KR20210032831A - Augmented reality smart toy system for child education - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides an augmented reality smart toy system for child education comprising: a puzzle base plate formed with a puzzle seating part; a puzzle consisting of plurality of pieces and placed on the puzzle seating part; a terminal obtaining image information of a subject from the assembled puzzles; and a server unit transmitting augmented reality content matching the image information of the subject transmitted from the terminal to the terminal, wherein the server unit is configured to provide the augmented reality content to the terminal to which the inclination and direction of the augmented reality content are applied based on the location of the terminal where the subject is photographed.

Description

Augmented Reality Smart Toy System for Early Childhood Education {AUGMENTED REALITY SMART TOY SYSTEM FOR CHILD EDUCATION}

The present invention relates to an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education, and more particularly, to an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education made to satisfy the user's fun and educational effects at the same time by providing augmented reality through a puzzle toy. .

As the public interest in Augmented Reality (AR) increases, companies are actively investing in devices and contents that provide augmented reality.

Such augmented reality is a technology that superimposes a 3D virtual image on a real image or a background to display a single image.For example, when a user projects a specific object with a built-in camera (cam) such as a smartphone, information is temporarily recorded on the terminal. .

Then, after searching the database for detailed information of the object from the user, the result is sent back to the terminal. The terminal receiving this data is matched with the current information through an augmented reality application and then displayed on a real-time screen.

However, such augmented reality-based contents have a problem that most of them are concentrated in the game field. That is, contents based on augmented reality related to education and learning are currently insignificant.

Accordingly, various studies on augmented reality-based contents that children can experience and learn interestingly are needed.

Prior Document 1: Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-0423025 (2006.07.27)

The technical problem of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education made to satisfy the user's fun and educational effects at the same time by providing augmented reality through a puzzle toy.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention is a puzzle base plate formed with a puzzle seating portion; A puzzle made of a plurality of pieces and placed on the puzzle seat; A terminal for obtaining image information of a subject from the assembled puzzle; And a server unit for transmitting the augmented reality content matching the image information of the subject transmitted from the terminal to the terminal, wherein the server unit adjusts a tilt and a direction of the augmented reality content based on the location of the terminal photographing the subject. It provides an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education that is made to provide the applied augmented reality content to the terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the server unit stores a plurality of the augmented reality contents, in which a plurality of invisible designated point coordinate values are previously input, and extracts the image coordinate value from the subject photographed by the terminal. The augmented reality content having the designated point coordinate value corresponding to the image coordinate value is provided to the terminal, but the augmented reality content to which a tilt and direction corresponding to the image coordinate value is applied may be provided to the terminal. have.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the server unit recognizes the assembly line of the assembled puzzle, and calculates distance information between the image coordinate values extracted from the neighboring puzzles based on the recognized assembly line of the puzzle. Through it may be made to determine whether the assembly of the puzzle is completed.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the server unit calculates an area ratio for each puzzle formed by a virtual image coordinate line connecting the image coordinate value of a subject and an assembly line, and calculates the calculated area ratio for each puzzle. Depending on the arrangement, the augmented reality content may be provided to the terminal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the augmented reality content may be implemented in a 3D shape.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the augmented reality content may further include at least one of text and sound.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the augmented reality content may be made to move on the display unit when the user touches the display unit of the terminal.

The effect of the augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education according to the present invention described above will be described as follows.

According to the present invention, it is possible to promote language education effects and interest by providing augmented reality content through a user's terminal while developing small muscles of infants through a puzzle assembly.

Here, the server unit provides augmented reality content corresponding to the image of the assembled puzzle captured by the terminal on the display unit of the terminal.

Augmented reality content provided in such a 3D shape is made to be able to rotate and move. In addition, since the augmented reality content is provided with sound including text, it is possible to enhance not only the educational effect but also the fun and curiosity.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects, and should be understood to include all effects that can be inferred from the configuration of the invention described in the detailed description or claims of the present invention.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exemplary view showing an operating state of an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education in which a terminal photographs a subject at a first position according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary view showing an operating state of an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education in which a terminal photographs a subject at a second position according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a schematic exemplary view showing a process of determining whether or not to complete the assembly of a puzzle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary view showing the operating state of the augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms, and therefore is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be "connected" with another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" with another member interposed therebetween. . In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, this means that other components may be further provided, not excluding other components, unless specifically stated to the contrary.

In the present invention, the upper and lower portions mean that they are positioned above or below the target member, and do not necessarily mean that they are positioned above or below the gravitational direction.

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

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an augmented reality for early childhood education in which a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention photographs a subject at a first position. It is an exemplary view showing the operating state of the smart toy system, Figure 3 is an exemplary view showing the operating state of the augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education in which the terminal photographed a subject in a second position according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the augmented reality smart toy system 1000 for early childhood education may include a puzzle assembly 100, a terminal 200, and a server unit 300.

Here, the puzzle assembly 100 is a play toy made to obtain intellectual satisfaction, and the puzzle assembly 100 may include a puzzle base plate 110 and a puzzle 120.

The puzzle base plate 110 has a puzzle seating portion 111 on which the puzzle 120 can be placed in a plurality of pieces, so that the user can place the puzzle 120 on the puzzle seating portion 111 and the puzzle ( 120) pieces can fit.

In this puzzle assembly 100, when the piece alignment of the puzzle 120 is completed, the assembled puzzles 120 are made to display one specific image.

Here, the augmented reality smart toy system 1000 for early childhood education transfers the augmented reality content M corresponding to the specific image of the puzzle 120 completed through the assembly of the puzzle 120 from the server unit 300 to the user terminal 200. Make sure to be provided.

In this case, the user terminal 200 may receive the corresponding augmented reality content M from the server unit 300 while being connected to the server unit 300 through an augmented reality providing application or an augmented reality providing homepage connection.

Here, the user terminal 200 may be any device provided with, for example, an input unit (not shown) capable of inputting characters, a display unit 210 capable of displaying on the screen, and an image capturing unit (not shown) capable of photographing a subject. Does not matter.

The user terminal 200 is, for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a tablet PC, and all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices equipped with a touch screen panel. May be.

The terminal 200 is configured to transmit and receive data using various wired and wireless communication technologies such as the server unit 300 and an Internet network, an intranet network, a mobile communication network, and a satellite communication network.

Here, the communication network is not only closed networks such as LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), and open networks such as Internet, but also CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), It may be a concept collectively referring to networks such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and Evolved Packet Core (EPC), as well as next-generation networks and computing networks to be implemented in the future.

The user terminal 200, for example, connects to an app store server (not shown) in which various applications are uploaded, and then downloads and installs an augmented reality providing application that can be interlocked with the server unit 300 to download and install the application. You can run it.

This augmented reality providing application provides augmented reality content (M) for the completed puzzle 120 to the user.

In this way, the user is connected to the server unit 300 through the user terminal 200 and the specific image displayed from the assembled puzzle 120 obtained through photographing of the puzzle assembly 100, that is, of the subject S. The image information is provided to the server unit 300, and the server unit 300 provides the augmented reality content M corresponding to the puzzle assembly 100 from the image information of the subject S provided from the terminal 200 to the terminal ( 200). Here, in using the augmented reality providing application, a separate membership registration is not required, and anyone who has purchased the puzzle assembly 100 product can use it.

In this server unit 300, a plurality of previously prepared augmented reality contents M are stored. Here, the augmented reality content (M) stored in the server unit 300 may be produced in a 3D shape, and a plurality of invisible coordinate values of designated points are displayed on the augmented reality content (M).

In this way, the invisible designated point coordinate value displayed on the augmented reality content (M) may be formed by the developer entering the designated point in a specific portion of the augmented reality content (M) in the development stage of the augmented reality content (M). . Here, the designated point input to the augmented reality content M may be a commonly used marker.

In addition, the server unit 300 is configured to output an image coordinate value of the subject S from the subject S photographed through the user's terminal 200. That is, the server unit 300 is configured to extract the image coordinate value of the subject S from information on the subject S photographed from the terminal 200.

In the state where the image coordinate value of the subject S is extracted in this way, the server unit 300 searches for a coordinate value of a designated point corresponding to the corresponding image coordinate value among a plurality of augmented reality contents M previously stored in the server unit 300. It is done.

In addition, when the designated point coordinate value corresponding to the corresponding image coordinate value is searched through the server unit 300, the server unit 300 is configured to provide the corresponding augmented reality content M to the user's terminal 200. On the contrary, when the coordinate value of the designated point corresponding to the coordinate value of the image is not searched, the server unit 300 indicates that the puzzle piece is incomplete or the corresponding augmented reality content M does not exist on the user's terminal 200. Or, you can provide relevant content.

In other words, the server unit 300 may provide the searched augmented reality content M to the user's terminal 200 only when a designated point coordinate value corresponding to a corresponding image coordinate value is searched.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the server unit 300 provides augmented reality content (M) to which a tilt and direction is applied to the user based on the location of the terminal 200 in which the user photographs the puzzle assembly 100. It is made to provide to the terminal 200. That is, the server unit 300 extracts an image coordinate value from the photographed image of the subject S photographed from the terminal 200, and applies a slope and a direction corresponding to the specified point coordinate value corresponding to the extracted image coordinate value. Augmented reality content (M) is provided to the user's terminal 200.

In this way, in providing the augmented reality content M to the user's terminal 200, the server unit 300 does not provide only the augmented reality content M initially set in a specific form.

Accordingly, the augmented reality content M provided from the server unit 300 to the user's terminal 200 is not uniform and has high reality.

And, for example, when two users receive augmented reality content (M) for one puzzle assembly 100 at different locations, the augmented reality content (M) provided to the two user terminals 200 is It can be of different shapes. That is, since the augmented reality content M provided from the server unit 300 is provided in a form having different inclinations and directions, various types of fun may be induced to the user.

In the present invention, for convenience of explanation, the augmented reality content (M) is described as an example in the form of a car, but it goes without saying that the augmented reality content (M) may be formed in various shapes such as animals and airplanes.

And, for example, when the augmented reality content (M) displayed through 3D implementation is a lion, the user rotates the augmented reality content (M) in the shape of a lion through the touch of the display unit 210 or moves and jumps. It can also cause movement.

In addition, the server unit 300 may express information on the corresponding augmented reality content M in text through the display unit 210. For example, when the augmented reality content M is a lion, it may be expressed in Korean or foreign language characters such as'lion''LION'.

In addition, the server unit 300 may also provide information on the corresponding augmented reality content M as sound through the display unit 210 of the terminal 200. It goes without saying that the sound may be an onomatopoeic word or a mimic word, or a Korean or foreign language word expressed in the above-mentioned characters may be provided as a sound.

In this way, it goes without saying that the augmented reality content (M) can enhance the educational effect or increase the fun through the provision of characters and sounds including 3D implementation.

4 is a schematic illustration for showing a process of determining whether or not the assembly of the puzzle according to an embodiment of the present invention is completed, the server unit 300 is a puzzle of the puzzle assembly 100 photographed from the terminal 200 ( 120) It is made to accurately judge whether the piece is assembled or not.

The server unit 300 recognizes the assembly line 101 of the puzzle assembly 100 provided from the terminal 200.

Further, based on the recognized assembly line 101 of the puzzle 120, it is determined whether or not the assembled puzzle 120 is correctly assembled through distance information between the coordinate values of the images extracted from the neighboring puzzles 120.

For example, when the puzzle assembly 100 is composed of a total of 9 puzzle 120 pieces from the first puzzle 121 to the ninth puzzle 129 (see FIG. 5), the first puzzle 121 to the ninth puzzle When 129 is assembled, an assembly line 101 is formed at an assembly portion of the first puzzle 121 and the ninth puzzle 129. In this case, the server unit 300 includes a first image coordinate value C1 extracted from the closest image coordinate value from the assembly line 101 among the image coordinate values extracted from the first puzzle 121 based on the assembly line 101, The distance between the second image coordinate values C2 extracted from the assembly line 101 closest among the image coordinate values extracted from the second puzzle 122 based on the assembly line 101 is measured.

In addition, when the measured distance between the first image coordinate value C1 and the second image coordinate value C2 exceeds a distance value previously specified in the server unit 300, the server unit 300 returns the corresponding puzzle assembly 100 It is determined that the assembly of the puzzle 120 is not properly assembled.

In this way, the server unit 300 simply and quickly assembles the assembled puzzle 120 through distance information between the image coordinate values extracted from the neighboring puzzles 120 based on the assembly line 101. I can judge.

5 is an exemplary view showing the operating state of the augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, for example, when the puzzle assembly 100 is composed of a total of 9 puzzle 120 pieces from the first puzzle 121 to the ninth puzzle 129, the server unit 300 is a terminal An image coordinate value is extracted from image information of the subject S photographed from 200.

In addition, the server unit 300 calculates an area ratio for each puzzle 120 formed by the virtual image coordinate line and the assembly line 101 to which the extracted image coordinate values are connected. In FIG. 5, the area for each puzzle 120 formed by the virtual image coordinate line and the assembly line 101 is indicated by virtual hatching.

In this way, the calculation of the area ratio calculated for each puzzle 120 may be applied based on the area ratio of the largest value formed by the virtual image coordinate line and the assembly line 101, or the area ratio of the smallest value. The method of calculating the area ratio calculated by the server unit 300 through image coordinate lines for each puzzle 120 is not limited to a specific form, such as may be applied.

In addition, the server unit 300 may provide the corresponding augmented reality content (M) forming the arrangement relationship of the corresponding area ratio to the terminal 200 according to the arrangement state of the area ratio calculated for each puzzle 120.

For example, the area rate of the first puzzle 121 is 35%, the area rate of the second puzzle 122 is 60%, and the area rate of the third puzzle 123 is 55%..... When the area ratio of the ninth puzzle 129 is 20%, an augmented reality content M showing an arrangement relationship of the corresponding area ratio may be provided to the terminal 200.

In this case, a corresponding augmented reality content M suitable for the puzzle assembly 100 may be quickly provided to the terminal 200 through the arrangement structure of the area ratio for each puzzle 120.

However, this is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by the scope described in this embodiment.

The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to understand that other specific forms can be easily modified without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative and non-limiting in all respects. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims to be described later, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

M: Augmented Reality Content
S: subject
C1: first image coordinate value
C2: second image coordinate value
100: puzzle assembly
101: assembly line
110: puzzle base plate
111: puzzle seat
120: puzzle
121: first puzzle
122: second puzzle
129: 9th puzzle
200: terminal
210: display unit
300: server unit
1000: augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education

Claims (7)

A puzzle base plate formed with a puzzle seating portion;
A puzzle made of a plurality of pieces and placed on the puzzle seat;
A terminal for obtaining image information of a subject from the assembled puzzle; And
A server unit for transmitting to the terminal augmented reality content matching the image information of the subject transmitted from the terminal,
The server unit is configured to provide the augmented reality content to the terminal to which the tilt and direction of the augmented reality content is applied based on the location of the terminal photographing the subject.
The method of claim 1,
The server unit stores a plurality of the augmented reality contents in which a plurality of invisible designated point coordinate values are input in advance,
Extracting the image coordinate value from the subject photographed by the terminal, and providing the augmented reality content having the designated point coordinate value corresponding to the extracted image coordinate value to the terminal,
Augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education, characterized in that configured to provide the augmented reality content to the terminal to which a tilt and a direction corresponding to the image coordinate value is applied.
The method of claim 2,
The server unit recognizes the assembly line of the assembled puzzle, and determines whether the assembly of the puzzle is completed through distance information between the image coordinate values extracted from the neighboring puzzles based on the recognized assembly line of the puzzle. Augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education, characterized in that made to be made.
The method of claim 3,
The server unit calculates an area ratio for each puzzle formed by a virtual image coordinate line connecting the image coordinate value of the subject and an assembly line,
An augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education, characterized in that providing the corresponding augmented reality content to the terminal according to the calculated arrangement of the area ratio for each puzzle.
The method of claim 2,
The augmented reality content is an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education, characterized in that the 3D shape.
The method of claim 5,
The augmented reality content is an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education, characterized in that it further comprises at least one or more of text and sound.
The method of claim 5,
The augmented reality content is an augmented reality smart toy system for early childhood education, characterized in that made to move on the display unit when the user touches the display unit of the terminal.

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