KR20030060401A - intellectually toy by internet connect ion - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An intelligent toy linking with the Internet is provided to extend a use period of the toy, and to prevent a child from easily surfeiting with the toy by frequently upgrading an operation program or the operation data of the toy through an upgrade server on the Internet. CONSTITUTION: An Internet resource part(100) comprises the update data of the toy. A computer(200) comprises an application program(210) receiving the information by linking with the Internet resource part(100), and communicating and processing the data, the first software interface(220) to exchange the information with the application program(210), and the first hardware interface(230) to exchange the information with the first software interface(220). The toy(300) comprises the second hardware interface(310) to exchange the information with the first hardware interface(230), the second software interface(320) to exchange the information with the second software interface(320), and a peripheral device interface(330) comprising a mechanic, an electronic, and a visual device.

Description

Intelligent toy by internet connection

The present invention relates to an intelligent toy, and in particular, an upgrade server in which an operation program or operation data of a toy exists on the Internet to a user who uses the application program to build and interact with the toy. It is related to the intelligent toys according to the internet connection to increase the usage period of the toys by upgrading from time to time and to prevent children from using them easily.

In general, toys or toys play an important educational role not only as play equipment, but also as mediators that enhance the imagination of the users who use them, broaden their lives, and build relationships with other users. .

These kinds of toys vary from simple dolls that do not move and are characterized by their appearance to the extent that toys can operate with the development of technology. In particular, the current state of the art toys, the toys themselves or have a control function by a remote control.

This is done by a computer chip mounted on the toy, and the toy that operates by itself is often called an intelligent toy. The conventional intelligent toy has only a simple repetitive operation with a built-in semiconductor in which voice or sound is recorded. Even if (Micro-Processor) is built in, there is a limit to complicated operation due to the limitation of processing speed or software capacity.

Thus, the user can operate the entire programmed operation once in a short time, and then the user becomes easy to eat since the operation becomes predictable. As a result, the name 'intelligence' was simply colorless, which played a role as a play for young children.

Therefore, the intelligent toys as described above are limitedly possible, but toys with intelligence and processing power possessed by computers have not been realized at present.

There is also a kind of digital type of toy that allows the user to communicate with the toy, that is, communicate in both directions. In such a digital toy, for example, when the digital toy is held by a hand, a predetermined word is spoken or the user and the digital toy can communicate with each other. The digital toys also range from educational to gaming.

However, in the case of the interactive interactive toy, the problems caused by the children's fast eating due to the above-mentioned limitations occurred.

In order to overcome this problem, the present invention, if the existing intelligent toy having some self-processing capability but only simple repetition function is connected to a personal computer (PC) which is much more capable of information processing, or further connected to the vast internet Is it possible to dramatically increase its function, and not just as a toy, but also to other types of input / output peripherals or Internet terminal devices that can make the hard computer environment more human and softer? I started with an idea.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems relates to an intelligent toy, in particular to the user using the application program to build the interaction system with the toy using the application (toy) operation program or It is to provide intelligent toys according to the internet connection to extend the usage period of the toys and to prevent children from using them easily by upgrading the operation data through an upgrade server existing on the Internet.

1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a toy operating system by an application program according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the computer of FIG. 1 in more detail.

3 is a block diagram showing in more detail the configuration of the set-top box of FIG.

Features of the present invention for achieving the above object

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

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the toy operating system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the toy 300 operating system according to the present invention is connected to the Internet resource unit 100 and the Internet resource unit 100 formed of update data of a toy that can be provided on the Internet. It is provided with a communication and data processing capable of the application program 210, the first software interface 220 that can exchange information with the application program 210, the first software interface 220 and the information that can exchange information with the first software interface 220 A computer 200 having a hardware interface 230, a second hardware interface 310 capable of exchanging information with the first hardware interface 230, and information exchangeable with the second hardware interface 310. Peripheral interfacing consisting of a second software interface 320 and information exchange with the second software interface 320 and composed of mechanical, electronic, and viewing devices. It is configured to include the toy 300 is provided to switch 330.

In addition, a set top box 400 having a predetermined software interface and a hardware interface to exchange information with the Internet resource unit 100 and the toy 300 is provided.

The Internet resource unit 100 is a resource that can be performed by the intelligent toy, for example, a speech function, that is, a toy having a speech processing DSP, such as English, Japanese, Chinese, etc. It refers to a resource.

As shown in FIG. 1, the computer 200 communicates with the Internet resource unit 100 and the toy 300, and has all the personal or general purpose computers 200 having a communication capability in which all information is exchanged and a processing capability thereof. It includes.

In more detail, the application 210 of the computer 200, as shown in Figure 2, is composed of all five modules. Web interface program 211 that enables communication with the Internet using network protocols such as TCP / IP, FTP, Http, and the like, and exchange information with the web interface program 211 and act as a browser such as Netscape and Explorer. A web application 212 that displays a plug-in, a character agent or a character agent program and functions as a utility on the web, and the web interface program 211 and the web application 212. And a program support unit 213 capable of exchanging information with the computer 200 and supporting all application programs, and exchange information with the program support unit 213, and store, change, and manage data. It consists of a database unit 214, and a peripheral unit 215 for operating the computer 200.

The program support unit 213 of the application program 210 includes an operating system, a general utility application program, and a special purpose application operating system, for example, a computer 200 such as windows, unix, linux, or the like. ) Refers to all operating system software for normal operation.

The general purpose utility application includes all general utilities such as time alarm and virus alert, document preparation program, calculation table preparation program, and the like. The special purpose application program is a program written for interaction between the toy 300 and the computer 200. In addition, the character agent program may be included therein. In this case, the character agent program may be operated regardless of the web.

These special-purpose applications include TTS (TextTo Speech), speech synthesis software for converting text data generated by chat or other applications into speech, and a toy 300 or computer 200 microphone. It also includes any program that can sample, store, or recognize voice input.

The database unit 214 of the computer 200 application 210 may include a database management system (DBMS) for storing, updating, and managing data such as Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, or a separately produced database. Contains all digital data that can be input and output. The peripheral portion 215 of the computer 200 application 210 also includes, for example, a keyboard, joystick, mouse, tablet, monitor, speaker, etc., all of the computer 200 peripherals.

The first software interface 220 of the computer 200 is for communicating with the computer 200 and the toy 300. The communication driver file and the program 221 may include, for example, Java, C, C ++, This includes any programming language available for communication purposes, such as assembly.

In addition, the first hardware interface 230 of the computer 200 is for communication between the computer 200 and the toy 300, communication hardware, DSP (Digital Signal Processing) or CPU hardware 231, wired and wireless And a wired or wireless transmitting / receiving module 232. For example, the communication hardware, DSP or CPU hardware 231 includes a coder (Coder / Decoder) for compression or any DSP or CPU chip for signal processing and a memory buffer attached thereto. The transmit / receive module 232 is all hardware for wired and wireless communication. The hardware includes an input / output port and an input / output card, and can be used for communication such as radio frequency (RF), infrared (IR), and voice in transmission and reception. Wireless communication means in all frequency bands present and all wire communication means using wired communication protocols.

As shown in FIG. 3, the set top box 400 exchanges information with a set top peripheral unit 410 for input / output of a television, a radio, and the like, and the set top peripheral unit 410. Support program unit 420 to support to perform its own function, the information is exchanged with the support program 420, information is exchanged with the Internet resource unit 100 and toys 300, communication hardware, control hardware, and transmission and reception It is configured to include a communication unit 430 made of a module.

The communication hardware, the control hardware, and the transmission / reception module of the communication unit 430 of the set-top box 400 are also the same as the configuration of the first hardware interface 230 of the computer 200 as described above.

Referring to the operation of the toy operating system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above are as follows.

Referring back to each of the drawings, the computer 200 of all users of the personal or general purpose to communicate with the Internet resource unit 100 and the toy 300, all resources that can be provided in the Internet environment to exchange data or information. In this case, the application program 210 of the computer 200 plays a role of transmitting and receiving data with the Internet resource unit 100 and controls the operations of the toy 300 and the computer 200.

The set-top box 400 serves to exchange data with the Internet resource unit 100, transmit and receive data from the Internet resource unit 100, process the data, and transmit the result to the toy 300. In addition, the reverse process serves to process the data received from the toy 300, or process and transmit to the Internet resource unit 100.

Accordingly, the toy 300 may process or process data received from the computer 200 or the set top box 400 and output the data to the output device of the toy 300 itself, or the data received from the input device of the toy itself. To the computer 200 or the set-top box 400.

As shown in FIG. 2, the second hardware interface 310 of the toy 300 provides a hardware function for transmitting and receiving data with the computer 200 or the set-top box 400, and likewise, the second software. The interface 320 provides a software function for transmitting and receiving data with the second hardware interface 310.

In addition, the content provided by the system according to the present invention includes all fields in which contents can be developed by interaction such as education, entertainment, promotion, and simulation, and this content deployment method can be both offline and online. The offline method is based only on communication between the computer 200 and the toy 300 without interworking with the Internet. The online method presupposes data communication between the web host and the computer 200 while the computer 200 is connected to the Internet. Is done.

In addition, in developing the above-described content, a character agent may be used. The character agent is a virtual person existing inside the computer 200 and, together with the toy 300 and the user, performs a story and an action defined in the content scenario. It can also be called a tool to implement. In addition, the contents implemented online provides convenience to the user by storing the contents on a dedicated web host, changing them from time to time, and downloading the contents.

The toy 300 is any toy that includes an electric, electronic, or mechanical device, and at least one or more toys 300 may operate in conjunction with the system of the present invention, which is dependent on a scenario of content. Can vary.

As described above, the toy 300 includes its own electrical, electronic, and mechanical input / output devices along with communication means for interacting with the computer 200. In addition to the output function, such as moving and talking depending on the scenario, it has an input function for recording a voice or taking a picture of a predetermined person. This means that the toy 300 can be equipped with a camera and a recorder.

The set top box 400 is an interface device that plays a role corresponding to the computer 200 and enables interaction with the Internet resource unit 100 and the toy 300.

As described above, the toy operation system according to the present invention can improve the function of the general toy, and the contents of education, entertainment, promotions, etc., and other effects of the toy can be upgraded from time to time to double the effect of fun and education. There is.

Claims (1)

An Internet resource unit consisting of all kinds of programs that can be provided on the Internet; The network protocol is connected to the Internet resource unit to receive information, and to communicate and process data. An application program, a first software interface capable of exchanging information with the application program, and the network protocol to exchange information with the first software interface. A web interface program enabling communication with the Internet, a web application program capable of exchanging information with the web interface program, acting as a browser, showing a character agent, and serving as a utility on the web, and the web interface It is possible to exchange information with programs and web applications, to operate the computer and to support all applications, and to exchange information with the program support and to store, change, and manage data. A computer equipped with a first hardware interface having an database portion; A second hardware interface capable of exchanging information with the first hardware interface, a second software interface capable of exchanging information with the second hardware interface, and a mechanical, electronic, and viewing device capable of exchanging information with the second software interface. Intelligent toys according to the Internet connection comprising a toy provided with a peripheral interface consisting of.