Computer program for teaching land mass recognition

• US 4,978,302 A
• Filed: 11/20/1989
• Issued: 12/18/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mary Clossey
• Original Assignee: Mary Clossey
• Inventors: Clossey, Mary
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Richman, Glenn E.
• Application Number:
  US07/438,792
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• Field of Search: 434/153, 434/335, 434/322, 434/323
• US Class Current: 434/153
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0061 Geography
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied

Abstract

A computer program to serve as a teaching aid in the recognition of the shape of land masses is disclosed. The program generates visual displays of a boundary map of the United States, a boundary map of an individual state and a list of names of states which includes the correct name for the displayed individual state. The user selects a name for the displayed individual state and the computer program audibly indicates whether the selection was correct.

Claims

1. A computer process implemented by a computer program to facilitate recognition of land masses by their shape for the purpose of serving as a teaching aid, said process comprising steps for:

(1) generating a visual display on a computer screen of a plurality of land masses in their natural configuration;

(2) generating representations for each of said plurality of land masses;

(3) storing the generated representations in a first memory location;

(4) generating a plurality of indicia for each of said plurality of land masses;

(5) storing the generated indicia in a second memory location;

(6) registering the correct pairing of said indicia and said representations of land masses;

(7) storing the registered correct pairing in a third memory location;

(8) randomly selecting one of said representations for a land mass;

(9) generating within a first window on a computer screen a visual display of said randomly selected one of said plurality of representations for land masses, contemporaneously with the visual display of said plurality of land masses in their natural configuration;

(10) generating a list of indicia for the displayed one of said plurality of representations;

(11) generating within a second window on a computer screen a visual display of said plurality of indicia for each of said plurality of land masses, contemporaneously with the visual display of said plurality of land masses and the visual display within said first window on a computer screen of one of said plurality of land masses;

(12) registering selected pairing by the user of said one of said plurality of land masses and one of said plurality of indicia for said plurality of land masses;

(13) comparing the registered selected pairing with the registered correct pairing of said one of said plurality of land masses and one of said plurality of indicia for said plurality of land masses;

(14) audibly indicating the matching of the selected pairing and the correct pairing;

(15) repeating steps (8)-(15).

2. A computer process as described in claim 1 wherein Step 9 comprises generating a visual display of a generally recognizable figure or object formed in the shape of an individual land mass.

3. A computer process as described in Claim 1 including a step comprising generating a visual indication of the location of the individual land mass on the visual display of the plurality of land masses in their natural configuration when the correct pairing of individual land mass and land mass indicia is made.