Training assistant system

• US 20040191747A1
• Filed: 02/05/2004
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Atsumori, Hirokazu, Sato, Hiroki, Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi, Kiguchi, Masashi, Tanaka, Naoki, Hirabayashi, Yukiko, Yamamoto, Yukari, Kawaguchi, Hideo, Katura, Takusige
• Application Number:
  US10/771,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20040191747A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/323
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

The training of a trainee is performed in response to an instruction from a training task presentation (110) and the trainee responds by using a trainee'"'"'s response collection unit (111). At the same time, a brain activity measurement unit (101) and a signal converter (103) using a cable (102) for transmitting signals of brain activity measure the brain activity of the trainee. Through a comparison between a response from the trainee and the result of brain activity measurement, a training effect is evaluated and a next training task to be performed is determined. For optimum training, the training is evaluated based on both of a training effect which can be evaluated from the outer appearance and brain activity corresponding thereto.

Claims

1. A training assistant system comprising:

a training task presentation unit for presenting a training task and a training content to a trainee;

a trainee'"'"'s response collection unit capable of collecting, from the trainee, a response in accordance with the training task and the training content;

a brain activity measurement unit for measuring brain activity of the trainee; and

an information processor for controlling the presentation by said training task presentation unit and determining a next training task to be performed such that at least a result of the response obtained from said trainee'"'"'s response collection unit and a result of measuring the brain activity of the trainee in a training execution process, which is obtained from said brain activity measurement unit, are reflected in the next training task to be performed.

2. A training assistant system according to claim 1, wherein said brain activity measurement unit is capable of measuring the brain activity at each of a plurality of regions in a brain and has a unit for selecting, from among said plurality of regions, a region of interest used to evaluate a result of training and determine the next training task to be performed.

3. A training assistant system according to claim 1, wherein said information processor controls said training task presentation unit such that a task for searching a region of interest, which is for selecting a proper region of interest in a training process, is presented prior to the presentation of said training task.

4. A training assistant system according to claim 1, wherein said information processor is capable of setting evaluation criteria for the result of training the trainee and evaluates said result of training the trainee based on the set evaluation criteria.