JP7308248B2 - toy - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to toys.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when collectible items such as toys exist alone or when they exist in a combined form with other items, there is a device that reproduces sound (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

That is, for goods such as trading cards or figures, an ID that is data that identifies the goods, audio data that is reproduced when the goods exist alone, audio data that is reproduced when the goods exist in a combined form with other goods, etc. A non-contact IC tag is provided as storage means for storing the data, and the data stored in the non-contact IC tag is read by a tag reader. A sound is generated based on the read ID and the sound reproduction rule.
As a result, it is possible to vary the sound generated according to the reproduction rule and the contents of the sound data, and to add tastes such as reality, story, and game.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-123276 (Fig. 3)

Generally, collectors and enthusiasts of toys and the like seek to collect a series of toys, for example, when there are many similar toys. However, even when a plurality of toys are collected in this way, there is a problem that the uttered sounds lack variation and lack interest.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a more varied and interesting toy.

A toy of the present invention comprises a toy body, a member to be identified to which individual identification information is assigned, and a reader that reads the individual identification information from the member to be identified, and the toy body is read by the reader. A readable toy identification unit is provided with toy identification information for distinguishing the toy body from other toy bodies, and the reading body is provided with the individual identification information read from the member to be identified. and a driving unit operable in combination with the toy identification information read from the toy main body after reading the individual identification information. Further, the toy of the present invention comprises a toy body, a member to be identified to which individual identification information corresponding to the type is written in an IC tag, and an IC tag reader, and the individual identification information is read from the member to be identified. a reading unit for reading, a storage area for storing the individual identification information read from the member to be identified, a driving unit having at least one of a sound generating unit, a light emitting unit, and a vibrating unit, and the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information and an operation data storage unit storing operation data of, in the toy body, the member to be identified can pass through a reading position where the individual identification information can be read by the reading unit, and the storage area is A plurality of pieces of individual identification information read from a plurality of members to be identified can be stored. The operation data and the operation data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area are stored so as to include the operation data, and the operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information is retrieved from the operation data storage unit. a control unit capable of reading and driving the driving unit based on the read operation data, the control unit reading the individual identification information from the operation data storage unit when the reading unit reads the individual identification information from the member to be identified; reading operation data representing the type of the member to be identified corresponding to the read individual identification information, driving the drive unit based on the read operation data representing the type of the member to be identified, and then Upon completion of reading the individual identification information of the member, the operation data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area is read from the operation data storage unit, and the drive unit is read based on the read operation data. and the operation data storage unit converts the operation data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area into a predetermined combination of a plurality of pieces of individual identification information stored in the storage area. When the individual identification information stored in the storage area is the predetermined combination, the control unit transfers the data from the operation data storage unit to the storage area. It is characterized in that it is possible to read operation data corresponding to a predetermined combination of a plurality of pieces of stored individual identification information, and drive the driving section based on the read operation data. Further, the toy of the present invention comprises a toy body, a member to be identified to which individual identification information corresponding to the type is written in an IC tag, and an IC tag reader, and the individual identification information is read from the member to be identified. a reading unit for reading, a storage area for storing the individual identification information read from the member to be identified, a driving unit having at least one of a sound generating unit, a light emitting unit, and a vibrating unit, and the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information and an operation data storage unit storing operation data of, in the toy body, the member to be identified can pass through a reading position where the individual identification information can be read by the reading unit, and the storage area is A plurality of pieces of individual identification information read from a plurality of members to be identified can be stored. The operation data and the operation data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area are stored so as to include the operation data, and the operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information is retrieved from the operation data storage unit. a control unit capable of reading and driving the driving unit based on the read operation data, the control unit reading the individual identification information from the operation data storage unit when the reading unit reads the individual identification information from the member to be identified; reading operation data representing the type of the member to be identified corresponding to the read individual identification information, driving the drive unit based on the read operation data representing the type of the member to be identified, and then Upon completion of reading the individual identification information of the member, the operation data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area is read from the operation data storage unit, and the drive unit is read based on the read operation data. and the operation data storage unit converts the operation data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area into a predetermined combination of a plurality of pieces of individual identification information stored in the storage area. When the individual identification information stored in the storage area is the predetermined combination, the control unit transfers the data from the operation data storage unit to the storage area. It is possible to read operation data corresponding to a predetermined combination of a plurality of pieces of stored individual identification information, drive the driving unit based on the read operation data, and further store the operation data. After driving the drive unit based on the operation data read from the unit according to the individual identification information stored in the storage area, the reading unit completes reading the individual identification information from the member to be identified within a predetermined time. Then, it is determined whether or not the read-completed individual identification information matches the individual identification information stored in the storage area, and the read-completed individual identification information is the individual identification information stored in the storage area. When it is determined that the data matches, the operation data corresponding to completion of reading of the same individual identification information within a predetermined time is read out from the operation data storage unit, and the drive unit can be driven based on the read operation data. It is characterized by

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, the toy main body may have a supporting portion that supports the member to be identified in a replaceable manner.

Moreover, in the toy which concerns on this invention, the said support part may be provided with two or more.

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, the toy main body moves the reading body so that the reading body passes through a reading position where the reading body can read the individual identification information of the object to be identified supported by the supporting portion. You may have a guide part which guides.

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, the guide section may guide the reading body that has passed through the reading position to a toy identification position where the toy identification information can be read.

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, the toy body may have a guide section for guiding the reader body to the reading position and the toy identifying position on all the supporting parts.

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, when the individual identification information read by the reader is a predetermined combination, the driving section may adopt a driving mode corresponding to the combination.

Moreover, in the toy according to the present invention, the driving section may have at least one of a sound generating section, a light emitting section, and a vibrating section.

Further, in the toy according to the present invention, the individual identification information and the toy identification information may be written in an IC tag, and the reader may be an IC tag reader.

According to the toy according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a more varied and interesting toy.

1 is a front view of a user wearing a belt which is a toy according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a front view of the belt which is the toy of 1st Embodiment concerning this invention. It is a front view of a medal holder. (A) is a perspective view of the scanner as seen from the front, and (B) is a perspective view of the scanner as seen from the rear. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the scanner; FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the medal|token reading operation|movement in a belt. 10 is a flow chart showing the generation of transformation sounds and deathblow sounds. FIG. 10 is a front view of a toy weapon according to a second embodiment of the present invention; 4 is a flow chart showing a medal reading operation in a weapon; 10 is a flow chart showing the output of a normal attack sound and a deadly attack sound;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a user 10 wearing a belt 20 as a toy according to the first embodiment of the invention.
The belt 20 as a toy imitates the belt worn by the hero of a television program or the like, and as shown in FIG. It is for playing “Narikiri Asobi” where you become a hero. In the program, the heroes wear medals on their belts, read the medals attached to their belts with a scanner, and transform into a predetermined mode based on the combination of the attached medals, or perform various special moves. In addition, the scanner is set to emit sound, emit light, etc. when transforming or performing a special move. Here, "transformation" means that the appearance of the hero changes depending on the medals, depending on the head, chest, and chest parts.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, three medals 21 (a first medal 211, a second medal 212, and a third medal 213) can be exchangeably attached to the belt 20. FIG. Each of the medals 211, 212, 213 indicates the transformation mode of the hero's head, chest, and legs as a program setting. For example, in the program, if the hero is set to change six types each of the head, chest, and legs (that is, set to be able to transform into 6×6×6=216 types), the first medal 211 , second medals 212, and third medals 213 are also prepared in six types each.
In the following description, medals are collectively referred to as medal 21, and medals are distinguished by first medal 211, second medal 212, and third medal 213. .

An IC tag 26 storing individual identification information is embedded in the medal 21 and is not exposed on the surface. As the IC tag 26, an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag can be used. In particular, by using a passive type scanner that operates using radio waves from the scanner 30 as an energy source, there is no need to incorporate a battery, and it is possible to operate at low cost and almost permanently. Also, the IC tag 26 operates upon receiving radio waves from the scanner 30 and emits a signal representing the stored individual device identification information.

Individualization of the medal 21 may be done from various perspectives. For example, the individual identification information stored in the IC tag may differ depending on the color, such as gold medals and silver medals. In addition, the individual identification information stored in the IC tag may be changed according to the transformation mode of the hero instructed by the medal as a program setting. For example, a medal for instructing a transformation mode with an animal "hawk" motif, a medal for instructing a transformation mode with an animal "tiger" motif, and a medal for instructing a transformation mode with an insect "grasshopper" motif. It is conceivable that the individual identification information stored in the IC tag is different for each medal. In that case, the surface of the medal may be provided with patterns such as hawks, tigers, grasshoppers, etc., which indicate the mode of transformation. In addition, on the back side, a pattern representing the part of each medal indicating the transformation mode, that is, any of the head, chest, and legs, can be provided. Thereby, the individual identification information can be known from the appearance of the medal 21 . In this embodiment, according to the individual identification information of the medal 21, the color of the medal (gold or silver), the motif of the transformation mode indicated by the medal as a setting in the program ("hawk", "tiger", "grasshopper") animals and insects) are designated.

As shown in FIG. 2, the belt 20 includes a belt body 22, which is a toy body worn by the user 10, and a medal supporting body having slots 241, 242, and 243 as supporting parts for exchangeably supporting the medal 21. It has a holder 24 (see FIG. 3), a scanner holder 23 that detachably stores the scanner 30 in the belt body 22, and a medal storage section 28 that detachably stores a plurality of medals 21. FIG. The medal holder 24 can be provided integrally with the buckle 221 of the belt 20 . The scanner holder 23 is provided with a holding portion 231 for hooking and holding the scanner 30 . A medal storage part 28 holds the medals 21 to be used, and the medals 21 to be used are taken out and attached to the medal holder 24.例文帳に追加Alternatively, the used medal 21 taken out from the medal holder 24 is stored. The scanner holder 23 and medal storage section 28 can be attached to any desired location on the belt body 22 .

As also shown in FIG. 3, the medal holder 24 has a plurality of slots 241, 242, 243 so that a plurality of (three in this embodiment) medals 211, 212, 213 can be inserted interchangeably. . That is, the slots 241 , 242 and 243 function as supporting portions for supporting the medals 211 , 212 and 213 . Also, the medal holder 24 is provided with a toy identification IC 27 to which toy identification information is attached for identifying the belt 20 from other toys. The toy identification IC 27 receives radio waves from the scanner 30, operates using this as an energy source, and emits a signal representing attached toy identification information. In addition, the individualization of toys by toy identification information may be performed from various viewpoints such as use, shape, retail price, role in a program, date of production, and the like. For example, the belt 20 and the weapon 50, which will be described later, may be divided according to their roles in "playing as someone else", and toy identification ICs with different toy identification information attached thereto may be incorporated. Also, even if the "belt" has the same role in the "play as a play", if the shape is different, the toy identification information attached to the toy identification IC may be changed. As a result, the belts worn by different heroes in the program can be individualized as separate toys, or even the belts worn by the same hero can be set in the program before power-up. And, it can be individualized as a separate toy as a belt after powering up. In this embodiment, at least the toy identification information attached to the toy identification IC 27 contained in the belt 20 indicates that the toy containing the toy identification IC 27 is the belt 20 .

The medal holder 24 has a guide portion 25 that guides the scanner 30 so that the scanner 30 passes through a reading position where the individual identification information of the medal 21 supported by the medal holder 24 can be read. The guide part 25 is provided in the vicinity of the slots 241 , 242 , 243 so that a member having an L-shaped cross section protrudes from the surface of the medal holder 24 . In this embodiment, the guide portion 21 is provided substantially parallel to the direction in which the slots 241, 242, and 243 are arranged. Further, the guide portion 25 and the medal holder 24 can be inclined (for example, about 24°) with respect to the belt body 22 so that the scanner 30 can be easily moved when the individual identification information is read by the user 10. It is provided with respect to the belt main body 22 so that it becomes.
Therefore, by moving the scanner 30 along the guide portion 25, the scanner 30 can pass through the reading position where the individual identification information of the medal 21 can be read, and can read the individual identification information from the IC tag 26 of the medal 21. can. Further, by moving the scanner 30 along the guide portion, the scanner 30 can read the toy identification information from the toy identification IC 27 of the medal holder 24 after reading the individual identification information from the IC tag 26 of the medal 21. Guided to toy identification position. As a result, the scanner 30 can naturally read the toy identification information from the toy identification IC 27 after reading the individual identification information from the IC tag 26 of the medal 21 .

As shown in FIG. 4, the scanner 30 has a disk shape as a whole, and has a handle 31 on the surface thereof for holding the scanner 30 by inserting the hand of the user 10 . A reading start switch 32 for starting the function as a tag reader is provided inside the handle 31 . The reading start switch 32 is turned on by gripping the handle 31, and once turned on, the scanner 30 can read the individual identification information of the medal 21 and the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 for a certain period of time. Therefore, if the reading start switch 32 is turned ON and reading is not performed within a predetermined period of time, it is automatically turned OFF and reading is not possible, thereby preventing consumption of the battery. In addition, on the surface, there are provided a sounding unit 34 such as a speaker that emits sounds such as predetermined lines, startup sounds, transformation sounds, deathblow sounds, etc., and a light emitting unit 35 that is made up of an LED that emits light, etc., and a scanner is provided inside. A vibrating portion 36 is provided to vibrate 30 (see FIG. 5).
In addition, it is desirable to attach a pattern corresponding to the image of the hero to the surface.

The rear surface of the scanner 30 has an engaging portion 33 for hooking and holding the holding portion 231 (see FIG. 2) of the scanner holder 23 of the belt body 22 . The engaging portion 33 is rotatable about the upper end portion 331 in the direction away from the back surface (direction of arrow A in FIG. 4B). is urged toward the rear side by a spring member (not shown). As a result, the scanner 30 locked to the scanner holder 23 is held without falling off.

A transmitting antenna 371 and a receiving antenna 372 are provided on the rear surface of the scanner 30 . The transmitting antenna 371 emits radio waves toward the IC tag 26 of the medal 21 under the control of the control unit 40, which will be described later, when the individual identification information of the medal 21 is read by the scanner 30. It receives radio waves and receives signals emitted from the IC tag 26 . The transmitting antenna 371 emits radio waves toward the toy identification IC 27 under the control of the control unit 40, which will be described later, when the scanner 30 reads the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27. The receiving antenna 372 transmits the radio waves. , and receives the signal emitted from the toy identification IC 27 .

FIG. 5 shows the internal configuration of the scanner 30, which is an IC tag reader. As shown in FIG. 5, a controller 40 and a battery 41 are provided inside the scanner 30 and are connected via a reading start switch 32 . Therefore, when the reading start switch 32 is turned on, a current flows through the control section 40 for a predetermined period of time to start control.

A transmitting antenna 371 and a receiving antenna 372 are connected to the control unit 40. When the reading start switch 32 is turned on, the transmitting antenna 37 is controlled to emit radio waves to the IC tag 26 and the toy identification IC 27. , individual identification information and toy identification information represented by the signal emitted from the IC tag 26 of the medal 21 received by the receiving antenna 372 and the signal emitted from the toy identification IC 27 of the medal holder 24 respectively. 42 (that is, the individual identification information and the toy identification information are read). A memory 42 is connected to the control unit 40, and includes voice data for generating sounds such as predetermined lines, startup sounds, transformation sounds, deathblow sounds, etc. Light emission data for causing light to be emitted by the vibration unit 36 and vibration data for vibrating the vibrating portion 36 in a predetermined pattern are stored. In addition, at least the combination of the individual identification information of the predetermined tokens 21 and the operation data of the sound generator 34, the light emitter 35, and the vibration unit 36 corresponding to these combinations are stored in advance. In addition to storing various sound data, light emission data (light emission pattern data), and vibration data, which will be described later, various conceivable data can be stored. The memory 42 also has a temporary storage area for temporarily storing the read individual identification information of the medal 21 and the toy identification information. A drive unit 43 is connected to the control unit 40 , and the drive unit 43 is connected to the sound generator 34 , the light emitter 35 and the vibration unit 36 .

Next, an operation of the user 10 on the belt 20 and an operation of the belt 20 corresponding thereto will be described.
First, based on FIG. 6, the reading operation of the medal 21 will be described. When started (step SAS), the desired medals 21 stored in the medal storage section 28 are taken out and attached to the slots 241, 242, 243 of the medal holder 24 (step SA1). A desired number of medals 21 are mounted (step SA2), and when the mounting is completed, the scanner 30 is removed from the scanner holder 23 (step SA3). By putting the hand into the handle 31 of the scanner 30 and grasping it, the reading start switch 32 is turned on (step SA4). Thereby, the control unit 40 drives the transmission antenna 371 and controls the transmission antenna 37 so as to emit radio waves to the IC tag 26 and the toy identification IC 27 . At the same time, the control unit 40 reads out the voice data for generating the standby sound from the memory 42, drives the sound generator 34 to generate the standby sound (step SA5), and the user 10 uses the scanner 30 to read the individual identification information of the medal 21. , that the toy identification information of the medal holder 24 can be read. As the standby sound, for example, a sound such as "Queen" can be adopted. At this time, the control unit 40 preferably controls the light emitting unit 35 to emit light and the vibrating unit 36 to vibrate in response to the standby sound based on the data stored in the memory 42 .

If the user 10 does not start reading within a predetermined time after the standby sound is emitted (that is, the reading start switch 32 is turned ON) (step SA6), the control unit 40 turns the reading start switch 32 OFF. and end (step SA7). Conversely, when the user 10 starts reading within the predetermined time, that is, the user 10 has moved the scanner 30 along the guide portion 25 of the medal holder 24 within the predetermined time (step SA8). The controller 40 recognizes the medal 21 each time it reads one medal 21 (step SA9). That is, the scanner 30 in a state capable of reading the individual identification information and the toy identification information can read the individual identification information of the medal 21 (in this embodiment, above the guide section 25 and at each of the slots 241 and 242). , 243), electric waves emitted from the transmitting antenna 371 of the scanner 30 cause current to flow through the IC tag 26 in the token 21, and the IC tag 26 emits a signal. A signal emitted from the IC tag 26 is received by the receiving antenna 372 . The control unit 40 determines the individual identification information represented by the signal received by the receiving antenna 372 . That is, the individual identification information of the medal 21 is read. When the individual identification information of the medal 21 is read, the control unit 40 reads audio data of the medal recognition sound from the memory 42, drives the sound generator 34 to emit the medal recognition sound, and stores the read individual identification information in the memory. 42 temporary storage area. As the medal recognition sound, for example, a sound such as "ring" can be used when reading a gold medal, and "ring" when reading a silver medal. In addition, since the read individual identification information is stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42, when two medals 21 are read, the control unit 40 determines that the individual identification information of the read two medals 21 is gold. It can be determined whether or not it represents a medal. When it is determined that two pieces of the individual identification information of the gold medal have been read, the control unit 40 determines that the medal recognition sound emitted when the individual identification information of the second gold medal is read is the same as that of the first gold medal. The medal recognition sound generated when the individual identification information of the medal is read may be raised by a semitone or the like. At this time, the control unit 40 preferably controls the light emitting unit 35 to emit light and the vibration unit 36 to vibrate in response to the scanning sound based on the data stored in the memory 42 .

Then, the scanner 30 is moved along the guide portion 25 to pass through the reading position where the individual identification information of the medals 21 can be read, and all the medals 211, 212, 213 inserted in the slots 241, 242, 243 are individually scanned. After reading the identification information, the toy identification IC 27 attached to the medal holder 24 is subsequently read (step SA10). That is, by moving the scanner 30 along the guiding portion 25, after reading the individual identification information of the medal 21, the scanner 30 is guided to the toy identification position where the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 can be read. Electric waves emitted from the transmitting antenna 371 of the scanner 30 cause a current to flow through the toy identification IC 27, and the toy identification IC 27 emits a signal. A signal emitted from the toy identification IC 27 is received by the receiving antenna 372 . The control unit 40 determines the toy identification information represented by the signal received by the receiving antenna 372 , and determines that it is the belt 20 in the case of this embodiment. In this way, by moving the scanner 30 along the guide section 25, after the individual identification information of the medal 21 is read, the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 is also read by a natural operation, and the control section 40 causes the scanner 30 to It can be recognized that the toy being played with is the belt 20 . Also, the control unit 40 stores the read toy identification information in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 .

When the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 is read, the control unit 40 outputs audio data from the memory 42 for generating a read completion sound (scan completion sound) indicating completion of reading the individual identification information of the medal 21 and the toy identification information. is read out, and the sound generator 34 is driven to generate a reading completion sound (step SA11). A plurality of voice data for generating the reading completion sound are stored in the memory 42 for each toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27. The most recently read toy identification information is referred to, and voice data for generating a corresponding reading completion sound is read from the memory 42 . That is, in this embodiment, read completion sound data corresponding to the toy identification information on the belt 20 is read. For example, a sound like "zukuon" can be used. Of course, at this time, it is desirable for the control unit 40 to control the light emitting unit 35 to emit light and the vibrating unit 36 to vibrate in response to the reading completion sound based on the data stored in the memory 42. . Further, since the reading completion sound corresponds to the toy identification information, it goes without saying that if this is the toy identification information other than the belt 20, a different sound will be output. Next, the control unit 40 refers to the read individual identification information of the first medal 211, the second medal 212, and the third medal 213 stored in the partial storage area in the memory 42, and reads each individual identification information. determines the motif (eg, hawk, tiger, grasshopper) specified by the memory 42, and the voice corresponding to the motif stored in the memory 42 (eg, if the motif is a hawk, the voice "hawk", if the motif is a tiger, "tora") The voice data for generating the voice "Grasshopper" for grasshopper) is read from the memory 42, and the sound generator 34 is driven to generate the voice. This completes reading (step SAE).

Next, based on FIG. 7, the operation based on the read individual identification information of the medal 21 will be described.
In the setting of the program, the hero's transformation mode changes according to the contents of the medal read by the scanner (for example, the transformation mode of the head, chest, and legs changes according to the motif specified by the medal), and from the scanner makes a transformation sound. In order to reproduce this, the control unit 40 first refers to the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 (step SB1). In the case of this embodiment, since the toy identification information stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 represents the belt 20, the "combination of individual identification information of the medals 211, 212, and 213" is stored in the belt 20 in advance. It is compared with the "combination of the individual identification information of the predetermined medals 21" stored in the memory 42 for use, and it is determined whether or not they match. (Step SB2). When it is determined that the combination of the individual identification information of the read medals 21 does not match the predetermined combination (when the number of the individual identification information of the read medals 21 is less than the number constituting the predetermined combination (for example, If the predetermined combination consists of a combination of three pieces of individual identification information (for three medals), and if there are only one or two pieces of read individual identification information (for one or two medals)) ), the control unit 40 reads out voice data for generating a normal transformation sound, such as "dooine", from the memory 42, and drives the sound generator 34 to output the voice (step SB3).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step SB2 that the predetermined combination is matched, the control unit 40 determines that the special transformation sounds stored in the memory 42 for the predetermined combination, such as the medals 211, 212, and 213, are " In the case of "hawk", "tora", or "grasshopper", the data for generating "ta-to-ba, tato-ba, ta-to-ba" is read out from the memory 42, and the sound generator is used. 34 is driven to output sound (step SB4). At this time, the control unit 40 preferably controls the light emitting unit 35 to emit light and the vibrating unit 36 to vibrate in response to the transformation sound based on the data stored in the memory 42 .
The order of the medals 211, 212, and 213 attached to the medal holder 24 does not matter, and if the combination of the read individual identification information is the same, it is determined that the combination is the same (that is, the order of hawk, tiger, and grasshopper). Even if the individual identification information is read in , even if it is read in the order of hawk, grasshopper, and tiger, these are judged to be the same combination of individual identification information for hawk, tiger, and grasshopper). Even if the user is a child and the medal holder 24 is attached to the medal holder 24 in the wrong order, he can enjoy the output of a special transformation sound.

Further, the user 10 can read the individual identification information of the medal 21 and the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 again with the scanner 30 within a predetermined time (for example, 3 minutes) after outputting the normal transformation sound or the special transformation sound. There is also a possibility (step SB5). If the user 10 reads the individual identification information of the medal 21 and the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 again with the scanner 30 within the predetermined time, the medal is recognized each time the medal is read in the same manner as described above. (Step SB6), and read the toy identification IC 27 (Step SB7). Then, the control unit 40 compares the individual identification information and toy identification information stored in the temporary storage area in the memory 42 with the individual identification information and toy identification information newly read and stored in the temporary storage area and finds a match. (Step SB8). If it is determined that they match, it means that the medal 21 has been read again without being replaced. A reading completion sound is output (step SB9). Furthermore, in response to reading the medals 21 again without exchanging the medals 21, the control unit 40 emits a deathblow sound from the memory 42 instead of the transformation sound this time, for example, a sound "scanning charge rider kick". The voice data is read out and the sound generator 34 is driven to output voice (step SB10). Thus, the process ends (step SB11).
On the other hand, if it is determined in step SB5 that the individual identification information and the like are not reread within the predetermined time, the control unit 40 erases the individual identification information and the like stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 and terminates (step SB12). ) Also, in step SB8, if the individual identification information and toy identification information stored in the temporary storage area in the memory 42 do not match the individual identification information and toy identification information newly read and stored in the temporary storage area. If so, it means that the user 10 has exchanged the medal 21 and has read it again. The individual identification information and the toy identification information are overwritten and updated, the process returns to step SA11 in FIG. 6 (arrow A), and a reading completion sound corresponding to the newly read toy identification information is output.

According to the belt 20 of the first embodiment of the present invention described above, the belt body 22 has the slots 241, 242, and 243 that exchangeably support the medals 211, 212, and 213 from which the scanner 30 reads the individual identification information. , the individual identification information to be read can be easily changed by exchanging the medals 211, 212, 213.
In addition, the toy body 22 has a guide portion 25 that guides the individual identification information to pass through the reading position where the scanner 30 can read the individual identification information when the scanner 30 reads the individual identification information. Individual identification information can be read.
Further, the toy body 22 is provided with a toy identification IC 27 to which toy identification information is attached for distinguishing the toy body 22 from other toy bodies. Therefore, the toy main body 22 can be reliably identified. Thus, the driving part 43 can be driven according to the combination of the read individual identification information and the toy identification information, and a mode peculiar to the belt 20 can be adopted, and the varied and interesting belt 20 can be provided.

Also, since the medal holder 24 has a plurality of slots 241, 242, 243 that exchangeably support the medals 211, 212, 213, a plurality of medals 21 can be used. Further, since the guide section 25 guides the scanner 30 to the reading position where the individual identification information of the medals 21 in all the slots 241, 242, 243 can be read, the individual identification information of all the medals 21 can be reliably read. can.

Further, when a plurality of pieces of individual identification information read by the scanner 30 are in a predetermined combination, the driving section 43 adopts a special driving mode corresponding to the combination, so that the user can be surprised.

In addition, the driving section 43 can drive at least one of the sound generating section 34, the light emitting section 35, and the vibrating section 36 to express sound, light, vibration, or a combination thereof, thereby surprising the user. can give.

In addition, since individual identification information and toy identification information are written in minute IC tags 26 and toy identification ICs 27, IC tags 26 and toy identification ICs 27 can be embedded in desired positions without changing the design of medals 21 and medal holders 24. be able to. Further, the scanner 30 reads information by contacting or not contacting the IC tag 26 of the medal 21 and the toy identification IC 27 of the belt body 22 .

(Second embodiment)
Next, a weapon 50 as a toy according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected to the site|part which is common in the belt 20 concerning 1st Embodiment mentioned above, and suppose that the overlapping description is abbreviate|omitted.
As shown in FIG. 8, a weapon 50 as a toy imitates a weapon used by a hero in battle due to the setting of the program, and has a weapon body 51 and a medal 21 . Then, a medal 21, which is a member to be identified to which individual identification information is assigned, is attached to the weapon body 51, and the individual identification information is read from the attached medal 21 by a scanner 30, which is a reading body, and based on the read information. A predetermined mode is adopted.

The weapon body 51 has a handle 52 gripped by the user 10 and a blade 53 continuous with the handle 52 . The blade portion 53 is provided with a slot 54 as a support for exchangeably supporting the token 21, and at the tip of the slot 54, storage chambers 541, 542, 543 as a support for accommodating the token 21 are provided. is provided. The storage chambers 541, 542, and 543 communicate with each other, and the medal 21 can move between the storage chambers. A microswitch 55 for counting the number of medals 21 inserted in the slot 54 is provided in the vicinity of the medal insertion opening of the slot 54, and the number of times the medal 21 inserted in the slot 54 turns on the microswitch 55 is counted. Therefore, a drive control unit, which will be described later, grasps the number of inserted medals 21 .

A side surface of the blade portion 53 is provided with a guide portion 56 along the housing chambers 541 , 542 , 543 . A toy identification IC 57 attached with toy identification information indicating that it is a weapon 50 is provided near the tip of the guide portion 56 instead of the belt 20 shown in the first embodiment. The toy identification IC 57 is embedded so as not to be visually recognized from the outside.

In addition, the weapon 50 has a drive control unit, a memory connected to the drive control unit, and a battery (both of which are not shown). are connected to a sound generating unit 61 that generates sound, a light emitting unit 62 that has an LED or the like and emits light, and the microswitch 55 described above. A physical switch 58 is provided on the base end side of the guide portion 56 and is turned on by coming into contact with the scanner 30 when the scanner 30 is placed on the guide portion 56 . 58 are also connected. Further, the memory stores sound data and light emission pattern data for the drive control unit to drive the sound output unit 61 and the light emission unit 62 to output sound and emit light. It has a count storage area for storing the number of times (that is, the number of inserted medals 21). Furthermore, the memory has a physical switch state storage area for storing that the physical switch 58 has been turned ON. Information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored in the area. However, the drive control unit erases the information when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after storing the information indicating that the physical switch 58 was turned on.

In the configuration as described above, when the user 10 presses the drive switch 59, the drive control section reads the data stored in the memory in response to this, and based on the read data, the sound generation section 62 and the light emission section 64 is driven to output sound and emit light. A plurality of sound data and light emission pattern data are stored in memory according to the number of times the microswitch 55 is turned on (the number of medals 21 inserted), and when the drive switch 59 is pressed, Data corresponding to the number of times the microswitch 55 has been turned on (the number of medals 61 inserted) may be read from the memory by referring to the count storage area in the memory. For example, the greater the number of times the microswitch 55 is turned on (the number of medals 21 inserted), the more powerful the sound. Further, a plurality of the above-described voice data and light emission pattern data are stored in the memory according to whether or not information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored in the physical switch state storage area. 10 presses the drive switch 59, the drive control section refers to the physical switch state storage area, and information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored in the physical switch state storage area. Data may be read out from the memory depending on whether or not there is. As a result, the data read from the memory changes depending on whether or not the reading operation by the scanner 30 is performed in the weapon 50. Therefore, for example, when the reading operation by the scanner 30 is not performed (physical switch state storage area (when information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned ON is not stored in the physical switch state storage area), a normal attack sound is output, and after the reading operation by the scanner 30 is performed (the physical switch state storage area stores the physical switch 58 is stored), it is possible to output a more powerful deathblow attack sound representing a deathblow. At this time, the normal attack sound and the deadly attack sound may be changed as described above according to the number of times the microswitch 55 is turned on (the number of medals 21 inserted).

Next, based on FIG. 9, the reading operation of the medal 21 by the user 10 with the weapon 50, the accompanying operation of the scanner 30, the operation of the weapon 50, and the generation of the deathblow sound will be described.
When the game starts (step SCS), the medals 21 stored in the medal storage section 28 of the belt 20 are taken out and sequentially inserted into the slots 54 of the weapon 50 (step SC1). The number of inserted medals 21 is counted by the microswitch 55 (step SC2). More specifically, each time the microswitch 55 is turned on by the passage of the medal 21, the drive control unit connected to the microswitch 55 updates the count storage area in the memory, thereby enabling the inserted medal 21 to be counted. I am counting the number. A desired number of medals 21 are attached, and when the attachment is completed (step SC3), the scanner 30 is removed from the scanner holder 23 of the belt 20 (step SC4).

When the reading start switch 32 is turned on by putting a hand into the handle 31 of the scanner 30 and holding it, the control unit 40 drives the transmission antenna 371 to transmit information to the IC tag 26 and the toy identification IC 57 as in the first embodiment. The transmitting antenna 37 is controlled to emit radio waves. At the same time, the control unit 40 reads the audio data of the standby sound from the memory 42 and drives the sound generator 34 to emit the standby sound. can be read. Then, the user 10 moves the scanner 30 along the guide portion 56 in this state (step SC5). At this time, the scanner 30 contacts the physical switch 58 to turn it ON (step SC6), and the drive control unit of the weapon 50 connected to the physical switch 58 stores the physical switch 58 in the physical switch state storage area in the memory. Information indicating that it has been turned ON is stored. Then, the IC tag 26 of the medal 21 and the toy identification IC 57 of the weapon 50 are read (step SC7). That is, as in the first embodiment, the scanner 30 in a state capable of reading the individual identification information and the toy identification information can read the individual identification information of the medal 21 (in the present embodiment, the reading position above the guide section 56). and near storage chambers 541, 542, and 543), radio waves emitted from the transmitting antenna 371 of the scanner 30 cause current to flow through the IC tag 26 in the medal 21, and the IC tag 26 transmits a signal. emitted. A signal emitted from the IC tag 26 is received by the receiving antenna 372 . The control unit 40 determines the individual identification information represented by the signal received by the receiving antenna 372 . That is, the individual identification information of the medal 21 is read. Further, when the individual identification information of the medal 21 is read, the control unit 40 reads out the audio data of the scanning sound from the memory 42, drives the sound generation unit 34 to emit a medal recognition sound, and reads the read individual identification information. Stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 . Then, the scanner 30 is caused to pass through the reading position where the individual identification information of the medal 21 can be read, and the individual identification information of all the medals 21 inserted in the storage chambers 541, 542, and 543 is read. The toy identification IC 57 is guided to a toy identification position where the toy identification information can be read. At this time, electric waves emitted from the transmitting antenna 371 of the scanner 30 cause current to flow through the toy identification IC 57, and the toy identification IC 57 emits a signal. A signal emitted from the toy identification IC 57 is received by the receiving antenna 372 . The control unit 40 determines the toy identification information represented by the signal received by the receiving antenna 372, and determines that it is the weapon 50 in the case of this embodiment. Also, the control unit 40 stores the read toy identification information in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 .

After that, the control unit 40 refers to the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 57 stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 (that is, the toy identification information representing the weapon 50), and extracts the weapon 50 from the memory 42. The data for generating the read completion sound corresponding to the toy identification information indicating that the toy is a toy is read, and the sound generator 34 is driven to generate the read completion sound (step SC8). Note that the reading completion sound corresponding to the toy identification information representing the weapon 50 is a different sound (for example, a lower-pitched sound) from the reading completion sound corresponding to the toy identification information representing the belt 20 . Therefore, even if the individual identification information of the read medal 21 is the same, the read completion sound can be made different depending on whether the toy identification information to be read thereafter is for the belt 20 or the weapon 50. . Further, if the medal 21 is supported by the toy by the supporting portion as in the present embodiment, the reading completion sound can be varied according to the toy supporting the medal 21 during the reading operation. Further, subsequent operations of the scanner 30 are different from those in the case where the belt 20 of the first embodiment performs the reading operation, as described below. That is, the scanner 30 not only changes the reading completion sound according to the read toy identification information, but also changes the operation after the reading completion sound.

Now, the operation after the reading completion sound is output will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 40 refers to the temporary storage area in the memory 42 (step SD1), determines the number of individual identification information of the medals 21 stored (step SD2), The data for generating the technique sound is read out from the memory 42, and the sound generator 34 is driven to output the finisher technique sound (step SD3). That is, when the number of stored individual identification information is one (that is, when the number of medals 21 whose individual identification information is read is one), a voice saying "single scanning charge" is generated, and when there are two pieces, " If there are 3, the sound "Triple Scanning Charge" is generated. In this way, the scanner 30 operates in the case of performing the reading operation with the belt 20 of the first embodiment (outputting a sound corresponding to the motif of each medal, outputting a transformation sound corresponding to the combination of the medals, etc.). behaves differently.

When the user 10 turns on the drive switch 59 of the weapon 50 after the deathblow sound is generated (step SD4), the drive control unit of the weapon 50 refers to the physical switch state storage area in the memory, and the physical switch 58 is turned ON is stored (step SD5). If it is determined that the information indicating that the physical switch 58 has been turned on is stored, data corresponding to the fact that the information indicating that the physical switch 58 has been turned on (for example, deadly attack ) is read from the memory, and based on the read data, the sound generator 61 and the light emitter 62 are driven to output sound and emit light (step SD6). If it is determined in step SD5 that the information indicating that the physical switch 58 has been turned on is not stored, data corresponding to the fact that the information indicating that the physical switch 58 has been turned on (for example, , data for directing normal attacks, etc.) is read from the memory, and based on the read data, the sound generator 61 and light emitter 62 are driven to output sound and emit light (step SD7). As a result, before the scanner 30 reads the individual identification information of the medal 21 (before the physical switch 58 is pressed), that is, before the special technique sound is generated from the scanner 30, and after reading (the physical switch 58 is pressed). ), that is, after the special move sound is generated from the scanner 30, and the sound generated from the weapon 50 when the user 10 presses the drive switch 59 can be changed, that is, the former In the case of time, the sound of a normal attack is used instead of the sound of a deadly attack, and in the case of the latter, a more powerful sound of a deadly attack representing a deathblow is used.

Further, when the drive switch 59 is turned on by the user 10, the drive control unit refers to the physical switch state storage area and the count storage area of the memory 42, and stores the data read from the memory 42 in the count storage area. Data corresponding to the stored number of times the microswitch 55 has been turned on (the number of medals 61 inserted) can also be used. As a result, the control unit 40 responds to the fact that information indicating that the physical switch 59 is turned on is stored in the physical switch state storage area from the memory 42, and the microswitch 55 stored in the count storage area. Data can be read according to the number of times that is turned ON. The number of times the microswitch 55 has been turned on stored in the count storage area should match the number of individual identification information of the read medals 21 stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 of the scanner 30. Therefore, when the user 10 turns on the drive switch 59 after the scanner 30 outputs a sound corresponding to the number of pieces of individual identification information (for example, "triple scanning charge" which is a sound when three items are stored), the weapon is activated. The deadly attack sound output from 50 also corresponds to the number of medals 21 inserted (for example, the number of times the microswitch 55 is turned ON is three times), so the sound output from the scanner 30 and Both the sound output by the weapon 50 and the sound output can be made according to the number of medals 21.例文帳に追加

As described above, according to the weapon 50 of the second embodiment according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the same effect as the belt 20 of the first embodiment described above, and the individual identification given by exchanging the medals 21 can be obtained. Information can be easily changed to provide a varied and interesting weapon 50 .

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the toy according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims, Various modifications and changes are possible.

Also, in the above-described embodiment, the case of using three coins 21 was illustrated, but the number of coins 21 is not limited. Also, any combination of transformations can be set.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case of non-contact scanning using an RFID tag was exemplified, but a contact method is also applicable.
Furthermore, although the passive type IC tag 26 of the coin 21 was exemplified, it is also possible to use an active type in which a battery is built inside the coin 21 .

20 belt (toy)
21 medal (member to be identified)
22 belt body (toy body)
24 medal holder (support)
241, 242, 243 slots (supports)
25 guide section 27, 57 toy identification IC (toy identification section)
30 scanner (reading body)
34 sound generator 35 light emitter 36 vibrator 43 driver 50 weapon (toy)
51 Weapon Body (Toy Body)
54 slots (supports)
541, 542, 543 containment chamber (support part)
56 Guide

Claims (1)

a toy body,
A member to be identified to which individual identification information corresponding to the type is given in a form written on an IC tag;
a reading unit comprising an IC tag reader for reading the individual identification information from the member to be identified;
a storage area for storing individual identification information read from the member to be identified;
a driving unit having at least one of a sound generating unit, a light emitting unit, and a vibrating unit;
an operation data storage unit storing operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information;
In the toy body, the member to be identified can pass through a reading position where the individual identification information can be read by the reading unit,
The storage area can store a plurality of pieces of individual identification information read from a plurality of members to be identified,
The motion data storage unit stores motion data of the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information, motion data representing the type of the member to be identified, and motion data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area. is remembered to contain
a control unit capable of reading operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information from the operation data storage unit and driving the driving unit based on the read operation data;
When the reading unit reads the individual identification information from the member to be identified, the operation data representing the type of the member to be identified corresponding to the read individual identification information is read from the operation data storage unit, and the read member to be identified is read. driving the drive unit based on operation data representing the type of member;
After that, upon completion of reading of the individual identification information of the member to be identified, the operation data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area is read from the operation data storage unit, and the read operation data is The drive unit can be driven based on
The action data storage unit includes action data corresponding to the individual identification information stored in the storage area, and action data corresponding to a predetermined combination of a plurality of individual identification information stored in the storage area. is remembered as
When the individual identification information stored in the storage area is the predetermined combination, the control unit selects a plurality of pieces of individual identification information stored in the storage area from the operation data storage unit. capable of reading operation data corresponding to the combination and driving the drive unit based on the read operation data;
Furthermore, the control unit
After driving the drive unit based on the operation data read from the operation data storage unit according to the individual identification information stored in the storage area, the reading unit reads the individual identification information from the member to be identified within a predetermined time. is completed, determining whether the read-completed individual identification information matches the individual identification information stored in the storage area,
When it is determined that the read-completed individual identification information matches the individual identification information stored in the storage area, an operation in response to completion of reading of the same individual identification information from the operation data storage unit within a predetermined time. capable of reading data and driving the drive unit based on the read operation data;
A toy characterized by:

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