Intelligent track building block ball

Abstract

An intelligent track building block ball comprises a spherical shell and a charging base arranged at the bottom of the spherical shell, wherein a first installation cavity is arranged inside the spherical shell, and the bottom of the spherical shell is concave inward to form the first installation cavity; the first installation cavity is divided into five layers from top to bottom, wherein the first layer is provided with an electric motor, the second layer is provided with a storage battery, the third layer is provided with a battery management IC chip and a control chip, the fourth layer is provided with a circuit board, and the fifth layer is provided with a peripheral circuit and an acceleration sensor; a charging layer is arranged in the second installation cavity, and the charging layer is a charging circuit board with a charging pin, and an annular charging layer magnet is arranged outside the charging pin; the upper surface of the charging base is provided with a groove adapted to the shape of the bottom of the spherical shell, and a charging column is arranged in the groove to be plugged with the charging pin, and the charging column is connected to an external power supply through a wire. The present invention can calculate and record game scores, and then feedback different movement conditions of the ball on the track to the outside world through different vibration intensities.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of educational tools, and in particular to a smart track building block ball. Background Art

[0002] At present, most children's track building block ball toys are ordinary aluminum marbles. After the ball completes a round of track movement, we can only observe whether the ball can successfully pass through all the building block channels, but cannot judge the length of the ball movement distance, so it is impossible to obtain the specific score of the game to evaluate the ingenuity of this track construction; at the same time, because the track is made of building blocks, and children's building blocks are inevitably prone to splicing defects, when the ball passes through the defective building block track, it is easy to get stuck. At this time, it is often necessary to manually make the ball continue to move along the track, which is very inconvenient. To solve the above problems, we hope to provide a more intelligent ball that can record game scores and will not be stuck by the building block track, so as to obtain a better gaming experience. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to overcome the above problems, the present invention provides a smart track building block ball.

[0004] The first aspect of the present invention provides an intelligent track building block ball, comprising a spherical shell and a charging base arranged at the bottom of the spherical shell, wherein a first installation cavity is arranged inside the spherical shell, and the bottom of the spherical shell is concave inward to form a second installation cavity; the first installation cavity is divided into five layers from top to bottom, wherein the first layer is provided with an electric motor, the second layer is provided with a storage battery, the third layer is provided with a battery management IC chip and a control chip, the fourth layer is provided with a circuit board, and the fifth layer is provided with a peripheral circuit and an acceleration sensor; a charging layer is arranged in the second installation cavity, and the charging layer is a charging circuit board with a charging pin, and an annular charging layer magnet is arranged outside the charging pin;

[0005] The upper surface of the charging base is provided with a groove that matches the shape of the bottom of the spherical shell, and a charging column that is plugged into the charging pin is provided in the groove. The charging column is connected to an external power source through a wire, and a ring-shaped charging base magnet is provided on the outside of the charging column. When the bottom of the spherical shell is placed in the groove of the charging base, the charging layer magnet and the charging base magnet attract each other, and the charging pin is in contact and connected with the charging column.

[0006] One end of the charging layer is electrically connected to the battery, and the other end of the charging layer is electrically connected to the charging base, and the battery is charged by an external power supply; the battery is electrically connected to the battery management IC chip, and the battery management IC chip is electrically connected to the control chip through a peripheral circuit, and the battery management IC chip transmits the detected battery power information to the control chip; the control chip is electrically connected to the acceleration sensor, and the acceleration sensor transmits the collected acceleration data to the control chip; the control chip is electrically connected to the electric motor, and the control chip controls the operation of the electric motor according to the acceleration data.

[0007] Furthermore, the spherical shell is equally divided into an upper hemispherical shell and a lower hemispherical shell along the same radial section. The upper hemispherical shell and the lower hemispherical shell are respectively provided with internal threads and external threads on one side close to the section. The upper hemispherical shell and the lower hemispherical shell are threadedly connected to form a first installation cavity, and the bottom of the lower hemispherical shell is concave to form a second installation cavity.

[0008] The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0009] (1) The acceleration sensor can distinguish the various movements of the ball, send data such as the speed and distance of the ball to the control chip, calculate and record the game score based on the distance and time, and then use different vibration intensities to feedback the different movements of the ball on the track to the outside world. The control chip determines the next movement of the ball based on the database;

[0010] (2) The control chip outputs instructions to the electric motor based on the received information such as the speed and distance of the ball's movement and the subsequent movement mode information, so that the electric motor drives the ball to vibrate, so that the ball can move on the building block track without getting stuck. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 It is a system block diagram of the present invention.

[0012] Figure 2 It is a perspective view of the present invention.

[0013] Figure 3 It is a partial schematic diagram of the spherical shell of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the present invention.

[0015] Explanation of the accompanying drawings: 1. Spherical shell, 11. Upper hemispherical shell, 12. Lower hemispherical shell; 2. Intelligent control system, 21. Electric motor, 22. Battery, 23. Battery management IC chip, 24. Control chip, 25. Circuit board, 26. Peripheral circuit, 27. Acceleration sensor, 28. Charging pin, 29. Charging layer, 291. Charging layer magnet; 3. Charging base, 31. Charging base magnet, 32. Charging column, 33. Wire. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0017] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0018] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected" and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0019] Referring to the accompanying drawings, the first embodiment of the present invention provides a smart track building block ball, comprising a spherical shell 1 and a charging base 3 arranged at the bottom of the spherical shell 1, a first installation cavity is arranged inside the spherical shell 1, and the bottom of the spherical shell 1 is concave inward to form a second installation cavity; the first installation cavity is divided into five layers from top to bottom, wherein the first layer is provided with an electric motor 21, the second layer is provided with a storage battery 22, the third layer is provided with a battery management IC chip 23 and a control chip 24, the fourth layer is provided with a circuit board 25, and the fifth layer is provided with a peripheral circuit 26 and an acceleration sensor 27; a charging layer 29 is arranged in the second installation cavity, and the charging layer 29 is a charging circuit board with a charging pin 28, and a ring-shaped charging layer magnet 291 is arranged on the outside of the charging pin 28;

[0020] The upper surface of the charging base 3 is provided with a groove that matches the shape of the bottom of the spherical shell 1, and a charging column 32 that is plugged with the charging pin 28 is provided in the groove. The charging column 32 is connected to the external power supply through a wire 33, and a ring-shaped charging base magnet 31 is provided on the outside of the charging column 32; when the bottom of the spherical shell 1 is placed in the groove of the charging base 3, the charging layer magnet 291 and the charging base magnet 31 attract each other, and the charging pin 28 is in contact and connected with the charging column 32;

[0021] One end of the charging layer 29 is electrically connected to the battery 22, and the other end of the charging layer 29 is electrically connected to the charging base 3, and the battery 22 is charged by an external power supply; the battery 22 is electrically connected to the battery management IC chip 23, and the battery management IC chip 23 is electrically connected to the control chip 24 through the peripheral circuit 26, and the battery management IC chip 23 transmits the detected power information of the battery 22 to the control chip 24; the control chip 24 is electrically connected to the acceleration sensor 27, and the acceleration sensor 27 transmits the collected acceleration data to the control chip 24; the control chip 24 is electrically connected to the electric motor 21, and the control chip 24 controls the operation of the electric motor 21 according to the acceleration data.

[0022] In some embodiments of the present invention, the spherical shell 1 is equally divided into an upper hemispherical shell 11 and a lower hemispherical shell 12 along the same radial cross section. The upper hemispherical shell 11 and the lower hemispherical shell 12 are respectively provided with internal threads and external threads on one side close to the cross section. The upper hemispherical shell 11 and the lower hemispherical shell 12 are threadedly connected to form a first installation cavity, and the bottom of the lower hemispherical shell 12 is concave to form a second installation cavity.

[0023] A second embodiment of the present invention provides a method for operating a smart track building block ball, comprising the following steps:

[0024] Step 1: Collect the acceleration data of the ball in the track, and classify the movement of the ball according to the acceleration data. When the speed is zero, the movement of the ball is divided into two categories, one is stuck on the track, and the other is reaching the end of the track. After the acceleration sensor vibrates, if it continues to roll, it is stuck on the track; if the speed is still zero, it has reached the end of the track. The acceleration sensor can transmit the speed displacement (distance) to the control module, and then the control module controls the strength of the electric motor stabilization.

[0025] Step 2: The acceleration sensor can obtain speed and distance. The present invention scores by the length and duration of the distance, and presets the proportion of the distance and time in the total score to calculate the final score. The proportion of the distance and time in the total score is preset, and both the distance and time can be obtained by the acceleration sensor. For example: the longer the distance, the higher the score; the longer the time, the higher the score; the total score = distance * coefficient 1 + time * coefficient 2

[0026] The contents described in the embodiments of this specification are merely an enumeration of the implementation forms of the inventive concept. The protection scope of the present invention should not be regarded as limited to the specific forms described in the embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention also extends to equivalent technical means that can be conceived by those skilled in the art based on the inventive concept.

Claims

1. A method for operating a smart track building block ball, characterized in that: The track building block ball comprises a spherical shell (1) and a charging base (3) arranged at the bottom of the spherical shell (1); a first installation cavity is arranged inside the spherical shell (1); the bottom of the spherical shell (1) is concave inward to form a second installation cavity; the first installation cavity is divided into five layers from top to bottom, wherein the first layer is provided with an electric motor (21), the second layer is provided with a storage battery (22), the third layer is provided with a battery management IC chip (23) and a control chip (24), the fourth layer is provided with a circuit board (25), and the fifth layer is provided with a peripheral circuit (26) and an acceleration sensor (27); a charging layer (29) is arranged inside the second installation cavity, the charging layer (29) is a charging circuit board with a charging pin (28), and an annular charging layer magnet (291) is arranged outside the charging pin (28); The upper surface of the charging base (3) is provided with a groove matching the shape of the bottom of the spherical shell (1), and a charging column (32) is provided in the groove to be plugged into the charging pin (28). The charging column (32) is connected to an external power source via a wire (33), and an annular charging base magnet (31) is provided on the outside of the charging column (32); when the bottom of the spherical shell (1) is placed in the groove of the charging base (3), the charging layer magnet (291) and the charging base magnet (31) attract each other, and the charging pin (28) is in contact and communication with the charging column (32); One end of the charging layer (29) is electrically connected to the storage battery (22), and the other end of the charging layer (29) is electrically connected to the charging base (3), and the storage battery (22) is charged by an external power supply; the storage battery (22) is electrically connected to the battery management IC chip (23), and the battery management IC chip (23) is electrically connected to the control chip (24) through the peripheral circuit (26), and the battery management IC chip (23) transmits the detected power information of the storage battery (22) to the control chip (24); the control chip (24) is electrically connected to the acceleration sensor (27), and the acceleration sensor (27) transmits the collected acceleration data to the control chip (24); the control chip (24) is electrically connected to the electric motor (21), and the control chip (24) controls the operation of the electric motor (21) according to the acceleration data; The method comprises the following steps: Step 1, collect the acceleration data of the ball in the track running process, and classify the movement form of the ball according to the acceleration data; when the speed is zero, the movement form of the ball is divided into two categories, one is stuck on the track, and the other is reached the end of the track; after the acceleration sensor vibrates, if it continues to roll, it is a movement form of being stuck on the track; if the speed is still zero, it has reached the end of the track; the acceleration sensor transmits the speed displacement to the control module, and then the control module controls the strength of the electric motor stabilization; Step 2: The acceleration sensor obtains the speed and distance, scores the distance and time, and presets the proportion of the distance and time in the total score to calculate the final score; the proportion of the distance and time in the total score is preset, and the distance and time are both obtained by the acceleration sensor.

2. The intelligent track building block ball as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The spherical shell (1) is equally divided into an upper hemispherical shell (11) and a lower hemispherical shell (12) along the same radial cross section; the upper hemispherical shell (11) and the lower hemispherical shell (12) are provided with internal threads and external threads on one side close to the cross section, respectively; the upper hemispherical shell (11) and the lower hemispherical shell (12) are threadedly connected to form a first installation cavity; the bottom of the lower hemispherical shell (12) is concave to form a second installation cavity.

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