VIRTUAL SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SCHOOL CITY SYSTEM

• US 20100227304A1
• Filed: 12/28/2007
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Srj
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Srj
• Inventors: Horikawa, Naoto
• Application Number:
  US12/162,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20100227304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/14 with provision for individual teacher-student communication
• 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 virtual school system includes a school management side system with a teacher'"'"'s terminal and a server computer connected to the teacher'"'"'s terminal by way of LAN, and a student side system including a plurality of student'"'"'s terminals connected to the server computer by way of Internet.

Claims

1. A virtual school system comprising:

a school management side system including a teacher'"'"'s terminal and a server computer connected to the teacher'"'"'s terminal by way of a first network; and

a student side system including a plurality of student'"'"'s terminals connected to the server computer by way of a second network;

wherein

the teacher'"'"'s terminal includes,

a teacher'"'"'s personal computer,

a teacher'"'"'s camera, connected to the teacher'"'"'s personal computer, for imaging a teacher,

a teacher'"'"'s microphone, connected to the teacher'"'"'s personal computer, for inputting voice, and

a teacher'"'"'s speaker, connected to the teacher'"'"'s personal computer, for outputting voice;

the each student'"'"'s terminal includes,

an each student'"'"'s personal computer,

an each student'"'"'s camera, connected to the each student'"'"'s personal computer, for imaging each student,

an each student'"'"'s microphone, connected to the each student'"'"'s personal computer, for inputting each voice, and

an each student'"'"'s speaker, connected to the each student'"'"'s personal computer, for outputting each voice;

the teacher'"'"'s personal computer includes,

a teacher image transmitting unit for transmitting an image of the teacher imaged by the teacher'"'"'s camera to the server computer via the first network, and

a teacher voice transmitting unit for transmitting the voice of the teacher input to the teacher'"'"'s microphone to the server computer via the first network;

the each student'"'"'s personal computer includes,

an each student information transmitting unit for transmitting identification information of each student in correspondence to each student password to the server computer via the second network,

an each student image transmitting unit for transmitting the image of each student imaged by the each student'"'"'s camera to the server computer via the second network,

an each student voice transmitting unit for transmitting the voice of each student input to the each student'"'"'s microphone to the server computer via the second network;

an each student display unit with a main display region and a sub-display region, and

an each student display control unit for controlling the each student display unit;

the server computer includes,

a database server, stored in advance with identification information of each student in association with the each student password, for cross checking the identification information received from the each student information transmitting unit and the identification information stored in advance, and

an application server for receiving the image and the voice of each student from the each student image transmitting unit and the each student voice transmitting unit, receiving the image and the voice of the teacher from the teacher image transmitting unit and the teacher voice transmitting unit based on the cross check result by the database server, controlling the each student display control unit and the each student'"'"'s speaker via the second network, displaying the received image of the teacher and the image of each student on the main display region and the sub-display region, respectively, and outputting the received image of the teacher and the image of each student to the each student'"'"'s speaker;

the each student'"'"'s personal computer includes each student request transmitting unit for receiving a display change request by operation of each student, and transmitting the display change request to the application server via the second network; and

the application server displays the image of the corresponding student on the main display region and displays the image of another student on the sub-display region when receiving the display change request from one of the each student request transmitting unit.

2. The virtual school system of claim 1, wherein

the each student'"'"'s personal computer includes each access request transmitting unit for receiving an access request by operation of each student and transmitting the access request to the server computer via the second network;

and

the server computer includes a web server, storing a homepage of the school management side in advance, for controlling the each student display control unit via the second network and displaying the homepage on the each student display unit when receiving each access request from the each access request transmitting unit.

3. The virtual school system of claim 1, wherein

the each student'"'"'s personal computer includes each question request transmitting unit for receiving a question request by operation of each student, and transmitting the question request to the application server via the second network;

and

the application server controls the corresponding each student display control unit when receiving the question request, and displays the image of the teacher and a question accepting image on the main display region and the sub-display region, respectively.

4. The virtual school system of claim 1, wherein

the identification information is at least one of student ID, preferred school of student, membership number, sex, name (handle name), name of enrolled junior high school or high school, grade, age, scholastic ability of various subjects, with respect to junior high school student, high school student, college student, and working people.

5. A school city system comprising a plurality of virtual school systems comprising:

a school management side system including a teacher'"'"'s terminal and a server computer connected to the teacher'"'"'s terminal by way of a first network; and

a student side system including a plurality of student'"'"'s terminals connected to the server computer by way of a second network;

wherein

the teacher'"'"'s terminal includes,

a teacher'"'"'s personal computer,

a teacher'"'"'s camera, connected to the teacher'"'"'s personal computer, for imaging a teacher,

a teacher'"'"'s microphone, connected to the teacher'"'"'s personal computer, for inputting voice, and

a teacher'"'"'s speaker, connected to the teacher'"'"'s personal computer, for outputting voice;

the each student'"'"'s terminal includes,

an each student'"'"'s personal computer,

an each student'"'"'s camera, connected to the each student'"'"'s personal computer, for imaging each student,

an each student'"'"'s microphone, connected to the each student'"'"'s personal computer, for inputting each voice, and

an each student'"'"'s speaker, connected to the each student'"'"'s personal computer, for outputting each voice;

the teacher'"'"'s personal computer includes,

a teacher image transmitting unit for transmitting an image of the teacher imaged by the teacher'"'"'s camera to the server computer via the first network, and

a teacher voice transmitting unit for transmitting the voice of the teacher input to the teacher'"'"'s microphone to the server computer via the first network;

the each student'"'"'s personal computer includes,

an each student information transmitting unit for transmitting identification information of each student in correspondence to each student password to the server computer via the second network,

an each student image transmitting unit for transmitting the image of each student imaged by the each student'"'"'s camera to the server computer via the second network,

an each student voice transmitting unit for transmitting the voice of each student input to the each student'"'"'s microphone to the server computer via the second network;

an each student display unit with a main display region and a sub-display region, and

an each student display control unit for controlling the each student display unit;

the server computer includes,

a database server, stored in advance with identification information of each student in association with the each student password, for cross checking the identification information received from the each student information transmitting unit and the identification information stored in advance, and

an application server for receiving the image and the voice of each student from the each student image transmitting unit and the each student voice transmitting unit, receiving the image and the voice of the teacher from the teacher image transmitting unit and the teacher voice transmitting unit based on the cross check result by the database server, controlling the each student display control unit and the each student'"'"'s speaker via the second network, displaying the received image of the teacher and the image of each student on the main display region and the sub-display region, respectively, and outputting the received image of the teacher and the image of each student to the each student'"'"'s speaker;

the each student'"'"'s personal computer includes each student request transmitting unit for receiving a display change request by operation of each student, and transmitting the display change request to the application server via the second network; and

the application server displays the image of the corresponding student on the main display region and displays the image of another student on the sub-display region when receiving the display change request from one of the each student request transmitting unit.

6. The virtual school system of claim 5, wherein

the each student'"'"'s personal computer includes each access request transmitting unit for receiving an access request by operation of each student and transmitting the access request to the server computer via the second network;

and

the server computer includes a web server, storing a homepage of the school management side in advance, for controlling the each student display control unit via the second network and displaying the homepage on the each student display unit when receiving each access request from the each access request transmitting unit.

7. The virtual school system of claim 5, wherein

the each student'"'"'s personal computer includes each question request transmitting unit for receiving a question request by operation of each student, and transmitting the question request to the application server via the second network;

and

the application server controls the corresponding each student display control unit when receiving the question request, and displays the image of the teacher and a question accepting image on the main display region and the sub-display region, respectively.

8. The virtual school system of claim 5, wherein

the identification information is at least one of student ID, preferred school of student, membership number, sex, name (handle name), name of enrolled junior high school or high school, grade, age, scholastic ability of various subjects, with respect to junior high school student, high school student, college student, and working people.