KR20200072764A - Study Pen - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a study pen comprising a pen-shaped body unit, a sensor unit coupled to the inside of the body unit, a speaker unit coupled along the outer surface of the body unit, and a sensor unit coupled to the inside of the body unit, and a control unit for controlling the speaker unit, wherein the sensor unit is provided with a tilt sensor that measures the degree of inclination with respect to the horizontal plane, and transmits the measured value to the control unit. The control unit operates the speaker unit in accordance with the measured value received from the sensor unit.

Description

Study Pen

The present invention relates to a study pen, and more particularly, to a sensor unit, speaker unit, recording unit, control unit, and power unit coupled to the inside of a pen-shaped body unit for tilt transmitted from the sensor unit for a predetermined time or longer. It relates to a study pen that generates a sound from the speaker unit when the measured value does not fluctuate and induces the user to use the main unit.

In general, students or candidates spend most of their day at the desk holding pens from morning to night.

In order to improve the efficiency of study or work, including these students, the use of alarms and recording functions is mainly paralleled with study or work using smart phones, stopwatches and clocks, which are essential items of modern people.

However, the stopwatch or the watch is inconvenient to be provided separately to the user.

In addition, when using a smart phone for alarm or recording of study or work, there is a disadvantage that efficiency decreases as concentration decreases.

Accordingly, products equipped with a time or recording function are being developed and sold in pens used for academic or business purposes, such as a clock device that can be detached from a writing instrument or a stopwatch mechanical pencil.

However, there is a problem in that it is not configured as one body, but is used as a structure that must be driven separately for use.

In addition, as a record of all the time that the user holds the pen and uses it, there is also a problem in that accuracy is lowered because the user actually sleeps while holding the pen or includes other actions besides school work or work.

Therefore, there is a need for the development of a pen that can control actions that interfere with concentration in order to increase the academic or work efficiency of users who spend most of the day at the desk while holding a pen for study or work.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0053875

The present invention relates to a study pen, and more particularly, to a sensor unit, speaker unit, recording unit, control unit, and power unit coupled to the inside of a pen-shaped body unit for tilt transmitted from the sensor unit for a predetermined time or longer. When the measured value does not fluctuate, a sound is generated from the speaker unit, and it is intended to induce the user to use the main unit.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the study pen according to the present invention includes a pen-shaped body unit; A sensor unit coupled to the interior of the body unit; A speaker unit coupled along the outer surface of the body unit; And a control unit coupled to the interior of the body unit to control the sensor unit and the speaker unit. Including, the sensor unit is provided with a tilt sensor for measuring the degree of inclination with respect to the horizontal plane, and transmits a measurement value to the control unit, the control unit according to the measurement value received from the sensor unit It is characterized by driving the speaker unit.

In addition, the speaker unit of the study pen according to the present invention, a sound storage unit capable of storing sound; A sound generating unit that generates the stored sound of the sound storage unit; And a silent button unit capable of stopping the sound generated by the sound generating unit, wherein the control unit controls the sound generating unit to generate sound when the measured value does not fluctuate for a predetermined time or longer. It is characterized by.

In addition, the study pen according to the present invention includes a power supply unit for supplying power; And a recording unit coupled to the interior of the main body unit and receiving power from the power unit, further comprising a stopwatch unit for measuring time from a power supply time of the power unit.

In addition, the recording unit of the study pen according to the present invention stops driving when the measured value received by the control unit does not fluctuate for more than a predetermined time, and when the measured value received by the control unit fluctuates again It is characterized by being driven again.

In addition, the study pen according to the present invention includes a pen-shaped body unit; A sensor unit coupled to the interior of the body unit; A speaker unit coupled along the outer surface of the body unit; And a control unit coupled to the interior of the main body unit to control the sensor unit and the speaker unit, the method comprising: driving the power unit; Driving the sensor unit and the recording unit; Transmitting a measurement value to the control unit; Driving the speaker unit and stopping the recording unit when the measured value has not changed for a predetermined period of time; When the silent button unit is driven by the user, stopping driving of the speaker unit and restarting the recording unit; And stopping the driving of the power unit.

According to the present invention, when the control unit receives the tilt measurement value continuously changing from the sensor unit, and when it does not fluctuate for more than a certain period of time, the control unit controls the sound generating unit to use the study pen according to the invention It is possible to prevent the academic efficiency and work efficiency from being caused by a user who is dozing or not focusing in advance.

In addition, by switching to the power supply state by driving the power unit, the stopwatch unit is driven to detect the time that the user actually studied or worked, and the accumulated time from the stopwatch unit is transmitted to an external device for analysis and time management It has the effect to do.

In addition, it is possible to systematically manage time for study and work by checking the learning amount or work amount for each time zone and subject using the reset button unit and the storage unit.

In addition, since the sound generating unit is driven and the stopwatch unit is stopped, the stopwatch unit is controlled by behaviors other than academic or work due to the sound generated by the sound generating unit, and the stopwatch unit can record the time outside of study or work, excluding accuracy. There is an effect to be improved.

1 shows a study pen according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a study pen according to the present invention.
3 is a flow chart of a study pen according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings of the present invention will be described in detail. The embodiments introduced below are provided as examples in order to sufficiently convey the spirit of the present invention to ordinary practitioners. Accordingly, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below and may be embodied in other forms. And, in the drawings, the size and thickness of the device may be exaggerated for convenience. Throughout the specification, the same reference numbers indicate the same components.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them will be clarified with reference to embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various different forms, and only the present embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and the ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform the holder of the scope of the invention, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. The same reference numerals refer to the same components throughout the specification. The size and relative size of layers and regions in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity of explanation.

The terminology used herein is for describing the embodiments, and thus is not intended to limit the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form also includes the plural form unless otherwise specified in the phrase. As used herein, "comprise" and/or "comprising" refers to the components, steps, operations and/or elements mentioned above, the presence of one or more other components, steps, operations and/or elements. Or do not exclude additions.

Definitions of terms used below are as follows. "Up" refers to the side closer to the pressing portion based on the main unit of FIG. 1, and "down" refers to the side closer to the core than the main unit of FIG. 1. In addition, "inner side" means the side relatively close to the center in the same member.

1 shows a study pen according to the present invention. 2 is a block diagram of a study pen according to the present invention. 3 is a flowchart of the study pen according to the present invention.

The study pen according to the present invention includes a body unit 100, a sensor unit 200, a speaker unit 300, a recording unit 400, a control unit 500 and a power supply unit 600.

Hereinafter, the body unit 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The body unit 100 is provided in the shape of a pen. The pen was originally meant to be written directly on an ink container, but at present, it includes various types of pencils, pencils, ballpoint pens, and brush pens, and may include a variety of similar writing instruments designed to take notes.

Further, the main body unit 100 includes a pressing portion 110 and a core portion 120.

Since the pressing portion 110 is a cylindrical shape, it is the same as a known technique of pressing a conventional pen to press a shim, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The core portion 120 is located below the main body unit 100 and is provided in the same shape as the conventional shim, and can be described using the core portion 120, and is the same as the conventionally known technology, and thus detailed description will be omitted. .

As described above, the main body unit 100 is a pen shape, and the user presses the pressing part 110 to protrude the core 120 from the inside of the main body unit 100 to the outside, so that the user can write and record, such as study and work. It can be used in a variety of situations.

Hereinafter, the control unit 500 and the power unit 600 will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

Since the study pen according to the present invention is driven based on the control unit 500 and the power unit 600, the control unit 500 and the power unit 600 will be described first to help understanding.

The control unit 500 is a known control unit for instructing the operation of each component by receiving and outputting signals necessary for controlling the study pen according to the present invention, the sensor unit 200, The speaker unit 300 and the recording unit 400 are controlled. In addition, although not shown in the drawing, the control unit 500 receives signals from the sensor unit 200 including a signal unit, and controls the speaker unit 300 to be driven.

Therefore, when the user intends to use the study pen according to the present invention and presses the power unit 600 to be described later to switch to the power supply state, the sensor unit 200 and the speaker unit coupled to the interior of the main body unit 100 300, the recording unit 400 and the control unit 500 is driven by receiving power, the sensor unit 200 transmits a signal for the measured value to the control unit 500, the control unit 500 is The driving of each component may be controlled according to the received signal.

The power unit 600 is a well-known power supply unit that supplies electrical energy, and is coupled inside the main unit 100 and is provided with a cylindrical switch to switch to a power supply state or a power supply cut-off state. It can, and serves to supply power to each component of the study pen according to the present invention.

Therefore, if the user wants to use the study pen according to the present invention and switches to the power supply state by pressing the cylindrical switch provided in the power unit 600 once, the power is supplied from the power unit 600 The sensor unit 200, the speaker unit 300, the recording unit 400 and the control unit 500 are driven at the same time. Detailed driving methods and effects related to this will be described.

Hereinafter, the sensor unit 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The sensor unit 200 is coupled by being located above the main body unit 100.

In addition, the sensor unit 200 is characterized in that it is provided with a tilt sensor including the shape of the device for measuring the tilt with respect to the reference surface.

Accordingly, when the user holds and uses the main body unit 100 by hand, there is an advantage in that observation of the inclination can be accurately performed rather than being located at the upper side of the main body unit 100 and positioned relatively downward.

In addition, the tilt sensor may be provided as a SW-520D, a liquid-type tilt sensor having conductivity, a tilt sensor incorporating an amplification circuit, and an ON/OFF tilt sensor that operates as ON when tilted below a certain angle, It does not matter even if it is a type.

In addition, the sensor unit 200 provided as a tilt sensor is preferably coupled to the interior of the main unit 100 so that the measured value for the tilt continuously fluctuates. As the tilt measurement value constantly fluctuates, the control unit 500 can recognize that the user is using the main unit 100.

That is, the control unit 500 can continuously receive that the measured value for the gradient is changed from the sensor unit 200, and confirm that the user is in school or work using the main unit 100.

As described above, the sensor unit 200 may transmit the measured value for the slope to the control unit 500, and the control unit 500 drives each component to be described later according to the measured value received from the sensor unit 200. Can be controlled. Driving and effects related to this will be described later.

Hereinafter, the speaker unit 300 will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The speaker unit 300 is coupled along the inner and outer surfaces of the body unit 100.

The speaker unit 300 is a speaker module driven by receiving an electrical signal, and may include a combination of a pole piece, a magnet, a frame, a voice coil, a vibration plate, a rivet, an electric circuit board, and an FPCB plate.

The speaker unit 300 is provided with a sound storage unit 310, a sound generating unit 320 and a silent button unit 330.

The sound storage unit 310 is coupled to the interior of the main body unit 100 to store sound in advance, and the stored sound may be variously stored as music or voice.

The sound generating unit 320 is coupled along the outer surface of the main body unit 100 and has a plurality of circular grooves to smoothly generate sound, so that the sound stored in the sound storage unit 310 is discharged to the outside. do.

In addition, the sound generator 320 may determine directions in which sounds are output to the upper side and the lower side, and the plurality of grooves may output different sounds. Different sounds generated from a plurality of grooves are combined into one passage, thereby increasing the volume of the resonator and increasing the three-dimensional effect of the sound.

It is preferable that the sound generating unit 320 is driven by the control unit 500 to generate sound when the control unit 500 detects that the measured value for the slope does not fluctuate for a predetermined time or longer.

That is, the control unit 500 recognizes that the main body unit 100 is being used by receiving that the tilt measurement value continuously changes. If the tilt measurement value does not fluctuate for a predetermined time or more, the control unit 500 At 500), it is determined that the main body unit 100 does not move and the sound generating unit 320 may be generated.

Therefore, as the user must continuously use the main unit 100 during study or work, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent the study efficiency and work efficiency from being impaired due to the inability to sleep or concentrate on the way.

In particular, in the case of students and students who study all day, there is an effect of reducing time wasted due to drowsiness during study.

As described above, when it is recognized that the tilt measurement value received from the sensor unit 200 is not changed for a predetermined time or more, the control unit 500 may control the sound generating unit 320 to be driven.

At this time, the predetermined time is a time that can be arbitrarily determined by the user in advance, and the minimum time for the user himself to sleep while studying may be set. For example, if it is set to 10 minutes and the control unit 500 recognizes that the tilt measurement value received from the sensor unit 200 does not fluctuate for more than 10 minutes, it may be controlled to generate the sound generating unit 320. .

Accordingly, as the user can control behaviors other than study and work due to the sensor unit 200 and the sound generating unit 320 inserted into the main unit 100 during study and work, the study and work efficiency increases. It works.

The silent button unit 330 is preferably coupled to the lower portion of the sound generating unit 320 on the outer surface of the main unit 100.

Accordingly, when the sound generation unit 320 is generated because the slope measurement value does not change for a predetermined time or more previously specified by the user, the user presses the silent button unit 330 to generate sound generated by the sound generation unit 320. Can be stopped.

That is, the user has the advantage of stopping the generation of sound through the silent button unit 330 of the sound generated by the sound generating unit 320 and returning to school or work within a predetermined minimum time, thereby reducing time waste. .

At this time, it is preferable that the sound generating unit 320 is driven by the control unit 500 and that the recording unit 400 is stopped.

The recording unit 400 is coupled inside the main body unit 100 and is driven from the power supply unit 600 from the time of the power supply state.

In addition, the recording unit 400 is a known technology sequence control (sequence control) is used, it is classified into a mechanical timer and an electronic timer, and can be used in on-delay type, off-delay type and on and off-delay type according to the operation type. And may include various circuits capable of measuring time.

The recording unit 400 is provided with a stopwatch unit 410, a reset button unit 420 and a storage unit 430.

The stopwatch unit 410 is preferably the time is measured through the internal operation from the time of the power supply state in the power unit 600.

In addition, although the time measured from the stopwatch unit 410 is not shown in the drawing, it is transmitted to an external device and is characterized in that time management is possible.

In more detail, an external device made of a short-range communication module, etc. displays a time information measured by the stopwatch unit 410, and a short-range wireless communication module is built in to allow wireless data communication to continuously transmit and manage time. can do. The short-range communication module for communicating with an external device may include means such as Bluetooth, which is one of the generally supported wireless communication methods, and includes Wi-Fi, zigbee, and wireless USB (Wirelees USB). ) And all communication means capable of communicating with a terminal may be applied through wireless communication methods including NFC (near field communication).

Further, in the study pen according to the present invention, the external device may be a terminal in which a web browser or an application for providing a tilt measurement value of the sensor unit 200 is installed, for example, a smart phone, a mobile phone, a PDA ( It may be at least one of terminals such as personal digital assistants), portable multimedia players (PMPs), tablet PCs, ultrabooks, wearable devices, or smart glasses. Hereinafter, in the study pen according to the present invention, the external device will be described as a smart phone with an application installed.

Therefore, the user drives the power unit 600 in order to use the study pen according to the present invention, it is possible to detect the time studied through the stopwatch unit 410 driven at the same time as switching to the power supply state, stopwatch It is possible to check whether systematic time management is being performed by transmitting the accumulated time measured by the unit 410 to an external device.

In addition, as described above, it is preferable that the driving of the stopwatch unit 410 of the recording unit 400 is stopped while the sound generating unit 320 is driven.

Accordingly, the user is controlled by actions outside the study or work due to the sound generated by the sound generating unit 320, and at the same time, the stopwatch unit 410 can record the time other than the study or work except for time, thereby improving accuracy. There is.

The reset button unit 420 is located under the silent button unit 330 and is coupled to the main unit 100.

In addition, when the reset button unit 420 is pressed toward the inside of the main body unit 100, the time measured from the stopwatch unit 410 can be initialized, and the stopwatch unit 410 measures time from the time of initialization. can do.

As such, the accumulated time measured from the stopwatch unit 410 may be stored through the storage unit 430. The storage unit 430 is provided in the recording unit 400, for example, as a memory that can be stored, may be a flash memory that can freely store and delete information, and is a common storage medium that is easy to store and delete data. Can be replaced.

Accordingly, when the user starts studying or working, it is necessary to accumulate and measure time through the stopwatch unit 410, and press the reset button unit 420 coupled to the main unit 100 to check the time. Can be used for

That is, it is possible to systematically manage time for study and work by checking the learning amount or work amount for each time zone and subject through the reset button unit 420 and the storage unit 430.

This can be transmitted to an application installed in an external device to analyze the learning amount or workload by month, day of the week, daily time zone for time information received from the reset button unit 420, or separately store processed analysis data in the form of a chart or graph. , It can be output to the screen of an external device, transmit analysis data to a separate PC, or connect to a printer if necessary.

Accordingly, the user can check and improve his or her academic or work habits, and the efficiency of study or work is increased by managing it through the analyzed data of the study amount or work amount by month, day, day, and time of the user. .

Hereinafter, an operation procedure of the study pen according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

First, in the step of driving the power unit (S101), the user can press the cylindrical switch provided in the power unit 600 to switch to a power supply state and use the study pen according to the present invention.

Next, as the sensor unit and the recording unit driving step (S102), the sensor unit 200, the speaker unit 300, the recording unit 400 and the control unit (from the time when the power unit 600 is switched to the power supply state) It is desirable that 500) be driven simultaneously.

Therefore, the time is measured by the stopwatch unit 410 of the recording unit 400, the accumulated time can be stored by the storage unit 430 or transmitted to an external device to analyze and manage data, and the reset button unit 420 You can check by hour.

Next, as a step (S103) of transmitting a measurement value to the control unit, the sensor unit 200 from the sensor unit and the recording unit driving step (S120) continuously transmits a measurement value for the slope to the control unit 500 and , The control unit 500 can detect a change in the received measurement value.

Therefore, the control unit 500 can detect that the received measurement value is constantly changing and recognize that the user is using the study pen according to the present invention.

Next, as a step (S104) of determining whether the measured value has not changed for a predetermined time or more, the control unit 500 checks whether the measured value for the slope continuously received from the sensor unit 200 does not change. Can.

At this time, when the measured value has not changed for a predetermined period of time or more, the speaker unit 300 is driven by the control unit 500 to drive the speaker unit and to stop the recording unit operation (S105), The driving of the recording unit 400 may be stopped.

That is, when the control unit 500 does not fluctuate the measured value for a certain period of time or more, the user recognizes that the study pen according to the present invention is not used, and generates a sound in the speaker unit 300 to generate the sound. You can induce them to proceed with their studies or work, which is the purpose of using a pen. In addition, the recording unit 400 for measuring the time to progress the school or work can stop the driving to increase the accuracy of the measured time except for the time recognized as not using the study pen according to the present invention.

Next, when the silent button unit is driven by the user (S106), in the step of stopping the speaker unit driving and re-driving the recording unit (S107), the user presses the silent button to stop the sound generation of the speaker unit 300. The unit 330 may be driven.

Therefore, when the silent button unit 330 is pressed by the user, the sound of the speaker unit 300 is stopped, and the recording unit 400 is restarted to continuously measure the time. Accordingly, since only the time when the user uses the study pen according to the present invention is measured by the recording unit 400, it is possible to manage the time during which the user actually studies or works, thereby improving accuracy.

Finally, in the step of stopping the driving of the power unit (S1018), the user can stop the use by stopping the press of the cylindrical switch provided in the power unit 600 in the study pen according to the present invention, thereby stopping the use. The cumulative time measured by the recording unit 400 from the time point may be stored in the storage unit 430 and transmitted to an external device.

By following the above sequence, a study pen according to the present invention can be used.

The embodiments according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and can be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, or the like alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded in the computer-readable recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, but may be known and usable by those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magneto-optical media such as floptical disks. medium), and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language codes produced by a compiler, but also high-level language codes executable by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device can be changed to one or more software modules to perform the processing according to the present invention, and vice versa.

In the detailed description of the present invention described, the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, but those skilled in the art or those skilled in the art will appreciate the spirit of the present invention as set forth in the claims below and It will be understood that various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention without departing from the technical field. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification, but should be defined by the claims.

100: main unit, 110: pressurization,
120: deep, 200: sensor unit,
300: speaker unit, 310: sound storage unit,
320: sound generating unit, 330: silent button unit,
400: recording unit, 410: stopwatch unit,
420: reset button unit, 430: storage unit,
500: control unit, 600: power unit.

Claims (5)

A pen-shaped body unit;
A sensor unit coupled to the interior of the body unit;
A speaker unit coupled along the outer surface of the body unit; And
A control unit coupled to the interior of the body unit to control the sensor unit and the speaker unit; Including,
The sensor unit is provided with a tilt sensor that measures the degree of tilt with respect to the horizontal plane, and transmits a measurement value to the control unit,
The control unit drives the speaker unit according to the measured value received from the sensor unit.
Study pen.
According to claim 1,
The speaker unit,
A sound storage unit capable of storing sound;
A sound generating unit that generates the stored sound of the sound storage unit; And
Equipped with a silent button unit that can stop the sound generated by the sound generating unit,
When the measured value of the control unit does not fluctuate for a certain period of time,
Characterized in that to control the sound generating unit to generate a sound
Study pen.
According to claim 2,
A power supply unit that supplies power; And
It is coupled to the interior of the body unit, the recording unit receiving power from the power unit; further includes a,
It characterized in that it comprises a stopwatch unit for measuring the time from the power supply point of the power unit
Study pen.
According to claim 3,
The recording unit,
When the measured value received by the control unit does not fluctuate for more than a certain period of time, driving is stopped,
When the measured value received by the control unit fluctuates again, it is characterized in that it is driven again.
Study pen.
A pen-shaped body unit;
A sensor unit coupled to the interior of the body unit;
A speaker unit coupled along the outer surface of the body unit; And
In the method of driving a study pen comprising a; control unit for controlling the sensor unit, the speaker unit is coupled to the interior of the main body unit,
Driving the power unit;
Driving the sensor unit and the recording unit;
Transmitting a measurement value to the control unit;
Confirming a change in the measured value for a predetermined time or longer;
Driving the speaker unit and stopping the recording unit;
When the silent button unit is driven by the user, stopping driving of the speaker unit and restarting the recording unit;
The step of stopping the power supply unit; includes
How to drive a study pen.

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