RU146688U1 - ELECTRONIC TOY PLAYING AN AUDIO TRACK ACTIVATED BY A SHAKING SENSOR - Google Patents

Abstract

1. An electronic toy that plays a sound track with activation by a shake sensor, comprising a housing, an electronic module containing a power source, non-volatile memory, a sound-emitting element, a sound amplifier, a control module, control buttons, a shake sensor, characterized in that it contains wired and / or a wireless interface for connecting external devices to update the contents of non-volatile memory. 2. An electronic toy that reproduces a sound track with activation by a shaking sensor according to claim 1, characterized in that a microcontroller control module is used as a control module with the possibility of selecting a random sound track from a non-volatile memory at a random time interval. 3. An electronic toy that reproduces a sound track with activation by a shaking sensor according to claim 1, characterized in that the body is made in the form of a game character from food plastic or in the form of a soft toy.

Description

The utility model relates to electronic toys with sound effects, and can be used in the manufacture of toys that reproduce sound effects.

The prior art various models of electronic toys containing the function of playing a sound track.

Known technical solution according to patent RU 56205 U1 A63H 3/2, publ. 09/10/2006, according to which the ELECTRONIC TOY contains a soundtrack device, characterized in that it is made in the form of a central processor with a power source connected to a non-volatile memory unit, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) unit, a digital-to-analog converter unit ( DAC), control unit, USB controller unit with USB connector, line-in block, microphone, amplifier unit, and also with a speaker. Disadvantages: the toy consumes energy in the on state, even outside the game process, is not interactive - it does not respond to the user, the set of audio tracks is limited, it quickly bothers the user.

Known electronic toy ″ Tomagotchi ″ described in the following sources http: //ru.wikipedia.org; http: //www.visti.net/skl/articles/tamagochi/tama.htm. A well-known electronic toy contains an electronic module, a sound-emitting element, a memory, a display displaying a game character, control buttons, an oval-shaped case. A toy during the game requires constant attention and virtual care from the player; in the absence of attention to itself, the virtual character inside the toy dies. Disadvantages: the game character is made in the form of an image on the screen, and not in the form of a toy; the toy is turned on constantly and consumes energy, even if it is not played; the game character requires constant attention and, if absent, dies - which can cause a child a negative impact on the psyche, there is no way to quickly change the set of sound tracks in non-volatile memory.

To eliminate these shortcomings, a technical solution is proposed, according to which the functionality of the toy is expanded. The toy is made in the form of a game character, instead of displaying a game character on the display, respectively, the character remains unharmed; the toy is activated by the shaking sensor and only works while the child is playing with it, which saves the energy of the battery; the toy communicates with the child by playing a random sound track from non-volatile memory and through a random time interval; if the shaking sensor stops transmitting an activity signal for more than a predetermined time interval, the toy ceases to play sound tracks and enters energy saving mode; the child is not required to pay constant attention to the toy and the death of the toy is not expected to neglect the child’s psyche, the set of sound tracks in non-volatile memory can be updated quickly using a wired and / or wireless interface to connect external devices.

To solve this technical problem, the following design of an electronic toy is proposed. The toy body includes an electronic module (hereinafter referred to as EM). EM contains: power supply, microcontroller control module, built-in non-volatile memory, sound amplifier, sound-emitting element, shake sensor, real-time clock, wired or wireless interface.

Non-volatile memory contains a set of audio tracks that can be played using a microcontroller, sound amplifier and sound-emitting element in random order at random intervals. Activating the toy by the shaking sensor during the game and switching to the energy-saving mode outside the game save the energy of the battery. The non-contact way of inclusion (activation) increases reliability. The performance of the toy itself as a character, and not the images on the display, improves the quality of the game. The absence of the need for continuous play and virtual death of the toy will allow avoiding the negative impact on the psyche of the child. The presence of a wired or wireless interface allows you to update a set of audio tracks in non-volatile memory using an external device (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.).

The technical result is the ability to update the contents of non-volatile memory.

The technical result is achieved due to the design of an electronic toy containing a housing, an electronic module containing a power source, non-volatile memory, sound-emitting element, sound amplifier, control module, control buttons, shake sensor, wired and / or wireless interface to connect external devices to update non-volatile content memory, microcontroller control module with the ability to select from a non-volatile memory a random sound track at a random interval change me. The toy body is made in the form of a game character from food plastic or in the form of a soft toy.

The essence of the technical solution explains the image in the figure, where

1 - non-volatile memory;

2 - sound amplifier;

3 - sound-emitting element;

4 - microcontroller control module;

5 - power source;

6 - real time clock;

7 - wired or wireless interface;

8 - shaking sensor.

An example implementation:

The body of the toy is made in the form of a game character. Inside the case there is an electronic module (EM), which contains a power supply 5, a microcontroller control module 4, a built-in non-volatile memory 1, a sound amplifier 2, a sound-emitting element 3, a shake sensor 8, a real-time clock 6, a wired or wireless interface 7. The case can for example, be made of safe food-grade plastic, and the character himself is both made of plastic and in the form of a soft toy. Non-volatile memory 1 contains a set of sound tracks that can be played using the microcontroller control module 4, sound amplifier 2 and sound-emitting element 3 in random order and at random intervals.

The work of the toy is as follows.

After turning on the power, the EM is in sleep mode in order to maximize energy saving. Only shake sensor 8 is turned on. When shake sensor 8 is triggered, a command is issued to exit the EM from sleep mode. The microcontroller control module 4 selects a random sound track in memory 1 and plays it, after a random time interval, a random track is again selected and played. Sound tracks can contain various requests for toys, as well as educational and entertaining information. The operation of the toy continues until signals are received from the shaking sensor 8. If the shaking sensor 8 does not receive an activation signal for more than a predetermined time interval, the EM switches back to sleep mode and waits for a signal from the shaking sensor 8.

The electronic module contains a wired and / or wireless interface for working with external devices, which allows using an external device (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) to change (replace) a set of audio tracks in non-volatile memory.

Claims (3)

1. An electronic toy that plays a sound track with activation by a shake sensor, comprising a housing, an electronic module containing a power source, non-volatile memory, a sound-emitting element, a sound amplifier, a control module, control buttons, a shake sensor, characterized in that it contains wired and / or a wireless interface for connecting external devices to update the contents of non-volatile memory. 2. An electronic toy that reproduces a sound track with activation by a shaking sensor according to claim 1, characterized in that a microcontroller control module is used as a control module with the possibility of selecting a random sound track from a non-volatile memory at a random time interval. 3. An electronic toy that reproduces a sound track with activation by a shaking sensor according to claim 1, characterized in that the body is made in the form of a game character from food plastic or in the form of a soft toy.

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