JP2002007583A - Lesson support device, terminal device, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support lessons of a foreign language conversation, etc. SOLUTION: A lesson support device 300 receives information representing an intention to have a lesson from a portable terminal device 100 and sends information regarding instructors who are not reserved for lessons as much as requested to the portable terminal device 100, so the user is able to select an instructor who can give a lesson and immediately have the lesson.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lesson support device for supporting various lessons such as English conversation, a terminal device thereof, and a recording medium storing a processing program therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Internationalization has been called for a long time, but it is needless to say that a master of a foreign language is indispensable to cope with the trend of such an era. For this reason, they practice for foreign language masters by attending English conversation schools, buying lesson videos and studying indoors based on them.

However, it is an empirical fact that attending an English conversation school or the like requires an extremely strong intention, and in particular, attending while having a job requires considerable patience. It is about to show. In particular, if a person who does not go well with oneself becomes a lecturer, the willingness to commute to school will be reduced by itself.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem. A lesson support device for supporting a lesson such as a foreign language conversation, a terminal device thereof, and a recording medium for recording a processing program therefor are provided. The purpose is to provide.

According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for supporting a lesson, comprising: means for receiving information transmitted from a terminal device, the information indicating an intention to take the lesson; Means for responding to the reception of this information, and transmitting only the information on the instructor who has not been reserved for the lesson to the terminal device.

According to the present invention, information indicating an intention to receive a lesson transmitted from the terminal device is received, and information relating to the instructor who has not been reserved for the lesson is transmitted to the terminal device for the requested amount. It is possible to select an instructor who can do it and take a lesson immediately.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the lesson support apparatus according to the first aspect, means for receiving instructor selection information transmitted from the terminal device and indicating which instructor has been selected, Means for performing a lesson while performing the two-way information communication in response to the reception of the instructor selection information, so that the terminal device transmits the instructor selection information. You can instantly perform interactive lessons with the selected instructor.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the lesson assisting apparatus according to the second aspect, means for receiving subtitle display selection information for selecting whether to display subtitles transmitted from the terminal device. And means for distributing subtitle information to the terminal device in accordance with the received subtitle display selection information, so that the terminal device transmits subtitle display selection information to display subtitles. Can be performed or not performed.

[0007] The invention according to claim 4 is based on claim 1,
The lesson support device according to any one of 2 and 3, wherein the means for receiving instruction information for lesson reservation transmitted from the terminal device, and in response to receiving the instruction information for lesson reservation, Means for transmitting to the terminal device only the information required for the instructor that can be reserved, so that the terminal device transmits lesson reservation instruction information to distribute information about the instructor that can be reserved. can do.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the lesson support apparatus according to the fourth aspect, there is provided means for receiving reservation selection information transmitted from the terminal device and indicating which lecturer to reserve. Means for transmitting, to the terminal device, a reservation list indicating a time slot in which the instructor can make a reservation in response to the reception of the reservation selection information. By transmitting, the reservation list can be distributed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the lesson support apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the time zone selection information transmitted from the terminal device and indicating the time zone selected with reference to the reservation list is provided. It is characterized by having a means for receiving and a means for notifying that a lesson of a lecturer who has made a reservation before a predetermined time before this time zone arrives is started, so that even if the user forgets to make a reservation, You will know when the lesson will start.

[0010] The invention according to claim 7 is a terminal device for receiving information from a lesson support device for supporting a lesson, wherein the terminal device transmits information indicating an intention to take the lesson to the lesson support device, Means for receiving as much information as necessary for instructors who have not reserved lessons.

According to the present invention, the information indicating the intention to take the lesson is transmitted to the lesson support device, and the information about the instructor who has not reserved the lesson is received only for the requested amount. You can take a lesson immediately by selecting.

The invention according to claim 8 is a terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the instructor selection information indicating which instructor has been selected is transmitted to the lesson support device, Means for transmitting to the lesson support device subtitle display selection information for selecting whether or not to display subtitles when performing a lesson while performing information communication, the subtitle display selection information , The caption display may or may not be performed.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the terminal device according to any one of the seventh and eighth aspects, wherein:
Since this terminal device is a portable device, lessons can be taken and lesson reservations can be made by a simple operation of the portable terminal device.

The invention according to claim 10 is a computer-readable recording medium on which a processing program for operating a lesson support device for supporting a lesson is received, and receives a lesson transmitted from a terminal device. A process for performing a process including a process of receiving information indicating an intention display, and a process of responding to the reception of the information and transmitting the information on the instructor who has not been reserved for the lesson to the terminal device by the amount required. This is a recording medium on which a program is recorded.

In the invention according to claim 10, the computer executes the processing program,
A process of receiving information indicating an intention to take a lesson transmitted from the terminal device, and a process of transmitting to the terminal device only information for instructors who have not reserved a lesson in response to reception of this information. Is executed, it is possible to select an instructor who can take the lesson and immediately take the lesson.

Such recording media include ROM, semiconductor recording media such as semiconductor IC, DVDROM, CDRO
Recording media capable of recording and reading digital contents, such as optical recording media such as M, magnetic recording media such as flexible disks, and magneto-optical recording media such as MO.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a lesson support system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The lesson support system 1 includes a mobile terminal device 100 owned by a user and a lesson support device 3 for supporting a lesson.
00, and these devices are connected to the communication network 200 so that required information can be communicated. It is to be noted that a plurality of mobile terminal devices 100 can naturally be used, but the description will be made as one for simplicity of description. The communication network 200
Is realized using, for example, the Internet or a dedicated line, and more specifically, is constructed using a transmission medium such as an optical fiber.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the lesson support apparatus 300. The lesson support apparatus 300 includes a processing unit 310 implemented by a CPU or the like that operates according to a processing program, an input unit 320 implemented by an input device such as a mouse, and an output unit 330 implemented by a display device such as a CRT. , A DB (database) 340 that can be realized by an HD or the like, a CCD camera 360, a microphone 3
70 and a speaker 380. This DB34
0, a table group 350 is stored. Reference and update of each table constituting the table group 350 are performed by:
The processing is performed by the processing unit 310.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are explanatory diagrams of each table constituting the table group 350. FIG. The instructor selection table 351 shown in FIG. 4 can store an instructor name, an instructor photo which is a photograph of the instructor, and date and time information in association with each other. The date and time information divides a certain month and day into a plurality of time zones, and when a reservation is made, a member number is registered in that area. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the member ID “00000000”
The member of “1” has reserved “予 約 month × day time zone 2”, the instructor name is “A”, and the instructor photo is “a”. In the time zone where the member ID is not registered in the date and time information area, the reservation is possible.

The caption table 352 shown in FIG. 5 can store the date and time information described above and the caption information used in the lesson with the instructor in association with each other. In addition,
In the case of a bi-directional lesson, strict subtitle information cannot be displayed, but lesson assist can be performed by setting a subtitle of an outline of the lesson or a phrase frequently used in the lesson. In the example shown in FIG. 5, “subtitle” is set to be used in the time zone 1 of the instructor with the name “A” of “@ month × day”.

Next, referring to the block diagram of FIG.
The configuration of the mobile terminal device 100 will be described. The mobile terminal device 100 has a CPU that performs an operation according to a processing program.
A processing unit 110 realized by an operation button or the like, an operation unit 130 realized by an operation button or the like, a display unit 120 realized by a display device such as a color liquid crystal display, a storage unit 140 capable of storing and reading out desired information, CCD camera 15
0, a microphone 160, and a speaker 170, and by a button operation using the operation unit 130,
A desired operation can be performed by selecting and operating various items to be displayed on the display unit 120.

Further, the portable terminal device 100 can be realized by a portable telephone, a portable information processing device having a mobile function, or the like.
Various information about the lesson will be easily available. When the terminal device is portable, a relay device such as a base station is required if strictly described in the configuration of FIG. 1. However, the base station is intentionally used to facilitate understanding of the main part of the present invention. Such a relay device will be described without being illustrated.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the communication scenario shown in FIG. 6 and the transition diagram of the display screen of the display unit 120 of the portable terminal device 100 shown in FIG.

(Operation Example 1) Now, when the operation section 130 is operated to select "lesson" in the service menu as shown in FIG. 7A, the processing section 110 is information indicating the intention to take the lesson. The lesson instruction information is transmitted to the lesson support device 300 (step S600). In response, the processing unit 310 sets the instructor selection table 35
1, the instructor name and the instructor photo that can be reserved in that time zone are searched, and the first instructor name and the instructor photo are transmitted to the portable terminal device 100 (step S60).
2).

Then, the processing section 110 displays the instructor name (standby instructor name) and the instructor photo as shown in FIG.
20 is displayed. Then, when the “next candidate” is selected, an instruction to that effect is transmitted from the processing unit 110 to the processing unit 310, and the processing unit 310 successively distributes the instructor name and the instructor photo searched earlier. .

Therefore, the lesson support device 300
The mobile terminal device 100 receives the information indicating the intention to receive the lesson transmitted from the mobile terminal device 100 and requests the information on the instructor who has not reserved the lesson.
, The instructor who can take the lesson can be selected and the lesson can be taken immediately.

Next, when "OK" is selected in FIG. 7B, the processing section 110 transmits OK selection information to the lesson support device 300 (step S604), and in response to this, The support device 300 starts two-way communication with the mobile terminal device 100 (step S60).
6). By the processing unit 110, the image information of the student is CC
Lesson support device 300 photographed by D camera 150
The voice information is detected by the microphone 160 and transmitted to the lesson support device 300, and the voice information of the instructor is output from the speaker 170.

Similarly, the image information of the lecturer is photographed by the CCD camera 360 and transmitted to the portable terminal device 100 by the processing unit 310, and the voice information of the lecturer is detected by the microphone 370 and transmitted to the portable terminal device 100. Then, the student's voice information is output from the speaker 380.

Therefore, the lesson support device 300
Since the instructor selection information indicating which instructor has been selected and transmitted from the mobile terminal device 100 is received, and the lesson is performed while performing bidirectional information communication, the mobile terminal device 100 uses the instructor selection information. You can instantly perform a two-way lesson with the selected instructor.

Further, as shown in FIG.
By selecting “/ OFF”, either subtitle display or non-subtitle display is selected, and the subtitle ON / OFF information is transmitted to the lesson support device 300 by the processing unit 110 (step S608). If it is determined that subtitle non-display has been instructed, processing unit 310 does not deliver the subtitle information. However, if it is determined that subtitle display has been instructed, processing unit 310 refers to subtitle table 352 to display subtitles in this time zone. The mobile terminal device 1 acquires information and uses it as caption information.
Deliver to 00. Then, the processing unit 110 displays this as subtitles at the lower part of the display unit 120. For example, in the case of a lesson of “@ month × day time zone 1” and instructor name “A”, subtitle information “” is distributed and displayed as subtitles.

In this way, the subtitle display selection information transmitted from the portable terminal device 100 is received, and the portable terminal device 1
Since the caption information is distributed at 00, the caption display can be performed or not performed by the mobile terminal device 100 transmitting the caption display selection information.

When the lesson is completed, the instructor operates the input unit 320 to send a message such as a score or a comment for the current lesson to the portable terminal 1.
00, and the processing unit 110 displays them (see FIG. 7).
(D)) The lesson ends when "OK" is selected.

Next, an operation example 2 will be described with reference to the communication scenario shown in FIG. 8 and the transition diagram of the display screen of the display unit 120 of the portable terminal device 100 shown in FIG. This operation example is characterized in that a lesson is taken after a lecturer is reserved.

(Operation Example 2) In the service menu shown in FIG. 9A, when the operation unit 130 is operated and “reservation” is selected, the processing unit 110 sets the reservation instruction information to make a lecturer reservation. At the same time, the student ID of the student is transmitted to the lesson support device 300 (step S800).
In response, the processing unit 310 sets the instructor selection table 3
With reference to 51, all instructor names and instructor photos that can be reserved after the present time are searched, and at that time all instructor names and instructor photos are searched. The data is transmitted to the device 100 (step S802).

Then, the processing unit 110 displays the instructor name (reserved instructor name) and the instructor photo as shown in FIG.
20 is displayed. Then, when the “next candidate” is selected, an instruction to that effect is transmitted from the processing unit 110 to the processing unit 310, and the processing unit 310 successively distributes the instructor name and the instructor photo searched earlier. .

Therefore, the lesson reservation instruction information transmitted from the portable terminal device 100 is received, and the lesson reservation instruction information is transmitted to the portable terminal device 100 as much as the information on the reservable instructor is requested. , The information about the instructor that can be reserved can be distributed.

Next, when "reservation" is selected in FIG. 9B, the processing section 110 transmits reservation selection information to the lesson support device 300 (step S804), and in response to this, The support device 300 converts the information of the reservable time zone of the instructor designated by selecting “reservation” into the member ID in the date and time information of the instructor selection table 151.
It refers to the registered data state of the mobile terminal device 100 and transmits it to the portable terminal device 100 as a list (reservable list) (step S806).

Then, the processing section 110 displays the reservable time zone on the display section 120 as shown in FIG. 9C, and the student selects one of the time zones. As a result, the processing unit 110 transmits the time zone selection information to the lesson support device 300 (step S808).
10 registers the previously received student ID in the reserved time slot of the instructor selection table 151, performs a reservation process, and transmits a reservation message to the portable terminal device 100 (step S810). Then, the processing unit 110
Displays a reservation completion message on the display unit 120 as shown in FIG.

Therefore, the lesson support device 300
Since the reservation selection information indicating which instructor is to be reserved transmitted from the mobile terminal device 100 is received, and a reservation list indicating a time slot in which the instructor can make a reservation is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 100. By transmitting the reservation selection information, the mobile terminal device 100 can distribute the reservation list.

Then, the processing section 310 receives information indicating that the lesson is to be started a predetermined time before the reserved time zone has arrived after the time has elapsed, and information for displaying a course start screen. Transmit information (step S8)
12). In response to this, the processing unit 110 performs the processing shown in FIG.
A course start screen display including a course available sign shown in FIG. At this time, the processing unit 110 activates a voice synthesis IC (not shown) or the like, outputs an appropriate melody, and notifies the start of the lesson.

Therefore, the lesson support device 300
The time slot selection information indicating the time zone selected with reference to the reservation list transmitted from the mobile terminal device 100 is received, and the lesson of the instructor who made the reservation starts a predetermined time before this time zone arrives. Since the notification is given, the user can know that the lesson will start even if the user forgets to make a reservation.

Then, "Take a course" displayed in FIG.
Is selected, the processing unit 110 transmits the attendance selection information to the lesson support device 300 (step S814), and the processing unit 3
10, the portable terminal device 100 and the lesson support device 3
At 00, a lesson in two-way communication as described above is started (step S816).

As described above, a lesson can be easily reserved at any time, and a lesson with an instructor who can make a lesson immediately without making a reservation can be performed using the portable terminal device 100. In this embodiment, a foreign language lesson has been particularly described as an example, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to various lessons such as a one-on-one lesson for a qualification test and a lesson on how to play an instrument. No.

FIG. 10 is a hardware configuration diagram of a main part of each device shown in FIG. In the configuration shown in FIG.
U100, an HD 1010 as a recording medium on which a processing program 1012 is recorded, and an operation button or mouse 1
020 and a liquid crystal display or CRT 1030, which enable communication of required information with each other.
It is connected at 40. In addition, in the portable terminal device 100 and the lesson support device 300 of this embodiment, CCD cameras 150 and 360, microphones 160 and 370, speakers 170 and 380 (not shown), and the like are additionally provided. Then, various operations as described above can be realized by the CPU 1000 executing the processing program 1012.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but without departing from the gist of the present invention,
Various modifications and changes can be made to the embodiments of the present invention. For example, there are various modifications and changes such as distributing information about a reservable instructor by selecting a type of a foreign language, making a series of operations incapable of inputting a password from the mobile terminal device 100, and the like. No.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to select an instructor who can take a lesson and immediately take a lesson, or make a reservation and then take a lesson. Is also possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a lesson support device system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a lesson support device 300.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the portable terminal device 100.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an instructor selection table 351;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a subtitle table 352.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an operation example 1;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen (operation example 1) of the mobile terminal device 100.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an operation example 2;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen (operation example 2) of the mobile terminal device 100.

FIG. 10 is a hardware configuration diagram of each device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 lesson support system 100 portable terminal device 110 processing unit 120 display unit 130 operation unit 140 storage unit 150 CCD camera 160 microphone 170 speaker 180 data exchange unit 300 lesson support device 310 processing unit 320 input unit 330 output unit 340 DB 350 table group 351 Instructor selection table 352 Subtitle table 360 CCD camera 370 Microphone 380 Speaker 1000 CPU 1010 HD 1012 Processing program 1020 Operation buttons (or mouse) 1030 Liquid crystal display (or CRT) 1040 Bus

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A device for supporting a lesson, comprising: means for receiving information transmitted from a terminal device, which indicates intention to take a lesson; and in response to receiving the information, an instructor who has not reserved a lesson. Means for transmitting to the terminal device only information required for the lesson support device. 2. The lesson support device according to claim 1, wherein: means for receiving instructor selection information indicating which instructor has been selected, transmitted from the terminal device; and responding to the reception of the instructor selection information. Means for performing a lesson while performing the two-way information communication;
A lesson support device comprising: 3. The lesson support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: means for receiving subtitle display selection information transmitted from the terminal device, the subtitle display selection information for selecting whether or not to display subtitles; Means for delivering caption information to the terminal device in accordance with the information. 4. A lesson support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said lesson reservation instruction information is transmitted from said terminal device, and said lesson reservation instruction information is transmitted from said terminal device. Means for transmitting, to the terminal device, information corresponding to the instructor who can make a reservation in response to the reception of the instruction information. 5. The lesson support device according to claim 4, wherein: means for receiving reservation selection information transmitted from the terminal device, the reservation selection information indicating which lecturer is to be reserved; and a response to the reception of the reservation selection information. Means for transmitting a reservation list indicating a time slot in which the lecturer can make a reservation to the terminal device. 6. The lesson support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: a means for receiving time zone selection information indicating a time zone selected by referring to a reservation list, transmitted from the terminal device; Means for notifying that the lesson of the instructor reserved before the arrival of the instructor has started is provided. 7. A terminal device for receiving information from a lesson support device that supports a lesson, a means for transmitting information indicating an intention to take a lesson to the lesson support device, and information about a lecturer who has not been reserved for a lesson. And a means for receiving as much as required. 8. The terminal device according to claim 7, further comprising: means for transmitting instructor selection information indicating which instructor has been selected to the lesson support device; and performing a lesson while performing bidirectional information communication. At that time,
Means for transmitting, to the lesson support device, subtitle display selection information for selecting whether or not to display subtitles. 9. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the terminal device is a portable device. 10. A computer-readable recording medium on which a processing program for operating a lesson support device for supporting a lesson is recorded, and receives information indicating an intention to receive a lesson transmitted from a terminal device. A recording medium recording a processing program for performing processing including: a process; and, in response to the reception of the information, a process of transmitting to a terminal device only information required for an instructor who has not reserved a lesson.