Caption type language learning system using caption type learning terminal and communication network

• US 20040253565A1
• Filed: 04/02/2004
• Published: 12/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyu Jin Park
• Original Assignee: Kyu Jin Park
• Inventors: Kim, Cheol
• Application Number:
  US10/817,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20040253565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/156
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/14 with provision for individual teacher-student communication

Abstract

A caption type language learning system utilizing a communication network is disclosed. The system includes a captioning language training network server 11 for data-basing the data for respective learning fields. A communication switching station 12 receives the captioning language learning data through the network. A satellite switching station 13 transmits the data suitable to the communication characteristics through a communication network. The system further includes wire and wireless communication terminals 18, 19, 28, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 for receiving captioning language learning data from an external communication network. A wireless communication terminal having a captioning language learning function or a captioning language training terminal 21 receives captioning language learning data through the wire switching station 17 or directly from an external communication network. The terminal includes a modem section 31 for receiving the captioning language learning data from the captioning language learning network server 11 through the wire switching station. A communication interface section 32 receives the data from the wire or wireless terminal or a PC in a form readable by the internal devices. An internal captioning language learning data memory section 33 stores the audio and caption data, and a CODEC section 34 converts the audio data to analogue audio data. The terminal further includes an amplifying section 35, an LCD driver 7 for driving an LCD display 38 to display the caption data, and a DSP/CPU section 39 for processing the audio and captioning learning data and for controlling the whole terminal. The caption and audio data can be watched and listened without using the conventional captioning type cassette tape and player. Further, the carrying is convenient, and malfunctions do not occur, so that foreign languages can be learned in a convenient way.

Claims

1-5. -5. (cancelled).

6. A wireless data communication terminal having a caption language learning function, comprising:

a radio frequency/intermediate frequency (RF/IF) unit for receiving and amplifying data including caption language learning data via a wireless communication network, the RF/IF unit outputting a wireless data signal;

a modem for demodulating the wireless data signal output from the RF/IF unit;

a protocol controller for receiving the data demodulated and output by the modem and generating data fitting to a communication protocol;

a coder-decoder (CODEC) for converting the digital audio data generated by the protocol controller into analog audio signals and outputting the analog audio signals;

a data transmitting controller for controlling the transmission of the caption data generated by the protocol controller to a displayer;

a Digital Signal Processor/Central Processing Unit (DSP/CPU) for storing the caption language learning data in a caption language learning data memory, and when selecting a play mode, reading the caption language learning data from the caption language learning data memory, and converting and outputting the read data via the displayer and a speaker; and

a Read Only Memory (ROM) and a Random Access Memory (RAM) for storing operating programs, data and addresses of the DSP/CPU.

7. The tenninal of claim 49, wherein the terminal further comprises a key unit for inputting information on operation modes and function selection to the DSP/CPU.