KR100745647B1 - Object-recognition toy using rfid tag and the method for operating - Google Patents

Abstract

An object-recognition toy using an RFID tag and an operation method thereof are provided to offer information for an object to kids audiovisually by including an RFID reader and reading the RFID tag attached to the object with the RFID reader. A selector(22) receives an output option indicating a different output type by each age from a user. The RFID reader(25) reads a unique code from the RFID tag attached to the object. An object information storing part(27) stores A/V object information related to the object by each unique code. An output part(26) audiovisually outputs the object information by including a speaker and a display device. A controller(20) includes an algorithm outputting the object information according to the unique code of the object by receiving the RFID tag attached to the object. If the object is a book, the toy outputs contents of the book by detecting the RFID tag attached to the book.

Description

Object-recognition toy using RFID tag and the method for operating}

1 is a view illustrating a state recognition toy detects and outputs an RFID tag of an object according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of the internal configuration of the object recognition toy according to the present invention.

3 is an exemplary view showing a mode of selectively switching output options.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reading an RFID tag of a thing and providing information of the thing according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of outputting an audio / video by reading whether a object recognition toy performs a specific query or request and performing the result according to the present invention.

6 is a table showing an example of the operation of the object recognition toy according to the present invention.

7 to 12 is a view showing an embodiment of each operation of the object recognition toy in accordance with the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

20: control unit 21: communication unit

22: selector 23: drive switch unit

24: power supply 25: RFID reader

26: output unit 27: object information storage unit

The present invention relates to an object recognition toy that detects an RFID tag and provides information of the object, and a method of operating the same, which includes an RFID tag mounted on the object and outputs voice or video information on the object. It is about.

Generally, toys are provided to infants or children as a play culture, and these toys are provided in various forms. After all, toys are used to refer to play items for infants / children such as dolls and toys. In some cases, voice chips are embedded due to the development of the electronics industry.

However, in the case of toys with a built-in voice chip as described above, since only a single piece of voice information is stored and provided by the manufacturer, it is easy for an infant or a child to be tired of the voice information because it is used for a long time. Low. In other words, in the case of a toy with a built-in voice chip, voice information is output when the toy is touched or when a specific part of the toy is pressed, but this only causes the voice message stored in the voice chip to be repeatedly output by the manufacturer. In addition, infants and children were soon tired of the output voice message was a problem.

In addition, in the case of a toy having a voice chip in the related art, only a simple animal cry and an English word can be stored and output for the purpose of children's learning, and there is a problem that the learning effect according to the voice output of the toy is insufficient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention by providing an RFID reader on the toy to read the RFID tag attached to the object to provide the information of the object to the infant or child. In addition, by outputting a variety of information through the toy aims to increase the intelligence, learning effects of infants / children using the toy.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a selection unit for selecting an output option indicating an output form from a user, an RFID reader for reading a unique code from an RFID tag mounted on a thing, and object information related to the thing for each unique code. An object information storage unit for storing a voice or an image, an output unit for outputting information related to the object as a voice or image, including a speaker or a display device, and a unique code of the object obtained by reading an RFID tag mounted on the object And a control unit having an algorithm for outputting the object information. The object recognition toy using the RFID tag further includes a communication unit for downloading and storing object information for each unique code of the object by wired or wireless connection to an external web server and storing the object information in the object information storage unit.

In addition, the present invention, the process of reading the unique code of the object by activating the RFID tag of the object in close proximity, the process of extracting the object information according to the read unique code in the internal memory, and the extracted object information And outputting audio / video according to the output option selected by the user.

In addition, the present invention, the process of outputting a predetermined query, the request as a voice / video, the process of reading the unique code of the object by activating the RFID tag of the object in close proximity, and the read unique code is the query In response to the requested unique code, the method may include outputting a predetermined praise / thank you.

Hereinafter, the detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the reference numerals to the components of the drawings it should be noted that the same reference numerals as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to general practices of those belonging to the technical field of the present invention, and the definitions should be made based on the contents throughout the present specification.

1 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which an object recognition toy recognizes an object and outputs a voice / video according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Object recognition toy 11 according to the present invention is provided with an RFID reader 13 to activate the RFID tag 14 mounted on the thing 12 to receive the corresponding information signal to read the unique number of the thing. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 1, when the RFID reader 13 of the object recognition toy 11 transmits RF power with a plurality of antenna arrays, the RFID tag 14 mounted on the TV 12 may recognize the object. The RF power transmitted from the antenna array of the RFID reader 13 of the toy 11 is input and driven to wirelessly transmit a unique number of the object 12.

As described above, the unique number signal wirelessly transmitted from the RF tag 14 mounted on the thing 12 is received and read from the antenna array of the RFID reader 13, and according to the received unique number of the thing, object recognition The toy 11 outputs the name of the object as voice (for example, 'this is a television'). In addition, the information output of the recognized object may be performed as voice as described above, but as another embodiment of the present invention, a display module such as an LCD window is provided in the object recognition toy to display the name of the object through the display module. Can be.

Meanwhile, although the object recognition toy detects an RFID tag mounted on each object as described above, the name of the object may be output (voice or video), but to maximize the learning effect, as another embodiment of the present invention, object recognition A toy may first request and query a specific object, and the user may bring the object recognition toy to the corresponding object.

That is, when an object-aware toy first requests specific information (eg, 'Where is the TV?' Voice output), and thus the user brings his object-aware toy to a specific object, the object-aware toy may It reads the RFID tag and outputs the resulting information (eg, 'Well done, this is TV right', 'No, it's not a TV, but a monitor').

2 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of the object recognition toy according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The communication unit 21 is a wired / wireless communication unit that performs a function of downloading various object unique codes and voice information stored in the voice information storage unit. The communication unit 21 is connected to a web server access terminal such as a PC, PDA, mobile phone, etc. This function downloads voice information from a specific web server. Accordingly, the communication unit 21 may be provided with a wired communication method such as a universal serial bus, an IEEE 1394, serial communication, and parallel communication so as to access a web access terminal. Wireless communication schemes such as Infrared Radiation, Bluetooth, Home RF, and the like may be provided.

The selecting unit 22 is a function unit for selecting output options such as audio / video options, language options, and age options to be output from the user. Perform the function. The audio / video option refers to an option for selecting whether to output the media to be voice or video. Say the option to get selected.

Accordingly, the selector 22 may select an output option such as an audio or a video to be output from a user by placing a select switch at a predetermined position of the object recognition toy. For example, as shown in FIG. If audio output, English output, or ages 2 to 3 are selected as the output options, the voice is slowly outputted as 'This is television' when the child recognizes a particular object. Similarly, if it is selected as the voice output, Korean, less than 2 years old output option as shown in Fig. 3 (b), only a simple object name such as 'TV' is outputted in Korean, as shown in Fig. 3 (c) If audio output, Korean, 2 or 3 years old is selected as the output option, it is given as 'This is a television' and outputs the name of a thing with a verb. If the voice output, Korean, 4 years old or older is selected as the output option as shown in Fig. 3 (d), 'This is a television. Television is a display device that displays various movies, dramas, and pictures. The name of the object and the function of the object are described in more detail than the voice of 4 years old or younger. .

The driving switch unit 23 performs a function of receiving a user's selection of whether the object recognition toy is turned on or off. When the drive switch is OFF, the power supply unit 24 cuts off the power supply so that the object recognition toy operates as a normal toy without object recognition using an RFID tag, and when the drive switch ON is selected, the power unit Power is supplied to the control unit and each function unit to recognize the RFID tag of a specific object to output the voice / video.

The RFID reader 25 includes a plurality of antenna arrays to transmit RF power to read a unique code of the object from an RFID tag mounted on the object. That is, the RFID tag receiving the RF power transmitted from the plurality of antenna arrays is activated to transmit the unique code of the corresponding object, and the RFID reader receives the unique code.

The output unit 26 is implemented as a speaker for outputting audio or a display device for displaying an image. The output unit 26 performs a function of audio output (or image output) of information on a detected specific object. As a result, the output unit includes all output means capable of outputting predetermined information such as a speaker and a display device.

The thing information storage unit 27 is a storage device that stores various kinds of information (voice information or image information) related to the thing, and the thing information storage unit 27 includes a hard disk and a flash memory. In addition to the built-in memory as well as removable memory, such as CF card (Compact Flash Card), SD card (Secure Digital Card), SM card (Smart Media Card), MMC card (Multi-Media Card) or Memory Stick (Memory Stick) It may be implemented in the device, or may be provided in a separate device. Therefore, the object information necessary for the removable memory may be stored as voice or video and replaced and used in the object recognition toy.

The thing information storage unit 27 may store various voices (or images). As the stored content, various information such as names, descriptions of contents, and storytelling contents of each thing are stored. [Table 1] is a table showing an example in which names and contents for each age are stored for each unique code of an object.

TABLE 1

objects Unique code Voice Information Under 2 years old 2 to 3 years old 4 years old television Ox000010 television This is television This is television. Television, various movies, dramas, etc .. light Ox000011 light This is a light fixture. This is a light fixture. A lamp is a device that lights up brightly. bed Ox000100 bed This is a bed. This is a bed. A bed is a place to sleep. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

The control unit 20 includes an algorithm for controlling each of the functional units to detect the RFID tag of the object and output information based on the read unique code of the object through the output unit. The operation algorithms can be broadly classified into two types. First, an algorithm for detecting an RFID tag mounted on each object and outputting the name or contents of the object, and the other first outputs the name of the object to query / request. Accordingly, when the user touches the object recognition toy on the object, the RFID tag is read. The first algorithm will be described with the flowchart of FIG. 4 and the second algorithm will be described with the flowchart of FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reading an RFID tag mounted on a specific object and outputting a voice according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the power of the object recognition toy is switched on and the array antenna of the RFID reader is activated (S41) to read the RFID tag mounted on the nearby object (S42), the RFID tag related to the unique code of the RFID tag to be read is It is determined whether the thing information exists (S43). That is, it is determined whether the audio information or the video information allocated to the read unique code is stored in the object information storage unit (S43). When the object information exists in the read unique code, the current output option is identified (S44), and the output according to the corresponding output option is performed (S45).

For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, if the output option set in the selection unit is selected as the voice output, English output, or 2 to 3 years old as the output option, a child speaks when detecting an RFID tag of a specific object. Slowly output audio to 'This is television'. Similarly, when the RFID tag mounted on a specific page of a specific book is detected, the contents of the book stored in advance according to the unique code of the corresponding page are output in English or Korean according to the output option.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reading an RFID tag of an object after voice output according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the power of the object recognition toy is switched on (S51), a predetermined question or request stored in the object information storage unit is output as a voice or video (S52). When the user who listens to the voice (or video) brings the object recognition toy to the object according to the question, the object recognition toy reads the RFID tag of the object (S53) and determines whether the object corresponds to the requested question (S54). And when it is correct, it outputs the voice (or video) of praise and gratitude (S55), and if it is wrong, it outputs the voice (or video) (S56) that is wrong and reads it by bringing the object recognition toy to another object ( S53).

For example, when the object-aware toy asks 'Where is the sofa' and reads the RFID tag that is recognized and the user correctly brings the object-aware toy to the couch, the voice of praise like 'Good job' Outputs On the contrary, when the user takes the object recognition toy to the bed instead of the sofa, the RFID tag of the bed is read and read, 'This is a bed, not a sofa. Where is the sofa? '

The object recognition toys according to the present invention are operated by the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5, and various examples of the object recognition toys based on the algorithm are illustrated as a table of FIG. 6.

Referring to FIG. 6, in the case of the “actual learning function” which is the first function, when the RFID tag mounted on an object is detected, the name and function of the object are output as a voice (or a video). As described above, the object recognition toy detects the object by reading the RFID tag of each object and outputs a unique guide voice (or image) for each object.

In the case of the "virtual learning" function, which is the second function, as shown in FIG. 8, a separate RFID tag box 81 (for example, a pre-existing RFID tag box) is provided to allow the thing information storage unit to recognize a specific RFID tag. This function extracts and outputs the relevant information. Types of the RFID tag box, zoo, botanical garden, world map, nursery rhymes (children's gospel), food (fruit), great manjeon, famous paintings, domestic and international famous cultural assets, children's bible study, children's Buddhist studies, world attractions, Korean language study of Kanada , ABCD can be implemented as an RFID tag box having various themes, such as English study.

Function 3, "Reading a fairy tale" function, by attaching the RFID tag on each cover of the story book, the object recognition toy that detects the unique code of the story book, extracts the fairy tale story stored in the object information storage for each unique code Perform the function of printing. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 9, the object recognition toy detects an RFID tag 91 attached to a cover of a fairy tale book and outputs a speech of a fairy tale according to a corresponding code.

4, the "communicating with dolls" function, as shown in Figure 10 may have a form of mutually sensing the RFID tag mounted in the doll to communicate with each other. Each doll has a total of 42 conversation scenarios differentiated by gender (male / female doll), age group (under 2 years old, 2-3 years old, 4 years old), and language (Korean, English). do.

The function of "a question of the doll", which is function # 5, is to compliment when the object recognition toy outputs a predetermined question as shown in FIG. 11 and then detects the RFID tag of the object that meets the request.

The "doll care" function, which is the sixth function, is a function of learning situational capabilities of a child or an infant, as shown in FIG. 12, and performs a reminder that the object recognition toy speaks about a physical condition and a bi-orithmetic. For example, having a toy first aid kit with a prescription RFID tag, such as a headache drug, a cold medicine, and when the object recognition toy outputs a physical condition such as 'stomach ache,' infant / child according to the abdominal pain treatment drug RFID The tag is placed close to the object recognition toy.

In the seventh function, the "custom content service function", if the parent development is registered in the website server and an RFID tag sticker given with the ID is issued, the object recognition toy downloads the parent development and stores it in the object information storage unit. It performs the function of outputting the stored parent when the issued RFID tag sticker is detected.

In the above description of the present invention has been described with respect to specific embodiments, such as object recognition toys, various modifications can be carried out without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the patent scope of the present invention is not to be determined by the above-described embodiment, and the claims will be apparent not only in the claims but also in the equivalent ranges.

As described above, the present invention senses an object using an RFID tag and listens to the name, function, etc. of the object by various voices, thereby improving the learning ability and intelligence of the infant / child. In addition, there is an effect that can provide a variety of information compared to the conventional static toys that can easily feel tired.

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A selector which selects an output option from the user that indicates a different output type for each age group, An RFID reader for reading a unique code from an RFID tag mounted on an object, A thing information storage unit storing thing information related to the thing by voice or video for each unique code; An output unit including a speaker or a display device to output information related to an object as an audio or video; It includes a control unit having an algorithm for outputting the object information according to the unique code of the object obtained by reading the RFID tag mounted on the object, The higher the age group is selected in the output option, the basic object name as well as the detailed description of the object is made, When the object is a book, the object recognition toy using the RFID tag, characterized in that the contents of the book is output by detecting the RFID tag mounted on the book. delete delete delete The object recognition toy according to claim 1, wherein the output option of the selector indicates a different output type for each voice / image, and is displayed using a predetermined display window when an image is selected. The object recognition toy of claim 1, wherein the object information storage unit is a removable memory, and a removable memory in which predetermined object information is stored is inserted and replaced. delete The process of selecting the output option from the selection unit that indicates the different output type by age group, Transmitting a predetermined RF power from the RF reader when receiving a driving signal from the driving switch; Reading the unique code of the object by activating an RFID tag of a nearby object by the RF power; Extracting object information according to the unique code read from the RF reader from the object information storage unit of an internal memory; Outputting audio / video according to the output option selected by the user In addition, the higher the selection by age group in the output option, as well as the basic name of the object as well as detailed description of the thing, When the thing is a book, the object recognition method of the object recognition toy, characterized in that the contents of the book is output by detecting the RFID tag mounted on the book. delete delete delete The process of selecting the output option through the selection unit that represents the different output type by age group, Receiving a driving signal from the toy driving switch, outputting a predetermined query or request extracted from the object information storage unit as voice / video, Reading the unique code of the object by activating the RFID tag of the object in close proximity; Outputting a predetermined compliment / audit voice or video from a thing information storage unit when the read unique code matches the query and requested unique code Object recognition method of the object recognition toy characterized in that it comprises a. delete The object recognition method of claim 12, wherein the query and request are downloaded from a predetermined web server and stored in the object information storage unit of the object recognition toy. The object recognition method of claim 8 or 12, wherein the output option indicates a different output form for each voice / image, and when the image is selected, the output option is displayed using a predetermined display window. delete delete

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