KR20210119676A - Puzzle game providing method and puzzle game device using two-dimensional code - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a puzzle game using a two-dimensional code and a puzzle game apparatus. An embodiment provides the method for providing the puzzle game, capable of providing various puzzle games to a user through recognition of the two-dimensional code, and the puzzle game apparatus The method for providing the puzzle game of the present invention comprises: a code recognition step; an information extraction step; a confirmation step; an answer guidance step; and an incorrect answer guidance step.

Description

A method for providing a puzzle game using a two-dimensional code and a puzzle game device {PUZZLE GAME PROVIDING METHOD AND PUZZLE GAME DEVICE USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a puzzle game using a two-dimensional code and a puzzle game apparatus.

With the development of technology, there have been many developments in the environment for providing game services.

In the past, game services were provided only in an environment using a computer, but recently, game services are provided in various environments using mobile phones or virtual reality (VR) devices.

With the continuous development of the game industry, games can be utilized in various fields. For example, a game service can be utilized in the field of education. In particular, infants and children often cannot concentrate on their learning due to their low concentration, and games can make them more focused on learning.

In recent years, many studies have been conducted on new game services to reflect this trend. In particular, a lot of research is being conducted on new game services that have educational effects.

Against this background, an object of the present embodiment is, in one aspect, to provide a technology capable of providing a user with various puzzle games through recognition of a two-dimensional code.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment provides a method for a puzzle game device to provide a puzzle game to a user, comprising: a code recognition step of recognizing a card identification code, which is a two-dimensional code printed on a specific area of a problem card; an information extraction step of extracting correct answer button information matched with the card identification code from a pre-stored correct answer information DB (DataBase) for each question card; Any one input by the user from among the answer buttons of the puzzle game device for the user to select any one answer information for the question information after checking the question information printed on the question card and a plurality of answer information a correct answer checking step of confirming whether the answer button is a correct answer button corresponding to the correct answer button information; a correct answer guide step of outputting a correct answer guide sound effect when any one of the answer buttons is the correct answer button; and an incorrect answer guide step of outputting an incorrect answer guide sound effect when any one of the answer buttons is an incorrect answer button that does not correspond to the correct answer button information.

The method may further include outputting clue information about the question information when the number of times the user inputs the wrong answer button from among the answer buttons reaches a preset number of times after the incorrect answer guidance step.

Each of the answer buttons may be configured in a different color.

In the correct answer guidance step, the puzzle game device may output a light having a color matching the color of any one of the answer buttons.

The card identification code may be any one of a QR code and a dot code.

The item information may be information expressing questions about the problem content of the problem card as images, and the plurality of answer information may be information expressing each of a plurality of answers as images.

Another embodiment, a code recognition unit for recognizing a card identification code that is a two-dimensional code printed on a specific area of the problem card; a memory unit for storing correct answer information DB (DataBase) for each question card including a plurality of card identification codes and a plurality of correct button information matched to the plurality of card identification codes, correct answer guide sound effect information, and incorrect answer guide sound effect information; an answer input unit including a plurality of answer buttons for a user who has checked the question information printed on the question card and a plurality of answer information to select any one answer information for the question information; When the code recognition unit recognizes the card identification code, the correct answer button information matched to the card identification code is extracted from the correct answer information DB for each problem card, and when the user inputs any one answer button in the answer input unit , check whether any one of the answer buttons is the correct answer button corresponding to the correct answer button information, and if any one of the answer buttons is the correct answer button, generate correct answer guide information including the correct answer guide sound effect information, and a control unit configured to generate incorrect answer guide information including the incorrect answer guide sound effect information when one answer button is an incorrect answer button that does not correspond to the correct answer button information; and an information output unit for outputting a correct answer guide sound effect corresponding to the correct answer guide sound effect information or outputting an incorrect answer guide sound effect corresponding to the incorrect answer guide sound effect information.

A plurality of answer buttons are each configured in a different color, and the correct answer guide information may further include light color information that matches the color of any one of the answer buttons.

The information output unit includes a speaker unit for outputting the correct answer guide sound effect or outputting the incorrect answer guide sound effect, and a lighting unit for outputting a light of a color corresponding to the light color information when outputting the correct answer guide sound effect from the speaker unit can

As described above, according to this embodiment, the puzzle game device can provide puzzle games of various contents to the user through a simple method of recognizing the two-dimensional code printed on the problem card, thereby helping the user's brain development. can

In addition, a new function of differentiated reproduction of media content through coding may be provided to the user, thereby stimulating the user's interest in learning coding.

1 is a block diagram of a puzzle game apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 is a diagram exemplarily showing a problem card according to an embodiment.
3 is a view exemplarily showing a dot code and a QR code printed on a problem card according to an embodiment.
4 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating a puzzle game apparatus according to an embodiment.
5 and 6 are diagrams for explaining an operation method of a puzzle game apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
7 is a diagram illustrating an answer information DB for each question card according to an embodiment.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a puzzle game in a puzzle game apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the essence, order, or order of the components are not limited by the terms. When a component is described as being “connected”, “coupled” or “connected” to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but another component is between each component. It should be understood that elements may be “connected,” “coupled,” or “connected.”

1 is a block diagram of a puzzle game apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the puzzle game device 100 includes a power supply unit 110 , a code recognition unit 120 , a memory unit 130 , an answer input unit 140 , an information output unit 150 , and a control unit 160 . can do.

The power supply unit 110 supplies power required to drive the puzzle game device 100 . The power supply unit 110 may include a rechargeable battery capable of charging and discharging.

The code recognition unit 120 recognizes a card identification code, which is a two-dimensional code printed on a problem card to be described later. The code recognition unit 120 may be implemented as a camera sensor.

Here, the card identification code is a code for the puzzle game device 100 to identify problem cards, and may be implemented as either a dot code or a QR code.

A dot code is a code printed with almost invisible dots on the surface of a printing medium made of a material such as paper or plastic, that is, a code implemented with a fine dot pattern as shown in 3A of FIG. 3 , and each different code has a different dot pattern can be implemented as

In addition, the QR code (Quick Response Code) is a code containing various information in a rectangular horizontal and vertical grid pattern that can be visually confirmed as shown in 3B of FIG. 3 , and can contain a large amount of information compared to a barcode.

The above card identification code may be printed on a specific area of the problem card.

In addition, the code recognition unit 120 may be disposed in a portion of the main body constituting the exterior of the puzzle game device 100 that can recognize the card identification code printed on a specific area of the problem card. For example, when a card identification code is printed on the upper right side of the opposite side (second side) of the first side of the problem card as shown in FIG. The card identification code printed on the upper right side of the second side of the problem card can be recognized by being disposed on the upper left side of the card receiving part 410 on which the second side of the problem card is seated.

As described above, the code recognition unit 120 disposed on a part of the main body of the puzzle game device 100 is printed on the first side of the problem card when the second side of the problem card is seated on the card receiving unit 410 as shown in FIG. 5 . card identification code can be recognized.

In an embodiment, the problem card may be made of paper or plastic having a rigidity of a certain level or higher, and the problem information of the problem card may be printed on a portion of the first side of the problem card as shown in FIG. 2 .

In addition, a plurality of item information for the problem content may be printed on the question area 210 of the first side of the question card, and a plurality of answer information for the plurality of item information may be displayed on the answer area 220 of the first side of the question card. can be printed.

Here, the plurality of item information may be information representing each of a plurality of items as an image as shown in FIG. 2 , and the plurality of answer information may be information representing each of a plurality of answers as an image.

In one embodiment, when the card identification code is implemented as a fine dot code, the dedicated area where the card identification code is printed on the second side of the problem card is unnecessary, and the problem content or multiple question information or multiple answer information is overprinted. Because it is possible, the second side of the problem card may also be printed with different problem contents from the first side of the problem card, a plurality of question information and a plurality of answer information. In this case, a first card identification code for identifying the configuration of the first side of the problem card may be printed on the second side of the problem card, and a first card identification code for identifying the configuration of the second side of the problem card on the first side of the problem card A second card identification code may be printed.

Meanwhile, the problem content of the problem card may be different for each problem topic, and the problem topic may be “find the same information”, “find regularity”, “find relevance”, “find differences”, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the memory unit 130 may store a plurality of card identification codes and a correct answer information DB (DataBase) for each question card including a plurality of correct answer button information matched to the plurality of card identification codes. Here, the correct answer information DB for each question card may further include a plurality of light color information matched to the correct answer button information. A detailed description thereof will be provided when the answer input unit 140 , the information output unit 150 , and the control unit 160 are described.

On the other hand, the memory unit 130 is an information output unit to be described later when the user using the puzzle game device 100 selects answer information corresponding to the correct answer to the specific question information from among a plurality of answer information printed on the question card. Correct answer guide sound information for the correct answer guide sound outputted in 150 may be further stored.

In addition, the memory unit 130 provides an incorrect answer to the incorrect answer guide sound output from the information output unit 150 when the user selects answer information that does not correspond to the correct answer to the specific question information among one or more answer information printed on the question card. Information on sound effects can be further stored.

The memory unit 130 may be implemented as a read/write nonvolatile memory, a solid state drive (SSD), or the like.

The answer input unit 140 may include a plurality of answer buttons for a user who has checked the question information printed on the question card and the plurality of answer information to select any one answer information for the question information.

Here, the plurality of answer buttons 140a to 140e may have different button shapes as shown in FIG. 4 . And the plurality of answer buttons (140a to 140e) may be configured in different colors, respectively.

Meanwhile, the shape or color of the answer button each assigned to the plurality of answer information may be printed on each of the plurality of answer information printed on the question card as shown in FIG. 2 .

For example, the first answer button 140a as shown in Fig. 4 is provided to the first answer information 220a, and the second answer button 140b and the third answer information 220c are provided to the second answer information 220b. When the third answer button 140c is given to the, the fourth answer button 140d to the fourth answer information 220d, and the fifth answer button 140e to the fifth answer information 220e, the first answer information ( In the vicinity of 220a) to the fifth answer information 220e, the button shape 230a to 230e of each of the first answer buttons 140a to the fifth answer button 140e or the color of each button may be printed.

Through this, the user may check the answer button matched with the answer information, and any one of the answer buttons among the plurality of answer buttons may be input by the user. Here, any one of the answer buttons means an answer button assigned to any one of the answer information determined by the user to be the correct answer with respect to the question information of the question card.

The information output unit 150 may output correct answer guide information or output incorrect answer guide information under the control of the controller 160 to be described later.

Here, the correct answer guide information is information that is output when any one of the answer buttons input by the user is the correct answer button for the corresponding question information. may include

In addition, the incorrect answer guide information may include incorrect answer guide sound effect information.

In an embodiment, the information output unit 150 may include a speaker unit 152 and a lighting unit 154 .

The speaker unit 152 may output a correct answer guide sound effect that is an audible sound for the correct answer guide sound effect information, or may output an incorrect answer guide sound effect that is an audible sound for the incorrect answer guide sound effect information.

In addition, the lighting unit 154 may include a plurality of lights as shown in FIG. 4 . Here, the number of the plurality of lights may be the same as the number of the plurality of answer buttons.

And each of the plurality of lights may output a plurality of light colors corresponding to the respective colors of the plurality of answer buttons.

Such a plurality of lights may be arranged at positions corresponding to the positions of the plurality of item information printed on the problem card when the problem card is seated on the card receiving unit 410 as shown in FIG. 5 .

Through this, when any one answer button input by the user for any one item information is the correct answer button, the color matched with the color of any one answer button in the lighting disposed at the position corresponding to any one item information output the light so that the user can visually check whether the answer is correct or not.

Here, the lighting unit 154 may output a light of a basic color under the control of the controller 160 from the time the code recognition unit 120 recognizes the card identification code to the time the user inputs any one answer button. Also, from the point in time when the correct answer guide information is generated by the controller 160 , the light of the basic color may be changed to a light of a color matching the color of any one answer button and outputted under the control of the controller 160 .

The above lighting unit 154, that is, a plurality of lights may be implemented as a light emitting diode (LED) capable of changing the color of the light.

The controller 160 controls the overall operation of the puzzle game apparatus 100 .

In one embodiment, when the code recognition unit 120 recognizes the card identification code, the control unit 160 can extract the correct answer button information matched to the card identification code from the correct answer information DB for each problem card stored in the memory unit 130 . have.

And when the user inputs any one answer button in the answer input unit 140 , the controller 160 may check which answer button is the correct answer button corresponding to the correct answer button information.

In other words, the controller 160 may determine which one of the answer buttons is the correct answer button for the corresponding item information.

When any one answer button is a correct answer button, the controller 160 may generate correct answer guide information.

The correct answer guide information may include correct answer guide sound effect information, and may further include light color information matched with the color of any one answer button.

In other words, the control unit 160 extracts the correct answer guidance sound information stored in the memory unit 130 and the correct answer guide information by extracting the light color information matched with the correct answer button corresponding to any one answer button from the correct answer information DB for each question card. can create

For example, when the card identification code of the question card is "12001" in FIGS. 6 and 7 and the correct answer button of the first question information is the fifth answer button 140e, the user presses the fifth answer button 140e If any one answer button is input, the controller 160 may extract correct answer guide sound effect information from the memory unit 130 .

In addition, the control unit may further extract from the memory unit 130 the light color information (green) matched with the fifth answer button 140e, which is the correct answer button of the first question information, from the correct answer information DB for each question card.

Thereafter, the control unit 160 may output a correct answer guide sound effect corresponding to the correct answer guide sound effect information through the speaker unit 152 of the information output unit 150 . In addition, the light corresponding to the light color information may be output through the lighting unit 154 of the information output unit 150 .

Meanwhile, when any one answer button is an incorrect answer button that does not correspond to the correct answer button information, the controller 160 may generate incorrect answer guide information including incorrect answer guide sound effect information.

Thereafter, the control unit 160 may output an incorrect answer guide sound effect corresponding to the incorrect answer guide sound effect information through the speaker unit 152 of the information output unit 150 .

In an embodiment, when the number of times the user inputs the wrong answer button reaches a preset number of times, the control unit 160 may output clue information about the item information through the information output unit 150 .

Specifically, the control unit 160 extracts the light color information matched with the correct answer button information of the item information from the correct answer information DB for each question card, and corresponds to the light color information through the lighting unit 154 of the information output unit 150 light can be output.

The controller 160 may provide the user with a correct answer to each of a plurality of pieces of item information included in the question card through the above configuration. Here, the control unit 160 may provide the correct answer to a plurality of pieces of item information according to a preset order.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6 , the controller 160 may provide the correct answer in the order of item information in the right direction starting with the item information on the left side.

As described above, according to one embodiment, the puzzle game device 100 can provide puzzle games of various contents to the user through a simple method of recognizing the two-dimensional code printed on the problem card, so that the user's brain can be developed. can help

Hereinafter, a process of providing a puzzle game in the puzzle game device 100 will be described.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a puzzle game in a puzzle game apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8 , when the problem card is seated on the card receiving unit 410 , the puzzle game apparatus 100 may recognize a card identification code printed on a specific area of the problem card ( S810 ).

And the puzzle game device 100 may extract the correct answer button information matched to the card identification code from the previously stored information DB for each problem card (S820).

Thereafter, when the user inputs any one of the answer buttons from among the plurality of answer buttons after checking the question information and the plurality of answer information printed on the question card, the puzzle game device 100 determines that any one answer button is in the correct answer button information. It can be checked whether it is the corresponding correct answer button (S830, S840). Here, the plurality of answer buttons may be configured in different colors, respectively. In addition, the item information may be information expressing questions about the problem content of the problem card as an image, and the plurality of answer information may be information expressing each of a plurality of answers as an image.

When any one of the answer buttons is the correct answer button, the puzzle game device 100 may output a correct answer guide sound effect (S850). Here, the puzzle game device 100 may output a light of a color matching the color of any one answer button. In other words, a light having a color matching the color of any one answer button may be output through a light disposed at a position corresponding to the position of the corresponding item information.

On the other hand, if any one answer button is an incorrect answer button that does not correspond to the correct answer button information, the puzzle game device 100 may re-perform step S830 after outputting an incorrect answer guide sound effect (S860).

When the number of times of re-performing step S830 reaches a preset number, the puzzle game apparatus 100 may output clue information about the corresponding item information. Here, the clue information may be a light color matched with the correct answer button information.

The puzzle game device 100 may provide the user with the correct answer to a plurality of question information printed on the question card through the above process, that is, provide the user with a puzzle game for the question content printed on the question card. .

Terms such as "include", "compose" or "have" described above mean that the corresponding component may be embedded unless otherwise stated, so it does not exclude other components. It should be construed as being able to further include other components. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as those defined in the dictionary, should be interpreted as being consistent with the meaning of the context of the related art, and are not interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the present invention, and various modifications and variations will be possible without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

A method for a puzzle game device to provide a puzzle game to a user, the method comprising:
a code recognition step of recognizing a card identification code, which is a two-dimensional code printed on a specific area of the problem card;
an information extraction step of extracting correct answer button information matched with the card identification code from a pre-stored correct answer information DB (DataBase) for each question card;
Any one input by the user from among the answer buttons of the puzzle game device for the user to select any one answer information for the question information after checking the question information printed on the question card and a plurality of answer information a correct answer checking step of confirming whether the answer button is a correct answer button corresponding to the correct answer button information;
a correct answer guide step of outputting a correct answer guide sound effect when any one of the answer buttons is the correct answer button; and
If any one of the answer buttons is an incorrect answer button that does not correspond to the correct answer button information, an incorrect answer guidance step of outputting an incorrect answer guide sound effect
How to provide a puzzle game that includes. According to claim 1, After the incorrect answer guidance step
outputting clue information about the question information when the number of times the user inputs the wrong answer button among the answer buttons reaches a preset number of times
How to provide a puzzle game comprising more. The method of claim 1,
The answer buttons are each configured in a different color puzzle game providing method. The method of claim 3, wherein in the step of guiding the correct answer
The puzzle game device is a puzzle game providing method for outputting a light of a color matching the color of any one of the answer buttons. The method of claim 1,
The card identification code is a puzzle game providing method in any one of a QR code and a dot code. The method of claim 1,
The question information is information expressing questions about the problem content of the problem card as images, and the plurality of answer information is information expressing each of a plurality of answers as images. a code recognition unit for recognizing a card identification code, which is a two-dimensional code printed on a specific area of the problem card;
a memory unit for storing a plurality of card identification codes and correct answer information DB (DataBase) for each question card including a plurality of correct answer button information matched to the plurality of card identification codes, correct answer guide sound information, and incorrect answer guide sound effect information;
an answer input unit including a plurality of answer buttons for a user who has checked the question information printed on the question card and a plurality of answer information to select any one answer information for the question information;
When the code recognition unit recognizes the card identification code, the correct answer button information matched to the card identification code is extracted from the correct answer information DB for each problem card, and when the user inputs any one answer button in the answer input unit , check whether any one of the answer buttons is the correct answer button corresponding to the correct answer button information, and if any one of the answer buttons is the correct answer button, generate correct answer guide information including the correct answer guide sound effect information, a control unit configured to generate incorrect answer guide information including the incorrect answer guide sound effect information when one answer button is an incorrect answer button that does not correspond to the correct answer button information; and
An information output unit for outputting a correct answer guide sound effect corresponding to the correct answer guide sound effect information or outputting an incorrect answer guide sound effect corresponding to the incorrect answer guide sound effect information
A puzzle game device comprising a. 8. The method of claim 7,
The plurality of answer buttons are each configured in a different color, and the correct answer guide information further includes light color information that matches the color of any one of the answer buttons. 9. The method of claim 8,
The information output unit includes a speaker unit for outputting the correct answer guide sound effect or outputting the incorrect answer guide sound effect, and a lighting unit for outputting a light of a color corresponding to the light color information when outputting the correct answer guide sound effect from the speaker unit puzzle game device.

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