JP7202775B2 - Rotating ornamental toy for infants - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a rotating ornamental toy for infants.

Conventionally, a drive unit that rotates a decoration provided at an eccentric position around a predetermined axis, a sound output unit that outputs a melody sound of a predetermined song, and a control unit that controls the drive unit and the sound output unit , and baby rotating ornamental toys are known.
In this rotary ornamental toy for infants, a melody sound of a predetermined tune is output while the ornament is rotating, thereby raising the infant's curiosity and lulling him to sleep.
Further, in recent years, a rotary ornamental toy for infants has been proposed that automatically operates upon detection of a sound such as crying of an infant (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2002-233671

However, even in the revolving ornamental toy for infants described in Patent Literature 1, since the rotation of the ornament is constant within one song, it is difficult to keep the infant's attention on the revolving ornamental toy for infants. was difficult.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a rotating ornamental toy for infants that is rich in variety.

The first means is
a drive unit that rotates a decoration provided at an eccentric position around a predetermined axis; a sound output unit that outputs a melody sound of a predetermined song; a control unit that controls the drive unit and the sound output unit; An infant rotating ornamental toy comprising:
The control unit
A first rotation mode in which the decoration is rotated in a first rotation mode continuously rotating at a predetermined rotation speed, and a second rotation mode in which the decoration is rotated in a second rotation mode different from the first rotation mode. Rotation mode of and can be selectively executed,
In the second rotation mode, the ornament is intermittently rotated with the rotation paused, the melody sound of the music is output while the rotation is continued, and the melody sound is paused even in the middle of the music during the rotation pause. Along with outputting dialogue and sound effects from the sound output unit,
Outputting the continuation of the melody sound interrupted by the rotation stop when continuing the rotation after the rotation stop,
It is characterized by

A second means is the first means , wherein the control unit regularly stops the rotation of the decoration in the second rotation mode.

The third means is the second means , and in the second rotation mode, the rotation continuation time is 10 to 30 seconds and the rotation pause time is 1.5 to 5 seconds. characterized by

The fourth means is any one of the first to third means ,
The controller is characterized in that, in the second rotation mode, the rotation speed is switched between before and after the rotation is stopped.

A fifth means is any one of the first to third means , wherein in the second rotation mode, the control section outputs a melody sound at the same melody speed before and after the rotation pause. characterized by

A sixth means is any one of the first to fourth means , wherein the control section outputs a melody sound at a melody speed synchronized with the rotation speed while the rotation is continued.

According to the first means, since the rotation mode changes between the first rotation mode and the second rotation mode, the baby's attention is attracted to the change, so that a rotary ornamental toy for babies that can be enjoyed for a long time can be realized.

Further, according to the first means, by inserting a rotation pause, the rotation pause becomes an accent and can arouse the curiosity of the infant. In addition, since the melody sound is stopped while the rotation is stopped, there is unexpectedness, and the infant can be entertained accordingly. Furthermore, by inserting lines and sound effects while the rotation is paused, the baby's attention can be attracted and the baby can be entertained accordingly.

According to the second means , it is possible to maintain curiosity for a long time by periodically pausing the rotation.

According to the third means , when the infant's attention is about to be interrupted, rotation pause occurs, and since the rotation pause time is several seconds, the rotation pause can be surely recognized, while the infant can quickly return to the original state. , can keep you curious for a long time. By the way, if the pause time is about 1 second, there is a possibility that the user may overlook it especially when looking away. On the other hand, if the duration of rotation is less than 10 seconds, pauses occur frequently, making it impossible to enjoy the game.

According to the fourth means , since the rotation speed is switched before and after the rotation is stopped, there is unexpectedness, and the infant can be entertained accordingly.

According to the fifth means , since the melody sound is output at the same melody speed before and after the rotation is stopped, it is suitable for making infants memorize the melody. In this case, it is preferable that the melody sound is continuous before and after the rotation pause and the sound output pause.

According to the sixth means , since the melody speed is synchronized with the rotation speed, the change can be enjoyed with the eyes and ears. When performing this tuning, it is preferable to synchronize and change the rotation speed and the melody speed based on the rotation speed suitable for sound output at the regular melody speed.

1 is a perspective view showing one usage state of the rotating ornamental toy for infants of the embodiment. FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a control panel of the rotary ornamental toy for infants of FIG. 1; 2 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of the rotating ornamental toy for infants of FIG. 1; FIG. It is the table|surface which showed the content of rotation mode. FIG. 10 is a table showing the contents of music included in the melody of peace and the melody of good mood; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a sound effect that is output when a lever is operated;

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of one use state of the rotating ornamental toy for infants.
This rotary ornamental toy 100 for infants comprises an operation panel 10, a stand 40 for holding the operation panel 10 at a predetermined height, and a hanging decoration attached to the operation panel 10 and having a lower decoration (decoration) 58 or the like suspended therefrom. 50 and .

The stand 40 has a shape and size that can straddle an infant lying on its back. That is, the stand 40 has two legs 41, 41 arranged at a predetermined distance from each other, and an arch-shaped pipe 42 connecting the two legs 41, 41 to each other. Also, near both sides of the pipe 42, ornaments 43, 43 imitating leaves are attached. Furthermore, the operation panel 10 is detachably attached to the central portion of the pipe 42 . When the stand 40 is removed, the operation panel 10 can be attached to the bed rail.

The hanging ornament 50 has a rod 51 imitating a stem. The rod 51 has rigidity. However, the rod 51 may be flexible so that the user can manually deform it and maintain the deformed state. Also, the lower end of the rod 51 can be inserted into a hole (not shown) in the upper portion of the operation panel 10 and can be attached to and detached from the operation panel 10 . When attached to the operation panel 10, the rod 51 is connected to a drive section inside the operation panel 10, and is rotationally driven by this drive section. Since such a structure is well known, the description of the structure is omitted. In addition, the hanging decoration 50 can be detached and played. For example, in the busy mode described later.
In this case, the rod 51 itself may not be rotationally driven. For example, the outer shell of the rod 51 may be a tube, a core material may be placed in the tube, and the core material may be connected to a drive section and driven to rotate.

In addition, a support portion 52 imitating a vase is provided on the upper portion of the rod 51, an ornament 53 imitating a flower is provided on the support portion 51, and branches extend from the support portion 52 in three directions. 54 extends, and an ornament 55 imitating a leaf is attached to the tip of each branch 54.例文帳に追加Furthermore, the middle portions of the three branches 54 are connected by a ring 56 that is concentric with the support portion 52 . Around this ring 56, three decorations 57 imitating flowers are attached. A lower decoration 58 imitating an apple, a small bird, a bee, a butterfly, or the like is hung via a string. It is preferable that this undergarment 58 is a toy that an infant can hold and play with. These undergarments 58 can be attached to other parts of the rotating baby toy 100 or the like by means of strings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation panel 10 has a shape that imitates a state in which part of the sun is exposed from clouds when viewed from the front. A power knob 11 is provided on the side surface of the operation panel 10 . On the surface of the operation panel 10, a happy melody button 12 imitating a balloon, a peace melody button 13 imitating a small bird, a rotation button 14 imitating a ladybug, a light button 15 imitating a bee, and a large butterfly are provided. A volume increase button 16 imitating a small butterfly and a volume decrease button 17 imitating a small butterfly are provided. Furthermore, a lever 18 is provided on the lower side of the operation panel 10 . Further, sound emitting holes 19 are provided next to these button groups. In addition, the sun part is a light using LED.
This operation panel 10 has a mechanism box 20 (see FIG. 1) on the back side, and inside this mechanism box 20 are a battery, a wiring board on which various electric or electronic parts are mounted, and a sound generator, which will be described later. An output section 63 and a drive section 64 are provided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control configuration of the rotary ornamental toy 100 for infants.
The rotating ornamental toy for infants 100 includes a control section 60 , a storage section 61 , an input section 62 , a sound output section 63 , a drive section 64 and an LED 65 .

The control unit 60 is composed of a CPU or the like, and based on an input signal input from the input unit 62, a program or data stored in the storage unit 61, or the like, controls each unit constituting the rotating ornamental toy for infants 100. The operation of the rotating ornamental toy for infants 100 is centrally controlled by performing instructions, data transfer, and the like.

The storage unit 61 is implemented by various types of IC memories such as ROM and RAM such as flash memory that can be updated and recorded, information recording media such as hard disks and memory cards, and their reading devices. In this storage unit 61, programs for realizing various functions for operating the rotating ornamental toy for infants 100, data used during the execution of the programs, etc. are stored in advance, or temporarily stored each time processing is performed. Saved.

The input unit 62 includes inputs such as switches corresponding to the power knob 11, the happy melody button 12, the peace melody button 13, the rotation button 14, the light button 15, the volume increase button 16, the volume decrease button 17, and the lever 18, respectively. It is configured by appropriately adopting a device, and outputs an input signal to the control section 60 according to the operation input.

Here, the roles of the power knob 11, the happy melody button 12, the peaceful melody button 13, the rotation button 14, the light button 15, the volume increase button 16, the volume decrease button 17 and the lever 18 are as follows.

(Power knob 11)
The power knob 11 is slid to three positions, upper, middle and lower, the lower position being the power OFF, the middle position being the busy mode, and the upper position being the merry mode.

(Rotation button 14)
1. Merry Mode When the rotation button 14 is pressed from the initial state of the merry mode, as shown in FIG. In the slow mode, the rotation speed of the hanging decoration 50 is slow and the melody speed is slow. In the normal mode, the rotation speed of the hanging decoration 50 is normal and the melody speed is normal. Here, "normal melody speed" means that the sound is reproduced at the normal melody speed, and "slow" means that the sound is reproduced at a speed slower than the normal melody speed.
It is preferable that the rotation speed in the slow mode and the rotation speed in the normal mode differ in the time (cycle) for one rotation of the hanging decoration 50 by 10 seconds or more. Incidentally, when the radius of the hanging decoration 50 is 15 cm to 25 cm, it is preferable to set the slow rotation period to 25 seconds or longer and the normal mode rotation period to 10 seconds or longer. The reason why the slow rotation period is set to 25 seconds or more is that if the rotation speed is too fast, the baby may not be able to follow it with his or her eyes. The reason why the speed difference is set to 10 seconds or more is that it is believed that even infants can fully recognize the speed change. On the other hand, in the slow mode and the normal mode, it is preferable that the melody speed changes in synchronism with the rotation speed. This is because it is considered comfortable for infants.
In the play mode, the rotation of the hanging decoration 50 is repeated slowly (about 15 seconds)→stop (pause) (about 2 seconds)→normal (about 15 seconds)→pause (about 2 seconds). The speed is the normal melody speed and the sound is continuously output. Rotation speed is slow, normal is slow mode, same as normal mode. Then, while the rotation is paused, one of the six types of lines or sound effects shown in FIG. 4 is output in a predetermined order or at random each time the rotation is paused. In the embodiment, sounds are output in order. It is desirable that the sound output of this dialogue or sound effect has a story. For example, if the music to be reproduced has a narrative, it is preferable to use lines or scene descriptions that match the scene or sentiment of the song.
When the rotation button 14 is pressed in the play mode, the initial state of the merry mode is restored. In addition, the lines or sound effects are output when a cheerful melody sound such as a nursery rhyme is output, and when a peaceful melody sound is output, there is no particular limitation. However, it is preferable that no dialogue or sound effects be output. This is because, as shown in the table of FIG. 5, since the music of the melody of peace is a quiet music like classical music, the dialogues or sound effects may interfere with viewing. By the way, the music of Gokigen Melody is a light music as shown in the table of FIG.
2. During busy mode When the rotation button 14 is pressed, each time the rotation button 14 is pressed, one of the sound effects 6 "Tururi-ri-ri-ri" (image sound of running around chocolate-chocolate) or "Pew" (sound of a flying sound) shown in the table of FIG. Any one of is output at random or in order. Also, the LED 65 blinks in time with the sound.

(Peaceful melody button 13)
1. Merry Mode When the melody button 13 is pressed, the first to thirteenth songs shown in FIG. 5 are selected in order according to the number of times the button is pressed. The melody sound is output for the first to twelfth songs, but the sound for the thirteenth song is off.
2. Busy mode When the melody button 12 is pressed, the sound effect 1 shown in the table in FIG. Cries) or "Gaagaagaagaa" (a duck's cry) are output randomly or in sequence. Also, the LED 65 blinks in time with the sound.

(Gokigen melody button 13)
1. Merry Mode When the happy melody button 13 is pressed, the first to thirteenth songs shown in FIG. 5 are selected in order according to the number of times the button is pressed. The melody sound is output for the first to twelfth songs, but the sound for the thirteenth song is off.
2. In busy mode Same as in merry mode. When the happy melody button 13 is pressed and the 13th song is reached, the sound is turned off.

(Volume increase button 16)
1. In merry mode When the volume increase button 16 is pressed, the volume increases. When it reaches the maximum, a warning sound "beep" is output.
2. During busy mode When the volume increase button 16 is pressed, each time the volume increase button 16 is pressed, the sound effect 4 shown in the table of FIG. or one is randomly or sequentially output. Also, the LED blinks in time with the sound.

(Volume decrease button 17)
1. In merry mode When the volume down button 17 is pressed, the volume is reduced. When it becomes the minimum, it becomes silent.
2. In busy mode When the volume down button 17 is pressed, each time the volume down button 17 is pressed, the sound effect 3 "Sharan" (image sound of a butterfly flying away) or "Kirakira" (image of a butterfly flapping its wings) shown in the table of FIG. sound) is output at random or in order. Also, the LED blinks in time with the sound.

(Light button 15)
1. In Merry Mode When the light button 15 is pressed, the LED 65 in the sun portion of the operation panel 10 lights up. This lighting repeats vague→bright→OFF (extinction) depending on the number of times the light button 15 is pressed.
2. Busy Mode When the light button 15 is pressed, each time the light button 15 is pressed, the sound effect 2 shown in the table of FIG. ” (sounds of cicadas) are randomly or sequentially output. Also, the LED 65 blinks in time with the sound.

(lever 18)
1. Merry mode When the lever 18 is pulled, one of "piyo piyo piyo" (a small bird's cry), "cuckoo, cuckoo" (a cuckoo's cry), or "gaagaagaa" (a duck's cry) is played each time the lever 18 is pulled. One is randomly or sequentially sound output.
2. During busy mode When the lever 18 is pulled, each time the lever 18 is pulled, sound effect 5 shown in the table of FIG. yo” is output at random or in order. Also, the LED 65 blinks in time with the sound.

The sound output unit 63 converts the audio signal from the control unit 60 into an analog signal under the control of the control unit 60, amplifies the signal, and outputs sound from a speaker (not shown).

The drive unit 64 includes a DC motor (not shown) and a power transmission mechanism, and rotates the hanging decoration 50 under the control of the control unit 60 . The DC motor is controlled by a PWM (pulse width modulation) method. Note that a stepping motor or other motor may be used as the motor.

Next, the operation of the infant rotating ornamental toy 100 will be described. The processing described here is implemented by the control unit 60 reading and executing programs and data for implementing various types of processing from the storage unit 61 .
This rotating ornamental toy for infants 100 has a merry mode and a busy mode, but the case of the merry mode will be described below.
In the case of the busy mode, as described in the description of the roles of the happy melody button 12, the peaceful melody button 13, the rotation button 14, the light button 15, the volume increase button 16, the volume decrease button 17 and the lever 18. is. In addition, since the lines and sound effects that occur during rotation in the play mode have been described above, they will be omitted.

(Merry mode)
When the power knob 11 is slid to the upper position, the rotary ornamental toy 100 for infants is activated, and predetermined sound effects are randomly output to inform the activation, and the merry mode is entered. This state is the initial state. The sound data of the sound effect for informing activation is stored in the storage unit 61 .
When one of the melody button 12 or the melody button 13 (hereinafter referred to as "melody button 12 or 13") is first pressed once, the mode shifts to merry mode 1.例文帳に追加On the other hand, when the rotary button 14 is first pressed once, the merry mode 2 is entered.
Next, the basic operation of the merry mode will be described. If one of the melody buttons 12 or 13 is continuously pressed, the current rotation mode will be maintained regardless of which rotation mode it is in. Moves from one song to the next.
Also, when the rotation button 14 is pressed, the rotation mode is shifted from the current rotation mode to the next rotation mode regardless of which song's melody sound is being output. When there is a transition to the rotation mode, the melody sound of the tune before the transition is output from the beginning, except for the transition to the rotation stop mode. Unless otherwise specified, rotation mode transitions are made in the order of slow mode, normal mode, play mode, and rotation stop mode. When the rotation stop mode is entered, the initial state of the merry mode is entered.
In the merry mode, when the same situation occurs in the program and the rotation mode, the same processing is performed.

1. merry mode 1
(1) When one of the melody buttons 12 or 13 is pressed once, the melody sound of the first song belonging to the melody group (see FIG. 5) corresponding to the pressed melody button is played at normal melody speed (regular melody speed). melody speed). In the case of the peace melody, the first song is a random combination of the second to tenth songs (see FIG. 5) belonging to the same melody group. On the other hand, in the gokigen mode, the first song is a random combination of the second to tenth and twelfth single songs belonging to the same melody group (see FIG. 5).
If one of the same melody buttons 12 or 13 is continuously pressed a predetermined number of times, songs belonging to the same melody group (see FIG. 5) are selected according to the number of times the button is pressed, and the melody sound of the selected songs is normal. Sound is output at the melody speed. The melody sound is output from the beginning.
Since the rotation button 14 has not yet been pressed during these times, the hanging ornament 50 does not rotate.
When the 13th tune is selected by pressing the melody button 12 or 13, the sound is turned off and the initial state of the merry mode is restored.
(2) In the above (1), when the melody button 12 or 13 is pressed to output the melody sound, pressing the rotary button 14 once regardless of which song's melody sound is being output. , the rotation mode shifts from the normal mode to the play mode. Further, when the rotary button 14 is pressed once, the rotation stop mode is entered regardless of which song's melody sound is being output, and the initial state of the merry mode is restored. When the 13th tune is selected by pressing one of the melody buttons 12 or 13, the sound is turned off, and the initial state of the merry mode is restored regardless of the rotation mode.
(3) If the melody button 12 or 13 opposite to the melody is pressed while the melody is being output, the rotation mode will not be changed, and the music belonging to the opposite melody group (see FIG. 5) will be played. A first piece of music is selected, and its melody sound is output from the beginning. Subsequent processing is the same as above.

2. merry mode 2
(1) When the rotary button 14 is first pressed once in the merry mode, the mode is changed to the slow mode, and the melody sound of the first song belonging to the peaceful melody group is slowly output at the melody speed. By outputting a predetermined melody sound only by pressing the rotation button 14 in this way, it is possible to save the trouble of pressing the music selection button in addition to the rotation button 14 in order to output the melody sound.
In this case, selection of music is performed by pressing the peaceful melody button 12, and selection of the rotation mode is performed by pressing the rotation button 14.例文帳に追加
(2) In addition, when the 13th song of the relaxing melody (sound off) is selected in the slow mode, pressing the rotation button 14 once causes the rotation mode to shift from the slow mode to the normal mode while keeping the sound off. . Furthermore, when the rotation button 14 is pressed once, the rotation mode shifts from the normal mode to the play mode with the sound off. When the rotation button 14 is further pressed once, the rotation stop mode is entered, returning to the initial state of the merry mode.
When the 13th song (sound OFF) of the relaxing melody is selected in the slow mode, when the relaxing melody button 12 is pressed once, the melody sound of the first song of the relaxing melody is output from the beginning in the slow mode. .
(3) On the other hand, when the 13th song (sound off) of the relaxing melody is selected in the slow mode, if the happy melody button 13 is pressed once, the melody sound of the 1st song of the happy melody is played in the slow mode. is output from the beginning.
In this case, selection of music is performed by pressing the gokigen melody button 13, and selection of the rotation mode is performed by pressing the rotation button 14.例文帳に追加
(4) In addition, when the 13th song of the Gokigen melody (sound off) is selected in the slow mode, if the rotation button 14 is pressed once, the rotation mode changes from the slow mode to the normal mode with the sound off. Transition. Further, when the rotation button 14 is pressed once, the normal mode is switched to the play mode with the sound off. When the rotation button 14 is further pressed once, the rotation stop mode is entered, returning to the initial state of the merry mode.
Also, when the Gokigen Melody button 13 is pressed once in a state where the 13th song of the Gokigen Melody (sound off) is selected in the Slow Mode, the rotation mode will change to the Slow Mode and the first song of the Gokigen Melody will be played. A melody sound is output from the beginning. On the other hand, when the 13th song (sound OFF) of the Gokigen melody is selected in the slow mode, when the Yasuragi melody button 12 is pressed once, the melody sound of the first song of the peaceful melody is output from the beginning in the slow mode. be done.

(Modification)
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and various modifications are possible without changing the gist of the present invention.

For example, although the embodiment does not mention the processing when one song ends, the first song of the peace melody or the happy melody is played at random, so the system stops when nine songs are played at random. You may let In this case, the random performance can be part of the performance and stopped when the part of the performance is completed. Also, the second and subsequent single songs may be continued in order and stopped when all are finished. Furthermore, it is possible to define the condition for stopping by the number of songs played. Alternatively, it can be defined that the same melody is played repeatedly a predetermined number of times after the first piece of music is finished.
Further, in the above embodiment, the rotation speed and the melody speed are changed in two steps, normal and slow, but the rotation speed and the melody speed may be changed in three or more steps including normal. In this case, in the play mode, the melody speed is preferably constant even if the rotation speed changes, but the rotation speed and the melody speed may be synchronized.

In the above embodiment, the melody sound is continuously output while the rotation is stopped in the play mode, but the sound output of the melody sound may be stopped while the rotation is stopped. In this case, it is preferable that the tune before the sound output suspension remains valid as it is, and that the continuation of the melody sound interrupted before the transition is output even after the transition.
Also, the melody speed may be changed in synchronization with the rotation speed before and after the rotation is stopped, or the melody speed may be set to normal (regular melody speed) before and after the rotation is stopped.

100 Rotating ornamental toy for infants 10 Operation panel 40 Stand 50 Hanging decoration 60 Control unit 64 Driving unit

Claims (6)

a drive unit that rotates a decoration provided at an eccentric position around a predetermined axis; a sound output unit that outputs a melody sound of a predetermined song; a control unit that controls the drive unit and the sound output unit; An infant rotating ornamental toy comprising:
The control unit
A first rotation mode in which the decoration is rotated in a first rotation mode continuously rotating at a predetermined rotation speed, and a second rotation mode in which the decoration is rotated in a second rotation mode different from the first rotation mode. Rotation mode of and can be selectively executed,
In the second rotation mode, the ornament is intermittently rotated with the rotation paused, the melody sound of the music is output while the rotation is continued, and the melody sound is paused even in the middle of the music during the rotation pause. Along with outputting dialogue and sound effects from the sound output unit,
Output the continuation of the melody sound of the song that was interrupted by the rotation stop when the rotation is continued after the rotation is stopped.
A rotating ornamental toy for infants characterized by: 2. The rotary ornamental toy for infants according to claim 1, wherein said controller regularly stops rotation of said ornament in said second rotation mode. 3. The rotation viewing for infants according to claim 2, characterized in that, in said second rotation mode, the continuous rotation time is 10 to 30 seconds, and the rotation pause time is 1.5 to 5 seconds. toy. The rotary ornamental toy for infants according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, in the second rotation mode, the control section switches the rotation speed before and after the rotation is stopped. The infant according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, in the second rotation mode, the control section outputs melody sounds at the same melody speed before and after the suspension of rotation. Rotating ornamental toy. The rotating ornamental toy for infants according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the controller outputs a melody sound at a melody speed synchronized with the rotation speed while the rotation continues.

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