JPH08202251A - Toy with uttering function and voice recognition function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a toy with uttering function and voice recognition function which can teach a dining manner to children. CONSTITUTION: The toy is provided with trigger switches SW1 and SW2 which are operated at the beginning or the end of a meal, voice recognition means 16 and 18 which recognize specific voices uttered by a child during a meal and voice generating means 15 and 18 which utter prescribed voices based on the output signals of the switches SW1 and SW2 or the means 16 and 18. The means 15 and 18 are provided with the function to utter the words to teach the proper manner during a meal and to praise the child. The means 16 and 18 have a function to recognize the words pronouced by the child. When the switches SW1 and SW2 are operated, the means 15 and 18 utter words to teach the manner. If the child hears these words and correctly pronouces words of appreciations, the means 16 and 18 recognize the words and utter the words of praises.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toy having a voice generating function and a voice recognizing function, and more particularly to a toy suitable for teaching young children how to eat during meals.

[0002]

[Prior Art] As a manner for young children to eat, as you can say properly when you start eating,
Alternatively, it is widely practiced to teach students to say "feast" at the end of meals.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, it is a patience to teach this kind of manners to children with a lot of play, and it is a common experience as a parent that the voice is often disturbed. . In view of the above point, the present invention has an object to provide a toy that can teach children how to eat at meals without bothering parents.

[0004]

A toy having a voice generating function and a voice recognizing function according to the present invention recognizes a trigger switch operated at the start of a meal or at the end of a meal and a specific voice uttered by a child at a meal. It is characterized by comprising a voice recognition means and a voice generation means for generating a predetermined voice based on the output signal of the trigger switch or the output signal of the voice recognition means.

[0005]

According to the present invention, according to the present invention, words for teaching manners at the beginning of a meal such as "Let's eat after saying" Please have a meal "" or "If you eat it, treat you, treat". A function to generate words to teach manners at the end of a meal such as "Dayo" or a praise word such as "Eraina, Kimiwa" is added, and the voice recognition method is called "Oshieru" or "Feast" A function that recognizes words is added, and when the trigger switch is operated, the words that teach the above manners are generated from the sound generation means, and subsequently the infant who hears this sounds correctly "Say" or "Feast" If the recognition means recognizes this and the praise word is generated by the voice generation means, it does not bother the parents. It is possible to teach the manners of the time of meals to children.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 show a toy 10 with a voice generating function and a voice recognizing function according to an embodiment of the present invention. The toy 10 is manufactured by imitating a cartoon character that is popular with children, and a pedestal 11 is integrally molded so that it can be stably placed on a dining table. On the back surface of the pedestal 11, a leaf spring 13 for holding a table sheet 12 for arranging one serving of food is fixed. The toy 10 has a circuit board 14, a speaker 15, a microphone, and a power supply battery 17 built therein, and the pedestal 11 has a first trigger switch SW1 operated when starting a meal and a second trigger operated when ending a meal. A switch SW2 is provided. On the circuit board 14, a voice information storage circuit that stores various words that teach manners during meals in the form of digital signals, a voice recognition circuit that recognizes a child's voice input from the microphone 16, and a drive circuit that drives the speaker 15. An electronic circuit 18 that constitutes a microcomputer or the like for controlling the operation of the drive circuit according to a predetermined procedure based on the output signals of both trigger switches SW1 and SW2 or the voice recognition circuit is attached.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an example of the procedure of drive control of the speaker 15 by the microcomputer. After arranging the children's dishes on the table sheet 12, if the child operates the first trigger switch SW1 before starting the meal, the voice information stored in the voice information storage circuit in step 100 will cause a particular melody and "Come, please. , And say "Let's eat". Then, the process proceeds to step 101, in which the voice of the child input from the microphone 16 is discriminated by the voice recognition circuit, and when the child correctly says "Oh, please", the process proceeds to step 102. On the other hand, unless the child correctly says, "I will ask", step 100
Return to. In step 102, a specific melody and a voice saying "Great, good, good, let's eat well" are selected from the voice information stored in the voice information storage circuit,
Stream from speaker 15. Then, the process proceeds to step 103, where the voice of the child input from the microphone 16 is discriminated, and the process proceeds to the next step 104 only when the child correctly utters "good". In step 104, a specific melody and a voice saying "Great, good, eat a lot" are selected from the voice information stored in the voice information storage circuit and played through the speaker 15.

If the second trigger switch SW2 is operated when the child finishes eating, the voice information stored in the voice information storage circuit in step 200 indicates a specific melody and a voice saying, "If you eat up, it's a feast." Is selected and the sound is output from the speaker 15. Then, the process proceeds to step 201, where the voice of the child input from the microphone 16 is discriminated, and the process proceeds to the next step 203 only when the child correctly utters "Feast". In step 203, a specific melody and "great, kimwa," from the voice information stored in the voice information storage circuit.
"Isn't it spilled?" Is selected and played from the speaker 15.

According to the present embodiment, the voice information storage circuit has words such as "Let's eat, let's eat!"
Memorize words that teach manners at the end of a meal, such as "Feast", or praise words such as "Erina, Kimiwa", and call the infant a voice on the speech recognition circuit. A word recognition function was added, and when the trigger switch was operated, the speaker 15 generated the words to teach the manners, and then the infant who heard the word correctly said "I will have you" or "Feast". Recognizing this, the praise word is generated by the speaker, so it is possible to teach the manners at meals while praising the infant without bothering parents.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a toy with a voice generation function and a voice recognition function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the toy.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of operating the toy.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 → Toy with voice generation function and voice recognition function 11 →
Pedestal 12-> Table seat 13-> Leaf spring 14
→ board 15 → speaker 16 → microphone 17 → power battery 18 → electronic circuit SW1 → first trigger switch SW2 → second trigger switch

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A trigger switch to be operated at the start of a meal or at the end of a meal, a voice recognition means for recognizing a specific voice uttered by a child at a meal, and an output signal of the trigger switch or an output signal of the voice recognition means. A toy having a voice generating function and a voice recognizing function, the toy having a voice generating means for generating a predetermined voice based on the toy.