APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATION DELIVERY

• US 20100075287A1
• Filed: 12/02/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Life Success Academy
• Original Assignee: Life Success Academy
• Inventors: Dohrmann, Bernhard
• Granted Patent: US 8,540,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/309
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

An apparatus and method are disclosed for delivering instructional information and include displaying instructional information on several visual displays prior to a triggering event and displaying the instructional information in an instructional varying display pattern on the at least three visual displays after the triggering event so a person viewing the instructional varying display pattern is unable to detect a repeatable pattern. Also included is displaying background information on each display not displaying instructional information. The background information is displayed with a background varying display pattern so a person is unable to detect a repeatable pattern. The instructional varying display pattern and the background varying display pattern include varying one or more information display attributes, such as which of the at least three visual displays is displaying the instructional information, duration of a display of the instructional information, transition effects, and/or timing between displays of the instructional information.

Claims

1. A method for delivering instructional information, the method comprising:

displaying instructional information on one or more of at least three visual displays prior to a triggering event;

displaying the instructional information in an instructional varying display pattern on the at least three visual displays in response to the triggering event, wherein a person viewing the instructional varying display pattern is unable to detect a repeatable pattern within the instructional varying display pattern, wherein the instructional varying display pattern comprises varying one or more information display attributes; and

displaying background information on each of the at least three visual displays not displaying instructional information, the background information displayed with a background varying display pattern such that a person viewing the background varying display pattern is unable to detect a repeatable pattern within the background varying display pattern, wherein the background varying display pattern comprises varying one or more information display attributes;

wherein the information display attributes comprise one or more of

which of the at least three visual displays is displaying the instructional information;

duration of a display of the instructional information on a display of the at least three visual displays;

one or more transition effects associated with a display of the instructional information; and

timing between displays of the instructional information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the instructional varying display pattern and the background varying display pattern comprise randomly varying one or more of the information display attributes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the instructional varying display pattern and the background varying display pattern comprise a plurality of display instances, wherein each display instance is not repeated during a teaching session, each of the display instances comprising a different combination of the information display attributes.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the instructional varying display pattern and the background varying display pattern (“

varying display pattern”

) comprise a plurality of display instances, wherein display of each display instance is limited to duplication at a minimum frequency within the varying display pattern such that a person viewing the varying display pattern is unable to detect a repeatable pattern within the varying display pattern, each of the display instances comprising a different combination of the information display attributes.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises one or more of

reaching a time limit;

and

receiving a command from an operator.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the instructional information comprises first instructional information and further comprising second instructional information, wherein the triggering event comprises displaying the second instructional information on at least one of the visual displays, the first instructional information is displayed with the instructional varying display pattern on at least one visual display not displaying the second instructional information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying additional instructional information in an additional instructional varying display pattern on the at least three visual displays, wherein the additional instructional varying display pattern comprises varying one or more of the information display attributes and wherein a person viewing the instructional varying display pattern and the additional instructional varying display pattern (“

varying display patterns”

) is unable to detect a repeatable pattern common to the varying display patterns,

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising a second triggering event wherein display of the instructional information is halted in response to the second triggering event, wherein the second triggering event comprises one or more of

receiving a command from an operator;

reaching a time limit; and

reaching a limit for the number of times the instructional information is displayed.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the instructional information comprises first instructional information and further comprising second instructional information and further comprising displaying the second instructional information in an instructional varying display pattern on the at least three visual displays in response to the second triggering event.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the instructional information comprises one or more of:

an image provided by a document camera;

an image generated from one or more electronic files; and

an image of an instructor.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the background information comprises an image of one or more students in a classroom, the classroom comprising the at least three visual displays.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the background information comprises one or more nature scenes.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the background information comprises one or more of

pictures;

scientific information;

economical information;

financial information;

mathematical information;

theological information;

biological information; and

statistical information.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising additional instructional information that is related to the instructional information (“

related instructional information”

) wherein the instructional varying display pattern further comprises varying displays of the instructional information and the related instructional information.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein two or more of the at least three visual displays are combined onto one or more display devices.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the at least three visual displays is further divided into a plurality of viewing areas.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising interrupting the instructional varying display pattern to display the instructional information without a varying display pattern on one or more of the three visual displays.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising one or more tables, wherein the one or more tables comprise the information display attributes.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising one or more tables, wherein the one or more tables comprise a sufficient number of display instances to display information for a 50 minute class without repeating any of the display instances, each of the display instances comprising a different combination of the information display attributes.

21. The system of claim 19, further comprising one or more of

a document camera;

a camera directed at an operator;

a camera directed at one or more students;

one or more microphones;

one or more speakers;

a laser belt pack; and

one or more remotes.

20. A system for delivering instructional information, the system comprising:

a processor;

one or more output devices comprising at least three visual displays; and

a computer readable medium having computer usable program code executing on the processor to perform operations comprising

displaying instructional information on one or more of the at least three visual displays prior to a triggering event;

displaying the instructional information in an instructional varying display pattern on the at least three visual displays in response to the triggering event, wherein a person viewing the instructional varying display pattern is unable to detect a repeatable pattern within the instructional varying display pattern, wherein the instructional varying display pattern comprises varying one or more information display attributes; and

displaying background information on each of the at least three visual displays not displaying instructional information, the background information displayed with a background varying display pattern such that a person viewing the background varying display pattern is unable to detect a repeatable pattern within the background varying display pattern, wherein the background varying display pattern comprises varying one or more information display attributes,

wherein the information display attributes comprise one or more of

which of the at least three visual displays is displaying the instructional information;

duration of a display of the instructional information on a display of the at least three visual displays;

one or more transition effects associated with a display of the instructional information; and

timing between displays of the instructional information.

22. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code executable on a processor to perform operations for delivering instructional information, the operations of the computer program product comprising:

displaying instructional information on one or more of at least three visual displays prior to a triggering event;

displaying the instructional information in an instructional varying display pattern on the at least three visual displays in response to the triggering event, wherein a person viewing the instructional varying display pattern is unable to detect a repeatable pattern within the instructional varying display pattern, wherein the instructional varying display pattern comprises varying one or more information display attributes; and

displaying background information on each of the at least three visual displays not displaying instructional information, the background information displayed with a background varying display pattern such that a person viewing the background varying display pattern is unable to detect a repeatable pattern within the background varying display pattern, wherein the background varying display pattern comprises varying one or more information display attributes;

wherein the information display attributes comprise one or more of

which of the at least three visual displays is displaying the instructional information;

duration of a display of the instructional information on a display of the at least three visual displays;

one or more transition effects associated with a display of the instructional information; and

timing between displays of the instructional information.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the operations of the computer program product further comprises selecting and displaying additional background information in an additional background varying display pattern.

24. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the operations of the computer program product further comprise receiving a command from an operator to display additional instructional information and displaying the additional instructional information in an additional instructional varying display pattern on the at least three visual displays, wherein the additional instructional varying display pattern comprises varying one or more of the information display attributes and wherein a person viewing the instructional varying display pattern and the additional instructional varying display pattern (“

varying display patterns”

) is unable to detect a repeatable pattern common to the varying display patterns.