KR102137273B1 - Smart Toy System For Coding Training By Using RFID Tag - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a smart toy system for coding education using an RID tag. The smart toy system of the present invention can process a command or instruction set input from various types of coding means such as a visual editor device or RFID tag or SD card, joystick, and a new instruction or instruction while processing one instruction set. When a set is input, the corresponding command can be processed in a complex way. In addition, the execution process of the instructions implemented through the RFID tag can be visually confirmed through a computer as well as a smart toy, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of coding learning.

Description

Smart Toy System For Coding Training By Using RFID Tag for coding education using RID tag

The present invention relates to a smart toy system for coding education using RFID tags as a smart toy system for coding education.

Software coding education for young children and students is growing in interest because it contributes to improving students' creativity, thinking and problem solving. Beginning in 2018, coding education is mandatory in elementary and secondary education.

Various software coding education methods or learning methods are being developed, such as smart toys, physical computing, or visual programming.

A smart toy is a toy that combines traditional toys with information and communication technology (ICT) such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence, or toys that provide intelligent interaction using new types of electronic toys. , Block type, control type, interactive type, SW education type smart toy, etc. Most of the “smart toy” products released in Korea are toys with simple ICT technology attached, and are less than smart toys.

Physical computing is a concept that includes software programming and activities to verify that a robot or a mechanical device is actually operated by using authored software. For example, Arduino programming, Lego's Mind Storms, etc. are examples of physical computing. Physical computing can only induce curriculum learning through hardware-oriented programming, and it is not easy to integrate it into the educational field because of its relatively high cost.

Visual programming is a programming method aimed at visibility and provides an easy-to-understand program structure. For example, Scratch developed by Medialab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Entry of Entry Education Institute, and the like. Visual programming tools are aimed at explaining the basic principles of software and empirically acquiring it for beginners from elementary school children to junior high school students.

Various educational toy products have been poured in the past, but most of them do not meet the eye level of education subjects or are focused only on education, causing children's interest and making it difficult to access educational goals. Not only is the board or toy for coding education in the private education market not only composed of disposable items, but the utilization is not high due to the high price.

[Related technical literature]

1. Toy device controlled using smart devices (Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0014992)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a smart toy system for coding education that can input a command using an RFID tag in a coding training course and can confirm execution of the input command through a smart toy and a computer.

A smart toy system for coding education according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes an RFID tag, a toy device, a visual editor device, and a control box.

In the RFID tag, tag information individually mapped to a predetermined command is stored. The toy device performs an operation according to the command according to a control command. The visual editor device displays the first instruction set and the progress of the instructions included in the first instruction set on the display unit based on the status information provided by the control box.

The control box includes an RFID reader unit for reading tag information from the RFID tag, and includes an RFID command recognition unit and a command processing unit. The RFID command recognition unit converts tag information of the RFID tag contacting the RFID reader unit into the command. The command processing unit sequentially stores the commands provided by the RFID command recognition unit as the plurality of RFID tags sequentially contact the RFID reader unit to generate the first command set. The instruction processing unit executes the instructions included in the first instruction set one by one with the toy device during the learning mode, and provides the status information on the execution status for each instruction to the visual editor apparatus for display.

According to an embodiment, during the learning mode, the command processing unit provides the state information including information on the first command set to the visual editor device after generating the first command set, and the first command If the command included in the set is an action command that the toy device must directly perform, the execution of the action command is requested to the toy device and the status information notifying that the action command is being executed is provided to the visual editor device.

According to another embodiment, during the learning mode, the command processing unit provides the status information notifying that the operation command is completed when the execution result of the operation command is received from the toy device to the visual editor device.

According to another embodiment, if the instruction included in the first instruction set is not the operation instruction during the learning mode, the instruction processing unit does not request the toy device to execute and the non-operation instruction has been executed and completed. The status information to be notified is provided to the visual editor device.

According to another embodiment, the control box may further include a start button that receives a progress command requesting to perform the commands included in the first command set one by one during the learning mode. In this case, the command processing unit waits for the progress command before executing the commands included in the first command set one by one.

According to another embodiment, when not in the learning mode, the command processing unit sequentially converts the commands stored in the memory into the control commands and provides them to the toy device so that the toy device performs an operation according to the first instruction set. Control. When a new instruction set is provided from the visual editor device during execution of the first instruction set, the instruction processing unit deletes the instruction remaining in the memory without being executed among the first instruction set, and the instruction of the new instruction set is stored in the memory. It can be saved and executed.

Alternatively, if a new instruction set is provided from the RFID command recognition unit during execution of the first instruction set, the instruction processing unit stops execution of the first instruction set and prioritizes the instruction of the new instruction set to the memory. You can save it as a ranking and run it first.

The smart toy system of the present invention can control multiple coding sources, and among them, an instruction set can be constructed using an RFID tag. Furthermore, the execution process of the instruction implemented through the RFID tag can be visually confirmed through a computer as well as a smart toy, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of coding learning.

1 is a block diagram of a smart toy system of the present invention,
2 is a block diagram of a visual editor device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a block diagram of a control box and a toy device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a flowchart provided for explaining a method of processing an instruction set provided from the complex coding means of the present invention,
5 is a flowchart provided in the description of the instruction execution method according to the learning mode of the present invention, and
6 is a diagram exemplarily showing a coding screen provided by the visual editor device of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3, the present invention is a smart toy system 100 includes a visual editor device 110, an application toy device 130, a control box 150, and a set of instructions for various coding means Can be processed in a complex manner to perform operations according to the instruction set. Here, the coding means refers to a device or tool capable of constructing a set of instructions for a learner's coding, and is representative of a visual editor device 110 and a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) interface described below.

The visual editor device 110 is one of various coding devices proposed by the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the visual editor device 110 includes a display unit 111, an input unit 113, a first wireless interface 115 and an editor control unit 117, and a coding tool based on visual coding software Gives The visual editor device 110 is generally used as a mobile computer device such as a tablet or a smart phone, as well as a general computer such as a desktop computer or a laptop computer. Can also be implemented.

The display unit 111 is a means for visually displaying various information to the user, and the input unit 113 receives a control command of a user or a command to be included in a command set. When the visual editor device 110 is implemented as a mobile device, the display unit 111 and the input unit 113 may be integrally formed as a touch screen.

The first air interface 115 is wirelessly connected to the 2a air interface 155 of the control box 150, and corresponds to Bluetooth or a wireless LAN. The first wireless interface 115 provides the instruction set coded by the learner to the control box 150 under the control of the editor control unit 117, receives the state information provided by the control box 150, and receives the state information provided by the editor control unit 117. ).

The editor control unit 117 controls the overall operation of the visual editor device 110 of the present invention. The visual editor apparatus 110 specifically includes an editor processing unit 119 and an event processing unit 121 to provide a coding tool based on the visual coding software of the present invention.

The editor control unit 117 may be interpreted as a specially installed configuration for the present invention, but may generally be a pre-installed configuration to perform basic operations of the computer device. When the editor control unit 117 is configured to perform basic functions of the computer, the editor control unit 117 operates based on the processor chip, which is a hardware basically held by the computer device, and the chip. It may be a functional indication of a configuration implemented by an operating system (OS).

In this aspect, the editor processing unit 119 and the event processing unit 121 may be installed with software that operates on a corresponding operating system program in a conventional computer device for the practice of the present invention. In other words, when the software for the operation of the editor processing unit 119 and the event processing unit 121 of the present invention is installed in a conventional computer device, the visual editor device 110 of the present invention is obtained.

The editor processing unit 119 provides a coding tool screen to a learner through the display unit 111 and performs a coding process according to a learner's control command input through the input unit 113. As described above, the editor processing unit 119 may be implemented with visual coding software installed in an operating system program. Here, the visual coding software may be coding education software designed to be dedicated to the present invention, but the entry or scratch mentioned in the prior art may be used as it is. When using existing software such as an entry or scratch, it is necessary to load a command library that can interwork with the control box 150 of the present invention.

When the learner completes coding for the instruction set to be executed in the toy device 130 through the editor processing unit 119, the editor processing unit 119 controls the corresponding instruction set using the first wireless interface 115 to the control box 150 To give.

The event processing unit 121 supports the operation of the learning mode of the control box 150. As described below, the event processing unit 121 displays information on the current command execution state on the basis of the corresponding state information to the learner through the display unit 111 when status information regarding command execution is provided from the control box 150. Through this process, it is possible to check the state in which the instruction or instruction set coded by the learner is executed step by step in the toy device 130. The operation of the editor processing unit 119 and the event processing unit 121 will be described again with reference to FIG. 5 below.

The application toy device 130 is connected to the control box 150 and performs physical operations such as moving or sensing by the control box 150. The toy device 130 may be implemented in a moving form, such as a toy car or a drone, or may be implemented in the form of a sensor board that detects and displays a specific physical value to a learner.

Since the operation of the application toy device 130 is controlled by the control box 150 and the control of the control box 150 is extracted from the instruction set provided by the learner, the operation of the application toy device 130 is a learning instruction set. It is expressed as an action that can be implemented.

Referring to FIG. 3, the vehicle type toy device 130 includes a third air interface 131, a driving unit 133, and a toy control unit 135. The third air interface 131 is wirelessly connected to the second air interface 157 of the control box 150 to transmit and receive control commands, and provides the received control commands to the toy control unit 135. Various types of wireless interfaces may be applied to the third wireless interface 131, for example, Bluetooth or wireless LAN. The driving unit 133 includes a motor and a wheel, and performs linear driving and/or rotational driving of the toy device 130 under the control of the toy control unit 135, and the vehicle-type toy device 130 is like a wireless control toy It drives like a car. The toy control unit 135 receives the control command of the control box 150 from the third air interface 131 and controls the driving unit 133. Hereinafter, the automotive toy device 130 will be described as an example on behalf of the applied toy device 130.

In addition, the toy control unit 135 performs learning mode processing. When a command is received from the control box 150 or the received command is executed during the learning mode, the toy control unit 135 provides the control result to the control box 150.

The control box 150 is connected to the visual editor device 110 and the application toy device 130, and controls the overall operation of the smart toy system 100 of the present invention. The control box 150 may be provided with instructions or a set of instructions from various coding means, including the visual editor device 110, thereby enabling a learner to code through various means. For this operation, the control box 150 includes a joy-stick 151, a memory 152, a start button 153, an RFID reader 154, and a 2a air interface 155 , 2b air interface 156 and a box control unit 160.

The joystick 151 is a means for receiving a preset command from a learner, and is one of the complex coding means proposed by the present invention. The control box 150 is provided with a joystick 151 and has the same shape as a remote controller. The learner may directly control the operation of the toy device 130 by inputting a command or a command set through the joystick 151. At this time, the learner's control is processed by the box control unit 160 in a form of a command.

The start button 153 is a means for receiving a start command from a learner. When the start button 153 is operated, the box control unit 160 starts execution of the command set. In addition, the start button 153 is a means for inputting a progress command in the learning mode, and the box control unit 160 determines that a progress command is input when there is an operation of the start button 153 in the learning mode.

Apart from the joystick 151 and the start button 153, the control box 150 further includes an input unit (not shown) for receiving various manager commands or learner commands for controlling the operation of the control box 150. However, the operation of the input unit is not essential to the description of the present invention, and thus is omitted. Likewise, the control box 150 may include a display unit (not shown) for displaying various information to the learner.

The RFID reader unit 154 reads tag information from the RFID tag 170 from the learner and provides it to the box control unit 160. Since the tag information read from the RFID tag 170 is mapped to a command managed by the box control unit 160, contact of the RFID tag 170 of the present invention has the same effect as input of a command, and the box control unit 160 ) May receive a command or a command set from a learner through the RFID reader 154. Therefore, the RFID tag 170 is one of the complex coding means proposed by the present invention.

The individual RFID tags 170 are each mapped to one instruction. For example, (move forward), (move backward), (rotate left), (rotate right), (wait 1 second), etc. in FIG. 6 are mapped below. Accordingly, a learner can input a set of instructions into the control box 150 in a manner of contacting the corresponding RFID tag 170 with the RFID reader 154 according to the order of instructions that he or she wants to code.

The network interface of the control box 150 is a means for wirelessly connecting the visual editor device 110 and the toy device 130, and the 2a wireless interface 155 and the toy device (for connecting to the visual editor device 110) 130 includes a second air interface 156 connected to the third air interface 131. The 2a air interface 155 and the 2b air interface 156 may use the same radio protocol, but it is preferable to use different protocols to connect two devices at the same time.

The box control unit 160 controls the overall operation of the control box 150 of the present invention. In particular, the present invention includes the RFID command recognition unit 161, the control command recognition unit 163, and the command processing unit 165. Can process a set of instructions from complex coding means. The operation mode of the control box 150 is divided into a normal mode and a learning mode. The normal mode is a process of executing instructions in an instruction set in order, and the learning mode executes instructions in the instruction set in order, but waits for and processes a separate progress instruction from the learner or the learner between the instructions. In the learning mode, the command processing result of the toy device 130 is received and status information is provided to the visual editor device 110.

The RFID command recognition unit 161 checks the tag information of the RFID tag 170 read by the RFID reader unit 154, and extracts a command mapped to the RFID tag 170 from a previously retained'mapping table'. The RFID command recognition unit 161 provides the extracted command or command set to the command processing unit 165. The RFID command recognition unit 161 holds and manages a'mapping table' for commands mapped to the individual RFID tags 170.

The control command recognition unit 163 converts the operation of the joystick 151 or the start button 153 into a command and provides it to the command processing unit 165.

The instruction processing unit 165 interprets the instruction or set of instructions input from various coding means and converts them into machine or control instructions for controlling the application toy device 130. The instruction processor 165 provides the converted machine language or control instruction to the toy device 130 through the 2b air interface 156, so that the learner-coded instruction or command set is executed in the toy device 130.

In addition, the command processing unit 165 provides status information on command execution to the visual editor device 110 using the 2a wireless interface 156.

The operation of the box control unit 160 will be described again below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

Processing of instruction sets provided from complex coding means: FIG. 4

As described above, the smart toy system 100 of the present invention functions as one hardware platform for coding education of learners. Therefore, the learner can configure the instruction set through various coding means, and since the instruction set is immediately performed by the application toy device 130, the learner can easily understand the coding. On the other hand, even if a complex coding means is provided in addition to the coding education, the instruction set provided by the other coding means is very mechanical and fragmentary if the instruction set provided by the other coding means cannot be processed at all until the instruction set provided from one coding means is completed It becomes difficult to get. Therefore, the control box 150 of the present invention should be able to process the instruction set even if the learner inputs the instruction set overlappingly through various coding means.

Hereinafter, an instruction set processing method of the present invention will be described based on the operation of the box control unit 160 with reference to FIG. 4. In FIG. 4, a plurality of instruction sets are shown. The first instruction set inputted in order is referred to as a first instruction set, and the rest are displayed in order.

<Receive command set and start execution: S401 to S405>

The command processing unit 165 of the box control unit 160 waits for input of the first instruction set from one of various coding means while waiting for the operation (S401).

When the first instruction set is input, the instruction processing unit 165 stores the instructions of the first instruction set in the memory 152 and executes the instructions one by one (S403). Whenever one instruction is executed, the instruction processing unit 165 determines whether all the instructions in the first instruction set have been executed (S405). The command processor 165 repeats steps S403 and S405 until all commands of the first command set are executed to execute all commands stored in the memory 152.

Here, the instruction set is a set of instructions that must be executed in a series of time series. 6 is an example of a coding screen provided by the visual editor device 110, and the following 10 commands are implemented as one set. The corresponding command set is that when the start button 153 of the control box 150 is clicked, the vehicle type toy device 130 moves (forward)-(waits 1 second)-(turns left)-(waits 1 second) This is a set of instructions to repeat -(move backward)-(wait 1 second)-(rotate right)-(wait 1 second).

Assuming coding learning using the visual editor device 110, the visual editor device 110 provides a set of instructions coded by the learner to the control box 150, and the 2a air interface 155 of the control box 150 A receives the instruction set provided by the visual editor device 110 and provides it to the instruction processing unit 165 of the box control unit 160.

The learner may input an instruction set using the RFID tag 170. The RFID command recognition unit 161 generates a command set by arranging commands in the order of the input RFID tags 170 and provides them to the command processing unit 165.

The command execution of the command processing unit 165 may be a process of compiling the command into machine language that the toy device 130 can understand, or a process of converting the command into one or a plurality of control commands corresponding to the command. Here, the machine language or the control command is already set to be interpreted by the toy device 130. The command processing unit 165 executes the corresponding command by providing the converted machine language or control command to the toy device 130 through the 2b air interface 156.

In the case of FIG. 6, since the start button 153 is a starting condition, the command processing unit 165 waits for the start button 153 to be operated after storing the first instruction set in the memory 152 before the start button 153 operates. If it does, execute the following command.

<Determining whether to receive a new command while executing the command set: S407>

As a result of the determination in step S405, if all the instructions in the first instruction set are not executed, the instruction processing unit 165 determines whether a new instruction set (second instruction set) is input from the coding means before performing the next instruction. If there is no new instruction set input from the coding means, the instruction processing unit 165 returns to step S403 to execute the remaining instructions of the first instruction set stored in the memory 152.

Here, the coding means for inputting the new instruction set may be any of the visual editor device 110, the RFID tag 170, the joystick 151, and the like, and may also be input through an SD card (not shown).

When it is determined that a new instruction set is input from other coding means during execution of the existing first instruction set, the instruction processing unit 165 performs different operations depending on where the new instruction set is provided.

<Receive new command from visual editor device during execution of first command set: S409, S411>

If the second instruction set input during execution of the first instruction set is provided from the visual editor device 110 or the SD card (S409), the instruction processing unit 165 is the remaining instructions of the first instruction set remaining in the memory 152 Delete to abandon the execution of the first instruction set and return to step S403 (S411). The instruction processing unit 165 returns to step S403 to execute the newly stored instruction set in the memory 152. This sets the new instruction set back to the first instruction set.

<Receive new command from RDID tag or joystick while executing the first command set: S413, S415>

During execution of the first instruction set, the learner may input a new instruction set by contacting the RFID reader unit 154 in a series of order using the RFID tag 170, and the RFID instruction recognition unit 161 may execute a new instruction set. Create and provide it to the command processing unit 165. In addition, when the learner manipulates the joystick 151 during execution of the existing instruction set, the control instruction recognition unit 163 converts the operation into a command and provides it to the instruction processing unit 165. According to an embodiment, the instruction processing unit 165 may control whether to allow or not to input an instruction by the joystick 151 according to the learner's control.

If the second instruction set input during the execution of the first instruction set is not provided from the visual editor device 110 or the SD card, the instruction set provided from the RFID command recognition unit 161 or the control command recognition unit 163 (or Command). If the second instruction set input during the execution of the first instruction set is not provided from the visual editor device 110 or the SD card, the instruction processing unit 165 pauses execution of the first instruction set (S413), and generates a new agent. 2 In order to process the instruction set first, a new instruction set is added to the memory 152 and the process returns to step S403 (S415).

At this time, the remaining instructions that have not been executed in the first instruction set remaining in the memory 152 have priority, but are not deleted. Therefore, when all of the second instruction set by the RFID tag 170 is processed, the instruction of the first instruction set is performed again.

In the above manner, the smart toy system 100 of the present invention can process multiple instruction sets provided from coding means of various channels.

Learning mode

The learner may input a command set to the control box 150 using the visual editor device 110 or the RFID tag 170 using the method of FIG. 4. Meanwhile, it is very useful for coding learning to check how corresponding commands are implemented in the toy device 130. For example, when the learner codes the instruction set using the visual editor device 110, the learner learns because the editor processing unit 119 of the visual editor device 110 directly displays the instruction set through the display unit 111 to the learner. You can check the entire instruction set at any time and track its progression in general easily.

Furthermore, the smart toy system 100 of the present invention may perform a learning mode to display to the learner through the display unit 111 by confirming how the commands in the instruction set are implemented in the toy device 130. According to the learning mode, the editor processing unit 119 of the present invention displays the status information to the user through the display unit 111 which command is executed in the toy device 130. This function is more useful when an instruction set is input using the RFID tag 170.

The control box 150 may enter the learning mode under the control of the learner or the learner.

Display of instruction execution status according to the learning mode: Fig. 5

Hereinafter, a method of displaying status information according to a learning mode will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, focusing on a case where an instruction set is input using the RFID tag 170.

<Reception of instruction set: S501>

The learner may input the first instruction set as shown in FIG. 6 using the RFID tag 170. The RFID command recognition unit 161 generates a first set of commands and provides them to the command processing unit 165 by arranging commands according to the order of the input RFID tags 170. Accordingly, the control box 150 is in a state in which the first instruction set as shown in FIG. 6 is input from the learner using the RFID tag 170 (S501).

<Provide instruction set information and display it to the workbook: S503, S505>

During the learning mode, the instruction processing unit 165 stores the input first instruction set in the memory 152 and provides information about the instruction set to the visual editor device 110 using the 2a wireless interface 156. At this time, information on a set of instructions that the command processing unit 165 provides to the visual editor device 110 is sufficient as information about which commands are combined in what order and in which order (503).

The event processing unit 121 of the visual editor device 110 receives information on a command set from the command processing unit 165 through the first wireless interface 115. The event processing unit 121 displays the screen 110a shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit 111 on the instruction set input by the learner using the RFID tag 170 using the information on the corresponding instruction set (S505).

<Waiting for progress order: S507>

The command processing unit 165 waits for a'progress command' to be input from the learner. The'progress command' may be input in various ways, for example, the command processing unit 165 may process the progress command as input when the start button 153 is operated in the learning mode.

<Command analysis to be processed according to the progress command: S509>

When a progress command is input, the command processing unit 165 checks whether the command located at the top of the commands of the first command set stored in the memory 152 is an operation command that the toy device 130 should directly perform.

In the case of the instruction set of FIG. 6, commands such as (wait for 1 second) and (continue repeating) may be provided to the toy device 130 in a batch in the general mode, but the learning mode is performed in one step. Among them, the toy device 130 is a command that does not need to be directly performed (hereinafter, referred to as a non-operation command). On the other hand, commands such as (move forward), (move backward), (rotate left) and (rotate right) are commands that the toy device 130 must perform in direct operation. In other words, in the learning mode, it is sufficient if only a command (hereinafter referred to as an operation command) requiring direct operation of the toy device 130 is provided to the toy device 130.

<Processing of operation command: S511 to S523>

<Start to execute one operation command according to the progress command input: S511 to S515>

As a result of the determination in step S509, if a command that is located at the top of the commands of the first command set stored in the memory 152 is an operation command, the command processing unit 165 converts the command into a machine language or a control command. By providing it to the toy device 130 through the 2b air interface 156, the corresponding command is requested to be executed (S511).

In addition, the command processing unit 165 provides status information informing the execution state of the corresponding command to the visual editor device 110 using the 2a wireless interface 156 (S513).

The event processing unit 121 of the visual editor device 110 checks the command currently being executed in the toy device 130 using the status information provided in step S513 and displays through the display unit 111 that the corresponding command is being executed. do. The display of this step may be performed in various ways, for example, a method of displaying the step in a different color or shape as shown in FIG. 6 may be used (S515).

<Completion of command execution: S517 to S523>

The command processing unit 165 waits for an execution result from the toy device 130, and the toy control unit 135 of the toy device 130 provides the control box 150 with the execution result of the command when execution of the corresponding operation command is completed (S517, S519).

When the command processing unit 165 receives the execution result from the toy device 130, it provides status information including the execution result to the visual editor device 110 (S521). The event processing unit 121 of the visual editor device 110 displays completion of execution of the command in the current toy device 130 through the display unit 111 using the status information provided by the command processing unit 165 (S523). In step S523, for example, a method of displaying the step in a different color or shape may be used. However, it may be a different method from the display in step S515.

<Processing of non-operation command: S525, S527>

As a result of the determination in step S509, if a command at the top of the commands of the first command set stored in the memory 152 is a non-operational command, the command processing unit 165 may execute the corresponding'command execution and processing completion'. Provides the status information for the visual editor device 110, but does not provide a corresponding command or a control command equivalent to the toy device 130 (S525). The event processing unit 121 of the visual editor device 110 uses the status information provided by the command processing unit 165 to display, through the display unit 111, that the command is executed in the current toy device 130 and immediately executed. S527). The display of step S527 may be, for example, another method different from the display in step S523 or S515.

After performing step S521 or step S525, the command processor 165 returns to step S507 to wait for the input of the progress command. Thus, the instructions in the instruction set are executed while repeating steps S507 to S527.

The learning mode operation of the smart toy system 100 is performed by the above method. When entering the learning mode, the instruction set written by the learner is entirely displayed on the display unit 111 of the visual editor device 110, and thereafter, the instruction is executed one step each time the learner operates the start button 153 Can be checked simultaneously through the toy device 130 and the display unit 111.

Meanwhile, the learning mode of FIG. 5 need not be performed by the visual editor device 110. For example, as a mobile terminal (for example, a smart phone) that can be connected to the control box 150, the editor processing unit 119 is not installed, but it is possible to assume a mobile terminal in which the event processing unit 121 is installed. The mobile terminal can process the learning mode by displaying the status information provided by the control box 150.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and is usually not limited to the technical field to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. It is of course possible to perform various modifications by a person having knowledge of, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical idea or prospect of the present invention.

Claims (7)

In the smart toy system for coding education,
An RFID tag in which tag information individually mapped to a predetermined command is stored;
A toy device that performs an operation according to the command according to a control command;
A visual editor device for displaying a first instruction set and the progress of instructions included in the first instruction set on a display unit based on status information provided by the control box; And
It includes the control box having an RFID reader for reading tag information from the RFID tag,
The control box,
An RFID command recognition unit converting tag information of the RFID tag contacting the RFID reader unit into the command; And
And a command processing unit for sequentially storing the commands provided by the RFID command recognition unit as the plurality of RFID tags sequentially contact the RFID reader unit to generate the first command set,
The command processing unit, a smart toy system that executes the commands included in the first command set one by one with the toy device during the learning mode and provides the state information on the execution state for each command to the visual editor device.
According to claim 1,
During the learning mode, the command processing unit,
After generating the first instruction set, provide the status information including information about the first instruction set to the visual editor device,
If the instruction included in the first instruction set is an operation instruction that the toy device should directly perform, the visual editor displays the status information notifying the toy device of execution of the operation instruction and notifying that the operation instruction is being executed. Smart toy system, characterized in that provided to the device.
According to claim 2,
During the learning mode, the command processing unit,
When receiving the execution result of the operation command from the toy device, the smart toy system, characterized in that to provide the status information to notify that the operation command is completed execution to the visual editor device.
According to claim 2,
During the learning mode, the command processing unit,
If the instruction included in the first instruction set is not the operation instruction, providing the status information notifying the toy device of execution and notifying that the non-operation instruction has been executed and completed, to the visual editor device Smart Toy System.
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The control box,
The learning mode further includes a start button for receiving a progress command requesting to perform the commands included in the first command set one by one,
The command processing unit is a smart toy system, characterized in that waiting for the progress command before executing the commands included in the first command set one by one.
According to claim 1,
The command processing unit,
By sequentially converting instructions stored in the memory of the control box into the control instructions and providing them to the toy device, the toy device controls to perform an operation according to the first instruction set, and during execution of the first instruction set, When a new instruction set is provided from a visual editor device, a smart toy system characterized by deleting instructions remaining in the memory that are not executed among the first instruction set and storing the instructions in the new instruction set in the memory to execute .
According to claim 1,
When the command processing unit receives a new command set from the RFID command recognition unit during execution of the first command set, it stops execution of the first command set and prioritizes the commands of the new command set to the memory of the control box. Smart Toy system, characterized in that it is executed first by saving.

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