KR101983728B1 - Apparatus and method for operating smart toy performing command by recognizing card - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for operating a smart toy, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for operating a smart toy that recognizes a card whose command is indicated by a marker, In the case where the activation unit for activating the smart toy when the power on / off recognition unit, the power switch is on, and the smart toy activated by the user are combined with the blocks to be coupled with each other or not, When the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, the smart toy operation is performed in accordance with the instruction stored in the card As a result of the determination, it is determined that the Smart Toy has not received the card within the preset time And a notification for providing at least one of a function description of the smart toy stored beforehand, an alarm for notifying the playback of the subject and the switching of the sleep mode if the smart toy can not be stored.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for operating a smart toy,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for operating a smart toy, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for operating a smart toy that recognizes a card indicated by a marker and executes the command.

Learning generally has both communicators and recipients who perform learning, and medium exists to improve the efficiency of learning. The medium means all the forms and channels used for communication in the information transmission process and the medium used in the learning situation means the channel of educational interaction between the teacher and the child.

In particular, when the medium conveys contents for the purpose of achieving a specific class purpose, it is called a class medium. In recent years, the emergence of digital media such as computers and the Internet as the class medium has been used as a tool Media and developmental change. In terms of the convenience of actual movement, if the computer was fixed in one place, movable media such as a notebook computer and a PDA appeared, and now a robot for moving and moving itself appeared.

On the other hand, in the main research study on the educational effects of robots, the interest, persistence and imitation behavior of infants increased when the robots interacted with each other, and the interest and interest of the infants to the robots showed continuous characteristics have. In this regard, Korean Patent No. 10-0814330 describes " aiding aid and teacher helper robot system ".

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for controlling a smart toy, including: instructions for controlling a smart toy operation; instructions for displaying a fairy tale; instructions for reproducing a shake; instructions for playing back previously stored moments; And a card displayed by a marker, for example, a command to execute a smart toy, and a method thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for operating a smart toy in which a command recognizes a card indicated by a marker and operates.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for operating a smart toy, the smart toy operating apparatus recognizing a card indicated by a marker, A power on / off recognizing unit recognizing the power on / off state; An activation unit for activating the smart toy when the power switch is on; When the smart toy is activated by the user, the smart toy is contacted with a predetermined position of the smart toy in a case where the smart toy is combined with a block to be mutually coupled or not, and whether or not the smart toy has recognized the card A card recognition unit; And an operation unit for, when the smart toy recognizes the card within a preset time, performing an operation of the smart toy in an operation according to a command stored in the card.

At this time, the card includes a command to allow the smart toy to play a moving image, a command to cause the smart toy to play the fluctuation, a command to cause the smart toy to play back the stored recording file, And a command for driving the block body combined with the smart toy is displayed as a marker.

At this time, the activation unit activates an external LCD, a speaker, a microphone, and a joint driving unit for performing an operation of the smart toy.

In addition, the operation unit may include: a command determination unit for determining a command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy; And an operation unit for performing an operation of the smart toy according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command.

In addition, in the case where the action performing unit does not combine the smart toy activated by the user with the block, when the command stored in the card is determined to be a command to cause the smart toy to play a specific shake, To reproduce a shake according to a title described on the card.

In a case where the operation performing unit does not combine the smart toy activated by the user with the block body, when it is determined that the command stored in the card indicates a specific moving image, And the user is requested to recognize the card corresponding to the keyword from the predetermined keyword during the play of the play.

In a case where the action performing unit does not combine the smart toy activated by the user with the block body, if it is determined that the command stored in the card follows the user's utterance, The user is allowed to play back the recorded speech.

In the case where the operation performing unit does not combine the smart toy activated by the user with the block, if it is determined that the command stored in the card is a command to play back the stored recorded file, And to reproduce the stored recording file.

In addition, in a case where the operation performing unit combines the smart toy activated by the user with the block body, if it is determined that the command stored in the card is a command to drive the block body combined with the smart toy, When the block body is positioned on the movable rail, the driving motor of the block body is operated to move the block body on the movable rail.

In addition, when the smart toy is activated by the user, the action performing unit combines the smart toy with the block, and the command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy is used as a maze search When the user places the block body on the maze game board, the driving motor of the block body is operated to move the block body on the maze game board.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for operating a smart toy, the smart toy system comprising: a memory for storing a function description of the smart toy stored in the smart toy when the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time, And an alarm for notifying the switching of the subject mode and the sleep mode.

In addition, the notification unit may include a primary notification unit that plays a notification notification primarily describing the function of the smart toy when the smart toy does not recognize the card within a preset time period; A secondary notification unit that plays a notification of the theme of the smart toy when the smart toy does not recognize the card within a preset time after completion of the announcement notification reproduction; And a tertiary notification unit for informing that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode when the smart toy can not recognize the card within a preset time after the completion of the notification of the theme.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a smart toy operating method for operating a smart toy operating a smart card by recognizing a card indicated by a marker, Recognizing that the power switch of the toy is turned on; activating the smart toy when the power switch is on by the activating unit; The smart toy may contact the card at a predetermined position of the smart toy in the case where the smart toy activated by the user is combined with a block to be mutually coupled or not, Judging whether or not it has been performed; And performing an operation of the smart toy by an operation according to a command stored in the card when the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination by the operation unit.

In addition, when the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, in the step of performing the operation of the smart toy by the operation according to the instruction stored in the card, In the case where the smart toy is judged to be a command for causing the smart toy to reproduce a specific fluctuation in the case where the command stored in the card is not combined with the block body so that the smart toy can reproduce the fluctuation according to the title described on the card .

In addition, when the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, in the step of performing the operation of the smart toy by the operation according to the instruction stored in the card, When the command stored in the card is judged to be a command to display a specific moving picture in the case where the command is not combined with the block body, the smart toy causes the moving picture according to the title described on the card to be played back, And requests the user to recognize the card corresponding to the keyword from the preset keyword.

In addition, when the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, in the step of performing the operation of the smart toy by the operation according to the instruction stored in the card, The smart toy may record the words to be played by the user when the command stored in the card is determined to be a command to follow the words of the user in the case where the command is not combined with the block body .

In addition, when the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, in the step of performing the operation of the smart toy by the operation according to the instruction stored in the card, The smart toy may play back the pre-stored recorded file when it is determined that the command stored in the card is not a command to play back the recorded recorded file.

In addition, when the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, in the step of performing the operation of the smart toy by the operation according to the instruction stored in the card, When the command stored in the card is determined to be an instruction to drive the block body coupled with the smart toy, when the user places the block body on the movable rail, So that the block moves on the moving rail.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a smart toy, the smart toy comprising: a notification unit that, when the smart toy can not recognize the card within a preset time, A function description of the sleep mode, and an alarm for notifying the playback of the subject and the switching of the sleep mode.

In addition, when the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, in the step of performing the operation of the smart toy by the operation according to the instruction stored in the card, When the command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy is determined to be a command to perform a maze search using the block body combined with the smart toy, And the driving motor of the block body is operated so as to allow the block body to move on the maze game board.

An apparatus and method for operating a smart toy according to the present invention having the above-described configuration includes a command for controlling a smart toy operation, a command for describing a moving image, a command for reproducing a shake, a command for reproducing a previously stored mother voice, A smart toys that recognize and operate a card displayed by a marker, such as a command to follow a word of the user, can maximize the interest and interest of the user and provide the user with an autonomous and creative learning environment.

1 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of an apparatus for operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of a notification unit employed in an apparatus for operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of an operation unit employed in an apparatus for operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for schematically explaining a procedure of a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a procedure in which a swaying operation is performed in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a sequence of performing a dynamic image reading operation in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a sequence in which a speaking operation is performed according to a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which a mother voice is performed in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an order in which an automobile line tracer operation is performed in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an order in which a car maze search play operation is performed in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the sequence in which the battery charging operation is performed in the method of operating the smart toy according to the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail.

It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals will be used for the same constituent elements in the drawings, and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements will be omitted.

smart Toys

The smart toy (RoboBean) 10 according to the present invention can be configured as a robot or doll having joints, which is a child educational toy that operates by recognizing a card whose command is indicated by a marker. Further, the smart toy 10 may further include a block body 20 to be coupled to each other. At this time, the block body 20 is configured in the form of an automobile on which the smart toy 10 can ride, and can be moved on a moving rail or a maze game board (not shown). In addition, the block body 20 may serve as a charger for the smart toy 10.

The card 30 also includes a command for causing the smart toy 10 to play a story, a command for the smart toy 10 to play the shake, an instruction for playing the recorded file for the smart toy 10, And a command to drive the block body 20 combined with the smart toy 10 are indicated by markers. In other words, the card 30 in which a command to display a moving picture is indicated by a marker is provided with a plurality of various kinds of moving pictures such as three kinds of baby pigs and a naked king, and the card 30, A plurality of Korean sway and English sway are reproduced such as a ball, a theme, three bears, and so on. The card 30, in which a command indicative of a command to drive a block connected to the smart toy, is displayed as a marker, A left turn, a right turn, and the like.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the smart toy 10 having the above-described structure recognizes and operates the card 30. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals will be used for the same constituent elements in the drawings, and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements will be omitted.

smart Toys  Operating device

1 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of an apparatus for operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

1, an apparatus 100 for operating a smart toy includes a power on / off recognition unit 110, an activation unit 120, a card recognition unit 130, an operation unit 140 , And a notification unit 135. [

The power on / off recognition unit 110 recognizes on / off of the power switch of the smart toy.

The power on / off recognizing unit 110 recognizes on / off of the power switch provided on the smart toy by the user.

The activation unit 120 activates the smart toy when the power switch is on.

The activation unit 120 activates an external LCD, a speaker, a microphone, and a joint driving unit for performing operations of the smart toy.

More specifically, when the power switch is turned on, the activation unit 120 drives the joint driving unit of the smart toy to perform an operation of shaking the head from side to side, or to activate the external LCD window, or to ' I am! I am glad to be able to provide the same voice as 'Roboen Robo Bean Eye Awesome'.

The card recognizing unit 130 judges whether or not the smart toy has recognized the card by contacting the card at a predetermined position of the smart toy in a case where the activated smart toy is combined with the blocks to be combined with each other, do. At this time, the predefined location of the smart toy is described as the smart toy's bosom for the convenience of explanation, but is not limited thereto.

If the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, the operation unit 140 controls the operation of the smart toy in accordance with the instruction stored in the card and executes the operation.

The operation unit 140 determines a command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy in consideration of the case where the user does not combine the activated smart toy with the block body and the case where the user has combined the activated smart toy with the block body, And performs the operation of the smart toy according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command word.

If the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, the notification unit 135 provides at least one of a function description of the previously stored smart toy, an alarm for notifying the playback of the subject and switching of the sleep mode.

The notification unit 135 checks the state of the battery of the smart toy and provides a battery charging notification sound through the speaker of the smart toy when the capacity of the battery becomes less than a preset capacity or provides a battery charging notification through the external LCD of the smart toy can do.

2 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of a notification unit employed in an apparatus for operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

2, when the smart toy does not recognize the card within a predetermined time, the notification unit 135 according to the present invention notifies the function description of the smart toy, And an alarm.

For this, the notification unit 135 includes a primary notification unit 136, a secondary notification unit 137, and a tertiary notification unit 138.

If the smart toy can not recognize the card within a preset time, the primary notification unit 136 plays back a guidance notification primarily describing the function of the smart toy. The primary announcement unit 136 can randomly play back one of the guide voices of 'Let's have fun together', 'Let's read the book', 'Let's play the song', or 'Boredom boredom'.

If the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time after completion of the announcement notification reproduction, the secondary notification unit 137 secondarily reproduces the notification of the theme of the smart toy. The secondary notification unit 137 can reproduce the theme song of the smart toy when, for example, the announcement voice of 'Let's sing it happily and listen to my song' is finished.

The tertiary notification unit 138 notifies the smart toy that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode when the smart toy can not recognize the card within a preset time period after the completion of the notification. The third notification unit can turn off the power automatically, for example, together with the announcement sound 'I am sleepy.'

3 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of an operation unit 140 employed in an apparatus for operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, the operation unit 140 according to the present invention performs the operation of the smart toy in accordance with the instruction stored in the card.

For this, the operation unit 140 includes an instruction determination unit 141 and an operation performing unit 142. [

The command determination unit 141 determines the command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy.

The command determination unit 141 determines whether or not the command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy is a command for allowing the smart toy to play a moving image or a command for allowing the smart toy to play the shake, It is determined whether the smart toy is a command to follow a user's word or a command to drive a block body combined with a smart toy. At this time, when the smart toy recognizes a plurality of cards within a predetermined time, the command determination unit 141 determines the order of the commands stored in each card that the smart toy should perform according to the order of recognizing the cards.

The operation performing unit 142 performs the operation of the smart toy according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command.

More specifically, in the case where the user does not combine the activated smart toy with the block body, if the command stored in the card is determined to be a command to cause the smart toy to reproduce the specific fluctuation, Play the shake according to the title listed on the card.

In a case where the user does not combine the activated smart toy with the block body, if the command stored in the card is determined to be a command to display a specific moving image, the smart toy is described on the card It is possible to reproduce a moving image according to a title having a predetermined title and to request a user to recognize a card corresponding to the keyword from a predetermined keyword during phrase reproduction.

In a case where the user does not combine the smart toy activated by the user with the block, if the command stored in the card is determined to be a command to follow the user's utterance, Record the words and play them.

In a case where the user does not combine the smart toy activated by the user with the block, if the command stored in the card is determined to be a command for playing back the recorded recording file, Play the file. At this time, the pre-recorded recording file is, for example, a content file recorded by a mother or a father via a smart phone, but is not limited thereto.

In a case where the smart toy activated by the user is combined with the block body, if the command stored in the card is determined to be a command for driving the block body coupled with the smart toy, By positioning it on the moving rail, the driving motor of the block body is operated to move the block body on the moving rail.

The operation performing unit 142 judges that the command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy is a command to perform the maze search using the block body combined with the smart toy when the user combines the activated smart toy with the block body If the user places the block body on the maze game board, the driving motor of the block body is operated to move the block body in the maze game board.

At this time, if the smart toy recognizes a plurality of cards within a preset time, the operation performing unit 142 may correspond to the determined command in accordance with the order of the command determined by the command determining unit 141 Thereby sequentially performing the operations of the smart toy.

smart Toys  How to operate

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for schematically explaining a procedure of a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the method for operating the smart toy according to the present invention uses the apparatus for operating the smart toy described above, and a repeated description will be omitted.

First, the power switch of the smart toy is recognized (S10).

In step S10, the user recognizes the on state of the power switch provided on the smart toy.

Next, when the power switch is on, the smart toy is activated (S11). S11 activates the smart toy's external LCD, speaker, microphone, and joint drive for performing operations.

Next, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card in the activated smart toy is compared with the preset time (S12).

Next, when the user touches the card at a predetermined position of the smart toy within a predetermined time in step S12 and the smart toy recognizes the card (S13), the operation of the smart toy is performed in accordance with the instruction stored in the card S14).

After the step S14, if the user turns off the power switch of the smart toy, the process is terminated (S20).

On the other hand, if the user touches the card at a predetermined position of the smart toy in step S12 and the smart toy does not recognize the card, the information notification is first played back to explain the function of the smart toy (S15) .

After step S15, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card is compared with the predetermined time in the smart toy (S16).

If the smart toy does not recognize the card within the predetermined time after step S16, the theme of the smart toy plays back the notification (S17).

After step S17, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card on the smart toy is compared with the preset time (S18).

If the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time after step S18, the smart toy is notified that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode (S19).

After step S19, the power switch of the smart toy is automatically turned off or the power switch of the smart toy is turned off by the user (S20).

Shake

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a procedure in which a swaying operation is performed in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, first, the power switch of the smart toy is recognized (S100).

Next, when the power switch is on, the smart toy is activated (S101).

In step S101, when the power switch is turned on, the joint driving part of the smart toy is driven to perform the operation of shaking the head to the left or right, or the external LCD window is activated or the speaker ' I am glad to be able to provide the same voice as 'Roboen Robo Bean Eye Awesome'.

Next, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card in the activated smart toy is compared with the preset time (S102).

Next, the user recognizes that the user touches the smart toy with the random card at a predetermined time (S103).

Next, when the command stored in the card is determined to be a command to cause the smart toy to play a specific shake, the smart toy reproduces the shake according to the title described on the card (S104).

If the user does not turn off the power switch of the smart toy after step S104, the process returns to step S102.

On the other hand, if the user does not recognize the card after the user touches the card at a predetermined position of the smart toy within a predetermined time after step S102, the information notification primarily plays the information announcement describing the function of the smart toy S105).

In step S105, it is possible to randomly play the guidance voice of one of "Let's have fun together," "Let's read the book," "Let's play the song," and "I'm bored.

Next, after step S105, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card on the smart toy is compared with the preset time (S106).

Next, if the smart toy does not recognize the card within the predetermined time after step S106, the theme of the smart toy plays back the notification (S107).

In step S107, for example, the theme song of the smart toy may be reproduced when the announcement voice of 'Let's sing it happily and listen to my song' is finished.

Next, after step S107, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card in the smart toy is compared with the preset time (S108).

Next, if the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time after step S108, the smart toy is notified that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode (S109).

In step S109, it is possible to automatically turn off the power source together with the announcement sound 'I am supposed to sleep', for example.

When the power switch of the smart toy is automatically turned off or the power switch of the smart toy is turned off by the user in steps S104 and S109, the process is terminated (S110, S111).

Read fairy tales

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a sequence of performing a dynamic image reading operation in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, the power switch of the smart toy is recognized (S200).

Next, when the power switch is on, the smart toy is activated (S201).

In step S201, when the power switch is turned on, the joint driving part of the smart toy is driven to perform the operation of shaking the head to the left or right, or the external LCD window is activated, or the speaker is' Hi! I am glad to be able to provide the same voice as 'Roboen Robo Bean Eye Awesome'.

Next, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card is compared with the predetermined time in the activated smart toy (S202).

Next, the user recognizes that the smart toy is contacted with the assimilation card at a predetermined time (S203).

Next, if the command stored in the card is determined to be a command to cause the smart toy to reproduce a specific moving image, the smart toy plays the moving image in accordance with the title written on the card (S204).

After step S204, the user may request the recognition of a card corresponding to the keyword from the preset keyword in the course of play (S205).

That is, in step S205, the smart toy may request the recognition of the card as 'a hammer is needed to build a house to bring a hammer card'.

After step S205, if the user recognizes that the card corresponding to the keyword is in contact with the smart toy (S206), the assimilation pronunciation is continuously played back (S207). That is, if the smart toy recognizes that the user has contacted the hammer card with the smart toy in step S207, the user can continuously reproduce the animation after the announcement sound of 'Hammer was good'.

If the user does not turn off the power switch of the smart toy after step S207, the process returns to step S202.

On the other hand, if the user does not touch the smart toy with the card corresponding to the keyword (S208) after step S205, the smart toy proceeds to step S205 after the guidance voice S209 that it is not a hammer (S209).

If the smart toy does not recognize the card by touching the card at a predetermined position of the smart toy within a preset time period in step S202, the system firstly plays a guidance notification explaining the function of the smart toy (S210) .

In step S210, it is possible to randomly play the guidance voice of one of, for example, 'Let's have fun together', 'Let's read the book', 'Let's play the song' and 'Boredom boredom'.

Next, after step S210, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card on the smart toy is compared with the preset time (S211).

Next, if the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time after step S211, the theme of the smart toy plays the notification in step S212.

In step S212, for example, the theme song of the smart toy may be reproduced when the announcement voice of 'Let's sing it happily and listen to my song' is finished.

Next, after step S212, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card on the smart toy is compared with the preset time (S213).

Next, if the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time after step S213, the smart toy is notified that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode (S214).

In step S214, it is possible to automatically turn off the power source together with the announcement sound 'I am sleepy.'

When the power switch of the smart toy is automatically turned off after step S207 or step S214, or when the power switch of the smart toy is turned off by the user (S215, S216).

Speak up

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a sequence in which a speaking operation is performed according to a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, first, the power switch of the smart toy is recognized (S300).

Next, when the power switch is on, the smart toy is activated (S301).

In step S301, when the power switch is turned on, the joint driving part of the smart toy is driven to perform the operation of shaking the head to the left or right, or the external LCD window is activated or the speaker is' Hi! I am glad to be able to provide the same voice as 'Roboen Robo Bean Eye Awesome'.

Next, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card is compared with the predetermined time in the activated smart toy (S302).

Next, it is recognized that the user touches the smart toy to follow the user's speech at a predetermined time (S303).

Next, the user's speech is recorded and reproduced for a predetermined time (S304).

Next, if the user recognizes that the smart toys follow the user's speech at a predetermined time (S305), the function of following the user's speech is terminated (S306).

Next, the waiting time in which the user recognizes the card is compared with the preset time in the smart toy (S307).

In step S307, if the user touches the smart toy to follow the user's words within the preset time, the process returns to step S303. In step S303, the user touches the smart toy to follow the user's utterance within the predetermined time Step S308 is performed to perform the same operation as step S301.

On the other hand, if the user touches the card at a preset position of the smart toy within a preset time period in step S302 and the smart toy can not recognize the card, the information notification is firstly played back to explain the function of the smart toy (S309) .

In step S309, it is possible to randomly play a guidance voice, for example, 'Let's have fun together', 'Let's read the book', 'Let's play the song', or 'Boredom boredom'.

Next, after step S309, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card is compared with the predetermined time in the smart toy (S310).

Next, if the smart toy does not recognize the card within a preset time period after step S310, the theme of the smart toy plays back the notification (S311).

In step S311, for example, the theme song of the smart toy can be reproduced when the announcement voice of 'Let's sing it happily and listen to my song' is finished.

Next, after the step S311, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card is compared with the predetermined time in the smart toy (S312).

Next, if the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time after step S312, the smart toy is notified that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode (S313).

In step S313, it is possible to automatically turn off the power source together with the announcement sound 'I am sleepy.'

If the power switch of the smart toy is automatically turned off after step S308 or step S313, or if the power switch of the smart toy is turned off by the user, the process is terminated (S314, S315).

Mom's voice

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which a mother voice is performed in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, first, the power switch of the smart toy is recognized (S400).

Next, when the power switch is on, the smart toy is activated (S401).

In step S401, when the power switch is turned on, the joint driving part of the smart toy is driven to perform the operation of shaking the head to the left or right, or the external LCD window is activated or the speaker ' I am glad to be able to provide the same voice as 'Roboen Robo Bean Eye Awesome'.

Next, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card is compared with the predetermined time in the activated smart toy (S402).

Next, the user recognizes that the mother toy is brought into contact with the smart toy at a predetermined time (S403).

Next, the smart toy reproduces the recording file stored by the mother (S404).

If the user does not turn off the power switch of the smart toy after step S404, the process returns to step S402.

On the other hand, if the user touches the card at a predetermined position of the smart toy within a predetermined time in step S402 and the smart toy can not recognize the card, the information notification primarily plays the information announcement describing the function of the smart toy (S405) .

In step S405, it is possible to randomly play the guidance voice of one of, for example, 'Let's have fun together', 'Let's read the book', 'Let's play the song', or 'Boredom boredom'.

Next, after the step S405, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card in the smart toy is compared with the preset time (S406).

Next, if the smart toy does not recognize the card within the predetermined time after step S406, the theme of the smart toy plays the notification in step S407.

In step S407, for example, the theme song of the smart toy can be reproduced when the announcement voice of 'Let's sing it happily and listen to my song' is finished.

Next, after step S407, the waiting time for the user to recognize the card on the smart toy is compared with the preset time (S408).

Next, if the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time after step S408, the smart toy is notified that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode (S409).

In step S409, it is possible to automatically turn off the power source together with the announcement sound 'I am sleepy.'

When the power switch of the smart toy is automatically turned off after step S405 or step S409, or when the power switch of the smart toy is turned off by the user (S410, S411).

car Line tracer

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an order in which an automobile line tracer operation is performed in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, first, the power switch of the smart toy is recognized (S500).

Next, when the power switch is on, the smart toy is activated (S501).

In step S501, when the power switch is turned on, the joint driving part of the smart toy is driven to perform the operation of shaking the head to the left or right, or the external LCD window is activated or the speaker ' I am glad to be able to provide the same voice as 'Roboen Robo Bean Eye Awesome'.

Next, the smart toy is coupled to the block body (S502).

Here, after the Smart Toy is connected to the block body, the Smart Toy may be activated after recognizing the power switch of the Smart Toy.

Next, a guidance phrase corresponding to the combination of the smart toy and the block body is reproduced (S503).

In step S503, for example, the smart toy may shake the head to the left and right to display a smiling face on the external LCD window, or to provide a voice such as 'Let's play ~ with a car ~' through a speaker.

Next, the user recognizes that the smart toy is in contact with the line tracer card (S504).

Next, a guidance message indicating card recognition is reproduced (S505).

In step S505, for example, the smart toy may shake the head to the left or right to display a smile on the external LCD window, or may provide a voice such as 'Let's play ~ and ~ Let me play on the moving rail' .

Next, it is determined whether the block joined to the smart toy by the user is located on the movable rail (S506).

In step S506, if the user accurately positions the block body on the movable rail, the driving motor of the block body can be driven to run on the movable rail (S507).

In step S506, if the user does not accurately place the block on the movable rail within the preset time, the guidance message informing the position control is reproduced (S508).

In step S508, for example, the smart toy may shake the head to the left or right to display a puzzled expression on the external LCD window or to provide a voice such as 'I can not find the line ~ put me on the moving rail' through the speaker .

After step S508, the time when the block coupled with the smart toy is positioned on the moving rail is compared with a preset time (S509).

If the block associated with the smart toy is not located in the moving rail within the predetermined time after step S509, the subject of the smart toy primarily plays the notification (S510).

In step S510, for example, the theme song of the smart toy can be reproduced when the announcement voice of 'Let's sing it happily and listen to my song' is finished.

Next, after step S510, the time when the block coupled with the smart toy is positioned on the moving rail is compared with a preset time (S511).

If the smart toy can not recognize the card within the predetermined time after step S511, the smart toy is notified that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode (S512).

In step S512, the user can automatically turn off the power source together with the announcement sound 'I am sleepy.'

When the power switch of the smart toy is automatically turned off after step S507 or step S512, or when the power switch of the smart toy is turned off by the user, the process is terminated (S513, S514).

Find the car labyrinth

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an order in which a car maze search play operation is performed in a method of operating a smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, first, the power switch of the smart toy is recognized (S600).

Next, when the power switch is on, the smart toy is activated (S601).

In step S601, when the power switch is turned on, the joint drive part of the smart toy is driven to perform the operation of shaking the head to the left or right, or the external LCD window is activated or the speaker is used to say 'Hello! I am glad to be able to provide the same voice as 'Roboen Robo Bean Eye Awesome'.

Next, the smart toy is coupled to the block body (S602).

Here, after the Smart Toy is connected to the block body, the Smart Toy may be activated after recognizing the power switch of the Smart Toy.

Next, the guidance phrase according to the combination of the smart toy and the block body is reproduced (S603).

In step S603, for example, the smart toy may shake the head to the left and right to display a smiling face on the external LCD window or to provide a voice such as 'Let's play ~ and ~' through the speaker.

Next, the user recognizes that the smart toy is in contact with the maze search card (S604).

Next, a guidance message for notifying the card recognition is reproduced (S605).

In step S605, for example, a smart toy may shake the head to the left or right to display a smiling face on the external LCD window, or to provide a voice such as 'Let me play with the maze ~ Let me take me to the maze' .

Next, it is determined whether the block joined to the smart toy by the user is located on the movable rail (S606).

In step S606, if the user correctly positions the block body on the game board, the driving motor of the block body can be driven so that the block body can play the maze finding game (S607).

On the other hand, in step S607, if the user does not correctly place the block body on the game board within the preset time, the controller reproduces the guidance message informing the position control (S608).

In step S608, for example, the smart toy may shake the head to the left or right to display a perplexed expression on the external LCD window or to provide a voice such as 'I can not find the line ~ put me on the moving rail' through the speaker .

After step S608, the time when the block coupled with the smart toy is located on the moving rail is compared with the preset time (S609).

If it is determined in step S609 that the block coupled with the smart toy is not located in the moving rail within a preset time, the theme of the smart toy plays back the advertisement in step S610.

In step S610, for example, the theme song of the smart toy can be reproduced when the announcement voice of 'Let's sing it happily and listen to my song' is finished.

Next, after step S610, the time when the block coupled with the smart toy is located on the moving rail is compared with a preset time (S611).

After the step S611, if the smart toy does not recognize the card within the predetermined time, the smart toy is notified that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode (S612).

In step S612, it is possible to automatically turn off the power supply together with the announcement sound 'I am sleepy.'

If the power switch of the smart toy is automatically turned off after step S607 or step S612, or if the power switch of the smart toy is turned off by the user (S613, S614).

Battery charging

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the sequence in which the battery charging operation is performed in the method of operating the smart toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, first, the power switch of the smart toy is recognized (S700).

Next, when the power switch is on, the smart toy is activated (S701).

In step S701, when the power switch is turned on, the joint driving part of the smart toy is driven to perform the operation of shaking the head to the left or right, or the external LCD window is activated or the speaker ' I am glad to be able to provide the same voice as 'Roboen Robo Bean Eye Awesome'.

Next, after the smart toy is activated, the battery capacity is checked (S702).

After step S702, if the smart toy battery capacity is lower than the preset battery capacity, the smart toy provides a guidance voice (S703).

In step S703, the smart toy may display a sleepy expression on an external LCD window while shaking the head from side to side, or may provide a voice such as 'I am not feeling hungry' through the speaker.

Next, the user combines the smart toy with the block body (S704). The block body can serve as a charger.

Next, the smart toy can change the external LCD color from red to green or the sleepy expression to the bright expression according to the charging state (S705).

Next, when the charging is completed, the smart toy can shake the head to the left and right to display a smile on the external LCD window or to provide a voice such as 'complete charging' through the speaker.

Next, if the charging is completed or if charging is not required in step S702, the user turns off the power switch of the smart toy (S707).

The functional operations described herein and the embodiments of the present subject matter may be embodied in a digital electronic circuit or computer software, firmware or hardware, including combinations of structures disclosed herein and their structural equivalents, or in a combination of any of the foregoing. Do.

Embodiments of the subject matter described herein may be implemented as one or more computer program products, in other words one or more modules for computer program instructions encoded on a type of program medium for execution by, or control over, the operation of the data processing apparatus Can be implemented. The type of program medium may be a propagated signal or a computer readable medium. A propagated signal is an artificially generated signal, such as a machine-generated electrical, optical or electromagnetic signal, generated to encode information for transmission to a suitable receiver device for execution by a computer. The computer-readable medium can be a machine-readable storage device, a machine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a combination of materials that affect the machine readable propagation type signal, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing.

A computer program (also known as a program, software, software application, script or code) may be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted language, a priori or procedural language, Components, subroutines, or other units suitable for use in a computer environment.

A computer program does not necessarily correspond to a file in the file system. The program may be stored in a single file provided to the requested program, or in multiple interactive files (e.g., a file storing one or more modules, subprograms, or portions of code) (E.g., one or more scripts stored in a markup language document).

A computer program may be deployed to run on multiple computers or on one computer, located on a single site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communications network.

Additionally, the logic flows and structural block diagrams described in this patent document describe corresponding actions and / or specific methods supported by corresponding functions and steps supported by the disclosed structural means, It can also be used to build software structures and algorithms and their equivalents.

The processes and logic flows described herein may be performed by one or more programmable processors executing one or more computer programs to perform functions by operating on input data and generating output.

Processors suitable for the execution of computer programs include, for example, any one or more processors of both general purpose and special purpose microprocessors and any kind of digital computer. Generally, a processor will receive instructions and data from read-only memory, random access memory, or both.

A core element of a computer is a processor for executing instructions and one or more memory devices for storing instructions and data. In addition, the computer is generally operatively coupled to receive data from, transfer data to, or perform both of the operations of, for example, one or more mass storage devices for storing data such as magnetic, magneto-optical disks, Or will include. However, the computer need not have such a device.

The description sets forth the best mode of the invention, and is provided to illustrate the invention and to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the invention. The written description is not intended to limit the invention to the specific terminology presented.

Thus, while the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above examples, those skilled in the art will be able to make adaptations, modifications, and variations on these examples without departing from the scope of the present invention. In other words, in order to achieve the intended effect of the present invention, all the functional blocks shown in the drawings are separately included or all the steps shown in the drawings are not necessarily followed in the order shown, It can be in the range.

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Claims (20)

1. An apparatus for operating a smart toy, the smart toy being operated by recognizing a command for operating a smart toy or a card in which a command for operating a block body is indicated by a marker,
A power on / off recognizing unit for recognizing on / off of a power switch of the smart toy;
An activation unit for activating the smart toy when the power switch is on;
A notification unit for reproducing a guidance message according to the combination of the smart toy and the block body when a user joins the smart toy to the block body;
When the smart toy is activated by the user, the smart toy is contacted with a predetermined position of the smart toy in a case where the smart toy is combined with a block to be mutually coupled or not, and whether or not the smart toy has recognized the card A card recognition unit; And
When the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time, when the user does not combine the activated smart toy with the blocks to be coupled to each other, or when the smart toy is combined with the blocks to be coupled with each other If the smart toy is not combined with the blocks to be combined with each other, the smart toy operates only the smart toy according to a predetermined operation corresponding to a command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy, And an operation unit for operating the block body in accordance with a predetermined operation corresponding to a command stored in a card recognized by the smart toy when the block body is coupled with a connected block body,
Wherein the card is marked with a marker, either an instruction to operate the smart toy or a command to operate a block associated with the smart toy,
When the smart toy is not combined with the blocks to be coupled with each other, the operation unit responds to a command stored in the card only when the card recognized by the smart toy corresponds to a card in which the command to operate the smart toy is indicated by a marker The smart toy operates the smart toy according to a predetermined operation. When the smart toy is combined with the blocks to be combined with each other, a card recognized by the smart toy displays a command to operate the block, The block body is operated in accordance with a predetermined operation corresponding to the command stored in the card at the time,
When the smart toy recognizes a plurality of cards within a preset time, a time for the user to recognize the card by the smart toy is set in advance, and the order of the commands stored in each card is determined according to the order in which the cards are recognized And sequentially performs operations of the smart toy or the block body in accordance with the order of the commands according to the order of recognition of the cards. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the smart toys play back the pre-stored recorded files, the smart toys follow the user's utterances, the smart toys play back the pre-stored recorded files, And a command for driving a block body coupled with the smart toy is indicated by a marker. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the activation unit activates an external LCD, a speaker, a microphone of the smart toy, and a joint drive unit for performing an operation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
A command determiner for determining an instruction word stored in the card recognized by the smart toy; And
An operation performing unit for performing an operation of the smart toy according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command;
And a controller for controlling the smart toy. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein when the smart toy is judged to be a command for causing the smart toy to reproduce a specific fluctuation in a case where the command stored in the card is not a combination of the smart toy activated by the user with the block body, And playing back the shake based on the title described on the card. 5. The method of claim 4,
When the smart toy is judged to be a command for instructing a specific moving image to be displayed on the card in a case where the smart toy to which the user is activated is not combined with the block body, And plays a moving picture according to the title, and requests the user to recognize the card corresponding to the keyword from the preset keyword during play of the play. 5. The method of claim 4,
When the smart toy is judged to be a command for causing the user to follow a command that is stored in the card when the smart toy in which the user is activated is not combined with the block body, And the player is allowed to play back the recorded speech. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein when the smart toy is judged to be a command for playing back the stored recorded file in the case where the command stored in the card is not combined with the block body in the smart toy activated by the user, And playing the file. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the operation performing unit combines the smart toy activated by the user with the block body and when the command stored in the card is determined as a command to drive the block body combined with the smart toy, Wherein when the block body is positioned on the moving rail, the driving motor of the block body is operated to move the block body on the moving rail. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the action performing unit combines the smart toy activated by the user with the block body so that the command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy performs a maze search using the block body combined with the smart toy Wherein when the user places the block body on the maze game board, the controller drives the driving motor of the block body to move the block body on the maze game board . The method according to claim 1,
The notification unit may provide at least one of a function description of the smart toy stored beforehand and an alarm for notifying the playback of the subject and the switching of the sleep mode when the smart toy can not recognize the card within a preset time as a result of the determination A device that operates a smart toy. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein,
A primary notification unit that plays a guidance notification primarily describing the function of the smart toy when the smart toy does not recognize the card within a preset time;
A secondary notification unit that plays a notification of the theme of the smart toy when the smart toy does not recognize the card within a preset time after completion of the announcement notification reproduction; And
A tertiary notification unit for informing that the smart toy is switched to the sleep mode when the smart toy can not recognize the card within a preset time after the completion of the notification of the theme;
And a controller for controlling the smart toy. A method for operating a smart toy in which an instruction for operating a smart toy or a command for operating a block associated with the smart toy is recognized by recognizing a card indicated by a marker,
Recognizing that the power switch of the smart toy is turned on by the power on / off recognition unit;
Activating the smart toy when the power switch is on by the activation unit;
Reproducing the guidance phrase according to the combination of the smart toy and the block body when the user associates the smart toy with the block body by the notification unit;
The smart toy may contact the card at a predetermined position of the smart toy in the case where the smart toy activated by the user is combined with a block to be mutually coupled or not, Judging whether or not it has been performed; And
When the smart toy recognizes the card within a predetermined time by the operation unit or when the user does not combine the activated smart toy with the blocks to be combined with each other, The SmartToy only operates the SmartToy according to a predetermined operation corresponding to a command stored in the card recognized by the SmartToy, and when the SmartToy is not combined with the blocks to be coupled with each other, And operating the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to a command stored in a card recognized by the smart toy when the smart toy is combined with a block body to be coupled to each other,
In the step of operating the smart toy or the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the command,
When the Smart Toys are not combined with the blocks to be coupled to each other, only when the card recognized by the smart toy corresponds to a card displayed with a marker, When the smart toy is operated in accordance with the operation or when the smart toy is combined with the blocks to be combined with each other, when the card recognized by the smart toy is a card in which the command for operating the block is indicated by a marker, Operating the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the stored command,
When the smart toy recognizes a plurality of cards within a preset time, a time for the user to recognize the card by the smart toy is set in advance, and the order of the commands stored in each card is determined according to the order in which the cards are recognized And sequentially executing the operations in accordance with the order of the commands in the order of recognizing the cards. 14. The method of claim 13,
Performing the operation of the smart toy or the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command,
When the user does not combine the activated smart toy with the block body, when the command stored in the card is judged as an instruction to cause the smart toy to play a specific fluctuation, the smart toy is described on the card And reproducing a shake according to a title of the smart toy. 14. The method of claim 13,
Performing the operation of the smart toy or the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command,
When the Smart Toy is not combined with the block body and the Smart Toy is judged to be a command for instructing a specific moving image to be displayed on the card, Wherein the playing of the moving picture is performed so that the user is requested to recognize the card corresponding to the keyword from the preset keyword during play of the play. 14. The method of claim 13,
Performing the operation of the smart toy or the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command,
When the smart toy is judged to be a command to cause the command stored in the card to follow the user's utterance in a case where the smart toy activated by the user is not combined with the block body, And then playing back the recorded information. 14. The method of claim 13,
Performing the operation of the smart toy or the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command,
In a case where the smart toy is not associated with the block body and the smart toy is judged to be a command for playing back the stored recorded file, Wherein the smart toy is operated by a user. 14. The method of claim 13,
Performing the operation of the smart toy or the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command,
When the smart toy in which the user is activated is combined with the block body and the command stored in the card is determined as a command to drive the block body combined with the smart toy, Wherein the driving motor of the block body is operated to move the block body on the moving rail when the robot body is positioned on the rail. 14. The method of claim 13,
When the smart toy can not recognize the card within a predetermined time as a result of the determination, the notification unit provides at least one of a function description of the smart toy stored in advance, an alarm for notifying the playback of the subject and switching of the sleep mode The method further comprising the steps of: 20. The method of claim 19,
Performing the operation of the smart toy or the block body according to a predetermined operation corresponding to the determined command,
The command stored in the card recognized by the smart toy is a command to perform a maze search using the block body combined with the smart toy in the case where the smart toy activated by the user is combined with the block body Wherein when the user places the block body on the maze game board, the driving motor of the block body is operated to move the block body on the maze game board.

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