KR100423756B1 - Play and/or studying method and system for children by use of toys which have the internet identification - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for playing / learning for a toddler using a doll having a unique account on the Internet. The present invention provides a user image and audio data transmitted from a doll through a network and transmits the information received through the network. Connected via a network with set-top boxes output to the system, a method that can be executed in the administrator server having a database in which the unique account information and user information of each doll is stored together,

Receiving unique account information of the doll through the set-top box; Recognizing the user through the unique account information of the received doll; Establishing an IRC channel based on the recognized user information; Receiving the image and audio data of the user recognized through the set top box; And transmitting the video and audio data of the received user to one or more set-top boxes connected to the IRC channel.

Description

Play and / or studying method and system for children by use of toys which have the internet identification}

The present invention relates to a play / learning method of a child using the Internet. More specifically, a child under 7 years old plays or has fun and concentration while watching and talking about himself or his friends on a TV monitor. It is to allow learning.

In the conventional learning system using the Internet, a user connects to a server that operates learning content using a computer connected to the Internet network, receives desired learning information, and outputs the same from his computer.

In addition, the educational content has been developed to interactive communication in which feedback on user problem solving is immediately provided through educational software, that is, various courseware, as well as voice or image information.

On the other hand, IRC (Internet Relay Chat) refers to an Internet chat room and is a protocol that allows many people to chat on the Internet. If IRC servers are connected worldwide and anyone opens a channel here and someone enters this channel, they can chat with each other.

In addition, with the development of data compression technology and high-speed communication technology, image communication, in which still images and moving images are exchanged between terminals via a communication line, has become commonplace. This video communication technology is used as a real-time Internet lecture, allowing a large number of students from all over the world to attend at the same time.

It is expected that the learning effect will be very high when the video communication education is applied to children. In other words, if their appearance appears on the monitor screen, children will be very interested. Also, if you can see your friends on the screen and talk with each other, the play effect in virtual reality will be enhanced. In addition, if children provide educational content such as playing fairy tales or playing music in such a state, children are expected to have interest and concentration, and learning effects will increase accordingly.

However, it is difficult for children, especially preschool children under about 7 years old, to directly use the Internet learning system implemented through the conventional PC. In addition, even if a parent or guardian guides them, infants are not familiar with computer monitors, keyboards, mice, etc., and it is easy to feel rejected. Parents can register a unique ID to access the Internet and log in to the desired learning site. There is inconvenience to go through the procedure.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented in view of the above problems, and it is possible to easily access the Internet network through a doll model familiar with children, and the appearance of oneself or friends in the connected state is displayed on a television (TV) monitor. By allowing parents or guardians to observe the children's appearances on a PC connected to the Internet, if necessary, so that children can learn or play with a sense of intimacy and interest. The purpose of the parent is to provide a method and system for play / learning for children using the Internet that can be observed on the Internet.

1-System schematic of the present invention

Figure 2-Detailed configuration diagram of Figure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention

3-Detailed configuration diagram of the doll of Figure 2 according to another embodiment of the present invention

4 is a diagram for explaining an operating state of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10, 10 ': TV system 20, 20': set top box

30, 30 ': doll 40, 40': user input device

50: Internet network 60: administrator server

70: client computer

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like elements in the figures are denoted by the same reference numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

First, as shown in Figure 1, the system of the present invention is composed of a manager server 60 connected to the Internet network 50 and the set-top box 20 of the user side, the set-top box 20 is a conventional TV system 10 and the doll 30 or the user input device 40 is connected.

The user is connected to the administrator server 60 through a unique account on the Internet assigned to the doll 30 and the set-top box 20 connected to the Internet network. The video or audio of the user is inputted and outputted through the doll 30 and transmitted to the manager server 60 under the relay of the set top box 20. The manager server 60 retransmits the video or audio signal of the user through a designated channel to be displayed through the TV system 10 of each user subscribed to the channel. In addition, learning information provided by the manager server 60 is output to the TV system 10. Such learning information is provided by a user request, that is, by generating a learning information providing request signal through the user input device 40.

In addition, the learning information provided by the administrator server may be stored in the doll's memory according to the user's selection. The learning information stored in the doll is output through the speaker while offline.

Meanwhile, the video or audio data of the user may be transmitted to a specific client computer 70 connected to the internet network. In addition, video, audio, or text information provided by the client may be output from the TV system 10 of the designated user through the manager server 60.

Referring to Figure 2 described in detail the configuration of the present invention.

The doll 30 is a switch 35 for the on / off operation, a memory 34 storing the doll's unique account information, A / V input device 31 for inputting the user's video and audio data, input A data processing unit 32 for compressing and outputting A / V data, an interface 36 for communicating with the set-top box 20, and a control unit 33 for controlling the same.

The doll 30 and the set-top box 20 may be connected in a wired or wireless or wired or wireless connection depending on the type of the interface, for example, it is preferable to connect to the wireless data communication by applying a Bluetooth (bluetooth).

The controller 33 reads account information stored in the memory 34 and transmits the stored account information to the set-top box 20 according to the operation of the switch 35, or the user's video or audio signal output from the data processor 32. It serves to transmit to the set-top box (20).

In addition, the control unit 33 functions to control the switch 35 to start the doll 30 in accordance with the remote start signal received from the client computer 70.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, the doll includes a memory 34 for storing learning information provided by an administrator server, and a D / A converter 33 for digitally / analog converting and outputting the stored learning information. ) And the speaker 38 can be configured.

The memory 34 may include a ROM 341 area for storing a doll's unique account and a RAM 342 or flash memory for storing the learning information. In this case, the controller 33 of the doll receives the learning information of the manager server 60 through the set-top box 20 and stores it in the RAM 342 or based on a user's request such as operation of the switch 35. The memory 34 and the D / A converter 37 read the learning information stored in the RAM 342 to be output to the speaker.

The set-top box 20 is connected to the dolly 30, for example, the interface 24 to which the Bluetooth is applied, the TV system 10 is connected to the D / D for outputting digital / analog signals and video / audio signals. A conversion unit 21, the communication module 23 for connecting to the manager server 60 on the Internet and the control unit 22 for controlling the operation.

The control unit 22 of the set-top box transmits a signal input from the doll 30 to the manager server 60, or controls to output the signal transmitted from the manager server 60 through the TV system 10. do.

In addition, the control unit 22 of the set-top box serves to output the video, voice, text signal of the client received from the client computer 70 to the TV system 10.

In addition, the control unit 22 of the set-top box controls to transmit the remote start signal of the client received from the client computer 70 to the doll 30.

In addition, the control unit 22 of the set-top box controls to transmit the learning information received from the administrator server to the doll.

The manager server 60 is a user information database 61 for recognizing a user through a unique account of the doll 30, and an IRC server 63 for configuring an IRC channel based on the recognized user information. ), A learning information database 64 for providing learning information to the user, and a control unit 62 for controlling the operation thereof.

The controller 62 of the manager server controls the user information database 61 to perform a user authentication procedure based on the account signal received from the set-top box 20, or the user received from the set-top box 20. Video and audio signals to the IRC server 63 to be transmitted through the corresponding channel, or based on the courseware of the server based on the learning information providing request signal generated by the operation of the user input device 40. It is responsible for controlling the learning information database 64 to transmit the set learning information.

Further, the control unit 62 of the manager server controls the user information database 61 to recognize the client and the user of the doll having the same account as the client based on the account signal received from the client computer 70. Alternatively, the client computer 70 controls the IRC server 63 to transmit the recognized user's video and audio signals.

In addition, the control unit 62 of the manager server is based on at least one of the video, audio, and text signal received from the client computer 70, the client's set-top box is recognized as the same account as the client's signal It serves to transmit to (20).

In addition, the control unit 62 of the manager server serves to transmit the remote start signal received from the client computer 70 to the set-top box 20 of the user recognized as the same account with the client.

On the other hand, the system of the present invention may include a user input device 40 for inputting a predetermined learning information providing request signal to the manager server. The user input device 40 is a touch screen or a pad or the surface of the touch screen that allows the user to select a menu item or move the cursor with a finger or a pen, considering that the user is an infant 7 years old or younger. When a pen or the like is touched, a touch pad is used in which position information of the point is input by pressure.

As the touch sensing method of the touch screen, a sensing wire type, an electrostatic type, or an infrared type method may be employed, but in terms of price, it is preferable to apply a touch pad. Since such a touch screen or touch pad may also be connected to the set-top box 20 by applying a conventional wireless data communication module, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The signal generated by the user input device 40 of the touch screen or touch pad is transmitted to the manager server 60 through the set top box 20.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

In the present embodiment, a case where there are two users, and a case where two users A and B are assigned to the same group will be described as an example.

First, the doll 30 owned by user A has a unique account of the doll already stored in the memory 34, and this account is also stored in the user information database 61 of the manager server 60. As a user registration step after purchasing a doll, user A accesses the homepage of the administrator server 60 on the Internet using a unique account of the purchased doll 30, inputs a user name, gender, age, region, etc. You can set the user group you want. The information input by the user is stored in the user information database 61 of the manager server 60 together with the doll's unique account, and such user information can be changed or canceled later by the user's selection.

Next, when the user A operates the switch 35 of his doll 30, the controller 33 of the doll reads the doll-specific account from the memory 34 and sets the box 20 through the interface 35. To send. This account signal is transmitted to the manager server 60 connected via the set-top box 20 and the Internet network 50, the control unit 62 of the manager server 60 recognizes the user A through the account and to the user A Information is read from the database (61).

Next, the controller 62 of the manager server 60 opens the new channel by applying the user information to the IRC server 63, and then transmits an initial screen to the user A through this channel. The initial screen may transmit a character or animation, which is familiar to a child, together with a greeting in which user A is recognized.

On the other hand, as the doll 30 is started, the A / V input device 31 of the doll is operated to input an image or audio of the user A. The input video and audio data are compressed and output through the data processor 32 and transmitted to the set-top box 20.

The set-top box 20 transmits the video and audio data of the user A to the manager server 60, and the manager server 60 applies this to the IRC server 63 so that each set-top connected to this channel through the channel. Send it to the box. Currently, since only user A is connected to the server, the video or audio data of the user will be transmitted to user A's set-top box 20.

The transmitted video and audio signals are converted by the D / A converter 21 of the set top box 20 and then output through the monitor 11 or the speaker 12 of the TV system 10. That is, when the user A turns on the doll, his favorite character is greeted by his name by calling his name on the TV, and the face of him is displayed on the TV.

Meanwhile, the user A may place a finger on the menu of the user input device 40, that is, the touch screen, and select, for example, “read a story”. When the desired moving picture title is selected, the learning information provision request signal is generated accordingly and transmitted to the manager server 60 through the set-top box 20, and the control unit 62 of the manager server 60 recognizes the command and executes the courseware. Run the program.

The manager server 60 reads the information selected by the user A from the learning information database 64 according to the scenario of the courseware, and transmits the information selected by the user A to the user A through the established channel of the IRC server 63. In this case, the manager server 60 may transmit the learning information only to the user A or all the users connected to the channel or the designated user according to the user's selection.

In the above state, when the user B starts his doll 30 ', the manager server 60 recognizes the user B in the same manner as above through the unique account of the doll 30'. That is, the manager server 60 connects the user B to the channel opened by the user A because the user A and the B are assigned to the same group according to the user B's database property.

That is, the manager server 60 recognizes the user B and at the same time the user B is applied to the same channel as the user A, and the respective video or audio is output to the TV monitors of the users A and B. That is, as each user faces his or her dolls 30 and 30 ', the images are output from each other's TVs, so that each user can talk to each other or play cooperatively on the TV. In addition, as described above, by selecting a menu using the touch screen, listening to storybooks, dancing together while listening to nursery rhymes, or learning instruction directly to users A and B while a teacher appears on the TV screen. You can do it.

On the other hand, in the above, the parent of the client, such as user A can observe the appearance of their child through the Internet network. That is, the client may log in by inputting a unique account assigned to the doll 30 of the user A after accessing the homepage operated by the manager server 60 using the computer 70 connected to the Internet network. After logging in, the administrator server 60 transmits a video or audio signal transmitted from the user A to the client computer 70. Thus, the client, for example, the parent of the user A can externally view his / her child through a computer monitor. You can check it.

In addition, when a signal such as video, voice, text, etc. is input from the client computer 70 in the login state, the manager server 60 transmits it to the set-top box 20 of the user A, the TV monitor ( The signal transmitted to 11 is output. That is, the parent can talk to the child or send a message from the outside.

On the other hand, when the user A's doll 30 is in the switched off state, the client may generate a remote start signal using the homepage menu of the manager server 60. In this case, the manager server 60 transmits the remote signal to the set-top box 20 of the user A, and the set-top box 20 is relayed to the doll 30 again by the control unit 33 of the doll 35. Will be activated. As the doll 30 is remotely started, the A / V input device 31 of the doll 30 operates so that the child's appearance is transmitted to the manager server 60 and back to the client computer 70 according to the above-described operation. Is displayed.

In addition, the user can listen to stories or music through the doll while offline. When the user selects the menu of the touch screen or the parent of the user selects the homepage menu of the manager server, for example, a menu such as a download, the manager server transmits a voice content such as a moving picture or agitation desired by the user, thereby setting up the user's set-top. The box can be stored in the doll's memory. The stored voice signal can be heard through the speaker even after the doll is not connected to the set-top box, for example, after the signal is converted by a user's request such as a switch operation.

As described above, according to the present invention, effective and diverse learning contents provided on the Internet can be utilized for early childhood education and play. In addition, children can play and learn with interest and concentration while hanging out with their friends in a virtual space. In addition, it is easy to form a community such as children and children, pre-kindergarten and other pre-kindergarten. Parents can also watch or talk with their children from outside. In addition, in the offline state, the child can hear the voice learning information through the doll.

Claims (22)

The user's video and audio data transmitted from the doll is transmitted through the network and the set-top boxes are output through the network and the information is transmitted to the TV system. The doll's unique account information and user information are stored together. In the toddler play / learning method using the doll executable on the administrator server having a database, Receiving unique account information of the doll through the set-top box; Recognizing the user through the unique account information of the received doll; Establishing an IRC channel based on the recognized user information; Receiving the image and audio data of the user recognized through the set top box; And transmitting the received user's video and audio data to one or more set-top boxes connected to the IRC channel. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a learning information providing request signal through the set top box; Executing the courseware based on the received learning information providing request signal; Transmitting the learning information set in the courseware to the set-top box through the opened IRC channel; Play / learning method for children using a doll further comprising. The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of transmitting the user's video and audio data to the computer of the client to log in by inputting the unique account information of the doll; A toddler's play / learning method using a doll characterized in that the user's video and audio data is transmitted from the doll having the doll's unique account information entered at login. delete The method of claim 3, further comprising: transmitting a video, audio, and text signal transmitted from the client computer to a set-top box of a user recognized as the same account as the client. Learning method. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: receiving a remote start signal for remote start of a doll from the client computer; Transmitting the received remote start signal to the set-top box of the recognized user; Play / learning method for children using a doll. In the toddler play / learning system using the doll, A doll for reading and transmitting unique account information of a doll stored in a memory, and for compressing and transmitting a user's video and audio data input through an A / V input device; A manager server for recognizing a user as unique doll information of the doll, opening an IRC channel based on the recognized user information, and transmitting learning information or video and audio data of the user through the channel; And a set top box for transmitting the unique account information of the doll transmitted from the doll to the administrator server through the Internet, and outputting the learning information or the user's video and audio data transmitted from the server to the TV system. Play / learning system for children using dolls. The toddler play / learning system according to claim 7, further comprising a user input device for generating and transmitting a predetermined learning information providing request signal to the manager server. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the doll, A switch for on / off operation; A memory for storing unique account information of the doll; An A / V input device for receiving a user's video and audio data; A data processor for compressing the input A / V data; An interface for communicating with the set top box; A control unit for transmitting the unique account information stored in the memory to the set-top box according to the operation of the switch, and controlling to transmit the A / V data output from the data processing unit to the set-top box. Baby Play / Learning System. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the set top box, An interface for communicating with the doll; A communication module for communicating with the manager server; A D / A converter for converting data transmitted from the manager server into an analog signal; And a control unit which transmits a signal transmitted from the doll to a manager server and controls the signal transmitted from the manager server to be output to a TV system. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the manager server, A user information database that stores user information input by the user and unique account information of the doll and is used for user recognition; An IRC server for establishing an IRC channel based on the recognized user information; A learning information database for providing learning information; The user authentication procedure is performed based on the unique account information of the doll received from the set-top box, and the video and audio data received from the set-top box is retransmitted through the established IRC channel or the learning information is transmitted according to the user's request. A control system for the child. 9. The toddler play / learning system using a doll according to claim 8, wherein the user input device is a touch screen connected to the set top box. The infant play / learning system of claim 8, wherein the user input device is a touch pad connected to the set top box. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a memory for storing the learning information transmitted from the manager server, a D / A converter and a speaker for digitally / analog converting the stored learning information. Play / learning system for toddlers using dolls. The infant play / learning system using a doll according to claim 9, wherein the controller of the doll controls the switch to be started according to a remote start signal of a client received from the set-top box. delete delete The infant play / learning system of claim 10, wherein the control unit of the set-top box transmits a remote start signal transmitted from the manager server to the doll. The infant play / learning system of claim 10, wherein the controller of the set-top box transmits and transmits the learning information transmitted from the manager server to the doll. delete 12. The doll of claim 11, wherein the controller of the manager server controls the IRC server to transmit video, voice, and text signals received from a client computer to a set-top box of a user recognized as the client and the same account. Infant play / learning system. 12. The baby play / learning system according to claim 11, wherein the controller of the manager server transmits the remote start signal received from the client computer to the set top box of the user recognized as the client and the same account.