CN111161577A

CN111161577A - Spoken language examination system and method

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Publication number: CN111161577A
Application number: CN201911356722.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马恒伟; 刘振
Original assignee: Shanghai Haoxue Network Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Haoxue Network Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-25
Filing date: 2019-12-25
Publication date: 2020-05-15

Abstract

The invention relates to a spoken language examination system and a method, the spoken language examination system comprises: the system comprises a central server, examination terminal management equipment for accommodating and managing a plurality of examination terminals and the examination terminals. The examination terminal management device includes: a communication unit for transmitting test data between the central server and the test terminal; the verification unit is used for verifying the identity of the on-site examinee; and a terminal placing structure for placing the examination terminal. The examination terminal includes: the input unit is configured to detect voice input to the test terminal and generate the answer voice data; and a playing unit configured to parse the test data received by the communication unit to generate a test audio signal and play the test audio signal. The oral examination system can overcome the defects of the existing oral examination system, greatly reduce the examination cost, improve the examination efficiency and ensure the examination fairness.

Description

Spoken language examination system and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of examination equipment, in particular to a spoken language examination system and a spoken language examination method.

Background

With the progress of the reform and development of the examination enrollment system, 18 provinces and cities in the country have proposed English oral examination point schemes. In order to cooperate with the implementation of oral english examination, standardized examination rooms and related examination devices, such as invigilation servers, special headsets, special tables and chairs, computer devices and the like, need to be built according to the number of reference people, regional conditions and the like, and corresponding examination methods are set to ensure that the oral examination is safely and effectively performed. However, the existing spoken language examination apparatus and method have the following disadvantages:

1. examination hall and examination equipment's cost is with high costs, the maintenance degree of difficulty is big: at present, standardized examination rooms are needed for oral examinations, special servers, headsets, tables and chairs, computer equipment and the like are equipped, a large number of operation and maintenance personnel are needed to be matched, and the oral examination room is various in equipment, high in cost and high in maintenance difficulty.

2. Batch examinations are required, and the efficiency is low: due to the fact that the number of standardized examination rooms is limited, oral examinations need to be conducted in batches, in the above sea, the oral examinations are conducted in batches of 12 batches, the examination time is 1-2 days, and accordingly efficiency is low.

3. Need to prepare many sets of examination papers, be difficult to ensure the fairness of examination: because the number of standardized examination rooms is limited, oral examinations need to be performed in batches, so that multiple sets of examination papers need to be prepared for examinations of different batches, the difficulty degree of the multiple sets of examination papers is difficult to ensure to be completely the same, and the fairness of the examinations is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a spoken language examination system and a spoken language examination method which are low in cost, high in efficiency and capable of guaranteeing examination fairness.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention to solve the technical problems is a spoken language examination system, which is characterized by comprising the following components: the central server is configured to store examination data, send the examination data to examination terminal management equipment and acquire answer voice data from the examination terminal management equipment; an examination terminal management device for housing and managing a plurality of examination terminals, comprising: the communication unit is configured to receive the test data from the central server, send the test data to the plurality of test terminals, and acquire the answer voice data from the plurality of test terminals and transmit the answer voice data to the central server; the verification unit is configured to receive the identity of a field examinee, verify the identity of the field examinee and the identity information of the examinee in the examination data, and distribute an examination terminal corresponding to the identity information of the examinee to the field examinee who succeeds in verification; the terminal placing structure is used for placing the examination terminal; a test terminal configured to receive the test data from the communication unit, comprising: the input unit is configured to detect voice input to the test terminal and generate the answer voice data; and a playing unit configured to parse the test data received by the communication unit to generate a test audio signal and play the test audio signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal placement structure is configured to normally lock the examination terminal, and after the identity of the on-site examinee is successfully verified, the verification unit instructs the terminal placement structure to unlock the examination terminal, so that the examination terminal can be taken out.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the examination terminal management device further includes a charging unit, and the charging unit is connected to the examination terminal and configured to charge the examination terminal when the examination terminal is locked on the terminal placement structure.

In an embodiment of the invention, the device further comprises an alarm unit, wherein the alarm unit is connected with the verification unit, and when the identity verification of the examinee is unsuccessful, the alarm unit gives an alarm.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the examination terminal management device further includes a storage unit configured to store the examination data and the answer voice data.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the verification unit receives the identity of the field examinee through a scanning device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the scanning device is used for scanning the examinee identity information code on the admission card.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the examinee identity information code is a two-dimensional code.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the examination data includes examinee identity information, examination point information, examination room information, examination time and examination content.

In an embodiment of the invention, the test terminal is a headset.

The invention also provides a spoken language examination method for solving the technical problems, which is characterized by comprising the following steps: sending the examination data to the examination terminal management equipment at the central server; receiving the examination data sent from the central server at an examination terminal management device, and sending the examination data to an examination terminal; verifying the identity of a field examinee by the examination terminal management equipment, and after the identity of the field examinee is successfully verified, distributing an examination terminal for the field examinee by the examination terminal management equipment and unlocking the examination terminal; analyzing the test data at the test terminal to generate a test audio signal, and playing the test audio signal; detecting input voice at the examination terminal and generating answer voice data; after answering, the examination terminal management equipment recovers and locks the examination terminal; and transmitting the answer voice data acquired from the examination terminal to the central server at the examination terminal management equipment.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes charging the test terminal at the test terminal management device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of verifying the identity of the on-site examinee at the examination terminal management device further includes: receiving the identity of the on-site examinee; and verifying the identity of the on-site examinee and the examinee identity information in the examination data.

In one embodiment of the invention, the on-site test taker identity is received by scanning the test taker identity information code on the test admission card.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of verifying the identity of the on-site examinee at the examination terminal management device further includes: and sending an alarm when the identity verification of the on-site examinee is unsuccessful.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the examination data includes the examinee identity information, examination point information, examination room information, examination time and examination content.

In an embodiment of the invention, the test terminal is a headset.

According to the oral examination system and the oral examination method, the examination terminal management equipment is used for accommodating and managing the examination terminals, the identity of an examinee is verified on an examination site, the examination terminal corresponding to the identity information of the examinee is distributed to the on-site examinee, and the taking-over and cheating can be avoided; the system does not need additional equipment such as a computer, a display screen and the like, is suitable for various types of examination rooms, and is flexible in application. The oral examination system can overcome the defects of the existing oral examination system, greatly reduce the examination cost, improve the examination efficiency and ensure the examination fairness.

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In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a spoken language examination system according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 2A-2C are schematic diagrams of an examination terminal management device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is an exemplary flow chart diagram of a spoken language examination method according to an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and thus the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

As used in this application and the appended claims, the terms "a," "an," "the," and/or "the" are not intended to be inclusive in the singular, but rather are intended to be inclusive in the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In general, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" merely indicate that steps and elements are included which are explicitly identified, that the steps and elements do not form an exclusive list, and that a method or apparatus may include other steps or elements.

Flow charts are used herein to illustrate the operations performed by methods according to embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that the preceding operations are not necessarily performed in the exact order in which they are performed. Rather, various steps may be processed in reverse order or simultaneously. Meanwhile, other operations are added to or removed from these processes.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a spoken language examination system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the spoken language test system 100 of the present embodiment includes a center server 110, a test terminal management device 120, and a test terminal 130. The center server 110 is configured to store test data, transmit the test data to the test terminal managing device 120, and acquire answer voice data from the test terminal managing device 120.

The test terminal managing device 120 includes a communication unit 121, a test terminal 130, an authentication unit 122, and a terminal placement structure 123. The testing terminal managing device 120 serves to accommodate and manage a plurality of testing terminals 130. Among them, the communication unit 121 is configured to receive test data from the center server 110, transmit the test data to the plurality of test terminals 130 in the test terminal management device 120, and acquire answer voice data from the plurality of test terminals 130 and transmit to the center server 110. The verification unit 122 is configured to receive the identity of the field examinee, verify the identity of the field examinee and the identity information of the examinee in the examination data, and allocate the examination terminal 130 corresponding to the identity information of the examinee to the successfully verified field examinee. The terminal placement structure 123 is used to place the testing terminal 130.

The test terminal 130 includes an entry unit 131 and a playback unit 132. Wherein the entry unit 131 is configured to detect a voice input to the test terminal 130 and generate answer voice data; the playing unit 132 is configured to parse the test data received by the communication unit 121 to generate a test audio signal, and play the test audio signal.

In some embodiments, the various elements of the testing terminal administration device 200 of the present invention may be implemented in the form of an embedded system.

In some embodiments, the testing terminal management device 200 of the present invention may include a control unit, such as a central processing unit, for controlling the operation of the respective components. Since the control unit is not the focus of the present invention, it will not be described in detail herein.

For convenience of understanding, we first make clear a few concepts of terms that will be used in this specification. The examination management center is a place where all examination data, answer data, and the like are stored and managed in a unified manner, and is a unit such as an educational examination center. The examination point refers to a primary location where a spoken language examination is performed, and there may be a plurality of examination points for one examination, and the examination point may be, for example, a certain school. The examination room refers to a secondary site for executing a spoken language examination, and is a specific execution site of the spoken language examination, the secondary site belongs to the primary site, one primary site can comprise a plurality of secondary sites, for example, the examination room can be a classroom in a school as an examination point, and one examination point is provided with a plurality of examination rooms.

In some embodiments, the central server 110 may be located at a test administration center, rather than at a test point or a test room. The central server 110 has stored therein the test data of the present test before the test is started. In some embodiments, the test data may include test taker identity information, test point information, test room information, test time, and test content. It should be noted that the content of the test data is not limited in the present invention, and the test data may also include other contents.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the examinee identity information in the examination data may include the name and the admission card number of the examinee. In other embodiments, the test taker identity information may also include other information, such as an identification number. To obtain this examinee identity information, the entry system may instruct the entry examinee to input his name, admission card number or identification number at the time of the examination entry, and store this information in the central server 110.

The examination point information is information about a specific address, a number and the like of the examination point, and the examination room information is information about a specific address, a number and the like of the examination room.

The examination data are mutually associated, so that the identity information of each examinee is associated with the corresponding examination point information, examination room information, examination time, examination content and the like. It is understood that the test contents of different examinees at the same examination point or examination room at the same examination time can be the same or different according to the spoken language examination system of the present invention. Therefore, different types of examinations can be performed at the same time and at the same examination point or examination room, the utilization rate of the examination room can be fully improved, and the overall efficiency of the examinations is improved.

It should be noted that, the data format or format of the test data stored in the central server 110 is not limited in the present invention, the data format of the test data may include voice, text, image, etc., and the data format of the test data may include any audio file format, any picture format, any text format, any video file format, etc.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the testing terminal administration device 120 may be located at a test point or a test room. The present specification explains an example in which the test terminal management device 120 is located in an examination room. For example, a test terminal management device 120 is provided in a classroom as an examination room. The number of the test terminals 130 accommodated in the test terminal managing device 120 may be configured as desired. Generally, for one examination room, the examination terminal management device 120 should accommodate therein enough examination terminals 130, for example, 30-50, for all examinees in the examination room to use.

It should be noted that the spoken language examination system according to the present invention does not need to use a computer display screen or even a computer in an examination room for spoken language examinations, and thus the examination room of the spoken language examination system of the present invention is not limited to a multi-functional classroom equipped with computer devices, and can be used in a common classroom or room, which is flexible and convenient.

The present invention does not limit the data communication manner between the center server 110 and the test terminal managing device 120. The connection between the central server 110 and the communication unit 121 of the test terminal managing device 120 may be wired or wireless. Wired connections may include the use of metal cables, optical fibers, hybrid cables, interfaces, ethernet, etc., or any combination thereof. The wireless connection may include using a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Near Field Communication (NFC), a cellular network, a satellite network, and the like, or any combination thereof.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 121 in the test terminal managing device 120 may be a USB interface, and the center server 110 also has a USB interface. The central server 110 copies the test data into a USB disk via a USB interface, and then inserts the USB disk into a USB interface of the test terminal management device 120 to import the test data into the test terminal management device 120. These test data may be stored in a storage medium in the communication unit 121.

In some embodiments, the testing terminal managing device 120 of the present invention further includes a storage unit in which both the test data and the answering voice data can be stored.

The communication unit 121 receives the test data from the center server 110, and then transmits the test data to the plurality of test terminals 130. When a spoken language test is actually performed, each examinee is assigned to one test terminal 130, and the test terminal 130 includes all test data of the spoken language test to be performed by the examinee. It is apparent that the testing terminal 130 has a storage module that can store test data.

After the examination is finished, when the examination terminal 130 is returned to the examination terminal management device 120, the answering voice data in the examination terminal management device 120 may be stored in a separate usb disk via the communication unit 121, and the data in the usb disk may be imported to the central server 110. This makes the spoken language test system 100 out of the network limitation, and the system can be used to perform a spoken language test even in an area without a network.

In some embodiments, the communication unit 121 compresses the answering voice data and then transmits the compressed answering voice data to the central server 110.

In some embodiments, the verification unit 122 in the testing terminal management device 120 of the present invention includes a scanning device therein by which to receive the identity of the on-site test taker. The invention does not limit the form of the received on-site examinee identity, which can be the face feature, fingerprint, voiceprint, iris and other biological features of the examinee; a bar code or a two-dimensional code comprising an examination admission card number of an examinee; second generation identity cards of examinees and the like. Accordingly, the scanning device may receive the identity of the on-site examinee, for example, by swiping a face, entering a fingerprint, entering a voice clip, scanning an iris, scanning an admission card, scanning a second generation identification card, and the like. The verification unit 122 may further include a prompt module for providing prompt information to prompt the examinee to perform the action to be performed for identity verification through voice or a display screen.

After receiving the identity of the on-site examinee, the verification unit 122 verifies the identity of the on-site examinee and the examinee identity information in the examination data. The verification process may include extracting feature information from the received on-site examinee identity, comparing the feature information with the examinee identity information in the examination data, and if the feature information and the examinee identity information match, passing the verification. In general, the examination data includes the examinee identity information of all examinees in the examination room, so the verification unit 122 compares the received identity of each on-site examinee with all the examinee identity information.

The verification unit 122 assigns the examination terminal 130 corresponding to the identity information of the examinee to the on-site examinee who has successfully verified. The test terminal 130 in the test terminal managing device 120 has a one-to-one correspondence with the examinee's identity information. The test taker identity information in the test data is unique. Thus, the test data in the test terminal 130 is different for different students. However, the test content in the test data in different test terminals 130 may be the same or different. Accordingly, the verification unit 122 can ensure that the on-site examinee is assigned to the test terminal 130 corresponding to the examinee's identity information, avoiding the examination contents from being made wrong.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the on-site examinee identity received by the scanning device is an examinee identity information code on the admission card. When an examinee enters an examination room, the examinee identity information code on the examination card is firstly aligned to the scanning device, and the scanning device receives the examinee identity information code. Further, the examinee identity information code is a two-dimensional code printed on the examination card or displayed on the electronic examination card.

In some embodiments, the testing terminal management device 120 further comprises an alarm unit connected to the verification unit 122, and when the identity verification of the examinee is unsuccessful, the testing terminal management device 120 instructs the alarm unit to give an alarm. The form of the alarm may be various ways known to those skilled in the art.

In some embodiments, the terminal placement structure 123 is configured to normally lock the testing terminal 130, and when the on-site examinee's identity verification is successful, the verification unit 122 instructs the terminal placement structure 123 to unlock the testing terminal 130, enabling the testing terminal 130 to be removed. The locking and unlocking modes of the test terminal 130 are not limited by the present invention and can be implemented in various ways in the art. The authentication unit 122 may directly instruct the terminal placement structure 123 to perform the unlocking operation, or may indirectly instruct the terminal placement structure 123 through the control unit of the test terminal management device 120.

In some embodiments, the testing terminal managing device 120 further includes a charging unit connected to the testing terminal 130 and configured to charge the testing terminal 130 when the testing terminal 130 is locked on the terminal placement structure 123. The charging unit and the communication unit 121 are connected to the examination terminal 130 through the same interface, that is, the data transmission and charging functions are simultaneously implemented through the same interface.

Referring to fig. 1, the entry unit 131 in the test terminal 130 is used to detect a voice input to the test terminal 130. In general, the voice detected by the recording unit 131 is an analog signal, and after being subjected to, for example, analog-to-digital conversion processing, a corresponding digital voice signal can be generated as answer voice data. The content of the voice detected by the recording unit 131 is not limited by the present invention, and the voice may include all voices involved in the spoken language test, for example, in addition to the answering voice, the answering voice made according to various prompts in the test data, the test voice, the alarm voice, and the like. In some embodiments, the recording unit 131 is a microphone.

In some embodiments, after generating the answering voice data, the entry unit 131 may also perform some processing on the answering voice data, such as filtering, compressing, and the like.

The playing unit 132 in the test terminal 130 may parse the test data obtained by the communication unit 121, obtain an audio signal corresponding to the test data, and play the audio signal. In some embodiments, the test content in the test data includes audio compression packets for spoken tests, and the parsing of the test data by the playback unit 132 includes decompressing the audio compression packets. The content to be played by the playing unit 132 is not limited in the present invention, and the playing unit 132 may play all relevant content in the test data, for example, besides the audio signal corresponding to the test content, the content may also include but is not limited to: the test task flow prompt tones comprise the flows of starting, pausing, ending and the like of the test; and test content related prompt tones such as test question stem description, question content, answer requirements and the like. In some embodiments, the playback unit 132 is a headset.

In some embodiments, the testing terminal 130 is a wearable device, such as a smart headset with a microphone.

The examinee identity verification method can efficiently and reliably prevent the occurrence of the examination taking phenomenon, can replace or reduce manual verification, and further reduces the labor cost.

In some embodiments, a noise reduction unit is also included in the testing terminal 130. The noise reduction unit is used for reducing the noise in the answer voice data generated by the input unit 131 and the examination audio signal generated by the playing unit 132, improving the quality of the examination audio and the answer audio, facilitating examinees to hear clear examination questions and enabling the answer audio to be evaluated more effectively. The present invention does not limit the specific implementation of the noise reduction unit of the test terminal 130, and various noise reduction circuits or chips that are easily integrated in the test terminal 130 may be used to implement the noise reduction function.

In some embodiments, the testing terminal 130 is a headset.

Fig. 2A to 2C are schematic views of an examination terminal management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2A is a front view of the test terminal managing device 200 of the embodiment. As shown in fig. 2A, the examination terminal management device 200 has a cabinet shape as a whole, and a cabinet door 210 is included in a front surface of the examination terminal management device 200, and the cabinet door 210 can be opened or closed along a door shaft 211. On the left side of the door shaft 211 is a fixed cabinet 220, and a scanning port 221 is provided in the cabinet 220. The scanning port 221 may be a scanning device in the verification unit 122 as described above.

The cabinet door 210 has a plurality of heat dissipation holes 212, and in the embodiment shown in fig. 2A, the heat dissipation holes 212 are divided into three groups, i.e., an upper group, a middle group and a lower group.

It should be noted that fig. 2A is only an example, and is not intended to limit the specific shape of the examination terminal management device 200 of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the specific shape, number, and position of the heat dissipation holes 212, the specific shape and position of the scanning opening 221, and the like. In some embodiments, the verification unit 122 may not be a scanning device fixed on the cabinet of the test terminal management device 200, but is connected to the main body of the test terminal management device 200 through a connection wire, such as an external scanning head, a camera, etc., where the external verification unit 122 performs scanning, verification, etc., and then transmits the verification result to the test terminal management device 200.

Fig. 2B is a schematic view of the examination terminal management device 200 of the embodiment with a cabinet door removed so as to display the internal structure of the examination terminal management device 200. The test terminal managing device 200 has a plurality of hooks 240 inside thereof, on which a plurality of headsets 230 are placed. Here, the headset 230 is the test terminal 130 described above and the hook 240 is the terminal placement structure 123 described above. When the headset 230 is hung on the hook 240, the headset 230 can be connected to the communication unit 121 through an interface on the hook 240 and perform data communication with the communication unit 121 through an interface on the hook 240.

It should be noted that the illustration in fig. 2B is only an example and is not intended to limit the specific shape, configuration, position and number of the terminal placement structure 123 and the test terminals 130 inside the test terminal management device 200.

Fig. 2C is a side view of the test terminal administration device 200 of the embodiment. The test terminal management device 200 has a plurality of charging modules 260, which correspond to the charging units described above, on the side thereof. These charging modules 260 are connected to the hook 240 shown in fig. 2B, and are used to charge the headset 230 when the headset 230 is hung on the hook 240. Also shown in fig. 2C is a communication interface 250, i.e., the communication unit 121 described above. The communication interface 250 may be an embedded system including a USB interface, and may be used for data management and transmission.

It should be noted that the illustration in fig. 2C is merely an example, and is not intended to limit the specific shape, configuration, position and number of the charging unit of the test terminal management device 200 and the specific position and form of the communication unit 121.

According to the spoken language examination system 100 shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2A to 2C, the identity of an examinee can be verified at an examination site by accommodating and managing a plurality of examination terminals 130 by the examination terminal management device 120, and examination terminals corresponding to the identity information of the examinee are assigned to the examinee on site, so that the alternative examination and cheating can be avoided; the system does not need additional equipment such as a computer, a display screen and the like, is suitable for various types of examination rooms, and is flexible in application. The oral examination system 100 can overcome the defects of the existing oral examination system, greatly reduce the examination cost, improve the examination efficiency and ensure the examination fairness.

Fig. 3 is an exemplary flow chart diagram of a spoken language examination method according to an embodiment of the invention. The oral test method of this embodiment may be implemented by the oral test system 100 shown in fig. 1, in which the central server is the central server 110 in the oral test system 100, and the test terminal management device is the test terminal management device 120 in the oral test system 100. Accordingly, the description of the spoken language test system 100 and fig. 1 in this specification is applicable to explain the spoken language test method shown in fig. 3. The test terminal managing apparatus 200 shown in fig. 2A-2C and the related description are also applicable to explain the spoken language test method shown in fig. 3. The oral test method of the present embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 3. Specifically, the spoken language examination method comprises the following steps:

in step 310, the test data is transmitted to the test terminal managing device 120 at the central server 110.

In some embodiments, the test data may include test taker identity information, test point information, test room information, test time, and test content. It should be noted that the content of the test data is not limited in the present invention, and the test data may also include other contents.

The test data transmitted from the central server 110 may be received through the communication unit 121 in the test terminal management device 120 shown in fig. 1.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the specific implementation of step 310 may be: the central server 110 copies the test data into a USB disk via a USB interface, and then inserts the USB disk into a USB interface of the test terminal management device 120 to import the test data into the test terminal management device 120.

In step 320, the test data transmitted from the central server 110 is received at the testing terminal managing device 120 and transmitted to the testing terminal 130.

The test terminal managing device 120 accommodates a plurality of test terminals 130, and in step 320, test data can be simultaneously transmitted to the plurality of test terminals 130 through the communication unit 121 in the test terminal managing device 120. Accordingly, the testing terminal 120 has a storage module that can store test data.

And step 330, verifying the identity of the on-site examinee by the examination terminal management device 120, and after the identity of the on-site examinee is successfully verified, distributing the examination terminal for the on-site examinee by the examination terminal management device 120 and unlocking the examination terminal.

Step 330 may be implemented by the verification unit 122 shown in fig. 1.

In some embodiments, the step of verifying the identity of the test taker on-site at the testing terminal management device 120 further comprises: receiving the identity of a field examinee; and verifying the identity of the examinee on site and the identity information of the examinee in the examination data.

As described above, the verification unit 122 in the testing terminal management device 120 of the present invention includes a scanning device, and the on-site test taker identity can be received through the scanning device. The on-site test taker identity may be in a variety of forms and is not repeated here.

In some embodiments, the on-site test taker identity is received by scanning the test taker identity information code on the test admission card. That is, the identity of the on-site examinee is in the form of examinee identity information code on the admission card.

In some embodiments, the test taker identity information code is a two-dimensional code.

In some embodiments, the step of the testing terminal management device 120 verifying the identity of the on-site test taker further comprises: and when the identity verification of the on-site examinee is unsuccessful, an alarm is given. This step may be performed using the alarm unit in the testing terminal management device 120 described above.

The test terminal 130 is normally locked in the test terminal managing device 120. As shown in connection with fig. 2B, the headset 230, which is the test terminal 130, is generally fixedly placed on the hook 240, which is the terminal placement structure 123, and is fixedly connected to the hook 240. Only when the identity of the on-site test taker is successfully verified, the test taker terminal management device 120 allocates the headset 230 corresponding to the on-site test taker, and the hook 240 releases the binding of the headset 230, so that the test taker can take the headset 230 away from the hook 240.

In some embodiments, the testing terminal management device 120 may indicate by way of a prompt the specific location of the testing terminal that the test taker should take away. For example, the prompt may be a voice prompt, a text prompt on a display screen, a flashing light on an indicator light on the test terminal.

At step 340, the test data is parsed at the test terminal 130 to generate a test audio signal, and the test audio signal is played.

It is to be appreciated that step 340 is performed after the test has formally begun. Before the examination formally starts, each examinee should get the corresponding examination terminal 130 and sit on the seat. A unified indication of the start of the test is given by the test point.

As shown in connection with fig. 1, the test data may be parsed and played by the playing unit 132 of the test terminal 130. According to the oral test method, the test contents of different examinees at the same examination point or examination room can be different at the same examination time. For example, in the same test room, test taker S1 is a first-grade test taker, test taker S2 is a second-grade test taker, and test taker S3 is a third-grade test taker. The test contents corresponding to different examinees are also different. After the examinees S1, S2, and S3 are authenticated, the test terminals 130 obtained from the test terminal managing device 120 are T1, T2, and T3, respectively. The test terminals T1, T2, and T3 play test contents corresponding to the examinees S1, S2, and S3, respectively. Therefore, the utilization rate of an examination room can be fully improved, and the overall efficiency of the examination is improved.

At step 350, the input voice is detected and answer voice data is generated at the test terminal 130.

As shown in connection with fig. 1, an input voice may be detected by the entry unit 131 of the test terminal 130 and converted into answer voice data. The answer voice data is stored in the test terminal 130.

In some embodiments, the spoken language examination method of the present invention further includes the step of reducing noise in the voice signal detected and generated by the entry unit 131 at the examination terminal 130, and reducing noise in the examination data at the examination terminal 130. In these embodiments, the test terminal 130 may include the noise reduction unit described above, which performs this step.

In step 360, after answering, the examination terminal management device 120 retrieves and locks the examination terminal 130.

After answering, the examinee may choose to end the examination, that is, the examination terminal 130 is returned to the examination terminal management device 120, so that the examination terminal management device 120 retrieves the examination terminal 130. The examinee may place the test terminal 130 at a position where the test terminal 130 is located first, or may place the test terminal randomly. Since the examination terminal 130 includes the examinee identity information, the answer voice data and the examinee identity information correspond to each other one by one, and are not affected by the change of the position of the examination terminal 130.

The retrieved test terminal 130 is placed on the terminal placement structure 123 in the test terminal managing device 120, and the terminal placement structure 123 performs locking and unlocking of the test terminal 130.

In some embodiments, the spoken language examination method of the present invention further includes charging the test terminal 130 at the test terminal managing device 120. This step may be performed by the charging unit shown in fig. 1.

In some embodiments, an indicator lamp for indicating the charging state of the test terminal 130 is provided in the test terminal managing device 120. The indicator lights may be located on the test terminal 130, the terminal placement structure 123, or other locations.

In step 370, the test terminal managing device 120 transmits the answer voice data acquired from the test terminal 130 to the central server.

After the whole examination is finished, the examination terminal management device 120 returns all the examination terminals 130, and the communication unit 121 on the examination terminal management device 120 can transmit the answer voice data in the examination terminals 130 to the central server 110.

The specific implementation of step 370 may be: the examination terminal management device 120 copies the answering voice data into a USB disk via a USB interface, and then inserts the USB disk into a USB interface of the central server 110 to import the answering voice data into the central server 110. The answer voice data corresponds to the examination data transmitted to the examination terminal 130 and corresponds to the examinee's identity information.

In some embodiments, the test terminal in the spoken language test method of the present invention is an intelligent headset with a microphone.

According to the oral examination method, the examination terminal management equipment 120 is used for accommodating and managing the plurality of examination terminals 130, the identity of an examinee is verified on an examination site, the examination terminal corresponding to the identity information of the examinee is distributed to the on-site examinee, and the alternative examination and cheating can be avoided; the system does not need additional equipment such as a computer, a display screen and the like, is suitable for various types of examination rooms, and is flexible in application. The oral examination method can overcome the defects of the existing oral examination method, greatly reduce examination cost, improve examination efficiency and ensure examination fairness.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the present specific embodiments, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the present invention, and various equivalent changes and substitutions may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and therefore, it is intended that all changes and modifications to the above embodiments within the spirit and scope of the present invention be covered by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A spoken language examination system, comprising:

the central server is configured to store examination data, send the examination data to examination terminal management equipment and acquire answer voice data from the examination terminal management equipment;

an examination terminal management device for housing and managing a plurality of examination terminals, comprising:

the communication unit is configured to receive the test data from the central server, send the test data to the plurality of test terminals, and acquire the answer voice data from the plurality of test terminals and transmit the answer voice data to the central server;

the verification unit is configured to receive the identity of a field examinee, verify the identity of the field examinee and the identity information of the examinee in the examination data, and distribute an examination terminal corresponding to the identity information of the examinee to the field examinee who succeeds in verification; and

the terminal placing structure is used for placing the examination terminal;

a test terminal configured to receive the test data from the communication unit, comprising:

the input unit is configured to detect voice input to the test terminal and generate the answer voice data; and

a playing unit configured to parse the test data received by the communication unit to generate a test audio signal and play the test audio signal.

2. The spoken language examination system of claim 1, wherein the terminal placement structure is configured to normally lock the examination terminal, and when the on-site examinee's identity verification is successful, the verification unit instructs the terminal placement structure to unlock the examination terminal so that the examination terminal can be taken out.

3. The spoken language examination system of claim 2, wherein the examination terminal management device further comprises a charging unit connected to the examination terminal and configured to charge the examination terminal when the examination terminal is locked on the terminal placement structure.

4. The spoken language examination system of claim 1, further comprising an alarm unit, the alarm unit being coupled to the verification unit, the alarm unit issuing an alarm when the examinee's identity verification is unsuccessful.

5. The spoken language examination system of claim 1, wherein the examination terminal managing device further comprises a storage unit for storing the examination data and the answer voice data.

6. The spoken language examination system of claim 1, wherein the verification unit receives the identity of the live test taker via a scanning device.

7. The spoken language examination system of claim 6, wherein the scanning device is configured to scan an examinee identity information code on an admission card.

8. The spoken language examination system of claim 7, wherein the examinee identification information code is a two-dimensional code.

9. The spoken language examination system of claim 1, wherein the examination data includes examinee identity information, examination point information, examination room information, examination time, and examination content.

10. A spoken language examination system according to claim 1, characterised in that the examination terminal is a headset.

11. A spoken language examination method, comprising:

sending the examination data to the examination terminal management equipment at the central server;

receiving the examination data sent from the central server at an examination terminal management device, and sending the examination data to an examination terminal;

verifying the identity of a field examinee by the examination terminal management equipment, and after the identity of the field examinee is successfully verified, distributing an examination terminal for the field examinee by the examination terminal management equipment and unlocking the examination terminal;

analyzing the test data at the test terminal to generate a test audio signal, and playing the test audio signal;

detecting input voice at the examination terminal and generating answer voice data;

after answering, the examination terminal management equipment recovers and locks the examination terminal;

and transmitting the answer voice data acquired from the examination terminal to the central server at the examination terminal management equipment.

12. The spoken language examination method of claim 11, further comprising charging the examination terminal at the examination terminal managing device.

13. The spoken language examination method of claim 11, wherein the step of verifying the identity of the test taker on site at the examination terminal management device further comprises:

receiving the identity of the on-site examinee; and

and verifying the identity of the on-site examinee and the identity information of the examinee in the examination data.

14. The spoken language examination method of claim 13, wherein the on-site test taker identity is received by scanning a test taker identity information code on a test admission card.

15. The spoken language examination method as set forth in claim 14, wherein the examinee identification information code is a two-dimensional code.

16. The spoken language examination method of claim 11, wherein the step of verifying the identity of the test taker on site at the examination terminal management device further comprises: and sending an alarm when the identity verification of the on-site examinee is unsuccessful.

17. The spoken language examination method of claim 11, wherein the examination data includes the examinee identity information, examination point information, examination room information, examination time, and examination contents.

18. A spoken language examination method according to claim 11, characterised in that the examination terminal is a headset.