KR20100094187A

KR20100094187A - Apparatus for learning an object using an board

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Publication number: KR20100094187A
Application number: KR1020090013499A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 장석호
Original assignee: 주식회사 지팡이
Priority date: 2009-02-18
Filing date: 2009-02-18
Publication date: 2010-08-26

Abstract

Object learning apparatus using a board according to the present invention comprises a board having at least one RFID tag; One or more image sheets detachable from the board and showing an image of an object at the same position as the RFID tags; An RFID reader unit for reading signals for each of the RFID tags; And an object information output unit configured to output object information corresponding to the image according to the read signal of the RFID reader unit, thereby providing a name, a function, or the like of the object using an RFID tag while inducing an interest to an infant or a child. In particular, even without having a plurality of boards attached with RFID tags, it is possible to provide a low cost object learning apparatus by providing information on various objects while replacing only the image sheet itself.

Description

Apparatus for learning an object using an board}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for learning of an infant or a child, and more particularly, using a RFID tag attached to a board and a sheet on which an image of an object corresponding thereto is drawn, providing information about the object through voice or video. It relates to an object learning apparatus.

Conventionally, as a learning device for infants, a voice chip is embedded in a toy. However, in the case of a learning device incorporating a voice chip as described above, a manufacturer stores only the uniform voice information and provides the same, so that it can be used for a long time. The boredom of the voice information was easily felt, and the intimacy with the learning device was extremely low. In addition, in the case of a conventional learning device with a built-in voice chip, only a simple animal cry and an English word can be stored and output for the purpose of children's learning, and the learning effect according to the voice output of the learning device is insufficient. To compensate for this, a learning apparatus has been developed to display an image of an object on a board on which an RFID tag is attached so that an audio or video is output when the learning apparatus approaches an object. However, in such a learning device, each board with a variety of images must be produced, accordingly RFID tags had to be provided according to the image of the object. For example, in order to learn about animals, boards with images of various animals such as lions, tigers, and giraffes should be drawn. In order to learn information about vehicles, cars, airplanes, ships, etc. There should be a board with images of the means of transportation, and a board with images of various learning tools, such as pencils, book holders, erasers, and pencil cases. Since each of these boards must be provided with an RFID tag, if a board for each object is purchased, the cost increases.

Technical problem to be solved by the present invention is characterized by providing the information of the object to the infant or child by having an RFID reader on the toy to read the RFID tag attached to the object, in particular, an RFID tag The present invention relates to an object learning apparatus using a board that can output information about various objects using a board of the same.

In order to achieve the above object, the object learning apparatus using a board according to the present invention comprises a board having at least one RFID tag; One or more image sheets detachable from the board and showing an image of an object at the same position as the RFID tags; An RFID reader unit for reading signals for each of the RFID tags; And an object information output unit configured to output object information corresponding to the image according to the read signal of the RFID reader unit.

As described above, the present invention senses an object using an RFID tag and outputs the name, function, etc. of the object in various voices or images, thereby improving the learning ability and intelligence of the infant / child.

In addition, by using a single board equipped with an RFID tag to output information about a variety of things, there is an effect that can provide information about a variety of things at a low cost.

Hereinafter, an object learning apparatus using a board according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a reference diagram illustrating each component for explaining an object learning apparatus using a board according to the present invention, and includes a board 100, image sheets 200, 210, 220, 230, and a toy 300. The object information output unit 310 is provided.

Board 100 has at least one or more RFID tags 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114. The material of the board can be manufactured in various kinds such as paper or plastic material. The attachment position on the RFID tags 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, and 114 provided on the board may be arbitrarily determined by the manufacturer. Here, the RFID tags 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, and 114 are RFID tags provided for recognition of the object image shown in each of the image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230.

Meanwhile, the board 100 further includes a sheet selection RFID tag 120 capable of selecting any one of the image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230. Sheet selection RFID tag 120 is an RFID tag that can select the image sheet for the object information to be output among the various image sheets (200, 210, 220, 230), for the recognition of the object image described above The RFID tags 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, and 114 differ in their function.

The image sheets 200, 210, 220, 230 are removable on the board 100, and the image of the object is in the same position as the RFID tags 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114. Or an image for sheet selection is shown. For example, the first image sheet 200 is about animals, and images of various animals such as lions, tigers, horses, dogs, and the like are displayed on the RFID tag 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114 are shown in the same position, and an image (eg, arrow) for sheet selection is also shown in the same position as the sheet selection RFID tag 120 on the board 100. In addition, the second image sheet 210 relates to a conveying means, and an image or sheet selection image (for example, an arrow) for various conveying means such as a car, an airplane, a ship, etc. 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, and 120, and the third image sheet 220 relates to a learning tool, and various learning tools such as a pencil, an eraser, a book holder, a pencil case, and the like. An image or sheet selection image for the is shown at the same location as the RFID tags 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 120 on the board 100, and the fourth image sheet 230 is a kitchen With regard to utensils, images or sheet selection images for various kitchen tools such as spoons, chopsticks, plates, cups, etc. Is shown in the same location as.

The image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230 have a structure that can be attached or detached on the board 100. As a structure that can be detached and attached, there may be exemplified a structure for temporarily bonding an image sheet on a board, a structure for inserting an image sheet on a board, and the like. In addition, the image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230 may be formed in a rotatable structure using a spring. This structure is the same way that the desktop calendar is configured to rotate each month's calendar through spring.

2 is an exemplary view showing a rotation structure by a spring of image sheets provided on a board. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the image sheets 410 are overlapped with each other on the board 440. For this purpose, the image sheets 410 may be rotated by the spring 420. Forming.

In order to be able to recognize the RFID tags 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, and 120 on the board 100 even if the materials of the image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230 overlap. Thin paper or cloth can be used.

The thing information output unit 310 is embedded in the toy 300. The toy 300 may include various kinds of dolls and robots.

The thing information output unit 310 reads a signal for each RFID tag and outputs thing information corresponding to the image.

3 is a block diagram illustrating detailed components to explain the object information output unit 310 illustrated in FIG. 1. The power supply unit 500, the RFID reader unit 510, the sheet selector unit 520, and the controller 530, an object information storage unit 540, an audio output unit 550, and an image output unit 560.

The power supply unit 500 supplies driving power. When the user selects whether the toy 300 is turned on or off, accordingly, power is supplied to each component of the book information output unit 310. That is, when the toy operation OFF (OFF) is selected, the power supply unit 500 cuts off the power supply so that the toy 300 operates as a normal toy without object recognition using an RFID tag, and the toy operation is ON. When selected, the power of the power supply unit 500 is supplied to each component to recognize the RFID tag of the object and output voice / video.

The RFID reader unit 510 reads signals for the RFID tags 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, and 120 on the board 100. The RFID reader unit 510 activates an arbitrary RFID tag provided on the board 100 to receive the corresponding information signal and read the corresponding unique number. That is, when the toy 300 approaches the image of any one of the image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230, the RFID reader unit 510 is provided with a plurality of antenna arrays (not shown) to transmit RF power. The RFID tag on the board 100 corresponding to the image approached by the toy 300 is driven by receiving RF power transmitted from the antenna array of the RFID reader 510 to wirelessly transmit the unique number of the corresponding RFID tag. do. The unique number signal transmitted wirelessly from the RFID tag is received and read by the antenna array of the RFID reader unit 510.

The sheet selector 520 selects any one of the image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230 as a recognition target. The object information output unit 310 recognizes a sheet showing an image of an object for which information is to be obtained from among various image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230, and may output image information corresponding to the sheet. have. To this end, when the toy 300 approaches the sheet select RFID tag 120 on the board 100, the sheet selector 520 for the image sheets 200, 210, 220, 230 that are cyclically selected Outputs the selection information via voice.

The thing information storage unit 540 stores information about each thing image shown in the image sheets 200, 210, 220, and 230. The thing information storage unit 540 is a storage device that stores various kinds of information (voice information or image information) related to the thing, and the thing information storage unit 540 includes a hard disk and a flash memory. In addition to the built-in memory as well as removable memory, such as CF card (Compact Flash Card), SD card (Secure Digital Card), SM card (Smart Media Card), MMC card (Multi-Media Card) or Memory Stick (Memory Stick) It may be implemented in the device, or may be provided in a separate device. Accordingly, the object information necessary for the mobile memory may be stored as voice or video and replaced and used in the object recognition toy. The object information storage unit 540 may store various voices (or images). The ro is stored various information such as name and description of each object.

The voice output unit 550 outputs object information through voice. The voice output unit 560 is implemented as a speaker for outputting voice, and outputs information on the detected specific object as voice.

The image output unit 560 outputs object information through an image. The image output unit 560 displays the recognized object information in the toy 300 through a display module such as an LCD window.

The controller 530 is driven according to the power supplied from the power supply unit 500 to display object information corresponding to the image sheet selected by the sheet selector 520 and the RFID tag signal read by the RFID reader 510. It is controlled to be extracted from the storage unit 540 and output through the audio output unit 550 and the image output unit 560. When the power of the toy 300 is switched on and the array antenna of the RFID reader 510 is activated to read an arbitrary RFID tag on the board 100, the controller 530 may select the sheet selector 520. It is determined whether there is object information related to the sheet selection information selected in the and the unique code of the RFID tag read by the RFID reader unit 510. That is, it is determined whether the voice information or the image information allocated to the read unique code is stored in the thing information storage unit 540. When the object information exists in the read unique code, the controller 530 grasps the current output option and performs an output according to the corresponding output option. For example, if the output option is selected, the audio output is selected to control information about a specific object through the audio output unit 550. If the output option is selected, the video output unit displays information about the specific object. Control to output through 560.

The object learning apparatus using the board of the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings for clarity, but this is merely an example, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and equivalents therefrom. It will be appreciated that embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the appended claims.

1 is a reference diagram illustrating each component for explaining an object learning apparatus using a board according to the present invention.

2 is an exemplary view showing a rotation structure by a spring of image sheets provided on a board.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating detailed components to explain the thing information output unit illustrated in FIG. 1.

Claims

A board having at least one RFID tag;

One or more image sheets detachable from the board and showing an image of an object at the same position as the RFID tags; And

And a thing information output unit configured to read signals for each of the RFID tags and to output thing information corresponding to the image.

The method of claim 1, wherein the board

The object learning apparatus using a board further comprising a sheet selection RFID tag that can select any one of the image sheets.

According to claim 1, wherein the thing information output unit

A power supply for supplying driving power;

An RFID reader unit for reading signals for each of the RFID tags;

A thing information storage unit which stores the thing information;

A voice output unit configured to output the thing information through voice; And

And a control unit which is driven according to the power supplied from the power supply unit and controls to extract object information corresponding to the RFID tag signal read by the RFID reader unit from the information storage unit and output the object information through the voice output unit. Object learning apparatus using a board.

The method of claim 1,

The thing learning output unit using the board, characterized in that the object information output unit is built in the toy.

The method of claim 1, wherein the image sheets

Object learning apparatus using a board, characterized in that the structure can be rotated using a spring.

The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the thing information output unit

The object learning apparatus using a board further comprising a sheet selector for selecting any one of the image sheets as a recognition target.

The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the thing information output unit

The object learning apparatus using a board further comprising an image output unit for outputting the object information through an image.