Video learning system and method
First Claim
1. A user-operated conversation learning system comprising:
- a recording medium on which a first voice signal for a first audio channel, a second voice signal for a second audio channel and a video image signal associated with the first and second voice signals are recorded;
a multi-channel audio and video signal reproducing device having at least first and second audio channels, said device including means for reading signals recorded on the recording medium and producing the video image signal, a first audio signal on the first audio channel and a second audio signal on the second audio channel, wherein the first audio signal includes the first voice signal but not the second voice signal, and the second audio signal includes the second voice signal but not the first voice signal;
a display device operatively coupled to receive the video image signal and display images corresponding to the video image signal;
a speaker system operatively coupled to receive the first and second audio signals on the first and second audio channels and produce sound corresponding to the first and second voice signals;
a manual channel deactivation switch operatively coupled to selectively deactivate at least one of the first and second audio channel for selectively inhibiting the speaker system from producing sound corresponding to at least one of the first and second voice signals;
wherein upon deactivation of one of the audio channels, the user may orate sound corresponding to the voice signal for the deactivated audio channel.
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Abstract
A language learning system comprises a video recording and playing system for playing a recording media, such as a VCR tape, which records a first voice signal of a first speaker and a second voice signal of a second speaker. The video recording and playing system has a first channel and a second channel which are exclusively responsive to the first voice signal and the second voice signal, respectively. A channel selecting device selects at least one of the first voice channel and the second voice channel so that at least one of the first voice signal and the second voice signal is reproduced. As a result, the user can practice conversation with the selected speaker in place of the non-selected speaker.
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17 Claims
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1. A user-operated conversation learning system comprising:
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a recording medium on which a first voice signal for a first audio channel, a second voice signal for a second audio channel and a video image signal associated with the first and second voice signals are recorded; a multi-channel audio and video signal reproducing device having at least first and second audio channels, said device including means for reading signals recorded on the recording medium and producing the video image signal, a first audio signal on the first audio channel and a second audio signal on the second audio channel, wherein the first audio signal includes the first voice signal but not the second voice signal, and the second audio signal includes the second voice signal but not the first voice signal; a display device operatively coupled to receive the video image signal and display images corresponding to the video image signal; a speaker system operatively coupled to receive the first and second audio signals on the first and second audio channels and produce sound corresponding to the first and second voice signals; a manual channel deactivation switch operatively coupled to selectively deactivate at least one of the first and second audio channel for selectively inhibiting the speaker system from producing sound corresponding to at least one of the first and second voice signals; wherein upon deactivation of one of the audio channels, the user may orate sound corresponding to the voice signal for the deactivated audio channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of learning a conversation between first and second speaking characters, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a recording medium on which a first voice signal corresponding to a first speaking character'"'"'s voice in a conversation is recorded for a first audio channel, a second voice signal corresponding to a second speaking character'"'"'s voice in the conversation is recorded for a second audio channel and a video image signal corresponding to images of the conversation between the first and second speaking characters is recorded for a video channel; reading signals recorded on the recording medium with a multi-channel audio and video signal reproducing device and producing the video image signal on a video channel, a first audio signal on a first audio channel and a second audio signal on the second audio channel, wherein the first audio signal includes the first voice signal but not the second voice signal, and the second audio signal includes the second voice signal but not the first voice signal; displaying images corresponding to the video image signal on a display device operatively coupled to the audio and video signal reproducing device; providing a speaker system operably coupled to the audio and video signal reproducing device, to produce sound corresponding to the first and second voice signals; manually deactivating at least one of the first and second audio channels for selectively inhibiting sound corresponding to at least one of the first and second voice signals from being produced by the speaker system, to suppress at least one of the first and second speaking character'"'"'s voice in the conversation; wherein upon deactivation of one of the audio channels, the user may orate sound corresponding to the speaking character'"'"'s voice for the deactivated audio channel, while viewing the video images corresponding to the conversation between the first and second speaking characters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of making a user-operated conversation learning method comprising the steps of:
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recording first and second voice signals on first and second respective audio tracks of a multi-track recording medium, wherein the first voice signal but not the second voice signal is recorded on the first audio track and the second voice signal but not the first voice signal is recorded on the second audio track; recording a video image signal on a video track of the multi-track recording medium; coupling a multi-channel audio and video signal reproducing device to read signals recorded on the recording medium and produce the video image signal, a first audio signal on the first audio channel and a second audio signal on the second audio channel, wherein the first audio signal includes the first voice signal but not the second voice signal, and the second audio signal includes the second voice signal but not the first voice signal; coupling a display device to the audio and video signal reproducing device for displaying images corresponding to the video image signal; coupling a speaker system operably to the audio and video signal reproducing device, to produce sound corresponding to the first and second voice signals; coupling a manual switch for manually deactivating at least one of the first and second audio channels for selectively inhibiting sound corresponding to at least one of the first and second voice signals from being produced by the speaker system; wherein upon deactivation of one of the audio channels, the user may orate sound corresponding to the voice signal for the deactivated audio channel. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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