TW200924826A - Human figure interactive toy - Google Patents

Abstract

A human figure interactive toy is provided. The interactive toy comprises a processor, a storage unit, and two ear portions. The storage unit stores a plurality of audio files. The ear portion has a sensor disposed inside thereof and is used for detecting pressure or touch applied to the interactive toy. The sensor transmits signals to the processor if any pressure or touch is detected, and the processor accordingly adjusts the volume of the audio file.

Description

200924826 IX. Description of the invention: [Technical field to which the invention pertains] The present invention relates to an interactive toy, and more particularly to an interactive toy that can sense the motion of the user. [Previous technology] Toys are loved by parents and children because of their educational and educational functions. With the development of technology, more and more toy manufacturers are launching toys that integrate various advanced technologies to provide children with realistic Visual effects® and auditory effects. However, children of different ages have different levels of awareness of the outside world. For example, younger children may not be able to distinguish between red and green. Therefore, toy manufacturers need to introduce different toys for children of different ages. The cost of the toy manufacturer. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide a humanoid interactive toy having a sensing unit placed in its ear, the sensing unit being triggered when the user taps or touches the ear, so that the toy Performing a predetermined operation makes the humanoid interactive toy easy for users of different ages to operate and provide fun for the user. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a humanoid interactive toy including a processing unit, a memory and an ear portion, the memory storing an audio file, and an inner side of the ear portion is provided with a sensing unit for sensing a user. The action of the ear is sent to the processing unit, and after receiving the signal of the sensing unit, the processing unit adjusts the volume of the interactive toy to play the audio Tan. 7 200924826 . The humanoid interactive toy of the present invention has a sensing unit placed in its ear, which is triggered when the user taps or touches the ear, so that the toy performs a predetermined operation, making the humanoid interactive toy easy for different years. • Age-conscious users operate and provide fun for the user. [Embodiment] Please refer to Fig. 1, which is a perspective view of a humanoid interactive toy of the present invention. The interactive toy 100 has a human-like appearance including a main body 2〇〇, a head 300, a left arm 600, a right arm 700, a left leg 800, and a right leg 900. The body 200 serves as the body of the interactive toy, and the head 3, the left arm 600, the right arm 700, the left leg 800, and the right leg 900 are all connected to the main body 2''. Please also refer to FIG. 2, which is a perspective view of the head 300. The head 300 includes a face 310, a cap 320 and a neck 330 connected to the top of the face 310. The neck 330 is coupled to the bottom of the face 310 for connecting the head 300 to The body 200. See also Fig. 3' for an exploded view of the face 310. The face ❺ 310 includes a housing 340, a left ear 350, a right ear 360, a telescopic mechanism 370, a PCB board 380, a sheet-like left face sensor 390, and a right face sensor 400. The left ear 340 and the right ear 350 are connected to the left and right sides of the housing 340, respectively. The telescopic mechanism 370, the PCB board 380, the left face sensor 390, and the right face sensor 400 are all disposed inside the casing 340. Please refer to FIG. 3a and FIG. 4 together for a top view of the housing 340. The housing 340 is hollow and has a shape of a substantially half egg shell, and includes a telescopic hole 341, a neck through hole 342, a left ear mounting portion 343, and a right ear mounting portion 344. The telescopic hole 341 is located in the through hole of the front casing wall 200924826 of the casing 340. The neck connecting hole 342 is a through hole substantially located on the rear casing wall of the casing 340. The left ear attachment portion 343 and the right ear attachment portion 344 are respectively protruded from the outer surfaces of the shell walls on both sides of the face portion 310, and have a substantially truncated cone shape. The left ear mounting portion 343 has two through holes 3431 at the junction with the shell wall of the face 310. The housing 340 has two recessed portions 345, 346 recessed in the inner surface of the housing wall, the corresponding recessed walls 345, 346 being thinner than the shell

The other portions of the body 340 respectively have contours substantially corresponding to the left face sensor 39 and the right face sensor 4GG, and the sheet-shaped left face sensor 39 and the right face sensor 400 are glued. Or other connections are closely attached to the recessed portions 345, 346. The left ear 350 includes a bracket 351 a left ear sensor 352 and a side cover 353. The bracket 351 has two elastic pieces 3511 protruding from the edge of the bracket 351 and having a hook-shaped end. The elastic piece is folded over the through hole of the left ear mounting portion 343, so that the buckle card is white= == Mounting the flaky left ear sensor: or (4) attaching closely to the side cover 353 (4) by mechanically snapping the frame 351. The right ear 360 includes a bracket 361, a (1) and a scorpion squirrel π right ear sensor 36 and a side 1 363. The right ear 36 〇 has the connection mode, and details are not described herein. The wood 350 is the same white. Referring to Fig. 5 at the same time, the telescopic mechanism 37 伸缩 the telescopic mechanism 370 includes a bracket 371 and a moving portion ^ stereo view 373. The bracket 371 is fixed to the inner red of the casing 34, and includes a 盏200924826 371a and a supporting portion 371b. The cover 371a is connected to the support portion 37lb, and forms a receiving space with the support portion 371b for receiving the moving portion 372. The support portion 371b has an elongated slot 375, and the cover 371a has a long slot 377. The motor 373 has a threaded motor shaft 376 that is secured to the bracket 371 for driving the moving portion 372. Please refer to FIG. 6 as an exploded view of the moving portion 372. The moving portion 372 includes a sliding shaft 378, a sliding sleeve 379, a protruding member 410, and a spring 420. Please refer to FIG. 7 as a perspective view of the sliding shaft 378. The sliding shaft 378 is a cylinder comprising a flanged stop 430, a guiding rib 440 and a threaded bore 450. The stopping portion 430 is adjacent to one end of the sliding shaft 378. The guiding rib 440 protrudes from the cylindrical surface of the sliding shaft 378 from the end of the sliding shaft 378 away from the stopping portion 430 along the sliding shaft 378. The axis direction extends until it terminates at the stop portion 43A. The threaded hole 450 extends from the end of the sliding shaft 378 away from the stopping portion 430 along the axis of the sliding shaft 378 for receiving the motor shaft 376 of the motor 373. Please refer to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 simultaneously, which is a perspective view of the sliding sleeve 379. The sliding sleeve 379 includes a large end 460, a small end 470, a receiving hole 480, a guiding slot 490, an expansion slot 500, and two guiding posts 510. The large end 460 is a rotating body having two parallel first end faces 461 and a second end face 462. The small end 470 is a cylinder & protrudes from the second end face 462 and extends along the axis of the large end 460. The receiving hole 480 is a hole extending through the axis of the large end 460 and penetrating the large end 460 and the small end 470. The guide groove 490 is recessed in the surface of the receiving hole 480 and extends in the axial direction of the receiving hole 480. The expansion slot 500 extends from the first end surface 461 along the axis of the large end 460 until it penetrates the second end surface 462. • Two receiving holes 463, 464 are formed. The two guide posts 51 are cylindrically protruded from the circumferential surface of the revolving body of the large end 460 and are distributed in a degree. Please also refer to FIG. 10' as a perspective view of the projecting member 410. The extension member 410 is a revolving body that includes an inner bore 411 extending in the axial direction of the projection member 410. The projecting member 410 further includes two pairs of long elastic pieces 412 and two pairs of short elastic pieces 413 which are divergently projecting from the edge 〇 of the inner hole 411. The two pairs of long elastic pieces 412 are symmetrically distributed at 180 degrees and have a hook portion 414. The two pairs of short shrapnels 413 are symmetrically distributed at 180 degrees and have hook portions 415. When the moving portion 372 is assembled, the spring 42 is first placed in the inner hole 411 of the extending member 410. The sliding shaft 378 is then passed through the receiving hole 480 of the sliding sleeve 379. At this time, the guiding rib 440 is received in the guiding groove 490' of the sliding sleeve 379. The sliding shaft 378 contacts the sliding portion due to the stopping portion 43. The first end face 461 of the large end 460 of the bushing 379 is supported. Then, the pair of long elastic pieces 412 of the protruding piece 410 are received in the receiving holes 463, 464 of the sliding sleeve 379. At this time, the hook portion 414 of the long elastic piece 412 contacts the second end surface 462 of the sliding sleeve 379. The short spring piece 413 of the 41 出 piece is in contact with the first end surface 461. The pair of long elastic pieces 412 have a divergent shape, and after being squashed in the receiving holes 463 and 464, they are contracted by a certain pressure and are substantially parallel, so that the sliding sleeve 379 does not protrude with the external force. The piece 410 is separated. In addition, after the protruding member 41 is connected to the sliding sleeve 379, the spring 42 received in the inner hole 411 is compressed by the sliding shaft 378 11 200924826. When the telescopic mechanism 370 is assembled, the two guide posts 510 of the sliding sleeve 379 are respectively received in the elongated slot 377 of the cover 371a and the elongated slot 375 of the support portion 371b, and the motor shaft 376 of the motor 373 is received. The threaded hole 450 of the sliding shaft 378 constitutes a sliding screw nut structure. That is, after the two guiding posts 510 are received in the elongated slot 375 and the elongated slot 377, the moving portion 372 has only one translational freedom, so that when the motor shaft 376 rotates, the moving portion 372 extends along the elongated slot 374. The direction ❹ linearly moves relative to the telescopic hole 341 to visually give the user an extension or shortening of the "nose" of the interactive toy 100. If an external force acts on the protruding member 410, if the humanoid interactive toy 1 falls from a certain degree so that the protruding member 41_〇 collides with the ground, the protruding member 410 pushes the sliding sleeve 379 along the The slide shaft 378 moves and compresses the spring 420 to convert the energy acting on the projecting member 41 碰撞 at the time of the collision into the elastic potential energy of the spring 420, thereby reducing the protrusion 41 or the 伸缩 telescopic mechanism 370. The chance of damage. Please also refer to FIG. 11 as an exploded view of the hat 32〇. The cap 320 includes a base 321 , an upper light guiding portion 322 , and a lower light guiding portion 3 . The upper light guiding portion 322 is connected to the base body 321 . The lower light guiding portion 3 is phantomly connected. The upper light guiding portion 322 〇 The base 321 is a hollow, thin-walled housing that is open at one end and has a generally parabolic profile and a generally circular mouth end 324. The upper light guiding portion 322 is a hollow thin-walled housing that is open at both ends, and is made of a light guiding material, and has a substantially frustoconical profile. It has a small opening σ 12 200924826 end 325 and a large opening. End 326. The small open end 325 is mated with the open end 324 of the base 321 . The lower light guiding portion 323 is a hollow thin-walled casing that is open at both ends and is made of a light-guiding material and has a substantially frustoconical profile having a large open end 327, a small open end 328, and a Bracket portion 329. The large open end 327 is coupled to the large open end 326 of the upper light guiding portion 322. The bracket portion 329 extends inwardly from the inner surface of the lower wall of the lower light guiding portion 323, and a light emitting member is fixed on the bracket 329. In the embodiment, the light emitting device is an LED lamp 520. The light emitted by the LED lamp 520 can be led out through the upper light guiding portion 322 and the lower light guiding portion 323 to form a light ring surrounding the base body 321 . Please refer to both FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, which are exploded views of the left arm 600 and the right arm 700, respectively. The right arm 700 includes an arm body 710 and a right hand 720. One end of the arm body 710 is connected to the main body 200, and the other end is connected to the right hand 720. The right hand 720 includes a hand skeleton 730 and a skeleton sleeve 740. The two sides of the hand skeleton 730 are respectively fixed with a sheet-shaped right hand sensor 750 and a light emitting member (not shown). In the embodiment, the light is emitted. The pieces are LED lights. The skeleton sleeve 740 is made of a transparent or translucent material and has a certain elasticity, which is hollow and open at one end, and is fitted over the hand skeleton 730 to wrap the hand skeleton 730. Light from the LED light of the right hand 720 can pass through the skeleton sleeve 740. The left arm 600 has the same configuration as the right arm 700. The left arm 600 includes a left hand 620. The left hand 620 includes a skeleton 630 and a skeleton sleeve 640. The two sides of the skeleton sleeve 640 are respectively fixed with a sheet shape. Left 13 200924826 Hand sensor 650 and LED lights (not shown). Please refer to FIG. 14 , which is a hardware architecture diagram of the interactive toy. The interactive toy 100 includes a central processing unit 101 and a memory 1 and 2 connected to the central processing unit 101 and located on the PCB 380. The voice recognition unit 103, the motor driving unit 1〇4, and the light sensor 1 〇5, connected to the central processing unit 101, the left hand sensor 650, the right hand sensor 750, the left ear sensor 352, the right ear sensor 362, the left face sensing 5|390 and the right face. Sensor 400. 〇 The § Remembrance 102 stores the problem audio file, the response audio file, and the story audio file. The problem audio file is used to ask a question to the user, and the story audio file is used to output the story to the user. The left hand sensor 650, the right hand sensor 750, the left ear sensor 352, the right ear sensor 362, the left face sensor 39〇, and the right face sensor 4〇〇 may be pressure sensors or The touch sensor is configured to sense a user's action on the interactive toy to send an input signal to the central processing unit 101, and the central processing unit 101 performs a corresponding motion according to the received input signal. The input signals generated by, for example, the left ear sensor 352 and the right ear sensor 362 are used to adjust the volume of the volume, and the rounding signals generated by the left face sensor 39 and the right face sensor 4 are used for the rounding signal. Audio playback control. When the interactive toy plays the audio broadcast, if the left ear sensor 352 breaks the trigger, the left ear sensor 352 sends a signal to the central processing unit ^01', and the processing unit 101 raises the interactive toy. 100 playback audio tone =. When the right ear sensor 362 is triggered, the volume of the interactive toy 1 〇〇 a frequency is turned down. The user only needs to tap or touch the side cover 14 200924826 353 or 363 to make the left ear sensor %, which is convenient for operation, and provides the user with the ^ 2 or right ear sensor 362 touching the interaction. When playing *100 play, or when the right face sensor 400 is triggered, the left face sensor 390 is diagnosed.

The detector 400 sends a signal to the central point 5 face sensor 390 or the right face story audio broadcast, then the central processing unit _ ιοί, if the previous or next story of the audio file is being played = 01 selects the beginning of the playing to play another story; if the playing J causes the interactive toy 100 to open the processing unit 101 to select the playing, the title audio a 'the central question audio file, the interactive toy 1Gn, the title The first or the last question of the audio audit. 100 begins to present another to the user for the convenience of the user. When M = the audio file in the memory 102, if the outerwear = the interactive toy 100 is playing: "The light sensor 105 sends a signal to the middle" : The central processing unit controls the coffee light 52 of the head 3 to continue to emit light - a predetermined time to form a correction around the head. When the interactive toy 1GG does not ride the sound, if the brightness of the outer ring (four) is lower than the pre-depreciation value, and the central processing unit 101 receives the signal of the left ear sensor 352 or the right ear sensor 362 The processing unit controls the LED light 520 of the head to continue to emit light for a predetermined time. When the interactive toy 1 plays the question audio file or the story audio file in the memory 102, the central processing unit 101 performs transmission according to the voice recognition unit 103, the left hand sensor 650 or the right hand sensor 750. The signal controls the motion portion 372 of the telescoping mechanism 370 to extend or retract to provide fun for the use of 15 200924826. The user ί 实 each question audio broadcast gives two options for the user to choose an option such as the option of the left hand _ detector corresponding, each option and each response audio file corresponding to the telescopic mechanism Tian Caizi Heart, moving state, that is, extending or indenting. The above problem audio sandal options, left hand = detector 650 and right hand sensor 75 〇, response sound and the sports department milk

G = between the dynamic state (four) should be recorded in the - correspondence table, the central = early yuan dish according to the corresponding table to perform related operations. The table below shows the correspondence between the - part of the correspondence table and the audio-salt item of the -_ question. Question audio file option sensor response audio file motion status problem audio file A option 1 left hand sensor 650 response audio file A1 motion section 372 extended question audio file A option 2 right hand sensor 750 response audio file A2 motion section 372 After the audio file is played, the central processing unit 101 controls the LED lights of the left hand 620 and the LED lights of the right hand 720 to continue to emit light for a predetermined time, for example, for 5 seconds. The LED of the left hand 620 and the LED of the right hand 72 可以 can emit monochromatic light of the same color, and can also emit monochromatic light of different colors. Of course, in order to attract the attention of the user, especially a younger user, such as a child aged 3-5, the LED lights of the left hand 620 and the right hand 720 can be controlled to blink at the same or different frequencies. 16 200924826 〇 If the left-hand sensor 65 〇 or the right-hand sensor 750 is triggered within the predetermined time, then the left-hand sensor 650 or the right-hand sensor 750 is triggered to send a signal to the central processing unit 101, The central processing unit 101 performs a corresponding response audio file according to the correspondence table, so that the user knows whether the selection made by himself is correct, and controls the moving portion 372 to extend or retract according to the correspondence table to visually To the user, especially the younger children, to leave the "nose, stretched or shortened impression" of the interactive toy for the user to provide more fun. The following table illustrates the interactive toy audio label Text problem audio file aOOl When there is only one person at home, there is a stranger knocking on the door outside 'Do you open the door or do not open the door for him? (The left hand 620 LED light and the right hand 720 LED light shine) Respond to the audio file bOOl (left hand feeling The detector 650 is triggered, the extension 41 〇 extends) Open the door for him? No, the adult can't open the door to the stranger when he is not at home. Be sure to remember 哟. Respond to the audio file b 002 (Right-hand sensor 750 is triggered, the extension 41 is retracted) Doesn't open the door to him? Right? When the adult is not at home, he can't open the door to strangers. It's so smart! Hey, like, "Oh, I am again." Having lied to a person, etc., indicating that the interactive toy has made a mistake, the voice recognition unit 1-3 recognizes the specific sentence and sends a signal to the central processing unit 101, which controls the expansion and contraction. The extension 410 of the mechanism 370 is extended. When the interactive toy outputs a specific statement, such as "I recognize my mistake, etc., indicating that the 17 200924826 interactive toy 100 recognizes" the wrong statement, the central processing The unit 1〇1 controls the extension member 41 of the telescopic mechanism 370 to be retracted. The specific statement of the above-mentioned interactive toy 1〇〇 is set according to the development of the storyline and the extension member 41 is extended or contracted. In order to cooperate with and set off the development of the storyline, the user's sense of giving the user the extension/shortening of the nose of the interactive toy 100 provides more fun for the user. The following table shows the situation of the audio file S001.

,· --- - .... — I ❹ ---——______ I will tell you a story I have personally experienced. A long time ago, I lost my way in a forest, tired and hungry. Suddenly, I saw a log cabin, the door was open, and I went in. There was a table in the dead wooden house, and there was a hot meal on the table. I tasted the dish. It was too hot, not good. At this time, a bear came out from the outside. It actually said: The food outside is certainly not delicious at home. Then I woke up, but luck is just a dream of mine. Oops, I lied to people again (extending out 410). Don't lie, or the nose will grow as long as I grow. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a humanoid interactive toy of the present invention. Figure 2 is a perspective view of the head of the humanoid interactive toy shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 is an exploded view of the face of the head shown in Figure 2. The figure is a partial enlarged view I of Fig. 3. 4 is a plan view of the housing of the face shown in FIG. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the telescopic mechanism of the face shown in Fig. 3; 18 200924826 FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the moving portion of the telescopic mechanism shown in FIG. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the sliding shaft of the telescopic mechanism shown in Fig. 5. Figure 8 is a perspective view of the sliding sleeve of the telescopic mechanism of Figure 5. Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing another angle of the sliding sleeve of the telescopic mechanism shown in Fig. 5. Figure 10 is a perspective view of the extension of the telescopic mechanism of Figure 5. Figure 11 is an exploded view of the cap of the head shown in Figure 2. ❹ Figure 12 is an exploded view of the left arm of the humanoid interactive toy shown in Figure 1. Figure 13 is an exploded view of the right arm of the humanoid interactive toy shown in Figure 1. Ο Figure 14 is a hardware architecture diagram of the humanoid interactive toy shown in Figure 1. [Main component symbol description] Humanoid interactive toy 100 Central processing unit 101 Memory 102 Speech recognition unit 103 Motor drive unit 104 Light sensor 105 Main body 200 Head 300 Face 310 Hat 320 Base 321 Upper light guide 322 Lower light guide Department 323 19

❹ 200924826 open end small open end large open end large open end small open end bracket part neck housing telescopic hole neck through hole left ear mounting part through hole right ear mounting part recessed part recessed left ear bracket shrapnel left ear sensation Detector side cover right ear bracket right ear sensor side cover 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 340 341 342 343 3431 344 345 346 350 351 3511 352 353 360 361 362 363 20

❹ 200924826 Telescopic mechanism Bracket Cover Supporting section Moving part Motor Slender slot Motor shaft Slender slot Slide shaft Sliding sleeve PCB board Left face sensor Right face sensor Extension

Inner 孑L Long shrapnel Short shrapnel Hook part Hook part Spring 篑 Stopper guide rib threaded hole 370 371 371a 371b 372 373 375 376 377 378 379 380 390 400 410 411 412 413 414 415 420 430 440 450 21 200924826 ❹ ❹ Big end 460 First end face 461 second end face 462 Small end 470 receiving hole 480 Guide groove 490 Expansion slot 500 Guide post 510 LED light 520 Left arm 600 Left hand 620 Hand skeleton 630 Skeleton sleeve 640 Left hand sensor 650 Right arm 700 Arm body 710 Right hand 720 hand skeleton 730 skeleton sleeve 740 right hand sensor 750 left leg 800 right leg 900 22

Claims (1)

200924826 X. Patent application scope: 1. A humanoid interactive toy comprising a processing unit, a memory and an ear portion, the memory storing an audio file, the improvement being: the inner side of the ear portion is provided with a sensing unit, the sensing unit It is used for sensing the action of the user on the ear, thereby sending a signal to the processing unit, and after receiving the signal of the sensing unit, the processing unit adjusts the volume of the audio file played by the interactive toy. 2. The humanoid interactive toy of claim 1, wherein the sensing unit is a touch sensor. 3. The humanoid interactive toy of claim 1, wherein the sensing unit is a pressure sensor. 4. The humanoid interactive toy according to claim 1, wherein the interactive toy further comprises a face, the ear portion comprising a bracket and a side cover, the bracket being coupled to the face for carrying the The side cover, the sensing unit covers the inner side of the side cover. The humanoid interactive toy according to claim 4, wherein the side cover is a hemispherical hollow casing, and the sensing unit is closely attached to the inner surface of the side cover. 6. The humanoid interactive toy according to claim 4, wherein the face has two through holes, the bracket has two elastic pieces, and the elastic piece has a hook-shaped end, and the two elastic pieces are respectively accommodated in the two A through hole allows the bracket to be detachably attached to the face. twenty three