INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20160217704A1
• Filed: 08/14/2014
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Akitoshi Kojima
• Original Assignee: Akitoshi Kojima
• Inventors: KOJIMA, Akitoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,089,898 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/263 Language identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• 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

To provide an information processing apparatus for allowing a learner to enjoy viewing and listening of the content and to perform linguistic learning, and to check the effect of learning. A Dictionary DB 101 associates a vocabulary with a difficulty level determined for each vocabulary, and stores the vocabulary and the difficulty level, the vocabulary including a word, an idiom, or a phrase consisting of two or more words in a language to learn. A registration unit 102 registers a degree of learning of the language to learn of a learner as a learning level. A calculating unit 104 calculates the number of the vocabularies to learn used in the content as a frequency in use. A specifying unit 106 specifies, according to the calculated frequency in use and the registered learning level, and among the vocabularies of the language to learn used in the content, a vocabulary which is an object to learn as a vocabulary to learn. A main control unit 113 causes an input operation received by an input unit 111 during the output of the content to be registered as an input operation in response to the output of the vocabulary to learn.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus for outputting a content created in a language to learn, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive an input operation;

a recording unit configured to associate a vocabulary with a difficulty level determined for each vocabulary, and configured to store the vocabulary and the difficulty level, the vocabulary including a word, an idiom, or a phrase consisting of two or more words in a language to learn;

a registration unit configured to register a learning level, which is a degree of learning of the language to learn of a learner;

calculating unit configured to calculate a frequency in use, which is the number of the vocabularies to learn used in the content;

a specification unit configured to specify, according to the calculated frequency in use and the registered learning level, and among the vocabularies of the language to learn used in the content, a vocabulary which is an object to learn as a vocabulary to learn; and

a control unit configured to cause an input operation received by the receiving unit during an output of the content to be registered as an input operation in response to the output of the vocabulary to learn.

2. The information apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storing unit configured to associate an output timing and the vocabulary to learn and configured to store the output timing and the vocabulary, the output timing is a timing at which the vocabulary to learn specified by the specifying unit is used in the content; and

a determining unit configured to determine whether the output timing of the vocabulary to learn is the same as the receiving timing of the input operation received by the receiving unit or not,

wherein the control unit is further configured to, in a case where both timings are the same, cause the input operation to be registered as the input operation in response to the output of the vocabulary to learn.

3. The information apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,

wherein the control unit is further configured to output, before starting outputting of the content, the vocabulary to learn specified by the specifying unit.

4. The information apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3,

wherein the registration unit is further configured to modify the registered learning level in response to the number of the registered input operations.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, 3 or 4,

wherein the control unit is further configured to, when the receiving timing of the input operation received by the receiving unit and the output timing of the vocabulary to learn are determined to be the same by the determining unit, output information which indicates that both timings are the same.

6. A method for controlling information processing apparatus for outputting a content created in a language to learn, comprising:

receiving an input operation;

associating a vocabulary with a difficulty level determined for each vocabulary and storing the vocabulary and the difficulty level, the vocabulary including a word, an idiom, or a phrase consisting of two or more words in a language to learn;

registering a learning level, which is a degree of learning of the language to learn of a learner;

calculating a frequency in use, which is the number of the vocabularies to learn used in the content;

specifying, according to the calculated frequency in use and the registered learning level, and among the vocabularies of the language to learn used in the content, a vocabulary which is an object to learn as a vocabulary to learn; and

causing an input operation received by the receiving unit during an output of the content to be registered as an input operation in response to the output of the vocabulary to learn.

7. A computer program for causing a computer, which is configured to output a content created in a language to learn, to function as an information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive an input operation;

a recording unit configured to associate a vocabulary with a difficulty level determined for each vocabulary, and configured to store the vocabulary and the difficulty level, the vocabulary including a word, an idiom, or a phrase consisting of two or more words in a language to learn;

a registration unit configured to register a learning level, which is a degree of learning of the language to learn of a learner;

a calculating unit for calculating a frequency in use, which is the number of the vocabularies to learn used in the content;

a specifying unit configured to specify, according to the calculated frequency in use and the registered learning level, and among the vocabularies of the language to learn used in the content, a vocabulary which is an object to learn as a vocabulary to learn; and

a control unit configured to cause an input operation received by the receiving unit during an output of the content to be registered as an input operation in response to the output of the vocabulary to learn.

8. An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an mobile information terminal, which includes input unit for receiving an input operation, and configured to output a content created in a language to learn to the mobile information terminal, comprising:

a recording unit configured to associate a vocabulary with a difficulty level determined for each vocabulary, and configured to store the vocabulary and the difficulty level, the vocabulary including a word, an idiom, or a phrase consisting of two or more words in a language to learn;

a registration unit configured to register a learning level, which is a degree of learning of the language to learn of a learner, received from the mobile information terminal;

a calculating unit for calculating a frequency in use, which is the number of the vocabularies to learn used in the content;

a specifying unit configured to specify, according to the calculated frequency in use and the registered learning level, and among the vocabularies of the language to learn used in the content, a vocabulary which is an object to learn as a vocabulary to learn; and

a control unit configured to cause an input operation, which is received by the receiving unit of the mobile information terminal during an output of the content to the mobile information terminal, to be registered as an input operation in response to the output of the vocabulary to learn.