JP6977926B2 - Information code processing device, program, recording medium, and karuta information presentation system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a karuta to which an information code is attached, and more particularly to a karuta to which an information code for presenting information related to a picture of a ticket is attached, an information code processing device, a program and a recording medium. Regarding.

Karuta play is a play for children to learn letters, and has been conventionally known as "Iroha Karuta". In recent years, not only "Japanese syllabary karuta" for memorizing the Japanese syllabary of hiragana, but also learning karuta for various themes have been devised. For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a karuta game for learning social studies.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-319835

In Karuta of Patent Document 1, terms such as history, geography, civilian figures, and place names of social studies and their explanations are described in tanka format to make the memorized articles relevant and improve the learning effect. ..

However, many children in recent years tend to be tired of playing old-fashioned games and do not play karuta for a long time. Therefore, there is a need for further ingenuity to attract the interest of children playing karuta more strongly, and further ingenuity to make the memorization items more relevant.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a karuta that improves a learning effect.

The present invention for achieving the above object includes the following aspects.
(Item 1)
A card that includes a plurality of pairs of reading cards and cards, and in each of the pairs, a pattern corresponding to the reading cards is written on the cards.
At least one of the reading card and the card is attached with an information code for presenting information related to the pattern of the card through the device by reading with a device.
(Item 2)
Item 2. The karuta according to Item 1, wherein the format of the information related to the pattern is a sound or a moving image with a sound.
(Item 3)
The method according to item 1 or 2, wherein the format of the information code is either a two-dimensional code, a one-dimensional code, or a character string.
(Item 4)
Item 3. The method according to Item 3, wherein the two-dimensional code is a QR code (registered trademark), DataMatrix or PDF417.
(Item 5)
Item 3. The karuta according to Item 3, wherein the one-dimensional code is a bar code or a customer bar code.
(Item 6)
The above-mentioned pattern is the national flag of each country, and the information is the information related to the country corresponding to the national flag, which is described in any one of Items 1 to 5.
(Item 7)
Information related to the country is selected from a group consisting of a national flag, a description of the country, the location of the country, the name of the country, the capital, the area, the population, the national anthem, the main language and the prescribed sentences in the official language, at least one piece of information. The karuta according to Item 6, including.
(Item 8)
The karuta according to Item 7, wherein the predetermined sentence in the official language means any of "do your best", "hello" and "thank you".
(Item 9)
A device for presenting the information related to the pattern by reading the information code of the karuta described in any one of Items 1 to 8.
A reading means for reading the information code and
An acquisition means for acquiring the information corresponding to the information code read by the reading means, and
An apparatus including a presentation means for presenting the information acquired by the acquisition means.
(Item 10)
A program for presenting the information related to the pattern by reading the information code of the karuta described in any one of Items 1 to 8.
On the computer
A reading function that reads the information code and
An acquisition function for acquiring the information corresponding to the information code read by the reading function, and
A program that realizes a presentation function that presents the information acquired by the acquisition function.
(Item 11)
A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to Item 10 is recorded.

According to the present invention, by using the information code attached to the karuta, it is possible to present the information related to the pattern of the ticket to the player. As a result, the interest of the player can be attracted more strongly, the memorized articles can be more strongly related, and the learning effect of playing karuta can be improved.

It is a figure which shows an example of the reading card (character tag) 1R of the karuta with an information code which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the card (picture card) 1T with an information code which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of how to play the karuta with an information code which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of how to play the karuta with an information code which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the presentation mode when the information of the country corresponding to the read information code IC is presented to the user apparatus 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware composition of the user apparatus 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the function of the arithmetic unit 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the reference relation between the data processed by the arithmetic unit 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the data processing performed by the arithmetic unit 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or similar components, and thus the description of the same or similar components will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the karuta with an information code is a national flag karuta with the theme of the national flags of about 200 member countries or regions that are members of the United Nations, and the information related to the design of the ticket corresponds to the national flag. Information related to the country of origin, especially the voice of the native pronunciation of a given sentence in the official language of that country.

1 and 2 are diagrams showing an example of a karuta with an information code according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a reading card (character card) 1R, and the front side is shown in (a) and the back side is shown in (b). FIG. 2 shows a ticket (picture card) 1T, and the front side is shown in (a) and the back side is shown in (b). In FIGS. 1 and 2, a pair of a reading card 1R and a card 1T in the Kingdom of Tonga is illustrated as an example.

Referring to FIG. 1, on the front side of the reading card 1R, the national flag NF, the information related to the country corresponding to the national flag NF, and the information code IC are described. Information related to a country is, for example, in the official language of the country description 2, the country position 3, the country name 4, the capital 5, the area 6, the population 7, the main language 8 (official language 8), and so on. Predetermined text 9 and can be included. In the present embodiment, the language described in the main language 8 is an official language, the predetermined sentence 9 is "Ganbare" 9a, "Hello" 9b and "Thank you" 9c, and the information code IC is a QR code ( Registered trademark).

Referring to FIG. 2, the national flag NF corresponding to the country of the reading card 1R is written on the front side of the ticket 1T. In this way, there is one pair of reading card 1R and ticket 1T for one country. There are about 200 similar pairs in each of the other 200 countries other than the Kingdom of Tonga mentioned as an example, and a total of about 200 pairs of reading card 1R and ticket 1T make up the national flag card. ing.

3 and 4 are diagrams for explaining an example of how to play karuta with an information code according to the embodiment of the present invention.

An example of how to play using a karuta with an information code according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 3, among the reading cards 1R and the cards 1T constituting the pair, the cards 1T of each country are arranged on the table with the front side facing. In the illustrated example, a plurality of bids 1T of Japan, the Republic of Cameroon, the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the Kingdom of Tonga are arranged. Participants are divided into one reader and multiple handles. The reader selects one of the plurality of reading cards 1R and reads out the country-related information (for example, country name 4) described in the selected reading card 1R. The handle takes the ticket 1T on which the national flag NF corresponding to the country name 4 read out is written on a first-come, first-served basis. The handle who took the corresponding hand 1T first can get the hand 1T. For example, when the reader reads out the country name "Tonga Kingdom", the handle who has taken the Tonga Kingdom's hand 1T surrounded by a broken line in FIG. 3 uses the Tonga Kingdom's hand 1T as his or her own hand. After that, the country name 4 to be read out is changed, and these procedures are repeated until all the bids 1T on the table are exhausted, and the winner is the one who finally obtains the largest number of bids 1T.

If the reader is interested in the country read aloud or the country in which the handle has acquired the ticket 1T, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, using the image pickup unit 18 of the user device 100, the reading card of the country of interest is used. When the information code IC described in 1R is imaged and the information code IC is read, information related to the country can be presented to the user apparatus 100 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a presentation mode when information on a country corresponding to a read information code IC is presented to the user device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. For example, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the national flag NF corresponding to the read information code IC, the country name 4, and three predetermined sentences 9 in official languages are displayed on the display unit 17 of the user device 100. 9a, "Hello" 9b and "Thank you" 9c are displayed. Further, the display unit 17 displays the play buttons 16a, 16b and 16c corresponding to each of these three predetermined sentences 9a, 9b and 9c. When, for example, the play button 16a on the display unit 17 is tapped, voice data 33a recording the pronunciation of the sentence 9a "Ganbare" corresponding to the play button 16a in the official language of the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan) is transmitted through the speaker 19. Will be played.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the user device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The user device 100 includes an arithmetic unit 10, an input unit 16, a display unit 17, an image pickup unit 18, and a speaker 19. In this embodiment, the user device 100 is a smartphone with a camera. As an optional function, the user apparatus 100 can also be connected to the external server 30 via the Internet 20.

The arithmetic unit 10 is composed of, for example, a general-purpose computer, and has data between the CPU 11 that performs data processing described later, the memory 12 used for the work area of data processing, the recording unit 13 that records the processing data, and each unit. It is provided with a bus 14 for transmitting data and an interface unit 15 (hereinafter referred to as an I / F unit) for inputting / outputting data to / from an external device.

The input unit 16, the display unit 17, the image pickup unit 18, and the speaker 19 are connected to the arithmetic unit 10. In the present embodiment, the input unit 16 and the display unit 17 are integrated to form a touch panel type display device, and the image pickup unit 18 is composed of an image pickup element such as a CMOS image sensor or a CCD image sensor.

In the following description, unless otherwise specified, the processing performed by the arithmetic unit 10 means the processing actually performed by the CPU 11 of the arithmetic unit 10 based on the program stored in the recording unit 13 or the memory 12. The CPU 11 temporarily stores necessary data (intermediate data during processing, etc.) using the memory 12 as a work area, and appropriately records data to be stored for a long period of time, such as calculation results, in the recording unit 13.

Further, in order to perform the processes of steps S1 to S3 described in FIG. 9 below, the arithmetic unit 10 executes the program according to the present invention, for example, in an execution format (for example, is generated by being converted from a programming language by a compiler). It is recorded in advance in the recording unit 13, and the arithmetic unit 10 performs processing using the program recorded in the recording unit 13.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining the function of the arithmetic unit 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The arithmetic unit 10 includes an information code reading unit 21, a related information acquisition unit 22, and a related information providing unit 23. These functional blocks are realized by installing the program according to the present invention in the recording unit 13 or the memory 12 of the arithmetic unit 10 and executing this program by the CPU 11. The reading means, the acquiring means, and the providing means described in the claims correspond to the information code reading unit 21, the related information acquiring unit 22, and the related information providing unit 23 shown in FIG. 7, respectively.

Further, the arithmetic unit 10 records in advance the country information data 31, the voice information data 32, and the voice data 33 in the recording unit 13 in the form of electronic data as information related to each country.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining a reference relationship between data processed by the arithmetic unit 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the illustrated example, the file names of the country information data 31, the voice information data 32, and the voice data 33 of the country name “Tonga Kingdom” of the country code “001” are exemplified.

The country information data 31 is data created for each country, and as information related to the country, in the present embodiment, the country information data 31 includes a country code, a country name 4, a country description 2, and a capital. It contains 5, an area 6, a population 7, a main language 8, and a predetermined sentence 9 in the official language, which is the "do your best" 9a, "hello" 9b, and "thank you" 9c. There are three.

The voice information data 32 is data created according to the number of predetermined sentences 9 for each language code of each main language 8. In the present embodiment, three voice information data 32a, 32b, 32c are created for each language code, and the voice information data 32a, 32b, 32c are the language code of the main language 8, the language name, and the official language. The prescribed sentences 9a, 9b, 9c, the text notation in the official language of the sentences 9a, 9b, 9c, the pronunciation notation in Japanese katakana of the sentences 9a, 9b, 9c, and the official language of the sentences 9a, 9b, 9c. Includes the name of the saved file of the voice data that recorded the pronunciation by.

The voice data 33a, 33b, 33c are data created for each voice information data 32a, 32b, 32c, and the pronunciation of each of the predetermined sentences 9a, 9b, 9c by the native using the official language. It is the recorded data. As the storage file names of the audio data 33a, 33b, 33c, for example, "/foo/bar/00101.mp3" and "/foo/bar/00102." Are used together with the folder path in the recording unit 13 of the arithmetic unit 10. It can be "mp3" and "/foo/bar/00103.mp3" and so on.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of data processing performed by the arithmetic unit 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The information code reading unit 21, the related information acquisition unit 22, and the related information providing unit 23 shown in FIG. 7 execute the processes of steps S1, S2, and S3 shown in FIG. 9, respectively.

In step S1, the information code IC written on the reading card 1R is read. For example, when the user holds the image pickup unit 18 of the user device 100 over the information code IC described on the reading card 1R, the information code IC is imaged and read into the arithmetic unit 10. The captured information code IC includes a country code corresponding to the country of the reading tag 1R. For example, when the information code IC of the reading tag 1R of the country name "Tonga Kingdom" is imaged, the imaged information code IC includes the country code "001" meaning the Kingdom of Tonga, and the arithmetic unit 10 has the country code "001". To get the information. In the present embodiment, the information code IC is a QR code, and the procedure of step S1 can be performed by using a known QR code reader program.

In step S2, the voice data 33 corresponding to the read information code IC is acquired. The arithmetic unit 10 refers to the country information data 31 of the country corresponding to the country code "001" among the country information data 31 of each country, and is related to the country included in the reference country information data 31. The information is displayed on the display unit 17 as illustrated in FIG. 5, for example.

Here, for example, when the reproduction button 16a on the display unit 17 is tapped by the user, the arithmetic unit 10 determines that the reproduction of the native pronunciation of the sentence 9a corresponding to the reproduction button 16a is instructed. Then, the arithmetic unit 10 determines the voice data 33a to be reproduced based on the country code information acquired from the information code IC and the designation of the sentence 9a input via the input unit 16, and the voice data. Acquire 33a.

For example, referring to the country information data 31 corresponding to the country code "001" meaning the country name "Tonga Kingdom", "Tongan: ton" is specified as the language code of the main language 8 and the play button 16a is used. Is associated with "Ganbare" 9a as a predetermined sentence 9. The arithmetic unit 10 refers to the voice information data 32a including the sentence 9a "Ganbare" among the three voice information data 32a, 32b and 32c in which the language code "Tonga language: ton" is described, and voices. By referring to the audio data storage file name "/foo/bar/00101.mp3" described in the information data 32a, the audio data to be reproduced is determined to be the audio data 33a. The arithmetic unit 10 identifies the voice data 33a from the saved file name “/foo/bar/00101.mp3” and acquires the voice data 33a pre-recorded in the recording unit 13.

In step S3, the acquired voice data 33 is reproduced. The arithmetic unit 10 reproduces the acquired audio data 33a using a known music reproduction program, and outputs the reproduced sound via the speaker 19. The voice data to be played is the native pronunciation using the official language, and the exact text notation "Lele oma" in the official language of sentence 9a, which cannot be understood by the pronunciation notation "Lele oma" in Japanese katakana. You can hear the intonation.

As described above, according to the present invention, by using the information code attached to the karuta, it is possible to present the information related to the design of the ticket to the player. As a result, the interest of the player can be attracted more strongly, the memorized articles can be more strongly related, and the learning effect of playing karuta can be improved. In particular, by providing information related to the design of the ticket by voice or video, it is possible to further attract the interest of the player.

(Additional notes)
Although the present invention has been described above by the specific embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the information code IC is described on the front side of the reading card 1R, but the description position of the information code IC is not limited to this, and the information code IC may be described on the front side of the ticket 1T. , May be written on the back side of the reading card 1R or the ticket 1T.

In the above embodiment, the information code IC is a QR code which is a two-dimensional code, but it may be a two-dimensional code other than the QR code. Examples of other two-dimensional codes include, for example, Matrix-type DataMatrix and Stack-type PDF417. Alternatively, the information code IC may be a one-dimensional code such as a bar code, or may be in the form of a character string. For example, by combining the information code reading unit 21 with an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function, the arithmetic unit 10 can read an information code IC in the form of a character string. Examples of barcode standards include JAN8, CODE39, ITF, NW-7, and CODE128. Examples of one-dimensional codes other than barcodes include customer barcodes used in the postal service (“Intelligent Mail barcode” outside Japan). The customer bar code is a bar code composed of four types of bars, a long bar, a semi-long bar (top), a semi-long bar (bottom), and a timing bar, which have different vertical lengths and protrusion directions.

In the above embodiment, the number of information code ICs described is one, but the number of information code ICs described may be plural. That is, the information code IC may be described for each information related to the country to be presented. For example, two information code ICs are described on the front side of the reading tag 1R, one information code IC is used for reproducing the voice data 33a corresponding to the predetermined sentence "Ganbare" 9a in the official language, and the other information code IC is used. It may be used for playing video data that introduces the country.

In the above embodiment, the karuta with an information code is a national flag karuta, but the pattern described on the ticket 1T is not limited to the national flag, and the karuta with an information code is, for example, prefectural birds, prefectural flowers, and prefectures in 47 prefectures nationwide. It may be a prefectural bird karuta, a prefectural flower karuta, or a prefectural mascot character karuta with the theme of the mascot character of. As long as the pair is formed by the reading card 1R and the playing card 1T, the pattern corresponding to the reading card 1R may be another learning card described in the playing card 1T.

In the above embodiment, the karuta with an information code is a national flag karuta, and the national flag is generally assumed to be colored, but as long as it is possible to determine which country the karuta is, the national flag portion of the national flag karuta is achromatic (that is,). It may be a coloring book).

The format of the information related to the country is not limited to the text (character string) format and the audio format, and may be a moving image format with or without audio.

The information related to the country is not limited to the above, and can include, for example, the national anthem and the results of past sporting events, and the information related to the country presented when the information code IC is read is the country. Audio data of the national anthem may be reproduced, or video data introducing the results of past sporting events in the country may be reproduced. Further, instead of playing back audio data or video data, the arithmetic unit 10 connects to a search site such as Google via the Internet 20, and searches for a character string including "country name" and "sports event" as a search keyword (search query). ), And the moving image list of the search result may be displayed on the display unit 17 of the user apparatus 100.

In the above embodiment, the predetermined sentences 9 in the official language are the above-mentioned "Ganbare" 9a, "Hello" 9b and "Thank you" 9c, but the predetermined sentences 9 in the official language are the above-mentioned three. In addition to this, for example, sentences of daily conversation such as "Nice to meet you" and "Goodbye" and sentences of various conversations may be used, and the number of sentences 9 may be at least one and may be three or more.

In the above embodiment, the arithmetic unit 10 is realized as an integrated device, but the arithmetic unit 10 does not have to be an integrated device, and the CPU 11, the memory 12, the recording unit 13, and the like are arranged in different places, and these are arranged in different places. It may be connected by a network. The arithmetic unit 10, the input unit 16, the display unit 17, the image pickup unit 18, and the speaker 19 do not necessarily have to be arranged in one place, but are arranged in different places and connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via a network. It may have been done.

In the above embodiment, each functional block of the information code reading unit 21, the related information acquisition unit 22, and the related information providing unit 23 is executed by a single CPU 11, but each of these functional blocks is executed by a single CPU 11. It does not necessarily have to be executed, and may be distributed and processed by a plurality of CPUs.

In the above embodiment, the program for performing the processing of steps S1 to S3 is recorded in advance in the recording unit 13, but the program is a computer-readable and non-temporary tangible recording such as a CD-ROM. It may be installed in the arithmetic unit 10 from a medium (not shown), or the arithmetic unit 10 may be connected to the Internet 20 and a program may be downloaded and installed from, for example, an external server 30 via the Internet 20.

In the above embodiment, the country information data 31, the voice information data 32, and the voice data 33 are recorded in advance in the recording unit 13 of the arithmetic unit 10, but the country information data 31, the voice information data 32, and the voice data 33 are , It may be recorded in the external server 30 outside the arithmetic unit 10 and taken into the arithmetic apparatus 10 via the Internet 20.

In the above embodiment, the input unit 16 and the display unit 17 are integrated and realized as a touch panel type display device. However, the input unit 16 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and the display unit 17 is a liquid crystal display or the like. It may be configured with.

1R reading card (character card)
1T ticket (picture card)
NF Flag IC Information Code 2 Country Description 3 Country Location 4 Country Name 5 Capital 6 Area 7 Population 8 Main Language 9 Official Language Text 10 Arithmetic Logic Unit 11 CPU
12 Memory 13 Recording section 14 Bus 15 Interface section (I / F section)
16 Input unit 16a, 16b, 16c Playback button 17 Display unit 18 Imaging unit 19 Speaker 20 Internet 21 Information code reading unit 22 Related information acquisition unit 23 Related information providing unit 30 External server 31 Country information data 32 Voice information data 33 Voice data 100 User device

Claims (7)

It is a device that presents information related to a pattern by reading the information code of karuta.
The karuta includes multiple pairs of reading cards and cards.
The pattern corresponds to the reading tag in each of the pairs, and is described on the tag.
The information code is attached to at least one of the reading card and the ticket, and is an information code for presenting information related to the pattern of the ticket through the device by reading with the device. And
The device is
A recording unit in which information related to the pattern is recorded in advance, and
A reading means for reading the information code and
An acquisition means for acquiring the information corresponding to the information code from the recording unit based on the information code read by the reading means.
Including the presenting means for presenting the information acquired by the acquiring means.
The above-mentioned pattern is the national flag of each country.
The information is information related to the country corresponding to the national flag.
The information related to the country includes information indicating a country name and information indicating a sporting event.
When the reading means reads the information code, the presenting means connects to a search site via the Internet, searches for a character string including the country name and the sporting event as a search query, and makes a video list of search results. that displays a display portion of the device, device. The device according to claim 1, wherein the format of the information code is either a two-dimensional code, a one-dimensional code, or a character string. The device according to claim 2, wherein the two-dimensional code is a QR code (registered trademark), DataMatrix or PDF417. The device according to claim 2, wherein the one-dimensional code is a bar code or a customer bar code. It is a program for presenting information related to a pattern by reading the information code of karuta.
The karuta includes multiple pairs of reading cards and cards.
The pattern corresponds to the reading tag in each of the pairs, and is described on the tag.
The information code is attached to at least one of the reading card and the ticket, and is an information code for presenting information related to the pattern of the ticket by being read.
The program
Computer,
It functions as a recording unit in which the information related to the pattern is recorded in advance.
On the computer
A reading function that reads the information code and
An acquisition function for acquiring the information corresponding to the information code from the recording unit based on the information code read by the reading function.
The acquisition function realizes the presentation function of presenting the acquired information.
The above-mentioned pattern is the national flag of each country.
The information is information related to the country corresponding to the national flag.
The information related to the country includes information indicating a country name and information indicating a sporting event.
When the reading function reads the information code, the presenting function connects to a search site via the Internet, searches for a character string including the country name and the sporting event as a search query, and makes a video list of search results. that displays on the display unit, program. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 5 is recorded. A karuta information presentation system including a karuta and a device for presenting information related to the pattern of the karuta.
The above-mentioned karuta
Includes multiple pairs of readings and cards
In each of the pairs, the pattern corresponding to the reading tag is written on the tag.
At least one of the reading tag and the ticket is attached with an information code for presenting information related to the pattern of the ticket through the device by reading with the device.
The device is
Recording section and
A reading means for reading the information code and
An acquisition means for acquiring the information corresponding to the information code from the recording unit or an external server based on the information code read by the reading means.
Including the presenting means for presenting the information acquired by the acquiring means.
The above-mentioned pattern is the national flag of each country.
The information is information related to the country corresponding to the national flag.
The information related to the country includes information indicating a country name and information indicating a sporting event.
When the reading means reads the information code, the presenting means connects to a search site via the Internet, searches for a character string including the country name and the sporting event as a search query, and makes a video list of search results. that displays a display portion of the device, playing cards the information presentation system.

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