Toy

Abstract

To provide an interest toy which is rich in change, which can easily change a voice to be generated, and when generating a voice and the like corresponding to a combination of plural pieces of data, which can easily generate a different voice even by a same combination.SOLUTION: A toy body 22 comprises: a support body 24 comprising support parts 241, 242, 243 which support a member 21 to be identified which a reading body 30 reads out individual identification information, in a replaceable state; and a guide part 25 for guiding so as to pass a reading position where reading can be performed when the reading body 30 reads out the individual identification information. The toy body 22 has toy identification information for identifying the toy body from other toy body. Therefore, a drive part 43 is driven according to a combination of the read individual identification information and the toy identification information, a mode unique to the toy can be employed, and it is possible to provide the interest toy rich in change.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to toys.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, there are articles for the purpose of collecting toys and the like that reproduce sound when they exist alone or in a composite form with other articles (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

[0003] That is, for an article such as a trading card or a figure, a non-contact IC tag is provided as a storage means for storing an ID which is data for identifying the article, voice data to be reproduced when the article exists alone, voice data to be reproduced when the article exists in a composite form with other articles, and the like, and a tag reader reads the data stored in the non-contact IC tag. Then, based on the read ID and voice reproduction rules, voice is generated. Thereby, the voice generated depending on the content of the reproduction rules and voice data can be variously changed to give a sense of reality, storytelling, game play, and other interests.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0004]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] Generally, collectors and enthusiasts of toys and the like try to collect a series of toys, for example, when there are many types of similar toys. However, even when a plurality of such toys are collected, there is a problem that the voices emitted are lacking in variety and are uninteresting.

[0006] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a more diverse and interesting toy.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] The toy of the present invention includes a toy body, an identified member provided with individual identification information, and a reader that reads the individual identification information from the identified member. The toy body is provided with a toy identification part to which toy identification information for identifying the toy body from other toy bodies and that can be read by the reader is attached. The reader has a drive part that can be driven according to a combination of the individual identification information read from the identified member and the toy identification information read from the toy body after reading the individual identification information. Further, the toy of the present invention includes a toy body that a user wears or holds, an identified member provided with individual identification information, a reader that reads the individual identification information from the identified member, a drive part having at least one of a sound emitting part, a light emitting part, and a vibration part, and an operation data storage part that stores operation data of the drive part corresponding to the individual identification information. In the toy body, the identified member can be positioned at a position where the individual identification information can be read by the reader. Furthermore, the toy is characterized by having a control part that reads the operation data of the drive part corresponding to the individual identification information read by the reader from the operation data storage part and can drive the drive part based on the read operation data.In addition, the toy of the present invention includes a toy body that a user wears or holds, a plurality of identifiable members provided with individual identification information, a reading unit that reads the individual identification information from the plurality of identifiable members, a driving unit having at least one of a sound - emitting unit, a light - emitting unit, and a vibrating unit, and an operation data storage unit that stores operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information. In the toy body, the identifiable member can be positioned at a position where the individual identification information can be read by the reading unit. Furthermore, it has a control unit that reads out the operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the plurality of individual identification information read by the reading unit from the operation data storage unit and can drive the driving unit based on the read operation data. The operation data storage unit stores recognition operation data output when the individual identification information is read by the reading unit. The control unit can read out the recognition operation data when the individual identification information is read by the reading unit from the operation data storage unit and drive the driving unit based on the read recognition operation data. The driving mode of the driving unit based on the recognition operation data is different when at least the first individual identification information is read and when the second individual identification information is read. Further, the toy of the present invention includes a toy body that a user wears or holds, a plurality of identifiable members to which individual identification information is assigned, a reading unit that reads the individual identification information from the plurality of identifiable members, a driving unit having at least one of a sound - emitting unit, a light - emitting unit, and a vibrating unit, and an operation data storage unit that stores operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information. In the toy body, the identifiable member can be positioned at a position where the individual identification information can be read by the reading unit. Further, it has a control unit that reads out the operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the plurality of individual identification information read by the reading unit from the operation data storage unit and can drive the driving unit based on the read operation data. The operation data storage unit stores recognition operation data output when the individual identification information is read by the reading unit. The control unit can read out the recognition operation data when the individual identification information is read by the reading unit from the operation data storage unit and can drive the driving unit based on the read recognition operation data. Also, it can determine whether the first - read individual identification information and the second - read individual identification information are in a predetermined relationship. When the control unit determines that the first - read individual identification information and the second - read individual identification information are in a predetermined relationship, the driving mode of the driving unit based on the recognition operation data is a different driving mode when the first individual identification information is read and when the second individual identification information is read.

[0008] In addition, in the toy according to the present invention, the toy body may have a support portion that supports the identifiable member in an exchangeable manner.

[0009] In addition, in the toy according to the present invention, a plurality of the support portions may be provided.

[0010] In addition, in the toy according to the present invention, the toy body may have a guiding portion that guides the reading body so as to pass through a reading position where the reading body can read the individual identification information of the identifiable body supported by the support portion.

[0011] In addition, in the toy according to the present invention, the guiding portion may be configured to guide the reading body that has passed through the reading position to a toy identification position where the toy identification information can be read.

[0012] Also, in the toy according to the present invention, the toy body may have a guiding portion for guiding the reading body to the reading position and the toy identification position in all the supporting portions.

[0013] Also, in the toy according to the present invention, when the individual identification information read by the reading body is a predetermined combination, the driving unit may adopt a driving mode corresponding to the combination.

[0014] Also, in the toy according to the present invention, the driving unit may have at least one of a sound emitting unit, a light emitting unit, and a vibrating unit.

[0015] Also, 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 reading body may be an IC tag reader.

Effect of the Invention

[0016] According to the toy of the present invention, a more diverse and interesting toy can be provided.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0018] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail 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 present invention. The belt 20 as a toy is modeled after the belt worn by the hero, the protagonist of a TV program or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the user 10 also wears it detachably mainly on the waist 11 and uses it for the "role-playing play" of pretending to be the hero. The hero, in the program, wears medals on the belt and reads the medals attached to the belt by a scanner, and is set to transform into a predetermined form or perform various special skills based on the combination of the attached medals. Also, the scanner is set to make sounds, emit light, etc. when transforming or performing special skills. Here, "transformation" means that the hero changes the appearance for each part of the head, chest, and chest according to the medal.

[0019] First, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, three medals 21 (first medal 211, second medal 212, third medal 213) can be detachably attached to the belt 20. Each of the medals 211, 212, 213 indicates the transformation mode of the hero's head, chest, and legs as a setting in the program. For example, in the case where the hero can change each of the head, chest, and legs in six types in the program (that is, a setting where transformation can be made in 6×6×6 = 216 types of modes), six types of the first medal 211, the second medal 212, and the third medal 213 are also prepared. In the following description, when referring to medals in general, they will be denoted as medal 21, and when distinguishing each medal, they will be denoted as the first medal 211, the second medal 212, and the third medal 213.

[0020] 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 that operates using the radio wave from the scanner 30 as an energy source, it is not necessary to incorporate a battery, and it can operate at low cost and almost permanently. Also, the IC tag 26 operates upon receiving the radio wave from the scanner 30 and emits a signal representing the individual identification information stored therein.

[0021] The individuation of the medal 21 can be carried out from various viewpoints. For example, the individual identification information stored in the IC tag may vary depending on the color, such as for a gold medal or a silver medal. Also, depending on the transformation form of the hero indicated by the medal as a setting in the program, the individual identification information stored in the IC tag may be made different. For example, for a medal indicating a transformation form with the motif of the animal "hawk", a medal indicating a transformation form with the motif of the animal "tiger", and a medal indicating a transformation form with the motif of the insect "grasshopper", it is conceivable to make the individual identification information stored in the IC tag different for each. In that case, on the surface of the medal, a design indicating the transformation form, such as a hawk, a tiger, a grasshopper, etc., may be provided. Also, on the back surface, a design representing the part of the body where each medal indicates the transformation form, that is, either the head, chest, or legs, can be provided. Thereby, the individual identification information can be known from the appearance of the medal 21. In this embodiment, the color of the medal (gold or silver) and the motif of the transformation form indicated by the medal as a setting in the program (types of animals or insects such as "hawk", "tiger", "grasshopper") are specified by the individual identification information of the medal 21.

[0022] As shown in FIG. 2, the belt 20 includes a belt body 22 which is a toy body worn by the user 10, a medal holder 24 (see FIG. 3) which is a support having slots 241, 242, 243 as support portions for detachably supporting the medals 21, a scanner holder 23 for detachably accommodating the scanner 30 in the belt body 22, and a medal storage portion 28 for detachably storing a plurality of medals 21. 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. The medal storage portion 28 holds the medals 21 scheduled for use, takes out the medals 21 to be used and attaches them to the medal holder 24. Alternatively, it stores the used medals 21 taken out from the medal holder 24. The scanner holder 23 and the medal storage portion 28 can be attached to any location of the belt body 22.

[0023] As shown in FIG. 3, the medal holder 24 has a plurality of slots 241, 242, 243 (three in this embodiment) into which a plurality of medals 211, 212, 213 can be inserted in a replaceable manner. That is, the slots 241, 242, 243 function as support portions for supporting the medals 211, 212, 213. Further, the medal holder 24 is provided with a toy identification IC 27 to which toy identification information for distinguishing the belt 20 from other toys is attached. The toy identification IC 27 receives radio waves from the scanner 30, operates using this as an energy source, and emits a signal representing the attached toy identification information. Also, the individualization between toys by the toy identification information may be performed from various viewpoints such as use, shape, retail price, role in the program, production date and time, etc. For example, it may be divided into roles in "role-playing play" such as the belt 20 and the weapon 50 described later, and a toy identification IC with different toy identification information may be incorporated. Also, even if it is the same "belt" as a role in "role-playing play", if the shape is different, the toy identification information attached to the toy identification IC may be made different. By this, on the program, the belts worn by different heroes can be individualized as different toys, or even the belts worn by the same hero can be individualized as different toys as the belt before power-up and the belt after power-up as settings within the program. In this embodiment, at least the toy identification information attached to the toy identification IC 27 incorporated in the belt 20 represents that the toy incorporating the toy identification IC 27 is the belt 20.

[0024] The medal holder 24 has a guide portion 25 for guiding the scanner 30 so that the scanner 30 passes through a reading position where individual identification information of the medal 21 supported by the medal holder 24 can be read. The guide portion 25 is provided in the vicinity of the slots 241, 242, 243 such 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, 243 are arranged. Further, the guide portion 25 and the medal holder 24 are provided with respect to the belt body 22 so as to be inclined (for example, about 24°) with respect to the belt body 22 so that the scanner 30 can be easily moved when the user 10 reads the individual identification information. Therefore, by moving the scanner 30 along the guide portion 25, the scanner 30 can pass through a reading position where 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. Further, by moving the scanner 30 along the guide portion, after reading the individual identification information from the IC tag 26 of the medal 21, the scanner 30 is guided to a toy identification position where it can read the toy identification information from the toy identification IC 27 of the medal holder 24. 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.

[0025] As shown in FIG. 4, the scanner 30 has an overall disc shape and has a handle 31 on its surface for the user 10 to insert their hand and grip the scanner 30. Inside the handle 31, a reading start switch 32 for starting the function as a tag reader is provided. The reading start switch 32 is turned ON by gripping the handle 31, and once it is 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 is not performed within a certain period of time after turning ON the reading start switch 32, it will automatically turn OFF and the reading will become impossible, preventing the battery from being consumed. Also, on the surface, there are provided a sound - emitting part 34 such as a speaker that emits sounds such as predetermined lines, startup sounds, transformation sounds, special move sounds, etc., and a light - emitting part 35 composed of an LED that emits light. Inside, a vibration part 36 for vibrating the scanner 30 is provided (see FIG. 5). It is desirable to attach a pattern corresponding to the hero image on the surface.

[0026] On the back surface of the scanner 30, there is a locking part 33 for hooking and holding on the holding part 231 of the scanner holder 23 of the belt body 22 (see FIG. 2). The locking part 33 is rotatable in a direction away from the back surface around the upper end part 331 (the direction of arrow A in FIG. 4(B)). It rotates when attaching to the scanner holder 23, but is constantly biased toward the back surface side by a spring member (not shown). Thereby, the scanner 30 locked to the scanner holder 23 is held without falling off.

[0027] On the back surface of the scanner 30, a transmission antenna 371 and a reception antenna 372 are provided. The transmission antenna 371 emits radio waves toward the IC tag 26 of the medal 21 under the control of a control unit 40 (to be described later) when the scanner 30 reads the individual identification information of the medal 21. The reception antenna 372 receives the signal emitted from the IC tag 26 in response to the radio waves. Also, the transmission antenna 371 emits radio waves toward the toy identification IC 27 under the control of the control unit 40 (to be described later) when the scanner 30 reads the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27, and the reception antenna 372 receives the signal emitted from the toy identification IC 27 in response to the radio waves.

[0028] FIG. 5 shows the internal configuration of the scanner 30 which is an IC tag reader. As shown in FIG. 5, a control unit 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, current flows through the control unit 40 for a predetermined time to start the control.

[0029] The control unit 40 is connected to a transmission antenna 371 and a reception antenna 372. When the reading start switch 32 is turned ON, the transmission antenna 37 is controlled to emit radio waves to the IC tag 26 and the toy identification IC 27. Also, the control unit 40 determines the individual identification information and the toy identification information represented by the signals respectively emitted from the IC tag 26 of the medal 21 received by the reception antenna 372 and the toy identification IC 27 of the medal holder 24, and stores them in a temporary storage area of a memory 42 described later (that is, reads the individual identification information and the toy identification information). The control unit 40 is connected to a memory 42, which stores voice data for generating sounds such as predetermined lines, startup sounds, transformation sounds, and special move sounds from a sound output unit 34, light emission data for causing the light emission unit 35 to emit light in a predetermined pattern, and vibration data for causing the vibration unit 36 to vibrate in a predetermined pattern. Further, at least in advance, combinations of individual identification information of predetermined medals 21 and operation data of the sound output unit 34, the light emission unit 35, and the vibration unit 36 corresponding to these combinations are stored. However, the storage is not limited to this. Needless to say, various voice data, light emission data (data of light emission patterns), and vibration data to be described later in this embodiment are stored, and various conceivable data can be stored. The memory 42 has a temporary storage area for temporarily storing the read individual identification information and toy identification information of the medal 21. The control unit 40 is connected to a drive unit 43, and the drive unit 43 is connected to the aforementioned sound output unit 34, light emission unit 35, and vibration unit 36.

[0030] Next, the operation of the user 10 on the belt 20 and the corresponding operation of the belt 20 will be described. First, based on FIG. 6, the medal reading operation will be described. Once started (step SAS), the desired medal 21 stored in the medal storage unit 28 is taken out and attached to the slots 241, 242, 243 of the medal holder 24 (step SA1). After attaching the desired number of medals 21 (step SA2), once the attachment is completed, the scanner 30 is taken out from the scanner holder 23 (step SA3). By putting a hand into the handle 31 of the scanner 30 and gripping it, the read start switch 32 is turned ON (step SA4). As a result, the control unit 40 drives the transmission antenna 371 and controls the transmission antenna 37 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 a standby sound from the memory 42, drives the sound emission unit 34 to emit a standby sound (step SA5), and the user 10 can know that it is possible to read the individual identification information of the medal 21 and the toy identification information of the medal holder 24 by the scanner 30. As the standby sound, for example, a sound like "Queen" can be adopted. At this time, it is desirable that the control unit 40 controls the light emission unit 35 to emit light and the vibration unit 36 to vibrate in correspondence with the standby sound based on the data stored in the memory 42.

[0031] If user 10 does not start reading within a predetermined time after the waiting sound is emitted (i.e., when the reading start switch 32 is turned ON) (step SA6), the control unit 40 turns off the reading start switch 32 and ends (step SA7). Conversely, when user 10 starts reading within the predetermined time, that is, user 10 has moved the scanner 30 along the guide portion 25 of the medal holder 24 within the predetermined time (step SA8). The control unit 40 recognizes the medal 21 each time one medal 21 is read (step SA9). That is, when the scanner 30 capable of reading individual identification information and toy identification information passes through a reading position where the individual identification information of the medal 21 can be read (in this embodiment, above the guide portion 25 and near each of the slots 241, 242, 243), a current flows through the IC tag 26 in the medal 21 due to the radio wave emitted from the transmission antenna 371 of the scanner 30, and the IC tag 26 emits a signal. The signal emitted from the IC tag 26 is received by the reception antenna 372. The control unit 40 determines the individual identification information represented by the signal received by the reception antenna 372. That is, it reads the individual identification information of the medal 21. When the individual identification information of the medal 21 is read, the control unit 40 reads out the voice data of the medal recognition sound from the memory 42, drives the sound output unit 34 to emit the medal recognition sound, and stores the read individual identification information in the temporary storage area of the memory 42. As the medal recognition sound, for example, when reading a gold medal, a sound such as "keen" can be used, and when reading a silver medal, a sound such as "gene" can be used. Also, 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 can determine whether the individual identification information of the two read medals 21 represents a gold medal. When it is determined that the individual identification information of two gold medals has been read, the control unit 40 may change the medal recognition sound emitted when the individual identification information of the second gold medal is read, such as raising the pitch by a semitone from the medal recognition sound emitted when the individual identification information of the first gold medal is read.At this time, it is desirable that the control unit 40 controls the light emitting unit 35 to emit light and the vibrating unit 36 to vibrate in response to the scanning sound based on the data stored in the memory 42.

[0032] Then, the scanner 30 is moved along the guide portion 25 to pass through a reading position where the individual identification information of the medal 21 can be read. After reading the individual identification information of all the medals 211, 212, and 213 inserted into the slots 241, 242, and 243, 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 guide portion 25, after reading the individual identification information of the medal 21, the scanner 30 is guided to a toy identification position where the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 can be read. At this time, an electric current flows through the toy identification IC 27 by the radio wave emitted from the transmission antenna 371 of the scanner 30, and the toy identification IC 27 emits a signal. The signal emitted from the toy identification IC 27 is received by the reception antenna 372. The control unit 40 determines the toy identification information represented by the signal received by the reception antenna 372. In the case of this embodiment, it is determined that it is the belt 20. In this way, by moving the scanner 30 along the guide portion 25, after reading the individual identification information of the medal 21, the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 is also read in a natural operation, and the control unit 40 can recognize that the toy being played with together with the scanner 30 is the belt 20. Further, the control unit 40 stores the read toy identification information in the temporary storage area of the memory 42.

[0033] When the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 is read, the control unit 40 reads from the memory 42 voice data for generating a read completion sound (scan completion sound) for completing the reading of the individual identification information and the toy identification information of the medal 21, and drives the pronunciation unit 34 to generate the read completion sound (step SA11). Note that a plurality of pieces of voice data for generating the read completion sound are stored in the memory 42 for each toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27. The control unit 40 refers to the toy identification information that was most recently read and is stored in a temporary storage area in the memory 42, and reads from the memory 42 the voice data for generating the corresponding read completion sound. That is, in the present embodiment, the voice data of the read completion sound corresponding to the toy identification information of the belt 20 is read. For example, a sound such as "Zukyun" can be used. Of course, at this time, it is desirable that the control unit 40 controls the light emitting unit 35 to emit light and the vibration unit 36 to vibrate in correspondence with the read completion sound based on the data stored in the memory 42. Also, since the read completion sound corresponds to the toy identification information, if this is toy identification information other than the belt 20, of course, a different voice will be output. Next, the control unit 40 refers to the individual identification information of the read first medal 211, second medal 212, and third medal 213 stored in a partial storage area in the memory 42, determines the motif (for example, hawk, tiger, grasshopper) specified by each individual identification information, reads from the memory 42 the voice data for generating the voice (for example, if the motif is a hawk, the voice "hawk", if it is a tiger, the voice "tiger", if it is a grasshopper, the voice "grasshopper") corresponding to the motif stored in the memory 42, and drives the pronunciation unit 34 to generate a voice. Thus, the reading is completed (step SAE).

[0034] Next, based on FIG. 7, the operation based on the individual identification information of the read medal 21 will be described. In terms of the program settings, the hero's transformation mode changes according to the content of the medals read by the scanner (for example, the transformation modes of the head, chest, and legs change according to the motifs specified by the medals), and a transformation sound is emitted from the scanner. To reproduce this, first, the control unit 40 refers to the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 27 stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 (step SB1). And 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 medals 211, 212, 213" is compared with the "predetermined combination of individual identification information of medals 21" stored in the memory 42 in advance for the belt 20 to determine whether they match. (Step SB2). If it is determined that the combination of the individual identification information of the read medal 21 does not match the predetermined combination (including the case where the number of the individual identification information of the read medal 21 is less than the number constituting the predetermined combination (for example, when the predetermined combination consists of a combination of three pieces of individual identification information (for three medals), and the read individual identification information is only one or two (for one or two medals))), the control unit 40 reads out voice data for generating a normal transformation sound, such as "Dween", etc. from the memory 42, and drives the pronunciation unit 34 to output a voice (step SB3).

[0035] On the other hand, if it is determined in step SB2 that it matches the predetermined combination, the control unit 40 reads out data for generating a special transformation sound stored in the memory 42 for that predetermined combination. For example, when medals 211, 212, 213 are "Taka", "Tora", "Batta", it reads out data for generating "Ta·To·Ba, TaToBa, Ta·To·Ba" by taking the initial letters from the memory 42, and drives the pronunciation unit 34 to output a voice (step SB4). At this time, it is desirable for the control unit 40 to control the light emitting unit 35 to emit light and the vibration unit 36 to vibrate in correspondence with the transformation sound based on the data stored in the memory 42. Note that regardless of the order of medals 211, 212, and 213 attached to medal holder 24, if the combination of the read individual identification information is the same, it is determined to be the same combination (that is, even if the individual identification information is read in the order of hawk, tiger, and frog, or in the order of hawk, frog, and tiger, these are determined to be the same combination of individual identification information of hawk, tiger, and frog). In this way, even if the user is a child and attaches the medals to medal holder 24 in the wrong order, the user can enjoy the output of the special transformation sound.

[0036] Also, after the user 10 outputs the normal transformation sound or the special transformation sound, it is possible that the user 10 reads the individual identification information of medal 21 and the toy identification information of toy identification IC 27 again with scanner 30 within a predetermined time (for example, 3 minutes) (step SB5). If the user 10 reads the individual identification information of medal 21 and the toy identification information of toy identification IC 27 again with scanner 30 within the predetermined time, as described above, each time a medal is read, the medal is recognized (step SB6), and the toy identification IC 27 is read (step SB7). Then, the control unit 40 compares the individual identification information and the toy identification information stored in the temporary storage area in the memory 42 with the newly read individual identification information and toy identification information stored in the temporary storage area to determine whether they match (step SB8). If it is determined that they match, since the reading is performed again without exchanging medal 21, voice data for generating a corresponding reading completion sound is read from the memory, and the pronunciation unit 34 is driven to output the reading completion sound (step SB9). Further, in response to the fact that the reading is performed again without exchanging medal 21, the control unit 40 reads voice data for emitting a special move sound, for example, a voice such as "Scanning Charge Rider Kick" from the memory 42 instead of the transformation sound this time, and drives the pronunciation unit 34 to output the voice (step SB10). The process ends here (step SB11). On the other hand, if there is no rereading of the individual identification information or the like within the predetermined time in step SB5, the control unit 40 erases the individual identification information or the like stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 and ends (step SB12). Also, in step SB8, if it is determined that the individual identification information and the toy identification information stored in the temporary storage area in the memory 42 do not match the newly read and temporarily stored individual identification information and toy identification information, it means that the user 10 has exchanged the medal 21 and reread it. Therefore, the individual identification information and the toy identification information stored in the temporary storage area in the memory 42 are overwritten and updated with the newly read individual identification information and toy identification information, and the process returns to step SA11 in FIG. 6 (arrow A), and a read completion sound corresponding to the newly read toy identification information is output.

[0037] According to the belt 20 of the first embodiment of the present invention described above, since the belt body 22 has slots 241, 242, 243 that support the medals 211, 212, 213 from which the scanner 30 reads the individual identification information in an exchangeable manner, the individual identification information to be read can be easily changed by exchanging the medals 211, 212, 213. Also, the toy body 22 has a guide portion 25 that guides the scanner 30 to pass through a reading position where the scanner 30 can read the individual identification information when the scanner 30 reads the individual identification information. Therefore, the scanner 30 can surely read the individual identification information. Further, the toy body 22 is provided with a toy identification IC 27 to which toy identification information for identifying the toy body 22 from other toy bodies is attached. The scanner 30 can surely identify the toy body 22 by moving along the guide portion 25. Thereby, the drive unit 43 can be driven according to the combination of the read individual identification information and the toy identification information, and the belt 20 can adopt a mode peculiar to the belt 20, and a belt 20 that is rich in changes and interesting can be provided.

[0038] In addition, since the medal holder 24 has a plurality of slots 241, 242, 243 for interchangeably supporting the medals 211, 212, 213, a plurality of medals 21 can be used. Also, the guide part 25 guides the scanner 30 to a reading position where the individual identification information of the medals 21 in all the slots 241, 242, 243 can be read, so that the individual identification information of all the medals 21 can be surely read.

[0039] In addition, when the plurality of pieces of individual identification information read by the scanner 30 are in a predetermined combination, the drive unit 43 adopts a special drive mode corresponding to the combination, so that it can surprise the user or the like.

[0040] Also, the drive unit 43 can drive at least one of the sound - emitting unit 34, the light - emitting unit 35, and the vibration unit 36 to express sound, light, vibration, or a combination thereof, so that it can surprise the user or the like.

[0041] In addition, since the individual identification information and the toy identification information are written in the minute IC tags 26 and the toy identification IC 27, the IC tags 26 and the toy identification IC 27 can be embedded at desired positions without changing the designs of the medals 21 and the medal holder 24. Also, the scanner 30 reads information in a non - contact or contact manner from the IC tag 26 of the medal 21 and the toy identification IC 27 of the belt body 22.

[0042] (Second Embodiment) Next, a weapon 50 as a toy according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Parts common to the belt 20 according to the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant explanations will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 8, the weapon 50 as a toy imitates what a hero uses during battle according to the program settings, and has a weapon body 51 and a medal 21. A medal 21, which is an identified member to which individual identification information is given, is attached to the weapon body 51, and the scanner 30, which is a reading body, reads the individual identification information from the attached medal 21 and adopts a predetermined mode based on the read information.

[0043] The weapon body 51 has a handle portion 52 that is gripped by the user 10 and a blade portion 53 that is continuous with the handle portion 52. The blade portion 53 is provided with a slot 54 as a support for removably supporting the medal 21. At the tip of the slot 54, storage chambers 541, 542, 543 as support portions for storing the medal 21 are provided. Note that the storage chambers 541, 542, 543 communicate with each other, and the medal 21 is movable between the storage chambers. Near the medal insertion opening of the slot 54, a microswitch 55 for counting the number of medals 21 inserted into the slot 54 is provided. The drive control unit, which will be described later, grasps the number of medals 21 inserted according to the number of times the medal 21 inserted into the slot 54 turns on the microswitch 55.

[0044] On the side surface of the blade portion 53, a guide portion 56 is provided along the storage chambers 541, 542, 543. Near the tip of the guide portion 56, instead of the belt 20 shown in the first embodiment, a toy identification IC 57 with toy identification information indicating that it is the weapon 50 is provided. The toy identification IC 57 is embedded so as not to be visible from the outside.

[0045] The weapon 50 also has a drive control unit, a memory connected to the drive control unit, and a battery (both not shown in the figure). The drive control unit includes a drive switch 59 provided on the handle portion 52, a sound generation unit 61 that includes a speaker or the like and generates sound, a light emission unit 62 that includes an LED or the like and emits light, and is connected to the aforementioned microswitch 55. Further, at the proximal end side of the guide portion 56, a physical switch 58 is provided that comes into contact with the scanner 30 and turns ON when the scanner 30 is placed on the guide portion 56, and the drive control unit is also connected to this physical switch 58. The memory stores voice data and light emission pattern data for the drive control unit to drive the sound generation unit 61 and the light emission unit 62 to output sound and emit light. It also has a count storage area for storing the number of times the aforementioned microswitch 55 has turned ON (i.e., 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. When the physical switch 58 is pressed down and turned ON, the drive control unit stores information indicating that the physical switch 58 has been turned ON in this physical switch state storage area. However, after storing the information indicating that the physical switch 58 has been turned ON, if a predetermined time has elapsed, the drive control unit erases the information.

[0046] In the configuration as described above, when the user 10 presses the drive switch 59, in response, the drive control unit reads out the data stored in the memory, and based on the read data, drives the sound output unit 62 and the light emitting unit 64 to perform voice output and light emission. Note that a plurality of pieces of voice data and light emission pattern data are stored in the memory according to the number of times the micro switch 55 is turned on (the number of medals 21 inserted), and when the drive switch 59 is pressed, the count storage area in the memory is referred to, and data corresponding to the number of times the micro switch 55 is turned on (the number of medals 61 inserted) is read out from the memory. For example, it is conceivable that the more times the micro switch 55 is turned on (the more medals 21 are inserted), the more powerful the sound will be. Further, the above-mentioned voice data and light emission pattern data are stored in the memory in plural according to whether or not information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored in the physical switch state storage area. When the user 10 presses the drive switch 59, in response, the drive control unit refers to the physical switch state storage area and reads out data corresponding to whether or not information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored in the physical switch state storage area from the memory. As a result, the data read from the memory changes according to whether or not the reading operation by the scanner 30 is performed in the weapon 50. For example, when the reading operation by the scanner 30 is not performed (when the 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 (when the information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored in the physical switch state storage area), it is possible to output a more powerful special attack sound representing a special skill. At this time, the normal attack sound and the special attack sound may be changed as described above according to the number of times the micro switch 55 is turned on (the number of medals 21 inserted), respectively.

[0047] Next, based on FIG. 9, the operation of the user 10 to read the medal 21 in the weapon 50, the associated operation of the scanner 30, the operation of the weapon 50, and the generation of the special move sound will be described. When started (step SCS), the medal 21 stored in the medal storage unit 28 of the belt 20 is taken out and sequentially inserted into the slot 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 to count the number of inserted medals 21. When the desired number of medals 21 is loaded and the loading is completed (step SC3), the scanner 30 is taken out from the scanner holder 23 of the belt 20 (step SC4).

[0048] When the user turns on the reading start switch 32 by putting a hand on the handle 31 of the scanner 30 and gripping it, similar to the first embodiment, the control unit 40 controls the transmission antenna 37 to drive the transmission antenna 371 to emit radio waves to the IC tag 26 and the toy identification IC 57. At the same time, the control unit 40 reads out the voice data of the standby sound from the memory 42, drives the sound output unit 34 to emit the standby sound, and the user 10 can know that the scanner 30 can read the individual identification information of the medal 21 and the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 57. 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 and turns it on (step SC6), and the drive control unit of the weapon 50 connected to the physical switch 58 stores information indicating that the physical switch 58 has been turned on in the physical switch state storage area in the memory. 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, similar to the first embodiment, when the scanner 30 in a state where it can read the individual identification information and the toy identification information passes through a reading position where it can read the individual identification information of the medal 21 (in this embodiment, above the guide portion 56 and near the storage chambers 541, 542, 543), an electric current flows through the IC tag 26 in the medal 21 due to the radio waves emitted from the transmission antenna 371 of the scanner 30, and the IC tag 26 emits a signal. The signal emitted from the IC tag 26 is received by the reception antenna 372. The control unit 40 determines the individual identification information represented by the signal received by the reception 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 voice data of the scan sound from the memory 42, drives the sound output unit 34 to emit a medal recognition sound, and stores the read individual identification information in the temporary storage area of the memory 42.Then, after passing through a reading position where the individual identification information of the medal 21 can be read and reading the individual identification information of all the medals 21 inserted into the storage chambers 541, 542, and 543, the scanner 30 is guided by the guide portion 56 to a toy identification position where the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 57 can be read. At this time, an electric current flows through the toy identification IC 57 by the radio wave emitted from the transmission antenna 371 of the scanner 30, and the toy identification IC 57 emits a signal. The signal emitted from the toy identification IC 57 is received by the reception antenna 372. The control unit 40 determines the toy identification information represented by the signal received by the reception antenna 372, and in the case of this embodiment, determines that it is the weapon 50. Further, the control unit 40 stores the read toy identification information in the temporary storage area of the memory 42.

[0049] Thereafter, the control unit 40 refers to the toy identification information of the toy identification IC 57 (that is, the toy identification information indicating that it is the weapon 50) stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42, reads out data for generating a read completion sound corresponding to the toy identification information indicating that it is the weapon 50 from the memory 42, and drives the sound output unit 34 to generate a read completion sound (step SC8). Note that the read completion sound corresponding to the toy identification information indicating that it is the weapon 50 is a different sound (for example, a lower-pitched sound, etc.) from the read completion sound corresponding to the toy identification information indicating 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 subsequently read toy identification information is that of the belt 20 or the weapon 50. Also, if configured such that the medal 21 is supported by the support portion on the toy as in this embodiment, the read completion sound can be made different according to the toy supporting the medal 21 during the reading operation. Further, the subsequent operations of the scanner 30 are different from those when the reading operation is performed on the belt 20 of the first embodiment as shown below. That is, the scanner 30 not only changes the read completion sound according to the read toy identification information, but also changes the operations after the read completion sound.

[0050] Now, referring to FIG. 10, the post-reading completion sound output will be described. The control unit 40 refers to the temporary storage area in the memory 42 (step SD1), determines the number of pieces of individual identification information of the medals 21 stored therein (step SD2), reads out data for generating a special move sound corresponding to the number of the individual identification information from the memory 42, drives the sound output unit 34, and outputs the special move sound (step SD3). That is, when there is one piece of stored individual identification information (i.e., when there is one medal 21 from which the individual identification information has been read), a voice "Single Scanning Charge" is generated, when there are two pieces, a voice "Double Scanning Charge" is generated, and when there are three pieces, a voice "Triple Scanning Charge" is generated. In this way, the scanner 30 performs an operation different from the operation in the case of performing the reading operation with the belt 20 of the first embodiment (such as outputting a voice corresponding to the motif of each medal and outputting a transformation sound corresponding to the combination of the medals).

[0051] After the special move sound is generated, when the drive switch 59 of the weapon 50 is turned on by the user 10 (step SD4), the drive control unit of the weapon 50 refers to the physical switch state storage area in the memory and determines whether information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored (step SD5). If it is determined that information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored, data corresponding to the fact that the information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is stored (for example, data for producing a special move attack, etc.) is read from the memory, and based on the read data, the sound output unit 61 and the light emitting unit 62 are driven to perform sound output and light emission (step SD6). Also, if it is determined in step SD5 that information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is not stored, data corresponding to the fact that the information indicating that the physical switch 58 is turned on is not stored (for example, data for producing a normal attack, etc.) is read from the memory, and based on the read data, the sound output unit 61 and the light emitting unit 62 are driven to perform sound output and light emission (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 move sound is generated from the scanner 30, and after the reading (after the physical switch 58 is pressed), that is, after the special move sound is generated from the scanner 30, the sound generated from the weapon 50 when the user 10 presses the drive switch 59 can be changed. That is, in the former case, it is a normal attack sound instead of a special move attack sound, and in the latter case, it is a more powerful special move attack sound representing the special move, etc.

[0052] Also, when the drive switch 59 is turned ON by the user 10, the drive control unit refers to the count storage area simultaneously with the physical switch state storage area of the memory 42, and the data read from the memory 42 can be further set to data corresponding to the number of times the microswitch 55 stored in the count storage area has been turned ON (the number of medals 61 inserted). As a result, the control unit 40 can read data according to the information indicating that the physical switch 59 has been turned ON stored in the physical switch state storage area of the memory 42 and according to the number of times the microswitch 55 stored in the count storage area has been turned ON. Since the number of times the microswitch 55 stored in the count storage area has been turned ON should match the number of pieces of individual identification information of the read medals 21 stored in the temporary storage area of the memory 42 of the scanner 30, after the scanner 30 outputs a voice corresponding to the number of pieces of individual identification information (for example, the voice "Triple Scanning Charge" when 3 pieces are stored), when the user 10 turns ON the drive switch 59, the special attack sound output from the weapon 50 also corresponds to the number of medals 21 inserted (for example, the number of times the microswitch 55 has been turned ON is 3 times). Therefore, both the voice output by the scanner 30 and the voice output by the weapon 50 can be made to correspond to the number of medals 21.

[0053] As described above, according to the weapon 50 of the second embodiment of the present invention, the same effects as those of the belt 20 of the first embodiment can be obtained. The individual identification information imparted by exchanging the medals 21 can be easily changed, and an interesting weapon 50 with rich variations can be provided.

[0054] 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 various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.

[0055] In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the case of using three coins 21 was exemplified, but the number of coins 21 is not limited. Also, the combination of transformations can be arbitrarily set. In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the case of non-contact scanning using an RFID tag was exemplified, but it is also applicable to a contact type. Furthermore, although a passive type was exemplified as the IC tag 26 of the coin 21, it is also possible to use an active type in which a battery is built into the coin 21.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0056] 20 Belt (toy) 21 Medal (member to be identified) 22 Belt main body (toy main body) 24 Medal holder (support) 241, 242, 243 Slot (support part) 25 Guide 27, 57 Toy identification IC (toy identification part) 30 Scanner (reading body) 34 Sound emitting part 35 Light emitting part 36 Vibration part 43 Driving part 50 Weapon (toy) 51 Weapon main body (toy main body) 54 Slot (support) 541, 542, 543 Accommodation chamber (support part) 56 Guide

Claims

1. A toy body that a user wears or holds, A plurality of identified members to which individual identification information is assigned, A reading unit that reads the individual identification information from the plurality of identified members, A driving unit having at least one of a sound emitting unit, a light emitting unit, and a vibrating unit, An operation data storage unit that stores operation data of the driving unit corresponding to the individual identification information, and has, In the toy body, the identified member can be positioned at a position where the individual identification information can be read by the reading unit with respect to the reading unit, Furthermore, it has a control unit that can read the operation data of the driving unit corresponding to a plurality of individual identification information read by the reading unit from the operation data storage unit and drive the driving unit based on the read operation data, The operation data storage unit stores recognition operation data output when the individual identification information is read by the reading unit, The control unit can read the recognition operation data when the individual identification information is read by the reading unit from the operation data storage unit and drive the driving unit based on the read recognition operation data, and can determine that the first individual identification information and the second individual identification information read have a predetermined relationship, When the control unit determines that the first individual identification information and the second individual identification information read have a predetermined relationship, the driving mode of the driving unit based on the recognition operation data is a driving mode different between when the first individual identification information is read and when the second individual identification information is read, A toy characterized by this.

2. The toy according to claim 1, wherein the individual identification information is written in an IC tag and the reading unit is an IC tag reader.

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