JP4870739B2 - Electronic game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic game device that can also be used as educational materials related to sound, and more specifically to an electronic game device using a wireless chip.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic game apparatuses that perform sound nerve weakness are known.
In Patent Document 1, 20 card icons are displayed on a color liquid crystal display unit as a 4 × 5 array and displayed as a nervous breakdown screen, and a music CD attached to the CD drive unit is randomly extracted. Each song start address for 10 songs is randomly associated with each of the 20 card arrangement positions and stored in the start position register in the RAM, and the first and second card icons are touch pens. When the selection is made by touching, the match / mismatch of the two melody of the CD that is sequentially reproduced and output from the speaker based on each corresponding song start address is judged by the match / mismatch of the song start address, and the matched card icon is An electronic game device that is displayed by switching to red is disclosed.
In Patent Document 2, it is detected that a predetermined operation has been performed on any of a plurality of cards, and a predetermined musical sound assigned to the card on which the predetermined operation has been performed is generated. A predetermined musical sound is assigned to each card in advance, and a musical sound is generated when a predetermined operation is performed on each card. At this time, an electronic game device is disclosed in which a game is executed by applying a predetermined game rule according to an operation history of a card on which a predetermined operation has been performed.

JP-A-9-56930 JP 2005-287934 A

The electronic game devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are games that perform a nervous breakdown of sounds that find the same combination of sounds. However, regardless of children in the upper grades of elementary school, children with insufficient intelligence, such as infants up to the first year of life, are difficult to play cards upside down, and as far as the applicant knows, they are rather large enough to fit in the palm of your hand. There is a tendency to pick up the object and shake and throw up and down to play. Education in early childhood is important for mastering absolute pitch, and there is a need for an electronic game device that is simple in rules but suitable for mastering absolute pitch.
Therefore, an object is to provide an electronic game device that can be operated intuitively even by infants and that can be enjoyed by adults.

The present invention includes a wireless communication device (3), a vibration sensor (4), and a power source (5), and a plurality of slave devices having a unique identifier and a wireless communication device that communicates with the wireless communication device (3). (6), a speaker (7), the slave unit apparatus is placed, the operation unit for inputting a plurality of mounting portion that have a unique identifier, the operation instruction to the handset device and the master unit device, storage An electronic game device comprising a parent device including a device and an arithmetic device, a test button (9), and a playback button (10) , wherein the parent device is a keyboard type and formed on a key When the concave portion constitutes a mounting portion, the handset device has a ball shape, and the vibration sensor (4) detects vibration, the sound associated with the identifier of the handset device from the speaker (7) wireless communication device an instruction to output (3) and a wireless communication device (6) Be to send to the computing device, mounting portion is to have a projecting apparatus to skip the top (14) with strength enough to come back to the same place the handset device again, a test button (9) When pushed, the projecting device (14) operates in order in one direction, and when the playback button (10) is pressed, the projecting device (14) operates in the order corresponding to the music. The electronic game device is preferably characterized in that twelve sounds from " do" to "shi" are assigned to the child device (1).

The child device can have a shape other than the ball shape, and may have a cube shape or a truncated cone shape like the building blocks. As long as there are two or more slave units, the number may be any number. Any sound can be assigned to any slave device, and for example, it may be used for English learning by assigning English words. One sound may be assigned to a plurality of slave devices.
The parent device can have an arbitrary shape. For example, a placement unit may be provided at a city position on a map and used for learning a city name. When the base unit is a keyboard type, a Doremifa sound may be output when the key is pressed, or the key may not be pressed as a simple design.

A nerve weakness game may be realized by attaching magnets or stickers to the child device and the parent device and combining vision and hearing. As such a nervous breakdown game, for example, (A) a method of playing a game by matching the sound and the magnetic sticker picture to be pasted, and (B) playing the game without matching the sound and the magnetic sticker picture. A method of performing is disclosed.
With the method (A), it is possible to learn what animal / thing the sound heard is. On the other hand, in the method (B), it is possible to learn which sound is in which place by using a magnetic seal as a mark in order to remember the place where the child device is placed. By switching ON / OFF the button for switching the match / mismatch between the sound installed on the base unit and the picture on the magnetic sticker, you can select which method to select. By configuring the parent device in this way, it is possible to provide an appropriate learning level according to the growth situation.
When the method (A) is selected, it is necessary to attach a picture to the child device to which a sound corresponding to the picture is assigned. Therefore, when a vibration such as lifting the child device is applied, a sound corresponding to the picture of the sticker is output from the speaker of the parent device, and a magnetic seal corresponding to the sound assigned to each child device is installed. A picture was attached to the whole child device, and a corresponding picture was also attached to the vicinity of the placement unit of the parent device.
When the method (B) is selected, it is not necessary to match the sound assigned to each slave device and the picture of the magnetic seal, so the magnet seal may be freely attached to the slave device.
In the present invention, in addition to matching / mismatching the sound and the picture of the magnetic sticker, a game divided into several levels can be provided according to the age of the player. This allows players to enjoy playing for a long time without getting bored with the game.

In the present invention, by incorporating a wireless communication device and the vibration sensor 4 in each ball slave unit 1, when the ball slave unit 1 is swung up and down or rolled, the sound corresponding to the ball slave unit 1 becomes the parent. Is output from the speaker 7 of the machine 2. Thereby, it is as if the player is freely making a sound using the ball, and the player can use the present invention happily.
Moreover, in this invention, when confirming whether the arrangement | positioning of a ball | bowl child machine is correct, for example in order to output a sound from the speaker of a parent | base machine, it is the ball | bowl child machine 1 with the protrusion apparatus 14 installed in the recessed part 13. You can give an impact by flying up. By giving an impact to the ball slave unit 1, the vibration sensor 4 detects the impact in the same manner as when the ball slave unit 1 is swung up and down, and a sound corresponding to the ball slave unit 1 is emitted from the base unit 2. Output from the speaker 7. This action makes it look as if the ball is dancing to the sound, allowing the player to enjoy not only hearing but also visual. In particular, since infants and the like tend to prefer objects that are large enough to fit in the palm of the hand (for example, balls) and objects that make sound, they can operate intuitively and use the present invention while having fun. it can.
Since various types of sound sources read from the storage medium 8 such as an SD card installed in the main unit 2 can be used, it is possible to play happily without getting tired. This makes it possible to learn skills that are important especially during infancy, such as learning absolute pitch. In addition, it is said that the absolute pitch can be acquired not only by infants but also by elderly people, and the present invention can be used in a wide range of ages. In other words, the present invention is also effective as means for activating the brain of the elderly.

The best mode of the present invention will be described with reference to an example of an electronic game device that can learn a pleasant sound. The rule of the game is that the player swings the ball, hears the sound corresponding to the ball, presses the key on the keyboard, and places the ball in the recess of the key that makes the same sound.
As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic game device of the present invention includes a plurality of ball slave devices 1 and a master device 2 (for example, an object shaped like a keyboard).
As shown in FIG. 2, each ball slave unit 1 is assumed to be formed of an elastic body incorporating a wireless communication device 3, a vibration sensor 4, and a power source 5. Further, there are twelve ball slave units 1, and it is assumed that twelve sounds including # and シ including # and ♭ are assigned in advance. In the present embodiment, all the ball slave units 1 are described as having the same color, pattern, and shape. However, modes in which the color, pattern, and shape are changed are naturally included in the technical idea of the present invention. The wireless communication device 3 is, for example, a sensor module using Bluetooth or ZigBee standards, and can communicate with the parent device 2. In the present embodiment, the ZigBee standard is used, which is characterized by quick start-up, low cost, and low power consumption. The vibration sensor 4 is, for example, a switch or various acceleration sensors composed of a rod having one end fixed and the other end constituting a movable contact, and a fixed contact installed so as to enclose the movable contact, whereby the player vibrates the ball. It is possible to detect that they are equal. The power source 5 is a commercially available primary battery or secondary battery. When the power source 5 is constituted by a secondary battery, a charging terminal or a non-contact type charging coil is provided.
As shown in FIG. 3, the master unit 2 includes a wireless communication device 6 that exchanges information with the wireless communication device 3 incorporated in each ball slave device 1, a storage device that stores sound source data, and an arithmetic device. Incorporated. In addition, the main unit 2 has a speaker 7 for outputting sound, and a reading for reading information from a medium (for example, an SD card) in which sound source data (for example, sounds of piano, saxophone, violin, etc.) is stored. The apparatus 8 is provided with a test button 9 and an answer button 10 as operation units. In the present embodiment, the base unit 2 has a keyboard shape and is composed of black 11 and white 12 keys. A sound may be output by pressing a key, or it may be configured not to be pressed as a simple design. In addition, each of the 12 keys including # and ド including the letter “D” and the letter “D” is provided with a recess 13 that is large enough to accommodate the ball slave. Under each recess 13, a projecting device 14 (for example, a device using a motor) is installed for pushing the ball child machine upward and flying it. Note that the protruding device 14 is not an essential configuration, and a configuration may be adopted in which sound is output at the timing when the ball slave unit 1 is placed in the recess 13.

In the present invention, when the ball child machine 1 is vibrated by a motion such as a baby swinging or throwing up and down by a player such as an infant, the sound assigned to each ball child machine 1 via wireless communication (for example, from the door to the player). 12 sounds) are output from the speaker 7 of the main unit 2. The mechanism is that when an operation such as vibration occurs, the vibration sensor 4 detects the operation, and the wireless communication device 3 incorporated in the ball slave unit 1 sends a signal to the wireless communication device 6 of the master unit 2, The wireless communication device 6 of the parent device 2 receives the signal and outputs a sound corresponding to the ball child device 1 that has transmitted the signal from the speaker 7. By outputting from the speaker 7 of the main unit 2 via wireless communication, various sound source data can be allocated from the media such as the SD card to the wireless communication device of the ball slave unit, so that the player is not bored. There is.
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a speaker is incorporated in the ball slave unit 1.

  Hereinafter, details of the present invention will be described by way of examples, but the present invention is not limited to the examples.

Example 1 relates to an electronic game device capable of performing nerve weakness due to sound. The electronic game device according to the first embodiment is configured as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the details thereof are as described above, and therefore the description thereof is omitted here.
In order to use the electronic game device according to the first embodiment, first, as an initial setting, sound source data used for nervous breakdown is read from a storage medium such as SD. The read sound source is assigned to the radio communication device incorporated in each ball slave unit 1 by the base radio communication device.
The player performs operations such as vibrating or rolling each ball child machine 1 and listens to the scale. After listening to the sound, the player places each ball slave unit 1 at the appropriate place on the keyboard of the master unit 2 by the player. For example, when it is felt that it is a sound of the door, the ball child machine 1 is arranged in the recess 13 in the place of the door. After the above operation is performed on all the ball handsets 1 and the ball handsets 1 are arranged on all the keys 11 and 12, the player presses the test button 9. When the test button 9 is pressed, the projecting device 14 installed under the recess 13 is raised with such a strength that the ball slave unit 1 in the position from the door to the door is returned to the same place in order. The ball child machine 1 is impacted by flying to The vibration sensor 4 of each ball slave unit 1 detects this vibration, and the information is transmitted from the radio communication device 3 of the ball slave unit 1 to the radio communication device 6 of the master unit 2 and received. 6 outputs a sound corresponding to each ball slave unit 1 from the speaker 7. The player listens to the sounds output in order and confirms whether the order in which the ball slave units 1 are arranged is correct. When it is determined that the player is wrong, the player performs an operation such as vibrating the ball slave unit 1 again and rearranges it. If it is determined that the player is correct, the player presses the playback button 10. When the playback button 10 is pressed, a song such as a nursery rhyme is output from the speaker 7 of the parent device 2. The music flowing here is struck up and vibrated with such a strength that the ball slave unit 1 at the position of the sound used for performance returns to the same place again by the protruding device 14 installed in the recess 13. The sound corresponding to the ball slave unit 1 is played by outputting from the speaker 7 of the master unit 2. When flying the ball slave unit 1 in response to a song, it takes some time from when the ball slave unit 1 flies back to the same place, and the song cannot be played at a normal speed. However, by slowing down the speed of the music to be played, the music can be smoothly played using the ball slave unit 1.
In addition, normal music is not always played using all 12 scales, and the correctness of the arrangement cannot be confirmed with respect to all the ball handsets 1, but by connecting a plurality of music, etc. The correctness of all the ball slave units 1 can be confirmed.
As described above, in this embodiment, if the ball is swung and the location of the ball slave unit 1 can be uniquely identified, a sound for informing the correct answer (for example, “ping pong” or “correct answer” sound) is generated. Thus, it can be said that the electronic game device of the present embodiment is a teaching material suitable for learning absolute pitch.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an electronic game device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a circuit diagram in a ball child machine. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Ball child machine 2 Parent machine 3 Wireless communication equipment (child machine chip)
4 Vibration sensor 5 Power supply 6 Wireless communication device (base device chip)
7 Speaker 8 Storage medium reader
9 Test button 10 Playback button 11 Black key 12 White key 13 Recessed part (mounting part)
14 Projection device

Claims (2)

A plurality of slave units having a unique identifier, including a wireless communication device (3), a vibration sensor (4), and a power source (5);
Wireless communication device that communicates with the wireless communication apparatus (3) (6), a speaker (7), the slave unit apparatus is placed, a plurality of mounting portion that have a unique identifier, handset unit and base unit device An electronic game device comprising: a master unit including an operation unit for inputting an operation command to a storage device, a storage device and an arithmetic device; a test button (9); and a playback button (10) ,
The master unit is a keyboard type, and the recess formed in the key constitutes the mounting unit;
A ball shape handset device, and, when the vibration sensor (4) detects a vibration, a speaker (7) wireless communication device an instruction to output the identifier associated with the sound of the child machine unit (3) And transmitting to the computing device via the wireless communication device (6) ,
Mounting portion is to have a projecting apparatus to skip the top (14) with strength enough to come back to the same place the handset device again,
When the test button (9) is pressed, the projecting device (14) is operated sequentially in one direction,
When the playback button (10) is pressed, the protruding device (14) operates in the order corresponding to the music piece . The electronic game device according to claim 1, wherein twelve sounds from do to shi are assigned to the child device.