KR200264681Y1 - Talking Card, Talking Card Player and Talking Card System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a talking card used for education, for example, language learning, and a talking card player and a talking card system. Particularly, the talking card is printed with characters of different languages with the same characters or symbols, and the digital voice for the characters. Characterized in that a bar code for address information on the storage medium of the talking card player is stored.

Description

Talking Card, Talking Card Player and Talking Card System Composed thereon {Talking Card, Talking Card Player and Talking Card System}

The present invention relates to a talking card used for education, for example, language learning, and a talking card player and a talking card system. Particularly, the talking card is printed with characters of different languages with the same characters or symbols, and the digital voice for the characters. Characterized in that a bar code for address information on the storage medium of the talking card player is stored.

According to such a talking card, English words can be acquired not only visually but also auditoryly, and learning of Chinese characters, animals, plants and the like can be effectively performed according to the contents of the card.

Thus, even before the present invention, a talking card and a player driving the same were used for language learning and other learning.

Figure 1a-1b shows a conventional talking card, the front of the talking card (1) is a picture of the toy and the letter [Toy] in English and the back of the letter [T is for toy] is printed in English A magnetic tape 14 is attached to the lower end of the front surface, and English voice information such as [Toy] and [Tees Toy] is recorded on the magnetic tape 14. In the learning behavior using the talking card, the talking card 10 is inserted into the groove 17 of the talking card player shown in FIG. 6A and manually transferred in the lateral direction. By regeneration. However, because these talking cards are manually transported, the conveying speed is uneven and the sound quality is reduced. Furthermore, the playing time is limited by the length of the magnetic tape, that is, the length of the talking card. Even if the story book was divided into several talking cards and stored, there were difficulties in handling them. In addition, the magnetic tape type talking card has a problem in that it is inefficient in terms of recording audio information on the magnetic tape and attaching magnetic tape to each talking card.

In addition to the magnetic tape type talking card, there is a bar code type talking card as shown in Figs. 2A-2B. This talking card is disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 92-7533. The barcode-type talking card prints a character 25 and a corresponding character 20 on only one surface thereof, as shown in FIGS. 2A-2B, and prints a barcode indicating an address of a storage medium storing voice digital information about the character. . Looking at the bar code type talking card disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 92-7533, the bar code is inserted into the groove 17 of the talking card reader (not shown) and manually moved laterally. The read and read barcodes are signaled and transmitted remotely to the compact disc player, and the voice information is reproduced from the address of the corresponding barcode of the compact disc stored in the player. However, since the bar coded talking card can play only one language character for a character, it is not only necessary to purchase a talking card for that language separately for learning another language for the same character or symbol, but also a barcode reader and a compact disc. Since the player had to be equipped separately, the manufacturing cost and the selling cost were increased, the handling and management was insufficient, and the problems were frequent.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a talking card that can learn a variety of languages with a single talking card.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a talking card player capable of reading the talking card and reproducing voice.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a talking card system comprising the talking card and a talking card player for driving the talking card.

1A to 1B show the front and rear sides of a conventional talking card.

2a to 2b show the front and back of a conventional talking card.

3a to 3b are views showing the front and rear of the talking card of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of a talking card player of the present invention.

5 is a diagram showing address information and voice digital information stored in a storage medium of the talking card player of the present invention.

6a to 6b are diagrams showing an interlocking relationship between a talking card and a talking card player of the present invention;

The talking card system of the present invention uses (a) two or more barcodes indicating characters printed in two or more languages for the same character or symbol and address information of a storage medium in which respective voice digital information corresponding to the different characters is stored. Talking card formed by the number of the said language, (b) Photo-sensing unit for generating the insertion signal when the insertion of the talking card and reading the barcode by sequentially reading the talking card, and the automatic transfer of the talking card And a storage medium for storing each voice digital information for the characters printed in two or more languages described on the talking card and address information indicating a storage location of the respective voice digital information. Even when the talking card is automatically transferred by receiving the insertion signal of the talking card generated from the photo sensing unit. A microcomputer unit for controlling the talking card transfer unit and receiving address information of a barcode read from the photo-sensing unit to read voice digital information stored at an address of the barcode from the storage medium, and voice digital information from the micom unit. And a digital signal processor for reading and converting the analog voice signal to an analog voice signal output from the digital signal processor.

In addition, in the talking card system of the present invention, address information stored in the storage medium includes a track address and an index address. The track address is defined according to the number of languages used in the talking card. The lower address is defined according to the number of characters or symbols used in the talking card to define a location where voice digital information of a corresponding language of a character printed on the talking card is stored.

The talking card of the present invention includes two or more barcodes composed of characters printed in two or more languages for the same character or symbol, and address information of voice digital information stored on a storage medium of the talking card player of the talking card system of claim 1. Characterized by the number of languages used.

The barcode printed on the talking card of the present invention is a track address defined according to the number of languages used in the talking card, and the lower address of the track address is defined according to the number of characters or symbols used in the talking card. It is a bar code of the address information stored in the storage medium consisting of an index address defining a location where voice digital information of the character printed on the card is stored.

In addition, the talking card of the present invention has characters of different languages for the same character or symbol, printed on the front and the rear thereof, respectively, and a barcode indicating address information of voice digital information for each character stored on the storage medium. Printed on the front and back respectively.

The talking card player according to the present invention generates a insertion signal when the talking card is inserted and recognizes a barcode of the talking card and sequentially reads the photo sensing unit, and a talking card transfer unit that enables automatic transfer of the talking card; And a storage medium storing respective voice digital information for characters printed in two or more languages described on the talking card and address information indicating a storage location of each voice digital information, and a talking generated from the photo-sensing unit. Receiving an insertion signal of the card and controlling the talking card transfer unit so that the talking card is automatically transferred, receives the address information of the barcode read from the photo-sensing unit and reads the voice digital information stored at the address of the barcode from the storage medium. Audio digital from entering microcomputer part and said microcomputer part And a digital signal processor for reading information and converting the analog voice signal into an analog voice signal, and an output unit for transmitting the analog voice signal output from the digital signal processor to the outside.

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

3A-3B show the talking card 1 of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3A, the front side 10 of the talking card has a [Toy], [T is for toy] character 20 and a character 25 in English on the top thereof, and a barcode 15 in the transverse direction at the bottom thereof. It is printed. In addition, the rear face 10a of the talking card has a []], [toy] character 20a and a character 25a on the upper end thereof, and a barcode 15a on the bottom thereof.

4 is a block diagram of the talking card player 40 of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 6A-6B, the talking card player of the present invention includes a photo sensing unit 30, a talking card transferring unit 31, a storage medium 35, a microcomputer unit 32, and a digital signal processing unit 34. It consists of an output part 36.

The photo-sensing unit 30 is generally equipped with a photo sensor for detecting light and a signal processing circuit for receiving and processing the signal, so that when the talking card 1 is inserted into the groove 17 of the talking card player 40 The insertion signal is generated by discriminating whether the card is inserted, and as the talking card 1 is automatically transferred along the groove 17, the barcode of the talking card is read and sequentially read.

The talking card transfer unit 31 includes a DC motor and a DC motor driving circuit, and interlocks with the microcomputer 32 to enable automatic transfer of the talking card.

The storage medium 35 stores voice digital information corresponding to characters of two or more languages printed on the talking card 1 and address information indicating a storage location of the voice digital information, and preferably a ROM is suitable. Do. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing voice digital information 353 stored in the storage medium 35, and address information indicating track address 351 and index address 352 of the information. Here, the track address 351 and the index address 352 indicate a location where voice digital information 353 of a character or a symbol of the talking card is stored, and the track address 351 is the number of languages used in the talking card. (Eg, a track address is defined as 0 in English, 1 in Korean and 2 in Japanese), and the index address 352 is a lower address of the track address as the number of characters or symbols used in the talking card. It is defined in accordance with the characterized in that defining the location where the voice digital information of the language of the character printed on the talking card is stored (for example, English [Toy] is defined as the track address 0, index address 0).

The digital signal processor 34 reads voice digital information from the microcomputer 32 and converts the analog digital signal into an analog voice signal and reproduces the same through the output unit 36 as in a general digital voice processor.

The microcomputer 32 receives the insertion signal of the talking card generated from the photo sensing unit 30 and controls the talking card transfer unit 31 so that the talking card is automatically transferred, and the barcode read from the photo sensing unit. Control the overall matters of the talking card player by reading the digital information 353 stored in the address (351, 352) of the bar code from the storage medium (35) and transmitting it to the digital signal processor (34). do.

Hereinafter, the interworking relationship between the talking card 1 and the talking card player 3 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the front surface 10 of the talking card on which the letters 20, such as [Toy] and [T is for toy], are printed in English, is used for the photo sensing unit 40 of the talking card player 40. When inserted into the groove 3, the photo-sensing unit 30 generates a talking card insertion signal and transmits the signal to the microcomputer unit 32. The microcomputer unit 32 continuously transmits the microcomputer unit 32 to the talking card transfer unit 31. To control the talking card transfer unit 31 to perform the automatic transfer of the talking card. Thereafter, the photo sensing unit 30 reads the barcode as the talking card 1 is continuously transferred, and transmits address information '0,0', in which the character 20 is stored, to the microcomputer unit 32, and the microcomputer The unit 32 receives the signal, reads the voice digital information 353 corresponding to the track address 0 and the index address 0 of the storage medium 35, and transmits the audio digital information 353 to the digital signal processor 34. The digital signal processor 34 converts the voice digital information 353 into an analog voice and reproduces the voice [toy] in English through the speaker which is the output unit 36.

In addition, if you want to hear the Korean language corresponding to the English [Toy] characters as shown in Figure 6b and insert the rear [10a] of the talking card printed Korean [toy] facing the photo-sensing unit 30, the same as above Due to the interlocking relationship, the voice digital information 353 stored in track address 1 and index address 0 of the storage medium is processed as a voice signal and reproduced as [toy] in Korean.

The embodiment described above relates to a talking card in which barcodes are formed on the front and rear surfaces of the talking card, respectively, but the present invention may form a plurality of barcodes on the front and rear surfaces of the talking card, respectively. For example, the talking card of the present invention has the same characters and symbols printed on the front of English and Japanese characters and corresponding barcodes, and printed on the back of Korean characters and corresponding barcodes. You may. In this case, as the talking card is transported along the groove of the talking card player 40, it is stored in track address 1 and index address 0 in English [toy] stored in track address 0 and index address 0 on the storage medium of the player 40. It is played in Korean [toy], in Japanese [omoza] stored in track address 2 and index address 0, respectively.

In addition, the talking card player 40 of the present invention is provided with a function selection unit 33, it may have a repeat function that can record or repeat the infinite replayed voice.

The above embodiments are just examples of the present invention and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

According to the present invention of the above configuration, the talking card of the present invention can not only achieve the effect of learning a variety of languages with one talking card, but also because the long content such as a story book can be implemented with one talking card. Ease of handling and cost reduction can be achieved.

Since the present invention is integrated with the reader and the player of the talking card, it is possible to reduce the inconvenience and cost of the inconvenience caused by separately purchasing and managing the compact disc player and the barcode reader as in the prior art.

Since the talking card player of the present invention automatically transfers the talking card, it is possible to reduce the error rate generated when the talking card is read.

Claims (6)

In a talking card system comprising a talking card displaying pictures, characters, symbols, or characters and a card player for driving the talking card, The talking card has characters printed in two or more languages for the same character or symbol, and two or more barcodes representing address information of a storage medium storing respective voice digital information for the different characters as many as the number of languages used. It is The talking card player generates a insertion signal when the talking card is inserted and recognizes a barcode of the talking card and sequentially reads the photo sensing unit, and a talking card transfer unit that enables automatic transfer of the talking card; A storage medium storing voice digital information for characters printed in two or more languages described on the talking card and address information indicating a storage location of the respective voice digital information, and inserting a talking card generated from the photo-sensing unit. A microcomputer that receives the signal and controls the talking card transfer unit to automatically transfer the talking card, receives the address information of the barcode read from the photo-sensing unit, and reads the voice digital information stored at the address of the barcode from the storage medium. And audio digital information from the microcomputer. Talking card system comprising a digital signal processing unit for reading and converting the analog audio signal and an output unit for transmitting the analog audio signal output from the digital signal processing unit to the outside The address of claim 1, wherein the address information stored in the storage medium comprises a track address and an index address, wherein the track address is defined according to the number of languages used in the talking card, and the index address is a lower address of the track address. And a position defined in accordance with the number of characters or symbols used in the talking card to define a location where voice digital information of a corresponding language of a character printed on the talking card is stored. A talking card in which pictures, characters, symbols, or characters are displayed, wherein the talking card includes characters printed in two or more languages for the same character or symbol, and on a storage medium of the talking card player of the talking card system of claim 1. A talking card, characterized in that two or more bar codes indicating address information of stored voice digital information are formed as many as the number of said used languages. The talking card of claim 3, wherein the barcode is defined according to a track address defined according to the number of languages used in the talking card and a number of characters or symbols used in the talking card as a lower address of the track address. Talking card characterized in that the address information stored in the storage medium consisting of an index address that defines the location where the audio digital information of the character printed on the bar coded. 5. The communication card according to claim 3, wherein characters of different languages for the same character or symbol are displayed on the front and rear surfaces of the talking card, respectively. Talking card, characterized in that the bar code indicating the address information is displayed on the front and back respectively. A talking card player that reads a bar code from the talking card of claim 3 and generates a voice for a character of a character or symbol described in the talking card, wherein the talking card player generates an insertion signal when the talking card is inserted and the talking card is generated. A photo sensing unit for sequentially reading and recognizing a bar code, a talking card transfer unit for enabling automatic transfer of the talking card, and audio and digital information for each character printed in two or more languages described on the talking card; A storage medium storing address information indicating a storage location of each voice digital information, and controlling the talking card transfer unit so that the talking card is automatically transferred by receiving an insertion signal of the talking card generated from the photo-sensing unit. And receive the address information of the barcode read from the photo sensing unit. A microcomputer for reading audio digital information stored at the address of the barcode from the storage medium, a digital signal processor for reading audio digital information from the microcomputer, and converting the digital audio signal into an analog audio signal and an analog output from the digital signal processing unit. A talking card player, comprising: an output unit for transmitting an audio signal to the outside.