Learning condition judging program and user condition judging system

• US 20040152060A1
• Filed: 06/30/2003
• Published: 08/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Matsukuma, Nobuhiko, Hoshino, Takeshi, Ando, Haru
• Application Number:
  US10/608,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20040152060A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/308
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

A program and a system for judging the learning conditions of each user from behavior information or living body information of the user, and for evaluating contents or lesson details used for learning. A change of concentration during learning is judged from a result of a blood flow rate measured in time series by a near infrared measuring device. Further, the result of the judgment and a result of analysis of user'"'"'s behavior (image recognition, voice recognition and instrument input operation event) are analyzed synthetically. Thus, the change of attention of the user is extracted, and the learning conditions of the user are judged. True learning conditions of the user can be grasped in real time, and the learning contents or the lesson details can be evaluated. Further, the result of the evaluation can be reflected on the next lesson so as to enhance the learning effect.

Claims

1. A learning condition judging program to be executed in an information processing apparatus connected to a near infrared measuring device, comprising the steps of:

starting up a learning program in said information processing apparatus;

acquiring measurement information of a blood flow rate in a brain of a user of said information processing apparatus, said measurement information being obtained from said near infrared measuring device through information acquiring means;

acquiring input information and operation information given by said user to said information processing apparatus through input means;

storing in storage said measurement information, said input information and said operation information in association with progress of said learning program; and

sending out information stored in said storage to a connected external device.

2. A learning condition judging program according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

acquiring audio or video information of said user of said information processing apparatus through at least one of a microphone and a camera connected to said information processing. apparatus;

wherein said audio or video information is also recorded in said storing step.

3. A learning condition judging program comprising the steps of:

acquiring, through input means, information of contents executed in a connected terminal, information of a blood flow rate in a brain of a user of said terminal, and operation information and input information given by said user to said terminal;

analyzing a rate of change in hemoglobin concentration from said blood flow rate;

judging a degree of concentration of said user of said terminal from operation and input information and said analyzed rate of change in hemoglobin concentration; and

storing information of said degree of concentration in association with said contents.

4. A learning condition judging program according to claim 3, further comprising the step of:

displaying said information of said degree of concentration on display.

5. A learning condition judging program according to claim 3, further comprising the step of:

acquiring audio or video information of said user of said terminal, said audio or video information being acquired through at least one of a microphone and a camera connected to said terminal;

wherein said step of judging said degree of concentration also uses said audio or video information.

6. A learning condition judging program according to claim 4, further comprising the step of:

acquiring audio or video information of said user of said terminal, said audio or video information being acquired through at least one of a microphone and a camera connected to said terminal;

wherein said step of judging said degree of concentration also uses said audio or video information.

7. A learning condition judging program according to claim 3, further comprising the step of:

giving notice to said user of said terminal in accordance with a result of said step of judging said degree of concentration.

8. A learning condition judging program according to claim 4, further comprising the step of:

giving notice to said user of said terminal in accordance with a result of said step of judging said degree of concentration.

9. A learning condition judging program according to claim 4, further comprising a step of judging whether said input information is a correct answer to an exercise included in said learning contents or not is further provided;

and

said concentration degree judging step makes said judgment also using a result of said answer judging means.

10. A learning condition judging program according to claim 5, wherein:

answer judging means for judging whether said input information is a correct answer to an exercise included in said learning contents or not is further provided; and

said concentration degree judging step makes said judgment also using a result of said answer judging means.

11. A learning condition judging program according to claim 9, further comprising the step of:

displaying, on a display, information of said degree of concentration and information of a rate of correct answers for each exercise included in said learning contents, said rate of correct answers being obtained from said judgement result of said answer judging means.

12. A learning condition judging program according to claim 10, further comprising the step of:

displaying, on a display, information of said degree of concentration and information of a rate of correct answers for each exercise included in said learning contents, said rate of correct answers being obtained from said judgement result of said answer judging means.

13. A system comprising a near infrared measuring device, a terminal connected to said near infrared measuring device, and a server connected to said terminal through a network:

said server including recording means for recording contents information;

said terminal including;

means for acquiring information from said near infrared measuring device;

a display for displaying said contents information received from said server; and

input means for accepting input instructions and operation instructions for said displayed information;

said server further including;

a storage for storing inputs from said input means, said information from said near infrared measuring device, and said displayed contents information in association with one another; and

means for judging conditions of terminal user'"'"'s tackling said contents, based on information stored in said storage means.