KR20180128196A - Method for coding the program for driving coding education robot and the program stored in medium for executing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method by which a command execution structure can be changed without moving command icons in a command combination window when a user codes a program for driving a coding training robot and a program stored in a medium for executing the method. The method comprises the steps of: providing a GUI; arranging command icons; forming a command icon connection structure; and coding.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for coding a driving program for a coding training robot, and a program stored in a medium for executing the method. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The present invention relates to a method for coding a driving program for a coding training robot and a program stored in a medium for carrying out the method.

As the modern society progresses into the information society, efforts to raise creativity and a computing mind that are suitable for the information age are beginning to take place in childhood, and there is a coded education at the center.

Because coding education for children should be done according to the level of children's eyes, various coding education programs that can understand algorithms principle naturally through play and games are used for coding education for children.

The conventional coding training program is a program that allows the user to easily code a coding training robot driving program for driving the coding training robot as shown in FIG. 15, and the user codes the coding training robot driving program When a user drags and drops a command icon in the command icon list window 10 and sequentially arranges the command icon in the command combination window 20, the command is executed according to the command icon arrangement structure of the user, The coding training robot driving program in which the structure is determined is encoded and transmitted to the coding training robot side as shown in Fig.

Here, in the conventional coding education program, when the user desires to change the instruction execution structure, a part or all of the instruction icons placed in the instruction combination window in accordance with the existing instruction execution structure is dragged and dropped again in the instruction combination window There has been an inconvenience that the command icons must be moved several times according to the modified command execution structure, such that command icons corresponding to the changed command execution structure are dragged and dropped again from the command icon list and relocated to the command combination window.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for changing a command execution structure without moving instruction icons in a command combination window when a user codes a driving program for a coding training robot, The purpose of the program is to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of coding a command using icon icons in a user terminal, the method comprising: displaying a command icon list window including a plurality of command icons; A GUI providing step of providing a coding GUI (Graphical User Interface) including a command combination window in which one or more selected command icons are arranged; A command icon placement step of placing the first command icon to the Nth command icon selected by the terminal user in the command icon list window in the command combination window; When the terminal user drags the first command icon to the Nth command icon in an arbitrary order, connects the first command icon to the Nth command icon through a connection line in the arbitrary order, ; And a coding step of coding a command execution structure of first to Nth commands corresponding to the first to third command icons to the Nth instruction icon according to the command icon linkage structure and coding a driving program for a coding training robot A method for coding a driving program for an educational robot is provided.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the connection structure of the connection line connecting the instruction icons can be easily changed by the terminal user in a drag manner, the instruction execution structure can be changed, It is possible to reduce the labor of the terminal user to drag and drop the command icon several times in order to change the execution structure.

1 is a block diagram of a coding training robot system including a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exemplary view illustrating a block connecting member and a body forming block for assembling various types of coding training robots;
3 illustrates an exemplary actuator module and a sensor module for operation of a coding training robot,
4 to 8 are diagrams for explaining a coding process using a coding education program installed in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
9 is a diagram exemplarily showing a numeric display of a command execution structure in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
10 and 11 are diagrams for explaining a configuration for transmitting a module search signal in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
12 is a diagram exemplarily showing lighting or blinking of a lamp in a controlled module block according to a module search signal according to the present invention,
13 is a flowchart illustrating a process of coding a user terminal according to a coding education program according to an embodiment of the present invention;
14 is a diagram exemplarily showing a conventional coding education program,
15 is an exemplary illustration of a coding training font.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In describing the components of the present invention, the terms first, second, A, B, (a), (b), and the like can be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. It is to be understood that any component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but that another component may be "connected "," coupled ", or "connected" between each component.

1 is a block diagram of a coding training robot system including a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The coding training robot system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 110, a control module block 120 and one or more controlled module blocks 130 as shown in FIG.

The user terminal 110 is a terminal capable of downloading and installing a coding education program according to an embodiment of the present invention and transmitting the coding education robot driving program coded by the coding education program to the coding education robot via near field communication, And may be a mobile communication terminal capable of Internet communication and short-range communication.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 110 executes the program for coding education at the request of the user.

4, the user terminal 110 includes a command icon list window 410 including a plurality of command icons and a command combination window 420 in which one or more command icons selected by the terminal user from the command icon list window 410 are arranged ) Is provided to the user of the terminal, that is, displayed on the screen.

Then, the user terminal 110 places the first command icon to the Nth command icon selected in the command icon list window 410 in the command combination window 420 by the terminal user.

In other words, when the terminal user drags and drops each of the first to third instruction icons to the instruction combination window 420 from the instruction icon list window 410, the user terminal 110 displays the instruction combination window The first command icon to the N-th command icon are arranged at the positions where the first command icon to the N-th command icon are respectively dropped.

When the terminal user drags the first command icon to the Nth command icon in an arbitrary order after arranging the first command icon to the Nth command icon in the command combination window 420 as described above, Icon to the N-th command icon in a random order.

In other words, a command icon link structure according to an arbitrary order of terminal users is formed.

For example, when the first command icon to the eighth command icon are arranged in the command combination window 420 as shown in FIG. 4, the terminal user selects the first command icon (operation) in the fourth command icon (conditional command: object proximity) Command: forward), the user terminal 110 connects the fourth command icon and the first command icon via a connection line as shown in FIG.

Then, when the terminal user drags the eighth command icon (operation command: left turn) from the first command icon, the user terminal 110 connects the first command icon and the eighth command icon through a connection line as shown in FIG.

When the terminal user drags the eighth command icon to the third command icon (operation command: stop) after connecting the first command icon and the eighth command icon through a connection line, 8 Connect the command icon and the third command icon with a predetermined line.

After the connection between the action command icons for the fourth command icon, which is the conditional command icon, as described above, the terminal user sets the sixth command icon (conditional command: object close proximity), the fifth command icon (action command: When the command icon (operation command: right turn) and the seventh command icon (operation command: stop) are dragged in the same manner as described above, the user terminal 110 displays a sixth command icon, Icon and the seventh command icon are connected to form a command icon link structure according to the arbitrary order of the terminal users as shown in FIG.

4 to 8, the user terminal 110 may display an arrow along the drag direction of the terminal user as a connection line, or may display a number according to the drag order of the terminal user around the connection line as shown in FIG.

After forming the command icon linkage structure, the user terminal 110 determines the command execution structure of the first to Nth commands corresponding to the first to third instruction icons to the Nth instruction icon according to the instruction icon linkage structure, And the drive program is coded.

For example, the user terminal 110 having the command icon connection structure as shown in FIG. 8 operates in the order of forward → leftward → stop when the object proximity is detected in the coding training robot as shown in FIG. 12, And if the proximity is detected, the driving program for the coding training robot can be coded by a command execution structure that operates in the order of reverse → right turn → stop.

As described above, the user terminal 110 coding the driving program for the coding training robot transmits the driving program for the coding training robot through the short distance communication including the Bluetooth communication, the Wi-Fi direct communication, the Zigbee communication, the infrared communication, To the training robot side.

Here, when the user of the terminal inputs the coding execution icon (the firmware sending icon in the artificial intelligence robot of FIG. 10) further included in the coding GUI according to the embodiment of the present invention, The program can be transmitted to the coding and coding training robot side.

When the terminal user changes the connection structure of the connection line as shown in FIG. 10 after coding the driving program for the coding training robot in the user terminal 110 as described above, the user terminal 110 changes the connection structure according to the changed connection structure It is possible to re-code the driving program for the coding training robot by changing the instruction execution structure of the first instruction through the N-th instruction.

Here, the terminal user changes the connection structure of the connection line in order to change the existing instruction execution structure.

In the conventional coding education program, when the terminal user changes the command execution structure, the drag and drop operation must be performed several times in order to delete and rearrange the command icon in the command combination window 20 as shown in FIG. 14, The terminal user touches and drags the end point of the connection line connected from the fifth command icon to the second command icon in the existing connection structure as shown in FIG. 8 to connect to the eighth command icon, The connection structure of the connection line, that is, the instruction execution structure, can be changed as shown in FIG. 10 by performing only a simple operation of touching and dragging the end point of the connection line connected with the command icon 8, and connecting the end point of the connection line to the second instruction icon.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal user selects any one of the command icons in the command icon list window 410, the user terminal 110 may operate according to any one of the commands corresponding to one of the command icons A module search signal including unique identification information of a specific module to be operated and a module driving source can be generated and the module search signal can be transmitted to the coding training robot side through a short distance communication. Here, the specific module may be any one of the one or more controlled module blocks 130 to be described later, and the module driving source may be a lamp driving source for lighting or flashing a lamp installed in a specific module .

The reason why the user terminal 110 generates the module search signal and transmits the generated module search signal to the coding training robot is that the coding training robot includes the control module block 120, one or more controlled modules 130, 12, when one or more controlled module blocks 130 included in the coding training robot are selected from a plurality of command icons included in the command icon list window 410 through the combination of the connecting member and the body forming block To find a command icon for operation.

If any one of the controlled module blocks corresponding to the unique identification information included in the module search signal is included in the coding training robot when receiving the module search signal at the coding training robot side, The previously installed lamp can be turned on or off by the source, that is, the lamp driving source, as shown in Fig.

The control module block 120 receives the driving program for the coding training robot from the user terminal 110 via the short distance communication with the user terminal 110 and transmits the driving program for the coding training robot to the at least one controlled module block 130 through the driving program for the coding training robot. . Here, the control module block 120 and the one or more controlled module blocks 130 may perform wired communication through a cable or wireless communication through short-range communication.

The at least one controlled module block 130 is a module block for driving the coding training robot. As shown in FIG. 3, the at least one controlled module block 130 includes a direct current (DC) motor module, a servo motor module, an LED (light emitting diode) module, a buzzer module , An optical sensor module, a proximity sensor module, a touch sensor module, and a variable resistance sensor module.

The one or more controlled module blocks 130 receive control signals from the control module 120 in accordance with the driving programs for the coding training robots and operate according to the control signals to drive the coding training robots shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the process of coding the driving program for the coding training robot by the user terminal 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a process of coding a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention through a coding education program.

First, when a request for execution of a coding education program is received from the terminal user, the user terminal 110 executes a coding education program and provides a coding GUI as shown in FIG. 4 to the terminal user (S1310). Here, the coding GUI may include a command icon list window 410 including a plurality of command icons and a command combination window 420 in which one or more command icons selected by the terminal user in the command icon list window 410 are arranged .

Then, the user terminal 110 places the first command icon to the Nth command icon selected in the command icon list window 410 in the command combination window 420 (S1320). Here, the terminal user can select the first command icon to the Nth command icon in the icon list window 410 in a drag-and-drop manner.

In other words, when the terminal user drags and drops each of the first to third instruction icons to the instruction combination window 420 from the instruction icon list window 410, the user terminal 110 displays the instruction combination window The first command icon to the N-th command icon are arranged at the positions where the first command icon to the N-th command icon are respectively dropped.

When the terminal user drags the first command icon to the Nth command icon in an arbitrary order after arranging the first command icon to the Nth command icon in the command combination window 420 as described above, Icon to the N-th command icon are connected in a random order by connecting lines (S1330). In other words, a command icon link structure according to an arbitrary order of terminal users is formed.

After step S1330, the user terminal 110 determines a command execution structure of the first to Nth commands corresponding to the first to third instruction words to the Nth instruction icon according to the instruction icon linkage structure, (S1340).

As described above, the user terminal 110 coding the driving program for the coding training robot transmits the driving program for the coding training robot through the short distance communication including the Bluetooth communication, the Wi-Fi direct communication, the Zigbee communication, the infrared communication, To the training robot side (S1350). Here, when the user of the terminal inputs the coding execution icon (the firmware send icon in the artificial intelligence robot of FIG. 10) further included in the coding GUI according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 110 performs steps S1340 and S1350 Can be performed.

If the connection structure of the connection line as shown in FIG. 8 is changed as shown in FIG. 10 by the terminal user after step S1340, the user terminal 110 may issue a command execution structure of the first to the Nth commands according to the changed connection structure The driving program for the coding training robot can be re-coded.

Also, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal user selects any one of the command icons in the command icon list window 410, the user terminal 110 operates according to any one of the commands corresponding to one of the command icons The module search signal including the unique identification information of the specific module and the module driving source can be generated and the module search signal can be transmitted to the coding training robot through the short distance communication. 3, the specific module is a DC (direct current) motor module, a servo motor module, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) module, The touch panel may be any one of a buzzer module, an optical sensor module, a proximity sensor module, a touch sensor module and a variable resistance sensor module. The module driving source may be a lamp driving source for turning on or off a lamp installed in a specific module, Lt; / RTI >

As described above, the process of coding the driving program for the coding training robot in the user terminal 110 can be implemented in the form of a program, that is, the coding education program, and the user terminal 110, in combination with the coding education program, Can be executed.

In other words, the program for coding education is stored and installed in the user terminal 110, so that the above process is executed in the user terminal 110.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the elements may be selectively coupled to one or more of the TEk. The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

A method for coding a user terminal using command icons, the method comprising:
Providing a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for coding including a command icon list window including a plurality of command icons and a command combination window in which one or more command icons selected by the terminal user in the command icon list window are arranged;
A command icon placement step of placing the first command icon to the Nth command icon selected by the terminal user in the command icon list window in the command combination window;
When the terminal user drags the first command icon to the Nth command icon in an arbitrary order, connects the first command icon to the Nth command icon through a connection line in the arbitrary order, ; And
Determining a command execution structure of the first to Nth instructions corresponding to the first to Nth instruction icons to the Nth instruction icon according to the instruction icon linkage structure and coding the driving program for the coding training robot
The method comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
A module including a unique identification information of a specific module to be operated according to any one instruction corresponding to the one of the instruction icons and a module driving source when the terminal user selects one of the instruction icons in the instruction icon list window, Generating a search signal, and transmitting the module search signal to the coding training robot via near-field communication. 3. The method of claim 2,
The specific module may be any one of a direct current (DC) motor module, a servo motor module, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) module, a buzzer module, an optical sensor module, a distance sensor module, a touch sensor module, Wherein the coding program is a program for coding a driving program for a coding training robot. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the module driving source is a lamp driving source for turning on or off a lamp installed in the specific module. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the coding step
A program transmission step of transmitting the program generated through the coding step to the coding training robot side through short-
Further comprising the steps of: generating a training program for the coding training robot; The method according to claim 1, wherein in the instruction execution structure setting step
Wherein the user terminal displays an arrow along the drag direction of the terminal user on the connection line. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the coding step
A re-coding step of re-coding the first to Nth instructions according to the changed connection structure when the connection structure of the connection line is changed by the terminal user,
Further comprising the steps of: generating a training program for the coding training robot; A program stored in the medium for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 7 in combination with the user terminal.

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