WO2016045089A1

WO2016045089A1 - Household interaction device

Info

Publication number: WO2016045089A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/087558
Authority: WO
Inventors: 占丽兴
Original assignee: 占丽兴
Priority date: 2014-09-26
Filing date: 2014-09-26
Publication date: 2016-03-31

Abstract

A household interaction device (10), comprising at least one operating part (31, 32, 33), which can be operated by a pet or an infant; a circuit module (60), which is provided with a controller (62) and a storage (64) electrically connected to the controller, the storage (64) being used for storing at least one sound signal; a speaker (50), which is electrically connected to the circuit module (60); and at least one switch (41, 42, 43), which is electrically connected to the circuit module (60). The switches (41, 42, 43) can be controlled by the operating parts (31, 32, 33) to transmit a starting signal to the circuit module (60) when the operating parts (31, 32, 33) are operated, so that the circuit module (60) transmits a sound signal corresponding to the starting signal to the speaker (50), and the speaker (50) makes a sound corresponding to the sound signal.

Description

Home interactive appliances

Technical field

The present invention relates to a home electronic device, and more particularly to a home interactive device that can be operated by a pet or an infant with its instinctive grasping action to achieve a function of allowing a pet or baby to interact with a person.

Background technique

Since ancient times, there has always been a close relationship between pets and people. In the early days, people kept pets to help hunt, pull carts, or care for animals. As the times evolved into industrialized society, modern people’s attitude toward pets gradually turned into psychology. Emotional sustenance, let pets used in the past as tools to become a place to enter the room, accompany people to live together, to meet the stability of the soul. And more and more academic research points out that people who are accompanied by pets can not only benefit their own health, but also improve their interpersonal relationships with others.

In the traditional interaction between pets and people, because the communication and expression behaviors of the two are very different, they have always been built in the "dominant-submissive" framework, that is, the owner uses high power to direct all behaviors of pets. Many pet training devices currently on the market use punishment and reward methods to let pets passively understand people's thoughts.

But in fact, in the above interaction between pets and people, people are often affected by their own emotions or the environment, causing people to fail to convey the correct message for the pet to understand, and the pet itself has its own communication and expression. Nowadays, pets cannot directly use their own behaviors to communicate with people. Therefore, people and pets often have misunderstandings between pets and people because of different expressions. But in fact, in the above interaction between pets and people, people are often affected by their own emotions or the environment, causing people to fail to convey the correct message for the pet to understand, and the pet itself has its own communication and expression. Nowadays, pets cannot directly use their own behaviors to communicate with people. Therefore, people and pets often have misunderstandings between pets and people because of different expressions. In addition, the baby does not speak during the toddler period and needs to communicate with other relatives through other means.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above problems, the main object of the present invention is to provide a home interactive device that can be pre-recorded by a pet or an infant with its instinctive squatting action, thereby To let pets interact with people

In order to achieve the above object, a home interactive appliance provided by the present invention includes: at least one operation portion capable of being operated by a pet or a baby; a circuit module having a controller and an electrical connection with the controller a memory for storing at least one audio signal; a speaker electrically connected to the circuit module; at least one switch electrically connected to the circuit module, the switch being controllable by the operating portion When the operation unit is operated, an activation signal is transmitted to the circuit module, so that the circuit module transmits an audio signal corresponding to the activation signal to the speaker, so that the speaker emits a sound corresponding to the sound signal. .

According to the above technical solution, the interactive device of the present invention allows the pet or the baby to operate the operation portion with the burrowing or scratching action inherent in the instinct, and then cooperate with the user's timely response, and even the user can store his own voice into the sound. The sound signal, therefore, the interactive device of the present invention can achieve the effect of allowing a pet or baby to communicate with a person. Moreover, the interactive device of the present invention is relatively simple in construction and does not require any portion of the device to be carried by the pet or infant and the user, and is therefore relatively convenient to use.

DRAWINGS

1 and 2 are schematic perspective views of a household interactive appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 is similar to Figure 2, in which a backplane and a circuit module of the interactive device are removed for illustration;

4 is a cross-sectional view of a household interactive appliance provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a circuit block diagram of a household interactive appliance provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

6 to 8 are schematic views of a pet or infant operating the interactive device.

detailed description

The structure and function of the present invention will now be described in detail by way of the following embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The structure and function of the present invention will now be described in detail by way of the following embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, a household interactive device 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base 20, a first operating portion 31, a second operating portion 32, and a third operating portion 33. A first switch 41, a second switch 42, a third switch 43, a speaker 50, and a circuit module 60. It will be appreciated that the interactive device 10 is primarily designed for dogs, but is also applicable to other animals having a dog-like gripping action, such as cats, squirrels, and the like. Thus, the term "pet" as used in the present invention refers to dogs and other animals that are instinctively scratched.

The base 20 includes a case 22, a back plate 24, an outer step 26, and an inner step 28. The casing 22 has a rear opening 221, a front opening 224 extending through the front panel 222 of the casing 22, and a plurality of sounding holes 228 extending through the casing 22 and the top plate 226. The back plate 24 is provided at the rear opening 221 of the casing 22. The outer step 26 is fixed to the outside of the front plate 222 and is located below the front opening 224. The inner step 28 is fixed to the inner side of the front plate 222, and the top surface 282 of the inner step 28 is higher than the top surface 262 of the outer step 26.

Each of the

operation portions

31, 32, and 33 is disposed in the front opening 224 of the base 20, and the

rear half portions

312, 322, and 332 of the

operation portions

31, 32, and 33 are disposed on the top surface 282 of the inner step 28, and the operation portions The

front half portions

314, 324, 334 of the 31, 32, 33 are vacantly located above the outer step 26, whereby the

respective operating portions

31, 32, 33 can be pressed when the

front half portions

314, 324, 334 are pressed as shown in FIG. The ground swings.

As shown in FIG. 3, each of the switches 41, 42, 43 is attached to the inside of the casing 22 of the base 20, and includes a pressing member 70, a switch body 80, and an elastic member 90, respectively. The pressing members 70 are respectively disposed at the rear ends of the

operating portions

31, 32, and 33, and the switch bodies 80 are disposed at the rear ends of the inner steps 28, and the elastic members 90 are respectively fixed at the rear ends of the

operating portions

31, 32, and 33 by one end thereof. And fixed at its other end to the rear end of the inner step 28. Each of the switch bodies 80 is a commonly used limit switch having a button (not shown) at the top thereof. When the

operating portions

31, 32, 33 are not pressed and oscillated, the switches 41, 42, 43 The pressing member 70 is a button that is pressed against the top of the switch body 80. It is worth mentioning that the pressing members 70 of the respective switches 41, 42, 43 can be integrally formed with the

respective operating portions

31, 32, 33, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the operating portion 32 is swung by an external force, the pressing member 70 of the switch 42 and the switch body 80 are separated from each other, and the elastic member 90 of the switch 42 is stretched and deformed; when the external force is released, the switch The elastic restoring force provided by the elastic member 90 of 42 causes the operation portion 32 to return to the unpressed state, thereby returning the pressing member 70 of the switch 42 and the switch main body 80 to the aforementioned pressing relationship. The above is an example in which the operation unit 32 is pressed, the operation relationship between the operation unit 31 and the switch 41, and the operation relationship between the operation unit 33 and the switch 43 are the same as the operation relationship between the operation unit 32 and the switch 42. People no longer elaborate.

The speaker 50 is the same as the conventional speaker, and is disposed inside the top plate 226 of the casing 22 of the base 20, and can play sound through the sound holes 228 to the outside of the casing 22.

The circuit module 60 is disposed on the backplane 24 of the base 20 and is coupled to a power supply unit (not shown) via a power cord 61 (shown in FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 5, the circuit module 60 has a controller 62, a memory 64 electrically coupled to the controller 62, a switching member 66 electrically coupled to the controller 62, and an audio receiving member 68 electrically coupled to the memory 64. , the switching member 66 and the audio receiving member 68 It is exposed on the outside of the backing plate 24 (as shown in Figure 2). The memory 64 is configured to store a first audio signal, a second audio signal, and a third audio signal, and the speaker 50 is electrically connected to the memory 64. The switch body 80 of each of the switches 41, 42, 43 is electrically connected to the controller 62. The switching member 66 is for the user to operate to switch the interactive device 10 to a broadcast mode or a recording mode. The audio receiving component 68 can be a fixed microphone for receiving sound and converting the sound into an audio signal. Alternatively, the audio receiving component 68 can be a signal transmission component having a slot for inserting a movable microphone ( Not shown in the figure).

When the interaction device 10 is in the broadcast mode, each of the switches 41, 42, 43 can respectively activate the activation signals corresponding to the respective audio signals when the

operation portions

31, 32, and 33 are pressed (in this embodiment, the switches 41, The signal of the switch body 80 of the 42 and 43 is transmitted to the circuit module 60, so that the circuit module 60 transmits the sound signal corresponding to the start signal received by the circuit module 60 to the speaker 50, so that the speaker 50 emits Corresponds to the sound of the sound signal. When the interactive device 10 is in the recording mode, the circuit module 60 stores the audio signals received by the audio receiving device 68 as the first, second, and the first, second, and

third operating portions

31, 32, 33, respectively. The third sound signal.

When the above-mentioned home interactive appliance 10 is used, it is specifically:

b) The memory 64 of the circuit module 60 of the interactive device 10 stores three audio signals. In detail, the user needs to first put the device 10 in the recording mode, and then the user only presses the first operating portion 31, and after a short period of time, the interactive device 10 starts recording, and the user reproduces the sound for receiving by the microphone, for example, " I want food, so that the audio receiving unit 68 receives the sound signal corresponding to the sound, so that the memory 64 stores the sound signal as the first sound signal corresponding to the first operating portion 31. In the foregoing manner, the user can also say other messages that the pet or the baby may want to express when pressing the second and

third operating portions

32, 33, respectively, such as "I want to play", etc., to store the corresponding correspondences. 2. Second and third audio signals of the

third operation units

32 and 33.

Finally, the user operates the switching member 66 to switch the interactive device 10 to the broadcast mode. It is worth mentioning that the sound that the user makes for the microphone is not limited to the sound of the user, but also the ringtone or other sound.

c) As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the pet or baby presses the

operation portions

31, 32, 33 of the interactive device 10 so that the speaker 50 emits a sound to the user. For example, when the pet or baby presses the first operation portion 31 to cause the speaker 50 to emit a "I want food" sound, the user performs the feeding action. Since the action of pressing is quite consistent with the boring or scratching action that is conventionally used by a pet such as a cat or a dog or an infant, the user can easily guide the pet or the baby to press the

operation portions

31, 32, and 33, and then cooperate with the user. Timely In response to the training, the pet or the baby can learn to use the

respective operating units

31, 32, 33 to express the message stored by the user in the device 10. In other words, the interactive device 10 can be pre-recorded by a pet or an infant with its instinctive scratching action, thereby enabling the pet or baby to interact with the person while cultivating feelings, entertainment, and training the pet or baby. Moreover, the configuration of the interactive device 10 is relatively simple and does not require any portion of the interactive device 10 to be carried by the pet or infant and the user, and thus the interactive device 10 is also relatively convenient to use.

It should be noted that the home interactive device 10 provided by the present invention may not have a recording function, but a fixed audio signal is pre-stored in the memory 64 of the circuit module 60. Therefore, the circuit module 60 may not have the switching member 66 and the audio receiving member 68. In this case, in the method of using the interactive device 10, while the user provides the interactive device 10, the memory 64 of the circuit module 60 of the interactive device 10 is in the memory 64. The sound signal has been stored, and the user does not need to perform the action of storing the sound signal.

In addition, each of the operating

portions

31, 32, 33 is not limited to the pedal form provided by the foregoing embodiment, and each of the switches 41, 42, 43 may be any type of switch as long as the operating

portions

31, 32, 33 are available. The pet or the baby can be pressed while the switches 41, 42, 43 can be controlled. However, such as buttons, touch panels, and the like, which can be pressed by a pet or a baby, but are less in conformity with a behavior pattern such as a hole or a slap in a pet or an infant, and therefore, the operation portion in the form of a pedal provided by the foregoing embodiment is ideal. the design of.

Furthermore, the number of operating portions and switches of the interactive device 10 and the number of audio signals stored in the memory 64 are not limited to three, as long as the numbers are equal. In fact, the interactive device 10 can have at least one operating portion and one switch.

Finally, it is to be noted that the constituent components of the present invention disclosed in the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative, and those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that these detailed descriptions and implementations are specific embodiments of the present invention. It is intended to illustrate the invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The alternative or variations of other equivalent components are also covered by the scope of the patent.

Claims

A household interactive appliance characterized by comprising:

At least one operating portion capable of being operated by a pet or a baby;

a circuit module having a controller and a memory electrically connected to the controller, the memory for storing at least one audio signal;

a speaker electrically connected to the circuit module;

At least one switch electrically coupled to the circuit module, the switch being controllable by the operating portion to transmit an activation signal to the circuit module when the operating portion is operated, such that the circuit module The sound signal corresponding to the start signal is transmitted to the speaker, so that the speaker emits a sound corresponding to the sound signal.
The household interactive appliance of claim 1 wherein:

Each of the operation unit and the switch is controlled by each of the operation units, and the memory of the circuit module can store a plurality of sound signals respectively corresponding to the activation signals of the switches.
The household interactive appliance of claim 1 wherein:

The switch includes a switch body electrically connected to the circuit module, and a pressing member disposed on the operating portion and pressed against the switch body, and the operating portion is oscillated when operated to cause the pressing The piece is separated from the switch body.
A household interactive appliance according to claim 3, wherein:

The switch further includes an elastic member, and the two ends of the elastic member are respectively fixed to the operating portion and the base to provide an elastic restoring force for returning the operating portion to an unoperated state.
The household interactive appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said circuit module has a switching member capable of switching said interactive device to a broadcast mode or a recording mode, when said interactive device is In the broadcast mode, the speaker emits a sound when the operating portion is operated.
A household interactive appliance according to claim 5, wherein:

The circuit module has an audio receiving component electrically connected to the memory, and when the interactive device is in a recording mode, the circuit module receives an audio signal received by the audio receiving component when the operating portion is operated Stored in the memory.
The household interactive appliance of claim 1 wherein said household interactive appliance further comprises a power source for providing operating power to said circuit module and speaker.