Study support system

• US 6,011,949 A
• Filed: 07/01/1997
• Issued: 01/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Satoru Shimomukai
• Original Assignee: Satoru Shimomukai
• Inventors: Shimomukai, Satoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Harrison, Jessica J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): FLEMING, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US08/886,450
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• Field of Search: 434/308, 434/169, 434/322, 434/307 R, 434/317, 434/358, 434/315
• US Class Current: 434/358
• 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

A study support system comprises computer means and a text in which the subject for study, a problem and a bar code representing the problem are printed; the computer means including a bar code reader, output means, processing means, and storage means in which the answer to the problem, an explanation thereof, and a similar exercise are stored, whereby, when the bar code is read by the bar code reader, the processing means reads out from the storage means the data such as the answer, explanation and the like relating to the data read by the bar code reader, and the data are output by the output means as sight information displayed on a screen and/or printed on paper and/or as aural information.

Claims

1. A study support system comprising a text and computer means, said text comprising a first division in which an item for study is printed and a second division in which a problem relating to said study item is printed, but an answer thereto is not, said problem having its own code, said second division provided with a bar code representing the code of the said problem, said computer means comprising a bar code reader for reading said bar code, storage means in which information relating to said study item including the answer to said problem, an explanation of said problem, and at least one similar exercise to said problem are stored, processing means for retrieving the information stored in said storage means according to the bar code read by the bar code reader, output means for outputting the retrieved information data as sight information displayed on a screen and/or printed on paper and/or as aural information.

2. The study system according to claim 1, which further comprises output selecting means for selecting at least one piece of information from the explanation and at least one similar exercise and allowing said output means to output the selected information.

3. The study support system according to claim 2, wherein said output selecting means comprise said bar code reader and a menu sheet, said menu sheet having bar codes representing procedures of study and printed therein and readable by the bar code reader.

4. The study support system according to claim 2, wherein said output selecting means include a keyboard and a mouse.

5. The study support system according to claim 3, wherein said output selecting means include a keyboard and a mouse.

6. The study support system according to claim 1, which further comprises study feedback means for changing the item of study to a study item of a previous order to the order of the study item corresponding to the bar code read by the bar code reader, said order stored in said storage means, and output selecting means for selecting at least one piece of information from at least the point of the study item of said previous order and a problem relating thereto, and allowing said output means to output the selected information.

7. The study support system according to claim 1, which further comprises a data book into which a number of problems are compiled and printed together with individual bar codes, and said storage means memorize data relating to all said a number of problems, an answer to each problem, an explanation of each problem, and at least one similar exercise to each problem, and said processing means, by reading the bar codes in the data book with the bar code reader, retrieve the corresponding data from the storage means and compile the retrieved data into a text for study, and allow said output means to print the text for study, whereby various texts can be made.

8. The study support system according to claim 1, which further comprises a work book formed by binding various prepared texts, each text having its own bar code printed thereon, and said storage means memorize data relating to each text and the bar code, and said processing means, by reading the bar code printed in the text with the bar code reader, retrieve the corresponding data from the storage means, and allow said output means to print the text for study, whereby the text can be duplicated.