium even in different aspects due to a simple configuration and can suppress power and cost.

It is a perspective view of the toy for demonstrating embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the non-contact communication device provided inside a toy. It is a functional block diagram of a toy. (A) is a plan view of an example of a first coil loop portion and a second coil loop portion, and (B) is a front view. (A) is a plan view of an example of a first coil loop portion and a second coil loop portion, and (B) is a front view. (A) is a plan view of an example of a first coil loop portion, a second coil loop portion, and a circuit board, and (B) is a front view. It is a perspective view of the use example of a toy. (A) is a schematic diagram of a state in which the information holding medium is arranged on the first surface side of the toy, and (B) is a schematic diagram of a state in which the information holding medium is arranged on the second surface side of the toy. It is a schematic diagram of another use example of a toy. It is a schematic diagram of another use example of a toy.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “embodiments”) will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same elements are numbered the same throughout the description of the embodiment. In addition, the drawings shall be viewed in the direction of the reference numerals.

1 and 2 show an example of a non-contact communication device and a toy for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

The toy 10 exchanges electronic information with and from an information holding medium that holds electronic information, and operates based on the electronic information acquired from the information holding medium.

The toy 10 includes a housing 11. The housing 11 is, for example, on the opposite side of the box-shaped housing body 12, the upper lid (first surface) 13 that covers the upper side (upper side in FIG. 1) of the housing body 12, and the upper lid 13 in the housing body 12. It has a lower lid (second surface) 14 provided. The upper surface of the upper lid 13 is covered with the cover 15. The upper lid 13, the lower lid 14, and the cover 15 are made of an electromagnetic wave transmitting material such as resin.

The toy 10 further includes a non-contact communication device 20 that wirelessly communicates with an information holding medium. The non-contact communication device 20 includes an antenna coil 21 and a circuit board 22 on which a signal processing circuit for processing a signal transmitted between the information holding medium via the antenna coil 21 is mounted, and the housing 11 is provided. Is housed in.

The antenna coil 21 has a first coil loop portion 211 and a second coil loop portion 212. The first coil loop portion 211 is arranged along the upper lid 13, and the second coil loop portion 212 is arranged along the lower lid 14. Further, the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are sandwiched between a circuit board 22 as an electromagnetic shield provided on a straight line CL penetrating the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212. It is arranged by sandwiching it. In other words, the circuit board 22 as an electromagnetic shield is on a straight line CL penetrating the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212, and the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212. It is placed between.

The first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are wound around a straight line CL in the same direction and are connected to the signal processing circuit 23 of the circuit board 22 in series with each other. In this example, the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 have the same loop shape as each other and are formed in a substantially circular shape. Further, in this example, the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are arranged on the same axis as each other, and the first coil loop portion 211 is above the first plane and the second coil loop. The portion 212 is arranged parallel to the second plane above it.

FIG. 3 shows a functional block of the toy 10.

The toy 10 has a communication unit 31, an operation unit 32, a storage unit 33, a control unit 34, a power supply unit 35, and an operation unit 36.

The communication unit 31 is composed of a non-contact communication device 20 having a signal processing circuit 23 mounted on the antenna coil 21 and the circuit board 22, and transmits a signal to and from the information holding medium 100. The operating unit 32 includes a sounding body such as a speaker and a light emitting element such as an LED, and is configured to be capable of outputting an effect including at least one of sound and light. The storage unit 33 includes a ROM and the like, and stores a plurality of operation data for operating the operation unit 32 in association with electronic information held in the information holding medium 100. In addition, the moving unit 32 can also include a display body using a display medium or the like, an operating mechanism using a motor or the like, and the like.

The control unit 34 is mainly composed of a CPU, and controls the communication unit 31, the operation unit 32, and the storage unit 33 in an integrated manner. The control unit 34 operates the operation unit 32 based on the operation data corresponding to the electronic information acquired from the information holding medium 100 by the communication unit 31 among the plurality of operation data stored in the storage unit 33.

The power supply unit 35 supplies operating power to the communication unit 31, the operating unit 32, the storage unit 33, and the control unit 34. The operation unit 36 includes a power switch and a switch for instructing the control unit 34 to start communication by the communication unit 31.

The information holding medium 100 that communicates with the toy 10 has an antenna coil 101 and an IC 102, and the IC 102 holds electronic information.

Communication between the toy 10 and the information holding medium 100 is performed as follows.

When an instruction to start communication is given by operating the switch of the operation unit 36, an alternating current is supplied to the antenna coil 21 of the toy 10, and an alternating magnetic field is formed around the antenna coil 21. An induced electromotive force is generated in the antenna coil 101 of the information holding medium 100 arranged in the AC magnetic field, a current flows, and the IC 102 to which the antenna coil 101 is connected is driven. Then, the signal modulated based on the electronic information held in the IC 102 is placed on the AC magnetic field, transmitted from the antenna coil 101 of the information holding medium 100 to the antenna coil 21 of the toy 10, and received by the antenna coil 21. The signal is demolished by the signal processing circuit 23, and electronic information is taken out.

The AC magnetic field formed around the antenna coil 21 is a combination of the AC magnetic field formed by the first coil loop portion 211 and the AC magnetic field formed by the second coil loop portion 212. As described above, the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are wound around the straight line CL in the same direction and are connected to the signal processing circuit 23 of the circuit board 22 in series with each other. The AC magnetic field formed by the one coil loop portion 211 and the AC magnetic field formed by the second coil loop portion 212 have the same phase and enhance each other.

However, as shown in FIG. 2, a circuit board 22 as an electromagnetic shield is arranged between the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212, and the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 211 are arranged. When the magnetic flux of the AC magnetic field of each of the coil loop portions 212 penetrates the circuit board 22, eddy currents are generated in the conductor portion of the circuit board 22 such as the circuit pattern. The eddy current causes a magnetic flux that contradicts the magnetic flux penetrating the circuit board 22, and the magnetic flux caused by this eddy current may cause a decrease in the strength of the AC magnetic field formed around the antenna coil 21.

However, since the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are arranged with the circuit board 22 in between, either side of the first coil loop portion 211 side or the second coil loop portion 212 side. However, the magnetic field strength required for communication with the information holding medium 100 can be maintained. If the antenna coil 21 is configured only by the first coil loop portion 211 arranged in the vicinity of the upper lid 13 of the housing 11 (in the present embodiment, it is arranged along the upper lid 13), the housing 11 is provided. On the lower lid 14 side of 11, the strength of the AC magnetic field is significantly reduced and communication becomes impossible.

Next, a preferred configuration example of the antenna coil 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

From the viewpoint of enhancing the magnetic field strength and symmetry of the AC magnetic field around the antenna coil 21, the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 preferably have loop shapes similar to each other, and more preferably. As shown in FIG. 2, it has the same loop shape.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the loop shape of the first coil loop portion 211 is substantially rectangular, and the loop shape of the second coil loop portion 212 is substantially circular. As described above, the first coil loop portion 211 has a substantially circular shape. When the loop shapes of the second coil loop portion 212 and the second coil loop portion 212 are different from each other, a non-overlapping region R is generated in the overlap of the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212. In this non-superimposed region R, the AC magnetic fields cancel each other out in the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212, respectively, and the strength of the AC magnetic field formed around the antenna coil 21 decreases, that is, the communication sensitivity decreases. Can occur. Further, the non-superimposed region R is not circularly symmetric with respect to the central axes of each of the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212, and is symmetric with respect to the AC magnetic field formed around the antenna coil 21. Disturbances, that is, disturbances in the communication sensitivity distribution, can occur.

By forming the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 into loop shapes similar to each other and further having the same loop shape, the non-superimposed region R is reduced and formed around the antenna coil 21. The magnetic field strength and symmetry of the AC magnetic field can be increased.

Further, from the viewpoint of enhancing the magnetic field strength and symmetry of the AC magnetic field around the antenna coil 21, the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are preferably arranged parallel to each other and on the same axis.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the central axes of the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are displaced while maintaining parallelism with each other, and the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are displaced. A non-superimposed region R may occur in the overlap, and as described above, the strength of the AC magnetic field formed around the antenna coil 21 may decrease and the symmetry may be disturbed. Even when the central axes of the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 are tilted from each other, the strength of the AC magnetic field formed around the antenna coil 21 may be reduced and the symmetry may be disturbed. ..

By arranging the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 on the same axis and in parallel with each other, the non-superimposed region R is reduced to reduce the magnetic field strength of the AC magnetic field formed around the antenna coil 21. The symmetry can be increased.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, from the viewpoint of increasing the magnetic field strength of the AC magnetic field around the antenna coil 21, the circuit board 22 is preferably a straight line CL penetrating the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212. (See FIG. 2), it is arranged inside the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 in the extended direction view. By arranging the circuit board 22 inside the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212, the magnetic flux of a part of the AC magnetic field of the first coil loop portion 211 and the second coil loop portion 212 is a circuit. It can pass by the side of the circuit board 22 without penetrating the board 22, and the magnetic flux strength of the AC magnetic field around the antenna coil 21 can be increased.

Next, an example of using the toy 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10.

FIG. 7 shows an example of an information holding medium.

The information holding medium shown in FIG. 7 is a medal 100A formed in a substantially disk shape, and a tag 103 in which an antenna coil 101 (see FIG. 3) and an IC 102 (see FIG. 3) are integrated is embedded in the medal 100A. ing.

The upper lid 13 of the toy 10 is provided with a mounting portion 16 on which the medal 100A is mounted. The mounting portion 16 includes a pair of guide rails 161 extending in parallel, and a groove 104 corresponding to the pair of guide rails 161 is provided on the lower surface of the medal 100A. The medal 100A is guided by a pair of guide rails 161 and arranged at a predetermined position on the upper lid 13, and the tag 103 of the medal 100A is arranged near the upper lid 13 (in this embodiment, the medal 100A is arranged along the upper lid 13). It is arranged in a fixed positional relationship with respect to the first coil loop portion 211.

As shown in FIG. 8A, when the medal 100A is mounted on the mounting portion 16 and an instruction to start communication is given by operating the switch of the operation unit 36 (see FIG. 3) of the toy 10, the toy 10 is instructed to start communication. The control unit 34 (see FIG. 3) operates the communication unit 31 (see FIG. 3). The communication unit 31 sends and receives a signal between the antenna coil 21 and the tag 103 of the medal 100A, and acquires the electronic information held by the tag 103.

Then, the control unit 34 reads the operation data corresponding to the electronic information acquired by the communication unit 31 from the storage unit 33 (see FIG. 3), and operates the operation unit 32 (see FIG. 3) based on the read operation data. Let me. As a result, the effect including at least one of sound and light is output from the moving unit 32. As an example of the production, the medal 100A has a different character pattern attached to each medal, and a voice including the character name "medal monster" is output.

In the example shown in FIG. 8A, the tag 103 of the medal 100A is arranged on the upper lid 13 side of the toy 10 to which the first coil loop portion 211 of the antenna coil 21 is adjacent. Since the magnetic field strength required for communication is maintained even on the lower lid 14 side of the toy 10 to which the two coil loop portion 212 is adjacently provided, the medal 100A is on the lower lid 14 side as shown in FIG. 8 (B). Even when the tag 103 of the above is arranged, the communication unit 31 can exchange signals between the antenna coil 21 and the tag 103 of the medal 100A to acquire electronic information.

The tag 103 of the medal 100A arranged on the upper lid 13 side by mounting the medal 100A on the mounting portion 16 is arranged in a certain positional relationship with respect to the first coil loop portion 211 provided adjacent to the upper lid 13. Will be done. On the other hand, it is assumed that the lower lid 14 is not provided with a mounting portion on which the medal 100A is mounted, and information holding media having various shapes other than the medal 100A are arranged on the lower lid 14 side. The positional relationship between the information holding medium arranged on the lower lid 14 side and the second coil loop portion 212 adjacent to the lower lid 14 is not constant. Therefore, it is preferable that the magnetic field strength on the lower lid 14 side is higher than the magnetic field strength on the upper lid 13 side, and it is preferable that the number of turns of the second coil loop portion 212 is relatively large. It is also allowed to relatively reduce the number of turns of the first coil loop portion 211.

In the usage example of the toy 10 shown in FIG. 9, the above medal 100A and the auxiliary toy 100B imitating a gun as an information holding medium are used together. Similar to the tag 103 of the medal 100A, the auxiliary toy 100B has a tag 105 in which the antenna coil and the IC are integrated.

With the tag 103 of the medal 100A arranged on the upper lid 13 side of the toy 10 and the tag 105 of the secondary toy 100B arranged on the lower lid 14 side of the toy 10, the operation unit 36 of the toy 10 (see FIG. 3). When the communication start instruction is given by the switch operation, the control unit 34 (see FIG. 3) of the toy 10 operates the communication unit 31 (see FIG. 3). The communication unit 31 sends and receives signals between the antenna coil 21 and the tag 103 of the medal 100A and the tag 105 of the auxiliary toy 100B, and acquires the electronic information held by the tag 103 and the tag 105. Specifically, the medals 100A and the tag 103 are arranged in a certain positional relationship with respect to the first coil loop portion 211 (arranged in the vicinity of the upper lid 13) adjacent to the upper lid 13 side of the toy 10. The signal of the tag 103 is exchanged with and from the communication unit 31 by the first coil loop unit 211. Further, the secondary toy 100B and the tag 105 are connected to the communication unit 31 by the second coil loop unit 212 (located in the vicinity of the lower lid 14) adjacent to the lower lid 14 side of the toy 10, and the signal of the tag 105 is transmitted to the toy 10. It is given and received. By applying a known anti-collision technique in reading RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier), electronic information can be acquired from the tag 103 and the tag 105 without collision.

Then, the control unit 34 reads the operation data corresponding to the combination of the electronic information of the tag 103 and the electronic information of the tag 105 acquired by the communication unit 31 from the storage unit 33 (see FIG. 3), and converts the read operation data into the read operation data. Based on this, the moving unit 32 (see FIG. 3) is operated. As a result, the effect including at least one of sound and light is output from the moving unit 32. As an example of the production, since the secondary toy 100B having the tag 105 imitates a gun, the attribute "gunner" by the secondary toy 100B is added to the character name "medal monster" attached to the medal 100A. A voice including "gunner medal monster" is output.

In the usage example of the toy 10 shown in FIG. 10, the above medal 100A and the map 100C as an information holding medium are used together. Similar to the tag 103 of the medal 100A, a plurality of tags 106 in which the antenna coil and the IC are integrated are embedded in the map 100C. The map 100C is a map of Japan in the illustrated example, and the tag 106 is provided for each prefecture, for example. Since the map 100C has a flat surface, it is assumed that the toy 10 is not provided with a mounting portion such as when the medal 100A is mounted. Therefore, the positional relationship between the toy 10 and the tag 106 of the map 100C is not constant.

The operation unit 36 of the toy 10 (FIG. 3) with the tag 103 of the medal 100A arranged on the upper lid 13 side of the toy 10 and the tag 106 of any one of the maps 100C arranged on the lower lid 14 side of the toy 10. When the instruction to start communication is given by the switch operation of (see FIG. 3), the control unit 34 (see FIG. 3) of the toy 10 operates the communication unit 31 (see FIG. 3). The communication unit 31 sends and receives signals between the antenna coil 21 and the tag 103 of the medal 100A and the tag 106 of the map 100C, and acquires the electronic information held by the tag 103 and the tag 106. Specifically, the medals 100A and the tag 103 are arranged in a certain positional relationship with respect to the first coil loop portion 211 (arranged in the vicinity of the upper lid 13) adjacent to the upper lid 13 side of the toy 10. The signal of the tag 103 is exchanged with and from the communication unit 31 by the first coil loop unit 211. Further, although the positional relationship between the auxiliary toy 100B and the tag 106 is not constant with the toy 10, the second coil near the lower lid 14 has a higher magnetic field strength by increasing the number of turns as compared with the coil 211 on the upper lid 13 side. The loop unit 212 sends and receives the signal of the tag 106 to and from the communication unit 31.

Then, the control unit 34 reads the operation data corresponding to the combination of the electronic information of the tag 103 and the electronic information of the tag 106 acquired by the communication unit 31 from the storage unit 33 (see FIG. 3) into the read operation data. Based on this, the moving unit 32 (see FIG. 3) is operated. As a result, the effect including at least one of sound and light is output from the moving unit 32. As an example of the production, the local phrase of the prefecture "Hokkaido" where the tag 106 of the map 100C is placed is added to the name "Medal Monster" of the character attached to the medal 100A, for example, "Hokkaido Medal Monster". The included audio is output.

As described above, according to the toy 10 provided with the non-contact communication device 20, two antenna coils 21 and a signal processing circuit 23 are arranged on the upper lid 13 side and the lower lid 14 side of the housing 11. Electronic information can be acquired from each information holding medium, and power and cost can be suppressed. Then, by changing the production according to the combination of the two acquired electronic information, it is possible to diversify the production and enhance the interest of the toy.

Up to this point, an example in which the toy 10 acquires the electronic information held in the IC 102 of the information holding medium 100 has been described, but the IC 102 may be configured to be rewritable and the toy 10 may be configured to write electronic information in the IC 102. In this case, the control unit 34 of the toy 10 generates write information to be written in the IC 102 based on the electronic information acquired by the communication unit 31. Then, when two electronic information is acquired by the communication unit 31, the written information may be changed according to the combination of the acquired two electronic information.

For example, in the usage example of the toy 10 shown in FIG. 9, the history of the auxiliary toy 100B used together with the medal 100A is written in the tag 103 of the medal 100A, and later the toy 10 or an external device other than the toy 10 (for example, a game housing or the like). When the medal 100A is used in the admission system, etc.), the privilege can be generated according to the usage history of the medal 100A. Alternatively, the character can be displayed according to the history, the winning percentage of the game can be affected, the medal 100A in which the history of communication with a specific secondary toy is written can be used as an entrance pass to the event venue, and the like. In addition, as the electronic information to be written, the number of times played, the property of the character, the game result, and the like can be exemplified.

10 Toy 11 Housing 12 Housing body 13 Top lid (first side)
14 Lower lid (second side)
15 Cover 16 Mounting part 20 Non-contact communication device 21 Antenna coil 22 Circuit board (electromagnetic shield)
23 Signal processing circuit 31 Communication unit 32 Operation unit 33 Storage unit 34 Control unit 35 Power supply unit 36 Operation unit 100 Information retention medium 100A Medal (information retention medium)
100B secondary toy (information retention medium)
100C map (information retention medium)
101 Antenna coil 102 IC
103 Tag 104 Groove 105 Tag 106 Tag 161 Guide rail 211 First coil loop part 212 Second coil loop part CL Straight line R Non-superimposed area

Claims (4)

It ’s a toy,
It is equipped with a communication unit, an operation unit, a storage unit, and a control unit.
The communication unit is composed of a non-contact communication device that wirelessly communicates with an information holding medium that holds electronic information, and the non-contact communication device is a non-contact communication device.
With the antenna coil
A circuit board on which a circuit for processing a signal transmitted to and from the information holding medium via the antenna coil is mounted, and
A housing containing the antenna coil and the circuit board,
Equipped with
The antenna coil has a first coil loop portion arranged near the upper portion of the housing provided with a mounting portion on which the information holding medium can be mounted, and a second coil loop portion arranged near the lower surface of the housing. With a coil loop part,
The storage unit stores a plurality of operation data for operating the operation unit in association with the electronic information.
The control unit operates the operation unit based on the operation data corresponding to the electronic information acquired by the communication unit among the plurality of operation data stored in the storage unit.
A part of the operation data among the plurality of operation data is associated with the combination of the two electronic information.
The communication unit was mounted on the mounting portion when the information holding medium was mounted on the mounting portion provided on the upper part of the housing and the information holding medium was placed on the lower surface of the housing. The electronic information of each of the information holding medium and the information holding medium arranged on the lower surface of the housing is acquired.
When the communication unit acquires two electronic information, the control unit operates the operation unit based on the operation data corresponding to the combination of the two electronic information acquired by the communication unit. .. The toy according to claim 1 or 2.
A toy in which the center of the first coil loop portion and the center of the second coil loop portion are arranged on the same axis as each other. The toy according to claim 1 or 2 .
The communication unit is configured to be writable on the information holding medium.
The control unit generates write information to be written in the information holding medium based on the electronic information acquired by the communication unit, and is acquired when two of the electronic information are acquired by the communication unit. A toy that changes the written information according to the combination of the two electronic information. The toy according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The moving unit is a toy that outputs an effect including at least one of sound, light, display, and movement.

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