WO2012100742A1

WO2012100742A1 - Interactive electronic toy bricks system

Info

Publication number: WO2012100742A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/070726
Authority: WO
Inventors: 曹伟勋; 郑玺
Original assignee: 无锡爱睿芯电子有限公司
Priority date: 2011-01-29
Filing date: 2012-01-27
Publication date: 2012-08-02
Also published as: CN102614658A

Abstract

An interactive electronic toy bricks system comprises an electronic device (100), in which a toy bricks building program (114) is executed. The toy bricks building program (114) provides a plurality of basic toy modules including toy bricks modules and electronic modules. Users may move the basic toy modules to create virtual toys with all kinds of shapes and/or functions with the toy bricks building program (114).

Description

Interactive electronic building block system

Technical field

The invention relates to the field of electronic games, and in particular to an electronic building block system which uses a computer to display a building block toy module and constructs the same.

Background technique

Building block toys have always been a favorite toy for many people. Players can build blocks of various shapes to help develop intelligence. Existing building block toys are usually physical toys, and there are few toy building blocks. Although LEGO Toys has introduced an electronic building block game modeled on Lego's physical toys, Lego's toy blocks can only be superimposed on the bumps and grooves, and the shape is limited. Moreover, LEGO's electronic building blocks game uses a lot of components. To build a toy, you need to use many different shapes of modules. The overall structure is very complicated, so the playability is not high.

In addition, the existing LEGO electronic building blocks game can only be built in front of the computer with a mouse, and the computer will be damaged at a close distance to the computer for a long time.

Summary of the invention

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic building block system which allows a user to build a wide variety of toy blocks by means of electronic equipment.

In order to achieve the foregoing object, an interactive electronic building block system includes an electronic device, wherein a building block running program is provided in the electronic device, and a plurality of basic toy modules are provided in the building block program, wherein the basic toy module includes a building block The module and the electronic module, the user creates a toy piece of various shapes and/or functions by moving the basic toy module provided by the building block building program in the building block program.

Further, the building block module comprises a sheet-like basic member, a 0-180 degree differently bent connecting member and a fixing member, wherein the basic member is formed with a plurality of perforations, and the connecting member is formed with two or more perforations, The fixing member can fix the base member and the connecting member through the through holes in the base member and the connecting member.

Further, the electronic module includes a sensor module, a controller module, a digital processor module, a signal generation module, a power management module, and/or a connector.

Further, the electronic module includes a circuit board, electronic components mounted on the circuit board, and sockets formed around the circuit board, the connectors being inserted into sockets of the respective electronic modules to connect the respective electronic modules to each other.

Further, the electronic building block system is a basic toy module provided by a wireless controller moving the building block program. The wireless controller communicates with the electronic device via a Bluetooth system. Further, the wireless remote controller is a wireless sensor glove provided with a sensor, which senses the action of the user's finger, converts the user's finger motion into a command of the building block program in the computer system, and transmits the instruction to the electronic device to implement the pair. The grabbing and moving of the toy module in the building block program in the electronic device.

Further, the wireless controller determines the operation behavior of the human hand in each module in the building block program by capturing the motion of the human hand through the camera.

Further, the electronic device includes a touch screen, and the electronic building block system moves the basic toy module provided by the building block program by clicking a basic toy module displayed on the touch screen.

Further, each toy piece created by the user includes an architectural part built by a plurality of building block modules and an electronic functional part connected by a plurality of electronic modules, wherein the plurality of electronic modules are fixed to the plurality of building blocks On the module.

Further, the building block program records the building block module and the electronic module used by each toy piece created by the user, and the assembly process of each toy piece created by the user.

Further, the interactive electronic building block system further includes a sensor box connected to the electronic device, and the sensing box includes various physical sensors.

Further, a user-created toy work uses a sensor module provided in the building block program to verify the toy work using a corresponding physical sensor in the sensor box.

Compared with the prior art, the interactive electronic building block system of the present invention enables a user to build a variety of toy works by means of electronic equipment. Moreover, the process of creating a toy work by a user is recorded in detail, and the toy work can be easily reproduced in the real world based on these records. In addition, the toy works created based on the building block program can be verified by using an electronic device and a sensing box.

DRAWINGS

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an electronic building block system of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the structure of an embodiment of the electronic building block system of the present invention.

3 is a schematic view showing the interface of the building block module in the building block building program of the electronic building block system of the present invention. 4 is a schematic structural view of a basic part of a building block module in the electronic building block system of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of a connector of a building block in the electronic building block system of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the interface of an electronic module in a building block building program of the electronic building block system of the present invention. Fig. 7 is a structural schematic view showing one of the modules of the electronic module of the electronic building block system of the present invention. Figure 8 is a block diagram showing the structure of an embodiment of a wireless controller of the electronic building block system of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of building a fish using the building block module and the electronic module of the electronic building block system of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a block diagram showing the structure of another embodiment of the electronic building block system of the present invention.

detailed description

The term "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" as used herein refers to a particular feature, structure, or characteristic that can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the "a" or "an" In addition, the order of the elements in the method, the flowchart, or the functional block diagrams of the one or more embodiments is not intended to be in any specific order, and does not limit the invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which shows a structural block diagram of the electronic building block system of the present invention. As shown, the electronic building block system 1 of the present invention includes an electronic device 100 and a wireless controller 200. The building block building of the present invention can be run in the electronic device 100.

In one embodiment of the invention, the electronic device 100 is a computer. Referring to Figure 2, there is shown an illustrative computer architecture of a computer 100 for use in an embodiment of the present invention. The computer 100 is a conventional desktop computer or laptop notebook, and the computer 100 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 101, a system including a random access memory (RAM) 102 and a read only memory (ROM) 103. Memory 104, and system bus 105 connecting system memory 104 and central processing unit 101. The computer 100 also includes a basic input/output system (I/O system) 106 that facilitates the transfer of information between various devices within the computer, and a mass storage device 107 for storing operating systems, applications, and other program modules.

The basic input/output system 106 includes a display 108 for displaying information and an input device 109 for user input of information. The display 108 and the input device 109 are both connected to the central processing unit 101 by an input/output controller 110 connected to the system bus 105. The basic input/output system 106 can also include an input and output controller 110 for receiving and processing input from an input device. Similarly, input/output controller 110 also provides output to a display, printer, or other type of output device.

The mass storage device 107 is connected to the central processing unit 101 by a mass storage controller (not shown) connected to the system bus 105. The mass storage device 107 and its associated computer readable medium provide non-volatile storage for the computer 100. That is, the mass storage device 107 may include a computer readable medium (not shown) such as a hard disk or a CD-ROM drive. Without loss of generality, the computer readable medium can include computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes RAM, ROM, EPR〇M, EEPR〇M, flash memory or other solid state storage technologies, CD-R〇M, DVD or other optical storage, magnetic tape cartridges, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices. Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the computer storage medium is not limited to the above.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the computer 100 may also be operated by a remote computer connected to the network via a network such as the Internet. That is, the computer 100 can be connected to the network 1 12 through the network interface unit 111 connected to the system bus 105, or can also be connected to other types of networks or remote computer systems using the network interface unit 111. (not shown).

A plurality of program modules and data files may be stored in the mass storage device 107 and RAM of the computer 100, which may include an operating system 1 13 suitable for controlling a networked personal computer. At the same time, the mass storage device 107 and the RAM can also store one or more program modules. In particular, the building block program 14 of the present invention can be stored in the mass storage device 107 and the RAM.

In the foregoing embodiment, the electronic device is a computer. In other embodiments, the electronic device may also be an electronic display device that can display a screen, such as a mobile phone, a smart TV, or a projection screen, as long as the electronic device of the present invention can be displayed. The picture of the building block program can be.

The basic building module 14 includes a plurality of basic toy modules, wherein the basic toy module comprises a building block module and an electronic module, and the basic toy module provided by the user moving the building block program in the building block building program is created into various shapes and/or Or functional toy works.

Referring to Figure 3, there is shown an interface schematic of a building block module in the electronic building block program of the present invention. The building block module provided by the building block program of the present invention includes a base member, a connecting member and a fixing member (not shown).

Referring to Fig. 4, the basic components of the electronic building block of the present invention include a basic member of a rectangular shape 41, a sector 42, a triangle 43, and a circular 44. A plurality of perforations 401 are formed in each of the basic members.

Referring to FIG. 5, the connecting member comprises a rectangular flat plate 51 or a right angle bent connecting member 52, and an obtuse bending connecting member 53, and only the connecting members are schematically listed at several angles. In practice, the connecting member Piece It can be a bent piece at any angle of 0-180 degrees. Two through holes 501 are formed in each of the connecting members, and in other embodiments, more than two through holes may be formed in the connecting members.

The fixing member may be a screw or an elastic snap member, and the fixing member penetrates the through hole of the base member and the connecting member to connect the various basic members through the connecting member.

The colors of the various basic building blocks described above may be any color.

Referring to Figure 6, there is shown a schematic diagram of the interface of the electronic module in the electronic building block of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the electronic module of the present invention is composed of electronic modules that can be freely assembled and connected by a certain function and a prescribed ratio: the classification of these electronic modules may include a sensor module, a controller module (including signal reception and transmission). ), digital processor modules, signal generation modules (such as speakers, displays, LEDs, etc.), power management modules, connectors, and other accessories.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , wherein each of the sensor module, the controller module, the digital processor module, and the power management module includes a circuit board 71 and various electronic components 72 mounted on the circuit board 71 on the circuit board 71. A socket 73 is formed around the circumference. The aforementioned connector may be a wire with a plug. As shown in Fig. 6, the respective electronic modules can be connected by plugging the plugs of the connectors into the sockets on the circuit boards of the respective electronic modules.

In an embodiment of the invention, the wireless controller may be a wireless mouse, and the wireless mouse may wirelessly communicate with the electronic device through a Bluetooth system. Then, the user can hold the wireless mouse, and can remotely click to select the building block module or the electronic module in the building block racking program in the electronic device to build the building block.

As shown in FIG. 8, in another embodiment of the present invention, the wireless controller 200 can be a wireless sensing glove, and a sensor 201 is disposed in the glove, and each finger can be moved after the user wears the glove. Sensor sensing, such as finger pinching, opening, and hand movement. After the sensor senses the action of the hand, the action of the user's hand can be transmitted to the electronic device through the wireless transmission unit 202. The electronic device 100 is correspondingly provided with a wireless receiving unit (not labeled), and the electronic device 100 receives the finger motion from the sensor. The signal can correspond to the building block or electronic module in the building block program.

Taking the wireless controller as the wireless sensing glove as an example, after the user brings the wireless sensing glove, the building block module or the electronic module displayed by the building block program in the electronic device can be directly selected by hand, when the user symbolically uses the hand. When the building block module displayed in the electronic device is captured, the building block module in the electronic device is displayed as being captured, and the user's hand moves, and the captured building block module in the electronic device also moves along with the The user can place the building block in any position in the diagram. Then the user releases the hand, and the building block module in the corresponding electronic device is released. The user can then grab another building block module and splicing the building blocks to form a building block toy.

In the foregoing embodiment, the wireless controller communicates with the electronic device by means of wireless transmission. In other embodiments, the motion of the human hand can be captured by the camera to determine the operation behavior of the human hand. In short, the remote control can be controlled by various means. The building block modules shown in the electronic device are not described in detail in the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, in one embodiment of the present invention, the user grasps the building block module displayed by the building block program in the electronic device to build a fish shape, and installs the electronic model on the fish building block model. Modules, such as various electronic modules, together form an FM radio.

In the foregoing embodiment, the building block setting program in the grabbing electronic device is remotely controlled by the wireless controller. In other embodiments, for example, the electronic device is a computer including a touch display screen, and the toy module may be displayed on the computer. On the touch display screen, the user can click on the toy module on the touch display screen of the computer to select the toy module, and then drag the toy module to move the toy module to the place where the user wants to move to build the building block.

The electronic building block system of the present invention, wherein the building block module provided by the building block building program only needs to provide basic triangles, rectangles, sectors, and circles, and the user can use the building block modules of the basic shapes to construct various pieces through the connecting pieces. The shape is relatively small compared to the toy of Lego, and the number of building blocks in the electronic building block system of the present invention is small, so that it is relatively easy to set up. The user can remotely select the building block module displayed in the electronic device through the wireless controller, thereby avoiding damage to the eyes caused by close proximity to the computer screen for a long time.

It can be seen that the user can freely create a toy piece according to his own idea in the building block building program. Each toy piece created by the user can include an architectural part constructed by a plurality of building block modules and connected by a plurality of electronic modules. The electronic functional part, wherein the plurality of electronic modules are fixed on the plurality of building blocks, so that the toy works have a contour shape, such as a fish, a dinosaur, etc., and has an electronic function, such as a light that is lighted by a clapping hand (It includes the following electronic modules: power module, lamp module, switch module, sound sensor module), which makes the toy works more interesting. For example, if the user creates a small fish-shaped clap light, the user can first build the shape of the small fish with each building block module, and then use the electronic modules to connect the electronic function part of the clap light. The electronic functional part is then attached to the shape outline of the small fish. The building block program can record the building blocks and electronic modules used by each toy piece created by the user, and the assembly process of each toy piece created by the user. In this way, the toy work can be made easier to re-implement, for example, the user or other user can build another identical toy work based on these records. In an application, the same reality building block module and real-life electronic module can be provided in reality. After the user builds a toy piece in the building block program, the user can base the same realistic building block module and reality according to the records. The electronic module, and the same assembly sequence, assemble the same realistic piece of this toy.

In one embodiment, in the building block program, it is possible to simulate or verify whether the electronic function part of a toy piece is correct, such as whether the hand lighted by the clap is a clap, and the light is indeed bright, and the building block can be used at this time. Set up a button on the program's electronic device to simulate clapping. In a preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the electronic building block system may further include a sensing box 300 connected to the electronic device 100, and the sensing box includes various physical sensors, such as Sound sensor, smoke sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, acceleration sensor and pressure sensor. If a sensor module provided in the building block is used in the toy work created by the user, the corresponding physical sensor in the sensor box 300 can be used to verify the toy work. For example, if the toy creation created by the user includes an electronic application part with a smoke alarm, the smoke sensor in the sensor box 300 can be used to simulate or simulate the smoke sensor of the electronic part of the smoke alarm in the toy work, so that The entire toy work is simulated or verified.

The above description has fully disclosed the specific embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that any changes to the specific embodiments of the invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the claims of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above.

Claims

Claim

An interactive electronic building block system, comprising an electronic device, wherein a building block building program is run in the electronic device, and a plurality of basic toy modules are provided in the building block building program, wherein the basic toy module comprises a building block module and an electronic module. The user creates a toy piece of various shapes and/or functions by moving the basic toy module provided by the building block building program in the building block program.

2. The interactive electronic building block system according to claim 1, wherein: the building block module comprises a sheet-like basic member, a 0-180 degree differently bent connecting member, and a fixing member, wherein the basic member is formed with a plurality of The perforation, the connector is formed with two or more perforations, and the fixing member can fix the base member and the connecting member through the perforations in the base member and the connecting member.

3. The interactive electronic building block system of claim 1 wherein: said electronic module comprises a sensor module, a controller module, a digital processor module, a signal generation module, a power management module, and/or a connector.

4. The interactive electronic building block system according to claim 3, wherein: said electronic module comprises a circuit board, electronic components mounted on the circuit board, and sockets formed around the circuit board, wherein the connectors are inserted into each The socket of the electronic module connects the individual electronic modules to each other.

5. The interactive electronic building block system of claim 1 wherein: said electronic building block system is a basic toy module provided by a wireless controller moving the building block program.

6. The interactive electronic building block system of claim 5 wherein: said wireless controller communicates with said electronic device via a Bluetooth system.

7. The interactive electronic building block system according to claim 5, wherein: the wireless remote controller is a wireless sensing glove provided with a sensor, which senses a motion of a user's finger, and converts the user's finger motion into a computer system. The instructions of the building block construction program are transmitted to the electronic device to realize the grasping and moving of the toy module in the building block program in the electronic device.

8. The interactive electronic building block system according to claim 5, wherein: the wireless controller determines the operation behavior of each module in the building block program by the action of the camera capturing the human hand.

9. The interactive electronic building block system according to claim 1, wherein: said electronic device comprises a touch screen, and said electronic building block system is provided by moving a building block program by clicking a basic toy module displayed on the touch screen. Basic toy module.

10. The interactive electronic building block system according to claim 1, wherein: each toy piece created by the user comprises an architectural part constructed by a plurality of building block modules and an electronic function connected by a plurality of electronic modules. Part, wherein the plurality of electronic modules are fixed to the plurality of building blocks.

An interactive electronic building block system according to claim 10, wherein: said building block program records a building block module and an electronic module used by each toy piece created by the user, and each of the user-created items. The assembly process of toy works.

12. The interactive electronic building block system of claim 3, further comprising: a sensing box coupled to the electronic device, the sensing box including various physical sensors.

13. The interactive electronic building block system according to claim 12, wherein: the user-created toy work uses a sensor module provided in the building block program, using the pair in the sensing box.