KR20100012789A - Apparatus for early childhood education using wireless signal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A general purposed early childhood education apparatus using wireless signals is provided to improve learning effects by displaying various voices, melodies, and images according to learning operation of early childhood. CONSTITUTION: A general purposed early childhood education apparatus comprises the following: a data storage unit(410) storing learning data; a transmitter(110) receiving and transmitting wireless signals according to contact of an interface; a receiving part receiving the wireless signals from the transmitter; and a control part(400) measuring a transmission position of the transmitter with the wireless signals.

Description

Apparatus for early childhood education using wireless signal}

The present invention relates to an education device, and more particularly, to an infant education device that outputs an image and sound.

In general, a learning board (or a drawing board) that is used to help children learn letters, numbers, objects, and the like may have a variety of letters, numbers, or pictures on the surface of paper so that the children can focus their eyes as shown in FIG. 1. It was printed in the form and attached to the wall or spread on the floor.

Such a conventional learning board for children has only been made in such a way that the children learn to look at the learning board as described above, or the infant or the learner's voice or point of view according to the learning coordinator, or the corresponding version of the learning coordinator in the learning board. .

However, this simple learning may cause an interest to the infant receiving the moment temporarily, but because it relies solely on the visual part, the infant easily feels positive and there is a problem that the learning effect is not great.

In order to make up for the disadvantages of the conventional learning board for children as described in FIG. 2, when the infant presses the learning contents printed on the printing paper, the corresponding contents are output as voice or melody (Korea Patent Publication 2003-0081893) Is disclosed.

However, the learning board is a method of applying a conductive material on the back of the printing paper and other lower layers and energized when the infant is pressed to output the voice and melody as described above.

That is, such a learning board is required to configure all learning boards in the form of multiple layers coated with a conductive material in order to output voice or melody as described above. In this case, the learning board cannot be used as well as the infant grows. There is a problem that you need to purchase all new learning boards.

In addition, since the learning board is formed by bonding multiple plates made of a flexible material, a child who does not have the ability to manage the use of the object may be easily wrinkled or touched while using the object, and thus functions such as the output of voice and melody may not be properly performed. There is concern.

In addition, since only a simple voice and melody are outputted, it is impossible to change them according to the educational environment of the infant, and it is difficult to expect the effect of increasing the education through rapport between educators and trainees.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention shows the various voices, melodies, and images corresponding to the learning behavior of the infant in learning the letters, numbers, objects, and the like through the learning board The main purpose is to provide a general-purpose early childhood education device using a wireless signal.

Another object of the present invention to provide an early childhood education device using a wireless signal that can be used as a conventional learning board.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an early childhood education device that allows parents and toddlers to learn together in a form such as play.

In order to achieve the above object, the general-purpose early childhood education device using the wireless device according to the present invention, the data storage unit for storing the learning data is the data of the learning board is stored in contact with the interface unit for learning the radio signal After calculating the radio signal transmission position of the transmitter by using a transmitter for transmitting, a receiver for receiving a radio signal transmitted from the transmitter, and a radio signal received from the receiver, the training data corresponding to the transmission position is calculated. And a control unit for reading from the storage unit and a display unit for displaying the external unit according to the read data.

Alternatively, a learning board support panel for placing a learning board, a data storage unit for storing learning data in which learning contents of the learning board are stored, a transmitter for transmitting a radio signal when contacted with an interface unit for learning, and transmitting from the transmitter A receiver for receiving a radio signal, a controller for calculating a radio signal transmission position of the transmitter using the radio signal received from the receiver, and reading the learning data corresponding to the transmission position from the data storage unit; It includes a display unit for displaying it externally in accordance with the read data.

Here, the transmitting unit is a pointer pen including a contact recognition unit that can detect whether the contact with the learning board and the infrared and ultrasonic transmission unit for transmitting infrared and ultrasonic waves in accordance with the driving of the contact recognition unit, the receiver is a predetermined Characterized by two infrared and ultrasonic receiving sensors spaced apart by the interval.

The learning data may be stored in the data storage using at least one of a wired internet, a wireless internet, a portable recording medium, a Bluetooth, a radio frequency (R / F) transmission and reception, and a data transmission connection cable. .

The apparatus may further include a learning board production program that allows a user to directly input the learning board data into the data storage unit.

A general-purpose early childhood education device using a wireless signal according to the present invention can expect the following effects.

First, in learning of letters, numbers, and object recognition through learning boards of children, various voices, melodies, and images are displayed according to the learning environment and the learning behaviors of the children, thereby increasing the concentration and interest of the children and improving the effect of learning. Can be.

Second, since the learning board printed with the conventional letters, pictures, etc. can be used together, it is possible to solve the problem of producing a separate learning board for outputting sound and images.

Third, the user can make and use the learning board directly, which can reduce the economic burden of continuing to purchase the learning board according to the growth of the infant. The learning effect can be further improved by making and using the learning board customized according to the learning environment and learning speed of the infant. Can be improved.

Fourth, parents and infants can learn together in the form of play to improve the learning effect of infants and increase the rapport between parents and infants.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the preferred embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the preferred embodiments disclosed below, but can be implemented in various forms, and only the present preferred embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and are common in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, which is to be defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

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

3 is a perspective view showing a general-purpose early childhood education apparatus using a wireless signal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a reference diagram showing a state of measuring the wireless signal transmission position of the transmitter using a triangulation method and FIG. It is a perspective view showing the operation principle of a general-purpose early childhood education device using the same wireless signal. 6 is a reference diagram showing a state of making a learning board using a learning board production program, and FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of such an early childhood educational device.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings as described above with respect to each component constituting the general-purpose early childhood education device 100 using a wireless signal according to the present embodiment, the early childhood education device 100 having such a configuration The operation and function of the will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, the preschool education apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may include a main body 101 having components for operating the early childhood education apparatus 100 or for setting and controlling the operation. , An instruction pen 200 through which ultrasonic waves and infrared rays are transmitted, and an learning unit support panel 150 and letters, numbers, and figures provided on one side of the main body 101 as the interface unit for learning and on which the learning plate 300 is placed. It consists of a learning board 300 is printed.

* In detail with regard to the components of the early childhood education device 100 having such a configuration, the main body 101 is composed of a receiver, a data storage, a display, a selector, a power supply, and a controller for controlling the elements. .

The receiver is an apparatus for receiving ultrasonic waves and infrared rays transmitted from the indicator pen 200, and includes an ultrasonic wave and an infrared ray receiving sensor 110.

The ultrasonic and infrared receiving sensor 110 calculates the ultrasonic and infrared transmission positions of the pointer pen 200 by using triangulation. For this purpose, one of the main body 101 provided with the learning plate support panel 150 is provided. Two ends are provided, one at each end of the side. This triangulation method will be described in detail below.

At this time, the ultrasonic wave may be changed according to the temperature, and may further include a temperature sensor (not shown) that can measure the temperature separately so as to correct the change according to the temperature.

* The data storage unit (not shown) is a place where the learning data of the learning contents of the learning board 300 are stored, the Korean consonant vowel, English alphabet, Korean word, English word, picture, Korean sentence, English sentence, Chinese character Various types of learning data such as and the like are stored.

In this case, as shown in the dotted line in FIG. 5, the entire learning board is divided and coordinates are set so that each learning contents can be distinguished according to positions, and the learning data are stored together with the coordinate values.

Such learning data may be preset and stored in the data storage unit 410 or provided in the form of a pack (not shown) so that the user can select and input the learning data provided on the Internet or a USB stick or SD. After storing in a card (Card) can be used by connecting the USB stick or SD card with the early childhood education device (100).

Alternatively, a Bluetooth or R / F (Radio Frequency) transmitting and receiving device (not shown), which is a wireless local area communication, may be provided, and the learning data may be received and used therethrough.

Alternatively, the PC and the early childhood education device 100 may be directly connected with a USB cable and then stored and used in the data storage unit 410.

Alternatively, a wireless LAN card (not shown) may be provided in the early childhood education device 100 so as to enable wireless Internet, so that the learning data provided through the Internet may be directly downloaded.

Here, the learning data may be provided in the form as described above, but the user may make and use the form of the learning board desired by the user. A learning board production program is provided for this. Such a learning board production program may be stored in a storage medium such as a CD and provided to a user or may be installed and used on a personal computer after the user downloads a web page.

Such a learning board production program can be used to determine the location of each area in the program by inputting the minimum information, that is, the width and length of the learning board, the number of divided areas, and the learning data allocated to each area. It is desirable that it be written.

That is, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the data desired by the user may be provided by simply inputting data desired by the user in each of the regions divided into the horizontal and vertical regions. Here, the user can call up and use the basically set shapes such as 2x2, 4x4, 8x8, etc. Also, the basicly set shapes can be combined or divided according to the user's selection.

The input of data may include various characters such as Korean, Chinese, English, and the like. The colors and fonts of the characters may be set in various ways. In addition, a variety of animal pictures, fruit pictures, object pictures, and the like according to the learning board production program can be set in advance, and the user can be provided with a form that can be filled in the area of the desired picture.

When the user selects a storage function after completing data input, the learning board production program converts the learning board into a form of the learning data. In this case, as described above, the entire learning board is divided into coordinates, data inputted in the respective coordinates by the user, and the voice data is also generated together with the voice data so that the data can be output by voice and stored together. . In this case, voice data may be generated using TTS (Text To Speech), and a known TTS solution may be used for this.

In this form, when the user completes the production of the learning board, the user outputs the learning board through a printer output, and the learning data is stored in a storage medium such as a USB stick, and then the data storage unit of the early childhood education device 100. 410 can be stored and used. On the other hand, without the user to directly create a learning board, the basic information (for example, the horizontal, vertical length, number of divided areas, learning data assigned to each area, etc.) of the conventional learning board to be applied to the present invention by applying the learning data to the present invention. It may be.

The display unit may be configured as an audio display unit 120 and an image display unit 130 to output an image and sound corresponding thereto according to a learning operation of the user. Alternatively, only one of the audio display unit 120 or the image display unit 130 may be formed according to a user's selection. The voice display unit 120 may be provided in the form of a speaker and the image display unit 130 is provided as a display screen such as an LED or LCD.

In addition, the selector 140 selects one of the above learning data according to the contents of the learning board to be learned by the infant, or selects a method of learning of the infant, and the like. 140) may be provided in the form.

That is, as mentioned above, the user is free to select one of them by providing a selection button 140 in which a consonant vowel, an English alphabet, a Korean word, an English word, a picture, a Korean sentence, an English sentence, a Chinese character, etc. is displayed. It can be provided with a selection button 140 to enable learning or to select a learning type, such as "press", "follow", "fit" and the like.

Alternatively, when the user uses the learning data provided on the Internet, when the user downloads the desired learning data to the USB stick or the SD card and connects it with the early childhood education device 100, the learning data list stored in the USB stick or the SD card is displayed. A selection button 140 may be provided on the display screen 130 so that the user can select and use the list. The learning data provided on the Internet preferably includes learning data related to a conventional learning board as well as learning data related to a learning board optimized for application of the present invention.

The power supply unit (not shown) may be provided in various forms as a device for supplying power to the early childhood education device 100, but a battery (not shown) rather than using a power plug (not shown) as much as an infant uses. Preference is given to using.

The controller 400 may control such components according to a user's selection or setting and may be provided as a microprocessor unit (MPU). The operation principle of the control unit 400 will be described in detail again.

The external data input unit 160 receiving data from the outside and storing the data in the data storage unit 410 freely downloads various types of learning data from the Internet and stores the data in a storage medium such as a USB stick or an SD card. Connected to the early childhood education device 100 and stored in the data storage unit may be configured in the form of a connection terminal 160.

In addition, the indicator pen 200 transmits infrared rays and ultrasonic waves. When the tip of the indicator pen 200 comes into contact with an external surface, the indicator pen 200 recognizes a contact and an infrared ray and the touch pen. It comprises an infrared ray and an ultrasonic transmitter for transmitting ultrasonic waves.

To this end, the present invention may be configured in various forms. In this embodiment, the on / off switch (not shown) provided in the form of a spring at the end of the zip pen and the on / off switch of the spring form are pressed in contact with an external surface. In this case, the infrared and ultrasonic transmitters (not shown) for transmitting infrared rays were configured.

At this time, the pointer pen 200 is in a form that is easy to hold by the infant and is provided in a form in which various colors or designs are drawn so as to feel the interest even more.

In addition, the paint plate support panel 150 is provided such that the learning plate 300 can be placed at the same position as the set learning data, and has a groove inward to allow the learning plate to be seated on a panel slightly larger than the learning plate 300. It is provided in the form of forming and is provided on the adjacent side of the ultrasonic and infrared receiving sensor 110 of the main body 101.

However, according to the user's selection, the reference point is set so that the learning board 300 is placed according to the set learning data without providing the learning board support panel 150 as described above. It can also be used after marking.

Hereinafter will be described in detail with respect to the operation and use of the early childhood education device 100 having the configuration as described above.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the operation of the early childhood education apparatus 100 will be described. First, when a user presses a point of the learning board 300 using the indicator pen 200, the indicator pen 200. In the ultrasound and infrared are transmitted.

As such, the ultrasonic wave and the infrared ray transmitted from the indicator pen 200 are received by the two ultrasonic wave and infrared ray receiving sensors 110. At this time, since the infrared ray moves at the speed of light, the infrared ray is received by the ultrasonic wave and the infrared ray receiving sensor 110 immediately after being transmitted from the indicator pen, and the ultrasonic wave is received a little later than the ultrasonic wave and the infrared ray receiving sensor 110. By using this principle, the time when the ultrasonic wave is received by the ultrasonic wave and the infrared ray receiving sensor is measured.

That is, the time at which the infrared ray is received by the ultrasonic wave and the infrared ray receiving sensor 110 becomes a reference time, and the time taken for the ultrasonic wave to be received by the ultrasonic wave and the infrared ray receiving sensor 110 is from the reference time. The time it takes to reach the ultrasonic and infrared receiver 110 is transmitted from the indicator pen 200.

In this manner, when the time at which the ultrasonic wave is received by both the ultrasonic wave and infrared ray receiving sensors 110 is measured, the time value is converted into a distance value by using the speed of ultrasonic wave (V (m / s) = 343m). In this case, as mentioned above, the velocity of the ultrasonic wave is influenced by temperature, so in consideration of this (the formula for temperature correction may be provided as V (m / s) = 331.5 + 0.60714T), both the ultrasonic wave and the infrared ray The distance between the reception sensor 110 and the indicator pen 200 is calculated.

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)를 이용하여 원하는 상기 지시펜(200)의 위치(x, y)를 계산할 수 있는 것이다. 한편, 복수의 수신 센서와 발신기를 이용하여 발신기의 위치를 측정하는 기존의 방법들이 모두 본 발명에 적용될 수 있으나, 경제성과 편리성 등을 고려할 때 상기 실시예에 따른 방식이 바람직하다. As such, when the distance between the both ultrasonic wave and infrared ray receiving sensors 110 and the indicator pen 200 is calculated, the distance between the two ultrasonic wave and infrared ray receiving sensors 110 is already measured, and thus the indicating pen 110 ) And the lengths of the three hypotenuses of the triangle formed by the two ultrasonic and infrared ray receiving sensors 110 are calculated based on the Heron formula (

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The position (x, y) of the desired pointer pen 200 can be calculated using. On the other hand, all the existing methods for measuring the position of the transmitter using a plurality of receiving sensors and the transmitter can be applied to the present invention, considering the economy and convenience, the method according to the embodiment is preferred.

As such, when the ultrasound and infrared transmission positions of the pointer pen 200 are calculated, the controller 400 checks the coordinate values corresponding to the ultrasound and infrared transmission positions of the indicator pen 200 among the set coordinate values and then coordinates. Learning data corresponding to a value is displayed through the display unit.

In this case, the ultrasonic wave and the infrared ray may be transmitted only at the moment when the indicator pen 200 contacts the outer surface of the learning plate 300 or at a predetermined period after the contact point.

Such an operation description describes the basic operation principle and may be changed according to a user's setting.

Hereinafter, the use of the early childhood education device 100 will be described.

First, the user has to select a learning board to learn among the various learning boards. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, among the various learning boards, “a, b, c, r, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅇ For example, the case of using the learning board 300 printed with the Korean consonants of “, ㅈ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅎ” will be described.

The user first selects the Korean consonant learning board from the selection button 140, and then prints the learning board printed with “ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅇ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ッ, ㅎ” ( 300 is positioned on the learning plate support panel 150. Here, the learning board 300 may use a variety of things, such as a conventional learning board, a learning board provided separately, or a learning board directly output by the user.

Next, the user should select a learning type, which can be selected from the selection buttons 140 in which functions such as “click”, “follow”, “fit”, etc. are set as mentioned above.

For example, when the user selects the "press" button, the infant presses the "o" of the learning board 300 placed on the learning board support panel 150 using the indicator pen 200. ) Is displayed "o" and outputs a voice "yieun" through the speaker 120.

Or “Follow” button is displayed, “0” is displayed on the display screen 130, and the voice “press the answer” is output. After the infant uses the indicator pen 200, If ㅇ ”is pressed, it outputs the voice of“ Well done ”and if the infant fails to press“ ㅇ ”, it outputs the voice of“ Try again ”.

Examples of such a learning form are just examples to help understanding of the present invention, and can be variously implemented according to a user's selection.

That is, when using a learning board printed with a picture, etc., rather than the Korean consonant learning board as described above, after providing two instruction pens 200 for a parent and an infant so that infants and parents can play games together. If the parent presses the "animal", the infant can also be provided in the form of pressing the "lion".

In this way, if the parents and infants are provided in the form of learning, the infants can feel the interest in learning more and improve the learning effect, and also the effect that the parents and the children can feel mutual interaction. have.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features, The embodiments are to be understood in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts are included in the scope of the present invention. Should be interpreted.

1 and 2 is a learning board according to the prior art.

3 is a perspective view showing a general-purpose early childhood education device using a wireless signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a reference diagram showing a state of measuring the radio signal transmission position of the transmitter using a triangulation method

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the operating principle of the general-purpose early childhood education device using such a wireless signal.

6 is a reference diagram showing how to produce a learning board using the learning board production program

Figure 7 is a control block diagram of such an early childhood education device.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: early childhood education device 101: main body

110: ultrasonic and infrared sensor 120: speaker

130: display screen 140: selection button

200: indicator pen 300: learning board

Claims (2)

A data storage unit for storing learning data in which learning contents of the learning board are data; A transmitter for transmitting a radio signal when contacted with an interface unit for learning; A receiver for receiving a radio signal transmitted from the transmitter; A control unit which calculates a radio signal transmission position of the transmitter using the radio signal received from the receiver, and then reads learning data corresponding to the transmission position from the data storage unit; A general-purpose early childhood education device using a wireless signal including a display unit for displaying it externally according to the read data. A learning board support panel for placing the learning board, A data storage unit for storing learning data in which learning contents of the learning board are data; A transmission unit for transmitting a radio signal when contacted with an interface unit for learning; A receiver for receiving a radio signal transmitted from the transmitter; A control unit which calculates a radio signal transmission position of the transmitter using the radio signal received from the receiver, and then reads learning data corresponding to the transmission position from the data storage unit; A general-purpose early childhood education device using a wireless signal including a display unit for displaying it externally according to the read data.

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