KR20220005865A - Music data generating device and play device using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a technique capable of enabling children or the like to create simple music with a simple arrangement of blocks, and share the same with other users so that both coding and music composition learning can be performed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a music data generation tool and playback device comprises: a block unit including a first housing and a first memory installed inside the first housing to return block identification information according to an external signal; and a playback tool including a plurality of insert units which can insert and accommodate the block unit, information reading units which are installed in the respective contact areas of the insertion units with the block unit to transmit the external signal for each contact area and receive the block identification information corresponding to the transmitted external signal, an information transmitting unit for transmitting a plurality of first data including the block identification information read from the information reading units and identification information from the insertion units corresponding to the information reading units, a music generating unit which generates second data, which is music data, by using the plurality of first data when receiving the plurality of first data from the information transmitting unit, and a playback unit which plays and outputs the second data, generated by the music generating unit, through a preset music playback program according to an external input. Therefore, various and rich music data can be created very intuitively.

Description

Music data generation tool and playback device

The present invention relates to a technology for generating and reproducing music data using a tool. Specifically, when a block such as a cube is placed on a plate-type tool, the musical scale is automatically adjusted according to the type and arrangement shape of the placed block. A technology for generating music data including sound length, etc., so that children, etc. can produce simple music with a simple arrangement of blocks, and share it with other users to learn coding and music composition at the same time is about

Placement-type toys and tools, etc., are tools that children and infants can easily access because they have good accessibility and require relatively low level of learning ability. Placement-type toys arrange cube or plate-shaped units in a certain area, and play or learn according to various rules according to the arrangement form.

These arrangement-type toys can be configured in various forms according to the imagination of infants or children, and results such as meanings are derived according to the arrangement form, so that they are used in a wide variety of forms for infants and children. For example, letter arrangement, alphabet blocks, block assembly type learning apparatus, etc. are generally marketed as arrangement type toys.

In recent years, thanks to the development of IoT technology, there is a technology that can reproduce or use the result data in the user terminal or the tool itself by mounting various electronic functions on the base plate and generating the results as data when the unit is placed. developed and commercialized. However, these arrangement-type toys and tools can only derive certain results according to the units to be arranged, and there is a problem in that they are biased only in character or figure learning.

On the other hand, in music learning, in general, a technique for purchasing a musical instrument or virtually realizing a piano keyboard in an application such as a smart phone and grafting it to online content so that a user learns is generally used. Such music learning is limited to a method of playing an instrument, and there is a problem in that the learning difficulty of the method of playing an instrument is high.

The technology that combines these placement-type toys and music learning can enable all of the user's imagination stimulation, rational learning through coding learning, and emotional learning through music learning. A movement in technological development is taking place. Representatively, in Korea Patent Registration No. 10-2002226, when assembling an assembling block, the length of the scale is increased according to the combined height of the block, a scale is given to the block itself, and a melody is realized according to the assembly of the block. A technique that can be regenerated has been proposed.

However, in the above-described technique, since the scale is set in the block itself and the pitch and length can be realized only by stacking and assembling the blocks in a complex manner, there is a problem in that it is difficult for infants and the like to intuitively learn. In addition, since it is impossible to implement tones corresponding to various musical instruments, it is very difficult to generate rich music data.

Accordingly, the present invention enables music data to be generated only by simple unit arrangement, so that infants and the like can learn to compose music very intuitively and easily, and to experience the music data generation algorithm according to arrangement, coding Its purpose is to provide technology that can experience learning at the same time.

In addition, the present invention enables the timbre of various musical instruments to be realized only by arrangement of the units, the sound length can be intuitively controlled, and the music created by the user can be reproduced not only on the device but also on the smartphone, and other users Another purpose is to provide technology that can experience batch learning using music data from

In order to achieve the above objects, a music data generating tool and reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention include a first housing and a first memory installed inside the first housing and returning block identification information by an external signal. a block unit comprising; and a plurality of insertion units capable of inserting and accommodating the block unit, installed in each contact area of the insertion unit with the block unit to transmit the external signal for each contact area, and the block identification information corresponding to the transmitted external signal An information reading unit for receiving, an information transmitting unit transmitting first data including block identification information read from the information reading unit and identification information of an insertion unit corresponding to the information reading unit, and a plurality of the first data from the information transmitting unit When receiving 1 data, a music generating unit generating second data that is music data using the first data, and playing the second data generated by the music generating unit through a preset music reproduction program according to an external input a playback tool including a playback unit for outputting; It is characterized in that it includes.

Preferably, the block identification information is information that identifies at least a type of musical instrument so that different tones are implemented for each type of block unit.

The insertion unit is arranged in a lattice form formed by first and second axes that are not parallel to each other, and the identification information of the insertion unit includes first and second axis coordinates of each grid, and the music generating unit includes: It is preferable to generate the second data such that a musical scale increases whenever the unit coordinates of the first axis rise, and a lower order of sounds is determined whenever the unit coordinates of the second axis rise.

The playback tool includes a first connection part that connects the playback tools to each other in the first axis direction and connects the playback parts between the connected playback tools so that data transmission and reception is possible, and the playback part includes the second When data reproduction starts, a reproduction start signal is generated and transmitted to the first connection unit, and the reproduction start signal is transmitted from the reproduction unit of the reproduction tool connected in the first axis direction to the reproduction unit connected to each other in the first axis direction. When receiving , it is preferable to reproduce and output the second data.

The playback tool includes a second connection part that connects the playback tools to each other in the second axis direction and connects the playback parts between the connected playback tools so that data transmission and reception is possible, and the playback part includes: When data reproduction is completed, a reproduction completion signal is generated and transmitted to the second connection unit, and the reproduction unit of the reproduction tool connected with a lower priority in the second axis direction is transmitted from the reproduction unit of the reproduction tool connected with the previous priority in the second axis direction. When the reproduction completion signal is received, it is preferable to reproduce and output the second data.

A second housing in which an upper coupling portion is formed on the upper portion of the block unit, a connection coupling portion capable of being coupled to the upper coupling portion is formed, the length size of which is set to connect at least two or more insertion portions to each other in the second axial direction; , a connection block installed inside the second housing and including a second memory that returns connection information according to an external signal; it is preferable to further include.

When the connection block is installed and the connection information corresponding to the external signal transmission is received from the connection block, the information reading unit transmits the connection information to the information transmission unit, and the information transmission unit transmits the connection information to the information transmission unit. Included in the first data and transmitted to the music generating unit, the music generating unit, when generating the second data, by combining the first data having the same connection information among the first data into one sound, the sound length It is preferable to determine a plurality of times the unit length preset in the unit coordinates.

The playback tool may further include a communication unit configured to transmit the second data to the outside, wherein the communication unit transmits the second data to the user terminal according to a request of the user terminal.

The communication unit receives the second data from the user terminal according to the request of the user terminal, and the playback tool analyzes the second data received from the user terminal into a plurality of the first data and analyzes the first data an information analysis unit for deriving identification information of the insertion unit for generating second data by the music generation unit according to Preferably, the apparatus further includes an effect control unit for driving an effect output unit of the insertion unit corresponding to the identification information upon receiving the identification information of the insertion unit from the information analysis unit.

According to the present invention, when a block unit having the type of musical instrument as identification information is inserted and placed in the insertion unit of the playback tool, the order, pitch, and tone of the tones are determined according to the rows and columns of the insertion unit, and through this, the music data will create In other words, because the block unit needs to be placed in a specific area without complicated manipulation, infants and the like can learn to compose music very intuitively and easily, and experience the music data generation algorithm according to the arrangement. It has the effect of being able to experience coding learning at the same time.

In addition, it is possible to implement the tone of various instruments depending on the type of unit, and it is possible to extend the length of music data and perform musical instrument collaboration through combination of playback tools, etc., so that it is possible to easily create a wide variety of music data, It can be used to implement various sound lengths, so it has the effect of being able to create various and rich music data very intuitively.

On the other hand, since music generated through a smartphone can be implemented and the arrangement of block units can be guided by using music data of other users, there is an effect of greatly expanding the usability of music content through arrangement-type toys.

1 is a view for explaining the configuration of a music data generating tool and a reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a view for explaining an example of installing a block unit and a detailed configuration of a reproducing tool according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a view for explaining a flow in which music data is generated according to an implementation of an embodiment of the present invention;
4 and 5 are diagrams for explaining a flow in which music data is generated according to the connection of a playback tool;
Fig. 6 is a diagram for explaining the structure of a playback tool for connection of the playback tool;
7 is a view for explaining a configuration and installation example of a connection block according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a view for explaining a flow of generating music data through a connection block according to an embodiment of the present invention;
9 is a diagram for explaining an additional configuration of a playback tool for interworking with a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
10 is an example of a screen output to a user terminal according to an implementation of an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, various embodiments and/or aspects are disclosed with reference to the drawings. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of one or more aspects. However, it will also be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art that such aspect(s) may be practiced without these specific details. The following description and accompanying drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative aspects of one or more aspects. These aspects are illustrative, however, and some of various methods may be employed in the principles of the various aspects, and the descriptions set forth are intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents.

As used herein, “embodiment”, “example”, “aspect”, “exemplary”, etc. may not be construed as an advantage or advantage in any aspect or design described above over other aspects or designs. .

Also, the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" mean that the feature and/or element is present, but excludes the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, and/or groups thereof. should be understood as not

Also, terms including an ordinal number such as 1st, 2nd, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be referred to as a first component. and/or includes a combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, are those commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. have the same meaning. Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in an embodiment of the present invention, an ideal or excessively formal meaning is not interpreted as

On the other hand, in the following description, although some components are omitted, or excessively enlarged or reduced in order to explain the function of each component of the present invention, the matters described in the drawings are the technical features and rights of the present invention. It will be understood that the scope is not limited.

In addition, in the following description, a plurality of drawings will be simultaneously referenced and described in order to describe one technical feature or component constituting the invention.

1 is a view for explaining the configuration of a music data generating tool and a reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration of a block unit installation example and a reproducing tool according to an embodiment of the present invention Fig. 3 is a diagram for explaining a flow of generating music data according to an embodiment of the present invention; 6 is a diagram for explaining the structure of a playback tool for connecting the playback tool, FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of configuration and installation of a connection block according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram for the present invention A diagram for explaining a flow in which music data is generated through a connection block according to an implementation of an embodiment of 10 is an example of a screen output to a user terminal according to an implementation of an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the above drawings together or in part with reference to them, a music data generating tool and a reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are characterized in that they are composed of a block unit 10 and a reproducing tool 20 . The block unit 10 is characterized in that it is composed of a first housing 11 and a first memory 12, and the reproduction tool 20 is detailed as shown in Figs. 1 (b) and 2 and 9, etc. The configuration includes an inserting unit 21 , an information reading unit 22 , an information transmitting unit 23 , a music generating unit 24 , a reproducing unit 25 , a speaker 26 , a communication unit 291 , and an information analyzing unit 292 . ), the effect control unit 293 and the effect output unit 294, characterized in that it comprises at least one configuration.

In this case, each component is composed of one or more hardware, and may be composed of one or more computing devices according to its function. The corresponding computing device is a component included in the playback tool 20 and is as shown in FIG. 11 . 11, the computing device 10000 includes at least one processor 11100, a memory 11200, a peripheral interface 11300, an input/output subsystem ( It may include at least an I/O subsystem) 11400 , a power circuit 11500 , and a communication circuit 11600 . In this case, the computing device 10000 may correspond to a user terminal connected to the tactile interface device (A) or the aforementioned computing device (B).

The memory 11200 may include, for example, a high-speed random access memory, a magnetic disk, an SRAM, a DRAM, a ROM, a flash memory, or a non-volatile memory. have. The memory 11200 may include a software module, an instruction set, or other various data required for the operation of the computing device 10000 .

In this case, access to the memory 11200 from other components such as the processor 11100 or the peripheral device interface 11300 may be controlled by the processor 11100 .

Peripheral interface 11300 may couple input and/or output peripherals of computing device 10000 to processor 11100 and memory 11200 . The processor 11100 may execute a software module or an instruction set stored in the memory 11200 to perform various functions for the computing device 10000 and process data.

The input/output subsystem 11400 may couple various input/output peripherals to the peripheral interface 11300 . For example, the input/output subsystem 11400 may include a controller for coupling a peripheral device such as a monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, or a touch screen or sensor as needed to the peripheral interface 11300 . According to another aspect, input/output peripherals may be coupled to peripheral interface 11300 without going through input/output subsystem 11400 .

The power circuit 11500 may supply power to all or some of the components of the terminal. For example, the power circuit 11500 may include a power management system, one or more power sources such as batteries or alternating current (AC), a charging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator, or a power source. It may include any other components for creation, management, and distribution.

The communication circuit 11600 may enable communication with another computing device using at least one external port.

Alternatively, as described above, if necessary, the communication circuit 11600 may include an RF circuit to transmit and receive an RF signal, also known as an electromagnetic signal, to enable communication with other computing devices.

The embodiment of FIG. 11 is only an example of the computing device 10000, and the computing device 11000 may omit some components shown in FIG. 11 or further include additional components not shown in FIG. 11, or 2 It may have a configuration or arrangement that combines two or more components. For example, a computing device for a communication terminal in a mobile environment may further include a touch screen or a sensor in addition to the components shown in FIG. 11 , and various communication methods (WiFi, 3G, LTE) are provided in the communication circuit 1160 . , Bluetooth, NFC, Zigbee, etc.) may include a circuit for RF communication. Components that may be included in the computing device 10000 may be implemented in hardware including an integrated circuit specialized for one or more signal processing or applications, software, or a combination of both hardware and software.

Methods according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computing devices and recorded in a computer-readable medium. In particular, the program according to the present embodiment may be configured as a PC-based program or an application dedicated to a mobile terminal. The application to which the present invention is applied may be installed in the user terminal through a file provided by the file distribution system. For example, the file distribution system may include a file transmission unit (not shown) that transmits the file in response to a request from the user terminal.

The device described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of the hardware component and the software component. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments may include, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), It may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as a programmable logic unit (PLU), microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. A processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For convenience of understanding, although one processing device is sometimes described as being used, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that can include For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

Software may comprise a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more thereof, which configures a processing device to operate as desired or is independently or collectively processed You can command the device. The software and/or data may be any kind of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device, to be interpreted by or to provide instructions or data to the processing device. may be permanently or temporarily embody in The software may be distributed over networked computing devices, and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored in one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded in the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic such as floppy disks. - includes magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

In the present invention, music data is a data stream configured to reproduce music by a sound generator or program applied to a digital piano, etc., and will be understood as data including contents such as scales, notes, and tones.

The block unit 10 includes a first housing 11 configured to be inserted and disposed in the insertion part 21 as shown in FIG. 1 (a) and the like. The first housing 11 may be made of various materials such as metal, plastic, wood, and the like, and a musical instrument mark 13 may be marked on the upper surface. At this time, the instrument mark 13 is for identifying whether a tone of an instrument is reproduced when the corresponding block unit is inserted. For example, a shape that can identify a guitar, a piano, a violin, etc. is marked, or a character is marked. can

The first memory 12 refers to a configuration that performs a function of returning (transmitting) block identification information in response to an external signal in performing the function of the present invention. The first memory 12 may be configured in various examples according to the type of the external signal. For example, when the external signal is an electromagnetic field recognition signal, the first memory 12 is composed of a magnetic material having a specific electromagnetic field, etc., and the block identification information is replaced with the size of the electromagnetic field of the corresponding magnetic material, and in this case, the information reader returns Block identification information is read through the size of the electromagnetic field.

The first memory 12 is also composed of a memory capable of recognizing information by short-distance communication such as NFC or a two-dimensional code printed on a part of the outer surface inserted into the insertion unit 21 among the outer surfaces of the first housing 11 . can be In this case, the external signal transmitted from the information reader 12 may be understood as an information request signal by the NFC communication module or a reader signal for recognizing a two-dimensional code. A two-dimensional code refers to any code that stores specific information such as barcodes and QR codes and can recognize the corresponding signal when an external reader recognizes it.

That is, the first memory 12 may use any method, such as a method of actively generating and providing a signal by an external signal, or a method of differentiating reflected signals according to an external reader signal. This is because, in the present invention, the information for identifying the block unit 10 does not require much data, and only data capable of identifying the above-described musical instrument is sufficient. That is, in the present invention, the block identification information is preferably information that identifies at least a tone such as a type of instrument to be able to distinguish the type of the block unit 10 , that is, different tones when generating music data.

The block unit 10 is illustrated as having an outer shape of a cube shape in the drawings, but the shape will not be limited. If the configuration is such that it is fixed when disposed in the region corresponding to the insertion part 21, any shape may be possible, and the shape of the insertion part 21 may also be implemented in various ways corresponding to this.

The insertion part 21 may be understood as a kind of slot which is formed for each specific area to insert and receive the block unit 10 and fix it, and to facilitate the removal of the block unit 10 . In the present invention, as shown in the drawings, the insertion part 21 may be implemented to be arranged in a lattice shape formed by first and second axes that are not parallel to each other. At this time, as shown in the drawings, the first axis and the second axis are configured to be orthogonal to each other, and when the insertion unit 21 is identified, it may be configured to be identifiable as coordinates formed by the corresponding rectangular coordinate system.

The information reading unit 22 is configured to read information stored in the first memory 12 as described above. Since the information reading unit 22 needs to read the information stored in the first memory 12 , it is preferable that the information reading unit 22 is installed in each contact area with the block unit 10 among the regions in which the insertion unit 21 is formed.

The information reading unit 22 transmits an external signal for each contact area. At this time, in order to prevent an error of external signal transmission/reception with an adjacent contact area, as shown in FIG. may, but will not be limited to. In addition, when an external signal is broadcast, it would be desirable to have a straightness in order to minimize the occurrence of the above error.

The information reading unit 22 generates and transmits various external signals such as an electromagnetic field signal and a reader signal according to the type of the first memory 12 described above, and receives a reflected signal or a return signal according to the reaction of the first memory 12 . It performs the receiving function. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 2 , when an external signal S1 is transmitted, a signal S2 that is reacted or returned by the first memory 12 is generated and the information reader 22 is A corresponding signal S2 is received. In this case, the S2 signal may be information including block identification information as described above.

Meanwhile, the information transmitting unit 23 transmits first data including the block identification information read from the information reading unit 22 and the identification information of the inserting unit 21 corresponding to the information reading unit 22 to the music generating unit 24 . ) to transmit the function. In this case, the insertion unit 21 corresponding to the information reading unit 22 means the insertion unit 21 of the region where the information reading unit 22 is installed, and the identification information of the insertion unit 21 includes the above-described coordinate information. It will be understood to include

In this case, as for the coordinate information, information for identifying each of the information reading unit 22 and the insertion unit 21 is stored in the information transmitting unit 23 , and may be matched and stored for each corresponding identification information. For example, the serial number of the information reading unit 22 is stored, and coordinate information is preset for each serial number when manufacturing a product. In addition, the coordinate information may be configured such that unit coordinates are increased for each insertion unit 21 as shown in FIG. 1(b) and the like. That is, for example, in (b) of FIG. 1, when the lower left coordinate is the origin (0, 0) and the y-axis, that is, when it rises for every first axis, (0, 1), (0, 2), etc. Coordinates may be set. On the other hand, the coordinates are set to (1, 0), (2, 0), etc. when the x-axis increases every second axis.

That is, the first data may include block identification information and coordinate information, and in this case, the music generating unit 24 uses the first data to receive the plurality of first data from the information transmitting unit 23 to obtain the first data that is music data. 2 It performs the function of generating data.

That is, the first data is generated when the block unit 10 is inserted into the insertion unit 21 and the return signal S2 is sensed, and at this time, the user selects an input means such as a control panel that may exist in the playback tool 20 . When a control command to perform a function of generating music data is inputted through the controller, the music generating unit 24 collects the generated first data to generate the second data.

In this case, a flow in which the second data is specifically generated is shown in FIG. 3 . That is, as described above, the identification information of the insertion unit 21 may include coordinates that can be identified as the first axis and the second axis of each grid. In this case, the music generating unit 24 is a unit of the first axis. Each time the coordinates rise, the scale increases, and whenever the unit coordinates of the second axis rise, the lower order of the notes is determined, so that the second data may be generated.

That is, referring to the example shown in FIG. 3 , when the unit coordinates of the y-axis, that is, the first axis, in the pentatonic structure rise, the scale will increase in do, re, mi, sol, and la, and the x-axis, that is, the second axis. Whenever the unit coordinates of the 2nd axis rise, the negative order will be set as the lower order. Referring to FIG. 3 based on this, each coordinate is set to Ra 1, Mi 2, Re 3, Mi 4, Mi 5, Sol 6, Sol 7, Mi 8, and 1 to 8 will be negative orders. Based on this, the second data is generated while notes and scales are set respectively on the five lines of FIG. 3 .

At this time, referring to the drawings described above, each note order, that is, unit coordinates for the second axis may be configured to have a unit note length, in this case, for example, 8 per one insert 21 as shown in the drawings It may be configured to be a diaphragm, and the unit note length may be variously changed, which may also be changed by a user input through an input means such as a control panel of the playback tool 20 described above.

The reproduction unit 25 reproduces and outputs the second data generated by the music generation unit through a preset music reproduction program according to an external input, and as described above, the sound generator according to the type of music data. Alternatively, various music reproduction programs, such as a program for sound source reproduction, may be used. The playback unit 25 outputs music data through the built-in speaker 26 or the like when receiving a playback input from the user through an input means such as the aforementioned control panel.

According to this configuration, when the block unit 10 having the type of musical instrument as identification information is inserted into the insertion unit of the playback tool 20, the order and pitch of the notes according to the rows and columns of the insertion unit 21, Then, the tone is naturally determined, and music data is generated through this. In other words, since the block unit 10 is simply arranged in a specific area without complicated manipulation, children and the like can learn to compose music very intuitively and easily, and experience the music data generation algorithm according to the arrangement. This has the effect of being able to experience coding learning at the same time.

On the other hand, due to the characteristics of the playback tool 20, only very short music data can be generated or only a single sound can be implemented. To solve this problem, the playback tool 20 can be connected as shown in FIGS. can do. That is, referring to FIG. 6 , on the side surface of the playback tool 20, the playback tools are connected to each other in the first axis direction, and data transmission/reception is possible between the playback units 25 between the connected playback tools. 1 connection unit 28 is included, and in the same way, the reproduction tools 20 can be connected to each other in the second axis direction, and data can be transmitted/received between the reproduction units 25 between the connected reproduction tools 20 A second connecting portion 27 for connecting may be included. The first connection part 28 and the second connection part 27 are composed of, for example, magnetic electrodes, etc., so that they can be coupled to each other by magnetism when the playback tool 20 is connected and connected to enable data transmission and reception at the same time. can be implemented.

At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 5 , the reproducing unit 25 detects that data transmission/reception with another reproducing unit 25 is possible through the first connection unit 28, and blocks the corresponding reproducing tool 20. When the reproduction of the second data generated by the music generation unit 24 is started according to the insertion of the unit 10 , a reproduction start signal is generated and transmitted to the first connection unit 28 . In this case, when the reproducing unit 25 of the reproducing tools 20 - 3 connected to each other in the first axis direction receives a reproduction start signal from the reproducing unit 25 of the reproducing tool 20 connected in the first axis direction, the second data to be output by playing (200) together.

That is, when they are connected to each other by the first axis, the reproducing units 25 of the connected reproducing tools 20 and 20 - 3 reproduce each second data at the same time. In this case, a function such as a kind of collaboration can be implemented. That is, the specific second data embodied in the guitar tone is reproduced in the reproduction tool 20 , and the specific second data implemented in the piano tone is reproduced in the reproduction tool 20-3 . Even with the same tone, it will be possible to implement a chord rather than a single note.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4 , in a state in which it is sensed that the playback tools 20 are connected to each other along the second axis and data transmission/reception with another playback part 25 is possible through the second connection part 27 , the playback unit ( 25), upon completion of reproduction of the second data, generates a reproduction completion signal and transmits it to the second connection unit 27 . In this case, the reproducing unit 25 of the reproducing tools 20-1. 20-2 connected in the second axial direction with a lower priority is the reproducing unit 25 of the reproducing tools 20 and 20-1 connected with the previous priority in the second axis direction. When the reproduction completion signal is received in (25), the second data may be reproduced and output.

That is, the second axis determines the sound order as described above, and when the playback tools 20 are connected to each other as the second axis, a function of extending the sound length is implemented. That is, when the reproduction of the reproduction tool 20 is completed, the reproduction of the reproduction tool 20-1 starts immediately, and the reproduction of the reproduction tool 20-2 is controlled in the same way. Through this, it is possible to create and reproduce longer music. In implementing long music, a very intuitive method of coupling between the playback tools 20 can be used, so there is an effect that learning tailored to children's eye level can be performed.

Meanwhile, as described above, one insertion unit 21 may have, for example, a note length such as an eighth note, in this case, it may be desired to generate long-length music data such as a quarter note according to the music data. That is, it is necessary to implement sounds of various lengths in one reproduction tool 20 .

To this end, the music data generating tool and reproducing apparatus of the present invention may further include a connection block 30 as shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 7 . That is, an upper coupling portion is formed on the upper portion of the block unit 10 described above, which is not a specific coupling structure, but a simple form in which the connection block 30 can be installed, and the connection block 30 is shown in FIG. 7 (b) In the case of the same structure, it may be understood that the upper surface shape of the block unit 10 itself corresponds to the upper coupling portion. On the other hand, when implemented by magnetic coupling, etc., the upper coupling portion will be understood as a region in which a magnetic material is disposed. The connection block 30 is formed with a connection coupling portion corresponding to the above-described upper coupling portion. At this time, the connection coupling portion will be understood as a groove, a guide groove, a magnetic material, etc. corresponding to the shape or connection method of the above-described upper coupling portion.

The length size of the second housing, which is the outer shape of the connection block 30 , is set so that at least two or more insertion parts 21 can be connected to each other in the second axial direction as shown in FIG. 7B . Meanwhile, a second memory 31 that returns connection information according to an external signal as a configuration of the connection block 30 may be installed inside the second housing. The type of the second memory 31, the signal return method, the type of the external signal, etc. are the same as those of the above-described first memory 12, and thus will be omitted.

In this case, the information reading unit 22 may receive connection information according to the external signal S1 when the connection block 30 is installed. In this case, the connection information is transmitted together with the block identification information to the information transmission unit 23 ) can be sent to It may be configured to include identification information identifying the connection block 30 . Since this is the same as the above-described block identification information, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When connection information exists, the information transmitting unit 23 includes it in the first data and transmits it to the music generating unit 24 , and the music generating unit 24 generates the second data, the same among the first data. By combining the first data having the connection information into one sound, it is preferable to determine the sound length to be a plurality of times the unit length preset in the unit coordinates.

That is, when connection information exists, it is recognized that notes are set to have one or more note lengths, and in this case, notes having the same connection information are combined with each other. An example of this is shown in FIG. 8 . Referring to FIG. 8 , it can be confirmed that a quarter note is realized by combining the notes having the connection information C1 and C2 with the same connection information C1 and C2 . Longer notes may be implemented according to the size of the connection block 30 .

On the other hand, it can be implemented so that more diverse contents can be experienced using the structure of the playback tool 20 , and such a function can be implemented through the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 .

The communication unit 291 described above as a configuration of the playback tool 20 includes a function of enabling the second data to be transmitted to the outside or receiving the second data from the outside. In this case, when the communication unit 20 is connected to the user terminal 40 , it may receive the second data request signal through an interface implemented in the user terminal 40 , and in this case, the second data to the user terminal 40 . can be transmitted When receiving the second data, the user terminal 40 may implement a reproduction program implemented according to the format of the second data through an interface so that the second data can be reproduced even in the user terminal 40 .

Meanwhile, on the contrary, the communication unit 291 may receive the second data from the user terminal 40 according to a request (input) of the user terminal 40 . At this time, as shown in FIG. 9 , first, the information analysis unit 292 divides and analyzes the second data into a plurality of first data when receiving the second data, and according to the analyzed first data, the second data is received. In the same way as the second data, identification information of the inserting units 21 to be generated by the music generating unit 24 is derived.

At this time, each insertion unit 21 may be provided with an effect output unit 294 installed for each contact area to output a visual effect, for example, a flashing signal or a lighting signal, to the insertion unit 21 , and this When receiving the identification information of the insertion unit 21 analyzed through the information analysis unit 292, the effect control unit 293 drives the effect output unit 294 of the insertion unit 21 corresponding to the identification information based on the to output the effect.

Through this, for example, second data written by another person is downloaded online through the user terminal 40 and then transmitted from the user terminal 40 to the playback tool 20 , and the playback tool 20 uses the other person In order to implement the generated second data, it can be intuitively implemented through the effect output unit 294 as to which block should be inserted and where, the effect of greatly expanding the usability and usability of music content through the arrangement-type toy. there is

At this time, in order to be able to follow the implementation of each tone as it is, the effect output unit 294 may be implemented to output various patterns (flickering method, color), and in this case, the information analysis unit 292 is According to the first data, the same data as the block identification information as well as the identification information of the insertion unit 21 may be derived and transmitted to the effect control unit 293 . In this case, the effect control unit 293 controls the effect output unit 294 of the insertion unit 21 corresponding to the identification information to be driven in a pattern corresponding to the block identification information.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with reference to the limited embodiments and drawings, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and variations are possible from the above description. Terms such as "include", "comprise" or "have" described above mean that a component without a particularly opposing description may be embedded, so it does not exclude other components but includes other components It should be construed as being able to include more. In addition, the protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

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a block unit including a first housing and a first memory installed inside the first housing to return block identification information according to an external signal; and
A plurality of insertion units capable of inserting and accommodating the block unit are installed in each contact area of the insertion unit with the block unit to transmit the external signal for each contact area and receive the block identification information corresponding to the transmitted external signal an information reading unit, an information transmitting unit transmitting first data including block identification information read from the information reading unit and identification information of an insertion unit corresponding to the information reading unit, and a plurality of the first data from the information transmitting unit When receiving data, a music generating unit that generates second data that is music data by using the first data, and the second data generated by the music generating unit are reproduced and output through a preset music reproduction program according to an external input a reproducing tool including a reproducing unit; A music data creation tool and playback device comprising a.
According to claim 1,
The block identification information is
A music data generating tool and reproducing apparatus, characterized in that it is information for identifying at least a type of musical instrument to realize different tones for each type of block unit.
According to claim 1,
The insertion unit is arranged in a grid shape formed by first and second axes that are not parallel to each other, and the identification information of the insertion unit includes coordinates of the first and second axes of each grid,
The music generator,
The music data generating tool and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a musical scale increases whenever the unit coordinates of the first axis rise, and a lower order of sound is determined whenever the unit coordinates of the second axis rises, thereby generating the second data.
4. The method of claim 3,
The playback tool is
and a first connection part for connecting the playback tools to each other in the first axis direction, and for connecting the playback parts between the connected playback tools so that data transmission and reception is possible;
The playback unit,
When the reproduction of the second data starts, a reproduction start signal is generated and transmitted to the first connection unit,
The reproducing unit of the reproducing tool connected to each other in the first axis direction,
and reproducing and outputting the second data when the reproduction start signal is received from the reproduction unit of the reproduction tool connected in the first axis direction.
4. The method of claim 3,
The playback tool is
and a second connection part for connecting the playback tools to each other in the second axis direction and for connecting the playback parts between the connected playback tools so that data transmission and reception is possible;
The playback unit,
When the reproduction of the second data is completed, a reproduction completion signal is generated and transmitted to the second connection unit;
The reproducing unit of the reproducing tool connected to the second axis in the second axis direction,
and reproducing and outputting the second data when the reproduction completion signal is received by the reproduction unit of the reproduction tool connected in the second axis direction.
4. The method of claim 3,
An upper coupling portion is formed on the upper portion of the block unit,
A second housing having a connection coupling portion capable of being coupled to the upper coupling portion is formed, the length size of which is set to connect at least two or more insertion portions to each other in the second axial direction, and is installed inside the second housing to receive an external signal. A music data generating tool and reproducing apparatus, characterized in that it further comprises; a connection block including a second memory for returning connection information by the
7. The method of claim 6,
The information reading unit,
When the connection block is installed and the connection information corresponding to transmission of an external signal is received from the connection block, the connection information is transmitted to the information transmitter,
The information sending unit,
transmitting the connection information to the music generator including the first data;
The music generator,
When generating the second data, by combining the first data having the same connection information among the first data into one sound, the sound length is determined to be a plurality of times the unit length preset in the unit coordinates. Tools and playback devices.
According to claim 1,
The playback tool is
It further includes; a communication unit for transmitting the second data to the outside;
The communication unit,
A music data generating tool and reproducing apparatus, characterized in that the second data is transmitted to the user terminal according to a request of the user terminal.
9. The method of claim 8,
The communication unit,
receiving the second data from the user terminal according to the request of the user terminal;
The playback tool is
an information analysis unit that analyzes the second data received from the user terminal into a plurality of the first data and derives identification information of the insertion unit for generating the second data by the music generation unit according to the analyzed first data; An effect output unit installed for each contact area of the insertion unit to output a visual effect to the insertion unit, and an effect of driving an effect output unit of the insertion unit corresponding to the identification information when receiving identification information of the insertion unit from the information analysis unit A music data generating tool and reproducing apparatus, characterized in that it further comprises a control unit.

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