Design Research Of Children's Music Smart Toy Based On Tangible User Interfaces

Toys are the best companions for children's growing up.When bringing cheer and happiness to children,they also subtly promote the physical and mental development of children.Also,it can enhance the children's imagination,improve cognition and affect their behavior.As people become more and more concerned with the development of the next generation,the design of children's toys is becoming more and more concerned by society.Recently,with the rapid development of information technology,children's toys are also with digital characteristics.A variety of integrated intelligent interactive functional toys such as sound,light,electric come to prominence in the market,which put forward higher requirements to the design of children toys.This paper right starts from this background and puts forward the design theory of the new musical toys based on the Tangible User Interfaces Theory after a lot of research on related market and target users.In the direction of the product,the author chooses the musical instruments toys this market segment to carry out deep design.He adopts the hand wearable product solutions.Through designing the interaction method which conforms to the children's natural behavior and psychological cognitive,he aims to let the children feel the charm of music as well as promoting the coordination ability between the visual perception of children and their hand movements.In terms of the structure,this article firstly expounds the related theory of children's cognitive psychology development,the role music plays in children's growth and the design principles of the Tangible User Interfaces.Then it combs the design characteristics of children's music toy in the current market.Based on the analysis of its advantages and disadvantages,we get our design point.Then the author through the user interviews to get clear of target user needs and product functional requirements.Also,under the theoretical guidance of the Tangible User Interfaces,we aim to perfect product design and carry out the systematical product design and finally to verify the feasibility of the design through the user test.